The cavalry commander arrived at the port of Brindisi a month before Saturnalia, and at this time Rome had fallen into a state of complete anarchy since Antony's departure, whether it was a troublesome civilian or a veteran who demanded wages, after hearing that Lybidaeus was coming, they were all inexplicably excited, because they knew that their rights and interests had been taken seriously, and the other party was Caesar's chief deputy, and now that Antony had fled, as long as he insisted on it, he had to force the dictator's government to make concessions.

The veterans also reached an agreement of friendly coexistence with the mob, and after careful and in-depth consultations, it was decided that the temple of the goddess Belona would be the deadline, the veterans would be stationed in the grounds of the Mars colonel, and the mob would occupy the temple of Jupiter on Capitol Hill, and the Maximus ditch would be a neutral buffer zone, and Ulabella would become the temporary king of the city, and then the young man began to regret that he had driven Anthony away, because now all the problems were rushing towards him.

So Eurabella wrote to Port Brindisi, asking his father-in-law Cicero to come back to deal with political affairs, and openly asked Caesar to run the matter, so that Cicero could be consul for the next year, "In any case, your dictator's term of office has exceeded the limit, and it is time to consider a change of political model." When he spoke in the main square, he appealed to the people.

But now that he had arrived at the port of Brindisi, he happened to meet Cicero, who was about to pack his bags and return to the city, and when Cicero heard that he had arrived, he was so frightened that he hid in his country house.

The cavalry commander did not meet with the orator, but he arranged for men and gave Cicero many rich gifts. A state of martial law was then declared on the city of Rome. Inside and outside traffic is strictly prohibited. This meant that Cicero could not return.

In this way, Cicero was caught in a dilemma, and could only stay in Brindisi, enjoying the gifts of the cavalry commander and waiting for Caesar himself. After getting out of Yurabela's foreign aid, Li Bida did not march towards the city of Rome as expected, but continued to stay in this port city. The reaction was unexpected by the veterans and the mob, and even Eurabella panicked.

Every day, all kinds of supplies and soldiers were gathered in the city, and in half a month, Li Bida transferred three hundred talents, and four legions of twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth, and thirty-one, to Italy from the garrison in Asia Minor.

Is this going to use the legion and march into the City of the Seven Hills, like Sulla or Anthony before him? Armed with violence to suppress us?

Before everyone could think about it, the four legions quickly split into two ways. All the way to Kofigium, all the way to Pasini, twenty kilometers outside the city of Rome, one east and one west, sandwiched the city of Rome in the middle. As for the cavalry commander himself, he entered the city of Capua. The noble senators of the city were the first to lose their breath, and they immediately hurriedly sent representatives and envoys to Capua, to show their loyalty to the cavalry commander.

"Then every senator and knight must pay a certain amount of money to support the dictator's war, otherwise the port of the Ostia River will be closed, and the grain will not enter the city, and you don't want your property to be burned and plundered by the hungry mob, right?" After Li Bida calculated, he set the amount at 1,000 dinars for each senator and 300 dinars for each knight, but the group of people still pestered Li Bida, asking for their one-year treasury bond.

"The question of the repayment of the national debt will surely be answered satisfactorily in the spring, but now the dictator is not in Rome, but in Egypt, and I must wait until His Excellency Julius arrives and ask him to adjudicate before him." Li Bida's words not only gave hope to the group, but also made them as restless as ants on a hot pot, and the old knight named Boyanis could not help it, so he asked the cavalry commander what Caesar was doing now!

The cavalry commander's reply surprised everyone, "The dictator is now traveling on the Nile with the pharaoh of Egypt, which is also a form of diplomacy, and they are going to stop at the last waterfall and go to land again to swim together in the wilderness of Abyssinia (i.e., Ethiopia)." ”

The whole parlor was boiling, and the faces of the noble senators or knights were filled with worry, fear, and even anger, even Spinzel, and even Banks, Cota, and even Caesar's father-in-law, Pisso, who clearly drew from the words of the cavalry commander the only and definite answer: his bald son-in-law had betrayed his sacred marriage to his daughter.

However, below, Li Bida explained for the dictator, saying that Egypt was the granary that supplied the city of Rome, and the dictator did this by "dedicating himself to the country", and when the grain was ripe in the next year, the problem would be solved.

Having just sent off the senators and knights, the twelve delegates sent by Eulabella also arrived, and they stood outside the cavalry commander's parlor, uneasy, afraid that the other party would say that he would use force to settle the rebellion, but also feared that Li Bida would not be able to answer to the civilians when he returned.

But unexpectedly, Li Bida received these people very cordially, and on the long table and small table opposite, there were many pottery urns, treasures, and spices, and these representatives looked at the incomparably bright things in front of them in amazement, and did not know what the cavalry commander was going to do.

"These are all gifts to you, and the dictator hopes that you will go back to persuade the people to dissolve themselves automatically, and to put them at ease for a while, and we will take appropriate measures and compensate for the problems of debt and rent." Li Bida said with a smile.

"This, this is ridiculous, we are negotiating on behalf of the tribune, because there is no way for Eurabella to leave the city inside and out, but now your actions are simply a naked insult, an insult to the people!" Several hard-hearted representatives, temporarily stabilized their feelings, and said in defense against Li Bida.

"Matthias, bring in the slaves and remove these insults to the people." Unexpectedly, Li Bida had no room for anything, and suddenly turned his face, and many slaves walked in, and immediately carried away the goods full of goods, and then the cavalry commander turned around, turned his back to all the people, as if nothing had happened, and did not say a word.

In the living room, only the pleasant sound of gold and silver treasures being moved, the strange representative only remembered the complaint that Urabella had confessed before leaving, and took it out, but as soon as he read the first few words, he was rudely interrupted by Li Bida, "Don't read any more!" ”

With these words, the cavalry commander's servant suddenly burst into the meeting room, surrounded the delegate in the middle, and raised a shackle with a red ribbon and a flickering fascist axe. (To be continued......)