The small city of Nicosia, separated by two mountain ranges, is unusually warm even in winter, and the fields bloom with plain and pleasant colors, and the former governor Cato the Younger, who has to leave the city and can't wait to return to Rome to report to his duties, is a happy event for the Republicans: not only did Cato the Younger take the island of Cyprus without blood, but Cicero also returned from exile with the help of General Pompey.

"The citizens welcomed me back in a procession from the borders of Rome to Brindisi, and they carried me hand in hand!" It is said that the first thing he did when he returned to Rome was to mobilize the republican senators who were willing to help him, and to go with armed servants to the temple of Jupiter on Capitor Hill, where he searched for all the documents that Claudian had placed there, the financial books of the province, the original Akuta of the Senate, and many political letters from various countries and private countries, all of which were taken out by Cicero and burned clean. Claudius's followers were vulnerable to the imposing "former exile" Cicero.

"I want to erase all traces of the evil Claudius's reign in Rome (Caesar went to Gaul, Cicero and Cato the Younger were bumpy, Pompey didn't care about the world, and the two consuls were equal to corpses, so the actual ruler in the city for these two years was Claudius, the uncrowned king), whether it was righteous or unjust, this is the best revenge." Cicero continued to triumphantly in the letter, "Look, that mob instigator is now in hiding. But I'm going to get him out like I catch a sewer rat. and then govern others in their own way. Put him on trial in public, or kill this scoundrel on the spot! ”

In fact, Li Bida, who came to see him off in Nicosia, also held Claudius's letter in his hand, "Cato and the chickpea nose counterattack, where are you, dear adoptive father?" All my books and papers on Mount Captopier were burned by Cicero, and many of the means of shelter were lost, and I feared to stay until little Cato triumphed in Rome. My life and honor are in danger, and my adoptive father must help me - your favorite and your little Babu who loves you the most"

Li Bida wrote back and said with relief, please say hello to the beautiful Claudia and Fulivia on my behalf, but don't worry, I have prepared all the measures, and the person who will save you when the time comes must be little Cato, I can't think of it.

Outside the gates of Nicosia, little Cato's convoy stretched for a long time, because the transport of three thousand five hundred talents was a big project. His nephew Brutus made a unified plan and built thousands of sturdy wooden cabinets in advance. Each wooden cabinet was strapped to the bottom of a large cork, which was convenient and safe to transport by land and sea, and could float even if the ship sank, and each wooden cabinet contained two talents and five hundred drachmas of gold and silver, and marched from Nicosia towards the port, ready to be transported away by ship.

"Your Excellency, will the fleet of Cassiyo be used by me on my expedition to Egypt?" Standing in front of the city gate, Li Bida, who was dressed to see him off, smiled and bowed his head to consult little Cato.

Cato the Younger reluctantly said that he was very sorry, but Cassillo's ships had to escort the booty (and of course the additional sponsorship of 100 million Cesses of the Josephian Chamber of Commerce) back to the capital of the Republic.

"I'm envious, with so much money, you will definitely be elected as the new consul by your father-in-law Felipas in the coming year, or your father-in-law is already now, but he still needs a little debt to pay off." Li Pida's sharp tone made Cato feel very unpleasant, yes, his wife Marcia wrote that his father had successfully eliminated the interference of the Big Three and ascended to the throne of chief consul, and our aristocratic republicans were about to come into operation, but they also spent extremely large campaign funds for this, so Cato's large sum of money, in addition to the part to be handed over to the treasury according to the regulations, the rest of the land was indeed to fill the hole left in the political circles, so it required a lot of money, which he and Caesar were no exception, Even if the two are on opposite sides.

"So, what exactly are you?" Little Cato was a little impatient, and he was about to set out, and the naturalized general was always chattering and sarcastic.

"Oh no, please don't mind, I should have been accurate a long time ago, our legion is just an empty number now, the Republic has not recognized us marginal children, your nephew wants me to go to the Pharaoh and not the Concorde Temple for a budget. Therefore, I was ashamed to go and beg the Pharaoh, and the general of a republic went to beg a foreign monarch, even if it was detrimental to the dignity of the country, but at last he would have some reward from Tallent, and with this money I would improve the equipment and weapons of the soldiers, so that they could have winter cloth and marching shoes, and you should not care about them at all, Governor, so let the fleet of Cassiillo escort you back to Rome, and perhaps a great triumphal ceremony awaits you, and we will be able to cross the sea with the ships left in the port of Salamis repaired, at least it won't be so easy to bury yourself at the bottom of the sea to feed the fish. Li Bida's words were harsh and sour, which made little Cato and Brutus red-faced.

"When the army is sent out in the spring of the following year, Kasiyo will return to Salamis and carry the Thirteenth Army to Egypt. It was rare that he verbally admitted the existence of the Thirteenth Legion, and then stepped on his horse and left, while Brutus walked up with some embarrassment, stretched out his hand to Li Bida and said, "Although we are enemies in justice, we are still friends in private, right?" ”

"It's natural, say hello to the beautiful Posia for me, and when the spring warms up, I wrote to Potti to ask her to come back to Rome to visit, and I heard that Posia is not in good health." Li Bida shook Brutus's hand lukewarmly and said.

"Well, before Saturnalia, I will also visit Caesar's mother and wife on your behalf, and bring you sincere greetings, but it's a pity that your woman and children are in Milan." Brutus nodded, let go of his hand, and mounted his horse, heading for the streets to the north.

The next person to ride past Li Bida was Cassillo, who smiled mysteriously at him, and just said, "See you next year." ”

At the back of the convoy, there sat Dillinger and Asher with different looks, and they also wanted to follow little Cato back, originally Cato wanted Munajius to accompany him and take charge of the account books by the way, but was rejected by the resentful Munajius.

For even Lybida saw that Munadis was a patron of the House of Cato, and that there was no problem in his loyalty, but it was precisely because of this, when Cato the Younger, in order to impress the others that he had "always been impartial", did not let Munajus go to the island of Cyprus before, but let Cannedis accompany Brutus to ask for money and books, which made him extremely sad and annoyed, and felt that the asylum did not like him nor trusted him. (To be continued......)