Subsequently, Li Bida glanced at Brutus twice, and left in a hurry, and the other party obviously puffed out his cheeks and wanted to rush up to reason with himself, but he didn't know what to say and accuse the other party? What is there to blame, Li Bida is only in a different camp from himself, he has not done anything to harm himself, his uncle was killed by the rioting citizens of Masseria in the siege of the city, who can blame him?

"Marcus. Brutus, you are a rational aristocrat, a philosopher, and there is absolutely no need to complain, but you should put aside your emotional disputes and continue to advance towards the goal of reason. Remember, you are not the unscrupulous Catiline or the outspoken-minded Cicero. Brutus kept grunting and restraining himself until a hand was on his shoulder, and when he looked back, it happened to be Uncle Caesar next door to him.

"How's it lately, still resentful that I deprived you of your office? After all, Cassiyo has already taken office. As if the two could not return to their previous atmosphere, Brutus bowed his head and followed the dictator, and then found two opposite couches, sat down and talked.

With a few gestures, the slaves and servants beckoned the other guests to go, except for one, who turned the bronze lamp between the two of them to the brightest of the two.

"There's nothing to resent, of course I know my weight, it's better to take my time with my qualifications, after all, I just want to do something that is beneficial to the country and my own cultivation, and I don't need to think about quick success." Brutus said self-deprecatingly.

But Caesar said, "Go and exercise!" ”

Brutus was a little taken aback, but Caesar continued. "Cassiyo went to Lusitania. I gave him the task of recruiting a legion. That is, the number of the Fourth Army, in terms of finance, you also had a lot of experience when you served as a staff member for little Cato, so I think it is more appropriate for you to be the provincial treasurer. ”

"I was not elected by the 100-member meeting, and it is not in the tradition of the Republic to do so." Brutus said this very stubbornly.

Caesar laughed, like an ignorant child, "My dictator has not been elected in any way. At that time, during the Punic War, the Senate did not have the power to organize and command the army and appoint army generals, the times are changing, the situation is changing, and people must change with it, right? Brutus, my child, if you still want to be strong, if you want to win glory, then you have to keep your feet on the ground, I told you to go home in the hope of calming down for a while. So go for it, kid. There is always a harvest for working in the wheat fields. ”

At this time, snuggled by the colonnade. Seville, the mother who watched the two men talking, smiled with relief when she saw that the faces of the two men she loved the most had slowly eased from their original stiffness.

In the days that followed, Caesar and Lybida pursued the word "fast" as much as possible, and Caesar elected Barsatus, who was born in Spain, and another nobleman sent by the Senate, Popilus, as consuls, and in response to the previous request of Yurabella, ended his term as dictator, but still did not abandon military power, on the contrary, he assigned most of the elite staff and cronies to the "Wartime Provincial Executive Yuan", and these people served as civil and military officials of the republic, and also dealt with the affairs of the provinces. The civil magistrate was responsible for dispatching the tax knights, while the military tribune rank was responsible for recruiting and training the rest of the non-wartime provinces.

On the 12th of March, when the new consuls began to issue their decrees, Caesar announced that all his fleets and land forces should be stationed in the port of Brindisi as far as the ports of Sicily, and that they would all rush towards Africa at the first order.

Caesar's plan this time was to avoid a decisive battle with Pompey in Utica, because Pompey could receive strong assistance from King Juba at any time, but first send Hitius and Cassiyo to send an army across the sea to Mauritania as much as possible, and mobilize the local king to attack Queen Juba's backyard to contain him; He and Li Bida led the main force to go ashore with the already consolidated Lyptis, clear the Rabinus army in front of them, and then slowly approached Utica, and then seized the opportunity for the decisive battle!

The former governor of Sicily, Curio, is still unknown to this day, but Caesar can't take care of it so much, and directly puts this province under his own account and operates.

As for Li Bida, he also threw away the title of cavalry commander for the time being, and changed it to "chief officer of the provincial executive yuan in wartime", with an extremely long name.

But the strangest thing came out below:

When Caesar and the chief of the Executive Yuan walked out of Rome with their guards, passing through Campeña, the veterans of the Tenth Legion, about 3,000 men, gathered themselves and led by Scava and followed Caesar's mount.

After walking for a while, Caesar stopped his horses, and the group of ten legions also stopped, about a furlong apart, and many of them turned their backs to make eye contact with Caesar. But when Caesar drove his mounts forward, the large men ran and followed in an orderly manner.

"Hey, why don't you tell them?" Li Bida reminded Caesar next to him.

"The fact that I didn't chase them away is very telling." Caesar said casually.

"But it's better to talk to the Tenth Legion!" Li Bida Jian, who was lying in the saddle, said.

Finally, in the border area of Campeña, when the other legions of Capua arrived, Caesar stopped and drove his horse to the front of the Tenth Legion, all of them carrying their tools and baggage in the marching position, but without weapons or armour, and when they saw the commander coming on horseback, Scalva took the lead and turned away, and the others stood still in shame and said nothing.

"Former dictator's lecture speech!" Li Bida came to the side, and everyone immediately stood up.

Caesar took the reins, walked back and forth twice, and then said succinctly, "The Tenth Legion will not go to Brindisi for the time being, but will wait in Naples for the new recruits to be replenished, and then, in the guise of a full main force, the second wave will cross the sea to meet us in Lesputis." ”

Then, amid the thunderous cheers of the Tenth Legion, Caesar and Libida turned their horses' heads and walked away. And the 10th Army regrouped its columns and followed them closely.

"Dear Lybidaeus, have you handed over the wordboard signed by Scava and the other chiefs last time?" When he arrived at Brindisi's camp, Caesar untied his cloak and sword from his tent and questioned Lybida.

"Yes, I have read all the terms inside, and I am actively planning and preparing." So saying, he told Matthias to bring the leather box and handed the tablet to Caesar.

After looking at it for a while, Caesar sighed, gave it back to Li Bida, and then sat down, and commanded in a very relaxed tone, "The five men who have taken care of this matter will deal with them when they have crossed the sea!" (To be continued......)