The person rescued by Li Bida is very eye-catching, he is Little Crassus, a very reckless and brave warrior under Caesar's tent, and also Crassus's biological son, who led the cavalry team some time ago to serve as a liaison with the city of Iduka, because Caesar, who did not wait for any mercenaries and elephants, could only rely on himself, preparing to force the Douro River deep into the Lusitania region, so he needed the assistance of the Iduka people, who wanted Little Crassus to be surrounded here.

At this time, believing that he was in danger, and that he was a blessing in disguise, his servants and soldiers entered the city, and enthusiastically placed the laurel leaf, a symbol of glory, on his head, and brought him mellow wine, and praised his bravery as if the battle to defeat the Avasili had been won under his leadership. But young men are always fleshed and vain, and little Crassus soon fell under the "sugar bomb offensive" of Lybida, and he met the humble Lybida in his camp, and then he was told that soon, dozens of tribes of Northern Lusitania would come to the city of Iduka to pay homage to him and show their submission to Rome, and that he, as the patron of Crassus and Caesar, would have the honour to hold this ceremony to show your great glory.

"No, my dear Lybida, I think it is better for Governor Caesar to receive this ceremony." Although little Crassus was fluttering, but not to the point of dementia, of course, this is what Li Bida wants, he needs a middleman to play sloppy, so he said to little Crassus, when my auxiliary army fought on the flank of Lusitania, killed a lot of barbarians against Rome, and also captured some booty, since Your Excellency is not willing to lead the ceremony. But be sure to represent Caesar. Pacify the order of the local barbarians as soon as possible. Come to greet Lord Caesar in a few days, and then I am willing to sell all the spoils for the cost of the ceremony.

This compromise proposal pleased little Crassus, and he asked him how to deal with the sale of the booty in a short time, to which he replied that it was about to be the great festival of the whole Celts, "May Day", and that we would summon all the barbarian tribes in the region in the name of peace, and set up a market to sell the booty (which was equivalent to selling the wealth of near Spain to Lusitania in disguise). Leave the details to me.

On the day of the May Fourth Festival, all the barracks of Li Bida were hung with olive branches symbolizing peace, and a huge camp market was erected outside the camp, and there were two huge firewood piles burning to increase the joy of peace and trade, and the soldiers and centurions began to sell all kinds of valuables in the barracks, exquisite utensils, swords inlaid with gold and pearls, burial goods from the noble cemetery, amber necklaces of noble women, etc. Some of them still carried the stench of their former owners' corpses or dried blood, and the barbarians came in large carts. After bringing barrels of wine and getting drunk in front of the campfire, they gathered in front of the camp, and their women were noisy, asking for this and that, and encouraging different suitors to compete to buy more and more expensive things to flatter them, and there was a cacophony of bargaining everywhere, of course, on the whole, the whole festival and the open day of the camp were very harmonious and entertaining, except for dozens of fights and murders that occurred in the mud, the triggers of these events were either conflicts over buying and selling prices, or jealousy in order to please women.

And Li Bida let little Crassus sit in a gorgeous tent, and negotiated various issues with the elder representatives of the barbarian tribes, the division of the new territory, the tax burden of the tribes, etc., in fact, it was mainly Li Bida who was actually operating, he used Saab Khamus's translation to mediate and quarrel fiercely with the elders, and the details even reached the abolition of the private debts of individual natives, but when it came time to sign the document, Li Bida would respectfully submit it to Little Crassus for a choice, making the other party dizzy, and they had no right to make a decision when it came to a major oneHe put it aside, saying that he would wait until Caesar came.

This is actually Li Bida's forte-stalling time and confusing little Crassus's mind.

Because on the other side, Habaruka was in another camp, together with several confidential slaves, quickly counting the proceeds of the sale of the booty and making corresponding arrangements.

As a result, the loot was sold at a low price due to the tight time and urgency, and the proceeds were three hundred and eighty tarents, plus the taxes collected in advance in various regions, adding up to a total of nearly six hundred talents.

Soon, the next day, Li Bida blew the trumpet in the camp to gather all the soldiers, and then he made an astonishing announcement, "In the previous war, I was honored to dine with you, build a camp together, and live and die together, but I have to declare that for you, the war is over, and the auxiliary corps is like this, which was built in a hurry and dispersed immediately. The Thyme Legion can only keep a backbone of a thousand-strong brigade for His Excellency the Governor to decide to stay, and as for most of the comrades in this camp, I am sorry to say Zaijian, but I will give you a rich gift, which consists of three parts, severance pay, settlement payment and pension, which is enough for you to return to your tribe and city. After saying that, Li Bida called Habaruka and others, and dismissed all the four thousand soldiers, each of whom received a fee of five hundred dinars, and the rest of the remaining backbone soldiers, most of whom were freed slaves from the island of Sardinia, did not consider money for the time being, but only hoped to continue to serve, but Li Bida also paid them a salary of one hundred dinars each, as a reward for their loyal service.

This cost him more than 200 tarents, and then the bribes of fifty talents that were stuffed into General Marco alone, and the whole process was very efficient, and soon most of the soldiers in Libida's camp left, and then Libida called Habaruka and handed him fifty tarents worth of gold, and told him to give them to Crassus Jr., "Is this the cost of the bribe?" Habaruka asked.

"No, his father's wealth, and he still needs us to bribe him? Tell him that this was the cost of the surrender ceremony for Caesar. The corners of Li Bida's mouth twitched, and he said with a smile. Then he called in Saab Kemus and handed him five Tallant's gold coin bags, "Dear Saab, this is your reward, I will be leaving Spain shortly after." ”

"But Your Excellency, this is at least fifteen years' worth of my salary, and I am doubly grateful that you bought the Celtic bench for my mother." Saab Kemus politely declined.

"No, the value you have played in this war is far more than this reward, it can be said that my victories have been achieved under your guidance of Jihua, and your financial and planning skills are first-rate, just as the students who graduated from the Athens Academy of Philosophy will always be of a higher grade than the students who graduated from Rhode Island - I only regret that I have no more precious souvenirs to give you, and remember, in my heart you are never the same as those who are paid to the big soldiers." Li Bida explained very deeply. (To be continued......)