"We have lowered our salary to three opos a day, not because we are poor, but because we are afraid that you will become corrupt and damage your body if you have too much money." -- Commander of the Peloponnesian War, Ahibi, explaining to the soldiers after his salary was reduced

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hearing Li Bida's question, Caesar was stunned for a moment, then raised his fine forehead tattoo, and said leisurely, "It's very simple, because I have no money." ”

The whole scene suddenly became awkward, and several slaves and lower-level clerks who were still packing up the papers and seals around couldn't help but subconsciously slow down, staring at the two people sitting facing each other with suspicious eyes, and the two main figures in charge of this army, the consul and his lieutenant general.

Caesar pinched the bridge of his nose to soothe his mood with a heavy heart, and then began to stop shying away, he openly said to Li Pida, "Calabis, I don't think there is any need to hide in front of you, I used to do the same with Rabinus, since I have promoted you to deputy assistant, it means that there is no zài mustard among us, and before Rabinus leaves, I have no restrictions on his whereabouts and freedom, even if I have long known that his family and village are Pompey's Creon." As I told you earlier, I did have you in mind in my will, and I wanted to marry Attia to you, and although you refused, our relationship remains, isn't it? It can only be said that if I go to the circuit of Corduba and raise less than five hundred Talentes for rewards and salaries, I am afraid that the sergeants will return to the Italian border. There will be a mutiny. ”

"It's unlikely. They love you. Li Bida was relieved. In fact, he was thinking in his heart whether Caesar was going to "scrape meat" on him again, so he deliberately diverted from this topic, and by the way, carefully calculated, it stands to reason that the commercial income from his extension to Liguria and Sardinia (Gaul has not yet been rolled out for the time being) is enough to support Caesar's military spending at this stage, not to mention the monopoly income of certain materials in Cyrene, which is even more considerable. "But the question is, why should I invest my wealth in Caesar's army for free, not to mention that the agreement between Yulia and him was also clearly marked. So, stop scheming about me, I'm shrewd! Li Bida thought silently in his heart.

"In fact, Banks is ready to nominate me for Dick again, this time for a longer term, and then to make a distribution of the provinces, and Lusitania to my other lieutenant, Tellureas. The two Spains were given to Calidius, and Gaul was Thehemoth. And the future of Africa is yours. Caesar continued quietly.

"Five hundred Tallents, yes? I am confident that within three months, I will be able to mobilize the knights and the chamber of commerce to raise this batch of funds. Li Bida smiled and promised the money very straightforwardly.

Caesar went out to give a dismissal speech for the entire surrendered Pompey soldiers, leaving Li Bida alone, covering his face and bending over and still sitting in the camp, secretly regretting, "I was deceived by bait again, it seems that in the future, the burden of cooperating with Curio to attack Africa will be on my shoulders, I am really simple"

At this time, outside the tent, all the surrendered Pompey soldiers were gathered around the pulpit in darkness, their superiors had left Spain, but they still had to stay and accept the disposition of the victors.

Caesar's words are still concise and clear, in the same style as his writing and debate, "In the past in the tragic battles of Spain, the officers and men of both armies have performed their duties heroically and selflessly, and in this respect there is no distinction between friend and foe, and I do not wish to make such a prejudice that neither my subordinates nor you are qualified and excellent soldiers, and your service has been honored by this battle." In the previous days of Ilelda, although we were superior in strength and strength, I still had the goodwill of peace, and I often wondered how good it would be if the conflict in my country could be resolved without bloodshed. When I went south to the port of Brindisi, I kept sending envoys to Pompey to ask for a free conversation between the two, but I was repeatedly hindered by some people, and this time it was the same in Spain, where the high commanders such as Aphranius and Peletaeus were blinded by arrogance and hatred, and regarded your demands as nothing, and because of this, the war broke out, and I lost a full 10,000 excellent men of the three legions, and you suffered no less than 6,000 dead and wounded in the previous pursuit. These are avoidable sacrifices. After saying that, Caesar's eyes actually flashed with tears, and Li Bida stood at the door of the camp, looking at his back, thinking that this was indeed a good person, and this speech just now not only dissipated the anger and shame of Pompey's soldiers, rekindled their self-esteem, and put the blame on the head of the enemy commander.

Caesar then cleared his throat and officially announced the disposition, "Even now I have restrained my army to prevent them from taking revenge on you, for the defeat of Ilelda has caused a great deal of resentment among our soldiers, and I am not prepared to abuse anyone as the victor - all the soldiers of the Spanish provinces are now treated as discharged, if you have been recruited from a local colonial city, or have married a local woman, and have your own house and property, Then you can leave freely and return to your loved ones; If you are recruited from other parts of the Republic, then go to the Varus River, the northernmost point of Spain, and disband automatically. I pledge that there will be no harm to the lives of any of you during this period, unless any of you, after leaving Spain, continues to take up arms and endanger our army. I hereby declare that peace has been restored to the whole island of Iberia, and that there is no need to leave so many legions to garrison. ”

All the soldiers shouted, and raised their hands, for most of them the war was completely over, and then Caesar went to Corduba, and Libida first took up the financial team in the camp again, and began to provide severance pay for all the departing soldiers: a third of them had a family in the area, and each of them had two hundred cesdes, and those who left the country were given double the amount of money.

In this cumbersome financial accounting, Li Bida confirmed that what Caesar said was true, this guy was indeed exhausted, and the huge wealth he absorbed in the Gallic War was also burned out in order to maintain these legions, and unlike Li Bida, Caesar never had a stable wealth base, he relied on the courage and charm of his personal "white wolf with empty gloves", walking a tightrope between the political, military and financial circles (nobles, soldiers and knights).

After thinking for a while, Li Bida quietly called Milou and Sabo at the same time, and said to them, "When you were dismissed, were all the Pompey soldiers happy?" ”

"Of course not, I am a person who has served for many years, and I also found from the team the veteran oil who served in Spain and General Setuuris, I can see this kind of person at a glance, the tattoos on his arms have faded, and their gang will not do anything else except to be a soldier and eat food." Milou said with certainty. (To be continued......)

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!