The cemetery was the home of the Roman people's life, the nobility had their own family cemetery, the lowly slaves and poor people could be directly discarded in the pit outside the city after death, and the Roman soldiers who were born as civilians or served for half a lifetime to obtain citizenship were naturally the last place to go was the public cemetery. Moreover, the Roman philosophy was that the public cemetery should be located on the left side of the city gate, arranged on both sides of the road, so that everyone who came and went from the city, who wandered in the long river of time in this world, whether it was his relatives, friends, children, or strangers who had never lived in his life, could see the epitaph on his tomb, which briefly described the character and deeds of the deceased during his lifetime, and very humorously left the text at the end: "Now that you have read my life, I wish you a happy journey." And the visitor to the tombstone can also smile and leave a message on it with charcoal ink, saying, "You should also take care of yourself in the other world." ”

The deceased in later generations were busy communicating with the mysterious "heavens" when they were alive, and the Romans never forgot after their deaths that they always liked to be close to the living, which was the naturalism of ancient Rome easily and proudly.

Of course, Li Bida understood the psychology of the veterans, so he asked the stonemasons to arrange the tombs and tombstones in the cemetery according to the sequence of their service during their lifetimes, and left the inscriptions empty, leaving them to be carved according to their requirements when the veterans were dying. At the entrance of the cemetery, there is a monument to the merits, which is engraved with simple and clear characters, such as the exploits of veterans during their lifetimes or the places where they died in battle.

Skirting the cemetery, Li Bida and his entourage came to the abridged riverside walkway, where they watched the sparkling water in silence for a while. It won't be long before it's going to be bustling. The city of Rome had goods and luxuries. There will also be here, and this group of veterans has houses, fields, and cemeteries, and they have been contracted from life to death, just like he did with Highbrid, and in a few years Crassus will use a considerable amount of money to take these three thousand veterans from his wife and children to return to the army, and accompany him to the vast Mesopotamian desert. Fight Parthia.

I will not be able to go to Parthia, for the sword will have no eyes, and the Parthians will not know who I am with the arrows in their hands.

The best situation is to follow Caesar to Gaul and win greater capital, otherwise he will always be nested in the city of Rome, and sooner or later he will be used as cannon fodder by Crassura. However, I have not forgotten my grudge against Cicero until then, and now I am at the hand of Caesar. Tell him to fuck off.

When Li Bida arrived at Caesar's residence on Jucorah Street, he was cursing angrily and in a low voice. When Li Bida asked Caesar about the source of Caesar's anger, it turned out that when Caesar, through his close assistant and Batsatus, who served as the tribune, proposed a plan to the Senate, saying that the outgoing consuls were free to choose the provinces they wanted to go to, the last senators, under the secret instruction of Cato the Younger and Cicero, actually made a preliminary decision to let the dignified Julius . Caesar, after stepping down, go and become the "Governor of Forest Street"!

This is also the most special kind of governor of the Republic, this kind of governor does not govern any actual provinces, but oversees the great business of street maintenance and reforestation throughout Rome, Caesar had been a lowly road magistrate in his youth, and managed the Appian Way, which was obviously the union of the Chosen Fathers to return to his old business and cut off his great ambitions—yes, these Chosen Fathers were eager to send Caesar to the desert of Africa to plant trees and cover the whole Mediterranean with greenery.

"Kidding me, huh? Dear Lypidaus, you have come just in time, help me to repay them with a tenfold joke! Cato, Cicero, and there must still be that Byblos huddled at home! "This is Caesar's request.

Seeing that the time was ripe for the bad medicine, Li Bida took out the letters that Curio had handed over in advance and exchanged them with Cicero and gave them to Caesar.

This is his reward for helping Curio and Anthony, coming and going, and the unlucky one is Cicero, who has been betrayed repeatedly and secretly.

Caesar rarely looked at Cicero's letters in detail, although Cicero had not yet reached the point of putting his heart on Curio, but because he couldn't hold back his big mouth, he complained about the situation in every letter, that is, how bad the "year of the joint government of Julius and Caesar" was, of course, the words were also directed at the three-headed monster, thinking that these three were destroying the political and legal foundations of the republic, and he tried his best to persuade the "good and upright" Curio not to be tempted by ambition and power, Betraying friends and citizens.

After reading this, Caesar actually laughed again, and said that Cicero is like this, but it makes me quite embarrassed, do you understand Li Bida?

"Your Excellency's embarrassment should be that if you deal directly with Cicero, you will achieve his reputation for resistance; But if you let it go, Cicero will help Cato beat the side drum and keep embarrassing you in the Senate as he is now. This kind of person, killing him is a dirty knife, and not killing him is like a dirty worm falling into a dish. Li Bida's words simply caught Caesar's real itch, and he nodded frequently, saying that it is precisely because of this that I consulted your opinion.

"The literati are most afraid of hooligans, so let the street hooligans deal with him, and I mean, Your Excellency should understand that last time you did not pass the adoption procedure through the Council of Curia, and now he is ready to be re-elected as tribune. And you must now do your best to get rid of Cicero and Cato the Younger, and take them away, so that you may have peace of mind. ”

"I understand what you're doing to Cicero, how do we get rid of little Cato?" Caesar continued.

"As long as Claudius can drive Cicero away, is your Excellency afraid that he will not be able to drive away Cato the Younger? Since they are all using the power of the people's association to expel people, who cares about the way of expulsion. "The best way to pursue personal gain is to combine it with righteousness," which seemed to be what Caesar had taught the people before, and he remembered it very clearly, so he went on to say, "Ptolemy, king of Cyprus, is the cousin of Ptolemy the Piper, who is now in the city of Rome, and who had previously assisted Mithridates and instigated the people to kill the republic. We can start a small war of volunteers, and a mercenary regiment with Pompey's reinstated veterans as the main force can not only seize Cyprus, but also help the piper to restore, and you will not only enjoy the spoils of war, but I will also transfer part of the debt to your name, and even after the end of your term as governor, you will be able to please the people with the wine and wheat of the two places, and advance for greater power. Please also do not hesitate to do so, even if the expedition plan will not be determined until next year or the year after, the road will be paved from the year of your current reign. (To be continued......)