As soon as Pompey had finished saying this, several herald horsemen, who had been tanned, handed over the latest report of the battle—Caesar had arrived in Brindisi.

"What?" Pompey was surprised, and then he suddenly realized, and said to everyone, this happened to be Caesar's trick, he deceived us with false information, in fact, his legion had already quietly left for Brindisi, but the patriarch who stayed in Rome on our side only knew that he was staring at Caesar, and Caesar also took advantage of this to contain our eyes, and then he made an excuse, and it took only about three days to rush to Brindisi, and he could immediately command and dispatch the battle situation, just to take us by surprise.

It didn't take long for Pompey to be heard, and another herald cavalryman, baring his snow-white teeth and raising his whip, struggled to hand over the paperwork at full speed in the smoke and dust: "Caesar has already laid out a plan for an attack on Greece. ”

"Who is his commander?" Pompeo asked.

"Caesar cobbled together a new fleet with all his might, and it is said that forty ships with decks were handed over to Antony's brother Gaius and his lieutenant General Setlerus, and Cicero's son-in-law Eulabella, along the coast of Dalmatia, in an attempt to establish a bridgehead somewhere." The herald shouted, apparently receiving accurate information.

"Why didn't Caesar take command himself?" Pompey muttered under his breath.

"In any case, now that we have figured out the enemy's subordinates, targets, and commanders, the war has a chance of winning." Scipio said confidently.

Pompey sighed, once this general really came to the battlefield, he had time to sharpen his minions. will become the most terrifying enemy. He hurried out of the whole group: my son Sextus and his father-in-law Lipo. Immediately set sail with Utica's fleet again, whether it was a storm or a shower, and immediately rendezvous with the Greek Byblos fleet, although this Byblos had a deep hatred for Caesar and would not slack off, but after all, his ability was limited, so with Maximus as the assistant, he was the actual commander. This young admiral, who had followed me in the purge of pirates, was as experienced as Lipo in his fifties, and although he had been expelled for disobedience to me, and now that everyone was fighting for the republic again, Caesar's commanders were not to be feared by the union of these men - Caesar's poor soft-footed shrimp at sea were compared to my elite generals who had exterminated pirates in the Mediterranean. What can it be used for?

In Asia, our Brutus and Apis recruited men to form a new second-line army. Mobilize veterans from Crete and Rhodes to fight the Caesars, and command fleets from Cassiio and Malclous to recapture these strongholds and terrorize the hesitant vassals. As for the armies of Greece and Macedonia, they abandoned the attack on Illyria and concentrated on the shores of Dikhaqiang and Apollonia, with Gabinus in charge, while Marcellus remained in Delphi, responsible for collecting money and food from the various city-states and kingdoms, and preparing logistics equipment.

"For Caesar's first wave of troops crossing the sea, sue Sùlibo, Séctus and Maximus, and the main thing is to break through each one, first the navy and then the army." Pompey dictated the gist in a rough voice.

Both sides were fighting hard and preparing for a new battle, but this situation was still not felt in the city of Rome for the time being, and Li Bida, who was in charge of staying in the city, although he obeyed the order to cancel the triumphal ceremony, still took out money for the gluttony of the citizens, and the whole city began to revelve in drunken days again, until Mattia, who was in charge of finance, reported that Caesar had now run out of gold, silver and copper coins in both the treasury and the barracks.

The money is spent, which may be unimaginable in modern society, but in the classical era, it is a normal problem, the money in the treasury of the Saturnalia was all taken away by Pompey, and although Li Bida had forcibly looted the holy treasury before, but the money was also in the war between Italy and Spain, because the military funds and bounties were exhausted, Li Bida himself also posted a considerable amount of money.

The city of Rome is now a city without money, or at least in the government of the dictator Dictor Tydo, all these shiny and indispensable little things have slipped away.

So when Matthias reported the situation, Li Bida was lying on a couch studded with diamonds and gold nuggets in the luxurious mansion of the old Bolus, drinking fine wine, and relaxing from the fatigue of the previous battle. Since many of the republican senators fled the city, Pompey's estate and mansion fell into the hands of Antony, and the house of Borus (who was too old and died of illness on the way) was given to Libida, and some were disposed of at a low price and converted into money for celebrations and bribery. Now after learning the news, I immediately feel that the drinks are sour because of the melancholy mood.

"This dead bald man, no wonder he runs so fast! It turned out that he was going to throw all the mess at me. Li Bida slammed the silver wine glass on the small table, and then Matthias said that the mints and warehouses of Cyrenaica had accumulated a lot of gold and silver coins in the past two years, and some of them were bought by Adiana from selling luxury sets of flowers to Greece on a regular basis, and they were brought in from time to time for emergency relief.

"Son, you're crazy." Li Bida hurriedly held down his words, "Those gold and silver coins will always have value, and if they are scattered, they will be the army, they will be supplies, and they will be for our private use, do you think this war will end in a year or two?" Also, the route from Cyrene to Italy is now blocked by the superior Pompey fleet, and if I were captured on the way, my heart would be torn apart. ”

If you want to ask where Li Pida's own fleet is, and it is still in the hands of his close confidant Paulus, in the port of New Carthage, in the name of guarding against the enemies of Africa and Africa, Li Bida has become more and more shrewd and dark-bellied over the years, so that he will not spread this killer weapon when there is no benefit.

"In fact, the solution to the waste of money and coins is also very simple." Li Bida said with a deep groan.

Matthias stood beside him with bated breath and listened to the teachings.

Li Pida went on to talk about a few core tips: fundraising, edicts, and minting.

But the latter two Li Bida did not directly single-point, he first said to Matthia, the first is the beginning and the key, so he should use the identity and convenience of the dictator's assistant to take this crucial step in advance.

"Tell Helcius to come to my mansion tomorrow, I need to make a noise, it's in this city." Li Bida spoke loudly to Matthias.

As a result, on the second day, in place of the dictator Dicktido, he posted a temporary akuta in the main square, on which a clear decree was signed: the war was difficult, luxury was strictly prohibited, and from now on, in the city of Rome, regardless of status, it was strictly forbidden to possess more than 60,000 cestaxis in cash. (To be continued......)