"Of course, I don't like the bastards of Cassiio and Brutus either, you have to know Lybidaeus, you are the father who fought alongside Caesar many years ago, and this is what I and my entire family recognize, but those two guys were originally from Pompey's camp, and they were not captured and surrendered until you crossed the Channel, and now their actions are very suspicious." Pisso replied, and then he said that Caesar's family had been united, and that Cota, Dicchias, and Petis all recognized by Turinus' present inheritance to Caesar.

So, Li Bida directly took out a male slip from Mattia's box and gave it to Pisso, and the other party was surprised after reading it, "What, Caesar wants to open up the Isthmus of Corinth?" ”

The capital's magistrate nodded, saying that Caesar had six thousand captives in the African-African War, of which two thousand were all stuffed into the Colosseum after the completion of the New Venus Temple, and none of the ten would survive, and the other four thousand were taken by the little Pompey brothers in the Balearic Islands. Originally, he was going to liberate this group of people in the war with Pompey when the army was exhausted, and formed a new army to break the net, but the war progressed smoothly to the point that Caesar was unexpected, so now he ordered this group of people to follow the archaeological fleet of Libida to the Isthmus of the Limestone Cliffs of Corinth, and open it up as a shipping channel, so that the sea transportation of Italy and the whole of Asia Minor and Greece would be much easier. It will be a great project that will change the world.

However, Pisso clearly thought Caesar was crazy, for he was also preparing to drain the entire marsh of the Tarquin Plain and build a new Roman city on it. "There will be about 200,000 soon. Wealthy people, craftsmen, artisans, and philosopher-poets who were granted citizenship poured into the new city. The old banks of the Timber River needed to be completely renovated because of the narrow and wooden city of Rome, which used to be like an ant's nest, and the imposing buildings of brick and stone, and the roads had to be paved with large and smooth stones. Caesar planned to pay about 10,000 talents for the excavation of the isthmus and the rebuilding of Rome, of which he took out 2,000 of his personal wealth, 4,000 from the Holy Treasury, and the rest from the taxes of the Executive Yuan every year.

But when Pisso expressed doubts about the feasibility of the project. Li Bida laughed, and said that this kind of result is not what we care about now, and then he took out the stacked gong and said in a low voice: "Now that boy of Cassiio has caused the people to boil over in the Lusitania and Betica regions of Far Spain, and many of the indigenous chieftains and colonial regiments who have sheltered me there have sent fierce arguments, saying that Cassiio and Tellureas have each recruited two regular legions, and three or four auxiliary regiments of the Alliance, plus three thousand cavalry, and Brutus, who is the treasurer. He also instructed his tax collectors to extort and defraud in a frenzy, making the whole province miserable - when they returned to the capital to officially take up the post of legal officer. I estimate that the litigants who have been chased can cover the entire Civic Square. ”

"What is this guy going to do? I have heard from his accounting slave that Cassiyo is now in debt of nearly a thousand tarrents, and that he seems to be trying to fish for himself, using all of Spain to cobble together a large army for himself. Pisso muttered.

"Quite simply, he wanted to take the power of the expedition with Brutus, and Kasi went to Parthia as the governor of Syria, and Brutus went to Dacia as the governor of Macedonia, and took the opportunity to disadvantage Caesar and regain power in the republic, because they inherited the legacy of Pompey and Cato the Younger, and I think they would buy more swingers if necessary, and now Aetius is their agent in the Senate, and will fight for Cicero, Dehemos, Eulabella, etc., An alliance against us is secretly on the move. Li Bida said expressionlessly.

Pisso was obviously frightened by the severity of the matter, and he said directly, I support you to become the governor of Syria and Antony to be the governor of Macedonia, but Li Bida did not answer clearly, just smiled and said that he was now only responsible for two things, to carry out the isthmus excavation project, and to excavate the ancient city of Troy.

"Then I'll pay you six hundred more Tallents from the Holy Treasury." Pisso immediately opened a bid code.

Li Bida also nodded knowingly, "My subordinate Opric, he has hundreds of strong and loyal sword slaves, willing to protect Your Excellency and Caesar's wife, and I also have two veterans placed in Fort Lypida, I will reinstate them when the time is right to relieve the situation in Rome." And I beg you to convey my words of concern to His Excellency the Dictator, for Caesar was hitherto not quite convinced that Brutus had betrayed him. "This is an obvious strategy of retreating, telling Pisso to rush to the front for the time being, attract firepower, and he can use a few months to arrange the whole prologue without Caesar noticing.

Therefore, although Li Bida said in advance that it would take two months to collect archaeologists, in fact he had all the troops, fleets, and funds in place in four market days, and he was busy at both ends: 300 historians, poets, craftsmen, 8,000 Gallic prisoner of war workers, and 70 ships, with a large amount of utensils, money, and food.

In this procession were also Leo and Turinus, and at this time the two boys were given the names of their respective families, "Lypida" and "Octavian", and they were also given the title of captain of the cavalry by Caesar, and under the arrangement of their respective mothers and sisters, they wore imposing cloaks, armor, and fine harnesses, and brave mounts—both horses were carefully selected by Liebida's men from the stables of Cyrene, and specially given by boat.

"Young men, you are so handsome, what a good look!" In front of the harbor camp, when watching the two teenagers giggling and chasing each other, Li Bida also happily held the whip and praised it.

Over there, two young men, too, came running and panting, and when Li Bida saw one of them, who was beautifully dressed and delicate, he smiled and opened his arms to welcome him, saying, "This is Mecenas, the son of my friend the knight Caimez, you have come from Etrunia, my dear!" ”

Mecenas, who was Billio, a friend of Liberda and the son of "Cleon" Café, was a few years older than Octavian, and looked much more stable, he was about the same age as Virgil, and his father was just a low-ranking official in Rome, and later, with the assistance of Liberda, as an agent of his business, he earned millions of Cescades in Etrunia, and several manor villas, and obtained knighthood, and Mecenas, as the eldest son, now inherited his father's name, To complete his military service in the provinces, "I didn't go to the Apollonian Academy with Leo, I am now a full-fledged officer, and I have entered the Macedonian Legion to serve." (To be continued......)