Therefore, after all the objections disappeared, Wang Qiu and his team released an unmanned reconnaissance plane overnight to determine the location of the target, and at the same time set up missile and rocket artillery firing positions near the camp, preparing to wait until dawn to launch a covering bombardment on the enemy position, flooding the locked area with missiles, and stewing Caesar and Pompey, two good friends who have been in love and killed each other for decades, to heaven.

However, although under Cleopatra's undisciplined "sexual bribery", Wang Qiu Zuihou still reluctantly agreed to the missile bombardment, but, from his heart, he absolutely did not approve of such a rash and rash enemy.

First of all, now that the civil war in the Roman Republic is raging, Caesar's plebeian camp and Pompey's aristocratic camp are fighting to the death. The countries of the Mediterranean Rim that had not yet been annexed by Rome, such as the kingdom of Pontus on the Black Sea coast, Armenia in Asia, the Jewish kingdom in Jerusalem, and Numibia and Mauritania in North Africa, are now betting on the sidelines in an attempt to profit from them...... Of course, most of them didn't get any benefits.

But now this Queen Cleopatra, who has changed her soul, is even more ambitious. If you don't buy Pompey's account here, you want to bombard Caesar over there, which is tantamount to offending both sides in one go...... Despite this level of provocation, it was not enough to make the two camps of the Roman Republic abandon the civil war and join forces to defeat Egypt. But the effects were enough to make Cleopatra's crown crumble—even if the Romans' own legions were too busy with civil wars, not to mention Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his remnants entrenched in Upper Egypt!

At that time. As long as the Romans provided some support, whether virtual or real, such as sending a few small reinforcements, or calling on the Shili of the Near East to join Ptolemy XIII's side. Joining forces in the crusade against Cleopatra, the temporarily defeated pharaoh may still be able to make a comeback.

Even if the young pharaoh had nothing to worry about, the Romans would have blacklisted Egypt and would retaliate when the civil war was over.

Secondly, let Caesar leave a strong mark in history and create a new era of Western shijie, and died under his incomprehensible missile bombardment. Wang Qiu also felt a little sad in his heart.

Previously, in the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453, they did not hesitate to gas the outskirts of Constantinople and killed Sultan Mehmed II and hundreds of thousands of Turkish troops in one go. It's because there's really no other way. Moreover, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is in a hurry to deal with the surplus of arms and does not have to pay for it itself. But this time...... Every "firefighting missile" fired in ancient Egypt must be recorded in the unit's account!

In fact, by reselling back and forth in ancient Mesoamerican time and space. Looting in the Eastern Roman Empire. There is also the nuclear waste disposal fee paid by the Japanese government, Wang Qiu and his family have some net savings in hand, and they are no longer the poor eggs they were when they first opened in the summer. However, it was not until the war began on the Egyptian side that they were shocked to discover that the huge expenses and high costs of modern warfare could not be compared with the "tricky" type of cold-weapon group fighting in ancient Central America -- in ancient society, the cost of maintaining a 100,000-strong army for a year would be almost exhausted if it were placed on a modern battlefield with a daily cost of 10,000 dollars.

In ancient times. The biggest material consumption of the army in a war is nothing more than military rations and salaries. At most, add swords and arrows. When the generals are desperately bleeding their purses and buying a soldier with a complete outfit including armor, swords, and shields, they can often use it for many years, and even pass on a pair of armor or a good knife from grandfather to father, and from father to son, from the Middle Ages to modern times.

If it is possible to transfer axes and "control knives" from modern shijie, the cost of building an army can be further reduced.

And modern warfare is not so cheap, those missiles, bullets, and shells are all disposable consumables, not to mention, the price is far more expensive than any ancient weapon. For example, the price of a large "fire missile" is 30 million for one shot! If unguided rocket artillery is used, the price can be slightly cheaper, but the problem is that Wang Qiu and his people do not have specially trained artillery, and it is difficult to hit fixed targets accurately.

Therefore, after traveling to the time and space of ancient Egypt, only two small battles were fought, and the collective small treasury of their time-space urban management team was already about to be empty. If, after killing Caesar and Pompey this time, they still can't end the war, or get a large amount of money into their accounts, Wang Qiu and the others will have to donate the dividends that everyone got before to buy arms - that's a real loss of money and a lot of money!

However, for Wang Qiu, who was still poor half a year ago, the money in his hand came quickly and easily, and even felt a little unreal, he thought that he was not an insatiable person, so he spent it and spent it, and it was not a pity to squander it. What's more, if Queen Cleopatra was forced to have no foothold in ancient Egyptian time and space, she could only return to the modern era through the wormhole and run to his house to beg for support...... Well, Wang Qiu's work progress in collecting all kinds of soft girls and building a harmonious harem is estimated to be on a higher level!

A living Cleopatra also comes with a Japanese-style version of the zombie shrine maiden...... For such a cute girl, it's worth it even if you go bankrupt!

-- I have to admit that men are irrational creatures who think with their lower bodies a lot of the time.

However, is Queen Cleopatra so unwise that she will cause a catastrophe for herself in order to vent her anger for a moment?

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“…… Qiujun! Sister Tongtong! I know that your original intention was to try to replicate the successful experience in the Mesoamerican plane, to use the Ptolemaic status as a cover, and Egypt's position as a commercial logistics hub in the Mediterranean, to trade with the Romans with modern industrial products - now that the Romans have unified almost the entire Mediterranean, you can't do business without the Romans - in order to gather resources. Profiteering is just as the ancient Persians sent a steady stream of Roman gold and silver to the East through the Silk Road......"

Under the dim emergency lights. Queen Cleopatra pointed to the map of ancient Rome during Caesar's Civil War that had just been printed out with a wooden stick, and said to Wang Qiu and Ma Tong, "...... However, have you ever thought about a very crucial question - will the Romans pay obediently? Don't forget, as a vassal state of Rome, every Egyptian pharaoh had to beg the Romans for mercy and receive their bounty. will be allowed to continue living in their own palace! And both the aristocracy and the plebeian faction in Rome used Egypt as an ATM for them to get what they wanted! ”

She suddenly changed her words and sighed deeply. “…… In recent years, all the turmoil and disasters that have occurred in Egypt have been inseparable from Rome on the other side of the sea! Since a few decades ago, Egyptian farmers have harvested half of their wheat every spring. They were all loaded onto merchant ships bound for Italy. And then there are the delicate cloths dyed purple, the dazzling gems and crystals, and the golden amber. Ivory from the upper reaches of the Nile, frankincense, musk and pepper from Asia were bought by Roman merchants at high prices as soon as they arrived in port.

On the face of it, Egypt seems to have profited quite a bit from these trades. But in fact, what did Rome pay for wheat in Egypt? Nothing!! Every day several merchant ships laden with grain and curiosities sailed out of Alexandria for Italy, but the Romans never really paid for it - every few years we had to take a large amount of gold coins and bars out of the treasury. Moved to a ship and sailed to Rome. The more goods the Romans bought in Egypt. The money that the Egyptians gave them will only be more! They thought of Egypt as a Roman bread basket, but it never occurred to them to pay a copper coin for Egyptian bread! ”

Speaking of this, the queen's tone became more and more resentful, "...... This outrageous approach is similar to the strategy used by the Americans to force the yen and renminbi to appreciate in order to balance the trade deficit. But the Romans' method of balancing the trade deficit was even more barbaric and violent - that is, they took out their swords and put them on the necks of foreign kings, demanded the money directly, and sent troops to rob them if they did not give them! ”

In this regard, Wang Qiu imagined in his mind the scenario in which the United States deployed five aircraft carrier battle groups to the East China Sea, demanded that China pay Washington $500 billion a year as protection money to balance the Sino-US trade deficit, and stationed tens of thousands of American soldiers in the Chinese capital, and if they did not agree, they would use nuclear bombs to destroy Asia...... Well, if the Americans were still as simple and crude as the Romans, then human civilization would have been destroyed long ago.

“…… In short, it is impossible for Egypt, as a vassal state, to do normal business with Rome, the suzerainty - no matter what good things you come up with, the Romans will definitely ask us for free tribute. ”

Queen Cleopatra pointed to the Italian peninsula on the map with a stick, and said, "...... What's more, in order to borrow troops from Rome to restore the country, the first king still owed the Romans a debt of 6,000 tarrants of silver! I can't pay it back anyway, and if I want to pay off this debt, I'll have to turn against Rome! At least the Romans will not dare to collect debts and extort money! ”

“…… Six thousand tarrants? One tarrant is equal to twenty-six kilograms, so that it adds up to ...... One hundred and fifty-six tons of silver?! Your cheap dead ghost daddy just hired a mere 2,000 Roman troops, and he needs so much military spending? ”

Ma Tong, who is sensitive to numbers, did the math and immediately screamed.

“…… The matter of borrowing troops to restore the country is similar to the loan sharking by the underworld gang, where will there be a real price? ”

Queen Cleopatra shrugged her shoulders, "...... Moreover, it is useless to take sides in this civil war, whether it is Caesar's plebeian camp or Pompey's aristocratic camp, they are standard Romans who will only threaten others with war and extort other people's property! Look at Caesar's pre-school work! Obviously, he came uninvited and burned my capital into a sea of fire, but he didn't have the slightest intention of wanting daoqian! He even brazenly asked me for money and food, and gave orders! I was almost asked to give up my country and turn Egypt into a Roman province!

So, even if you plan to do business here, you must first help me to get Egypt out of its vassal status and beat Rome, the suzerain, to the point that I dare not squeak. And if you want to make an example of the monkey, Caesar and Pompey, who are alone in the depths, are obviously the ultimate targets......

At this point, Queen Cleopatra blinked suddenly, and at the same time reached out and squeezed her plump breasts, "...... What's more, even if it's just for this body, I'm afraid you should hope that Caesar, the old adulterer, will die as soon as possible! ”

“…… All right! It seems that Caesar must die! After being silent for a while, Wang Qiu finally spoke again, "...... To ensure that the target can be killed in one hit, I am going to use a cloudburst bomb ......" (To be continued. )