"At this time, Rome was being invaded and slaughtered by the Goths, and I was inspired by God to write a book about the 'City of God'." - St. Augustine, "Change"

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The expression on Tri Ali's face was very funny, first surprised, and then panicked for fear of being abandoned by Li Bida, he thought that Li Bida had been affected by the "rumors", thinking that he was an incompetent mediocrity, and casually stuffed him with a sum of money, and then drove him back to fend for himself, this knight-born second-rate soldier's tongue began to knot, "Your Excellency, I asked myself if I followed you, I was still loyal and diligent in my work during this time, please don't." ”

"I've already said that you are talented, and you will definitely achieve excellent results if you work hard!" Li Bida stood up with a smile and took a long breath of fresh sea breeze, this semi-circular naval chief's room, protruding from the cliff of the headland, overlooking the entire bay and island of Alexandria, surrounded by windows, inside are bookcases, pen and paper, clay pots and other miscellaneous items, ensuring that the chief can command his fleet from any direction to fight.

Li Bida paced back and forth two steps, "Don't worry at all, I will use troops against Cyrenaica and Libya immediately, and the spoils will always be yours, and I told you to return to Rome because you mean more than anything there." ”

At this moment, the stone in Triali's heart finally fell, "If there is anything, please give orders, my honorable Commander-in-Chief." ”

"Nothing, you're my agent. Aren't you eager to revive your majesty in the city of Rome? I'll take care of the money. Go back and run for tribune right away. If there is anything missing, go and look for the one who is called Kaimez. Also, when you go to the city of Rome, you renew your loyalty to the great Pompey through Maximus. Li Bida's expression didn't look like a joke, "Re-entering Pompey's system, I should be very clear about what I said, to win his support and trust." I'll take care of it for you. ”

Tri Ali really didn't know what to say, according to his previous judgment of Li Bida, he was professionally against Pompey, but now

"Just do it, just remember that you are my best agent, and don't think so much about the rest." Li Bida took an olive, chewed it and said, "If you don't want to think about it, I have invested all of the three-headed monsters, which will greatly spread my risk." "Terry Ali was also a great player in the financial world. immediately understood what the commander was referring to, and immediately patted the horse again and again. Then he asked the other party if there was anything specific to do when he returned to Rome.

Of course there is, Li Bida smiled again and said that you are really considerate, but below his expression sank and said, "Tri Ali, the first thing you have to do is to publicly sue me." ”

Now, not to mention Tri Ali, even Sabo, who was standing by the window and watching the scenery, also turned his head, full of incredulity.

"Prosecute me for starting war without permission, against the orders of the governor of the land, demanding that I return my troops to Caesar, and sentencing me to two years' exile in Lusitania and a fine of three million sesdes. In terms of lawsuits, I will use my connections and connections to ensure that the prosecutor, Tri Ali, will definitely win, and this will be your springboard for political regrouping. ”

Before Tri Ali could speak, Li Bida waved his hand without doubt and asked him to go out and prepare, but at this time, Saab immediately clarified the deep meaning of the commander-in-chief, and it was indeed killing two birds with one stone.

"Sabo, do you think what I just said to that knight is true?" Li Bida held on to the window edge, looked at the ships coming and going below, and said.

"I think it's true, if Triali sues you, if the meeting of the Hundred really sentences you to exile, it will be a good match, and we will no longer have to accept anyone's moderation, whether it is Caesar, or Pompey, or even the Republic, and we will be able to successfully conquer Cyrenaica."

"You're still only seeing the view a block away." Haifeng made Li Bida's hair and cloak agitate, "I'm not just diversifying my investment, three years later, whether it's Caesar, Crassus, or Pompey, these three monsters, I will dispatch them through various means behind my back, Saab, have you ever seen a puppet show?" Forget it, I don't think you have seen it either. Li Bida smiled and made a few deftly gestures with his fingers, as if there were really silk threads underneath, "I remember when I first came to the city of Rome, I met Julius for the first time. Caesar, he said to me, in this city, some people roll dice, some people can only be dice, I was thinking that the three-headed monster like this as a dice, that kind of gambling must be very exciting. When the time comes, Rome will be like this bay from your bird's eye view, on which swords are fought, flesh and blood flying, what a huge death show, and we applaud the actors on it, or make death gestures to them. After speaking, Li Bida made a finger gesture to Sabo that the defeated sword slave would die.

"What did you say? There is a fee for the Thebes temple to go on the expedition! A few days later, Pharaoh stood by the crocodile pond in the same amazement, and said to Lybida, who had come to report on the plan, that he knew that it would be crazy to do so in Egypt.

On the other hand, Cleopatra was leaning against the fence, looking lazy and curious, and seemed to be very interested in what Lypita had to say.

"During this time, I wandered around the big library and read a lot of ancient pharaohs' governing texts. I wonder why the god Serapis in Lower Egypt has not been able to enter the ranks of the gods of Thebes until now, and that is because the power of the priests is so great that successive pharaohs have had to exempt the temple from military service and taxes. So if you want to break this situation, you have to drive by extraordinary means. Li Bida then asked his attendant to fetch a statue of the god Serapis, half-knelt down, and said in a very affirmative tone, "It is the will of the god of Serapis that the cost of the expedition to Cyrenaica should be borne by the temples that cannot be lived." ”

Soon after, in the royal city of Alexandro, Lybida rode on a white horse, held the banner of Amun's sheep's head, and placed a statue of the god Serapis with bull's ears studded with precious stones on a galleon, and wheels were placed under the ship, and rolled through the streets of Alexandro, "His Majesty Pharaoh received a revelation from God when he visited the temple of Serapis, that in the valley of the Thebes there was a strange cow that came out of its mother's belly with two heads and four horns, and brought plague and death to the countryside. This means that the ancestors of the pharaohs who have been buried here have begun to be infested by evil spirits. ”

Therefore, after consulting with many royal friends, Ptolemy decided to restore the ancestors' "river transport guards" and "Theban tomb guards", the former was stationed at the second waterfall of the Nile to ensure the safety of trade with the Nubian Kingdom and the Ponte Sea, and the latter entered the mouth of the imperial valley on the west bank of Thebes and established a fortress to suppress evil spirits and ensure the peace of the kingdom.

So, with the "Tomb Guards" and nearly 3,000 Medeje (after reaching a friendly agreement with the Kingdom of Meroe, Lybita further expanded his military resources from Coussi and Lower Nubia) and came to Thebes. (To be continued......)