"What you say does make a lot of sense." Not surprisingly, Caesar immediately approved of Lybida's plan, and said that I would immediately send Ebro to lobby Pompey, and I would unite with him to nominate Claudius's tribune for re-election, so that the other party would be grateful to us both, and as for the follow-up procedures, I will leave it to you.

Now it's okay, Li Bida was happy to fart, ready to play the spirit of "little spinning top" again, and quickly and quickly put this thing into operation, but at this time Caesar stopped him, and then put the public seal down, and then asked: "Do you have anything to hide from me in the matter of Egypt and Cyprus?" ”

As soon as Caesar asked this, Li Pida's thoughts suddenly returned to the Lusitania battlefield last year, although there were no monitors and high-tech equipment such as bugs in this era, but his small actions still couldn't hide from Caesar, so he hurriedly said: "That Ptolemy XII came to Rome this time, and only brought three thousand five hundred Talant's property, and Your Excellency, you also know that in order to restore the country, it is a gift to you and Pompey, Pharaoh spent six thousand talents, so I borrowed some money to Pharaoh, after all, it is for the benefit of the Republic and Your Excellency, Your Excellency, and I will have to pay you back part of the debt in the future, and before that, I can do it on my behalf," Li Bida's voice became softer and more vague.

"Then I must thank you, dear Lybidaeus. But I have heard that you have found a group of knights, and have collected two thousand five hundred tarents for the piper. But after five years, he was asked to repay it at 30 percent per annum. In other words, in the end, Pharaoh will give you back 5,400 Talants. If Pharaoh can't afford it. You're going to be in charge of Egypt's wheat export business as the largest creditor, and then out of so much money, you're going to give me four hundred talents, right? Caesar's laughter and groaning suddenly made Li Bida feel that he had nowhere to hide.

But he quickly smiled calmly and said, "How is that possible!" Not to mention wheat, even with the addition of the Egyptian papyrus franchise. I will not contradict your new jurisprudence! ”

"But this draft debt you signed with your father, let me flip through it, oh, by the way, there is indeed an entry for the transfer of the papyrus franchise." When Caesar laughed at this, he began to cry, when a small door at the corner of the stairs in the hall of the mansion opened, and Cleopatra walked out holding the scroll of the agreement signed between him and her father.

Caesar took over the draft agreement. Li Bida was next to him and beat the drum in his heart, "This plan is very clear. First monopolized wheat and papyrus, and then got involved in taxes, and then the Minister of Finance, the military governor, look at this entry, it really opened my eyes, Libidaeus, you actually have attached, if you can't repay the debt, you automatically have the right to appoint and dismiss the chief eunuch of the court, what do you want to do with this? Caesar's eyes smiled.

Just when Li Bida made an expression of "I can explain all this", but before he could speak, Caesar raised his left hand to signal that he didn't need to say more, but he didn't shout to drag the respected and honest Kuria attendant out of the court, he stood up with a smile, touched Cleopatra's head affectionately, and made a decision to Li Bida: "This matter will be settled privately, you reduce the interest to fifteen percent, and if Pharaoh really can't pay back the money in five years, you can be the finance minister of Egypt— Our republic does not limit this. And—" With that, he pinched Cleopatra's mouth, and said, "Don't forget, your father still sent me fifteen hundred tarents!" If it is not given after five or even ten years, I will take the attendants and many legions to your country and forcibly collect them. ”

On the street back, Li Bida lowered his eyes and walked slowly in front of the Cleopatra sedan chair, the little lady first untied the curtain and gently knocked Li Bida on the broad back with a scepter, teasing him to talk to himself, but Li Bida was just angry and didn't bother to pay attention to her, and then the little lady became even more presumptuous, and directly smiled and kicked Li Bida's back with a small bare foot, and the bell rang chaotically, Li Bida gritted his teeth with a helpless expression, and was kicked and swayed by her.

"Don't be angry, I did cut some of your profits."

"Not partially, it's most." Li Bida snorted and corrected.

"But it's because of this that we don't take advantage of each other, but we have a real friendship. You and I, and my father, and my country. ”

"I also have a friendship with Caesar, isn't it still worth the price?" Li Bida turned around, directly pinched Cleopatra's little foot and stuffed it back, and said.

At this time, Cleopatra's tone behind the veil became serious, "No matter what, I need a friend like you, Lybidaeus. ”

Li Bida doesn't want to pay attention to this little lady anymore, is this what he does as a friend? Say to your face that you are a savior and a reliable partner, and in the blink of an eye, you will sell your draft agreement, and you will believe it once, and expect me to believe it a second time?

After sending away the annoying little Lori, Li Bida walked into the luxury apartment on Jobhola Street, and as soon as he entered the door, he took off the heavy toga on his left shoulder, stretched his arms, and saw that Porti was also here tonight, and when he was about to ask the reason strangely, Porti put down his needlework, rubbed his hands, and took out a roll of calf paper from his clothes, and handed it to the man, it seems that the matter is still more urgent.

Li Bida took it and unfolded it, and there was only one line of words on it: "Help my stupid son - Seville." ”

Stupid son? Isn't that Brutus, but he didn't go to Greece to study in Asia Minor, so he was in trouble there.

"Actually, Brutus came back to Rome, but he only told his mother Seville and his wife Posia, and the others didn't know what to do." Seeing that Li Bida was muttering, Potty hurriedly explained, and then she said with a certain guilty expression, "During this time, Portia often came to the meetings of the veterans' wives, and she would ask us some interesting stories and tell us about her own family, and I secretly recorded many of these words, but I didn't expect that I would learn to write, and the first one was to do such a thing." ”

"My dear, of course Portia will often attend the meetings you have organized, because she has a slight sense of who I am, even if she is not very exact, and you are the way she knows me, and I know the actions of Caesar and Pompey." As he spoke, he brought Porti a bundle of clipboards and opened them, which were full of some important things that Portia said on a daily basis.

After looking at it for a while, Li Bida slapped his forehead and said that Brutus was indeed going to be stupid, and this rectum should come back with only one purpose, to deal with the three-headed monster, and to dedicate himself to the republic like his uncle. (To be continued......)