There was a crisp "click", the black cat's head, its mouth immediately opened, and then its limbs also swayed up and down, and all the little ones screamed and applauded and laughed, and then Bosia saw clearly that this "black cat" was made of wood, with a delicate sports device, and there was a small person below who was manipulating it to make the child next to him happy.

Then there was a laugh like a silver bell, and the man took off the wooden toy cat, a girl dressed in an Egyptian "sari" costume, although the age seemed to be a little younger than Van Lun Lingna and the little pigeon, but the spirit seemed to be the core of the children's group, and as a result, the girl saw Li Bida and herself sitting on the long table, and then pushed the toy cat with a pulley on her belly to Leo, and then with a string of crisp bells, she walked up to them, and warmly hugged the still inexplicable Posia, and introduced: " I am the daughter of the pharaoh of Egypt, and the king of Cyprus is about to go to Cyprus, where the king happens to be my father's cousin. ”

"You mean," Percia seemed to guess what Li Bida had in calling her for.

"Of course—my father's reinstatement depends on this Lybidaeus, and he is my best, most faithful, and closest friend to be, so I am willing to listen to him, and have my father write a letter to my uncle, persuading him to accept Lingzun's kindness, become a vassal state of Rome, and eliminate the disaster of war." Cleopatra's Latin dialect is also very good.

Before Pocia could rejoice, Li Bida also stood up and said, "I will hire dozens of gladiators, even if it is only in Rhodes Island, to protect Ling Zun's safety, and also ask Brutus to go and join Ling Zun." He needs real helpers. ”

This time. The stone in Portia's heart fell. She rubbed her red and swollen eyes, began to laugh, and then asked Potty if there was anything good on the stove, she hadn't eaten for almost a whole day, and soon in the course of the conversation, she began to cry or laugh over trivial things.

Li Bida, who felt that the woman was bored to speak, looked at the children who were still fiddling with the toy cats and stood in the yard. At this time, Cleopatra also came out, and said in a somewhat curious and mischievous tone: "Lybidaeus, I am curious how your family is organized? It's so special to hear that your wife is in Sardinia and is not with you, but you are living with a woman of Porti's origin. Li Bida thought she was meddling, so he coughed a few times, saying that these things have nothing to do with you, you still pay more attention to the diplomatic achievements of Ling Zun, maybe little Cato's visit to Cyprus this time is a breakthrough: once Cyprus surrenders to Rome. It would be logical to send troops to Egypt next.

"Okay, okay." Cleopatra walked over there. Then he crossed his hands and muttered, "Anyway, I'm still interested in your family, compared to the affairs of my country, which are a foregone conclusion." ”

"Well, in one more market day, I'll be leaving Rome for Gaul, and I won't be in contact with my family for about five years." Li Bida impatiently interrupted Empress Xiaoyan's fierce pursuit.

As a result, Xiaoyanhou's next sentence almost made Li Bida squirt out all the food he had just eaten, "It's been five years, so can your body hold it?" I understand that the Romans had special women in the cantonment camps to provide this kind of service, but your wife is so pitiful that she has to hold back for five years, doesn't she? ”

Before Li Bida could become angry, Empress Xiaoyan began to talk again, saying that you should not go to Gaul at all, and immediately our Restoration Army will let you be the general, so that as long as you return to the Egyptian palace with me, then even if it is my hair-dressing maid, it will be your meal, and my two hair-dressing maids have been talking about you for a long time. And once you can help me put on the red and white crown, I can even think about myself."

"Stop!" Li Bida was a little flustered, this little lady was speechless, he said very coldly, "I'm sorry, Egypt is too hot." Then he hurriedly diverted the topic and walked back to the inner hall, which was considered to be free from Cleopatra's entanglement.

However, until Li Bida left the city of Rome and went to Aguilera, the little widow Yulia still had no reaction, she just accidentally sent a message to Li Bida Hongyan, most of which was only about the construction of the new town of Laconia, Yulia is a woman who is very good at hiding her emotions, when she learned that Li Bida may go for five years, she only said to her titular father lightly, "It doesn't matter if I don't have children for the time being, anyway, you have three children, and an adopted son, I will definitely consider it my own in the future. ”

In early spring, on the way to Aguilera, the thawed mud was turned everywhere, which made Li Pida's armor and cloak full of mud, and his image was a little embarrassing, but when he and his entourage arrived on the outskirts of Aguilera, they were warmly welcomed by the Twelve Legions of Illyria, and they were all old acquaintances!

Now the Twelfth Legion has expanded to 5,000 men, except for 1,500 who were the backbone of the former thyme, the rest are newly recruited from the Gallic naturalized tribes of northern Italy, or the indigenous people of Illyria, and the cost is finally not borne by Lypida, but by Caesar, who apparently served as an archon for a year, and whose assets have indeed reached a surplus, as Cato sarcastically suggested, and even a lot of surplus, not only the "diplomatic funds" given by the Germanic chieftains, but also the support of the Pisso family and Crassus and others, Recruiting two auxiliary legions was a breeze for him.

But even Caesar would not be on the same level as the regular legions and auxiliary legions, because the herald reported to Libida that Caesar had already gone to Milan with four regular legions, and was ready to go north at any time to stop the Helvetians, leaving the two auxiliary legions between Milan and Aguilera - responsible for building the military route.

On the construction site, Li Bida fell off the back of the "owl" with a sigh, stepped on the mud with a chirp, and almost fell down without standing firmly, and the soldiers of each battalion saw that the commander was coming, they all put down the tools in their hands, and stretched out their hands in line to cheer, "Dear Milu, tell me the current establishment." Oh, Saab, Saab! You're also from Spain. Li Bida hugged the two of them tightly in the mud puddle and kept asking about the affairs of the legion.

First, Milu spoke, "Veterans and recruits are mixed, and a separate veteran wing has been established, but each brigade has guaranteed the entry of some veterans. I am now the chief centurion of the Thousand Brigade, Tagus is the second and is in charge of camp training, and Pop is in charge of the sappers and artillery. Speaking of artillery, Li Bida immediately remembered his own "Li Bida. Changed to "cavalry artillery, and asked Sabo, where is my cavalry artillery?" (To be continued......)