"If the child eats with his left hand, correct it immediately." - Pliny (The ancient Romans believed that it was unlucky to step on their left foot and use their left hand when dining)

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Because these people were too many, Caesar entrusted his personal slaves to register them for the request of their visits, and received them in order every day, limited to about thirty people. Many of the rest held the sars of Siren and carefully surrounded the village of Russels. Once they saw even slaves who were just going out to purchase goods, they would go up and stuff some money and gifts to beg them to see His Excellency Caesar earlier.

Because they all seek for others, Caesar achieved such a brilliant military victory in the Gaul area, sent countless slaves and treasures to Rome, and continued to decorate this great city. Now the momentum is growing, and there are signs of overwhelming the great Pompey. For a time, some of these people came to seek official positions, some came to hiding, and some were even more direct, asking Caesar to help him pay off his debts, and he was even willing to be a disciple of Caesar's Creon.

So, Caesar did not bring Rabinus and Apis to this scene. He was afraid that these two would feel dissatisfied when they saw such an ugly deal.

But this is the world. There is always black mud under the clear water. Caesar's temporary residence is full of traffic. The governor sat on the chair with a tired smile every day. Next to it are slaves with quick words engraved, and below are characters with flattering smiles. After listening to their demands, Caesar would mostly let the clerk record it on the spot and solve it. But every time Caesar would add:

"I'll trouble you with the Egyptian plan. I'll help you pass it as soon as possible."

The other party was shocked and then said that he would do his best to urge the Temple of Union to pass the resolution as an autonomous municipality or a senior citizen.

Standing behind the curtain, he held a sword and stood guard with the guards of the Lusitanian natives (Caesar recently formed a 50-man Spanish swordsman guard, most of which were from Lusitanian natives, and many of them were Li Bida's old subordinates). He understood that it was Caesar helping him, but this person was still unwilling to pay for him. He just gave him the combat rewards he had obtained. It seemed that he had to find Crasso to operate, or embezzle the 13th Legion's recruitment funds.

Just as Li Bida was thinking about it, there was a little commotion outside. He waved his hand and walked out of the gate of the official residence with several swordsmen. It turned out that the chef was making noise with an official in the Milan area. The chef carried a batch of ingredients and loudly accused the official of not being enthusiastic about the offerings of the Governor, and that he could only use some cabbage and not fresh meat to perfunctorily.

The official was both annoyed and afraid, because during Caesar's stay in Milan, he provided food locally. To be honest, the food sent by this low-level official was not bad. There were delicious vegetables, snails, fat intestines, and foie gras, and the frequent guests on the tables of Roman nobles. The reason why the chef got angry was nothing more than taking the opportunity to make things difficult for him to ask for bribes, but the official was a little stupid, so he started arguing.

"Then let the Governor bring more precious things from Rome or Naples! Maybe you want to eat the big lobster from Afilica, maybe you want to eat the pinkest lamb meat in northeastern Spain, so in my eyes, your Governor will hold a Jockey Club or a gladiator in his city with some money to show off himself. First, a boss who washes clothes with urine to sponsor the Jockey Club, and then a bathhouse to hold a gladiator. They are almost all upstarts." The official saw Li Bida and Lusitanian swordsman coming out. He thought he was an accomplice of the chef, so he complained even more.

"You are such a lunatic. You are ungrateful. You dare to say bad things about the governor. Tomorrow your rooster will report the time one time in advance. Please wait and see!" The chef was not willing to be outdone and threatened viciously. The Romans believed that if the rooster at home suddenly reported the dawn in advance, it would mean that the death would be done.

Just as Li Bida shook his head and was about to drive away both of the noisy guests in front of the courtyard, a man waiting to meet suddenly came out and said with a smile that he was from the Milan area, and asked the chef not to say anything in front of the Governor's Pavilion. After that, he stuffed a few Drachma silver coins into the chef's hand, saying, "These coins are of sufficient quality and exquisitely minted, which is better than the Dinar."

The chef threw a few silver coins on the ground disdainfully, and said, "Milan is the worst place. Oh my God, our Governor is going to suffer in this place. These few silver coins can't even find a small Aure gold coins. It just verifies how wild and backward this place is. It seems that you will be with the long-trouser Gaul barbarians in your life!"

The guy who came out to rescue was actually snatched by a lowly cook. He looked around privately with awkward expression, but he saw Li Bida and his party coming. It happened that day that Li Bida found a traditional Spanish "Saganm" jacket to wear in order to keep an agreement with the Spanish Swordsman Guard. As a result, the guy looked at Li Bida with a strange look, then turned to joy and shouted: "Aren't you Karabis who used to serve in the City Legion and the Thirteenth Legion!"

Alas, why did anyone shake my old secrets? Li Bida also looked at the guy. It was Petterneus, the deputy general who served as the consul, who was commanding the army when he quelled the Katilin rebellion before!

This man did have a set of fighting, but after showing up in the Battle of Catilin, he should have been very popular, but he followed the wrong partner. He worked as a financial officer in the Macedonian province of Neruda. Later, after Neruda returned to Rome, he was prosecuted for corruption, and honor and money disappeared. Petterneus was also "inflicted", confiscated most of his property, and lost the opportunity to continue to stand out in the Roman political circle. It seems that this person has been in a state of failure in the past two years. His temples were gray and his wrinkles were a lot more, and his face was bitter. He also had a robe and was half old and not new. Even the benefits to the chef were only a few Drachma silver coins. Unexpectedly, even the chore slaves in Caesar's courtyard would not be bribed below thirty silver coins.

Alas, wait, isn't it me who cheated Neruda and Petterneus?

"Oh, it turns out to be the General." Li Bida still understood the basic etiquette, so he stepped forward and stood at attention and saluted Petterneus, which made the Spanish swordsmen beside him look confused.
Chapter completed!