"We reduced our salary to three Obos a day, not because we are poor, but because we are afraid that you will become corrupt and damage your body." - Ahibi, the commander of the Peloponnese War, explained to the soldiers after the salary cut.

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Hearing Li Bida's question, Caesar was stunned for a moment, then raised his fine head-up pattern and said leisurely, "It's very simple, because I have no money."

The whole scene suddenly became awkward. Several slaves and lower-level documents who were still packing documents and seals around could not help but subconsciously slowed down. They stared at the two people sitting face to face with suspicious eyes, and the two most important figures in the army, the consul and his chief deputy general.

Caesar, with a lot of worries, pinched his nose bridge to relieve his mood, and then began to stop avoiding it. He publicly told Li Bida, "Carabis, I don't think there is any need for any cover in front of you. I used to treat Rabinus the same way. Since I promoted you to the deputy assistant, it means there is no grudge among us. Before Rabinus left, I had no restrictions on his whereabouts and freedom. Even though I had known that his family and the village were Krien of Pompeii. Just as I told you before, I did consider you in the will and wanted to marry Atiya to you. Although you refused, our relationship was still the same, right? I can only say that if I went to the tour conference in Corduba and raised less than 500 Tarante's military funds for rewards and salaries, I am afraid that the soldiers would have a mutiny when they returned to the Italian border."

"This is unlikely. They love you." Li Bida comforted. In fact, he was thinking about whether Caesar was going to "scrape" on him again, so he deliberately used this topic to distract him. By the way, he calculated carefully. In theory, the commercial income of his extension to Liguria and Sardinia (Galul has not yet been released yet) was enough to support the military expenditure required by Caesar at this stage, not to mention the monopoly income of Cyrene's supplies, which was even more considerable. "But the question is, why did I put my wealth into Caesar's army for no cost, and not to mention that the agreement between Yulia and him was also clearly marked. So, stop calculating me, I am smart!" Li Bida thought silently in his heart.

"In fact, Banks is planning to recommend me to push more for Dick. This time I am going to serve a longer term, and then I will allocate the province. Lusitania gave me another deputy general, Terlureas, to me. The two Spains are to Kalidius, and Gaul is Dihemos. And the future Afilica is yours." Caesar said calmly.

"Is it true that five hundred tarant? I am confident that within three months, I can still mobilize the Knights and the Chamber of Commerce to raise this batch of funds." Li Bida smiled and promised the funds with great confidence.

Caesar went out to launch a severance speech for the entire surrendered Pompei soldiers. Li Bida was left alone, covering his face and bent over and sitting in the tent, secretly regretting, "I was deceived by bait again. It seems that in the future, the burden of cooperating with Curio to attack Afiliga will be pressed on my shoulders. I am really simple..."

At this time, outside the camp, all the surrendered Pompey soldiers surrounded the podium in black. Their superiors had left Spain, but they had to stay and accept the treatment of the victor.

Caesar's speech was still concise and clear, the same as his style of debate. "In the past, in the fierce battles in Spain, the officers and soldiers of the two armies performed their duties bravely and selflessly. In this regard, all people did not distinguish between me and me. I do not want to make such a prejudice, that is, whether it is my subordinates or you, they are qualified and excellent soldiers, and your service life was glorious because of this battle. In the past, when Elaerda, although we were in an advantageous position in terms of military strength and situation, I still had a peaceful and kindness. I often thought, how great it would be if the conflict between the country could be resolved without bleeding. When I went south to Port Brindisi, I kept sending envoys to Pompei and asked them to hold two people.

The conversation was repeated by some people, and this time it was the same in Spain. Avranius, Peletaus and other senior commanders were confused by arrogance and hatred, and saw that your demands were all the same. It was because of this that the war broke out and continued. I lost 10,000 outstanding subordinates of three legions, and you were killed or injured in the previous pursuit battle, which were avoidable sacrifices." After saying that, tears flashed in Caesar's eyes. Li Bida stood at the door of the camp, looking at his back, thinking that this person was indeed good. His speech just now not only eliminated the anger and shame of the soldiers of Pompei, rekindled their self-esteem, and pushed the responsibility to the head of the enemy commander.

Next, Caesar cleared his throat and officially announced the resolution of the disposal, "Even at this time, I still restrained my own army to prevent them from revenge on you. Because of the defeat of Elaerda, our soldiers have accumulated a lot of resentment. At this point, I am not going to abuse anyone as the winner. All soldiers from the Spanish provinces are now treated as retirement. If you were recruited from local colonial cities, or have married a local woman,

If you have your own houses and land, you can leave freely and return to your loved ones; if you are recruited from other parts of the Republic, please go to the Valus River, the northernmost part of Spain, and then disband automatically. I promise that you will not harm the safety of any person during this period, unless you continue to take up weapons and endanger our army after leaving Spain. I also announce that peace will be restored to peace in the entire Iberian Island, and there is no need to leave so many legions."

All the soldiers shouted and raised their hands. For most of them, the war was completely over. Then Caesar went to Corduba, and Libida first led the financial team again in the camp and began to provide all the departing soldiers with severance fees: one-third of them got married in the local area, each of whom was 200 Seth quits, and then each of whom left the country distributed double the money.

In this cumbersome financial accounting, Li Bida confirmed that what Caesar said was not false. This guy was indeed exhausted. The huge wealth he had taken in the Gaul War was also burned out in order to maintain these legions. Unlike Li Bida, Caesar never had a stable wealth base. He relied on his personal courage and charm to "get a fucking wolf" and walked a tightrope between the political, military and financial circles (noble, soldiers and knights).

After thinking for a while, Li Bida quietly called Milu and Sabo at the same time and said to them, "When they were dismissed, were all the Pompei soldiers happy?"

"Of course not. I have served for many years. I also found the veterans of General Sedoulis from the team who served in Spain and served in General Sedoulis. I can see this kind of person at a glance. The tattoos on my arms have faded. They will not do anything except join the army and eat food." Milu said with certainty. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!