Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Alcibidas has long noticed the food on his table, broth, grilled fish, bread, small half-pot wine... The dishes are actually quite rich, but compared to the hospitality previously accepted here, it is really less. Little, remember that the big businessmen in Lijim included himself. Even during the drought, the banquet was still held from time to time. The food was much richer than this, and he couldn’t help but sigh: “It’s already good! I think you’ve eaten more than usual since the drought. It's easy!"

"We have eaten much better than most people in Dionysia! I know that many citizen families can only eat two meals a day, and the main food is still porridge..." Agnes said with a sigh, as a hero The main priest of the Temple of La, she learned a lot from the people who visited the temple during this time.

Alcibidas was silent, in fact, he was very clear: With the supremacy and strong net worth of Daveus in Dionysia, even during the drought period, the whole family can live a life of wine and wine, but his brother-in-law It must have demanded family members as strictly as before, and set an example for the people of the Kingdom of Dionysia, and this habit and practice also deeply affected his family. Perhaps only people like him can become a king. Right!

Alcibidas deliberately took a big bite of broth and praised, "It's still good for your cook! Even if there is less food, the food is still so delicious!"

"You must have been tired from coming all the way from Lijim! Since it's delicious, eat more and replenish your physical strength." Kristoa said with concern and then said with exclamation: "Thank Hardy Blessed by Sri Lanka, this terrible drought is finally over!"

She looked at Alcibidas and asked with concern: "I heard that the people of Lijim have rioted because they can't afford food. They have injured a lot of nobles and businessmen. Your shop has not been affected. Break it?"

"Thanks to His Majesty's prestige, those angry people completely bypassed my shops and workshops!" Alcibidas said gratefully.This is indeed the truth. The people of Lijim in the riots have prayed to the Kingdom of Dionysia, and naturally will not attack Alcibidas, who has an in-law relationship with King Davis.

"Your Li Jim's meeting has gone too far, completely disregarding the people's life and death, and being attacked by the people is deserved!" Agnes said a little angry, after all, it was her hometown. Suffering from hunger, how could she not worry: "If you let your sister's bank in Lijim, then the people there can borrow from the bank to buy food!"

Agnes’s words were obviously naive. Lijim’s riots were not about the people’s money or not, but the crazy behavior of the entire merchant class that made the country unprofitable was not contained.However, when Lijim became a free city in the Kingdom of Dionysia, one of the conditions proposed by Lijim people was that the Bank of Christosia was not allowed to enter Lijim. Because Lijim’s business was developed, loan sharking was one of Lijim’s businessmen. As an important means of making money, if Christosia Bank is built in the city and its loan interest rate is much lower than that of loan sharks, the entire loan shark industry in Lijim will soon collapse.

Alcibidas wiped his face with embarrassment with his hand, and suddenly said: "Maybe it won't be long before the Bank of Christoya will be stationed in Lijim."

Christopher Apricot opened her eyes slightly, her face surprised, and asked, "Why?"

Alcibidas knew what he was saying, coughed dryly, and said apologetically: "This matter has to wait until I meet with His Majesty Daveus and get his confirmation before he can say it."

Christosia thoughtfully, she took a sip of wine and was about to speak.Briantes, who was dining at the side, was already dissatisfied and shouted: "You adults say something we don't understand, it's really boring! Uncle, you went to Egypt before, have you ever seen a fish in the Nile, not only in the Swimming in the river, can also crawl on land, and is very fierce, not only cannibalism, even the lion can not beat it, is it true?"

"Brother, what you said is a crocodile," Apox corrected immediately.

Alcibidas laughed: "I can't know if the crocodile can defeat the lion. But the crocodile does eat people, and according to the rumors of the Egyptians, the crocodiles have eaten a great pharaoh."

Apox said immediately with interest: "Uncle, you tell us this story."

At the urging of the children, Alcibidas also avoided Christie's inquiry, so he didn't refuse, and he recalled carefully, saying: "You should all know that the center of Egypt is in Memphis."

The children nodded together.In school, teachers have taught them the basic knowledge in this regard.

"Then do you know that the Egyptian Pharaoh is also honored as the King of Upper and Lower Egypt."

Only Apox nodded, and the other children shook their heads.

Alcibidas explained patiently: "Long ago, Egypt was not a unified country. It was divided into two countries: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Since Lower Egypt is in the lower reaches of the Nile, at that time because The floods were flooded, swamps were everywhere, and the beasts were rampant, so the population was small. Later, the king of Upper Egypt waged war and eventually unified Egypt.

After many, many years, the Egyptians gradually transformed the vast swamps and wetlands of the lower Nile River into fertile plains through the efforts of generations. Among them, a pharaoh named Menis played a great role. Also on this fertile plain, the city of Memphis was established, and his own capital was moved to Memphis..."

Except for Avia, the other three children were gradually attracted by Alcibidas's story and listened very carefully.

"... Menis was a very effective pharaoh. Under his rule, the Kingdom of Egypt became stronger and more prosperous. One day, when the weather was very hot, he took his entourage to hunt, and it didn't take long for them to feel Thirsty, a group of people came to the Nile. Pharaoh Menis let his hand down to fetch water, and he sat by the river to rest. As a result, a piece of what appeared to be a broken trunk floated in the river not far from him. It was actually a crocodile. Disguise, it suddenly rushed to Menis not far from him, bit him, and dragged him into the river before the entourage had time to react...

The Egyptians organized a large army to search in the Nile, and eventually did not find his body.It didn’t take long for the oracle to be heard from the Temple of Amun. King Menis was taken to the heaven by the crocodile because of his great merit..."

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In the evening, Daves, who returned to the mansion, received Alcibidas in the study.

"This time you came here and brought many gifts to Christoya, Agnes and the children. They were very happy. The children even like to see you more than my father!" Dave Si said jokingly.

"Your Majesty, I came here one time. It's easy to buy these gifts. It doesn't cost much to make them happy. I'm also very happy." Alcibidas said quickly.

"To the children, you are a good uncle! To Christoya and Agnes, you are a good relative! To me..." Dave Si smiled slightly: "You did very well All right! Agnes told me that she basically wanted to go to Lijim to see your father. I basically agree, but not now. Lijim is in a chaotic situation and not very safe. I don’t know if your meeting is going to take What measures to stabilize the whole situation?"

At this point, Davers only considered the topic.

Alcibidas was ashamed and whispered in embarrassment: "The council debates on whether to suppress the riots. There has not been a specific plan yet..."

"Did you want to apply to the Dionysian Senate for us to send troops to suppress the people of Lijim?" The sneer in Dave's mouth flickered.In fact, he knew the situation of Lijim well, and even this time Lijim was able to have a riot, he had a credit for his intelligence department.

According to the law of Dionysia: Li Jim, as a free city, cannot have his own army (of course, as the main body of a city-state army at this time-most ordinary citizens have already participated in the riots), and the kingdom is normal Under the circumstances, it is impossible to interfere in the internal affairs of his city, so if Lijim wants to use the army to quickly settle the riots, he can only apply to the Kingdom of Dionia.

Alcibidas smiled bitterly and shook his head. "It's a cruel thing to stab a spear at one's own countrymen. It's not just me. Some sober people in the city of Lijim don't agree with this."

"Oh?" Daveus asked slightly, "What are you going to do?"

"Your Majesty, I believe you already know very well. In the past two years, the Lijim Council has been very confusing to the management of city-states. Many people do not want to manage city-states well, but want to use power to satisfy their own private desires, so they After being elected through various fraudulent means, he often formulates proposals that are beneficial to their interests and not conducive to the development of city-states. Many public offices in the city have their relatives or people who have no ability but have bribed them to assume... Lijim seems prosperous In fact, the public’s dissatisfaction with this has been accumulated for a long time, and this drought just caused the public to burst out their anger..."

Alcibidas said sadly, and Daveus listened calmly. Of course, he was well aware of Lijim's situation. In fact, if Atili Cruz fell ill, Lijim's political situation would be better. After all, he With the ability and prestige to control the council, and none of the generals and parliamentarians elected by Lijim can control the overall situation, the riots have occurred for several days, and the council can not come up with a decent measure.