Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 49: Family gathering and Lijim’s choice

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Alcibidas has long noticed the food on his table, broth, grilled fish, bread, a small half can of wine...The dishes are actually quite plentiful, but compared to the hospitality previously accepted here, indeed It’s a lot less. I think of the big businessmen in Lijim, including himself. Even during the drought, they still hold banquets from time to time. The food is much richer than this. I can’t help but sigh: “It’s already very good! I think you have been normally since the drought. Eating is easier than this!"

"We are already eating much better than most people in Dionia! I know that many citizen families can only eat two meals a day, and the main food is oatmeal..." Agnace sighed. As the chief priest of the Temple of Hera, she learned a lot from the people who came to the temple to worship during this period.

Alcibidas was silent, in fact, he knew very well: With Daves’s supreme status and strong net worth in Dionia, even during the drought, the whole family can live a life of luxuries and wine, but His brother-in-law must have strictly demanded his family as before and set an example for the people of the Kingdom of Dionian. Moreover, this habit and practice has deeply affected his family. Perhaps only people like him can do it. Become a king!

Alsibidas pretended to indifferently drank a big mouthful of the broth, and then praised: "It's your cook! Even if there is less food, the food is still so delicious!"

"You came all the way from Lijim, you must be very tired! Since it's delicious, eat more to replenish your strength." Christoya said with concern, and then said with a sigh: " Thanks to Hades for your blessing, this terrible drought is finally over!"

She looked at Alsibidas and asked with concern: "I heard that the people of Lijim were in riots because they could not afford food, and many nobles and merchants were injured. Your shop Isn’t it destroyed?"

"Thanks to your 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 prayed to the Kingdom of Dionia, and naturally they would not attack Alsibidas, who was related to King Davos by marriage.

"Your Lijim council did too much, completely disregarding the lives of the people. It deserves to be attacked by the people!" Agnes said angrily. After all, it is her hometown. People are suffering from starvation, so how can she not worry: "If you let your sister's bank enter Lijim back then, today the people there can borrow from the bank to buy food!"

Aggnese’s words are obviously naive. Lijim’s riots are not a question of whether the people have money or not, but the crazy behavior of the entire merchant class to make a fortune and make money unchecked. However, when Lijim became a free city in the Kingdom of Dionia, one of the conditions put forward by the Lijim people was that Christoya Bank was not allowed to enter Lijim, because Lijim was developed in business and loan sharking was a business of Lijim. An important means of making money, if Christia Bank is built in the city, with its loan interest rate much lower than that of usury, the entire Lijim usury industry will soon collapse.

Alsibidas wiped his face awkwardly with his hands, and suddenly said: "Maybe it won't be long before Christia Bank will be stationed in Lijim."

Christoya opened her apricot eyes slightly and looked surprised, and asked: "Why?"

Alcybidas knew that he had made a mistake, and coughed dryly, and said apologetically: "This matter will not be revealed until I have met with His Majesty Daves and got his confirmation."

Christoia thoughtfully, she took a sip of wine and was about to speak. Briantes, who was dining on the side, yelled dissatisfiedly: "You adults say something we don't understand. It's boring! Uncle, you went to Egypt before. Have you ever seen a fish in the Nile? Swimming in the river, you can climb on the land, and it is very fierce. Not only can you eat people, but even the lion can't beat it. Is it true?"

"Brother, that's a crocodile, right?" Apox corrected immediately.

Alsibidas laughed and said: "I don't know whether the crocodile can defeat the lion. But the crocodile does eat people, and according to the rumors of the Egyptians, the crocodile has eaten one of their great pharaohs."

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

At the urging of the children, Alsibidas did not refuse to avoid Kristia’s inquiry, so he thought about it carefully and said: "You should all know that the center of Egypt is in Memphis. ."

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

"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.

Alsibidas explained patiently: "A long, long time ago, Egypt was not a unified country. It was divided into two countries, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Since Lower Egypt is located in the lower reaches of the Nile, in At that time, the population was small due to flooding, swamps everywhere and wild beasts. Later the king of Upper Egypt launched a war and finally unified Egypt.

After many, many years, the Egyptians have gradually turned 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. In effect, he also established the city of Memphis on this fertile plain, and moved his capital to Memphis..."

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

"... Menis was a very accomplished pharaoh. Under his rule, the kingdom of Egypt became stronger and prosperous. One day, when the weather was very hot, he took his entourage to hunt. Not long after they I felt thirsty, so the group came to the Nile River. Pharaoh Menes let his hands go down to fetch the water, and he sat by the river to rest, but a piece of what appeared to be a tattered tree trunk floated in the river not far from him. It was actually the disguise of a crocodile. It suddenly rushed to Menis, who was not far away, and bit him. Before the entourage could react, it dragged him into the river...

The Egyptians organized a large army to search in the Nile River, but ultimately did not find his body. Not long after, an oracle came out from the Temple of Amon, and King Menis was taken to the heavens by the crocodile **** because of his great achievements..."

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

"This time you came here and brought a lot of gifts to Kristia, Agnes and the children. They were very happy. The children even liked to see you more than my father! "Daves said jokingly.

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

"To the children, you are a good uncle! To Christia and Agnes, you are a good relative! To me..." Davers smiled slightly: "You Well done! Aegness told me that she wanted to go to Lijim to see your father, I basically agree, but not now. Lijim's situation is chaotic, not very safe, I don’t know what you are going to do. What measures are you going to take to stabilize the whole situation?"

By this time, Daves had asked the topic.

Alsibidas was embarrassed and said in a low voice, "The council has been arguing about whether to suppress the riots, and has not come up with a specific plan..."

"Do you want to apply to the Dionian Senate for us to send an army to suppress the people of Lijim?" The sneer of Daves' mouth disappeared. In fact, he knew Lijim's situation well, and even this time Lijim was able to riot due to his intelligence department.

According to the law of Dionia: Lijim, 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 participated in the riots), and The kingdom can't interfere in the internal affairs of its city under normal circumstances, so if Lijim wants to use the army to quickly put down the riots, he can only apply to the Kingdom of Dionia.

Alsibidas smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "It is a cruel thing to stab a sword and spear at one's own compatriot. Not only me, but some sober people in Lijim City disagree with this approach. "

"Oh?" Daves asked in surprise: "Then what are you going to do?"

"Your Majesty, I believe you already know very well that the Lijim Council has been very confused in the management of the city-state in the past two years. Many people do not want to manage the city-state well, but want to use power to satisfy their own desires. Therefore, after they were elected through various fraudulent means, they often made some proposals that were beneficial to their interests and not conducive to the development of the city-state. Many public offices in the city had their relatives or those who were incapable of bribing them to serve as... Lijim It seems to be prosperous, but in fact the people’s dissatisfaction has been accumulated for a long time, and this time the drought only caused the people to explode out of anger..."

Alsibidas said sadly. Daves listened calmly. Of course he knew Lijim’s condition very well. In fact, Lijim’s political situation would be better if it weren’t for Atili Cruz’s illness. After all, he has the ability and prestige to control the council, but none of the generals and parliament members elected by Lijim can control the overall situation. The riots have occurred for several days, and the council can't produce a decent one. Measures come out.