Pivot of the Sky: 291, God ’s Vineyard

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After the end of the Hippo Wars, the Jalan city-state established his fellow Yalun to dominate the sea. The Kibada alliance established with the Kibala city-state has continued conflicts, with more and more frictions and battles on a larger scale.

In the eyes of Amon, the former general of the Egium Empire and commander of the battlefield, the war on the Heaton Peninsula is somewhat funny, sometimes it is like a competitive game. Although war is always accompanied by casualties, the casualty rate of the city-state conflicts here is much smaller than that of other countries on the Tianshu mainland, and surrender is like a commonplace.

The Heaton Peninsula lacks large open plains, and the scale of the city-states is relatively small. Therefore, the chariot formations popular in the mainland nations are very rare. The city-state troops are mainly infantry.

Heavy knights are also available, but the cavalry equipment is relatively expensive, basically composed of noble warriors, they are also the main force to launch the charge in the battle, followed by a swarm of infantry.

In small-scale battles between city-states, the noble warriors' assassination and single-handed fighting are often the main factors that determine victory or defeat, and the momentum of both sides also determines morale. Once the front is broken, most of the time they will not swear to death, but will opt to surrender very often, and the winning side will usually not rush to kill.

This kind of battle is very much like the wrestling in the age of heroes in myths and legends. The losing side surrenders to the winning side.

After a period of time, the covenant changed or the city-state power ratio changed, so there was a new conflict. Therefore, the situation between the city-states on the Heaton Peninsula was very chaotic. The sphere of influence is also constantly changing.

How can such a military organization defeat the invasion of the Poz army? In fact, when the Bots invaded, many states surrendered. It was Yaron and Kibada who united the city-states and used the logistics and terrain advantages to fight a long-lasting war of attrition with the Poz army that the soldiers attacked. The key to the decision was the powerful navy of the Arun city-state and the well-trained Kibada warriors. The Arun people were proficient in naval warfare, and the Kibada warrior regiment had a heavy battle front.

After the retreat of the Pozzi Army, the Heaton Peninsula fell into a low-intensity but frequent and frequent civil war conflict, which was also the period of the most fierce differentiation among all social strata. The residents of Heaton ’s city-states are complex, including nobles and citizens. Of course, nobles also enjoy citizenship. The so-called citizens and civilians or self-rule is not a concept, but an adult man who enjoys the political power of the city-state.

During the period of city-state alliance hegemony, there are more and more self-employed people who have lost their land and citizenship for various reasons. These people do not have many choices for their livelihood. They are hired as mercenaries in times of war, and whoever gives the money will help them, regardless of the opponent they are fighting. Under such circumstances, many wars between city-states are resolved only by conquest or surrender, rather than fighting each other.

The self-employed people who have lost their land often do nothing when there is no war, and often go to various businesses or villages to work short-term. There are many such people outside the grange where Amon is.

Amon came to the avenue outside the vineyard early in the morning, and he shouted, "Whoever is doing nothing, who can help me get the job done in the vineyard?" Soon, someone came up and asked: "Do you want to hire short-term workers, how much do you pay?"

Amon stretched out a finger and said a generous and surprising reward: "Working until sunset, each person pays a silver coin." Many people walked into the vineyard happily and began to work, When the three poles of the sun rose, Amon was still standing in front of the vineyard and hiring people. Someone came to ask for wages. He still offered a silver coin. More people walked into the vineyard to get busy. At noon, Amon still stood in front of the door and hired people, and workers continued to enter the vineyard. Until the afternoon, Amon still stood in front of the door, and the price of the hired employee was still a silver coin.

A busy scene in the vineyard. After the sun went down, the workers came out one after another. Amon was still standing at the door, his feet had not moved since sunrise, and paid every employee who walked out of the vineyard, one silver coin per person.

The workers who entered the vineyard early in the morning shouted unhappyly: "This is not fair! We worked in the hot sun all day, and the workers who came in the afternoon only worked for a while, why are they all paid the same? "Amon replied:" Because I promised them, the wages are a silver coin, and I have to keep my promise. "The workers who entered the garden in the morning shouted with dissatisfaction:" But we do more work than they do and should Get more remuneration! "Amon said again:" But you also promised me that the remuneration is a silver coin, and you must keep your promise ....,

Some people still want to argue. At this time, the majestic Mei Danzuo walked over the road on a high-headed horse. Seeing that the posture was bad, everyone took the wages and quickly dispersed. Mei Danzuo dismounted to salute Amon, Amon smiled and said: "Mei Danzuo, you came just right, otherwise I'm afraid I will be beaten. You come to evaluate this matter, am I doing it right?" Mei Danzuo blinked Eyes said: "My God, the truth you just said is completely correct, but no farmer would do this, what is your purpose?" Amon was in deep contemplation, and he answered after a while: " I ’m just creating troublesome things and seeing how people will react? ”Mei Danzuo said:“ You did nothing wrong, and gave these idlers a chance to work, so that they get much more than this The job itself is more generously paid, and it also expresses your commitment to the promise and generosity to the author ....

Amon smiled: "But I didn't do anything right. Things in the world have their own truth and human nature. If I come back tomorrow morning, I'm afraid I won't be able to hire anyone." As expected, he was right. When he came outside the gate of the vineyard early the next morning, there were many people hanging out nearby, but no one was willing to work in the vineyard. Amon beckoned: "Why don't people who are doing nothing in the sun not work? Is there no one hired, then come to work for me, and work until sunset, I wish to pay a silver coin." But no Everyone is waiting, everyone is waiting. A few uninformed newcomers heard that the salary was so generous and wanted to accept employment, but were whispered by the person next to them, so they stood still again. Even if someone wants to enter the vineyard, it is not good to come back in this case, otherwise it will be laughed at by everyone as stupid.

People have been waiting, waiting, and want to wait until sunset in the afternoon. But after noon, Amon turned and walked into the vineyard, and he never saw him again until sunset. In the afternoon, there were already a group of people around the gate of the vineyard, shouting: "We are going to work in the garden. What about the man named Amon? Why didn't he keep his word.

May Danzuo walked out of the vineyard and said with a straight face: "When did Amon say he would hire someone in the afternoon? When he couldn't hire a worker, he naturally left."

The crowd dispersed again, Mei Danzuo walked into the vineyard and saw Amon, said with a smile: "My God, you are also bad enough, this is funny!" Amon asked with a smile Tao: "What did they lose? I never cheated one by one, but they thought they were smart, but they thought they were cheated."

Mei Danzuo did n’t say much but just laughed: “Tomorrow you can hire enough workers.” Mei Danzuo ’s expectations were also unsatisfactory. When Amon appeared at the gate of the vineyard early the next morning, Many people have been waiting here. Amon still expressed his willingness to hire them, and his work was a silver coin until sunset. All the work in the vineyard was finished on this day.

After the workers left, Mei Danzuo asked Amon again: "My God, I want to know what you think of these three days ?, Amon groaned:" People can't blame me However, in these three days, what I did was not in line with common sense, it just showed my free will. The choices people make are based on their reactions and feelings. When the world is accustomed to the so-called human nature and often ignores the simplest thinking, what is the original and fundamental purpose when they make all their choices? "The story of Amon in the vineyard is probably the same. People think of him as a weird and stubborn, but Aesop, the owner, is quite forgiving of him.

And the situation on the Heaton Peninsula, as predicted by Aesop, the Allen Alliance launched a maritime expedition but lost to Kibada in the land battle, the business relationship with many city-states was cut off, and the economic hegemony was lost. status. The Midori city-state has also been affected more and more seriously. This winter seems to have become particularly cold. How to get rid of difficulties for businessmen has become the hottest topic in the city-state.

Aesop and Thales, the sage of Midori, became good friends. Thales often preached his views on everything in the city-state 〖Guang〗 field. He has two famous sayings. One is "Water is the source of everything."

He told people that the changes in water, air, and ice also exist in all things in the world. The world we can see is made of matter. Another of his famous sayings is that "everything has God in it". Things in this world, regardless of whether you understand them or not, have their reasons and ways of existence.

Thales is very knowledgeable. He has traveled to many countries in Tianshu mainland. He taught various knowledge to the public on the 〖Guang〗 field.

For example, he once told the craftsman how to measure the height beyond the reach of the ladder. You can use a ruler to measure the length of the shadow on the ground, and calculate it by the same proportion. He also explained the astronomical calendar to the people. The content is very complicated and esoteric, and few people can understand it, but he declared that this knowledge is very useful and predicted the occurrence of eclipse.

So someone asked Thales and said, "Most of the residents in Midori are businessmen, not businessmen and businessmen's folks. Everyone is interested in making money. If you call knowledge you can't make more , What's the use? As for whether the solar eclipse in the sky will happen, it's just a matter of the gods! "

After hearing this, Thales told Aesop: "Since that, I have a business to do, would you like to cooperate with me? If you are willing to contribute, I will give you half of the income." Aesop He replied with a smile: "I am willing, just take as much money as you need.

There are well-meaning people persuading: "How can you believe such a scholar who can only talk empty talk?

He is indeed very knowledgeable, but where can he do business! "Aesop laughed and said nothing.

In winter, Aesop invested in Thales, and Thales used the money to rent a lot of olive oil presses. At that time, no one was arguing with Thales. They thought it was inexplicable. Waiting to see the jokes of Thales and Aesop.

Theles, who is proficient in celestial phenomena, expected the harvest of olives in the mountains near the city-state in the second year, and these olives were difficult to transport due to the impact of the war. Fresh olives cannot be stored for a long time, they must be squeezed into oil as soon as possible.

Olive oil has always been one of the most important export materials of the Aaron League. Even if the trade is temporarily blocked, the merchants will store it and wait for it to be sold to foreign countries in the future. So Thales made a lot of money. He didn't need to personally operate the oil presses, nor did he need to hire people to press the oil, as long as all the presses were leased out and leased out, it was easy to get it done.

The sage said to everyone in the city-wide 〖Guang〗 field: "Knowledge is wealth, and the so-called wealth is not just what you see. My knowledge is not that I cannot make money, it is just my place. This is not the case. "

Aesop also made a fortune and made a lot of money, following Thales making a large sum of money, and Amon was silently paying attention to these things from beginning to end.

Another autumn is coming. The products of Midori City State cannot be delivered in time, the import of external materials is also blocked, and the prices of wheat valleys and wines produced in the Aesop Grange are skyrocketing. The old man not only made a lot of money, but also proved his warning to the businessmen in this city-state.

Amon has been in Midori for a year, and he has ushered in a harvest season as a farmer. The grapes are ripe and need to hire short-term workers to harvest them. He came to the outside of the vineyard that day, and before he even shouted, someone came over and asked, "God Amon, are you going to hire someone to harvest the grapes? If I help you pick all the grapes in the garden, you plan to How much did I pay for it? "Amon stunned slightly. This man he had seen in the theater in the city of Jalen was Zeus walking on earth.

The people who should come are finally here. Since Hermes appeared in front of Aesop ’s shop, Amon thought that there would be today. Zeus called him "God of Amun" instead of "Amon", which meant identifying himself. At the same time as Zeus spoke, Amon also determined one thing. Seeing this person was Zeus himself who came to the world directly from the Olympian kingdom, not any incarnation.

Amon replied with a smile: "Zeus, if you are willing to accept my employment and complete all the work, I can pay you a **** stone." Zeus walked into the vineyard, and Amon returned Standing still at the door. Zeus turned back and said: "A farmer outside Midori, don't you come in to oversee?"

Amon still replied with a smile: "I do n’t need a supervisor, even if you are a hired worker, what you have made is the promise of the gods." : Sorry, some common things are delayed today, so the update is a bit later There are only four thousand in this chapter