I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 245 Rule over Egypt begins here

Roy didn't pay attention to the warning of the sun snake goddess Wajit.

Because the Nile Delta has eight city-states and an area of ​​[-] square kilometers, each city-state ruled an average of [-] square kilometers.

The area of ​​the Kingdom of Athens is about [-] square kilometers. On average, the territory of the four guardian goddesses is [-] square kilometers.

That is to say, even if the patron saint of the city-state in Egypt has the bonus of ruling a larger population, it can only be as powerful as the patron saint of the Kingdom of Athens.

Only the patron saints of the four major regimes have higher levels of divine power than the patron saints of the Kingdom of Athens.

Since the first dynasty of Egypt nominally unified northern and southern Egypt, the Egyptian region is still only nominally unified, and in fact each city-state is in a state of its own.

There are 14 city-states in the current Egyptian region, and among these 15 city-states, there are four relatively powerful regimes, known as the Egyptian No.16 Dynasty, No.17 Dynasty, No.[-] Dynasty and No.[-] Dynasty.

The cities of Sais, Buto, Atribis, and Merimda in the west of the Nile Delta formed the No.14 Dynasty, and the city of Avaris in the east of the Nile Delta ruled five city-states to form the No.15 Dynasty. The city of Tanis in the northeast became the No.16 dynasty alone, and the city of Thebes in southern Egypt ruled 17 city-states to form the No.[-] dynasty.

The No.14 and No.17 dynasties belonged to the local regime of Egypt, and the No.15 and No.16 dynasties were foreign regimes established by the nomadic peoples in the Phoenician region.

Roy’s goal is to conquer the city of Sais, and help Metis to annex the patron saint of Sais city—Nate, the queen of the gods of the No.14 dynasty in Egypt, how could the patron saint of Buto city, Wajit, become real? Consider it a threat.

After destroying the cobra clone of Goddess Vajit, Roy immediately threw his bronze spear at the old priestess.

The old priestess, who was already walking slowly, had no time to dodge, and was directly pierced by Roy's spear blade through the heart, ending her life.

As soon as the old priestess died, her descendants and the temple servants lost their belief in fighting to the death and began to shout out words of begging for mercy. Some even dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.

Seeing that the Athenian soldiers did not attack those who surrendered, Roy immediately ordered.

"Kill them all!"

Under Roy's order, the descendants of the old priestess and the temple servants eventually all turned into corpses on the ground.

Roy looked at the 63 corpses on the ground with satisfaction and said.

"Aries, next you kill the people in the temple. No matter men, women, old or young, as long as they are people, kill them all."

There is a saying that if you cut the grass without removing the roots, it will regenerate when the spring breeze blows.

Roy will not have the idea of ​​a woman's benevolence, which will plant hidden dangers for his own rule.

After Aries led the Athenian soldiers into the temple for a while to kill, he soon returned to Roy with an excited expression and said.

"Your Majesty, we found tens of thousands of catties of grain in the warehouse of the temple. This should be the food for hundreds of people in the temple for a year. If the temples in other villages are also so rich, we only need to rob [-] villages to solve the food problem. .”

"Don't use the word rob, make us look like robbers."

Roy said with a faint smile.

"Since we are here, we can't just see the immediate benefits. In order to turn the fertile land of the Nile Delta into a grain-producing area for the Kingdom of Athens, I intend to establish a rule here. For this purpose, I must first use the grain of the Egyptians to buy Egyptians. White sheep! Now you and the soldiers go and call out the villagers from house to house so that they can come and listen to my speech."

After Bai Yang led the Athens soldiers to knock on the door from house to house, Roy entered the temple alone and moved out the statue of Vajit in the temple.

After men from the village aged 16 and over were gathered outside the shrine, Loi said, standing next to the statue of Vajit.

"Villagers, now I want to solemnly announce to you that this village will no longer be Wajit's territory and will no longer be ruled by Wajit's guarded city of Butuo."

After speaking, Roy pushed down the statue of Vajit forcefully, causing the statue of Wajit to fall in half on the ground.

Seeing this scene of Roy blaspheming the gods, not only the Egyptians, but even the Athenians also showed terrified reactions.

"You don't have to worry about me!"

After pushing down the statue of Vajit, Roy showed off his strong body and laughed.

"Our Kingdom of Athens is guarded by the mighty goddesses Metis, Mnemosyne, Amphitrite, and Pandora. Four goddesses guard my safety. Vajit cannot cause any harm to me."

After the Athenians stopped worrying about Roy, the Egyptians also showed expressions of relief.

If the blasphemous outlander had indeed been guarded by four gods, then he really did not need to fear the vengeance of the goddess Vajit.

Looking at everyone's reactions, Roy continued.

"Villagers, your village will be ruled by me in the future, and I will enforce the laws of the Kingdom of Athens here."

Seeing that the villagers had numb expressions and no reaction to becoming their ruler, Roy stated specific policies.

"Under the rule of the Kingdom of Athens, your family's annual income is less than [-] catties of grain, and you don't need to pay any taxes, and I will not force you to build pyramids, nor will I force you to become soldiers. Everyone under the Kingdom of Athens Equality, anyone who does something that hurts others will be severely punished by the law, so you don’t have to worry about being oppressed.”

After Roy finished speaking, the villagers immediately became agitated.

The old man who got two catties of salt from Roy said directly to Roy.

"Dear foreigner, you are not lying to us! Foreign rulers are indeed better than our own rulers. After the Phoenicians ruled northern Egypt, they no longer forced us to build pyramids, but they There is no shortage of taxes. You said that you will not collect our taxes, so good that we can't believe it!"

"Old man, time will tell if I'm lying to you."

After responding to the old man, Roy continued.

"Villagers, I plan to build your village into a port city—Faros City. I will use the price of one hundred catties of grain a month to recruit workers from among you. I will also use the price of one hundred catties of grain a month , to recruit soldiers from among you. Now you are all free citizens of Pharos, and each family will be allocated twenty acres of land. Only soldiers who fight for the Kingdom of Athens can become citizens, and the families of soldiers will become citizen families, citizens Families will be allocated [-] acres of land and will enjoy various other benefits.”

Fifty acres of land—

Hearing this number, the villagers all showed expressions of excitement.

If it wasn't for worrying that Roy's words would not be fulfilled, they would have signed up as soldiers now.

The old man who traded with Roy said again.

"Great King of Athens! If I make one of my sons your soldier, will you really give me fifty acres of land?

Roy shook his head and said.

"Old man, I have strict standards for soldiers. Your son must meet the standards to become my soldier. As long as your son becomes my soldier, your whole family is a citizen family. After I clear the fields in the village, I will give priority Assign fields to citizen families."

(End of this chapter)