Augustus Road

"We don't have to kill them all. Dear Majesty Pharaoh, we know that every time those Macedonian generals make trouble, they only rely on the guards and fortress garrisons. Without the help of these people, their strength is very weak. They only need jailers. Send them all to the crocodile pool." Lepidus began to make plans at the foot of the steps, "So, just clean up the city of Alexandria first - because there is a crown and throne protected by my army, there is no need to do it again. Afraid of those people." Then, Lepidus waved, and Sabo immediately held up the board and set it up in front of the Pharaoh. Lepidus cleared his throat and said, "My preliminary arrangements are as follows. His Majesty the Pharaoh's Royal City, the Twelve Legions, a thousand-man brigade, is stationed. Thirteen The legion's thousand-man brigade is stationed in the Coliseum, and then the Egyptian, Greek and Jewish districts each garrison an infantry brigade, which is stationed in the Idaoui Fortress. As for the Perusium area, a small number of troops are left. However, there will be no threat of war in the short term. The remaining infantry and archer brigades of the Thirteenth Legion are stationed in various small fortresses on the outskirts of Alexandria. As for Thebes in Upper Egypt, we don’t need to worry about it for the time being. , before the cleansing of Lower Egypt.”

Then, Lepidus pressed his hand on the drawing board and said, "Your Majesty Pharaoh, do you know that the Romans have a very unique creation called the declaration of public enemies? As long as the person is on the list of this declaration, his life and property are not guaranteed. Of course, To do this in Rome, you need to go through very complicated and troublesome procedures, but here you don't need my pharaoh, who is the spokesperson of all the gods in Upper and Lower Egypt and the supreme ruler of the world. You only need one word for everything. The sword can solve it."

These words made the flute player's heart surge. Using the bayonet of an outsider to kill the people who had been in trouble with him in this country felt simply incredible. His breathing became rapid, and he violently beat Motamenes, who had just spoken out, with his sword. Finally, he even stood up from his chair, and in a triumphant tone, loudly asked the supervisor to continue speaking.

"The number of people on the list should not be too large. Five hundred to one thousand people, preferably those who are extremely wealthy. These people are not difficult to identify and will not let us be accused of killing innocent people." Li Bida then took out the previous After copying the account books, he said to Pharaoh, "Please have your Majesty take a look immediately. These people who can spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of drachmas to wash away their sins must have committed very, very serious crimes. We are entering Alexandria." Don't disturb them in front of Zhuocheng for the time being, and then ask your majesty to immediately mobilize the old army. Then we will..." Li Bida made a neck-locking gesture, which meant catching a turtle in a jar. "And your Majesty, when doing these things, you must not have any pity and be clean and tidy." Lepidus obviously meant large-scale and rapid executions. "As for the incompetent and capricious old armies like the Hormachian Legion, It’s really complicated inside, so the best way is to transfer them to the Second Waterfall in the name of conquering Nubia, then gather them somewhere, disarm and disperse them.”

"Then, part of the confiscated counter-property will be used to repay Caesar's debts, part will be distributed to the loyal new army, and the rest will be enriched in the treasury. As soon as the replacement is completed, please Your Majesty personally lead the new army to suppress Thebes Sicheng, let’s deal with the annoying priest group again.”

Pharaoh rubbed his hands in excitement and said that before going to the city of Thebes immediately, I would first take my son to stay in the royal city. And Lepidus, what did you mean by just saying that you also want to eradicate the financial master behind it?

"This is the last measure, which is the Jewish quarter in the city. Your Majesty should remember that their chamber of commerce went to Rome to petition many times and bribed Roman officials heavily in an attempt to prevent the return of the royal city because the taxes collected from them before were too heavy. Now I think they can be relieved - as long as we wipe out the Jewish quarter!" Lepidus said, pulling hard on the board with the layout of Alexandria City, "At least the military expenditure problem can be solved. "

"But will destroying these chambers of commerce affect long-term money and tax revenue?" Pharaoh hesitated.

"It doesn't matter. The Eubotian Chamber of Commerce is very interested in continuing to rent the Jewish Quarter. The current Alexandrian Jews are not of the same sect as them, and they are very hostile to each other. I think if Joseph is allowed to enter, even if It doesn't matter if the tax is heavier, and it's easier to deal with in the Republic - because Cato the Younger agreed to these people to contract the Egyptian shipping. "

On the huge float, Ptolemy XII's slaves came to welcome the crowd like raindrops, and Lepidus' legionnaires followed behind the float. They lined up through the sandstone monument at the city gate, and Alexander Zhuocheng, it is said that there are 10,000 shops in the Jewish quarter, 500 villas with columns in the Greek quarter, and hundreds of bathrooms outside. The treasures in the temple are piled up like mountains. Some of these soldiers are white-skinned, and some are white-skinned. With dark skin, some wore brass Gallic helmets, some wore Athenian cavalry helmets, and some had no armor at all. They looked at the charming ladies or prostitutes on the side of the street with crooked eyes, majestically. Surrounded by the Pharaoh's light carriage, the dignitaries lined up on both sides of the boulevard of the royal city. Although their expressions were full of humility and joy, the large number of armed slaves they brought with them was enough to prove their guilty conscience.

In front of the statues of gods standing in front of the royal city, the flute player jumped out of the carriage without any qualms and had close contact with the dignitaries who came forward. The dignitaries and generals knelt at the feet of the Pharaoh, kissed his toes, and complained bitterly about the shamelessness of rebelling against the party. , Pharaoh just smiled, "Obit Festival is coming soon."

In addition, the regent behind the Pharaoh, a general of a foreign race named Lepidus, kept winking at them. The group of people lay on the ground, exchanged glances with each other, understood the intention of His Majesty the Pharaoh, and hurriedly bowed their heads again, willing to pay respect to the Pharaoh and the royal family on this festival.

The Pharaoh hurriedly laughed, with an extremely comfortable expression, and said that soon on the Orbit Festival, all the dignitaries in the city would bring gifts to the royal city in exchange for bread and beer given by the royal family.

Many dignitaries secretly wiped their sweat. It seems that the Pharaoh is only asking for money. It is said that during the period from his refuge in Rome to the restoration, his accumulated debts have been nearly 10,000 talents. Now it is just like collecting money. This is like a flute player. His vision is aimed at this.

Now that the foreign restoration army commander has made connections, as long as everyone presents tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of drachmas to the Pharaoh, the matter will be over. It will be better to make plans after the Roman legions retreat. (To be continued...)