v8 Chapter 49： Family gatherings and choices for Lijims

Alcidadas had long noticed the food on his table, broth, grilled fish, bread, small half-cans of wine... the dishes were actually quite rich, but compared to the hospitality that was accepted here before, there was indeed no Less, think of the big businessmen in Lijim, including himself. Even during the drought, there are still 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 eaten since the drought. It's still simple!"

"We have eaten much better than most of the people in Dionia! I know that many citizen families can only eat two meals a day, and the main food is still porridge..." said Aunt Grace, as Her. The main sacrifice of the temple, she learned a lot from the people who came to the temple during this time.

Alcibidas is silent. In fact, he is very clear: With Davis's supreme position and strong net worth in Dionia, even during the drought, he can completely let the whole family live a happy life, but his brother-in-law It is sure to ask the family as strictly as ever, to set an example for the people of the Kingdom of Dionia, and this habit and practice has deeply affected his family, perhaps only someone like him can become a king. Let's go!

Alcibidas pretended not to drink a large broth, and then praised: "It's still a good cook in your house! Even if the food is less, the things you make are still so delicious!"

"You must be tired from Lijim all the way! Since it is delicious, eat a little more and add some physical strength." Clystoya said with concern, then sighed and said: "Thank you for Hardy. The blessing of Sri Lanka, this terrible drought is finally over!"

She looked at Alcibidas and asked with concern: "I heard that the people of Lijim had been rioted because they could not afford the food, and they injured a lot of nobles and businessmen. Your shop was not affected. Destroy it?"

"Thanks to the prestige of His Majesty, those angry people completely circumvented my shops and workshops!" Alcidadas said gratefully. This is indeed the truth. The Liji people in the riots have prayed for the Kingdom of Dionia, and naturally will not attack Alcidadas, who has an in-law relationship with King Daphus.

"You Lijim's council is doing too much, completely disregarding the people's lives and deaths, and it is alive to be attacked by the people!" Aegean said with some anger, after all, it was her hometown, and she heard her hometown being jealous. Hungry and suffering, how can she not worry: "If you let your sister's bank settle in Lijim, then the people there today can borrow from the bank to buy food!"

The words of Aegis are obviously naive. The riots of Li Jim are not the problem of people having money, but the madness of the entire merchant class that is difficult to make money is not contained. However, when Li Jim became the free city of the Kingdom of Dionia, one of the conditions proposed by the Lijim people was that they did not allow Christopher Bank to enter Lijim because Lijim’s business was developed and the loan shark was a Lijim businessman. An important means of making money, if the Christopher Bank is built in the city, and the loan interest rate is much lower than the usury loan, the entire Lijim loan-sharking industry will soon collapse.

Alcibidas’s hand wiped his face and suddenly said: “Maybe it will take a long time for Christopher Bank to enter Lijim.”

Christo's apricot eyes were slightly stunned and looked strange: "Why?"

Alcibidas knew that he had lost his words, coughed a little, and said with apologetic sorrow: "This thing has to wait until I see him, and he can only say it after he has confirmed him."

Clithista thought thoughtfully, she took a sip of wine and was about to speak. Briantes, who was dining at the side, was already dissatisfied. "You guys are saying nothing that we can't understand. It's really boring! You went to Egypt before, have you ever seen a fish in the Nile, it can not only Swimming in the river, but also able to climb on the land, and very ferocious, not only to eat people, even the lion can not beat it, is it true?"

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

Alcibidas smiled and said: "I can't beat the lion. This is not clear to me. But the crocodile does eat people, and according to Egyptian rumors, the crocodile has eaten a great pharaoh."

Apox immediately said with interest: "Hey, tell us about this story."

Under the urging of the children, Alcidadas also tried to avoid Clithista's inquiry, so he did not deny it. He carefully recalled and said: "You should all know that the center of Egypt is in Memphis."

Several children nodded together. At school, teachers have taught them the basics in this area.

"Then you know that the Egyptian Pharaoh was also honored as the King of Egypt."

Only Abok nodded and the other children shook their heads.

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

After many years and more, the Egyptians gradually turned the vast swamps and wetlands downstream of the Nile River into fertile plains through the efforts of generations. One of these pharaohs, called Menis, played a big role. On this fertile plain, the city of Memphis was established and its king was moved to Memphis..."

Except for Ivya, the other three children were gradually attracted by the story of Alciidas and listened very seriously.

"...Minnes is a very useful pharaoh. Under his rule, the kingdom of Egypt is growing stronger and stronger. One day, the weather is very hot, but he went hunting with his entourage. It didn't take long before they felt Thirsty, so the group came to the side of the Nile. Pharaoh Mein let his hand go down and fetch water. He sat by the river and rested. The result was a thing that seemed to be a broken trunk floating in the river not far from him. It was actually a crocodile. The disguise, it suddenly rushed to the United States not far from him, bite him, and the entourage had not had time to react, he dragged him to the river...

The Egyptians organized a large army to look for it in the Nile, and eventually did not find his body. Not long after, the gods of Amon Temple came out, and King Nice was received by the crocodile **** because of his great achievements..."

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

"This time you came over and brought a lot of gifts to Clithista, Aunt Grace and the children. They are very happy. The children even prefer to see you, not my father!" Dave Said jokingly.

"Your Majesty, I am so hard to come once, buying these gifts is also a good thing, can not afford much money, can make them happy, I am also very happy." Alcidadas quickly said.

"For the children, you are a good man! For Clithista, Ai Genisi, you are a good relative! For me..." Daves smiled slightly: "You are doing very well." Ok, I love you, and I talked to me about it. I basically agreed with her to go to Lijim to see your father. But it is not now. Now that Lijim is in a chaotic situation, it is not very safe. I don’t know if your meeting is going to take What measures are in place to stabilize the situation?"

At this time, Davers was asked about the topic.

Alcibidas is ashamed, and the whispered whispered: "The controversy has been debated about whether to suppress the riots. So far, no specific plan has been come up..."

"Don't you want to apply to the Dionysian Senate to let us send troops to suppress the people of Lijim?" Dave's sneer sneered. In fact, he knows the situation of Lijim well, and even this time Lijim can have a riot that has a credit for his intelligence department.

According to the provisions of the laws of Dionia: 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 of the ordinary citizens have been involved in the riots), and the kingdom is in normal Under the circumstances, they can't interfere in the internal affairs of their city. Therefore, if Li Jim wants to use the army to quickly settle the riots, he can only apply to the Kingdom of Dionia Alcibidas smiles and shakes his head and says: It is a cruel thing to stab the sword spear to his compatriots. Not only me, some sober people in the city of Lijim are not in favor of this."

“Oh?” Davers asked with amazement: “What are you going to do?”

"Your Majesty, I believe that you have already understood very well. In the past two years, the Lijim Council has been very chaotic about the management of the city-state. Many people are not trying to manage the city-state, but want to use power to satisfy their own lust, so they After being elected through various fraudulent means, they often formulate proposals that are beneficial to their interests and are not conducive to the development of city-states. Many public offices in the city have their relatives or people who have no ability but bribe them... Lijim seems to be prosperous In fact, the people’s dissatisfaction with this has been saved for a long time, and this time the drought is just to let the people burst out of anger..."

Alcibidas said sadly, Daves listened calmly, and he certainly knew the situation of Lijim. In fact, if it wasn’t for Attilis, Lijim’s political situation would be better. After all, he The ability and prestige to control the council, and now none of the generals and parliamentarians elected by Li Jim can control the overall situation, causing the riots to happen for several days, and the council has not yet got a decent measure.