Chapter 24 The City of God (Part 2)
After hearing the Pharaoh's orders, the entire city of Thebes was immediately boiling. The priests hurriedly ordered the employers and tenants of the City of God not to leave their respective positions easily, and then they were messy and stolen for no reason. "Is your majesty not afraid of God's punishment at all?" This is the catchphrase that these bald monks like to talk about during this period. Not only did they send troops into the City of God, but they were said to have a foreign general who brought the army dominated by the black Nubian army. What is this not an insult or threat?
"What we have to do now is pray with all our might. This city of Thebes is determined not to allow worldly contamination! God Matt is above, and this universe needs God and God's agents at all times to achieve a just and harmonious order."
But Libida's Medegi army, who was not concerned, came on time and on time. Just as the God of Matt (the God of Universe Order), three thousand dark-skinned soldiers came to the field separated from Thebes, and began to go to the farmlands where the temple belonged to, and pulled away people and oxen. When the supervisor appointed by the temple stopped the soldiers, the fate was obvious: several supervisors were beaten by whips, and some of them were covered with honey and hung on the warehouse. They were bitten by flies and mosquitoes in the middle of the night. They screamed constantly, and were tortured to death in the early morning of the next day before they were put down.
Then, Libida instructed the "obedient" people to build a bridge in the Nile River that stretched across the camp and the city of God, build a small fortress at each end, send soldiers to garrison, and dig a small half-moon water port, erect wooden stakes and exits outside. Ten small Librnas brought dozens of light boats made of reeds (most suitable for fighting in the Nile River). Patrols near the bridge, specifically intercepting ships for transporting tribute to the temple through the Nile River. Whether it was rice, grain, linen, wood, brick, stone, luxury goods, and precious vessels inside, they were all snatched. "The new Temple of Serapis requires cornerstones and tributes. Then we will invite priests from the city of Alexander to calm the evil spirits." This is Libida's explanation to the priests of Thebes.
The temple was really angry, so they sent countless people to carry the statues of the gods, and were ready to go to Alexander City to petition and appeal, but when they arrived at the necessary path, they were intercepted by another temporary "Heyun Guard" composed of the same Nubian blacks. It is said that these rough and fierce soldiers actually shot the statues with bows and arrows, and killed the priests' entourage. The priests were so scared that they had to escape back.
If one move fails, the temple sends a letter to invite the bureaucrats and powerful people in the royal city to advise the pharaohs, but the ending of the letter is that the stones are sinking into the sea. After the blood feast, four or five hundred powerful people were confiscated and their homes were confiscated. The Egyptian royal court changed. No one would take care of these priests, and no matter how they appealed.
Now, the city of Thebes was completely silent. The priests accused loudly in front of the temple altar that they wanted disasters to be brought to these two armies, lightning, hail, floods, locusts, etc., but it seemed that the gods were asleep. Two months later, Libida's Medegis guards were still lively, holding shields and bows and arrows to practice day by day. When they were free, they sat on the river bank to eat beer, vegetables and bread. It is said that the tenants who were originally a temple were forced to build the Temple of Serapis actually received good treatment from the alien general. The general began to be kind to their village and community, and in the way of exempting rent and tax, they were allowed to serve in turn. Many tenants began to feel happy!
The priests of the Temple of Thebes felt that they were not good enough. You should know what the temple economy depends on. It was these tenants who voluntarily worked for God, who farmed, weaved, and squeezed oil, and gave countless wealth to the temple, which gave them magnificent temples and statues, and also had the outstanding status of priests, who could sit on equal footing with nobles and generals, surrounded by the pharaohs, sometimes helped in time, sometimes put down the stones, and even replaced them, and to some extent manipulated the country.
But now this abominable alien general, who is in charge of the abominable alien god, cut off the river transportation and fights for the tenants, is the foundation for settled and settled.
"Let a few priests negotiate the conditions for the general, and in addition - gather all the tenants in the city of Thebes and distribute weapons to them." The chief high priest, wearing a linen robe and holding incense, said that he was originally appointed by the flute blower, but with the turmoil of the Ptolemy royal family over the past few years, he further strengthened the trend of independence in the city of Thebes, and gradually transformed tens of thousands of tenants around the pantheon into his own private power.
At the bridgehead, several priests and monks held scepters and asked the Nubian soldiers to pass on to their generals. They waited for a long time in the scorching sun. The skin that led the lead was about to be broken by the sun. They kept complaining in a low voice and applied olive oil to the top of the bald head. As a result, Li Bida sent a centurion as a commander, "I'm sorry, our General, will not want to meet you."
The leading man was angry, and the crack that had finally been smoothed with oil exploded again. He protested through the translator with an excited expression, saying that he was the spokesperson of the God of this land, in charge of the rising tide and retreat of the Nile River, and that the other party was unwilling to receive him, which was simply an insult to God.
It can be imagined that Libidaus sneered in disdain in the camp. The centurion seemed to have already written a draft and replied stiffly: "Sorry, the general received the order in advance to build the temple of the God of Serapis, build a fortress, and suppress the new evil spirits in the Valley of the Kings. He did not believe in the gods of this land, and was not interested in the rise and fall of the Nile River. He also asked me to reply to you that according to the classics of all generations, the Pharaoh was the God of God, the perfect god of all priests. The Pharaoh was the son of Ramon and the incarnation of Horus (the eagle god) on earth. You actually ignored the Pharaoh's orders, not only did not provide assistance, but instead restricted them on the way of the project. It was really hateful." After saying these words mixed with inexplicable terms, the Centurion himself wanted to stroke his tongue and went back to the bridgehead.
Chapter completed!