Chapter 3 The Mysterious Tripod (Part 1)
"People cannot control accidents, but they will be merciless." - The Persian uncle Altabanos persuaded his nephew not to go on expedition to Greek city states."
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"Amborodes's 'family' has monopoly on the salt and crystal of Garamantex."
"Amborodes has a monopoly on cyrene's wool and precious wood."
"Amborodes has a monopoly on lake salt and tulips produced in the Kingdom of Little Ayubertnia."
"Amborodes has a trade commission on the grains, papyrus and porphyry in Egypt, a trade commission on the olives and copper mines in Cyprus, a property rights on the gold mines in Nubia, and a property rights in the transportation industry in Alexandro, as well as the property rights of the Cyrene Harbour."
"Amborodes now owns one-eighth of the entire Cyrene Kingdom, and revives the Cyrenega City, built a huge temple of hunting goddesses in the city of Timgard, and re-plans the neighborhood apartments, the squares and various altar clubs, which will be the settlement of Latin immigrants in the future and the center of the entire colony."
"The city of Barca is repairing huge fortresses and towers. This will be the garrison of the colonial cohors. The so-called cohors were originally intended to be infantry teams of Romulus era, with branches on their heads as symbols. Now it refers specifically to the auxiliary forces provided by Latin colonial cities or all kinds of allied members. Of course, according to the agreement, Cyrene only needed to provide ships and paddlers to Rome. But for long-term stability, Amborodes still invested in the colony to recruit a medium-sized security force."
"So. The brigades drawn by the River Guard and the God Tomb Guard all sent military salaries and funds to the Sichuan Province and sent them back to Thebes. The chief brigade of the 12th Legion officially evacuated Alexander and asked Tagus to lead the Cyrene Harbour to join me. I am not going to return the Cyrene Legion to Ptolemy. The letter from Diotus did not recommend me to do this. I merged with the Cyrene Legion and stationed in Barca as cohors.
The four thousand Esios, like the Medegis Guards, are mine, no, the private slaves of Amborodes. In the city of Rome, no one cares about how much wealth this 'land rich manor' living in the giant manor beside Lake Toritonis has." In the remaining council hall in the Cyrene city state, Li Bida was discussing fiercely with several confidants how to let this fictional figure control the future fate of Cyrene.
Then, the man wiped the sweat from his forehead and expressed his ambition to you. The revival of Cyrene requires specific steps, step by step. We do not need unnecessary quarrels, campaigns and bribes like Rome, or even a consul like a consul, so that even the garbage problem on the streets cannot be solved. The consul's energy every year is to use money randomly to hold a lantern-like competitive entertainment for the people. Cyrene needs a skin that confuses the republic, but within, this kingdom will always belong to Amborodes, which is ours.
Marco Anthony was also very moved. Because of the death of his adoptive father, he hated the "hypocrisy" of the Roman Republic and no longer believed in the criterion of the copper-representation method. He was now turning to support the monarchy because he also believed in the Prophecy of Sybil, and secretly believed that the third Gornois had a competition. As for Sabokemus, he was not interested in the distinction between the republic and the monarchy. From the moment his ancestors immigrated to Spain, his family automatically abandoned citizenship. Therefore, what happened in the city of Rome had nothing to do with him. Even if there was any connection, he had to wait until Libidaus, who was above him, became successful and could compete with him, because no one in Rome would look down on him as a country bumpkin.
There is also Petternius, not to mention, now that he has such a high salary in a year and the right to distribute spoils, he has already made a lot of money. His enthusiasm for politics has not increased, but now he is even more declining. He just wants to continue to serve in Li Bida's army for ten years and try his best to shine.
But Li Bida was obviously more thoughtful. He brushed a roll of papyrus on the floor, and everyone sitting on the couch looked at it. It looked like a totem, but it was not a god or a common beast in nomadic peoples. It was a rare Roman shield on that era, with green and white vines (this was transformed by Li Bida based on the university badge he studied in China before traveling through time). "Every vine symbolizes each of us." After displaying the pattern, Li Bida carried out a miniature gold badge, "From then, we are Amborodes, and Amborodes is us, marking this badge." Then, he gently placed several badges on the table and spread them out. After silent for a while, the few people stood on their sleeves.
"Amborodes' revival plan for Cyrene, starting with the monopoly rights, we will ban the private trade of crystal, salt, gold and wool in Libya. Of course, this is also the reason why we continue to support the legion, in order to combat the suppression of private individuals. After this time, our tax system (the Roman Republic's control over colonies and allies is relatively loose, and these places can have independent tax systems and even have the right to mint coins). In addition to taxes on land and heads, we should focus on the profits of the monopoly rights, and it is unified purchase and sale, and a small amount of retention is used in China, and the rest are dumped in exchange for a large amount of coins and fill our treasury."
After saying that, the chief of the Amborodes Association crossed his chest comfortably. As for what this person would do after the "treasury is full", it is unknown for the time being. But Sabo understood in his heart that Li Bida's most urgent behavior now is to renovate the Barca, the Yazda Fortress, and the harbor and dock that he attached the most.
Sure enough, two days later, Li Bida asked Sabo to go with him to inspect the Cyrene Harbour under construction. He was not satisfied with the old pier and believed that it would be the fleet base he truly owned independently. In addition to the trade function, it also needed to take into account both military and manufacturing functions. Therefore, they needed a special naval ship dock with a dock. Finally, after careful survey by the chief of the project, Gable, the location was finalized as a steep island outside the Cyrene Harbour.
Chapter completed!