To Four Thousand Years Later

Due to the geographical location of Alexandria is very advantageous. And because it was founded by Alexander the Great... Now, it can be called the second most important city in Egypt. Even from the perspective of economy and culture, even Thebes, the capital of the king, is also the most important city in Egypt. Far less prosperous than Alexandria. After all, the Nile River has not yet reached its flooding period. Its water transport is comparable to the depth of the Mediterranean Sea. In April the Nile is not deep enough to support heavily loaded ships. Therefore, high-load goods such as wheat and masonry usually cannot be shipped to all parts of the country until after August.

Until then, there was almost no screening of ship traffic anywhere. According to Phoenix, officials in Egypt now implement a one-round vacation system—that is, for every month of work, even if they take three months of vacation, and then let the next official work instead of them, each person will have a total of only one round of work per year. It takes three months to work.

This made Jesus, who was once a social animal, hate it very much. Or rather... jealousy.

He has already decided that when he becomes Pharaoh, he will first get rid of this tradition. It is necessary to change the mechanism of power operation and combine power and welfare with the time and quality of nobles' work.

As an official, how can he be greedy for pleasure? You are all wise men of the Holy Firstborn, the purpose of becoming an official is to serve the people and to make the Egyptians live better? Don't cut pointless vacations. Shouldn't it be joyful? **** had already figured it out... If someone raised an objection at that time, he would reprimand him like this.

When the water depth of the Nile River is too shallow, the clerk will not even take turns, but will not go to work directly. Because their main job is to distribute the amount of materials in various places in Egypt, not for example, living materials such as wheat, beer, red wine, olive oil, castor oil, or even wood, pigments, stones, ores, etc. production materials. Except for a part of the technology that is handed over to Pharaoh as a tax according to the rules, and a part that is kept for himself, the rest will be sent to Alexandria for unified distribution. The distribution of these bulk materials does not simply depend on the size of the villages in various places. Instead, consider how much each material was used and how it was used in the last year. And the number of newborns, labor craftsmen.

During the reign of Solomon, he asked the prophet Nathan to collect various data from various places every year, and issued various miraculous and predictable policies. King Solomon's control over the country, and all the secrets to make the country prosperous, are all seen in these data, according to the secret wisdom circulated only among those in power.

But until now, whether it is Tire or Egypt, there is still no ruler who can fully utilize these data.

But collecting data and recording data has become a ritual habit.

As a result, searching all kinds of data across the country gradually became a practice—a means to test the ruler’s control over the country, a mysterious ritual to pray for the growth of wisdom and the detection of secrets.

Theory E, the clerk should also use the data for material distribution. These data are too huge for ordinary people, and only clerks who have received higher education can allocate limited materials in an orderly manner.

In theory it is.

But because only the high priests, high priests, and pharaohs are higher than the scribes, and these three kinds of people hardly visit places. So their power gradually got out of control and became a second system independent of royal power.

That is. The right to distribute supplies in various places was in the hands of the clerk. This generation of law practitioners has arrived. His ability is not as good as that of his father, so Pharaoh's restraint on the clerks is also the same as today, and even the taxes of various places will pass through the hands of these local clerks.

They have learned complex mathematics and crude economic theory. And not too deep knowledge of political science. This knowledge was originally intended to allow them to allocate materials better and more equitably.

However, they used this wisdom to falsify the accounts.

All materials submitted by merchants, craftsmen, and farmers. They'll all take some of it for themselves. And for this part of the vacancy, they will blur it on the bill by patchwork. If someone goes to track down the whereabouts of these materials, they will just keep going around in circles. After the clerks in various places colluded, It becomes easier to hide the flow of important materials.

The materials paid to Alexandria from the local area are almost like their own things.

When it was paid up, it was deducted by the clerks at the place of origin; it arrived in Alexandria. Skimped some by the clerk in Alexandria; wait for August Nile high tide to allocate. Some were deducted by the local clerk who received the supplies.

Pharaoh also seemed to be a fool—he didn't care about it at all, or he didn't realize that a large amount of supplies were flying away every year. Just constantly urging craftsmen and farmers to continue, which also made the clerks more arrogant and arrogant. And became the hidden supporters of the Dharma...although in their standpoint, they are hostile to the Dharma. But because of Pharaoh's inaction, they will take the initiative to help him stabilize his position.

Time to grab money. A year is August and September, when the Nile River widens. other time. Even if it's the rotation month. There are also few clerks who go to the warehouse to count the stored materials and go to the port to check the incoming materials. But because of this, the four of **** and his party were able to completely avoid Pharaoh’s eyes and ears, and entered Thebes city from the Nile River in a small boat without being stopped by anyone. But now that the officials who manage them are all on vacation, these guards are also lazy.

There were three people who followed Jesus. They are Judah, Phoenix and Harvey. It can be said. Everyone except Harvey. It is even possible that Harvey is also one of the big bosses because **** has noticed many times that Harvey, who is not a core member, also has faint fluctuations in secondary psionic energy. That means he didn't even go through initiation rites. Only by supplying spiritual power to others. This talent is almost awakened.

"They really didn't notice us.

He looked surprised: "Those guards did it on purpose, right?" He was disappointed that these soldiers didn't stop them at all—if they were hostile to Jesus, he could have shot back.

After all, their dress is very exaggerated.

Jesus is still wearing the very conspicuous white robe and leaning on a wooden staff. Judas, on the other hand, has a strong body, but his upper body is almost naked; Harvey is extremely thin, as if recovering from a serious illness. Phoenix's aura is very strong, and his blood-colored hair is also very conspicuous on the streets of Egypt.

But with such a dress, no one came to question Xiang. Instead, they were allowed to leave the port safely—the most unusual thing is that the guards here are even much more relaxed than those of Alexander. Judah muttered dissatisfiedly: "If it were in Tyre, all these soldiers would be hanged. Didn't these Egyptians think about it? They are like this, they are simply embarrassing to their pharaoh. "Shame...then lose face." . "

Harvey sneered: "Those clerks are like evil ghosts who have risen from hell. Their fingers counting money are more disgusting than dry and smelly feces. These cripples who don't even respect priests and don't even believe in them How can you still have respect for Pharaoh?"

"Not sure, Harvey. **** smiled. He whispered, "Egypt... has been like this since a long time ago. "They fear the authority of the law-maker more than they fear the glory of God Amu. They fear the laws of the world more than they fear the taboos that God hates—_"

He looked at the Egyptian guards who were walking towards him not far away, smiled and said in a low voice.

"Egypt-Egypt never changes.