To Four Thousand Years Later

It has been three months since Birds joined the Firstborn.

In these three months, he has experienced more things than he has experienced in the past few years combined.

The first batch of eldest sons included in the eldest son army ranged from thirteen or fourteen to thirty-four or five-year-old. Some of them are unmarried teenagers, and some are fathers of several children. The age gap makes them have no common language...

That's how it should have been.

After Birds told the clerk in charge of the registration of his hometown, the names and ages of his parents and siblings, and a lot of nonsense, and the number of children, ages, etc., he was taken to a shower, put on Wearing strange loose clothes.

Afterwards, after the applicants gathered together, they were taken to the Kidron Valley in the east of the city.

The Kidron Valley is located east of Jerusalem and west of the Mount of Olives. A little further to the west is the Temple Mount, which Solomon marked out on which to build the Temple.

Originally Birds thought that he was going to start work... but he didn't expect that when their number reached several hundred, Marshal Benaya came to them instead of the supervisor.

Even Birds has heard a little about this marshal who killed at the command of the Lord—he crossed the tabernacle of the Lord, killed the blasphemer Joab in front of the holy image, and was struck by lightning without damage... Some say that the thunder did not Hit him, but the meaning is the same anyway.

What made them even more confused was that after Marshal Benaiah, the high priest Zadok also came!

"I want to love you as my son; I will also teach you, and when you make mistakes, I will reprimand and beat you, just like my son is reprimanded and beaten—"

Marshal Benaiah declared so.

Then the high priest said that they labored under the sight of the Lord. They are not the slave laborers, but the future protectors of Israel—the only protectors.

"From now on, you are brothers, equal to your own brothers. You want to love each other, love Israel, and King Solomon as you love your parents."

The high priest said in a deep voice, "You are not only the eldest sons of your parents, but also the eldest sons of Israel. You are the eldest sons of King Solomon—"

"If you disobey the king's orders, you are guilty. If you despise those who cannot hold a sword, you are guilty! You should build houses for them and protect them from sword wounds, just like loving your brothers, sisters and parents. .”

"If you love other people's parents, others should also love your parents! If you don't obey this order, you will be guilty!"

So declared the high priest Zadok.

They called each other "brothers" and called themselves "Solomon's firstborn," and were proud and ecstatic about it.

For the glory of themselves and their respected King Solomon, they volunteered to participate in "honor training". First form a phalanx, then stand still for a long time, or walk with the people around.

It was not easy for them, it could even be said to be a very painful and boring process. But they saw that Marshal Binaya was training with them, so it was hard for them to say anything.

Another thing that deeply comforted them was the food that King Solomon had promised them.

The lunch on the first day was a porridge made of wheat mixed with fresh seasonal vegetables—it was not cheap barley, but wheat that only the upper class could eat! What shocked Birds the most was that there was actually a lot of fresh and tender lamb inside!

When they went to pick up their lunch, everyone rushed forward—then they were kicked back by Marshal Benaya.

A few of them who robbed particularly fiercely were severely taught by Marshal Binaya. Under the coercion of the high priest and the marshal, everyone could only line up to receive meals honestly, as quiet as a training queue... Although it was still crooked, it was more or less orderly.

In the end, there were two or three pieces of mutton in Birds bowls. Birds almost devoured his lunch and felt a rare sense of satisfaction and fullness.

And those who tried to **** the meat from the children's bowls by relying on their physical strength were hit by Marshal Binaya on the buttocks with stone sticks, making them howl like ghosts and wolves, and then hung them on the tree for a whole afternoon as a warning.

Training continued in the afternoon, and the dinner that day was fish soup with wheat noodles, honey and salt mixed pasta—still full. In the evening, the high priest taught them and answered some questions.

In just half a month, their shriveled bodies gradually became stronger. I also ate and lived with the brothers of the eldest son army, and the relationship between them has improved a lot.

By the way, after the half-month training, there were more than a dozen who disobeyed orders or liked to bully others, and were kicked out by Marshal Benaya. Some of them didn't take it seriously at first, but they came back less than a week after going back, begging to join the Firstborn again...

The result is of course impossible.

"Whoever abandons your brothers, or tarnishes the glory of your brothers, will be cursed. You will be spurned by the people, expelled from the people, and you will not be able to drink clean water, because they are unclean—"

Just like what the high priest said, these people who were kicked out for violating the rules many times were treated with contempt and contempt by the people in the city and their village... Even the prestige of their relatives has dropped a lot— The priests would ride horses to the village where they joined the army and read aloud the "repulsion book" written by Solomon in advance, announcing that they were expelled from the Firstborn's army.

Such environmental pressure made Birds and the others fear and panic about the expulsion of Marshal Binaya. They also dare not commit crimes indiscriminately.

Several people were evicted each month for the next two months.

Some of them are lazy, some of them are breaking the law—such as stealing or beating others. For they are burdened with sin, and they are unclean, and they are no longer honorable. But because these people are recognized as people who are hated, after they were expelled, the First Sons Legion could not help but feel less turbulent, and instead became more united.

Benaiah also couldn't help admiring Solomon's wisdom again

"You must periodically screen out some people, guide and pamper them, and let them become the target of public criticism."

Solomon then said this to Benaiah and Zadok: "Make these men an abomination. So the punishment you do to them will be considered an act of righteousness for their sake. Others will unite with you Under the circumstances, I think you are just."

"And justice is the most important thing that should exist. It is the clothes of the poor and the food of the ordinary—"

The words of King Solomon were so clearly etched in his heart that he could never forget them: "You should let justice be everywhere. If justice exists but no one sees it...you have to create conditions for them to see it. Burn a whole It is better to put one hand into fire than to put your whole body into darkness."

"Long live my king."

Benaya looked at the Temple Mount from the high platform, and the Firstborn Corps was working in one place shouting the shocking slogan, repeating in a low voice with a blank expression: "Justice is everywhere."