To Four Thousand Years Later

[Mission task? 1: Become the king of Israel and Judah, and rule for at least three years - complete] [You got: Personal characteristics? Young king]

[Legendary feature? Boy King: From the next life onwards, when your status becomes "King", your appearance and body functions will not change when your lifespan decreases; until you lose the status of "King"] This is how many months Previously, the characteristics Solomon obtained after completing the mission tasks of the first cycle.

Although it seems to be a very useless feature... After all, it is just that the body will not age. It seems to be a buff of eternal youth. If he does not contract with the demon god, then he may have saved enough legendary points to enter the next level without waiting for old age; but if he contracts with several demon gods, then I am afraid He will be burned to death at a young age...

However, this characteristic has special significance for Solomon.

If he can find Baimon and make a new contract with him the next time he becomes king, then Baimon can continue Solomon's life so that he will not die of old age... This is equivalent to immortality for him.

Within this round, as long as Solomon is not killed or loses his status as king, he can maintain a good mental state and continue the level indefinitely until he passes the level with a full score.

And if Solomon needs to end this infinite life early, he only needs to abdicate. This can be said to be a very convenient feature.

In order to make the most of this feature, Solomon secretly ordered craftsmen to build him a vessel with complicated mechanisms out of gold. This container will be used to hold the ring he used when signing the contract with the Demon God, and will be handed over to a brave Demon God for safekeeping.

He originally planned to put it in the Ark of the Covenant, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it—since Solomon was born, the Ark of the Covenant no longer has the special power of dying at a touch. At this time, if Solomon puts the ring in again, it may be easy to lose both of them at that time...

Just like putting an ID card and a wallet together, it is not necessarily more secure. On the contrary, it is very likely to lose two things - from his personal experience.

Although Solomon's ring is a bound item, only he can use it. But once it is bought by a collector and enters the field of personal circulation, it will be very difficult to get it back.

And six months later, after Floros reported the intelligence from Egypt to Solomon, his task bar, which had been out of stock for half a year, was finally refreshed.

【Mission tasks have been updated—】

[Mission task? 2: End the rule of the twenty-first dynasty of Egypt ahead of time, and get the support of at least one-third of the Egyptians before it] [Time limit: 23 years remaining]

[Reward: Legendary degree, personal characteristics? Pharaoh]

— Surprisingly simple.

Solomon didn't care about that time limit.

Today's self looks thirty years old. Even if I don't sign any more demon gods anymore... In the early ten years, I should be paralyzed on the bed like King David and become a half-cripple.

It can be said that these twenty-three years are simply inexhaustible.

Those who are half dead will not be able to live comfortably while hanging there. And Solomon couldn't make Israel too strong. When everything that needs to be done is done, this life can be ended neatly - rather than letting the second half of one's life be spent in a muddle, it is better to complete the historical mission and then belch immediately.

In this case, the image of Solomon in legends and history will definitely be more glorious. People will think "if he can live to be thirty years old", "if he can live to be fifty years old" how...

And from another perspective, it took Solomon less than twenty-three years.

Psuscenes II was originally the last pharaoh. He will ruin the twenty-first dynasty, there must be internal historical reasons. Coupled with Solomon's mental arithmetic and his lack of intentions, and the flames he planted...

Ending the rule of the Twenty-first Dynasty in Egypt can be said to be without difficulty.

The difficulty is actually in the second half of the sentence, "to obtain the support of at least one-third of the Egyptians before it".

This means that Solomon needs to buy people's hearts on a large scale before the regime of Psuscenes II collapses.

"But if you think about it carefully, it's not that difficult..."

Solomon pondered for several days, and finally let Floros write the "suicide note" of Priest Meru.

The content is roughly as follows

"King of the gods, king of the throne and ruler of the two continents, Amon? I declare that what I say next is true."

"I am Melu, Priest of Amon. When you read this letter, I am already dead. But you don't need to mourn for me—since I wrote down the facts I saw and handed them over to the second person Since that day, I have seen this day."

"Why is Israel rich? That is because King Solomon is wise and wise. Why are we poor and hungry? It is because our Pharaoh is brutal and cruel. He has long since lost the favor of Ammon, but he still does not let go of his seat—he already knows I am more loved by the great **** Amun than he is, and he will kill me."

"I called out among the people the words to save Egypt, but no one answered; I told them the wise words of King Solomon, but they did not listen. They feared the power of Pharaoh more than the glory of the **** Amun. They feared the power of the mortals It is better to fear the law than to fear the taboos that God hates."

"But have you ever thought about it—if there is no land, where is the kingdom? If there is no people, where is the king? You are afraid of the authority of Pharaoh, and this authority will fall on you; you are afraid of the sword, and the sword will cut you. On your necks! If you are weak, you will become livestock; if disaster comes to you, it will blow down the sheepfold like a storm, and you will be powerless."

"I have received a revelation from God Amon—woe is woe to Egypt! One day, King Solomon will shock and panic Pharaoh. The Egyptians begged King Solomon because they were oppressed by Pharaoh, and Solomon sent people to save Egypt. He will strike He struck Egypt, but he struck and healed. He cut off the carrion, and made Egypt bleed, but kept her life."

"Egyptians will fight Egyptians, brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, nation against nation. No family, no king, no nation."

"At that time, there will be an altar built for King Solomon in the land of Egypt, and the priests will fear his words as they fear the words of Amon. They will be under the shadow of King Solomon, eat meat and drink milk every day, and enjoy great peace."

"At that time, Egypt will be equal to the three kingdoms of Israel and Tyre, so that people on the earth will be blessed."

"I am dead, in the house of the **** Ammon. But you still have the flesh. You were born of the flesh, and you will walk in the flesh; since you have hated the foolish, listen to the counsel of the wise; Copy and spread my words, spread my prophecies throughout Egypt—"

"—May the great **** Amon have mercy on Egypt."

Solomon unfolded the suicide note made by Floros, and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, the writing style is very natural...Go get a few more copies. Then give our friends in Egypt three times the money and let them spread these thing."

"Yes, my king..."

Floros admired Solomon's wisdom and strategy.

He could roughly imagine what kind of influence it would have on the common people if the "last note" created by Solomon spread throughout Egypt.

"After that...huh?"

Halfway through Solomon's speech, a light curtain suddenly flashed in front of his eyes.

[The main task has been updated—]

[Main quest 1 Inheriting Wisdom: Receive the Queen from Sheba and convince her with wisdom] [Reward: Fame 5, Domain "Philosophy"]

Ⅰ. Wisdom Chapter Sixty-Seven This is a very interesting chapter (Warning that the construction of the Temple of the Firstborn Legion has come to an end.

After detailed planning and drawings, as well as the hard work of the Firstborn Sons in three shifts, the construction of the temple was basically completed in less than four years.

The main hall has three floors, going up and down with a spiral staircase. The beams are made of the best cedar wood, and they are covered with cedar boards. The floor and ceiling are made of pine boards, so that no stone is exposed. flowers, clouds, fire, and streams, and words of praise to Solomon, and proverbs spoken by King Solomon.

The inner sanctuary is completely covered with pure gold, including the walls, doors, ceiling and altar of the inner sanctuary, and no stone is exposed. At the entrance are two statues of angels seven or eight meters high. The appearance of the statues was designed by Baimon.

According to him, "definitely looks like an angel". Solomon can believe that...

The eldest son corps even allocated two-thirds of the people to take the time to fight a battle, which did not affect the progress of the project. Except for the walls of the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, the other parts have basically been built.

The Holy of Holies is responsible for storing the Ark of the Covenant, and the angel statues in the Sanctuary are also being made when Baimeng is fine...

—By the way, the face used in this statue is Bai Meng himself.

From now on, the Firstborn Legion can basically move freely.

"Then, you send the stirrup down first."

Solomon said to Floros: "The stirrups can liberate their shooting angles, so that they don't need their upper body to be close to the horse. In this case, let Benaya start training their riding and shooting skills."

"Yes, my king."

Floros replied respectfully: "Is there anything else?"

"Yeah, there is."

Solomon nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Pharaoh's compensation, keep the papyrus and enough lambs, and sell the rest to the Tyrians at an appropriate price. Then continue to buy wood from them and start preparing for Israel. infrastructure projects."

"Is that the sewer construction project you mentioned..."

Floros nodded: "With that, it is indeed possible to improve hygiene standards on a large scale."

"There are also public toilets. This only needs to be built in Jerusalem."

Solomon added: "Although there are no blueprints, I can share the general idea with the craftsmen. Baal is also helpful."

"Really, His Highness Baal also..."

Floros nodded in surprise: "Well... I understand."

"Yes, Floros."

A woman like a storm suddenly appeared beside Solomon.

Her face was complicated: "You don't know what your king is going to do."

This plan of Solomon had been discussed and tested with Baal before.

Simply put, it is a complete engineering chain of public toilets, sewers, and composting.

There is no such thing as sewers in this era, let alone public toilets. There is no treatment method for the dirt, and the result is that the feces exposed in the living area greatly increase the incidence of disease.

It is precisely because of this that those who live alone will live longer. But others don't realize why.

In order to prevent the spread of plague and disease, Solomon hired some people to clean up the excrement after he came to power. This effectively solved the problem of disease transmission in summer and reduced the average incidence of the population in these few years.

Those people didn't know the reason, and thought it was proof that Solomon was blessed by God...but Solomon didn't want to explain it to them.

— It's better to say this.

But it won't last long after all. Not many people know that Solomon reduced the disease rate by disposing of sewage, which means that the strategy of "hiring people to dispose of excreta on a large scale" is difficult to implement in other countries.

But the sewer system is different.

It's not just facilities that can improve urban sanitation. Although it is useless to Israel, for those cities along the river, a relatively complete sewer system can effectively reduce the damage caused by flooding to the city.

After Solomon completed the construction of the sewer, he planned to put the blueprint of the sewer in his "relic". Let the Tyrians discover and sell to other Phoenicians.

Although ancient Rome also had a complete sewer system, its treatment of sewage was not perfect. Because of this, they instead become infected with parasites and often suffer from dysentery.

As far as Solomon knew, there were two main ways to dispose of feces in Roman public toilets at that time—pure urine was sold to fullers, the urine could be used to wash woolen products, and feces were either used as Fertilizers from the gardens were either drained into the Tiber. The sewage obtained from the sewers is generally taken by people downstream to water vegetables.

In Rome at that time, most people also had private toilets in their homes, but they were not connected to the city's sewers-because they were afraid of connecting their houses to the sewers. They're worried that something might be crawling into their home from the sewers, or poisonous air coming in or something.

However, they have no conscious concept of composting. Vegetables are often irrigated with insufficiently composted manure—whether it comes from public or private latrines.

This allows the feces with pathogenic bacteria and eggs to directly adhere to the vegetables, which instead increases the probability of parasitic diseases and other diseases.

The manure used directly is not as high quality as the manure that has been composted naturally. Only in the case of avoiding exposure to the sun, rain, etc., the compost made by first removing the heavy metals and toxic components in it will have great benefits for agricultural development.

Generally speaking, the composting process takes at least two to three weeks. During the composting process, the interior of the compost will maintain a high temperature for several days, and the temperature can reach 60 to 70 degrees. This temperature is sufficient to kill phytopathogenic pathogens and parasite eggs.

And if the humification of organic matter is considered, it will take nearly two months. In any case, Roman manure handling was imperfect and unscientific.

As for the methane, Solomon couldn't find a way to use it at the moment, so he could only find a way to drain it to avoid poisoning...

Although there are no technical drawings of compost sheds and public toilets, Solomon feels that it should not be difficult for the Firstborn Army to build these two things. After all, he has the drawings of the sewers in Rome, and he can use them in Jerusalem after changing them.

Afterwards, through the caravans of Tire, this craft can easily be spread to the entire Mediterranean coast, and at the same time, a lot of wealth can be obtained...Of course, that is not what Solomon knows.

In addition to composting, even if only sewer technology is produced in Jerusalem, it will take at least one or two hundred years for this engineering system to be fully formed.

"But I don't need to know, Your Highness Baal."

Floros just said with a smile: "The king said, I will do it. That's it."

"To put it simply, I plan to set up public toilets inside Jerusalem. Then I will find a place outside the city where slaves will be responsible for making high-quality fertilizer... I will tell you about this process later."

Solomon said flatly: "It doesn't need to spread to the whole country. It only needs the appearance of Jerusalem. After all, this is not a complicated principle, and people will gradually master it as a habit—even if they don't know the underlying principle. .”

The wisdom of the people is the rich experience accumulated from the front line of long-term work, production and life. They always know what is right and what is good for them.

"Solomon, you are truly a genius."

Baal praised Solomon.

"It's not my intelligence..."

Solomon just shook his head, frowning even tighter.

He felt more pressure—his knowledge would eventually be exhausted. What should we do until then?

... Forget it, let's settle the matter in front of us first.