Chapter 495 8.14 Concubine Xue Appears

Chapter 495 14 Concubine Xue appears

At the same time, 120 kilometers away.

Memphis City.

It has been nearly 150 years since the Arab Empire took back the Egyptian province from the Byzantines.

In the past 150 years, although the Abbas family established a pseudo-regime called the "Principality of Ramses", they, like their Roman predecessors, have never truly tamed the people of this land.

The vast desert must be one of the reasons, and the other reason is that the people living on this land believe in the ancient gods far more than the pursuit of a rich life.

As early as 800 years ago, Octavian destroyed the "Ptolemaic Dynasty" and declared the occupation of this land. The temple priests from Mount Olympus discovered this problem.

Whether it is the liberated slaves or the nobles who donated their land, their attitude towards the Roman invaders can be described in 9 words.

"Respectful, but never cooperative".

They refused to use Roman writing and language, poetry, prose, drama and other treasures that shone with the light of humanity, and even rejected the ruling system from Rome.

The nobles were unwilling to enter the parliament; no one among the common people was willing to serve as sheriffs or tribunes.

Even the slaves were unwilling to remove their shackles.

No matter how much the preachers promoted "freedom, equality, and democracy", the believers of the ancient gods still disdained it.

1,300 years ago, the 10 natural disasters brought down by the Holy Lord Jehovah deeply engraved the "fear of the gods" into their bones. The believers of the five major temples firmly believed that the pharaoh was the eldest son of God.

Since we live on this land, the only way to seek survival is to serve the ancient gods in the five major temples with due diligence.

Only by obtaining the protection of the gods can we avoid being attacked by other foreign gods.

From 30 BC to 639 AD, the Romans ruled this land for more than 600 years, which is a very long period of time. However, even if they tried their best, their ruling area could only extend to the ancient city of Memphis in the upper reaches of the Nile River.

You know, this is only a zone about 200 kilometers away from the Mediterranean Sea.

Describing the North African continent as a piece of watermelon, this is at most penetrating the melon skin and just spreading to the melon pulp. All areas south of Memphis were lawless for the Roman rulers.

They could not spread religion, establish order, or send troops to patrol the royal land.

This black desert seemed to have the ability to think independently, and only allowed a small group of caravans to come in. As for missionaries, immigrants, or troops, without exception, all disappeared in the endless dark yellow sand.

One hundred and seventy years ago, the Arab Empire successfully took this land away from the Byzantines. In recent years, the prosperous Abbasid Dynasty has changed to a new way of ruling.

They imitated the practice of the Tang Dynasty in the East to support the vassal kings, intending to use their own people to rule their own people, so they supported a puppet regime.

In order to avoid estrangement, the new country was named "Ramses Principality".

However, they soon found that this seemed to be useless. The endless black desert was still an insurmountable natural barrier, and all the members of the Fire Transmission Gang who tried to sneak into the temple were wiped out.

After nearly a hundred years of attempts, the puppet rulers of the Ramses Principality had to accept a fatal fact. Their rule could only extend to the "City of Memphis" at most.

The "obedient people" who surrendered to the rule of the Arab Empire and the "free people" in the black desert reached a fragile balance in this city. Free people can come to Memphis to open shops and develop trade. They only need to pay a management fee to the Chamber of Commerce, and they will not be massacred or driven away.

Similarly, caravans from various countries from Alexandria can also enter Memphis and exchange what they have with the "free people" living in the desert.

A fragile commercial city, silently erected on the edge of the black desert.

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Stable business behavior gave birth to the prosperity of this city. Even though it is located in the desert, the arrival of dozens of caravans and nearly a hundred horse caravans every year makes Memphis still very prosperous.

Unlike Paris, Seville, or Constantinople, where the nobles love to play and shop, Memphis is a seller's market. The ones who really have the right to speak in this city are the temple priests who live in seclusion in the desert.

They can decide the types, quantities, and time of selling goods at will.

In the stage when trade just flourished, foreign merchants from the Mediterranean had bargaining power.

However, in recent decades, more and more nobles have discovered the effectiveness of the goods in the hands of temple priests. This has increased the demand of the nobles for the scarce goods in their hands year by year.

A large number of merchants poured into Memphis, and the goods in each caravan were not much different in type and appearance. Extreme involution soon made them lose even the "bargaining power".

Even so, merchants still flocked to this trade route.

Even if the price is high, the prices of basic living materials such as food, salt, cotton cloth, and glass are still very low, and they can still make enough profits.

However, it is obvious that the temple priests are the objects that all merchants need to please.

In the eyes of merchants, they are gods.

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A city can change its texture as the ruler likes.

In name, the "mayor" of Memphis is a hereditary noble from the Arab Empire, but every merchant who enters the city knows who the real owner of the city is.

Not only can the city not see any Mediterranean decorations that Arabs like, there is not even a fire temple.

Instead, there are heavy marble columns everywhere.

Egyptian cats, cobras, scarabs and ram sculptures carved from brass are dotted on these stone buildings, like the finishing touch on the heavy background, completely highlighting the aesthetics of the ancient Egyptians.

The temple priests walking in the mysterious temple are also completely different from the Arab residents who also come from the desert in terms of clothing.

They do not wrap themselves in thick black cloth robes, but only use gold, silver and silk to cover important parts. Let the scorching sun tan their cheeks, limbs and flat belly into a bronze wheat color.

The tallest restaurant in Memphis is called "Hamnath", a three-story temple made of marble.

The entire temple is composed of more than ten marble pharaohs carved in sitting positions, and the ancient Egyptian god "Amon the Hidden" stands above the pharaohs. Amon's high hat is the top floor mansion of this restaurant. The residence includes 6 suites, 3 platforms, and 20 servants at your disposal.

It costs 120 dinars to stay here for one night, and the price for permanent stays has increased instead of decreased.

On the top floor of the attic stood a cold girl in a white snowy dress.

The scorching sun shone on her face, but there was no trace of sweat between her eyebrows.

After arriving in this city, she immediately spent a lot of money to book the highest guest room in the city. Standing on Amon's high hat, she could see the brass city gate not far away as long as she lowered her head.

Further away, three huge pyramids stood silently on the other side of the Nile.

That is the majestic pyramids of Giza.

It is an ancient building that has truly existed since ancient times.

??These two chapters were written on the train.

?Taking a green train in summer is almost like self-harm, so don’t try it lightly

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