"Would you want to return it to the temple? Is it necessary to allocate land to the entire Thirteenth Legion and the Serapis Legion? But before killing so many Egyptian powerful people, hasn't their farm been distributed to soldiers as resettlement sites?" Sabo asked carefully and answered cautiously.

Li Bida chuckled and said that Sabo was half right:

I am planning to return half of the land to Thebes, and then the remaining quarter will be used as the public land of the leader Nome to provide supplies to the River Guard and the God Tomb Guard.

But Mao Ni was on the half of the land that I returned. I did not completely return them to the temple, but would become an industry for the resettlement of the Legion and the Medez Guards.

"Sorry, I don't know what you said." Sabo Kemus said with some embarrassment. He was the smartest among his subordinates. His reaction made Li Bida very proud.

So he explained his plan in detail. The flute player had actually approved another new decree, but I have not announced it to the temple fortress, which is to unify the titles of "Farm Treasure Head" and "Shop Treasure Head".

When Sabo read out this strange new word awkwardly, he felt that the commander-in-chief was full of the bad taste of the commander-in-chief in front of him, "Yes, the rations of the Thirteenth Legion were mainly concentrated near Alexander. It used to be a manor of powerful people, but now it is owned by the Ptolemy royal family. Every month, the officials of these manors will convert part of the income into money. It is called 'Lebidauskin' to support us officers and soldiers from Rome. After all, we are still foreign garrison troops. The soldiers only love it.

Money was not very interested in the fertile land of the Nile River. The Treasurer was recruited by me after I entered Egypt and recruited reorganized Nubian Kuxi black officers. They followed me on weekdays, but also held administrative functions. Every manor and workshop under the name of the powerful and temples had to be appointed to the Treasurer to "manage". The Pharaoh had issued a decree that the wheat, linen and oil produced by these manors and workshops must be sent to the Treasurer first, and then paid to the capital or Thebes."

"You mean, the treasurer has the right to take a commission in the middle?" Sabo seemed to understand something.

No, the most basic thing is indeed the commission, but Sabo, think about it, will these treasurers still be satisfied with commission over time? They will use this authority to send them to the temple and the capital nobles to less and less income. And more and more people will be detained by them. Then, guess so? In time, the temple fair will be difficult to support a large group of full-time priests, and the Macedonian nobles in the capital will also worry about the piles of slaves and extravagant expenses. All they can do is one way left.

"I guessed that the property rights of the fields were sold to these treasurers and then exchanged for the remaining guarantees of the payment. Their power will gradually decline, and the manors and workshops will slowly be swallowed up by the treasurers until they are completely swallowed up by the treasurers."

Li Bida pointed his finger and said that Sabo, you, is very comprehensible. "The chief of the Treasurer Nom is selected on the Treasurer's head to replace the former local chief. The Treasurer Nom is directly appointed by the Pharaoh and is responsible to the Pharaoh. It is generally selected from the level of the centurion and the deputy general of the Legion."

"But I still have a question, which is who the treasurer's loyalty is?"

"What do you think, Sabo. I am the designer of this blueprint, and I am the one who can suppress these dark skins." Li Bida made a big statement.

"But the treasurer has the strength, what should I do after the rebellion is launched?"

Li Bida chuckled and said that it is very simple to prevent the Treasurer from launching a rebellion within fifty years. That is, the Treasurer is not hereditary, but can be absent. As long as I hold this authority, everything will be fine. In addition, don't forget that the ones stationed in Alexander City are my most elite troops."

"Not Pharaoh's?"

"Of course not. I will be exiled by the Republic soon. This time my money has nothing to do with the Republic. I wrote a letter to Caesar and said that the number of the Thirteenth Legion was still reserved for me, because I paid all the 1,500 Tarant owed to him by the flute player in advance. He was too happy. You don't know how important this money is to him in the political circle. And Sabo, we are in the gray area between Rome and Egypt, making a fortune and making great wars. I will soon expand the 'Royal Guards', of course I obey my orders."

"Dear Commander, I have no other thoughts on this plan. I just want to remind you that this path is like the alley of the city of Rome. When you walk happily towards the alley with a garland, beware of the attack of drunkards and beggars that may appear at any time." Sabo's words did not seem to be a joke.

After the two markets, the city of Thebes handed over everything, and the priests cried bitterly in the temple as if they were bereaved, and the dust fell from the clouds was so rapid. But when they heard that Li Bida submitted the pharaoh's document and requested half of the property to be returned, everyone celebrated again. Even at the footnote of the contract document, the cunning general added the entry "The Treasurer's Head of the Treasurer's Delegation", ninety-nine percent of the priests could not see the clear situation in front of them. The tributes piled up in front of the altar of the temple were the most important. Even if only half were left, it was enough for them to squander and enjoy, right?

"In ten years, you will decline even more." Li Bida smiled in his heart. His half-tax order was also accepted by Thebes. Stimulated by strong financial and human resources, the magnificent Temple of Serapis with a huge dome and the pillars of Ionian in Greece was completed. Three hundred pharaohs appointed "Holy Service" personnel of the faction of Thebes were not in the Thebes faction, sitting in a gorgeous boat, following the Nile River to take over the temple. Three thousand black "God Tomb Guards" began to surround the gods.

The temple built barracks, walls, and warehouses, and collectively swearing in front of the statue of God, to be loyal to the God of Serapis, to protect the tombs of the Valley of the Emperor, and to monitor the city of Thebes (of course, this was tacit and was not read publicly in the oath). The "River Guard" north of Thebes also built two fortress camps and had a light river fleet. In this way, one west and one north, the city of Thebes was completely caught and "not afraid of being afraid."

It is said that the deformed cattle that symbolizes the evil spirit was also found among the people and killed and sacrificed. In front of the altar of the God of Serapis, the sacred servants carefully checked the internal organs of the animal, and through the analysis of the liver and intestines, they publicly announced to the world, "General Vizier Libidaus, the stern leader, will surely win a great victory in the expedition to the southern part of Cyrenega!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!