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Naturally, this ancient city cannot be compared with the ancient Roman city of later generations, let alone the majestic and vast Tang Chang'an City, which is only less than five square kilometers.

Except for temples and palaces, most of the city is made of rammed earth.

But there is also a difference between rammed earth buildings and rammed earth buildings, some are like termite clay nests, short and ugly, some are tall and spacious, and there are some more complex wooden structures on the roof.

To the south of the city, a tall civil structure stands out like a flock, surrounded by a small area of low earthen houses, a huge structure that belonged to a slave owner, and the surrounding earthen houses belonged to his servants.

A few servants went round and round outside the slave owner's house, but did not dare to go in and disturb his master's sleep, for they had heard that a daredevil, who had his eyes gouged out and his tongue cut off!

These slaves did not sleep late at night, and wandered around in front of the master's house, of course, with important things to tell. They were all guards of the slave owners, so they naturally had a chance to get close to here.

If you go in and wake up your master, you may have your tongue cut out, but if the master finds out that they didn't report the news in time, they will be sold to others for living sacrifice or burial!

A few slaves were added together to let in an older fellow who was usually quite trusted by his master.

The slave owner's house was about six or seven meters high, a single-story building, with a roof not only thick wooden beams, but also a large number of pottery shards!

The walls of the house were hung with the skins of various wild beasts, and on the floor were all kinds of faience, as well as some beautiful bronze vessels, especially the two oil lamps not far from the slave master's bed, and the fragrance of the burning animal fat in them made the slaves who entered the room swallow their saliva.

The slave owner slept lightly, and the heavy breathing of the slave woke him up.

"Do you want to die?" The slave owner sat up, his eyes were cold, this was already very polite, if it wasn't for the slave's usual hand, maybe he would have killed him.

"Master, do you remember the army of slaves you sent out to occupy the salt mines?" The slave knelt on the ground, "They are back!" ”

"Who allowed them to come back?" The slave owner's already ugly face was even more ugly, "Didn't you let them stay there first, and then send someone back to report the news?" What about them? Let the leader come in and see me! ”

"They're back, but not in town!" The slave replied, "They are no longer your slaves, for they have been taken prisoner by others!" ”

"What!?" The slave owner stood up suddenly, "Did they encounter the armies of other city-states?" I've never heard of a recent war! What did you mean when you said they were back? ”

The servant took a deep breath, because the following words were too shocking, so he planned to finish in one breath: "They were not defeated by an army, but by a man!" Of their team of more than 200 people, there were only about 20 people left, and the captives of them were very strong, and even defeated the demonic beast 'Fen Baba'! Now, revered as the 'Son of God', he is carrying the head of Finbaba and is stationed in the village outside the city, and it is estimated that he will be able to enter the city tomorrow! ”

There was so much information in this passage that the slave owner was stunned for a moment.

It is enough to exaggerate enough to defeat an army by one person, how can even the legendary "Fear of Warcraft" be defeated? The "Poison Miasma Forest" does exist, but "Fenbaba" should just be a legend, right? No one has seen it, right? And it's not the right direction! The small mountain village occupied by the slave army must be a long way south of Uruk City, and the "Poison Miasma Fir Forest" should be north of Uruk City, right?

What other "sons of God"? In this world, apart from the great king of Uruk City, who would dare to have the title of "Son of God"?

The slave owner was speechless for a while, and he even thought he was having a grotesque dream.

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Since what happened in the small village outside the city could reach the ears of the slave owner who tried to occupy the salt mines in the small mountain village, it would naturally reach the ears of other nobles.

In the middle of the night, none of the nobles wanted to be woken up, but the news they received made it difficult for them to sleep.

Except for a few who thought it was a rumor, everyone else sent people to verify the news again, and even some slave owners rushed out of the city to check it out in person.

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At the center of Uruk are two tower-shaped temples built on masonry foundations, one naturally belonging to Anu, the lord of the gods, and the other to the goddess Inanna, the patron saint of Uruk, who was established at the beginning of the city's founding.

Adjacent to the temple is a tall palace.

All three buildings, which were completed just this year, are no longer rammed earth buildings, but are made of huge stone blocks.

The palace and the temple are adjacent to each other because Uruk is not separated from "church and state", that is, the king is not only the ruler of the land, wealth, and people of the country, but also the "spokesman" responsible for the sacrifice to the gods.

That is, the king assumed the dual leadership role of the secular and the sacred.

Because of this, the richest man in the city-state was naturally the king - Uruk's power was not limited to just one city, but there were also more satellite towns and villages around the city, and every quarter, all the slave owners of Uruk brought a large amount of grain, livestock, gold, and precious stones to worship the gods.

Sacrifice, everyone understands, there is no reason to take the tribute away after the sacrifice, so these treasures belong to the king.

In order to block the invasion of King Kish, Uruk from the previous king, has focused on building the city wall, to the new king after taking over, the city wall has more than doubled outward, in addition to the city wall, but also rebuilt the temple and their own palace, a lot of construction, quite a bit of the "style" of Emperor Yang of Sui, so whether it is a slave or a slave owner, the heart is quite dissatisfied with this king - a large number of people, slaves will die, slaves die, The slave owners to whom these expropriated slaves originally belonged were naturally unhappy, and since they were dead, there was no possibility of returning them.

In addition, the construction of city walls and temples and palaces requires countless amounts of money and food, which are naturally not only paid by the "richest man in the country" king, but also by the slave owners!

Therefore, such a king, no matter how clever his means of rule, in the eyes of the governed, there is only one word to describe - tyranny!

The "tyrant" was also awakened at this moment, his palace was resplendent with gold, and unlike the slave owners, there was nothing in his dormitory made of bronze, but all gold!

Under the light of the lights, the entire dormitory seems to be shrouded in a golden sunset.

This is a young king, his face is handsome, his air is magnificent, his eyes are sharp, and the gold of this room does not seem to be able to hide his vigorous heroism, as if all the light of the world is gathered on him.

At this moment, he sat on the chair, and did not look at the inner attendant kneeling on the ground, but looked at the void in front of him, his right hand was clenched into a fist, his head was tilted to support his chin, and a lazy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Son of God?" If that's true, I might as well consider giving you a chance to meet me! ”

After speaking, he stood up and walked outside, in the courtyard of the palace, looking up at the starry sky, his body actually slowly emitted a golden light, and it became brighter and brighter, the air around his body was exploding, and the golden thunder was wrapped around his body, especially on the top of his head, the golden thunder formed a shining crown, which was put on his forehead! (To be continued.) )