Amid the cheers of the Egyptian populace, Davers got into a carriage and drove into the palace of the lord of Naukratis.

The next day Davers led the Second and First Legions northward, and at the suggestion of Assistes and Amenhotep, he did not take a warship, but instead took an overland route, in a splendid carriage, led by a group of Egyptian priests led by Amenhotep, along the south bank of the tributaries of the Nile, in a mighty way.

For the rest of the Mediterranean, it is the planting season, but in Egypt it is long over. When the waters of the Nile River receded in August and September last year, the huge pools that farmers had built to prevent the river from running away too quickly were almost dry, replaced by green wheat seedlings on both sides of the Nile, and lush green papyrus also growing on the banks of the Nile and its tributaries, resulting in a sea of green in the entire Nile Delta, where small patches of yellow can occasionally be seen in the refreshing green sea, which are the villages built by the Egyptians with mud bricks.

But beyond this great oasis is a very dry and dusty desert.

Davers sat in the carriage, walking between the yellow and green worlds, and his heart was quite wonderful.

While he was leading his army on the march to Memphis, his speech in the harbor of Naucratis had already been spread by those who had a good heart, and it soon spread to both sides of the Nile. The Egyptians heard three main meanings from his words: first, that Davers was to be the new pharaoh of Egypt; second, the huge army that Dionya stationed in Egypt was not to continue to provoke war in Egypt, but to attack Persia and protect the peace of Egypt; The third is that Dionyas will not come to rob the Egyptians of their lands, and Egypt will still be governed by Egyptians.

The Egyptians knew that Dionya had always kept its promise, and that there was a war with Greece proper, and they still sent a large number of troops to help Egypt defend against Persia, not to mention that this was a public speech made by the king of Dionya in front of the Egyptian people, and it was very unlikely that it would be broken.

After the Dionian army put down the Egyptian rebellion, it has been staying in the territory, and there have been rumors that "Dionya wants to annex Egypt" for a month, and now the king of Dionya himself admitted that he was going to be the Egyptian pharaoh, and also got the support of the priests of the temple of Amun, which made many Egyptian officials and local forces feel complicated, and at the same time they were also relieved, and they have personally gone or sent envoys to meet the new pharaoh, in order to leave a good impression.

For the average Egyptian, land, faith, and tranquility were the things they craved most, and since Davos had made a public promise, most of the people were not angry at a foreigner who was about to become the pharaoh of Egypt, but rather showed a certain enthusiasm, and they were eager to know what a king with a Dionian army capable of standing up to the vicious Persians looked like.

This is a time of absence for the Egyptian people, who usually go to make mud bricks, catch birds, and catch fish when they have nothing to do, and at this time they help the old and the young to rush to the roadside to welcome the arrival of the new pharaoh.

At the suggestion of Amenhotep, Davos dressed himself in the city of Naucratis, officially wearing the red and white crown that represented the rule of Upper and Lower Egypt, and also wearing a fake beard representing the status of the pharaoh, and then wearing golden one-piece armor, riding in a magnificent carriage, and looking solemn and unpretentious along the way.

The Egyptian people, who had always revered the gods and feared power, saw the new pharaoh sitting in a magnificent carriage and glittering gold from afar, and they all shouted in awe and shouted long live. Towns along the way also opened to greet them, and officials vied to show their loyalty.

Davers pacified all the way, the whole team did not travel fast, and even briefly visited the pyramids of Giza, and finally arrived in Memphis after ten days.

Memphis is located south of the Nile Delta and north of Upper Egypt, and it is located right between Upper and Lower Egypt, so it is called the "Scales of the Lands on Both Sides". The early capital of Egypt was Thebes, and from the beginning of the Middle Dynasty to the present day, more pharaohs have made Memphis their capital because it was more conducive to the rule of upper and lower Egypt.

When Davos entered the city of Memphis, he immediately understood why Calsides was able to easily capture the rebel-occupied capital of Egypt, because unlike other Mediterranean city-states, it did not surround the entire city of Memphis with thick walls, but only built walls in three separate places, one was the temple of Ptah, the other was the temple of Osiris, and the other was the palace of the pharaohs and the noble quarters. It was almost impossible to withstand the siege of the Dionian army with such a small city and a meagre army, not to mention the internal instability.

Memphis' handicraft and metalworking industry is famous throughout Egypt, half of the city of Memphis is occupied by handicraft workshops and its residential areas, so the patron gods of these two industries, Ptah and Osiris, are highly revered here, and the people not only worship the three pillared gods of Memphis, Ptah, Sekhmet, Nefertam, but also worship the god of the underworld, Osiris, and even the monks also worship the Apis bull as a holy object in the temple.

In fact, Davers also envisioned Osiris as the embodiment of Hades in Egypt, replacing Amun as the highest faith of the entire Egyptian people, but obviously this will take a long time.

Among the officials who came to greet them were, of course, the priests of the temples of Ptah and Osiris, and Davers promised them that he would take time out to make the sacrifice and let them leave satisfied.

After pacifying the officials of Memphis, Davers did not immediately go to the palace, but went to the Dionian military camp outside the city to comfort the soldiers, for which he specially removed his fake beard, took off the red and white crown, and put on the gold crown, and entered the military camp as the king of Dionia.

It was only at dusk that he drove into the Memphis Palace, where the palace guards quickly took over the security of the palace, while Henypolis took over the housekeeping and had the royal chefs make a safe and delicious dinner.

Davers invited Assistes, Tapilus, Calcides, and the commanders of the regiments who had subsequently led their armies to Egypt to thank them for their efforts during this time.

The atmosphere of the banquet was not very enthusiastic, as Davers was not allowed to drink.

After the feast, Davers left them behind and held a meeting.

"Now that our army has all entered Egypt, with such a large number of soldiers, it may be difficult to fully meet the needs of the kingdom itself to provide logistical supplies from the distant kingdom, is Egypt capable of providing long-term and sufficient logistics support for the army? What do you think, Yasistes, that you have been in charge of the administration of Egypt for the past few months, and that you have a good understanding of the situation in Egypt? As soon as Davers opened his mouth, he raised his most concerns, after all, the real purpose of his personal army was to defeat Persia, and the annexation of Egypt was just a casual one.

"Your Majesty." Assistes had been prepared for this, and he replied earnestly: "If you rely on the food reserves in the Nile Delta region alone, it is indeed difficult to meet the needs of the entire army, you must know that the military rations supplied to the army led by Commander Calsides some time ago have already emptied the grain silos of the towns in the Nile Delta, and now there are still two or three months before the grain harvest——"

"Isn't Egypt known as the granary of the Mediterranean, and there is too much grain to eat?!" First Legion Commander Mattonis interjected.

"This is because the rebellion of Nicotani Persia a few months ago led to the turmoil in Lower Egypt, and the cities and towns had to urgently recruit troops in order to protect themselves, which led to a great increase in food consumption in various places. While explaining, Arcistes also praised Calcidis, as the head of the Ionian military and government in Egypt, the two have been working well together in the past few months.

Calcides smiled at Arcistes as a token of gratitude.

Davers didn't feel much disgust in his eyes, fighting outside and only by uniting as one can win, this is the concept he has always emphasized, and he asked calmly: "Yasistes, although you seem to be very difficult, you don't feel nervous at all, it seems that there must be a way to solve the problem of military food supply." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Assistes smiled and said unhurriedly: "Egypt has always been dominated by agriculture, so it attaches great importance to the cultivation and storage of grain, like a kingdom, it has granaries in large towns, and stores the collected grain for use in years of famine (the Egyptians call the year of famine, which refers to the fact that the Nile floods in June and July are too small, so when the flood recedes, the area of arable land is significantly reduced, resulting in a significant reduction in grain production), or when the price of food rises in the Mediterranean, it can be sold again......

In addition to this, there was another force in Egypt that had a large stockpile of grain, and that was the temple. The monks of the temples of Egypt owned a large amount of land and slaves, especially in the Upper Egyptian region, and these monks did not have administrative duties, but only gave a small amount of food to share with the devotees during temple celebrations, so their food reserves far exceeded the granaries of the towns......

It is precisely because the monks in Egypt are too rich and have too much power that they issued decrees to suppress the power of the monks when he was in power before. Although Acestes had to cooperate with the Egyptian monks led by Amenhotep in order to allow Dionya to annex Egypt smoothly, as an administrative official, he could not help but say more because he could not get used to seeing these monks prevail in Egypt.