Almost everyone was very busy before the expedition, and the commanders of all the troops wanted to have the strongest and most beautiful equipment for their troops, so the threshold of Philip's house was almost flattened, and the other merchants were jealous of Philip and extremely remorseful, they all wanted a piece of the pie and contracted some projects. www.biquge.info In the end, the bribes sent by the merchants alone had already offset the previous donations, and the joyful Philip was happy to contract some simple and easy-to-make and low-profit weapons to the next family, but this was also made after he himself carefully understood the strength and credibility of the other party, because he knew that the king would not be able to eat and walk around if the quality of the weapons was substandard and the lives of the soldiers on the battlefield were endangered. Don't even think about getting any more orders from the king's side in the future.

Alexander also had a lot of preparations to do, and he had to deal with all kinds of affairs before the expedition, except for the military and civil affairs, because he had no civil servants under him to handle the day-to-day affairs for him, and he did not want to make any mistakes in any way, which made the young man feel very lacking in energy. Especially in the Commercial Code, because there was no legal expert to help, Alexander could only invite some senior businessmen to come over and inquire carefully, combined with the relevant laws he knew from later generations, especially the Napoleonic Commercial Code that he had studied, almost every article was the crystallization of Alexander's painstaking efforts. Sometimes he even has to be busy until the time of his son, and he has always rested relatively early in this era, especially now when he is still growing his body. In the end, however, the code was promulgated, and although it was simple and crude, it still satisfied him, after all, it was the result of his own hard work, and he was not good at it in the first place.

After the promulgation of the Commercial Code, Tyre's business operations became more orderly, and business activities became more active, and more people began to participate in business, and Alexander even conditionally accepted the abandonment of some military personnel to join the business, because he needed a force of merchants who were completely subordinate to his own - the officials and merchants. After the promulgation of the Code, Alexander began to spend more time with his mother and grandmother, with whom Alexander had not enjoyed family fun for some time, because he had a late night's rest, so he stayed at his place of work.

One night, Alexander came to his mother's room.

"Mother."

"Alexander, are you finally free to visit your mother? You know how lonely Mother is these days! ”

"I'm sorry, mother, the child has been too busy lately, but now it's okay, as soon as the Commercial Code is promulgated, I will be much more relaxed, and from today onwards, I will return to my mother's side every day to rest."

"Okay, child, you know that you are all I have, how lonely and helpless my mother is without you by my side, I have dreamed of your father countless times, trying to grab his hand, but I have never been able to catch it. He just told me that he was gone, and that you would continue his great conquest. Child, as a wife and mother, I don't care how much land you conquer, I just want my relatives to be unharmed and to be by my side as much as possible. ”

"I'm sorry, Mother. The child has not been able to honor you properly, but rest assured, when the great enemy in front of you is defeated, and the capital is still Babylon, I will accompany you every day and let you tell me stories. ”

Roxana wanted to carry Alexander to the bed, but she didn't, because she knew that her son was very mature and didn't like to be treated as a child, so she took Alexander's little hand and said, "Son, go and meet your grandmother, she is actually very lonely, although he is so strong in appearance." ”

"Hmm." …,

Olympias spent his entire life in bloody battles at court, and his jealousy led her to kill all of Philip's mistresses and their children, which secured Alexander III's throne but also fostered his bloodthirsty temperament, and she even dared to yell at Philip, so that King Philip II, who was able to conquer well, always felt that his wife was the only one he could not conquer. Last year, she and her cousin's army broke through Macedonia and killed Philip III and Eurydic (daughter of Philip II and Illyrian princess Odatta, daughter of Kunanie), and many Macedonian nobles were implicated, making her hated by the Macedonians. Alexander rescued her from the Ghost Gate (of course she didn't know it), and now that Alexander had all the power, she was at the peak of her power and suddenly became idle, spending her days reading books and admiring flowers, or chatting with Roxana. Powerful and lonely, she found it difficult to help her grandson, Alexander IV, who was not only extremely intelligent but also loved by his subordinates. Although he was small and never participated in any battles, his strategic decisions were so accurate. In Olympias's opinion, this kind of technique is unattainable for her, because every time she acts, although she is always so decisive, there are always great side effects.

"Grandmother, grandson has come to see you." Alexander broke into his grandmother's room, while Olympias was reading a book at his desk.

"Alexander, you can come to see me, an old woman, you know, I've been worried about you a lot these days, I'm afraid you'll exhaust yourself."

"How can it be, the body is the capital of the revolution, and I won't be unable to get along with myself." Alexander said with a grin.

"What? What does revolution mean? ”

"Uh......" Alexander was dumbfounded for a moment, forgetting that the word didn't seem to be suitable for this era, so he changed his words and said, "I mean that with a good body you can do things better, hehe." ”

"Oh, you know the importance of the body! I've heard you work until midnight. Olympias knew that Alexander had a lot of new words, and he didn't care, but protested that he went to bed so late.

"I see, I'm not done! Rest assured, it won't be so late. Alexander was embarrassed, if it weren't for the hurry, he wouldn't have had to work so late. But to be honest, it's quiet at night, and it's perfect for writing work.

"Well, I'm bored to see your grandmother more in the future, so I'll just read a book."

When Alexander saw that it was Homer's Iliad, he said, "Grandmother, can you give me this book?" I know my father liked this book the most, and I wanted to read it too. ”

Olympias slowly picked up the Iliad and said, "This is the one that Aristotle gave to your father, take it and see, your father didn't leave you much, and many things have to be obtained by yourself." ”

"I will, I won't disappoint you and my father." Alexander understood what his grandmother meant, she was encouraging himself in disguise, in Alexander's heart, he not only wanted to restore the glory of the Macedonian Empire, but also to open up a wider territory, with his familiarity with geography, he wanted to expand the territory of the Macedonian Empire to the limit of what he could, in his opinion, although the road was still long, but it was not difficult to walk, because in the whole of Eurasia, there was hardly any country that could compare with the strength of the Macedonian Empire. In the west, Rome was still fighting against the Samonites in the Apennine Peninsula, the vast Gauls were always scattered, the Carthage army was too poor, and the other barbarians were in a primitive state, which could not be compared with the highly civilized Macedonia. After all, the strength of the Mauryan Empire surpassed that of many other Indian dynasties, especially when Emperor Ashoka, the territory covered almost all regions of India, and the Mauryan Empire was also the first dynasty to unify India. However, no force can stop the progress of the Macedonian army, but the Diadochi in front of him are the most difficult targets for him, not only the military strength of the other side, but also mixed with many human feelings, especially for the treatment of the Diadochi and the treatment of Macedonia and the Persians. This is the most troublesome and difficult problem for him to solve, at least Alexander the Great did not solve it well.