Chapter 35: The True Purpose of Pythagoras
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Hearing Krossos say that his goods were robbed, Qin Rongshuai immediately became angry, how could this be reasonable.
Is there any royal law left?!
Is there any law anymore?!
Usually only he Qin Rongshuai robbed other people's things, but I didn't expect that someone would dare to rob his things, but it was the other way around! It's the other way around!
Qin Rongshuai immediately drew his sword and shouted, "Come on, follow me!" ”
"The last general!" , the big Qin Ruishi who was dressed in all clothes hugged out together, and they responded with murderous anger.
Krossos hurriedly hugged his boss, "Calm down, my lord." ”
Coaxed and persuaded by his own clerk, Qin Rongshuai finally calmed down and carefully inquired about what happened.
"Since the purchase of 10,000 slaves, prices have skyrocketed throughout Athens, especially food and military supplies, and items such as weapons and armor have increased tenfold." Krossos began to complain with a sad face.
"Are the merchants of Athens driving up prices?" Qin Rongshuai frowned, he knew too well the virtues of merchants, the war was coming, Athens began to reorganize its armaments, and all kinds of materials began to be in short supply, and he was sorry for himself if he didn't raise prices at this time.
"It's not a big problem to raise prices, the problem is that there is no stock." Krossos said helplessly, "Now supplies are being collected everywhere, everything related to the war, including food and medicinal herbs, is being snapped up everywhere, even timber has been robbed, and the Athenian government is short of strategic materials." ”
"Could it be that someone in the city of Athens has robbed me of my goods?" Qin Rongshuai was a little puzzled, shouldn't it, since he cut down the two fathers and sons of Hieronios last time, no one in Athens dared to provoke him, could it be that there was a new powerful person.
"It's not Athens, it's Thebes." Krossus's face was ugly, "At first, when Athens began to lack supplies, I entrusted my friends to go to other city-states to buy, especially weapons, after Athens began to declare war, it banned the arms trade, and there were no weapons to buy in Athens, so they could only be bought from other city-states, and as a result, the weapons I ordered for 5,000 people were seized when they passed through Thebes. ”
"Thebes." Qin Rongshuai frowned, he didn't know much about this city-state, when he first came to this world, he had a distant look when he passed through the hot spring pass and went south, because he was in a hurry to Athens and did not stop in Thebes.
Thebes, the ancient capital of Egypt, was an ancient city-state, an important Greek city in the 14th century BC, which was destroyed and rebuilt several times.
Due to the competition with Athens for interests in a certain area, the two sides formed a bond, and then hooked up with the Persians.
Historically, this city-state was capricious, and can be called a three-surname house slave, first colluded with Persia, later defected to Sparta against Athens, and later defeated Sparta to become the third largest power in Greece, and was later destroyed by Alexander the Great.
"Good." Qin Rongshuai didn't laugh angrily, he hadn't gone to find trouble with Thebes, Thebes himself had come to die first, so there would be more excuses to start.
Thebes is located behind the Thermothermal Pass, has a feud with Athens, and also colludes with Persia, and is particularly beaten at first glance, and it is impossible to let them go in any way.
Neither Qin Rongshuai nor Sparta could put an unstable bomb behind their backs, let alone Athens, which said that it wanted to engage in Thebes, it must be the first to vote in favor.
When Qin Rongshuai approached Themis and asked for his opinion, he really strongly agreed, and promised Athens that he would provide all conveniences.
Leonidas's reaction was a little hesitant, "Well, it's not very good, the collusion between Thebes and the Persians is just a rumor, and there is no real evidence." ”
Qin Rongshuai laughed, "As long as the city of Thebes is attacked, if you want evidence, isn't it as much as there are, and what you have to have?" ”
Leonidas was so impressed that he finally weighed it and nodded in agreement.
As a result, the newly baked Greek coalition aimed its first strategic objective at the Greek city-states.
After the tripartite discussion, Themis directly said goodbye, he had to rush back to Athens overnight, there were still many things to deal with, especially the preparation of logistics for the Spartan army, which had to be prepared in advance.
Leonidas went to arrange with another king for the assembly and transfer of troops, leaving Qin Rongshuai alone to be idle.
At this time, he had no intention of doing anything else, and if he didn't see if he could wait for Pythagoras to come back here, he would have followed Themis back to Athens.
Now he can only bored with Amazon female warriors to do fitness exercises, his hand-to-hand combat tactics can only be regarded as average, or he learned when he joined the army, over and over again with those few moves, slashing and stabbing, grappling fighting, black dragon eighteen hands and the like.
Qin Rongshuai didn't learn much at that time, after all, the times have changed, and the focus is on the supremacy of firepower, and you can use sniper grenades, who will still shoot with you, let alone close hand-to-hand combat.
When it comes to this plane of cold weapons, Qin Rongshuai has always relied on his own data-based body to fight hard, but he can't always rely on brute force and recklessness, he still needs a little skill.
The battle with the female warrior lasted until the evening, and Qin Rongshuai let the exhausted female warrior go back to rest, while he prepared to take a shower.
As soon as he returned to the house, he saw a light in the courtyard, a pale golden light, and Pythagoras had arrived.
Qin Rongshuai walked out of the room excitedly and greeted loudly, "Good evening, Mr. Pythagoras." ”
Pythagoras actually wore a hood this time, looking a little gloomy, "Qin, I'm back." ”
"Did you figure out last night's question?" Qin Rongshuai was not verbose and went straight to the point.
"I don't think that question matters, mathematics is only a part of the truth, even a small part, and we shouldn't be stuck with these things." Pythagoras began to pretend to be a wise elder again, and said in a seductive manner, "The world is so big, and we only know a small part, so why bother to devote your energy to the frivolous strife of the world. ”
"Boring worldly strife?!" , Qin Rongshuai was shocked by Pythagoras's words, "What do you want to say?" ”
"Are you really not considering joining us in one piece?" Pythagoras asked in a cordial tone, "Explore the mysteries of the world, spread the truth of knowledge, and you can bring back to the East everything you have learned, and you will become a saint for the ages." ”
"Monsieur Pythagoras, don't you care that your country and your hometown are about to be destroyed?" Qin Rongshuai asked coldly.
"A country and a city will decline sooner or later, this is the law of history, and I don't care about these things for a long time." Pythagoras said lightly, "You should understand that only knowledge and truth are immortal. ”
Qin Rongshuai thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Mr. Pythagoras, you are so obsessed with developing me to join your organization, don't you value me as a person. Let's open up and tell me, what do you want to do? ”
"No, no, no, you misunderstood, I really think you are a manufacturable material." Pythagoras said very earnestly and sincerely.
Qin Rongshuai turned his head expressionlessly and left, "Come on, send this gentleman out!" ”
"Wait a minute." Pythagoras said hurriedly.
Qin Rongshuai stopped, stared at Pythagoras tightly, and didn't say a word.
"......," said Pythagoras, who was silent for a while, said slowly, "the golden apple is with you." ”
As soon as he heard this, Qin Rongshuai suddenly realized.
It turns out that this old bald man is playing the idea of a golden apple.
Qin Rongshuai looked at the scepter in Pythagoras' hand, and suddenly felt that this was a good opportunity.