"Yes, yes, just put it there."

Early in the morning in Baghdad, early in the morning, after watching the MSLs in the city do their morning prayers, Julius personally led people to the construction site, these days, he has been busy building the water system and repairing the city wall, Baghdad is close to the Tigris River, the water system in the city is easy to repair, so his main job is to repair the city wall.

"The Tigris River irrigates millions of acres of land around the river, of which there is very little idle land around the city of Baghdad, most of which exists in the form of manors, and there is a lot of land for each family, and many people depend on the land of the landlord to live, and the employer pays the wages, and the employers do not restrict the personal freedom of these hired farmers, if they feel that the wages are not enough, they can go to the homes of other landlords to farm, so that no matter what the year, the hired farmers can continue to maintain their own lives."

This is the new Minister of Agriculture, Salifo, reporting to Julius,

"After conversion, there were three landlords with a land area of more than 100 yugrams, fifteen landlords between 50 yugram and 100 yugrams, and nearly 100 landlords under 50 yugrams, distributed in the plains of Mesopotamia, and most of the landlords built simple fortresses, which were given to them by the Mamluk Sultan and the Timurid Sultan,"

Looking at Julius's face, Salifo thought about his family's land, and then said boldly,

"Your Excellency, you should pay attention to the Safddin family, their family's land is nearly three hundred yugrams, if your lord wants to carry out any tax policy, in the affairs of Baghdad, your lord must have to discuss carefully with the head of the Safdin family."

"How can there be so many?"

Julius was stunned, three hundred yugrams, that is, more than six hundred acres of land, converted into today, about twenty-four thousand three hundred acres of land, and these lands are close to the two rivers, easy to drink water and irrigate, and are real fertile land.

"The ancestors of the Safuddin family, your lord must know, without that person, the Safudin family would not have been able to own such land in Baghdad."

Salifo's words aroused the curiosity of Julius.

"Who?"

It's no wonder that Julius can't guess how many people have appeared in the Near East in just a hundred years, one after another, you sing and I appear, these people are all possible.

"Saladin, my lord, Saladin's younger brother is sealed in Mesopotamia, this is his fiefdom, even if the person dies, but the land can be passed on."

Saladin!

It can be said that the history of Saladin's rise is the history of the decline and fall of the Eastern Roman Empire, and for such a historical figure, how could Julius, as a scholar, not know that if it was Saladin, all this is understandable.

"Aren't there thieves or rebels or something to wipe out the Safdins' estate?"

Julius was incredulous, this area had always been very chaotic, what manor could withstand the attacks of this group of horse bandits?

As soon as he said these words, Julius felt a little wrong, and sure enough, in the face of Salifo's strange eyes, Julius could only cough lightly to relieve his embarrassment,

It would be troublesome to say that the governors of Baghdad were happy with robbers and thieves, and the good things that had been created these days would be lost.

"There are many folk sayings, but there are no more than two,"

Fortunately, Salifo quietly diverted the topic,

"One is that Saladin's soul is protecting the Safdin family from persecution, and the other is that the current Arabs still remember Saladin's good defense against the crusaders, so they are very tolerant of his descendants and do not intend to persecute them."

Julius is speechless, isn't it, isn't it, some people believe it, no?

"And what do you think?"

Julius wanted to know the real situation, not some legends or myths.

"My opinion? I can only tell you that the Safding family has a team of up to 100 heavy armored cavalry, and the Safding family has accumulated countless wealth in a hundred years, but they did not hide this wealth in the cellar, but turned it into knights' weapons and equipment, and any fanatic who dared to covet the Saftin family's possessions would be ruthlessly torn apart, which is the foundation of the Safding family's survival. ”

Julius suddenly realized, I see, let's say, if you don't have a little real ability in your hands, how can it last so long?

"Who is the head of this family? Did he not come to Baghdad? ”

Julius was still concerned about this.

"Yusuf Safuddin, the other party's estate is a little far from Baghdad, and it may have just been reported that Baghdad has changed hands."

Sally replied honestly.

Julius touched his hair angrily, and muttered in his heart, such a big military target, why didn't Everenos execute him when he came, and now he actually left a trouble behind, which is simply causing trouble for me.

"The plains of Mesopotamia are so large, and it is normal for the Commander of Everenos to be in a hurry to prevent the threat from the Persian plateau, and to be a little careless for a while."

It seemed to see Julius's worry, and Salifo was so relieved that these words were extremely old-fashioned, but they calmed the mood in Julius's heart a lot.

"So what do you think we should be doing now?"

Unconsciously, Julius valued the former landlord who had just taken refuge.

Taking a deep breath, Sally Foe had already prepared his draft, and now it was time to test his eloquence,

"Then it will be necessary to see what your Excellency's ambition and Your Majesty's wishes are."

Julius was shocked, he didn't expect to hear such words here,

What do you mean by this? I hope that you will explain it carefully for me. ”

"The world is so big, not to mention thousands of miles, from south to north, from east to west, not to mention the boundless sea, such a large land, so many people, since the Roman Empire wants to become a universal empire, what can it do? It's nothing more than killing the enemy and preserving yourself,"

"Your Majesty's strategy is nothing more than this, and it seems to me that there is only one thing Your Majesty should do, which is to win the hearts of the people, to destroy the big landlords, and to divide their land, so as to win the hearts of the small peasants; Encourage commerce and trade, reduce taxes, and win the hearts of businessmen; Giving privileges, placing them in high positions, in order to win the hearts of the nobility, everyone got benefits, and naturally there was no resistance to the arrival of the Roman Empire, and the Roman Empire became a universal empire in the blink of an eye, so why not do it? ”

Julius remained silent and looked at Salifo, but not very eagerly,

"Okay, I see, I will forward what you said today to Your Majesty, everything needs Your Majesty's ruling."

Seeing Julius' state of affairs, Salifo hurriedly continued,

"What your Excellency did in Baghdad is the best evidence, your Excellency wantonly made officials, the people of Baghdad are not unhappy, they are very much looking forward to the rule of the Roman Empire, Baghdad has a population of tens of thousands, all of them have recognized the rule of the Roman Empire, is this not because Your Excellency has won the hearts of the people? Why, then, should you hesitate? ”

Julius smiled slightly, turned his head to look at the construction site,

"I know, things need to be done step by step, your suggestion is very good, I will explain it to Your Majesty, if you want to come to Your Excellency, it is just a matter of Your Majesty's words, as long as it is a useful suggestion, of course Your Majesty will adopt it."

Salifford's view is actually beyond the thinking of contemporary people, all the wars waged by all monarchs are for money, land, and food, but Salifford's statement is to cede profits to the people, which is very different from the traditional thinking, but is he right?

It's just a matter of opinion,

Some words, the effect of what people say is different, Salifo, as a descendant, said these words as if for his own benefit, but it is a little out of place, so Julius will not seem very eager, this is nothing more than his identity.

Since Julius had said so, Salifo could not continue to talk about it, so he had to give up.

What is the best political system?

The answer is that there is no best, only the most suitable, as long as it involves people, there is never the best, as if people themselves are not good or bad, and there are good and bad behaviors.

The difference between Constantine and other monarchs may be that other monarchs want to collect money for themselves, while Constantine wants to collect money for the government, in fact, there is not much difference, the only difference is that the government's finances can be used by the people, while the monarch's money has nothing to do with the people.

"Report to the referee, thirty miles outside the city, a cavalry figure appeared."

"Who is it? Where did the cavalry come from? Is there a logo? ”

"Light armor and leather clothes, dusty in the back, no flags and other signs, subordinates can't recognize it."

Although the listeners did not recognize it, Julius only had to use his brain to know whether this group of people should not be horse bandits, horse bandits generally did not dare to approach a big city like Baghdad, and only regular troops dared to approach.

"Let all the people outside the city enter the city first, no matter who comes, now we can't stay outside, the leaks in the city wall don't need to be repaired with stones, fill them with wooden stakes and sandbags of soil, farmers and caravans, all are not allowed to enter or leave the city gates, Salifoe, you send people to inform the various estates outside the city, close the gates, do not have any contact with the cavalry troops, the Roman Empire will protect their safety, the Roman legions are not far from here, ready to support Baghdad."

"Yes, sir." 33

Sally Ford knew that the situation was urgent, and he didn't dare to say more, now was the time to do something.

Some people died, but not completely......