Chapter 35: Spoils of War
Ankotifi's family and servants were all gathered in the hall, and dozens of people were all kneeling on the ground.
Ancotifi's wife and daughter fell to their knees and trembled, not daring to look up at Menes.
Menes waved her hand and said, "Keep your heads up." ”
Ancotifi's wife and daughter slowly looked up at Menes in horror.
Ankotifi's daughter was also only a teenager, and her frightened and frightened eyes revealed the flames of hatred.
Menes stood up and said, "I will not kill women or children, the principal offender is dead, and the accomplice will not be blamed as long as he wishes to surrender." ”
The servant on the ground let out a long sigh of relief.
"Madam, you can take your daughter and leave, I won't kill you, you can also take your personal belongings, and I won't stop the servants who are willing to follow you, you can go!"
Ankotifi's wife looked at Menes in surprise, was slightly stunned, and hurriedly grabbed her daughter and kowtowed, and said, "Thank you, respected Lord Menes, thank you for your kindness, may the gods bless you, I will pray for you day and night!"
Meines waved her hand impatiently at their hypocrisy and said, ", I don't need your prayers, you better pray for yourself, it's okay if you want to curse me." ”
Madame Ancotivi took her daughter and hurriedly withdrew, for fear that Menes would change her mind.
The other servants also stepped back to help clean up the battlefield.
Dill suddenly knelt down and said, "Dear Lord Menes, I beg your punishment!"
Menes was stunned and asked, "What's the matter, Diel, you were very brave today, why did you punish you?"
"My lord, I let Penteval go!" said Dill calmly.
Menes exhaled deeply and looked at Dill tightly.
"Get up, I know your troubles, but remember Dill, there are some people who are not worthy of your salvation, they are vipers, wolves, and your mercy will only harm you. ”
"You don't have to be an officer, continue to be your soldier, and get twenty lashes yourself as punishment!"
Dill hurriedly kowtowed to thank Menes for his kindness.
From Nacht came the news that the troops of the Ram State had all surrendered and there was no resistance.
This was expected by Menes, everyone was from the Kemert Kingdom, the soldiers of His Majesty Pharaoh, and it was the same as who would be the lord, since Ankotifi was dead, there was no need to be martyred for him.
After all, Ankotifi is not a good lord, and in the past few months, I have heard that Menes is very kind, approachable, and kind, and it is better to follow Menes if he is not to blame in the past.
In just a few months, Menes' reputation for being brutal and crazy has turned into an amiable and approachable person, which is not the result Menes wants, and it is sometimes necessary for everyone to be afraid of herself, and Menes feels that she is not very kind, and may be very kind compared to Ancettifi.
Bata came to the hall to ask Menes what to do with Ankotifi's body.
Menes pondered for a moment and said, "Forget it, be merciful, give him a big burial, and let him go to the Misty Swamp to find Olisses!"
Bata turned around and was about to go out, Menes hurriedly smiled and said, "Bata, you come with me, let's go together to see if Master Ankotifi has hidden gold, you have to use your ability to see if this guy has hidden gold in the walls or under the floor!"
Bata couldn't help but laugh and followed Menes out of the hall.
Anktifi is indeed much richer than Menes, the Ram State can earn a lot of money every year just by mining copper, and Anktifi's ability to scavenge money is also much stronger than Menes, Menes is borrowing money from everyone, and Ankettifi grabs it directly, and there is no room for negotiation.
In Anktifi's office alone, several large boxes were turned out, and there were more than 2,000 Deben gold coins in them, which were exchanged for silver coins and more than 20,000 silver kits.
The entire fiscal revenue of the Holy Cat State in a year is actually 80,000 kilts of silver, and 90% of it is tax in kind, and the real currency can only receive about 8,000 silver coins per year.
Now an office received twenty thousand silver kitts, which spurred Menes to continue his search for money.
Ankotefi's house was also arrogant, with several chests of silver-made cutlery, a large number of bronze statues and daily necessities, and Ankotifi's basin was covered with gold, all of which were given to Menes.
Who told him to just think about his own pleasure, regardless of whether others live or die?
The warehouses in the Ram State were even more material, baskets of copper, tin, iron, and all kinds of inferior stones, iron ore, quartz stone, turquoise, cloth, salt, and so on.
Because the tax has just been paid this year, there are a lot of things in the warehouse, and the grain alone is enough for the people of the Holy Cat State to eat for several months.
Menes looked at these materials and said leisurely, "It's a pity, it's cheap, those holy city relics who pretend to be ghosts, but they can't use money to gag their mouths." ”
Bata asked, "My lord, are you going to give all these supplies to the Holy City?
"No way, this is not a war of conquest with foreign countries, I have robbed the territory of other lords, but nominally these are the lands of His Majesty Pharaoh, and Ankotifi is a lord attached to the Holy City, if I can't block the mouth of the White City and the Holy City, I'm afraid that the lord of this Ram State will not be left to me!" Menes said.
"Oh!" Bata nodded thoughtfully.
"Oh, by the way, I asked you to check the walls and floors for any gold hidden, did you see?" Menes asked.
"Lord Hui, my ability is limited, so I can only look at a little bit, and I really haven't found any hidden treasures at present!"
"Oh, well, forget it, let's talk about it later!"
"You have to find a way to cross the river and find Jett, and I will arrange for him to go to the Holy City, which only he can do. ”
The news of Menes' occupation of the Ram State soon spread back to the Holy Cat State, for ordinary people, it doesn't matter at all, whoever rules is the same, and if we occupy the Ram State, there is no benefit to our Holy Cat State.
Jett thought differently, "The gods are above, what does Menes think, he actually openly sent troops to attack the Ram State, and now he has killed Lord Ankotifi and his son, the Holy City will definitely not give up, what should we do now?"
Menes did a very good job of secrecy in sending troops to attack the Ram State this time, and did not notify the army to leave until the last night.
This matter was not informed to Jet, because Menes knew that Jett would definitely object, because Jett had always been like his father's thoughts, forbearance, and peace was precious.
Menes' idea was to strike first and then suffer, and to wait so long for revenge was purely because the army had not been able to train to complete.
Jett always knew that Menes would take revenge and was actively training the army, but he had no idea that he would cross the river to fight during the flood season.
Of course, that's what Menes wanted.