The opponent has surpassed the concept of a hero.
Precisely.
The other party is the spokesperson for the Zoroastrian god, and is also the Zoroastrian god himself.
Hilde could feel the abundant power from her, the power of fire that seemed to be able to burn everything in the world, hot and deadly. This was directly related to the power of Ahura Mazda, the God of Truth, and it could also prove what Xerxes II claimed, that she was the proof and incarnation of Ahura Mazda in this world. She was not only the oracle of Ahura Mazda, but also Ahura Mazda himself.
So Hilde could even think.
Xerxes II was a demigod.
With his current strength, Hilde has no chance of beating such a guy.
However, Xerxes II was not a person who liked to abuse his military power. Although Xerxes was indeed ruthless in politics, he was actually still a simple girl. Many of his views seemed naive to Hilde. However, because of her own strong power and the efficient bureaucracy under her command, Persia under Xerxes II was able to quickly recover its strength.
Therefore, Hilde roughly understood what kind of person Xerxes was.
From a personal point of view, Xerxes is a very good girl.
In terms of benefits, what she can bring to Hilde is something that ordinary people can't even imagine.
Hilde could only say that she was really lucky. She had never expected that the little Xuexue, who used to play house with her, would become such a big shot. If Xerxes II was her real enemy, then she would know without even thinking that Xerxes could easily defeat her. Even a hero like her with the body of Athena would not be her opponent at all and could not escape.
After dealing with these things.
Hilde then set out on her journey back to the Byzantine Empire.
This time, Hilde's journey back was much more lively.
In addition to Hilde's own people, there were 110,000 people from Miletus who set out on the road to the Byzantine Kingdom. These Miletus were now jubilant, thinking that they had finally left the sea of suffering and the rule of the Persians. Especially when they knew that it was Aspasia's daughter Hilde who saved them, they were even more hopeful. They even ignored the fact that Hilde was the dictator who occupied Miletus's legitimate territories, Byzantium and Apollonia.
"My child, I have wronged you."
Aspasia sat in the car and said distressedly:
"I didn't expect that we could actually get out of this alive."
"It's all right, Mother."
Hilde looked at the migrating people from Miletus behind him and said with a wry smile: "The real trouble is still to come."
"I will tell them after we arrive in the Byzantine Kingdom. Now many of them still think they can return to Miletus. Xerxes II has not told them what will happen next." Aspasia felt a little reluctant to see the Milesians who were all her fellow countrymen. She did not want too much bloodshed. However, Aspasia, who was very familiar with Miletus, knew better than anyone that it was basically impossible to avoid chaos.
"Then I'll trouble you, mother."
Hilde nodded.
"Right now, the Ionians are already turbulent enough. If they don't agree with me, there is nothing I can do. I am the queen of the Byzantine Kingdom, and I must use force to bring them under my command. If anyone intends to resist me, I can only use extreme measures. I hope that you can convey this message, mother." Hilde smiled when she said this, "You don't have to worry too much. After arriving in the Byzantine Kingdom, I will call all the elders to the Citizens' Assembly."
"Okay, kid."
Aspasia also breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that Hilde intends to resolve the issue peacefully.
But does Hilde really think so?
Experience tells her that these nobles, or elders of the council, who have always held power in Miletus, have long been addicted to power. Hilde may not kill them, but can she guarantee that they will not instigate the Miletus people and set off a wave of resistance against Hilde? You know, the current Byzantine Kingdom has a population of only 50,000 to 60,000, while the Miletus people have 110,000. Her side has a small population, while the other side has a large population. If this matter is not handled properly, it will probably lead to a disaster.
The first tune and the fourth section finally returned to the kingdom
Along the way, the Persians sent 12,000 men to escort the 110,000 men. Although the Persian army had only more than 10,000 men, no Milesian dared to escape. On the one hand, they were not going to die, but to return to the west, to the area where the Greeks gathered, and would not be reduced to slavery, but to regain their freedom. On the other hand, the unarmed Milesians could not be a match for the Persian army, so they could only obey the discipline.
And Xerxes was indeed generous.
The Persians provided all the food for 110,000 people.
They had prepared 10 days of food for 110,000 people in Ankara, which was enough for Hilde to bring the Milesians to Chalcedon. After arriving in the Byzantine Kingdom, the Persians transported a large amount of food to Chalcedon and Byzantium by ship. Of course, food was secondary, and the most important thing was money. The gold from Persia was enough for Hilde to purchase food and food from many nearby agricultural city-states.
Moreover, spring is coming soon. If the 110,000 people are properly distributed, they can immediately start agricultural production this year, and there will be no need to worry about food next year. The plains outside the city of Byzantium, the vast farmland outside Chalcedon, and the fertile land along the coast of Apollonia are all excellent areas for planting agriculture. At the same time, the population brought by these 110,000 people will also provide a large amount of labor for Hilde.
Brick kilns can expand production.
The production scale of steel products can also be expanded.
The output of a series of commodities will expand exponentially due to the population size.
Moreover, as the population increased.
Hilde also has to consider expanding the city of Byzantium.
The current Byzantine city is just hiding in the Golden Horn. Although the city has been renovated several times, the maximum population can only support about 20,000 people. Therefore, Hilde must now prepare to build a second wall and develop Galata on the other side of the Golden Horn as a seaside fortress area that can completely clamp the Golden Horn. In this way, the Byzantine city can completely control the Golden Horn and prevent the enemy's navy from penetrating into the inner area of the Byzantine city.
At the same time, the Byzantine city wall will be built two to three kilometers outside the old city. This project will be a huge project. Once completed, the city can accommodate a population of 200,000. Such a scale, I am afraid that Athens cannot match it now. Of course, Hilde has such an ambition, thanks to the continuous rapid development of brick making technology, which can obtain a large amount of cheap building materials.
In short, all of this is built on.
Hilde had money and people.
From this perspective, Xerxes is truly a saint.
Directly provide Hilde with such good conditions.
With such a plan, Hilde had been thinking about many details on the way. After arriving at Chalcedon, these ideas had a general plan. So, after arriving in the Byzantine Kingdom, these things had to be implemented. However, the most important issue was how to settle these Milesians.
So, after returning to Byzantium.
Hildesh then summoned all the elders of Miletus.
There were more than 300 elders in the Miletus Council. The oldest of them were in their 60s and 70s, and the youngest were in their 30s and 40s. They were the core of Miletus' power. Aspasia called these elders here to meet Hilde, the queen of the Byzantine Kingdom. These elders now understood that they were not going back to Miletus, but to the Byzantine Kingdom, which had become independent from Miletus.
In itself, the attitude of the Milesians towards the Byzantine Empire was very bad.
They always believed that Hilde had stolen the city of Byzantium and Apollonia.
But who knows how things will turn around.
The Milesians became a gift from Xerxes II to Hildes.
Under Aspasia's persuasion, all the elders came to the Citizens' Assembly. They found that Hilde had not set up any armed forces. At the same time, the prosperous city of Byzantium surprised the elders. Although Miletus was a large city-state with a population of more than 100,000, and Byzantium was a small city-state with a population of more than 20,000. However, these novel red buildings, neat streets and all surprised the Milesians.
Especially the Temple of Athena which is under construction.
In the whole of Greece, only the Temple of Athena here is red.
The entire temple has only a few white marble columns, which are typical Ionic columns, and the rest is almost all made of red bricks. The city official who was in charge of the construction tried to whitewash the walls with chalk, but Hilde refused. Since Byzantium or the Byzantine Kingdom is a city and country built on red bricks, it must maintain its characteristics.
Chapter 1, Section 5: Meeting with the Elders
Originally, for Miletus, Byzantium was just a rural place, which was completely incomparable to Miletus. However, the Byzantium they saw now was a place that surprised them very much. Even if they didn't agree in their hearts, they had to admit that under the governance of Queen Hilde, Byzantium had become a thriving place. Everything they saw along the way was remembered in their hearts.
After all the elders arrived at the Citizens' Assembly.
Hilde has been waiting here for a while.
These slow elders wore out Hilde's patience.
However, Hilde still put on a smiling face.
"Welcome, everyone."
When the elders came here, Hilde sat on the throne and said with a smile: "Today, everyone has come to Byzantium City, and I believe you have a certain understanding of our Byzantine Kingdom. Although this place was a colony of Miletus a year ago, it has been independent for almost a year now. Now that the predicament of the Thracian siege has been solved, the population of Byzantium City has doubled compared to before, and all indicators have grown by leaps and bounds. As the queen of the Byzantine Kingdom, the daughter of Aspasia of Miletus, Hilde, I brought you here from the hands of the Persians. Unfortunately, I have no way to get Miletus from the Persians, so what I can do is to give the Milesians a home to survive in my kingdom."
Hilde made his attitude clear.
That is to welcome you to join the Byzantine Kingdom.
At the same time, it also made clear my own helplessness.
After hearing what Hilde said, the elders would definitely not directly believe it.
Moreover, these elders are basically all smart people, and they know very well what the current Byzantine Kingdom is like. The total population is only about 50,000 to 60,000, and the basic component of the population is still immigrants from Miletus. Therefore, in the minds of these elders, one thing will definitely be determined, that is, the Byzantine Kingdom, this new country that is actually composed of Milesians, will inevitably return to the hands of the Miletus Council.
Then one of the elderly people spoke up:
“Female King… …陛下。”
"Please say."
"We are deeply grateful that you came to Persia and saved us. We have also learned a lot about your deeds from Aspasia during this period. We are deeply grateful to you for coming to Miletus and opening up such a place for us Milesians, so that we can have a place to live when Miletus is destroyed. Your contribution and kindness are deeply remembered in our hearts."
The polite words are over.
Hilde knew he would soon get down to business.
So Hilde also sat aside and waited for him to speak.
"So, we want to know your majesty's plan."
"My plan? Okay, I'll tell you about it." Since the other party threw the topic to him, Hilde didn't hesitate to start talking. "Everyone, I know you are all proud Milesians, and Byzantium was indeed a colony of Milesius in the past, but the Kingdom of Byzantium was the choice of the Byzantines themselves. Now, it is an independent kingdom. Our country has accepted 110,000 citizens of Milesius from the Persians. I promise you here that Milesians will obtain the status of legal citizens of the kingdom in our country and become our nationals. Our country will provide all the materials and expenses you need to build houses, live in, and live in the first year. All the benefits and obligations of our country will be fully given to the Milesians."
"This……"
At this time, an elder couldn't help but say:
"If that's the case, wouldn't Miletus be completely destroyed?"
"Well...if you want to say that, that's fine."
Hilde was not shy about it.
"The city of Miletus is gone now, occupied by the Persians. Soon, Miletus will be crowded with Persians from the Persian world. Without Miletus, wouldn't the country of Miletus be destroyed? This is a foregone conclusion. Therefore, all Milesians will become Byzantines after joining our country. However, I think most Milesians will not care. After all, there is actually no difference between Byzantines and Milesians."
Hilde said so.
There is no problem at all.
If the city is gone, what’s the point of talking about a country?
However, the elders did not think so.
In their minds, Miletus still existed, because Byzantium and Apollonia were colonies of Miletus, so the Byzantine Kingdom should be transformed back into the extinct Miletus. So, an elder stood up and said, "This is not reasonable! Byzantium and Apollonia belong to Miletus, and what's more, after the Milesians settled here again, the main population here is Miletus. If it is still called the Byzantine Kingdom, isn't it hypocritical?"
The Elder of No One in the Sixth Program of the First Tune
Sure enough, these guys wanted to overthrow the Byzantine Empire.
The issue of names is actually secondary.
The main question is whether the country belongs to the Byzantines or the Milesians. After Hilde established the Byzantine Kingdom, all residents in the country were collectively called Byzantines, including the people of the newly occupied Chalcedon and the Apollonia region, whose official identities were all unified as Byzantines. At the same time, the language promoted was also Greek, Ionian dialect, Byzantine area.
After becoming king, Hilde immediately unified the nation, dialects, and weights and measures. It can be said that ethnic issues and ethnic identification are the foundation of Hilde's founding of the country. If the word "Byzantine" in the Byzantine Kingdom was changed to Miletus, it would be equivalent to overturning all the things that Hilde had spent so much time to determine. This is not the result Hilde wanted at all.
So Hilde just smiled and responded:
"I'm sorry I can't agree to this."
"Why?"
The elders were also aggressive.
"On the one hand, the Milesians are a nation that has been destroyed. To put it bluntly, you are refugees. There is no place for you in this world. I, Hilde, and the Byzantine Kingdom have provided you with a place to live and extremely rich and generous treatment. You should be grateful instead of threatening me with this and that. Don't you think that your behavior is a bit too much?"
When Hilde said this, the smile on her face did not diminish.
But if Sophia and others were here.
You will definitely notice that Hilde is very angry now.
Usually, when Hilde is about to kill someone, the smile on her face must be very strong, the kind of smile that looks like she is about to laugh out loud, but restrains herself, which is the most frightening. Every time Hilde is about to kill someone, she is actually the happiest in her heart. It is not that Hilde likes killing people. But when the problem develops to the point where killing is required to solve it, it is very comfortable. There is no need for intrigue, and there is no need to think about other things. The problem can be solved with a flick of the hand. How can Hilde not love it?
However, Hield is good for these guys.
Still have basic patience.
So she would continue to explain.
However, they obviously didn't know that Hilde actually had the intention to kill.
These elders were still dreaming, thinking that they could turn the Byzantine Kingdom into the Kingdom of Miletus by relying on the large numbers of Miletus. In their eyes, being able to maintain the monarchy was already a great honor for Hilde. Moreover, when the Kingdom of Miletus was established, these elders would continue to rebuild the Miletus Council and put their power above the king. When the king was no longer useful, they would restore the aristocratic republic system.
However, they all forgot one thing.
Although Hildesh had only one man, the Milesians had 110,000.
However, Hilde had 5,000 elite soldiers, but Miletus was populated by a group of common people who had just been liberated from slavery.
"I object!"
Sure enough, the first bird to stick its head out came out.
The Miletus elder was not very old, and looked to be in his forties. He naturally had a bad temper, so he directly scolded: "Hilde, you are the one who stole our country's legitimate territory. In the Greek world, you are also a tyrant who is destined to be despised. However, we, the Miletus Council, are willing to put aside the past events because you saved all the Miletus people. Our demands are very simple. First, the Byzantine Kingdom should be changed to the Miletus Kingdom, and you will succeed to the throne as the King of Miletus. We will regard you as the king and are willing to accept your rule. Second, rebuild the Miletus Council and restore the power of the elders."
