To Four Thousand Years Later

"My lord, what did you write in that letter yesterday?"

In the early morning of the next day, Yastaloh waited for Solomon to put on his coat with his hair loose.

Solomon yawned lazily, and asked casually, "Didn't Baal tell you?"

"My sister only told me half of it. It's what you told the marshal and the high priest, my lord. It's about using slogans to strengthen things, and letting them show in domestic parades after training..."

She asked curiously: "That letter, that letter—what was written in the letter?"

"It's not a big deal... It probably means that I will form an alliance with you, and I will come to help you if you are besieged."

Solomon sighed.

"…what?"

Yastaru tilted his head: "Didn't you say...to capture Tyre?"

"It doesn't make any sense just to attack, Yastaru."

Solomon chuckled and said, "Now we are the ones who hold the initiative and the dominant position, so we don't need to be dragged into a protracted war. How to turn the wealth of Tire into our wealth, how to make the wealth of Tire The people of our people become our people ... that's the hard part."

"Is this kind of thing... possible?"

Yastaru's eyes widened in surprise.

This kind of thing is somewhat beyond her cognition. There is no such concept in the entire era today-for large-scale strategies, it is still in the simple decision-making of keeping the city and slaughtering the city.

After a brief moment of shock, Yastaru's jasper-like clear eyes suddenly lit up.

She crawled on the bed and scrambled up like an excited puppy, wrapping her arms around Solomon. Solomon even felt her warm breath slapping his face: "My lord, please tell me...I'm very curious!"

"That's fine for me."

At this moment, Baimen's cold and clear voice came from the door.

His indifferent eyes, as if covered by a thin layer of ice, paused for a moment on Solomon and Yastaru, and said nonchalantly: "Yastaru, let the king go and let the king get up... it's time for breakfast gone."

"Humph…"

Yastaru bared his teeth at Baimon in a demonstrative manner, but obediently let go of Solomon's arm, and took advantage of the opportunity to help him straighten his messed up clothes just now.

"The king wrote a letter to the king of Tire yesterday, stating that the two countries will be repaired. After the completion of the Great Temple, if Tire is in trouble, Israel will send troops to help. And Tyre should also allow Israel to build trade routes in Tire."

Baimon said in a low voice: "The king swears to the king of Tire, 'If anyone surrounds Tire, he will surround Israel. Woe to them. Israel will definitely send troops to help Tire repel the enemy, just like Like maintaining the land of the country.'”

"—But at the same time, in exchange for trust, the king of Tire will need to send his eldest son to Jerusalem to learn Solomon's wisdom until the temple is built. And King Solomon will give several cities close to Tire to the king of Tire. "

Baimon said this, and glanced at Solomon with some admiration: "These are the contents of the letter written by the king to the king of Tire."

Yastaru blinked, thinking: "Does it mean that the son of the king of Tire is going to be taught to be an Israeli?"

"Not all, Yastaru. The construction efficiency of the Firstborn Legion is much higher than that of hard labor, and the temple can be built in about three or four years. In three or four years, Israel's current cultural strength is far from enough Do what you said."

Solomon chuckled and got up from the bed: "And you, Baimon...you missed a word."

While stretching his body, he said in a gentle voice: "The King of Tire is not considered young now, but he is not considered old either. His eldest son is only in his early ten years old, and he is known for his modesty and kindness. Good teaching type."

"However, the king of Tire would probably not give him his eldest son alone. So I stated in the letter...except the king of Tire himself, I have already written to inform Syria and other small countries that submit to Israel, let Their firstborn sons were sent to Israel."

"…what?"

Yastaru was stunned for a moment: "Is there no such thing?"

"Of course not," Solomon laughed, "but today."

"—I will write to the king of the Syrians in a short while, telling them that the firstborn son of the king of Tire has been sent to me. The same is true of the others."

Solomon said meaningfully: "Then I will let the merchants spread the news first. Especially to Tire, tell their people that their king admired Solomon's wisdom and voluntarily sent his eldest son to study in Israel."

This "voluntary" is a very critical element.

The king of Tire sent his eldest son to study abroad voluntarily, and he took his eldest son as a hostage in another country because of a transaction. These are two completely different publicity effects. The former can make the relationship between the two countries closer, while the latter will make the people think that the two countries are against each other.

Even if the king of Tire knew that this was a rumor that Solomon asked the merchants to pass on, he didn't dare to refute the rumor—in other words, he didn't even realize that there was anything wrong. He would even feel happy because of the opening of the trade route between the two countries... As for the detention of the eldest son, it is not a strange thing.

As I said before, things like rumors will spread quickly when there is no authoritative third-party information to refute the rumors.

People tend to believe what other people believe and do. If most of the people they know believe a rumor, they will tend to believe that rumor too—regardless of preferences, simply following other people's choices. This situation is concentrated in the situation where you can see other people's choices, but you don't know the reasons for other people's choices.

And once rumors multiply, spread, and take root quickly on unchecked soil, then when the rectification starts, it is tantamount to facing all the people in a country who are united ideologically and trying to challenge inherent prejudice with a one-way message .

—In this era, it can be said to be hell-level difficulty.

The main reason why Solomon spread this rumor was to ensure that the prestige of the eldest son of the king of Tire among the people of Tire would not be lost.

In other words, sending people to study in Israel is a kind of wisdom, not helplessness. In this way, Israel's cultural influence in other countries can be expanded, and at the same time, the voice of the eldest son of the king of Tire among the people can be raised.

"In this way, if the king of Tire dies one day, or there is chaos in Tire, and the eldest son of the king of Tire returns to the capital to take over the throne, no one will think that this is controlled by me, Solomon. His inheritance rights will be obtained. approval of the Tyrians."

Solomon said calmly: "This is not a strategy to overthrow Tyre and break through their cities, but a strategy to take away the authority of the king of Tyre. It is said that the whole country comes first, followed by the destruction of the country; the whole army comes first, and the army is destroyed Followed by… more or less the same.”

As for how to bring chaos to their kingdom, to bring order down—that was Solomon's other plan. He has a whole set of chain plans, about how to overthrow Tire, incorporate their country into Israel, and annex the nearby small countries, and expand the surrounding sea trade, etc...

Solomon took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

In half a year, he felt that he had become more and more proficient in how to separate people from close people. I don't know if this change is good or bad.

"Maybe it's a talent..."

He whispered to himself, and his calm eyes became calm again, as deep as an abyss.