When Alexander led his army into Egypt to drive away the Persian army, he promised the Jews in Egypt that the Jews would no longer be discriminated against, enjoy the same treatment as the Greeks, and have the same rights as Greek immigrants. So the Jews on the Misopotai Plain rushed to Egypt one after another, and the result was that the Jews in the city of Alexandria accounted for one fifth.

One of the important reasons why Alexander promised this was that before he entered Egypt, there was already a Jewish mercenary in Egypt. The most suitable method for conquering and enslaving a nation was to win over the warlike ethnic minorities around them, and at the same time, bribing, exiling, and strangling the elites of the main ethnic groups every few decades. If they could still control their childbirth, it would be perfect.

Dositheos was a Jew who was deeply trusted by the Greeks. He was first a follower of the royal court of Ptolemy III, then a river transport officer, and now he also served as a senior archive officer of the royal court. In addition, he also had a duty, he was the emperor's high priest. Such an identity allowed him to know all the secrets of the royal court - at this time, for Egypt and even the entire Greek world, the most important secret was the Thunder weapon of the Chuni.

More than two months ago, the witch medicine sent by the cavalry officer Zaras of Baktria, the Qini envoy Meng Yi arrived in the city of Alexandria. Although the Qin State was extremely far away from Egypt, the Qin State had already controlled the north and south of the Yin Mountains at this time. The horses crossed the Yin Mountains and were the Mongolian Plateau. It only took more than three months to arrive at Sogdiana from Jiuyuan County.

Arriving in Sogdiana and arriving in West Asia, it was only a matter of time and diplomacy. Aristotle IV, who knew that King Euthidmus had already negotiated with Seleucus, naturally would not let the horses pass through Seleucus. He instructed Zaras to follow the Sogdian caravan along the river to the Caspian Sea, and then cross the Great Caucasus Mountains to take a boat from the Black Sea to Egypt.

It set off in June last year and arrived in Egypt (Egypt only has three seasons a year: farming season, harvest season, and flood season), which took less than a year. This was due to the Qin State controlling Jiuyuan County and expelling the Hu people north of Yinshan. At the same time, the Seleucid Empire had not yet mastered its northern trade routes like the Persian Empire. Finally, although the Egyptian Navy was defeated by the Antiko Dynasty on Kos Island (256 BC), it still firmly controlled the maritime power in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Egypt is synonymous with autocracy, so Aristotle IV did not explicitly state the power of gunpowder. He just asked his friend, Eradose, the director of the Alexander Library, and the tutor of Ptolemy III, to study the components of gunpowder and try to imitate it.

This alone was not enough to attract the attention of Ptolemy III. On the tenth day after the gunpowder arrived at the Alexander Library, people from unknown origin sent more silk-wrapped gunpowder. If Aristotle IV only sent one hundred Dramarcks, then there were as many as two Tarrants of gunpowder. In addition to gunpowder, there was also a hollow iron pipe about a length of about elbows.

There is no doubt that this was the Chuni's salute. The Chuni merchant ship who visited last year had fired and set off in Alexandria. Every time it sounded, there would be thunder and blue-white smoke. In front of Ptolemy III, Eradoser and others, the visitor stuffed stones at the front of the iron pipe. However, after the thunder, ten overlapping shields were smashed and penetrated. At this time, Ptolemy III realized that the salutes that the Chuni paid tribute to him were such a deadly weapon.

The request of the visitor is no different from that of the Chinnie people. It is also necessary to study the ingredients of the powder and try to imitate it. The reward is the hollow iron pipe that burns this thunder powder. In addition to the sent one, it can also be given to Egypt four more.

Dociseios's mention of the thunder weapon worried Ptolemy III that even if Egypt helped the Maiyin reoccupies Shebwo and Timna, the army could not defeat the Chuni.

"What secret? Thunder's secret?" Lisimacos asked. As the chief minister, he was puzzled that there were things he didn't know.

"Yes." Lisimacos was his younger brother after all, and Ptolemy III planned to stop hiding it. "Last year, the Chuni merchant ship fired a salute to salute, which was a weapon."

"Weapon?" Lisimacos looked at Ptolemy III and then at Dociseos, and finally looked at Apollonius, who was pretending to be asleep, but had actually pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

"Yes, a god-like weapon." Ptolemy recalled the roar of the iron tube, the sprayed gunpowder, and the stones pierced through the shield, his brows frowned, and Docisios explained. "The envoy of Qinni..."

"Enter the Cinnie?!" Lisimacos shouted again. He had never heard of any envoy of the Cinnie.

"Yes. The envoy of Chinny was sent by a bachelor of Bactricia, who had been to the easternmost continent. He asked Erados to study the secrets of the thunder weapon. This matter was originally just a communication between the bachelor and the bachelor." Dociseos tried his best to understate the description to ease Lycimacos' complaints. He was the chief minister and the younger brother of Ptolemy III, and he had the right to know the whole thing.

"A Greek officer sent by the bachelor described that the Chuni army used thunder weapons, which emitted thunder when used, spit out flames and fired iron round bullets, with a giant crossbow with a range of more than the farthest, and could destroy a fortress that was dozens of cubits thick..."

Zaras was originally cautious in keeping with Aristotle IV's warning and not revealing the secrets of artillery to the autocratic Egyptians, but when he and Meng Yi saw the Egyptians miraculously launch a Chu army artillery, there was nothing to hide.

Dociseos described the power of the cannon in an extremely exaggerated tone. Apollonius, who was pretending to be sleeping, widened his eyes at this time. Lisimacos was stunned at first, and then shook his head repeatedly, "This is impossible! Only Zeus can..."

"Lisimacos!" Ptolemy III interrupted him. "Although I don't want to admit it, it is indeed a weapon that Zeus can possess. It roars like thunder, spewing flames several elbows long. The stone bullets shot in front of the iron tube can instantly penetrate the silver shields overlapping on all sides! I can't imagine the person who made it, I can only say that even Hephaestus could not make it..."

Ptolemy III's words brought terrible memories. He was glad that he did not get the Chuni envoys drunk in the name of the banquet. After betraying the friendship between bread and salt, he snatched their merchant ships. Because the merchant ship exploded and sank during the war, the salvaged weapons could not be copied, so he could only send them to Alexandria.

The Chuni people will definitely take revenge. According to the description of the Chuni envoy, the Chini envoy and the Bactrician cavalry officer, Chuni had more than 200,000 troops, and the Egyptian army never exceeded 80,000; Chuni had hundreds of trans-ocean merchant ships equipped with thunder weapons, and neither Egypt had a single one.

Pretending to know nothing, this is Ptolemy III's current strategy. If the bachelor of the school could discover the secret of the weapon, he would not be able to keep his promise and share it with those people, which would become Egypt's wealth. However, the hidden concern is that if Egypt used this weapon, Egypt would be suspected of robbing merchant ships. Fortunately, the Qinni also sent gunpowder, which may be explained as: the Qinni sent powder from thousands of miles away, and after researching it himself, he discovered the secret of the powder, and then began to use it.

Ptolemy III's slightly frightened look finally calmed down Lisimacos, and he said again: "The Chunis will definitely retaliate against those who blaspheme, and we can only pretend to know nothing. Dociseos..."

"Your Majesty?" Docisios bowed.

"Take the Chief Minister to the Research Garden, and he should know this." Ptolemy III ordered. "In addition, prepare for a grand ceremony to pretend that the envoy of the Qinni will arrive in Alexandria in a few days. I will welcome him personally. At the same time, don't forget to tell everyone that the Qinni brought weapons that Zeus could only use."

"Yes, your majesty." Docisios agreed.

"Your Majesty, what should I do about spices?" asked the old Apollonius. Although he was not allowed to visit Zeus' weapons by Ptolemy, he learned this secret after all. This was also a kind of trust.

"Send someone to tell the Mein people not to make any easy attacks before the Egyptian army arrives." Ptolemy III was worried about whether to engage in war or negotiation. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to negotiate, so you can only engage in war. When fighting, you need to study and discover the secrets of Chuni's weapons, and maybe you have to join forces with the Seleucids, otherwise no matter how hard you work, you will fail.

Dociseos had no objection to his decision. Although Apollonius and Lisimacos wanted to send troops to support the Maiyin to regain the origin of the spice, even the emperor was afraid of the other party's weapons and had to retreat temporarily on the sending of troops.

After the discussion in the palace, the carriage took Lisimacos to the Research Park. There were many people who knew about the Alexander Library, but not many people knew about the Alexander University Park. In fact, the library is only one part of the entire school, and the college also includes the Zoo and Botanical Garden and the Research Park. The place where the carriage is now going is the Research Park.

Western academies are similar and Eastern academies. The main difference is that the former is founded by private individuals and the latter is established by the court. In addition to political issues, the former also pursues the truth, while the latter is to educate the children of aristocrats and resolve the chaos in the world.

When the carriage arrived at the research garden, Eradossejuhou, wearing a purple robe, was for a long time. In order to study the secrets of Zeus' weapons, he not only invited all the bachelors and wise men who could be invited, but also searched for similar objects through Ptolemy III in Egypt and outside Egypt.

After the gunpowder was sent to the research garden and learned that it was a mixture, the next thing to do was to separate. The sulfur and charcoal were easy to identify, and the two were insoluble in water. However, the white crystals obtained by the gunpowder dissolved and then crystallized after the gunpowder was dissolved and could not be named. It was not that the bachelor and the wise man had never seen this kind of crystal, but there were too many similar crystals, and they had to be compared and identified to know what it was.

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