Go south!
Li Ning's current destination is of course the city of Sardis mentioned before.
As the capital of Lydia and an important transportation hub, Sarris City must be firmly controlled.
Therefore, Li Ning, a self-proclaimed general logistics officer, became Alexander's first choice for appointment, and he also has an unexpectedly huge influence on this area.
Although the city of Sardis is located inland, it is not far from the coastline.
Logically, if you want to go to the west coast first, cities that have been conducting maritime trade with Greek city-states all year round have close ties with him.
Therefore, this is also a place with a very strong business atmosphere.
So when the Song Dynasty goods from Granikas appeared in the north, it smelled the smell of commerce even earlier than its neighbors to the west.
Due to the surrender of the city's lord Mithridates, the commercial environment here was almost undamaged.
Coupled with Alexander's intention to have prosperous commerce maintain a peaceful reputation and bring enough money for himself, merchants here gained a more generous trading atmosphere than before.
So before Li Ning arrived, his goods had already become the target of high-priced grabs.
In this way, he had a huge influence on the wealthy streets of Sardis City.
However, Li Ning's marching speed was extremely slow, as if he was deliberately creating an atmosphere of being called upon to come out.
This made Alexander slightly dissatisfied.
Fortunately, the dispute process after he captured Lydia went very smoothly. After setting off from Sardis, Alexander spent four days arriving at Ephesus, the pearl city on the east coast of the Aegean Sea.
He wrote a letter to Li Ning here to communicate his needs and ideas with the general logistics officer.
Due to the slow movement of the General Logistics Officer, the letter took eight days to reach him.
When Li Ning opened the letter, he was surprised to find that it was written with ink and Song Dynasty paper. Although it was still written in Greek, Li Ning had begun to admire Alexander's speed in accepting new things.
Su Yan and the young scholars were also very happy, but the arguments of Lu Xiaqing and others to educate the barbarians aroused serious dissatisfaction from Li Ning.
"Don't be too arrogant. Civilizations are always intertwined with each other. If you influence them, they may influence you. If you don't learn their language and customs, you have no way to influence them. Therefore, you will be more susceptible to influence, so you must Keep your heart.”
Lu Xiaqing and others immediately shut up and apologized to their little gentleman.
Li Ning didn't say anything more, he opened the letter and read it.
Alexander's idea was very simple. He wanted to implement the Greek democratic politics in the first branch.
This is a good thing. The Song Dynasty also did this. After Empress Dowager Liu came to power, she issued a set of "Heavenly Holy Orders" in the name of Zhao Zhen, which included the idea of abolition of slavery.
If the parties involved had the slightest intention to impose this set of laws on Xixia, Deming and Yuanhao and his son would probably lose a lot of capital for rebellion.
Nowadays, these cities that belonged to Greece during the Greek colonial era would of course prefer to return to their mother's arms rather than continue to be slaves of that Asian empire under the centralized rule of the Persian king.
Li Ning snorted coldly in his heart. This was the result Alexander wanted, and it was also a measure he had done in history and received good results.
I believe that the cities in the Ionian region will send their time in the shortest possible time to offer their loyalty and flattery to this Greek upstart who defeated the Persian army.
But another incident showed the remaining superstition in Alexander's heart.
This may stem from the various ideas planted in his childhood by his mother, a fanatical scientist.
But in any case, superstition is also a good thing in this era, because the general public is superstitious, so as long as lies are gently spread, a loyal force can be formed in politics.
Perhaps it was based on this idea that Alexander came up with the idea of repairing the Temple of Artemis.
And coincidentally, this temple was destroyed by fire on the day Alexander was born.
This mysterious connection, a paradoxical symbol, was fully utilized by this guy, shrouding himself with a mysterious aura.
This makes Li Ning, an atheist, somewhat displeased.
But he is not a hypocritical person. Pragmatism comes first, which is the basic principle pursued by politicians in every historical stage! .
Alexander was also a political figure. Even though he had outstanding military exploits, he still could not hide this fact, so it was completely understandable for him to do such a thing.
Whether he is really superstitious or fake, superstition is his tool.
Li Ning put away the letter silently, looked at Su Tian's curious eyes, introduced the contents of the letter to the other party in an almost inaudible voice, and then sent people back to the Granicas River to bring Dino, who was building the castle there, Cratis was sent to Ephesus to build the temple.
This also happened in history, but the engineer never built a fortress on the banks of the Granicas River. The latter naturally happened because of the arrival of Li Ning and the appearance of the light curtain.
But these two things can change too much history.
For example: Calas, the son of Harpalas, was originally supposed to be ordered to conquer the Hellespont and Phrygia regions after the Battle of Granicus, and be appointed governor of Phrygia.
Coincidentally, Alexander from Linkas, who was once captured by Li Ning, was Karas's deputy.
He would also have followed Callas in conquering Phrygia and the Hellespont, and would have succeeded the latter as commander of the Thessalian cavalry.
But this time he wouldn't get that chance.
Because Alexander found a better replacement.
This person was originally supposed to be his biggest enemy in the battle for Asia Minor, but because of a bet made by Li Ning, he became Li Ning's personal deployment.
He was the commander of the Greek mercenaries, Memnon.
Memnon is now following Li Ning, faithfully fulfilling his bet.
Li Ning was not entirely at ease with this guy, so he planned and placed most of his main forces in different places in the Song Dynasty.
The number of those who stayed in Asia Minor was not large, and most of them were caravan guards and continued their mercenary career.
How big can the caravan guard be? It's only a few dozen people.
It would be quite difficult to cause chaos based on this scale.
But his other identity is the reason why Alexander is optimistic about him.
This guy had been one of the administrators of the Hellespont.
At least his mercenaries were active in the Hellespont area all year round.
If he was willing to go to the Hellespont to win over Alexander, he would definitely have better results.
So Alexander issued this order to Li Ning early in the morning.
But Li Ning was not in a hurry to execute it. His reason was that a large number of mercenaries were still needed near the Granicas River to help defend.
After transferring the engineer, mercenaries have become an important resource that Li Ning will never let go.
Until one day, Su Yan brought him news from Pang Ji.
"Jia Tou, Mr. Chun said that the officials had earlier removed the northern elites and moved south. Now, they have successfully arrived in Quanzhou and stationed near the light curtain. In this way, the mercenaries may be able to take action."
"Okay. Let me form a mixed group of soldiers and engineers, and let the Big Tongues lead the way and provide translation. Then tell them that we are determined to win the Klesbon area and the Black Sea coast, because there are countless fertile cultivated lands on the other side of the Black Sea. That is our prey. As for Memnon, just stay with me. I can’t do without him for the time being.”
"But this is not good. Didn't King Alexander say..."
"That person hasn't completely returned home yet, so it's not appropriate to send him out now."
With just this sentence, Li Ning made Su Yan look at him with admiration.
"Jiatou is really a talented person!"
Li Ning sighed and said: "There are never too many talents. So I asked for many people from the official family, but I almost ignored you because of this. You are also a good prospect. Including Uncle Jin and the others, they are also my emperor." A good seedling of Song Dynasty."
When Lu Xiaqing heard what he said, although she couldn't hear clearly, the clouds between her brows finally dispersed.
But he immediately used a reminder to severely offend Li Ning.
"Jiatou, you are a low-key person now. Even if you can recruit a large number of talents, I am afraid that you are just making wedding clothes for others."
Su Yan asked curiously: "What do you mean by this? The official said... no matter what Jia Tou wants to do, we must help him do it well."
"Really? But after you do it well, will the credit be awarded to a Jia Tou? What is a Jia Tou? How can a person with inferior facial features be able to bear such a big credit?"
"Uncle Jin!" Li Ning's tone became serious, and his voice couldn't help but become much louder!
But Lu Xiaqing felt that what she said was quite reasonable, so she hesitated and started to argue: "Jiatou! I'm not laughing at you for your humble position, I'm just saying..."
"That's enough. I'm not doubting you for saying that my official position is low. It's just that your worries are purely unnecessary."
"Jiatou can be so confident."
"Among those people, although there are three or five Jinshi and about ten official positions, most of them are heretical talents. In the Song Dynasty, who would pay attention to them? Only I can completely integrate their talents into the Imperial Song Dynasty. Among the interests of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, no matter how big my official position is, they will all be mine! As for making wedding clothes for others, there is no need to consider it, because that is also making wedding clothes for the Song Dynasty. This is my generation Ambition! The credit may be falsely claimed, but there are some methods that only I know. I don’t believe it. Are the people in the entire Imperial Song Dynasty blind?”
Lu Xiaqing remained silent, but Su Yan joked at this moment: "What if it really happens?"
"Then I have to live like the sun. If they dare to ignore my radiant light, then I will burn them to death!"
"Hahaha!"
All the tails laughed.
