Great time travel

Chapter 14. The cocoon-dwelling teenagers in BC
It is conceivable that when the huge airship suddenly landed on Crete, the islanders of the Minoan Kingdom were naturally in turmoil.

——At this time, the Kingdom of Minoa ruled many islands in the Aegean Sea. The island of Crete, where its capital Knossos is located, has an area of ​​about 8300 square kilometers, which is roughly equivalent to a quarter of Hainan Island. Oil and wine are the main specialties of the island, but more importantly, it is famous for its industry, commerce and nautical trade. It often exports exquisite painted pottery and gold and silver utensils to foreign countries in exchange for daily necessities and raw materials such as food.

Geographically, this island is a transportation hub in the Eastern Mediterranean, known as the "Crown of the Aegean Sea".It can be connected to Asia Minor and Syria in the east, and maintains trade relations with Egypt in the south, so it became the first place in Europe to be illuminated by the light of civilization.

As for the European continent in the north of these Aegean islands... well, except for the city-state of Mycenae at the southernmost tip of the Greek peninsula, the entire European continent is still sleeping in wildness and ignorance. The so-called "Europeans" are here. Era pretty much means "savage"...

Also due to geographical reasons, unlike those traditional continental civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia, the ancient civilization of Crete was the first marine civilization in human history, and the islanders of Crete were also the first in human history. The first seafaring nation in the world-the mountains on Crete are covered with dense forests, providing the islanders with wood for building ships; the climate of the Eastern Mediterranean is always calm and densely populated with islands that can be used as navigation landmarks , so that the ancients could ride the waves with simple boats.These oldest professional navigators in human history relied on the unique natural conditions of their homeland to drive a single-masted sailing ship, loaded with food, ivory and glass from Egypt, horses and wood from Syria, and marble from the Aegean islands. , silver from Asia Minor, copper mines from Cyprus, furs and goats from the European continent, as well as olive oil and painted pottery produced in Crete. civilized country.

In short, through the powerful fleet that ruled the Mediterranean Sea and the prosperous maritime trade, the residents of Crete are almost the most widely active and knowledgeable group of people in the current Middle Eastern civilization circle... But no matter how much they see With a wide range of knowledge, facing the airship, which surpassed all concepts and common sense, they were still frightened out of their wits, and even collapsed.

As a result, when General Uta and his soldiers set foot on the land of the motherland again at dusk, they found that there was an atmosphere of an enemy everywhere, and some people even lit a beacon and sounded the alarm , and even javelins and archery at them... After a messy toss until midnight, the poor General Uta finally got in touch with the Queen Mother Minoa who was in power, told the whole story, and quelled the commotion .

But it was obviously too late at this moment, and it was inconvenient to disturb the rest of the sick little king.So, everyone rested overnight in General Uta's suburban manor, and found a mountain tethered airship by the way. They waited until the next morning before entering the palace to meet the weak little king and the ruling queen mother.

Unlike the ancient cities on the Eurasian continent where wars were frequent, those ancient cities were tightly protected by walls, ditches and fortresses, because the islanders were confident that they could win the battle outside the border with their unrivaled fleet, so all the cities in Crete were different. Fortified, even the most prosperous capital, Knossos, is no exception.There is no clear dividing line between the urban area and the suburbs of the capital, which is similar to modern cities.

"...Dear Daughter of the Nile River! And distinguished guests from the heavens, welcome to my country of Minoa!"

As soon as the crowd surrounded Princess Kairol, they walked to the "suburban junction" of Knossos, when they saw a noble young woman wearing a conch-shaped hat and a purple dress, who greeted her excitedly.The ministers following behind her also saluted, and then whispered to each other, looking curiously at Carol and his party, especially the blonde daughter of the Nile River, and the weird-looking cat-shaped robot Doraemon... According to what Wang Qiu overheard, they seem to be discussing whether this is a strange pet raised by Nile River's daughter...

"...the queen mother is polite." Carol, who has dazzling blond hair, chinned her head gracefully, and replied in a full-fledged princess style, "... I am waiting to come from afar on behalf of Egypt, to bring the king of your country My best regards..."

As for the group of traversers who are not familiar with ancient etiquette, they also imitated Carol's appearance, bowed slightly, and then pretended to be deep and solemn - in such a situation where they didn't know what to do, the only way to act If you have an air of superiority, you will not lose the battle.

"...just... where is the king now?" After scanning around, he didn't see a young man who obviously looked like King Minoa. Kyrol asked with some doubts, but asked the queen mother of Minoa to stop. The child became tense.

"...Please forgive me, all honored guests. It's not that we are negligent on purpose. It is because my son Minos is too weak. Recently, his condition has become more and more serious. It is impossible to even get up...I will take you Go see him in the palace."

When she said this, her tone was extremely humble, without a trace of arrogance at all—no way, facing a group of "gods" who can soar through the clouds and the blue sky, even if they are the emperors, how can they be so arrogant? stand up?
Hearing this, the traversers who have read the comics and understood the plot naturally don’t care, but Kyroll himself feels a little unexpected—although he has heard that the King of Minoa is young and weak, he didn’t think about it. It will really be weak like this!Could it be that he is suffering from terminal illness?
Although she had such thoughts in her mind, she still nodded calmly, "...Then, the Queen Mother will lead the way."

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From the perspective of ancient Western civilization, the palace of Knossos is quite ingeniously designed. Compared with the solemn, majestic, rough and proud megalithic buildings in Mesopotamia and Egypt, it is more like Beverly Hills in modern Los Angeles. Those beautifully landscaped courtyards—the whole palace was built against the mountain, and it was of a grand scale. Countless small flat-roofed buildings could be seen standing up against each other from a long distance, some with three or four floors, and some even reaching four or five floors.Doors, windows and corridors are scattered, and the palace rooms are connected by stairs.The foundation is mainly built with stones and gravel, and then built with mud bricks, but it does not have the cold and rigid feeling of the building. Instead, it is skillfully integrated into the beautiful mountains and forests. It seems natural and gives people a harmonious life. breath.

In general, every building in the Knossos Palace is surrounded by vibrant flower beds, lawns and bushes. Under the careful cultivation of the gardeners, all kinds of flowers bloom together, blooming with different colors of youth, It's really amazing, and the grass blades are also lush, with occasional residual dew glistening in the sun.There are flying butterflies among the flowers, chirping parrots on the branches, and bursts of light floral fragrance floating in the fresh air, which is refreshing.Between each flowerbed is a road paved with stone slabs, engraved with patterns drawn by skilled craftsmen.In addition to the linear spirals, triangles, curves, crosses and herringbone patterns commonly seen on Cretan faience, there are floral and animal patterns.

However, following in the footsteps of the Queen Mother and the ministers, the deeper you go into this comfortable palace, especially after you walk into the gate of King Minoa's bedroom, it becomes darker and darker, and the more irritating I feel short of breath—the bedroom of this young king is actually semi-underground!

This is really unbelievable. Those poor ghosts of later generations who lived in the basement had no money. Hitler got into the bunker because he had no choice but to avoid the bombing. Today's Minoa Kingdom is rich in the world, and there is no enemy plane bombing these days , what are you doing digging an air-raid shelter?
"...Why is it so dark here? The sun can't shine in at all." After walking for a while, Carol couldn't help asking the maid next to him in doubt.

"...Because King Minos hates sunshine very much." The maid replied respectfully, she didn't think there was any problem at all... So Ma Tong gave Kyrol a "Look" look ——How can a person who can't even bask in the sun have a healthy body?

"...So, King Minos rarely goes out, right?" Wang Qiu interjected pretending to be casual.

"...Yes, because His Majesty is weak and cannot be blown by the doctor's orders, we usually try to avoid letting him go out."

The maid replied, "...Besides, there are everything in the bedroom, so since he fell ill, His Majesty usually stays in it and does not come out."

On the other hand, Wang Qiu exchanged a clear look with Ma Tong: Sure enough, this King Minos is a young man from the cocoon clan before BC!

——The so-called cocoons are another concept of "emerging groups" invented by Japanese society in the 21st century after the Nites and otakus.It mainly refers to some young people who are self-enclosed and socially indifferent. They are withdrawn, lack friends, and are afraid of contacting the outside world. They are often like silkworm chrysalis in a cocoon. They often like to lock themselves in the room and don’t come out for a long time...

Of course, King Minos, who was forced to be unable to go out due to illness, is obviously different from those Japanese cocoons who voluntarily stayed behind closed doors in the 21st century.But in terms of actual physical and psychological effects, it seems to be just as bad.

Several traversers walked slowly behind the Queen Mother and the maids, while discussing the illness of the young king of the cocoon family who had not met yet. After a while, the huge dolphin playing in the water on the palace corridor The mural finally came to an end, and a dark but spacious semi-underground hall appeared.The main hall is surrounded by thick and high walls, without windows, only a row of ventilation holes are opened at the top near the ceiling, and together with the oil lamps lit all day long at the corners, they bring a faint light to the room...

In order to cater to the King Minos who was unwilling to step out of the room, this luxurious underground palace has almost everything, not only displaying many dazzling handicrafts, but also stacking scrolls and clay tablets for recording words.We also built indoor flower gardens with various flowers, and even artificially created streams with clear springs, rockeries, and pools for fish farming, but none of these can make up for the effects of sunlight and natural wind, nor can the air maintain sufficient Dry and fresh - buildings in the [-]th century BC did not have the ventilation and dehumidification technology of modern houses.

Obviously, lying in such a "semi-basement" where the sun is never seen all year round, even people who are not sick will suffer from depression!

Anyone who knows a little bit of common sense about self-cultivation knows that a healthy and positive attitude is the minimum basis for getting better. Between illnesses, who is the cause and who is the effect, but if you want to recover, you must make some changes-not only the correction of daily habits, but more importantly, the adjustment of personal psychology...

All the travelers couldn't help but sighed, and looked at the luxurious big bed in the center of the hall, which was hung with layers of curtains.Surrounding the bed was a large group of beautiful maids with fat rings, swallows and thin, some were playing fans, some were playing the harp, and some were dozing bored... Suddenly, the Queen Mother came in with a group of strangers, especially The blond-haired Kyrol and the chubby-looking Doraemon, they were all startled and jumped up at once.

"...What's wrong? Is the Daughter of the Nile coming?"

As if feeling the noise outside, a young man's hoarse voice came from the bed, which seemed to have some kind of anticipation.

"...Yes! My child! The daughter of the Nile River came to see you from Egypt!" The Queen Mother sobbed slightly and replied with tears in her eyes.

Hearing that the long-awaited daughter of the Nile was coming, the young king Minos on the bed was very excited, and immediately ordered someone to lift the curtain, and then with the help of the maid, he barely propped himself up and showed the visitors His morbid figure is revealed: the pale and almost transparent skin, blood vessels can almost be seen vaguely, although the features on his face are as delicate and delicate as a beautiful girl, but his face is sickly, without the slightest brilliance, and his body is even more so. Thin and thin as if he could be swept away by the wind - just a simple movement of sitting up from the bed already made him out of breath.

As soon as he saw Kyroll's brilliant blond hair, a strange gleam flashed in the eyes of this sickly and beautiful young man who had been dull and lifeless, and then he made another movement that shocked everyone—he disregarded his own Thin and sickly, he struggled to support the bedpost, and with the help of the maid and the Queen Mother, he got out of bed and stood up by himself!
"...Are you... the daughter of the God of the Nile? Sure enough, you have blond hair that shines like the sun..."

With a faint blush on his face, the handsome young king staggered slowly towards Carol, his eyes were as fanatical and focused as the fans of later generations.Kairoll was at a loss for a moment: "...Your Majesty the King... I, I am here to visit you." How could this young king's eyes be so penetrating!She got goosebumps all over the place!Hey, don't look at my tender face, I'm already a married woman, okay?
"...you are finally here...I thank you from the bottom of my heart...Daughter of the Nile..."

After saying this, the weak young king fell to the ground as if he had exhausted all his strength!
"...It's so uncomfortable...help me..." He whispered with difficulty, groaning in pain.

"...Oh! No! My child! Come someone! Someone come and save him!" The queen mother's face changed drastically and she cried.

"...King Minos, please cheer up!" The bewildered court ladies also hurriedly hugged the young king, shouting in vain.

For a moment, there was a loud noise of crying and shouting in the dark bedroom, and more people heard the voices rushing in from outside, shouting and shouting around the young king, making the sky dark...but these guys, besides polluting Apart from the turbid air in the room, which was not circulated enough, it hardly played any positive role. Instead, it made more noise, which made the poor boy feel more and more uncomfortable.

——Damn it, not to mention such a sick and weak boy who collapses at the first blow, even a healthy person can't bear the service of you idiots!

"...Quiet! Get out of the way! Let me see how he is doing!"

Carol, who couldn't bear it any longer, finally put his hands on his hips and yelled loudly, which shocked the group of maids and servants who could only cry and shout, and then pulled Wang Qiu, Doraemon and others together to squeeze away Those in the way, personally picked up King Minos, who was already semi-conscious, and carefully observed his state of illness—well, he was short of breath, his face was pale, his limbs were convulsed, and he was dripping with sweat... Seeing that his consciousness was gradually blurred, he had already begun to move his hands and feet. The twitching Minos, and his pale and sickly face filled with the desire to survive, Kyrol couldn't help the throbbing pain in his heart.

"...Doraemon, how is his condition? Can he be rescued?" She turned her head and asked the doraemon.

"...looks like a chronic respiratory disease, such as asthma..."

Doraemon made a simple diagnosis, then sighed and said, "...Hey, it's obvious that the child's respiratory function has failed in this way, yet he should be locked in an airtight basement with turbid air and not let him out. The wind blows, and even burns in it all day long..." He looked up at the bright oil lamps in the corner, and couldn't help shaking his head, "...Is this a death? A death? Or a death? ?”

"...I also know that the environment here is very bad for the patient, but no matter what, he must be rescued first!"

Looking at Minos, whose expression was getting more and more painful in his arms, Kyrol said anxiously, "...do you have any quick-acting treatment?"

"...I don't have any particularly good solution. He looks like he can't get an injection or drink medicine at all, and the cause of the disease has not been found out..."

Doraemon spread out his hands, and took out a jar and a mask from his dimensional pocket, "...In short, give him some oxygen first!"