Pharaoh and her queen

In the side hall of Confucius Hall, Ye Zhiqing put down the surveying and mapping tools that the craftsmen made temporarily, with a surprised expression, "Princess Manefuti is waiting for me in the main hall?"

Lan Masu lowered his head and repeated his affirmative answer.

Looking down at the complex project that was about to be completed, Ye Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief, told people to look after this place, and walked towards the main hall.

If I remember correctly, the Hittite mission should be returning tomorrow, and today I came to Confucius Hall...

The moon-white brocade robe is intertwined with complex and dark patterns. From the layered hem upwards, the veins of the patterns gradually become clear, and they are gathered to the waist, like the fragmented starlight on the dark blue sky.

Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, Manefetti turned around, her long reddish-brown hair flicked slightly, and there was an illusory and soft smile on her lips.

Just like what Ye Zhiqing saw at the banquet, her skin was fair, her brows were full of smiles, her demeanor was extremely elegant and calm, and her every move was graceful.

Skipping the polite greetings, Manefetti took the initiative to step forward and handed the prepared token to Ye Zhiqing.

The entire command talisman was in the shape of a lying leopard, about a quarter the size of a palm, with a dark copper-colored metallic luster all over its body, but its cold touch was more like jade, with exquisite and complicated spell patterns engraved on it.

Ye Zhiqing accepted the order talisman without knowing why, with a slightly confused expression, "Princess?"

"With this token, you can freely enter and exit the Hittites, and you can also drive the officials on the Hittite border," Manefetti's eyes were clear, as if the knowledge he said was an innocuous matter, and an unchanging soft smile faded into his hair , making it impossible to see her true intentions.

In the palace of Thebes, handing over such a token to Ye Zhiqing, who is sensitive, is enough to attract people's imagination~

Subconsciously, Ye Zhiqing was about to return the talisman to Manny Futi, but she gently pushed it away.

During the time when the Hittite mission stayed in Thebes, Ye Zhiqing deliberately avoided it everywhere, and had no contact with the Hittite side unless they met unnecessarily.

The smile in Manefetti's eyes deepened, and she stared into Ye Zhiqing's eyes, "Miss Ye, I never take back what I send out, what this token is is up to you, if you don't need it, it's just A stone, on the other hand, can give you what you need most at the right time."

Without giving Ye Zhiqing a chance to reply, Manefuti turned around and left the hall.

The light outside the hall was bright, and Manefti left the Kongsi Hall as quickly as when she came.

Feeling strange in his heart, Ye Zhiqing had a hard time not thinking about it. After hesitating for a moment, Ye Zhiqing finally decided to accept this token, just like what Maneferti said, as long as he doesn't use it, this token is no different from a stone.

But to avoid the relationship between Egypt and Hittite, Ye Zhiqing found a hidden secret compartment and put the token into it.

After putting it away, he walked to the gate of the main hall. Along the way, Ye Zhiqing was in a vacant state of mind. Manefetti's actions today had no deep meaning from any level.

Etis was standing in the courtyard, and saw Ye Zhiqing approaching from a distance with a pensive expression on his face. He raised his lips and walked slowly up the stone steps for some unknown reason.

So engrossed in thinking, Ye Zhiqing was completely unaware that there was a person standing in front of him, and bumped into him in a daze.

The wrist was tightly held by someone, stopping her disordered steps, Ye Zhiqing raised her head, and suddenly bumped into a pair of eyes that should have contained the vastness of the stars, but now they were full of her eyes.

After the barrier between the two disappeared, the love in Edith's eyes grew stronger day by day.

The eyes looking at her became more and more enthusiastic, unabashedly conveying her joy to Ye Zhiqing.

The queen's love, like the clear weather in Egypt all year round, is diffused in every corner, showing her existence.

Even the air is sweet, which is enough to make people jump for joy~

Ye Zhiqing looked at Ittis, and took the initiative to pull Ittis into the hall.

In the past few days, Itis was busy with political affairs and stayed overnight in Ari Palace, and Ye Zhiqing also began to carefully study the documents and materials sent by the architect of Thebes.

Although in the early days of 21C, Ye Zhi did some research on the main water canal system in Egypt, but after thousands of years, great changes have taken place, especially some details need to be carefully selected, and it will be formally confirmed. Next, you need to go to the field surveying and mapping.

Naturally, the two of them spend less time together this time around, and Ye Zhiqing was surprised that Itsis came to Confucius Hall so early today.

"Your Majesty, are you done with today's political affairs?" Gossiping in a homely tone.

Etis turned to Ye Zhiqing and smiled dotingly, "Tomorrow the Hittite mission will return and will be escorted by Hirsch to the China Sea border. I plan to see you off outside the city with you tomorrow morning."

Escorted by Hirsch to the China Sea border?Edith went to see him off outside the city in person, already doing enough superficial work.

Although he felt strange in his heart, Ye Zhiqing didn't think much about it. He took Itis to the table and pointed to a gourd-shaped gap surrounded by hills on the map. area, more than enough to deal with this year's typical flooding."

The area Ye Zhiqing pointed to is in the middle and lower part of the Nile River Basin. Because of its special topography, the silt washed down from the upper reaches is stopped here, and the soil is fertile. It is a very large area for cultivation. At the same time, it is special The terrain is very suitable for water storage.

If it was someone else who heard Ye Zhiqing say that, they would definitely call her whimsical and crazy.

Cultivation areas are generally not selected for water storage areas. Even if it is absolutely necessary to choose a cultivation area, it will try to avoid areas that are flooded with too much river water.

However, Ye Zhiqing directly designated such a large farming area as a water storage area, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is too outrageous.

Etis narrowed her eyes in thought, staring at the area Ye Zhiqing marked out for a while.

Calculated based on the arable land area of ​​Punt, when Ye Zhiqing was in power, Punt's annual grain output was three times that of Egypt's equivalent cultivated area.

No one has ever dared to propose such a proposal as Ye Zhiqing, even Ittis himself has never thought about it.

After a brief silence, Its smiled a little more inquiringly, and asked straightforwardly, "If this area is used as a water storage area, how will the reduced food production be made up for?"

Ye Zhiqing smiled without saying a word, and pointed to the delta farming area downstream.

Compared with the lower reaches of the Nile Delta, the cultivation area of ​​the Naka Valley mentioned by Ye Zhiqing just now is insignificant.

According to the ups and downs of the Nile River and the growth of crops, the ancient Egyptians divided a year into three seasons, the flood season, the cultivation season, and the harvest season, and divided each season into four months. within four months of the planting season.

If the Nile River water can be stored to the maximum during the flood season, it will not only solve the problem of flooding the cultivated land, but also after the cultivation period, because of the climate in Egypt, the sunlight and temperature are sufficient all year round.

Among them, the most important reason restricting the cultivation of the Egyptians is the water source. If the water source problem is solved, it is possible to crop three or even four crops a year.

According to Ittis, the most fundamental and direct purpose of the water storage area built in the Nile River Basin is to solve the flood problem during the flooding period.

Etis obviously didn't understand Ye Zhiqing's meaning, but fortunately, he pulled Ye Zhiqing beside him to sit down, his eyes were burning, and he waited for Ye Zhiqing to explain.

Most of the proposals usually only need Ye Zhiqing a little bit, and Etis can understand them.

As a monarch, the only thing Itis is inferior to Ye Zhiqing is the experience of 21C. Whether it is the strategy or the ruthless temperament of the emperor, Itis is obviously far better than Ye Zhiqing.

It was completely unexpected that Itsis would not understand what he meant. After looking at each other for a long time, Ye Zhiqing suddenly realized that some of the common sense knowledge structures he had mastered were the ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago. never touched.

Pfft~ Etis looks like a student obediently seeking knowledge, Ye Zhiqing couldn't help laughing.

Using the most popular language, he explained some basic principles to Ittis carefully.

Hearing the end, Edith's eyes were filled with astonishment.

The two looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding. For Ye Zhiqing, it was a blessing to be able to use this to put what he had learned into practice.

For Ittis, this will be the most solid foundation for her prestige reign in Egypt and her desire to push Egypt to unparalleled heights.

Many details can only be concluded after surveying and mapping the field. Now I just put forward such an idea.

The two of them stopped talking at the same time, and their tender feelings flowed quietly in the dense water waves~

Subtle.

***

Day two.

The wind from the Lie Lie River was blowing towards us, and the sun was shining brightly.

The huge wolf head is entrenched on the bow, and the colors of Hittite ships are generally brighter than those of Egyptian ships.

Itis stood on the wall of Thebes, and Ye Zhiqing stood on one side.

Beside Maneferti is King Namer with reddish-brown curly hair. It is obvious that he is the one who gained the most from Maneferti's trip to Thebes.

Looking away, Maniferti's eyes were caught off guard, and Ye Zhiqing's calm expression remained unchanged, but the heartbeat under his left chest suddenly accelerated, as if he could hear the clear heartbeat in the ear canal .

Looking at each other for a moment, Ye Zhiqing didn't know why he was inexplicably guilty.

While everyone's eyes were on the departing Hittite ship, Pretending to be unintentional, he glanced at Ittis to the side, and he breathed a sigh of relief as his calm and hard side face remained unchanged.

Just as Ye Zhiqing was about to look away, Etis suddenly turned his head.

Uncontrollable, the blush at the base of the ears quickly spread to the cheeks, and the eyelashes were gently stirred. Ye Zhiqing quickly turned his head, raised his jaw slightly, facing the strong river wind, trying to cool down the temperature on his face.

And seeing everything was seen by Soor who was hiding in the dark, his eyes were full of sarcasm and coldness, would souls from other worlds be attracted by Itsis?

Glancing at Kanak and his party under the city wall, the sarcasm in their eyes was even stronger. These people are useless, and it's time to clean them up.