[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

Yi Nan could understand Prince Babylon's decision to a certain extent—if this matter hadn't fallen on her head.

The mutual marriage between the kingdoms as a political bond has always directly ignored the wishes of the parties.

How many people in the world can stick to their hearts and refuse to accept this kind of forced marriage?

And how many people are accepting on the surface, but indulge in sensuality behind the scenes, without even considering that marriage itself requires loyalty?

It's rare to see someone who goes against the whole world like the prince of Babylon.

"What's the prince's name?" Yi Nan casually asked the Midi female officer beside him while carefully observing the situation of the summer palace.

Among these female officials, the Babylonian language is the best, the most eloquent, named Dori.And the one who seemed to be the strongest and most able to work was Nia who had grabbed Yi Nan's arm that night.

"The prince's name is Nebuchadnezzar."

Yi Nan was startled, turned around and asked, "Nebuchadnezzar?"

Dolly nodded: "Although the prince is used to calling himself 'Saar'."

When we met earlier, the Prince of Babylon announced his family name, and he reported the name "Sar".

The ladies were very curious and wondered why the "fake princess" was so shocked when she heard the prince's name—she was very proud when she confronted her face to face.

Of course they would not know that Nebuchadnezzar, known as "Nebuchadnezzar II" in later generations, can be said to be one of the most well-known monarchs in the Western world.His deeds frequently appear in the "Old Testament": "The Book of Daniel" records that Nebuchadnezzar became mad because he refused to recognize the power of the gods, and was expelled from the royal court of Babylon.He grazes like a cow and grows long nails like bird claws... God proves that the gods are the supreme rulers.

Yi Nan thought: She unexpectedly met such a monarch, and before the other party ascended the throne.

Then she laughed again, now she can't even take care of her own food and clothing, how the fate of Prince Saar will develop has nothing to do with her for the time being.

"Everyone, we can be said to be trapped in this summer palace now." Yi Nan summoned all the female officials and the entourage from Medes together, "We can neither enter Babylon nor go back to Medes. .”

Her only response was a deep sigh.

"If you are willing to listen to me, I should be able to lead everyone through this difficult time, to live a life of adequate food and clothing, and then find some fun in Babylon...you, are you willing?"

The ladies looked at each other with doubts in their eyes.Niya, who had never spoken much, suddenly said, "I can trust Inan... She is a Judean."

The Judaeans from Zion have always been known as shrewd traders.Yi Nan reported her family background before, saying that she was from Judea, which made people trust her ability a little more.

Dolly also nodded and said, "We must listen to you...because you are our princess."

Her meaning was also very clear: Even though Prince Saar stopped her outside the city, they still escorted the princess to marry her.If it is discovered that Yi Nan is a fake, they still cannot escape punishment.

So Yi Nan clasped his hands lightly and said, "Alright then, let's see how much property we have now."

The ladies immediately took all the items they had with them, including the silver coins and the food they had with them.

Yinan picked up a silver coin and carefully looked at the bust on the coin.

Dolly hurriedly explained to her: "This is your elder brother, Astyages, king of the Kingdom of Media."

Yi Nan nodded to show that she remembered.

But no matter how influential the king of the Medes is, now that they are in Babylon, these silver coins are actually equivalent to silver, and their value can only be measured by the weight of silver.

Inan weighed all the silver coins and found that they only had about forty shekels of silver in total.

Dolly said dejectedly: "I spent more than half of these on the road. I knew I should save some... We will save more in the future."

Unexpectedly, Yinan said, "There's no need to save."

"Near the summer palace of the king of Babylon, there are many pottery and pottery workshops. First use these silver coins to buy some pottery flowerpots."

The ladies were all surprised: Don't you need to use the money to buy wheat and bread first?

Yi Nan wrung his fingers and continued to count: "There are also various clay pots, pots, and utensils for daily use. You go together, and if you see what you need, you can buy them all, and you don't need to think about whether you have enough money left."

The female officials were all stunned: ... This princess, is she really so concerned about today and disregarding tomorrow?

"By the way, you can find a blacksmith shop to see if you can buy a few shovels. If you can't afford them, see if you can rent them first..."

The female officers all held their chins: shovel? ...what do you need a shovel for?

Seeing their extremely shocked expressions, Yinan smiled and waved his hands, pointing to all kinds of exotic flowers and plants growing everywhere in the summer palace behind him: "My friends, these are all Qian Na!"

The female officials finally understood that Yi Nan wanted shovels and clay pots to sort out the messy flowers and plants in the summer palace, transplant them into clay pots, and then sell them for money.

This is indeed a labor that women officials can also complete.Even many of the female officials had learned gardening and potting in the Medes palace.

It's just that no one has Yi Nan's brains, and can immediately think of exchanging this for money.

"Can we really do it?" Dori was shocked by Yinan's idea, "This...however, this is the summer palace of the King of Babylon."

"Don't worry, they won't take care of our lives in a short time." Yi Nan said leisurely.

She predicted that there was a "protracted war" between the prince and the king, and neither side would give in.As "cannon fodder", these women need to stay in this forgotten corner for a while.

"Only when they manage our life and death first, can they find out that we are making profits from their summer palace." Yinan explained with a smile, "At that time, they will be ashamed to accuse us."

"Come, my friends. There is an old saying in the far East, 'Do your best to eat yourself.' With this summer palace, we will not starve."

Shocked, Nia took several female officers to act first: "Let's go to the blacksmith shop or the nearby farmers first, and talk to them, maybe we can borrow a shovel."

Yi Nan thought: Yes, why rent when you can borrow it?

Dori was still in shock, but she had to admit that Yinan's judgment was completely correct - they really needed to support themselves for a while, waiting for the outcome of the negotiations between the two countries.I am afraid that only then will someone come to ask about their "life and death".

So Dolly turned around silently, took the silver coins that had been collected in her hands, and led people out to find pottery yards to buy clay pots.

In this way, the "princess" and her party from the Kingdom of Medes first lived in a deserted summer palace outside Babylon.

The women unceremoniously occupied all the houses that were still intact at present, and quickly arranged all their daily necessities.There was a little more "popularity" in these empty rooms.

Dolly bought thousands of clay pots-these things are really no problem for Babylon's developed ceramic industry.

To Yinan's delight, Dolly is a very tasteful court lady.There are three types of pottery dishes she bought, one is ordinary rough pottery, the other is more fine and beautiful in shape; the last one has a layer of dark blue colored glaze on the surface.

The three kinds of pottery plates are just used to hold different grades of flowers and plants, so the prices are naturally differentiated.

The work of transplanting flowers and plants was carried out very quickly: the women worked together in a division of labor, some trimmed the aboveground parts of the flowers and plants, some dug out the root system, and some were in charge of potting.

After these flowers and plants are transplanted, they will be left aside for a day and a night, and then watered to ensure that the damaged roots of the plants will not be soaked.

While transplanting flowers and plants, the women discussed: "The flowers and plants planted in this summer palace are very expensive. How come the Babylonians don't know how to find a gardener to take care of them."

After hearing this, Yinan thought to himself: That's because you don't know about Babylon.

She was very impressed. In history, Nebuchadnezzar II was once called the son of a "usurper".

In other words, the king sitting on the throne now, Naboparasar, was originally the Governor of Babylon in the Kingdom of Assyria.However, Naboparasar was unwilling to be reconciled to the rule of the Assyrian Kingdom, proclaimed himself king, and formed an alliance with the Medes Kingdom, and together they captured Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Kingdom, and re-established the Babylonian Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Babylon has just been rebuilt not long ago, and the current king is busy conquering east and west.His son Nebuchadnezzar was the most important general under his command and had no time to visit the Summer Palace.

The summer palace, which only serves leisure and entertainment functions, is naturally neglected—just like a princess who has been rejected for marriage, no one cares about it.

After the women prepared all these potted plants, they first sent some to nearby workshops and farmers. Firstly, they cleared up the arrangement and established a good relationship in advance;

In addition to these channels, the women drove the potted plants to the side of the road where people come and go, and sold them on the street.

"This is a very rare peacock orchid, this is a fern grass..."

"This is a two-year-old pomegranate tree, transplanted in your garden, it can bloom bright red flowers in summer and dense pomegranate fruits in autumn..."

"This is the seedling of the laurel tree. Its leaves can be used to make spices. It is delicious for pickling or stewing..."

The women wore "exotic" costumes, with "exotic" accents, and peddled flowers and trees that were not common in Babylon.Attracted a lot of interested people.

When I heard that the princess from the Kingdom of Medes was "self-reliant", most of the Babylonians helped out - the prince stopped the princess who came from afar outside the city. This anecdote has already spread throughout Babylon.

The weaker side was easy to be sympathized with, but now Princess Medes doesn't cry or make trouble, but just let the female officials come forward to sell flowers and plants-this kind of attitude makes the Babylonians feel that their prince is the one who is in the wrong.It's really embarrassing not to spend some money to help.

Yi Nan was originally worried that these female officials who came out of the royal court would not be ashamed to sell flowers and plants: it was indeed like this at the beginning.

But once it started, the ladies never got tired of it.Their greatest joy every evening is counting money—the money they get back can not only exchange for enough bread, goat milk and meat, but also save some.

"This day is really very comfortable." After counting the money, Dolly raised her head, moved her shoulders, and said, "There are not so many rules in the royal court, and there are food, drinks, and money to earn..."

Yi Nan smiled: See what I said is right?It's cool to make money!

"...It's best to continue like this forever." Dolly sighed.In the end, this spoke out everyone's heart, everyone nodded together, looked at each other, and suddenly blushed together: No one thought that the day everyone was looking forward to turned out to be like this.

Originally, I was always worried about not being able to enter Babylon, but now I am far away from the palace and feel free.The female officials wished that the prince of Babylon would continue the cold war with the "princess" forever - the more this happened, the less likely it would be to be found that the "princess" was a fake, and the more comfortable life would be.

Yi Nan couldn't help being angry and funny: "Where is this?"

"As long as you are willing to put in a little labor, with this summer palace, everyone's life will be better."

A few days later, the disordered exotic flowers and weeds on the outermost periphery of the Summer Palace had almost been dug up, and the land suitable for planting had been revealed one by one.

Yinan began to lead people to plan the land of the summer palace.

"Here is a small plot, we grow peas."

"Grow spinach here."

"This area has been separated piece by piece. Let's grow spices here, garlic, onion, and various herbs. You know more about these than I do..."

The several vegetables she knows have a short maturity cycle and can be harvested within a month or two after planting.

The female officers were very excited about this: "Yes, it is difficult to buy fresh vegetables here, unlike in Midi."

They found seeds happily, some were purchased from neighboring farmers, and some were simply found in the messy garden of the Summer Palace, as long as they were transplanted to the designated location.

But the problem immediately appeared - there is still a difference between farming and flowering.The women are good at taking care of potted plants, but they are a little helpless when facing the land that needs to be plowed.

In terms of physical work, these palace ladies have no experience at all.Within a day, this one twisted his waist, that one sprained his ankle, and a group of people came to look for Yi Nan after failing to secure a plot of land.

"Princess, we..."

As soon as Dolly said the words, she realized that they now completely regard the "false princess" as their backbone.When encountering any problems, their first reaction is to come to the "princess".

"Where are the coachmen and the others?" Yi Nan remembered that there were still some male laborers among the entourage.

"The coachman has gone back to Media to report the news." The men were all sent by Dolly, and after a long journey, they returned home to deliver letters to the King of Media.

"Then hire a few short-term laborers." Yinan thought for a while.

"Hire labor?" Dolly said coyly, "but we have no money!"

The money earned from selling flowers and plants before has now turned into various foods suitable for storage: barley and wheat, cured fresh meat and salted fish, shelf-stable cheese... and all kinds of household life supplies.The female officials are used to living a good life, and they are not willing to reduce the quality of life, so the first batch of supplies they bought are all of the highest quality.

Who would have thought that they would need money again so soon?

Yi Nan slapped his head: I forgot to remind the female officials that they need to keep some working capital in their hands for emergencies.

But that's okay too.

"Money is a trivial matter." Yi Nan ordered, "Don't let everyone worry, there will be money, and there will be part-time workers. You let everyone rest more, and the sprained and sprained feet will be healed as soon as possible."

Dolly just agreed, only to hear Yinan say: "Tomorrow I will find a chance to go to the city."

Inan entered the city of Babylon without trouble.

She changed into a set of Babylonian costumes in advance, and she spoke extremely fluent Babylonian. The guards let her enter the city without asking, and they should have regarded her as a resident of Babylon.

After Yinan entered the city, a familiar feeling emerged spontaneously: Babylon is still Babylon, with row upon row of houses and dense streets and alleys like cobwebs.

She happily walked on the street she once walked, listening to the sound of tapping footsteps on the stone road, as if she heard the echo echoing for thousands of years.

But last night, the female officials of the Kingdom of Medes taught her a good lesson, describing the city of Babylon as very unbearable.

They all said that the city of Babylon was a place of filth, and that the Babylonians were too shrewd in their business.They asked Yi Nan to carefully avoid those dark alleys because they were too narrow——

"Ishtar, the goddess of war and love, will search for her prey in the city of Babylon, those young and handsome men, and then abduct them to small hotels and in the shade of alleys to kiss secretly."

Yi Nan: Ah, this... I don't know how to do this!

The female officials were almost not fooled by her: "It is for you to avoid these places, so as not to offend the gods and be punished by the gods."

Inan quickly shut up, thinking: Poor Ishtar, it has been more than 1000 years, and she is still such a lustful, warlike, and energetic goddess.

Now, she has come to the bustling commercial street in the center of Babylon.She walked along the street, looking from shop to shop.

She was looking for the shop Abu left behind.

In fact, there was little hope of the shop's existence.

Abu and Apu, a happy couple, lived more than 1000 years ago.After that, Herod led the Babylonians to resist the Hittite attack, and Babylon gained a period of peace and prosperity—until the rise of Assyria.

The brutal Assyrians conquered Babylon and regarded Babylon as a province of the kingdom. It was not until Nebuchadnezzar's father, the current king, defeated the Assyrians that Babylon was restored.

During this period, the city and the country have experienced too much wind and rain.Yinan thought: Even if some industries can survive, there should not be too many.

In addition, the descendants of Abu and Apu have never met the "Miss Ishtar" back then, and have not received her favor. It is indeed a bit high to ask them to fulfill the obligations promised by their ancestors.

The layout of the city of Babylon has not changed much, but Yi Nan could not find the original shop, and asked several glass middlemen, and they all said that it was a new one, not an old shop passed down thousands of years ago.

Just when Yi Nan was on the verge of disappointment, she suddenly saw a signboard hanging outside the door of a certain shop on the street.She remembered the shape of the signboard, and it was the mark of the glass workshop hosted by Miss Ishtar back then.

Yi Nan walked over quickly, and asked, that shop was dealing in wine.

Just as Yi Nan turned to leave, she caught a glimpse of something on the table from the corner of her eye.

— Twenty-sided dice.

Yi Nan stared at it for a long time, and finally reached out and picked up the dice.She gently rubbed the dice with her thumb and forefinger, feeling the thick patina on the surface of the dice.

The store owner is a middle-aged man, quite rich, and he doesn't look like Abu or Apu at all.

He originally thought that Yi Nan was about to leave, but just as he sat down, he was about to lower his head and go about his own business, when he suddenly saw the young woman pick up the twenty-sided dice that had been on the table.

"You are..."

The middle-aged man was a little confused.

Yi Nan took a clay tablet casually, stretched out his hand and used the dice, and printed eight Sumerian numbers on the clay tablet.

The middle-aged man suddenly opened his eyes wide, showing a look of disbelief.

"Did your ancestors..."

The middle-aged man immediately stood up and said excitedly: "You... just wait a moment!"

Then he turned and rushed to the house behind the shop.The sound of footsteps went away, and it took a while before they came back.

The middle-aged man was sweating slightly on his forehead, and his chest heaved and heaved.As if holding a treasure in his hand, he held a box made of oak and came to Yinan.

He opened the box and carefully took out a clay tablet inside.

There was a crack in the clay slab, which had been mended once.The corner of the clay tablet was also blackened.

But the middle-aged man placed the clay tablet on the table very piously, and then bowed down to take the eight numbers that Yi Nan had just printed, and checked them one by one - word for word.

The eyes of the middle-aged man trembled with excitement: "Goddess Ishtar, it turns out that what the ancestors said is true."

"It turns out that someone will really come to take away the property kept by the ancestors. The secret that our family has guarded for so many years...it turns out to be true."

He looked at Yi Nan seriously, and after seeing that she was a young and beautiful woman, he murmured to himself even more excitedly: "My God, it's exactly the same as what the ancestors said... oh no, no, I shouldn't judge you of."

"What is the 'fund' left by your ancestors like now?" Yinan asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes..." The middle-aged man showed panic, and immediately turned around. The sound of footsteps went away again, and then came back again.

This time he took out a hardwood box.

"Is it a clay tablet?" Yi Nan thought to himself.

She appropriately lowered her expectations: Judging by the size of the box, there shouldn't be much to put clay tablets in it.

Unexpectedly, when the wooden box was opened, there were rolls of sheepskin rolls inside, which filled a whole box.

Yi Nan sat down and looked at the sheepskins slowly.After looking at her, she finally found out:

In 1000 years, the property she left earlier, together with the fruits of these years, has now expanded to a huge number that cannot be added.