[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

"Project Retracing Civilization", the entire laboratory is very nervous.

"Say it, say it out loud!"

A group of researchers clenched their fists and loudly encouraged Thrall.

After all, once Saar confessed his love to Yinan, they would have obtained solid evidence that human beings already had "free will" in the 6th century BC.

Although this breakthrough is very strange, it originated from marriage and love-but this is the eternal melody of human life and is indispensable.

Therefore, Yinan's colleagues are very excited.

"Once this task is completed, our researchers should finally be able to return, right?"

What happened next took them by surprise.

"Ah, why did Yi Nan leave?" Someone sighed.

"But if I were me, I might also doubt myself. After all, we modern people may not really have any 'free spirit'. We only know how to listen to the boss every day and move bricks in the laboratory..."

"Too!"

The lab was filled with self-deprecating spirit.

At the same time, Yinan left, Sal chased, and the two met at the summer palace.

It was a romantic proposal, under the magnificent starry sky on the banks of the Euphrates River.The exotic flowers and plants planted in the hanging garden spit out a strong fragrance, and the fireflies dance among them, as if the Milky Way has been moved from the sky to the world.

Saar knelt down on one knee, and uttered an unswerving oath to his beloved woman.

The researchers in the laboratory, no matter men or women, no matter their age, and no matter how rigorous they are usually, all of them showed aunt smiles at this moment.

"What a beautiful love... Alas, it's a pity that Yi Nan is coming back."

"Hey, wait, why isn't the magnetic field responding?"

The magnetic field of the "Retracing Civilization Project" is set so that once the final goal is achieved, the experiment will be terminated immediately, Yi Nan will be sent back in real time, and will be sent to the hospital for examination immediately to prevent the space-time shuttle from causing harm to her .

But everyone has seen that Saar turned his back on the "voice" of the gods and formally proposed to Yinan—this should be regarded as the achievement of the experiment goal, right?

But the magnetic field didn't change, the experiment didn't end, and Inan didn't return.

"How is this going?"

There are two reasons: one is that there is a problem with the magnetic field; the other is that the experimental goal has not been achieved in fact.

An anxious researcher immediately ran to find Daniel.

"Boss, look at..."

The big screen that is transmitting another real-time picture of time and space is still showing tenderness and sweetness.But the atmosphere in the laboratory became extremely tense.

Daniel was very calm, checked the parameters of the magnetic field casually, and concluded: "The experiment goal has not been achieved. Our researchers will stay in ancient times for a while."

"Why?" A regretful call sounded in the huge laboratory.

But some people feel lucky: "It's good for Inan to stay for a while longer. I also want to get more first-hand information about ancient buildings. It would be even better if there are more about trade and war."

"No reason. The goal has not been achieved. Yinan and everyone need to continue to work hard." Daniel said indifferently, without giving any explanation at all - this is also his usual style.

But in fact, Daniel couldn't explain it to his colleagues.

There was indeed a "tipping point" in the achievement of the goal earlier.The magnetic field is infinitely close to being closed, and Yinan will be able to return soon.

But Inan's sudden, shocked departure changed everything.

Sal obtained all the memories of "him" from Yi Nan's back, and naturally understood that she was the lover in his heart from beginning to end.The god's will and his own desire merged into one, and the goal of "free will" was naturally far from being achieved.

But other colleagues in the laboratory don't know about "memory transmission".

Daniel was even more unable to reveal to them that he himself was also affected by the magnetic field and could receive memories belonging to "predecessors".

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to understand Saar's mood all at once, so as to understand the real reason why the experiment goal was not achieved.

The romantic plot is still staged on the banks of the Euphrates River.Daniel stood in front of the big screen and watched expressionlessly.

At this time, some colleagues recalled the "privacy" matter mentioned by Daniel, and felt that it was really inconvenient to continue watching, and one by one they began to sneak away from the big laboratory.

Daniel stood still, until at a certain moment, the screen of the large laboratory suddenly went black, and the system projected a line of words: "Trans-temporal data transmission has been suspended."

Everyone is an adult, and the rest of the researchers are well aware of what happened to Yinan - the love is so deep that it is natural for you to fight with each other.

They all looked at Daniel with sympathy.

Although Daniel is a ruthless "scientific madman", everyone has noticed how much he values ​​Yinan these days.So now that something like this has happened, everyone is very sympathetic to Daniel.

"Do not be sad……"

A researcher comforted him, but after thinking about it for a long time, he felt that the wording was wrong, so he changed his words and said, "Don't be discouraged..."

Daniel still stood still, staring at the line on the screen in a daze.

Everyone winked at each other, did not dare to say hello, and sneaked out of the laboratory.Leave Daniel alone.

Daniel didn't seem to know what was going on around him at all, he stood there like a statue.

After a long time, he closed his eyes.

If anyone was in the lab at this time, they would have noticed something strange about the statue.His pale face would suddenly turn flushed, then pale again, and the long eyelashes on his closed eyes would tremble slightly.

When he opened his eyes again, they gleamed with a strange, intoxicating tenderness.

If someone bumped into him at this time, they would not recognize it as Daniel.

He seemed to have the whole Milky Way in his eyes.

By the time the data transmission across time and space resumes again, it will already be daytime here in Babylon.

The whole city, the whole kingdom, was quickly busy with the king's wedding ceremony.The whole of Mesopotamia is celebrating this great event.

Not only in Mesopotamia, the news of the marriage between the king and the Medes princess spread throughout the Mediterranean coast, whether it was a densely populated city or a sparsely populated village, the news even spread along the Persian Gulf to the South Asian subcontinent.

Blessings and congratulatory gifts poured in from all directions like a tide.From the monarchs of neighboring countries to the traffickers and pawns, they all wanted to express something for this wedding.

Inan even received a lot of local products, handmade products and gadgets from craftsmen from all over the world, which made her very happy.

Even Egypt, which has always been hostile to Babylon, sent people to offer generous gifts this time, and dared not neglect the marriage of the monarch of this enemy country.

The only one who showed hip pull was the elder brother of "Princess Medes", King Astyages of Medes.

When the envoys he sent to Babylon were detained by Saar, they kept sending letters back to the Kingdom of Medes, begging the king for mercy, and for the sake of the safety of the envoys, they expressed their wishes and sent some congratulatory gifts to Babylon.

But the superstitious king of Media refused.

He also secretly went to the temple to pray, hoping that his sister and brother-in-law would have no children.As long as they have no children, his kingdom will not be threatened.

As for the safety of the mission, King Medes didn't care at all.

Unexpectedly, after the wedding ceremony of the new king of Babylon, the mission of the Kingdom of Medes sneaked back.

The envoys sent to Babylon talked about how grand the wedding was, how friendly the guests were, and how the people of Babylon wholeheartedly supported their king and queen...

The king of Medes kept a cold face, and the more he listened, the more depressed he became. On the contrary, the queen of Medes and the royal family members were very excited after hearing about this scene, and asked the envoys to ask questions.

For a while, the envoy talked about how wise Princess Medes was and how much she was loved by the people.The king of Medes stretched his face even more, and even the queen couldn't help complaining: there is no such king in the world who doesn't like his sister.

The Medes envoy was still immersed in pride and didn't know it. He just continued in one breath: "In the final analysis, our princess from Medes is the most capable. I heard that Her Royal Highness passed on our Medes planting method to the Babylonians. , the Babylonians are indebted to her."

The King of Medes suddenly turned dark: In this way, if Medes cuts off the food supply to Babylon one day, Babylon will still be self-sufficient?

But the queen and the ladies looked at each other: "Planting? How does the princess know this?"

yes! ——The king suddenly reacted: his own sister has never been familiar with farming, how could she know the art of planting?

The envoy continued: "I heard that the princess can speak several languages, not only the language of Medes, but also Babylonian, Judean, Greek... She can speak it. Envoys from any place can speak it. Meet."

"This..." The King and Queen of Media were surprised.The couple looked at each other, and the husband finally said, "This is impossible..."

Princess Media has neither language talent, nor does she like to study.In order to get married back then, the female officer had asked her to study under her escort, but she failed to learn a few words of Babylonian.

Although it has been three years since the princess left Babylon, it is really impossible for this ignorant princess to master so much in such a short period of time.

Finally, King Media asked, "Have you had the honor to see the face of the princess?"

The envoy sincerely praised: "It is so beautiful, I have never seen such beauty in my life. Your Majesty, because of this, I have been summoned by envoys from all over the world to inquire about it when I was in Babylon. Do you have any sisters, do you still have a princess waiting in your boudoir..."

The envoy spoke proudly.The king of Medes looked at the queen.

Both of them knew that the real princess of Medes was above-average in appearance, but if she was really as stunning as the envoy said, it was really not enough.

The king soon thought of his sister who had a "good friend" in Median and refused to marry the Babylonian prince.Later he was sent to Babylon.

Presumably something happened during this time, the princess ran away, and the ladies of the court found "fakes" to make up the number.But this "counterfeit" was very powerful, not only won the heart of Prince Saar, but also won the hearts of the entire Kingdom of Babylon, and even the surrounding areas.

But in this way, the queen of Babylon is not actually the princess of Medes.

The king of Medes was suddenly elated, raised his wine glass and said, "This is great! Let's drink to the health of the King and Queen of Babylon!"

Both the queen of Medes and the envoys choked because of the king's sudden change of attitude.

After the king and queen of Babylon got married, the first thing they did was go on a tour.

According to the sayings from the ladies of the royal family: this is called a "honeymoon"-the newlyweds have just got married and need to go out for a walk, see the scenery of various places, and cultivate their bodies and minds.

But for Saar, King of Babylon, this was a tour, taking this opportunity to inspect the people's conditions in various places.As for the time, it doesn't have to be limited to one month.

Sal asked Yinan for her opinion, and knew that she was familiar with the middle and lower reaches of the Mesopotamia, and the farthest upstream had only been to the Amori area.So Sal made a decision to take Yinan to the sea west of his land to have a look.

A group of people walked and walked, and it was already a month later when they arrived at the provinces along the Mediterranean Sea.

Inan saw the Mediterranean of this era for the first time.Sal stood beside her, and the two of them were blowing the sea breeze together, looking at the small boats going back and forth on the sea.

"This was originally the territory of the Phoenicians, and later became the province of Assyria. It was taken by the former king and became the province of Babylon." Saar told Inan about the local history.

Inan smiled and nodded.

Sarton said helplessly, "You must know this place, I should have guessed it long ago."

Yi Nan pursed his lips and smiled even more cheerfully.

"Phoenician" means "purple" in the Semitic language.The name comes from a purple dye extracted from shells by the Phoenicians—in 5500 BC, in the era of the shepherd king Dumuzi, the power in Uruk was controlled by "witches".At that time, witches imported large quantities of this purple dye from Phoenicia every year.

Therefore, the Phoenicians are old friends.

Sal was obedient to his new wife, and the two of them took a flat-bottomed Phoenician boat to the islands along the coast, spent an undisturbed afternoon and evening, and returned to land the next morning.

Gurwin, who has been promoted to Privy Councilor, sympathetically helped Thrall stop any interruptions:

"The king is newly married! You understand, you understand!"

Others don't understand it, but they will understand when they see the appearance of the king and his wife when they return to the land: the queen's face is getting more and more beautiful, and the king himself is looking at the queen with a foolish smile all the time.

The accompanying ministers headed by Gurwin all felt that they were forced to stuff a handful of dog food-this business trip was too difficult.

After arriving here, Yinan proposed that she wanted to go further south. She wanted to visit several famous cities in this area, such as Zion.

Sal hesitated.

The farther south they traveled, the closer they came to the Babylonian border with Egypt.Although the Egyptians showed courtesy to Inan, the new queen of Babylon, and promised a six-month truce.But in Saar's mind, how could the Egyptians keep their word?

Yi Nan looked at him and said with a half-smile, "But you brought me here, didn't you ever think of taking this opportunity to inspect the border?"

Saar was caught by his wife's words, and scratched his head in embarrassment. It took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "But... I don't want to go with you."

Yi Nan let out a laugh, and it took a while before he said seriously: "Since we all want to go to the border, let's go!"

Thus, Wang's "honeymoon" trip officially came to an end, and it became a trip to "inspect" the barracks and the border.

The Babylonian army stationed at the border could never have imagined that the newlywed king would bring his queen to the barracks to visit them. Everyone was nervous and excited.

The king and queen bring a brand new twist to the army:

During the period when there was no war, some soldiers were converted from combatants to logistics personnel, and the two special arms of "cooking" and "reclamation" were separated.

Since then, the troops stationed at the border can finally eat high-quality food.Even soldiers who need to patrol the border villages every day can share a "sandwich bread" wrapped in leaves and take it with them as dry food.

This small change alone is enough to keep the soldiers motivated.In addition to working hard to train soldiers, the team in charge of "cultivating the fields" is also extremely enthusiastic to help local residents reclaim arable land, replant crops, and rebuild their homes.

During this period, Inan and Saar visited more than one village that was burned by the Egyptian army.

Although the local military and civilians are very active in rebuilding, it can still be seen how terrible the disaster of swords and soldiers has had on the local people.

After the two of them went to a remote village, Yi Nan remained silent and left Saar to "air" for a long time before they resumed their conversation.

According to Saar's intention, he plans to go to Egypt within two years from now on, "invite" Pharaoh to Babylon as a guest, and then change all the temples dedicated to God Amun into those dedicated to the goddess Venus. temple.

Men are all conquerors.

Yi Nan looked at the "young man" in front of him, and couldn't help but laugh.She let out a "puchi" laugh, and then asked: "Then what? Then what should I do? Are you going to make Egypt your latest province?"

Sal puffed out his chest, showing a "that's not it" expression.

Yi Nan stared at him, laughing more and more cheerfully, and finally he almost couldn't stop laughing, and rolled into Saar's arms, almost bursting out of laughter.

"Does the king think that the newest provinces are already honest and won't rebel anymore?"

Sal scratched his head.

of course not! ——The small country he once conquered when he was a prince, and the current "provinces" are not fuel-efficient lamps.It was fine on weekdays, but once there was a famine, there would be voices of rebellion in the local area again. People refused to obey the management of Babylonian officials, refused to pay taxes, and even took up arms to oppose Babylonian rule over the local area.

If these "small countries" were replaced with "Egypt" - Saar imagined it out of thin air, and felt that it would be unrealistic to manage this country as a province.

"Then I will help a local puppet to ascend to the throne, and the Egyptians will rule themselves, but as a vassal of the Babylonian Kingdom—how about this idea?"

There was a smile in Yinan's eyes, but he didn't speak.

Thrall sighed: the precedent is there.Judea is a perfect example.

When the Babylonian army captured Judea for the first time, they took away the king of Judea, put him in a Babylonian prison, and appointed the king's uncle as the puppet king to rule—

But what happened afterwards?Hasn't the puppet king colluded with the Egyptians and rebelled again?

Only then did Saar lead the army to capture Zion for the second time, and took all the men, women, and children of Zion as captives and brought them to Babylon.

Inan means: Egypt is a culture independent of Babylon, judging from the current situation, it has been difficult to be assimilated by the Babylonians.Therefore, even if it is to support a puppet, this puppet still belongs to the Egyptian cultural system and still belongs to Egypt-it will only lead to another rebellion in the end.

Sal thought for a long time, but he couldn't refute his wife.

He just felt that there was nowhere to vent his desire, so he suddenly stretched out his fist and hit his leg hard, saying: "Then capture Cairo, snatch all the rare treasures there, and then go back home. "

Most of the Hittites and Assyrians who used to be invincible in the Mesopotamia in the past were like this. They plundered everywhere without considering keeping people in the local area for governance, and did not regard these territories as part of themselves at all.

Yi Nan could only shake his hands helplessly: "Then what's the difference between you and ordinary robbers?"

Sarton was blocked by Yi Nan again.He had nothing to say so far.

"Besides, today we saw the villages burned by the Egyptians. Think again, did the Babylonian army ever set fire to and destroy the villages where unarmed Egyptian civilians lived, depriving them of their livelihoods and harming their lives? ...Is your men's desire to conquer really only manifested in this way?"

Salmer was silent.

"My dear king, if that is the case, why do you bother to fight this hopeless and boring war?"

He thought for a long time, and finally asked Yi Nan: "Do you have any way to contain Egypt and prevent them from attacking the border of Babylon forever?"

Unexpectedly, Yi Nan was waiting for his words.She sat up from Saar's arms and said with a smile, "Of course I have!"

Sal looked into her smiling eyes and patted the back of his head.

Who is his wife? It's the omnipotent Yi Nan!If Yi Nan denies the person who is closest to God in the world, no one else will dare to.

"Give me one year, and I will help you solve this problem in Egypt."

"One year?"

Saar thought about it, the Egyptians' promise of a truce would expire in two or three months.He has just started to rule, and most of the political affairs of the Kingdom of Babylon still need to be taken care of by himself.

Instead of wasting time on this "boring and hopeless war", it is better to leave the matter to Yi Nan and let her give it a try. Even if she fails, he can still cover her up for her.

So Sal nodded: "Okay!"

Yi Nan immediately left Sal, walked to the door, and softly spoke to her female officer.

Her lady-in-waiting was still Dolly.Just listen to the footsteps of the Medes female officer and leave in a hurry.Not long after, a middle-aged man with the appearance of a businessman followed Dolly, came to the king and queen, and bowed solemnly.

This is a descendant of Abu, a middleman in the past, and Dai Yinan is entrusted to take care of all the properties under her name.

Sal didn't recognize it.

Yi Nan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Actually, he may be managing the entire Babylonian Kingdom, the largest fortune."

Sal's eyes widened: he knew his wife was rich, but he didn't expect her to be so rich.

"Honey, are you going to... buy Egypt?"