[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

Shahat really gave Yi Nan a set of woolen robes worn by boys, and asked Yi Nan to change into them.

Yi Nan took the robe over and looked at it, and felt that although the robe looked quite old, it was well preserved, with soft tentacles, and there were no holes bitten by moths on the whole dress.

She thanked Shahat and changed out of her off-road suit.During this period, Shahat kept staring at her body, and Yinan was very puzzled at first, wondering if he was "peaceful", so that the old man was frightened.

But it was only later that Yinan realized that Shahat had never seen the "special shape" underwear she was wearing, so she was curious.

Yi Nan hurriedly put on the blue and white patterned wool robe.

This robe is actually a whole woolen blanket, folded directly in half, leaving an opening in the middle for a pullover, and just formed a pointed and thin neckline.Just leave a cuff on both sides to allow Yinan's two arms to stick out, and then fold and sew the two sides of the blanket in half to form a cylindrical waist.

The robe was just below Yi Nan's knees, covering everything that should be covered.

In addition, the robe is still very loose, which just hides the curve of her slender waist, which is quite suitable.

Sister Shahat looked at it, nodded, expressing her satisfaction, took out a pair of wooden combs with sparse teeth, and combed Yinan's hair gently, and helped her pin all the hair behind her ears, before saying : "Okay, this time I really look like a guy."

It was only then that Yinan realized that in this era, people don't judge a person's gender by hair accessories, but mainly by the color of patterns on clothes and other female characteristics.

"Duo, how did you come to Sipar?" Shahat asked Inan.

Inan pretended to be dazed, and asked in surprise, "Sipar? Is this Sipar?"

She is a student of West Asian history, of course she has heard of Sipar.Sipar was a small city on the middle Euphrates, upstream from Uruk.It, like the other small city-states in the Mesopotamia, once submitted to Uruk, and then turned to rebel—but that was around the 20th century BC.

And what she saw when she went out just now made her even more convinced that this was just a village near the city—the farmhouses were sparse, the population was sparse, and it was a remote place.

"Yes, I went to the river to fetch water this morning, and saw you fainted by the river..."

Sister Shahat focused on Yinan's pretty face, sighed, and shook her head: "Duo, if you don't want to say it, I won't force you to say it."

"But I know it even if you don't tell me, you fled to Sipar to avoid that tyrant, right?"

Yinan: ...?

She has discovered that every time she arrives in a new era, she will meet people who love brain supplements—it is these imaginative brain supplements that help her automatically fill in the reasons for appearing in these eras.

But what the hell is a tyrant?

With great difficulty, she wrested the power to govern the country from the decayed and autistic temple and handed it over to the king. Who would have thought that after a while, the "tyrant" would appear?

Yi Nan widened her eyes in amazement—but Sister Shahat thought she guessed it right, and said triumphantly, "Don't ask me how I guessed it."

Yinan: ...

She had no choice but to acquiesce, and changed the subject: "Then you... I can understand what you said, aren't you a native of Sipar?"

It seemed that she had flattered the old nanny, and Nanny Shahat raised her head proudly, and said, "I am a saint who grew up in the temple of Sipar, and I have seen Nanlai Many people who went north, Uruk, Eridu, Nineveh, Amorites, Canaanites on the western ocean... I have seen and talked to them."

Listening to her reporting a series of city-states and countries, Yinan was feeling that the economic and trade exchanges between the residents of the Mesopotamia had made great progress in this era, but...wait a minute, "Mother, you mean, are you' Holy advocacy'?"

"Holy advocacy" is also called "sacred trick", which actually means temple priestess.The reason why they are given the title of "advocate" or "trickster" is mainly because their ancestors would indeed do some indescribable things with the men who came to sacrifice in the temple-this name is thus called pass down.

But their identities have nothing to do with "advocating tricks"-of course, this is a group that dissociates from the marriage system.In fact, their duties are closer to that of priestesses.

"Yes." Shahat suddenly showed a depressed look on his face, and said, "It's all the fault of that damned king of Uruk!"

"That damned king of Uruk?" Yi Nan raised his ears when he heard that, "You're not talking about Dumuzi, are you?"

She clearly remembered that when Dumuzi took over the scepter belonging to the king from her, he had promised to properly "handle" the temple of Uruk.It is unrealistic to directly subvert the temples and the worship of gods in various places. Dumuzi's plan is to slowly weaken the influence of the temples, and at the same time slowly guide the large amount of manpower occupied by the temples to the kingdom's administrative system.

So hearing Shahat say that, Yinan thought of Dumuzi.

"My child, why did you think it was the virtuous king thousands of years ago?" Shahat was amazed at Yinan's imagination.

Yi Nan breathed a sigh of relief: It's okay, it's okay, it seems that Dumuzi's reputation in later generations is not bad.

"I'm not talking about the tyrant of Uruk?"

"He has a long list of titles, something called 'King of Kings, King of Kings, Two-thirds Gods, One-third Man'...Listen, this title is obviously self-promotion , don’t you care about the temple at all!”

"It's all right for him to disrespect the gods. He also persecutes the temple, even the temple as far away as Sipar. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have lived in this small village as a saint. Come."

When Yinan heard the long title of "King of Kings, King of Kings", he felt the back of his head sweating, thinking who is this, so arrogant?

But she was embarrassed to ask—after all, she had just acquiesced that she fled to Xipar to avoid this "tyrant", and she couldn't always chase others to ask who this tyrant was.

Inan rolled his eyes, and began to ask Shahat about the situation of the "temple" she was in, and soon found out that the temple Shahat was in was also a temple dedicated to the goddess Inanna—after all, she was a harvest Goddess, Inanna has a market throughout the middle and lower Euphrates plain.

"Well, what else is there to say?" Shahat sighed, "The temple is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, and the goddess Inanna received fewer and fewer sacrifices. Even so, the king repeatedly asked The youthful and beautiful 'Sheng Chan' was recruited from the temple to Uruk..."

Yi Nan concluded: "So, he is a womanizer?"

Shahat looked at Yinan: "Isn't it? Otherwise, why would you escape?"

Yi Nan: Look at what this nanny helped her figure out... The key point seems to be quite reasonable.

"Didn't it mean that all the beautiful girls in Uruk could not escape his clutches? Every newly married Uruk bride should dedicate her first night to him?"

Yi Nan's expression changed, and he thought: This is a bit serious.

Slave owners or feudal landlords enjoy the "right of the first night" to the female slaves or female subjects under their jurisdiction. This extremely despicable "right" has appeared in many historical periods-but she does not remember that in Uruk such a classical period Metropolis also appeared.

If this is true, then the king of Uruk is a veritable "tyrant".But wouldn't the people of Uruk resist the riots because of this?Would he still endure the humiliation in silence? ——It's hard for Yi Nan to imagine that the Uruk people she knew would turn into such cowards after more than 2000 years.

"That's why I dressed you up as a young man." The more Shahat thought about it now, the more he felt that he was doing the right thing.

"However, my child, since you have hid here, don't be afraid of his power anymore. His arms can't be stretched that long." Shahat comforted Inan, "Stay beside Mammy, although Sipar is not What a big place, but there is always a way to protect your safety."

Without the old woman saying much, Yinan could naturally understand that Shahat took extra care and pity for him because he hated the "tyrant".

However, she has always been a person of rational thinking, and she still had doubts about the "tyrant" in Uruk, so she asked in a low voice, "Mother, have you ever been to Uruk?"

Shahat was stunned: "That's not true!"

"Then about the 'tyrant', are you listening to others?"

"That's true," Shahat nodded and admitted, "but I saw with my own eyes that the people from Uruk took away the holy priests from the temple of Sipar, and recruited peasants from the village of Sipar to serve them. Labor...Although I am old, I am not so old and dizzy." As she spoke, Mammy lowered her head and reached out to wipe her tears, two muddy tears came out of her eyes.

Yi Nan believed the old priest's words, she rested her cheeks and thought, it looks like: Uruk is indeed very powerful now, and has brought the surrounding small city-states into its sphere of influence.It's just that the behavior of arbitrarily recruiting Shengchang and civilian husbands is a bit too much.

Thinking of this, she has already made up her mind to go to Uruk, to meet the "King of Kings, King of Kings" with her own eyes, and to see what kind of political system Uruk is now.

But before that, she needs to take a look at Sipar and experience the life of a small village in the middle and lower reaches of the Euphrates River in 2800 AD. After all, Shahat cares about her very much, and she can't really refuse the other party's kindness directly. Turn around and leave.

"Nurse, what work do you need to do?" Yinan stood up and asked.

Seeing Shahat's vigilant eyes, she immediately shook her hands in embarrassment, and said, "I, I, I... don't touch your head office anymore, okay?"

"By the way, what strength do you have to do?" Yi Nan pointed to himself, "I really don't have any skills, but my strength is not bad, and I can endure hardships!"

Shahat didn't believe it at first, but when he turned his head and looked at the "wreckage" of her door panel, he couldn't help but not believe it.

So Yinan was taken to borrow the only ax in the village, went to the place where firewood was stored in the village, and started chopping firewood.

According to Yinan's visual inspection, the village is located in the middle reaches of the Euphrates River, surrounded by undulating hills and lush vegetation.Therefore, the main fuel in the village is not sheep dung and cow dung, but firewood from felling.

When the ax was handed to Yi Nan, Yi Nan smiled, stretched out his finger and flicked on the ax, only to hear a crisp "ding" sound——

This is a copper ax made of bronze.

She seemed to be able to see that the copper ore that was slowly melted in the pottery kiln in Uruk was cast into a hard axe, replacing the original thick and fragile stone axe, and became an invincible sharp weapon—of course the target was in front of her A chunk of thick branch.

"Duo, take it easy, this is the only ax in the village."

"Don't worry!" Yi Nan rubbed her hands, her strength was not strong enough to break the copper axe.

Although she is not very good at chopping firewood, her strength lies in her great strength. A branch as thick as a bowl will be split in half with one axe, and two more axe chops will turn the originally thick branch into firewood that can be easily ignited in seconds.

Yi Nan also has another wonderful point—ordinary people chop wood, and when they swing the ax vigorously, their palms will hurt due to friction.But she didn't feel it at all, not even a callus on the palm of her hand, it was still a piece of white skin.

The people in the small village only heard a "beep", and after a while there was another "beep".

After a while, there were several consecutive sounds of "Tuk Tuk Tuk".

After a while, Yi Nan asked in a rough voice: "Excuse me, is there any other firewood to chop here? I've finished chopping all of them now."

What—all the firewood chopped?

That's not firewood for every household, it's all firewood for the whole village! ——In this small village, there is only one ax for chopping wood, which is shared by everyone, so all the firewood is piled up together.

But... where did Hanhan chop up all the firewood in the whole village?

The villagers couldn't believe it, and rushed to the other side of the firewood shed to watch.Sure enough, all the branches and logs accumulated in the village for a while were now split into firewood pans of uniform thickness, size, and length, and they were piled neatly in the firewood shed.

Everyone, this is...you don't need to chop firewood for ten and a half months?

But Yi Nan held the handle of the ax with one hand and put one hand on his hips, looked at everyone with a smile, and asked again: "Is there any firewood to chop?"

Her face was not red, she was not out of breath, and her face was relaxed, as if she had just taken a walk around the village, but now she seemed to be asking: Do you want me to go for another walk?

Most people in the village nodded, and one person said: "Well, I believe now that he is not a girl. How can a girl have such strength?"

Another said, "Well, now I believe he's not a savage. How can a savage chop wood so neatly?"

Yinan: ...

But regardless of "not a girl" or "not a savage", Yinan's chopping of firewood helped her win the respect of the whole village.People not only recognized Sister Shahat's decision to "take in" Yi Nan, but also welcomed——

After all, it's always nice to have someone to help chop wood.

Besides chopping firewood, the men in the village also invited Yi Nan to go hunting with them.

Yi Nan agreed—although Sister Shahat was a little worried, fearing that she would be a girl who would "discover her secrets" among a group of hunters, but considering Yi Nan's strength, staying in the village would be a waste, so let she went.

Yi Nan thought it was interesting to go hunting with the hunters: she hadn't observed the hunters hunting with her own eyes in 6900 BC last time, and now she just made up for this regret.

She took this opportunity to observe the various tools used by the hunters: the spearheads of the spears are still made of stone, but the hunters have begun to use bows and arrows made of copper arrow clusters-these bows and arrows are very precious, and there is no guarantee that they will not Shoot it easily, after all the arrow clusters are to be recovered.If it is taken away by some prey and cannot be recovered, the loss will be great.

Hunters also hunt in various ways. In addition to hunting and using tools such as spears and bows to capture prey, various traps are also set in the woods. Hare, porcupine...

Yi Nan also saw a cute hedgehog, and let it go quietly. Later, he told the hunters, that the hunters thought it had no meat, and it was no big deal to let it go.

During the chat, Yi Nan also found out where their metal tools came from.

"What axes and arrow clusters, they all come from the city of Sipar."

"Hey, after all, didn't they come from Uruk?" Another hunter interrupted, "The best craftsmanship and the best craftsmen are all in Uruk, and the ores collected by the traveling merchants are sent there. .Sipal and those are resold from Uruk."

Dare to say that now Uruk has become a center and distribution center for smelting metals and making various tools.

After thinking about it, Yinan couldn't help smiling.The hunters next to her couldn't stand seeing her smiling face——

"Duo, according to me, this god who created man is really unfair. Why do you have such great strength and skill, but you have such a face that is more fascinating than women."

Yi Nan hurriedly raised his voice: "Don't compare me with women, I'm a rough-"

She picked up the prey piled on the ground on her back.Several pieces of prey were stacked on her shoulders, almost half the height of a person. Yi Nan carried them away as if nothing happened.

The hunters were stunned together, thinking that this young man really cannot be compared with a woman - which woman has such great strength as him.

But Inan did their job, and the return trip was easy.The hunters caught up with Yi Nan one by one, chatting with her.

"Duo, to be honest, when you were picked up by the nanny, I really thought you were just created by God—"

"It is said that gods are made of mud. I mainly took a look at your clothes at that time and thought that God just made them. Isn't that a savage?...It looks much more pleasing to the eye now."

Yinan: Okay... It turns out that Xipar also has a creation myth that the gods made people out of clay①.

"Duo, I won't care about you being called 'wild man' anymore." The hunter, who was not very friendly to Yi Nan, apologized to her.

Yi Nan was quite satisfied, feeling that he was quickly accepted by the natives once again.

She stayed in this small village near Sipar for a few more days, and under the guidance of Aunt Shahat, she observed the words and deeds of men in this era, and tried to make herself more masculine in her words and actions.

She followed the hunters into the forest for the second time and returned to the village two days later.The hunters had a fruitful trip, and Yinan carried most of the prey as usual, and followed everyone back with ease.

Unexpectedly, a large group of people gathered at the entrance of the village.

A hunter next to Yi Nan saw it, and immediately let out a low voice: "It's broken!"

"It's the consul in the city of Sipar."

"They must have come to collect taxes—"

Yi Nan supported the prey on his back, dropped one of the muntjacs on the side of the road, and swept up a handful of fallen leaves with his feet to temporarily cover the prey.

Seeing this, the hunters followed suit one after another, and all confessed in low voices: "Remember to say that we didn't catch many prey today."

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the entrance of the village, they discovered that the consul of Xipar was not here to collect taxes, but to collect people's husbands.

"Uruk is currently repairing the city wall, and there is a shortage of manpower. The great king of Uruk has come to recruit civilians and go to Uruk. At least one person must be sent from this village."

"You also know what's going on in Uruk, folks... there is always something to eat there, and if you do a good job, you may be promoted there. How about it, is there anyone who wants to go?" The consul asked loudly.

The hunters beside Yi Nan took a big step back in unison.Before Yi Nan could react, he had already seen himself standing at the forefront of the hunters like he stood out from the crowd.

Unexpectedly, the consul was not very satisfied. He probably felt that Yi Nan was too thin, so he said casually, "This kid is handsome, but he doesn't seem to have much strength."

The hunters shouted in unison: "No - he is the most energetic!"

Yi Nan calmly shook off the sheep, porcupine and two rabbits that were still on his back, threw them on the ground, and showed the consul—you call this "looks weak"?

The consul immediately changed his face, and said with a wry smile, "It's fine, it's fine."

"Young man, what's your name? Would you like to go to Uruk to be a civilian husband?"

Before Yi Nan could answer, Sister Shahat rushed out of the village and shouted at the hunters beside Yi Nan: "What are you doing, he's just a child!"

"Why are you arguing?" The consul pulled his face down and said, "Anyway, your village must have one person anyway, or you'll have to wait to pay taxes!"

Several hunters showed shame, and one of them scratched his head with his hand and said, "Mother, he is a stranger after all—"

If the village must send out a man to go to Uruk, then naturally it has nothing to do with the village, and the "Duo" picked up by the nanny is more suitable.

Yi Nan made up his mind to go to Uruk, and naturally he would not refuse this opportunity.She took the hand of the old nanny with both hands, and said in a low voice, "Mammy, let me go! Think about it, I have so much strength, and now I'm dressed up like this again, even if I go to Wu I'm not afraid of Luke."

Sister Shahat looked at Yinan worriedly, seeing that her expression was determined, she had already made up her mind, and knew that she could not persuade her anymore.The old man immediately turned to look at the consul in Sipar, and said loudly without fear: "Listen to me."

"This child was given to Sipar by the gods. When he came, he was covered in mud, just as the gods had just created."

As Sister Shahat said, the hunters around Yi Nan nodded in agreement: "We testify, it is indeed so."

"Please tell the king of Uruk that this child is a treasure from heaven, but if he is bullied or insulted at all, the whole of Uruk will be cursed by the gods!"

Aunt Shahat spoke excitedly, but the governor of Sipar looked at Yinan and said, "Don't worry, Aunt, you treasure... as long as you can work, you will definitely get a good job in Uruk." treat."

"But what's your name anyway?"

Before Inan could speak, Sister Shahat rushed to speak: "The human beings molded by the gods out of the earth are all named 'Enki'②, and this child's name is - Enkito."

For the first time, Inan heard the name that Aunt Shahat had made up for him——Enkido.Why does this name sound so familiar?

She stood there dumbfounded as if struck by lightning in an instant.

Enkido... change the pronunciation slightly, isn't it, "Enkidu"?

The next moment, the consul of Sipar solemnly declared: "Enkido, I represent 'King of kings, King of kings, two-thirds gods and one-third human, Uruk and Eli Our common leader, commander and protector, Gilgamesh, calls you to Uruk to complete the construction of Uruk's great city wall!"

Yi Nan stood where he was, unable to move for a long time——

Why hadn't she heard the name of this "tyrant" of Uruk until now?Why is it the first time I heard that my name is actually Enkidu?

So this time it's "Gilgamesh" versus "Enkidu"?

For a moment, she really wanted to swear a bad word.

—This damned fate!