[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

Just before Inan travels to 2800 BC through the "time tunnel":

In her dark consciousness, Daniel's voice suddenly sounded: "Researcher Inan, the 'Returning Civilization Project' officially informs you that the power given to you has been loaded, and I hope you will use it responsibly."

"In addition, you need to pay attention to the use of physical strength within a certain period of time. If you reach the upper limit, you will immediately lose strength and can no longer use any strength."

"Of course, you don't have to panic, because your body has already been set so that it is impossible to receive damage from the outside world..."

On the site where the city wall was built in Uruk, huge stones had already been safely placed in the foundation dug in advance.The civilian husbands who had just fled in all directions gathered together again at this time, looking at the scene of the incident with lingering fear, looking at the king of Uruk who rescued them from the disaster.

Gilgamesh's face sank like water, and he strode down the slope used to sink the boulder.

In the crook of his arms lay a thin boy.Others couldn't see the boy's face clearly, because he was curled up in Wang's arms at the moment, and all he could see was his black hair hanging behind his head.His knees were supported by Gilgamesh, and the pair of feet hanging down were covered with sand, which almost completely covered his fair complexion.

Just now everyone saw that the young man hugged the broken cable with his thin body, forcibly preventing the boulder from rolling down.He persisted until Gilgamesh arrived.But after that, he seemed to fail, and when it was all said and done, he fell on his back and couldn't get up again.

That's why Gilgamesh carried the boy out like he was holding a leaf of palm leaf.

And Wang's complexion was also ugly - it seemed that it was the first time he cared about the life and death of a civilian husband.

The artisan who had escaped the catastrophe just now walked over with a sad face, knelt down in front of Gilgamesh with a plop, and cried, "King, Enkidu..."

"What's there to cry about?" Gilgamesh glared at the other party.

"This guy is not dead." Gilgamesh glanced into his arms again.The little boy was lying on his back, and raised the corner of his mouth weakly to him, but was unable to make a sound. "It should just be exhausted."

"But you... have you checked all the cables in use beforehand?"

The craftsman was so obedient that he never dared to say "checked" again.

"Go, pass on the king's order. Now all construction sites are shut down, and all hidden dangers that may lead to accidents are checked."

"From now on, all the craftsmen who weave the rope will dye their emblem on every rope they weave."

"In the future, as long as there is an accident with one rope, one will be pursued. As long as it is the person who has handled it, the person who inspected it, the person who inspected it, and those of you who keep saying that all measures have been taken..."

"The king doesn't want to see any more ordinary civilian casualties."

At this time, all the craftsmen gathered around Gilgamesh, listening to the king's instructions, nodding their heads and saying yes, thinking in their hearts: It seems that today's incident is big enough, and the king began to make up his mind to rectify the accident on the construction site. Frequent problem.

This is also a good thing - in the past, Wang kept urging to rush to work, and even though the civilian husband was seriously injured, he didn't take it too seriously.Seeing this scene with my own eyes today, it seems that this person's mind has been completely turned around.

Gilgamesh looked down, and the corners of the boy's mouth curled up in his arms, as if he was a little satisfied after hearing these words.He was inexplicably proud of himself: Look, Wang can do the same things you care about?

Yi Nan closed his eyes wearily, but he still felt quite relieved.

——It turns out that Gilgamesh is not an idiot.

She was held in both hands by Gilgamesh, and she was sent back to the station in person before being put down.

Yi Nan was really exhausted and tired, so he lay down in a dazed state.She heard someone whispering beside her: "I can't tell, so you really have great strength. Besides, you really dare to take on the responsibilities that the king asked you to do?"

Yi Nan wanted to roll her eyes, but unfortunately she didn't have the strength.

She didn't know how long Gilgamesh stayed by her side, and she was in a half-dream and half-awake state for the rest of the time. She seemed to see many partners she knew in the past, and when she was about to say hello to them, Suddenly Gilgamesh, dressed like a peacock, jumped out and shouted from all the people: "Don't come near, he, Enkidu, is the king's favorite friend—"

Yi Nan opened his eyes suddenly, turned over and sat up.

Her strength had all returned to its proper place, and when she pushed the ground with too much force, she pushed herself somersault, with a "gudong".

Oops--

When she sat up again, she felt full of strength all over her body - when she opened her eyes, she immediately became a hero again.

But Gilgamesh was no longer around.Yi Nan raised his head and glanced at the high window, only to see the bright moonlight shining in.

It turned out that she had been in a coma for so long that it was already dark.

Sitting cross-legged, Yi Nan carefully recalled what happened before, so as to determine what he needs to do next.

Just as he was thinking, the low growl of a big cat outside the door sounded again, as if its sharp claws were scratching the door panel, and then someone lowered it to imitate the roar of a lion: "Wow——"

Yi Nan was angry and funny, and ran directly to open the door.Outside the door, there stood Gilgamesh dressed like a peacock, and beside him was Hakish.

Gilgamesh in the moonlight, the clothes on his body are very bright and bright, but he deliberately removed the marks belonging to the "king" - he removed all the golden ornaments, and replaced the necklace with a pair of wool and The bloodstone amulet is hung on the linen mixed with linen.

He was wearing a robe similar to Yi Nan's, which finally did not reveal his eight-pack abs, and the hem of the robe finally no longer had golden tassels.But the pattern of this robe is extremely exquisite, with various colors, and a large pattern is even woven with woolen threads of seven or eight colors on the chest - at first glance, Yi Nan felt that a peacock had come to her.

"You just arrived in Uruk yesterday?"

Gilgamesh asked knowingly and condescendingly.

Inan nodded.

Gilgamesh suddenly stretched out his left hand, grabbed Inan's right wrist, and pulled her out.The young king said happily as he walked, "I just arrived in Uruk, so I think I haven't had a good time in the city yet... Let's go, the king will show you around."

Yi Nan was caught off guard, and was pulled by him like this, and followed him involuntarily, while Hakesh followed quickly.

Two men, a lion, hurried through the deserted camp and onto the streets of Uruk.

She tilted her head to look at Gilgamesh's side face under the moonlight—how does it look like the king of Uruk, obviously a big child?It seems that night is the king's best protective color. Once night falls, the king can get rid of the rules and regulations that are tied to his body, and enjoy himself in Uruk like an ordinary boy.

Although he is known as the "King of Kings, King of Kings", the Gilgamesh in front of him is just a young man under 20 years old.

Inan couldn't help laughing.Gilgamesh was suddenly annoyed, and let go of his hand, frowned and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Unexpectedly, he happened to see the beautiful face of "Enkidu". Under the moonlight, the fair skin seemed to be covered with a faint halo. The look in her eyes made her whole face, exquisite facial features Added a kind of vigorous vitality.Such vitality was something Gilgamesh had never seen before in another woman...anyone else.

Gilgamesh immediately forgot his embarrassment, and began to reflect on himself: Why can't he help but compare the young man in front of him with a woman, which seems a bit unfair to the other party?

It may be that the boy’s skeleton was too small——Gilgamesh recalled that when he was a child, he was beaten and scolded by the prince Lugabanda more than once, saying that he was not tall and strong enough, he had no momentum in his speech, and did not have a " King".It wasn't until he was in his teens that his body grew completely, and under the guidance of the elders, he began to become infinitely powerful, and Gilgamesh felt that he was truly qualified to be a "king".

Therefore, Gilgamesh immediately felt sympathy for "Enkidu", and no longer cared about his snickering, but calmly said: "I will take you to a place. If you are not a native of Uruk, no one will guide you." You go there."

Hearing what the other party said, Yinan felt curious and asked in a low voice, "...What kind of place is that?"

Gilgamesh thought to himself: He didn't use honorifics again.

But when he came out at night, he just wanted to let go of his identity and burden as a king, and sincerely bring a "child" from a foreign country to have a good time in Uruk.

So Gilgamesh no longer cared about "Enkidu"'s directness, but asked instead: "Duo, have you ever had beer?"

Yinan: ...Have I ever had beer?

The scene of her brewing beer with her friends more than 2000 years ago is still vivid. After 2000 years, the young king of Uruk asked himself if he had ever drunk it?

She thought for a while, then asked, "Beer? I seem to have drank it at the camp of the peasants last night... I really never thought about it before I came to Uruk. Ordinary peasants like me can drink beer."

Gilgamesh took the words as a kind of compliment, laughed wantonly, and said, "Then I'll take you to the tavern in Uruk tonight, there's more than just beer..."

A tavern in Uruk?

Yi Nan's eyes lit up immediately - the tavern!

According to her experience, such a place must be closely related to the development of culture.In the taverns and teahouses of later generations, there were "underground" bands, flamenco dancers, crosstalk talkers and talk shows; while in ancient taverns, there were musicians, dancers, Troubadours, merchant travelers from far and wide...

And what is unexpected is that the person who wants to take her to see this kind of place is the king of Uruk.

With such a coquettish guy by her side, at least she doesn't have to worry about having no money in her pocket.

"But did you take this guy with you when you went to the tavern?" Yinan suddenly thought of Hakesh.

Gilgamesh patted the little lion's head and said, "Okay, I've brought you to meet new friends, so you can go back obediently!"

Hakesh squatted beside Yi Nan reluctantly, but Yi Nan had no choice but to kneel down on one knee, reached out and gave the little guy a good rub, and then patted it, indicating that she and its owner should leave for a while.

With a grunt in his throat, Hakesh bid farewell to the two men and took a side road which, according to Gilgamesh, led to the Lion's House.And Inan followed Gilgamesh, and soon came to a "tavern".

This "tavern" is semi-outdoor and built under the corridor of a small courtyard.

At this time, the architectural form of the folk houses is obviously different from that of 2000 years ago.Between the house made of terracotta bricks and the outside courtyard, a corridor with a roof began to appear. One side of the corridor is connected to the terracotta house, and the other side is composed of colonnades and vaults.Under the corridor is a space that is both open and sheltered from wind and rain.

Under the corridors and on the walls, there are oil lamp sockets commonly seen in Uruk—a "V"-shaped dovetail-shaped geometry, with a shallow bowl containing kerosene sandwiched between the two sharp corners, and the wick is in the There was a lively flame inside, illuminating the tavern as brightly as day.

In the night, the tavern was very noisy. The laughter, music, and people talking here could be clearly heard two blocks away.The joyful and relaxed atmosphere seemed to be poured out from a clay pot of goat's milk, and then filled every corner of Uruk quietly like night fog.

Gilgamesh was obviously a frequent visitor. He didn't need to be greeted by the shopkeeper after entering the courtyard. He just nodded and dragged Inan to sit down in front of a low table.

The low table is built with clay bricks, and the surface is covered with a layer of mud and then dried.Inan, like Gilgamesh, sat cross-legged in front of the short table.The wind direction changed sharply at night, the aroma of barbecue mixed with the strong smell of fireworks, and the sizzling sound of the fat dripping into the flames, it suddenly turned towards Yi Nan, making people's appetite wheezing.

Without Gilgamesh's instructions, after the two of them sat down, beer in two large ceramic mugs was served, followed by barbecued meat on sticks.

The beer is good wine, better and clearer than the one she drank at the civilian camp last night, and of course the alcohol content may be higher.The store didn't know what method it used. The temperature of the beer was lower than room temperature. When the ceramic cup was taken out, there were still thin drops of water on the outside of the cup.

Meat is also good meat, mutton is fat but not greasy, rich in juice, and has no smell.Yi Nan suddenly felt that this beer and skewers had become the most enduring entertainment and leisure activity in human society—it was so reasonable.

Before she could say this evaluation to Gilgamesh beside her, she heard a series of drums beating, and the plucked string instrument she heard at the camp last night also sounded at the same time——

But this time, the bangui-like musical instrument has a pentatonic scale: the strings plucked by the musician can produce various modes that can only be formed by the pentatonic scale in later generations.Yi Nan really wanted to go and borrow the musician's piano to have a look.

Gilgamesh was by Inan's side, seeing that she could hear her raptly, he said lazily, "Sippar doesn't have such a harp, does it?"

Inan shook his head.

Gilgamesh was immediately proud, as if he had finally overwhelmed Inan.Yi Nan ignored this kind of childish complacency, and listened to the musician's music with full attention, and even stretched out his hand to beat the beat.

Wang was left out in the cold again, so he could only mutter in a low voice: "This... is actually nothing, there will be more powerful ones later."

Before he finished speaking, the "more powerful one" really quickly turned out from the other corner of the courtyard.

It was a young girl with black hair and bare feet. The clothing on her body was completely different from the Sumerian robes Yi Nan had seen in this era, but it reminded her of the costumes of the witches in Uruk back then.

The girl's upper body is only a piece of linen cloth dyed rose red, several of which are wrapped back and forth, covering her key parts.

The girl was still wearing a wide long skirt, but the long skirt was just like the straight robe Gilgamesh wore yesterday, hanging loosely on her crotch, revealing the girl's slender waist and upper abdomen .

She's dancing to the beat of the "banjo" and drums—a dance that, in addition to twirls and arm movements, has plenty of twists, hip swings, and really fancy crotch moves.The girl's dancing posture is therefore extremely hot and charming.

Yi Nan was dumbfounded: Could this be...the original form of belly dance.

She knew that the birthplace of belly dance was in the large area from Egypt to the Middle East; the origin of the dance may be related to the sacrifice of local women to the goddess of reproduction.She really didn't expect to see such a hot performance in a tavern in Uruk in 2800 BC.

Seeing Inan's appearance, Gilgamesh shook his head pretending to be bored, took a sip of beer, and sighed loudly: "It really is an eye-opener to come to Uruk from a small place like Sipar! "

He was just laughing at the skinny young man beside him, but his words aroused the laughter of the people around him. Some Uruk people whispered, "It turns out that he is a country bumpkin from Xipar."

Gilgamesh's face immediately became a little uncomfortable, but Inan stared intently at the girl's dance, not paying any attention to the ridicule around him.

Gilgamesh: ... Are you really dumbfounded? !

With the end of the musician's song, the girl finally stopped dancing.She was dripping with sweat, her chest was rising and falling, and when she lowered her head to salute the people in the tavern, her curves were showing.Inan could hear the men around him gasping, but Gilgamesh showed his "calmness of a king" appropriately.

The girl saluted, and Yinan hurriedly applauded enthusiastically—it was in line with her "Sipal country bumpkin" personality, but it caused the girl to look this way, and suddenly cast a wink at her.

There were already a lot of drunk guys sitting in the tavern, and they booed loudly when they saw this.

"Brother from Sipal, why don't you take this dancer back tonight—you're guaranteed to be satisfied!"

"What do you mean by 'guaranteed to satisfy you', have you ever slept with someone?"

"Of course I didn't—how dare I?"

"All the women in this city belong to the king of Uruk. If the king has not slept through the first night, who would dare to sleep?"

Inan suddenly turned his face and stared at Gilgamesh.

She had heard Gilgamesh's "brainwashing package" as early as Sipar, among which was the article about the right of the first night.At the beginning, she really thought it was just brainwashing, but who knew that this rumor was actually true?

Gilgamesh sat next to Inan, his face was a little dark, but he didn't have a seizure, just sat upright, holding the beer glass in front of him.

But only Yi Nan noticed that his right thumb was pressing hard on the handle on the clay cup, and if he exerted a little more force, the clay cup would break.

Yi Nan immediately realized: This is not true——Chu Yequan is not true.

It's just that I don't know why Gilgamesh is unwilling to come forward to clarify this rumor even though there is such a rumor.

The dancing girl seemed to be an outsider, unable to understand what the gossip was talking about, and still followed her habit, saluting to the drinkers watching the dance around her.In the end, he didn't forget Yi Nan, who was the most supportive, and turned around again, saluted Yi Nan, and cast a charming look in his eyes.

The booing sound became louder.Someone deliberately raised his voice and imitated the dancer's voice: "Brother from Sipar, if Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, was as handsome as you, I wouldn't mind spending a wonderful time with you." But now... you can only wait. After all, waiting for Wang Linxing's bride is lined up in Uruk..."

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and the clay cup in Gilgamesh's hand was really crushed by him.Unfinished beer spilled all over the floor.

The shopkeeper saw it, hurried over, replaced Gilgamesh with a full cup, and apologized again and again, as if complaining that the quality of his clay cup was not good enough.

Yi Nan pulled him and asked in a low voice: "...you know it's not true, why didn't you justify it?"

In her opinion, all this couldn't be simpler. The king of Uruk announced to the world that there is no such thing as "right of the first night", and the matter is over.

Unexpectedly, Gilgamesh turned his head, lowered his voice, and said in a fierce tone: "I am the king of Uruk. Who in this world can ask the king to defend himself?"

Yinan: ...

She kind of understood the other party's mind: Gilgamesh is a high-ranking figure, he has the power to rule the entire Uruk and its people, if Gilgamesh really clarifies the "XX right" matter, It will appear that he has lowered his status.

This... Could it be that he really doesn't care about this kind of gossip, ruining his reputation, affecting the unity of the people of Uruk, and weakening Uruk's influence on the surrounding areas?

No, it's impossible not to care.

Yi Nan saw with his own eyes that this guy's eyes were wide open, his eyes were filled with annoyance, his chest heaved slightly - there was a small wound on his hand from crushing a clay cup... How could he not care?

It is impossible for Yinan not to care - she herself is a young woman, although what she has studied is history, and she knows that what she is facing is a despicable habit that has trampled on women's rights objectively in history, but she hears It is difficult for her to calm down when these men talk about this nonchalantly.

So Inan reached out and grabbed Gilgamesh's slightly injured right hand, ignored the wound on his hand, but continued to whisper: "You don't want to come forward to clarify and justify because you also feel It doesn't matter, you think that as a man and a king, it's natural to grab such power in your hands, and you don't care what those poor brides think-if you really want to exercise such a right one day, you will have nothing to do with it. Do not hesitate to exercise..."

After she said these words quickly, she saw a little hurt look in Gilgamesh's eyes.

At this moment, Inan suddenly realized that she might have spoken too seriously—or, in other words, she really misunderstood Gilgamesh.

In Gilgamesh's heart, he was probably thinking that anyone in the world can misunderstand the king, but why the new friend he just met today is the only child in the world who is as strong as the king and dares to say anything to the king , also misunderstood the king?

In the young king of Uruk, the slightly hurt look in his eyes suddenly turned into fury.

——When did the king bear it like this?

——Since you think the king doesn't care about those poor brides, then the king doesn't care to show you!

Gilgamesh shook off Inan's hand suddenly, picked up the earthenware cup on the table, swung his neck and gulped it all down.

Then he stood up tall, raised his right hand, and with a "bang", the pottery cup in his hand suddenly fell into pieces.The whole tavern fell silent instantly because of this sudden change.

The owner of the tavern hurriedly grabbed it out, and suddenly found that the person who had the attack in public was Gilgamesh, and he was dumbfounded.

Gilgamesh stretched out his foot, and stepped on the clay-brick dwarf in front of him with a "bang". With a strong kick, the dwarf immediately fell apart and shattered into several pieces.

When have other people in the tavern seen such a battle?

Gilgamesh asked loudly, "Which family is holding a wedding in Uruk today? Which family is getting married?"

No one answered.

"Say—" a yell made people's ears buzz.

In the end, someone really said: "Two streets away from here, count to the seventh household on the left... Well, it seems that there is a wedding."

Gilgamesh reached out and grabbed Inan's wrist, and rushed out of the tavern in a gust of wind, leaving behind his jaw that fell down.

When going out, Inan heard Gilgamesh grinding his teeth and whispering in his ear: "Didn't you say that the king should go to 'First Night'?"

Yi Nan: ...how can I have it?

Gilgamesh: "Enkidu, the king will show you the 'First Night' today!"