From Concubine to Pharaoh [Transmigration Book]

Erich's words made Grand Priest Dahor break out in a cold sweat from head to toe.

Behind him, the clerks were excited and dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

It's just that they lost a game, and the first princess actually wanted to replace them with these people in front of her—most of them were from noble families, and they were the most trusted people of Pharaoh!

But what worries Dahor is another matter.

Substitution means handing over accounts.

What is going on in the Royal Treasurer, Dahoor knows very well—these clerks have worked in lucrative treasures for many years, and absolutely none of them has completely clean hands.

On the contrary, many of them make a lot of money and are full of oil.

The accounts in the treasury are naturally full of loopholes and cannot withstand inspection.

Of course, these aristocratic clerks never forgot to give some benefits to Dahor, the immediate boss, from time to time. When food and property were distributed, they would also make use of several large temples under the command of the great priest. Dahol was fed If you are full, you will naturally not embarrass the clerks.

But who would have thought that Alixie would come out so suddenly today.

She brought a group of ordinary people who were extremely ordinary and humble to the extreme, and suddenly came to the treasurer, asked to check the accounts, and proposed to compete with experienced clerks.

The most terrible thing is that the result is obvious at a glance, and Erich's people actually won.

The craftsmen, civilians, attendants... maids she brought with her defeated the clerks with an almost overwhelming advantage.

No one dared to doubt their ability to calculate.Therefore, no one thought about whether they were qualified for the post of clerk.After all, correct calculation is the most important duty of clerks.

Coupled with the fact that Elyse is now regent as the first princess, the decision she made is equivalent to the decision of the royal family, unless the pharaoh comes back now.Otherwise her will cannot be questioned or changed by others.

This move was fast, accurate and ruthless, which made Dahoor doubt: what happened to his daughter in the Saqqara Palace.

As a high priest, Dahor should have been able to learn about the specific situation of the Saqqara palace from the pharaoh, but the pharaoh Delos ordered to search for people as soon as he arrived in Memphis, and then left in a hurry.

Most of the people who had been to Saqqara went with the pharaoh, but the few who remained, such as Sasha, the deputy priest, kept everything secret and refused to disclose details.

Dahool tried his best to find out, but he only knew that a very great event happened in the Saqqara palace during the flooding of the river, and he didn't know the specifics.

But today, the servants around my daughter are suddenly able to complete large-scale calculations, and the calculations are so fast and accurate——

This almost made Dahor suspect that the God of Knowledge and Wisdom suddenly delegated all his authority to ordinary people.

While Dahoor was in a daze, Alicia smiled and said to her father: "You have no objection? That's the deal."

She was still sitting on the sedan chair, gently stroking the mummy of the cat that was placed beside her.

As soon as she finished speaking, Nanna gave an order, and the huge sedan chair was lifted up by the attendants with a hey sound, and turned slowly, ready to leave.

During this interval, Alicia smiled and said to her father: "My lord priest, I will send someone over tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, the attendants took big strides and walked outside the treasurer.The attendants and maids who followed Elyse straightened their backs, with extremely proud expressions on their faces: Some of them can surpass these nobles and Pharaoh's clerks in numbers, which seems to be The greatest honor of their lives.

The Great Priest Dahor heard the exclamation behind him: "Master Great Priest——"

When the clerks heard that their posts were going to be replaced, they all panicked.

Iago, the oldest among them, took a step forward, grabbed the sleeve of the high priest, and said sincerely: "My lord..."

Iago is about the same age as the high priest, but looks much younger than the white-bearded high priest. He has a round forehead and chin, and the corners of his lips have been portrayed one after another because of years of flattering or arrogant smiles. Deep wrinkles.

"Whether the orders given by the first princess are counted or not?"

Dahool raised his eyebrows: "Of course it counts!"

"However, the little girl is so young that she suddenly occupies a high position and holds power, so she wants to make a little noise..."

At this time, the great priest had regained his composure, and he said with a smile while stroking the white beard under his chin, "After two days, the novelty wears off, and she will forget about it—"

Dahor smiled kindly and comforted Iago and the clerks behind him who were extremely anxious because of their sudden job loss.

But Iago and the other clerks did not feel at ease because of this. The boldest of them said to Dahool: "The most important thing is not the positions of us people, but the accounts in the treasury."

"Accounts? What's wrong with the accounts?" Dahool pretended to be stupid.

While gritting his teeth secretly, Iago gave the high priest his best flattering smile.

"The accounts in the treasury have not been checked for more than a year, and the newcomer who came to hand over them, I am afraid that the accounts will become full of errors by then..."

Dahoore said nothing.

"Besides, I don't remember exactly which account records the relationship with Mrs. Zun, but which warehouse it is placed in."

Seeing that the great priest pretended to be stupid and evaded, Iago immediately chose to pull him into the water.

When Dahool heard this, he immediately responded with a chuckle: "Since the accounts are important, let's find a way on the accounts."

Others wanted to intercede with Dahor, and the shrewd and experienced Iago already understood what the priest meant.

He quickly winked at the people around him, sent the high priest off together, and then gathered together to discuss with their heads bowed.

However, Brolin, who lost the game, still stood alone in a daze.

He was still thinking about how those people facing him who had never been trained at first glance, who didn't even know how to use a reed pen, knew how to count, and how could they count so quickly?

There are also symbols used by those people, symbols that he has never seen before. Those symbols look so short and simple, but they can replace the long string of numbers he put out with the calculator, allowing the other party to complete the calculation extremely quickly. .

Once again, Brooklyn felt the terror.

This time, it wasn't because he thought he was ignorant, but because he realized that this might be the knowledge bestowed by the coming of the new god.And this new god will abandon them forever.

He cannot be abandoned.

He cannot afford to lose his job as treasurer.

This position has brought him too much wealth, glory, and happiness—every time he sees his wives, concubines, and children enjoying a superior life because of him, and respecting and relying on him because of his superior life, Brunin becomes more determined The determination to stay in the Treasurer for a lifetime.

In addition, looking at the whole of Memphis, there is no one position that can allow him to bring enough wealth to two families at the same time, and allow his children to enter the noble class.

Thinking of this, Brunin's heart moved: he thought of the god he worshiped, Osiris.

At the temple of Osiris this morning, Brellin met a special priest.

Typically, the clergy at the Temple of Osiris would have their skin painted green—the same green as the god Osiris.

But the priest had pale skin and heavy eyeliner. He came to Bruin specially and told him: When you have doubts in your heart, you might as well come to the temple to pray to the gods.

At that time, Brelin looked up at the priest, and he suddenly had hallucinations, thinking that the priest in front of him was actually a god.

After a while, the hallucination finally disappeared, but the turbulent emotion mixed with joy, awe and fear has been shrouded in Brunin's heart, and it can't be calmed down for a long time.

Thinking of this, Bruin immediately decided to take the opportunity of prayer to ask the priest in the Temple of Osiris: If a new god really came to the world, what method could he use to reverse the current predicament.

Therefore, when Iago called him, Brellin turned and walked away without looking back, leaving only the back of his colleagues.

The clerks looked at the colleague who had hurried away.Suddenly someone laughed and said, "Look at how fast he runs!"

Iago deliberately satirized Bruin in a regretful tone: "In such a big event, how much courage can a second son of unknown origin have to make a difference?"

The eldest son inheritance system prevails in Egyptian noble families. Among the adult children, the eldest son will inherit the title and family property of the nobleman, while the second son will have nothing. Lose the status and resources that nobility should have.

Brellin is the second son in name, but in fact he is still an illegitimate son. It was only because he tried his best to please his biological father that he barely became a member of the aristocratic family, and learned a skill to become the clerk of the royal treasurer.

He thought that these family secrets had been hidden from everyone, but he didn't know that among the treasurer's colleagues, there were no secrets at all.

All the clerks gathered in the courtyard for a while laughed.

In the distance, as if he hadn't heard of it, Brunin just quickened his pace and rushed towards the temple of Osiris.

The rest of them discussed what they could do about the account books in the warehouse.

In the dead of night, in the royal treasury, outside the warehouse where the papyrus account books are stored, there is a fragrant scent of sesame oil quietly.

"Is it enough?" Someone asked in a low voice.

"Tap, tap, tap—"

The sound of ignition sounded.

"No, no, don't worry, I'm going in to see if my things are in this room—"

Someone stopped the sound of lighting.

Immediately afterwards, in the deep darkness, a faint fluorescent light suddenly lit up, dispelling the surrounding darkness a little.

Immediately afterwards came Iago's teasing voice: "Sure enough, the clerks in the treasury are all rich men hiding in the dark, and the oil used to ignite the fire is not to mention the aromatic olive oil that is comparable to that used in the royal palace, and even the evening lighting uses Phoenician oil." Ji Renjin dedicated the night pearl to His Majesty—"

"My lord, don't laugh at me. My head is sweating profusely. When we finish this business, there will be no more hidden dangers. It's not too late for you to laugh at me, okay?"

The clerk holding the night pearl responded bitterly.

Iago immediately stopped interrupting, nodded, and let people go in for inspection.

When the man came out after the inspection and gave Iago a positive answer, the leader of the clerks nodded, and someone immediately lit a pine torch, and then handed the torch to the base of the wall outside the warehouse. A large flake of kindling oil was poured there, and as soon as the torch was put on it, the warm orange flame immediately spread in all directions.

The clerks stood outside the courtyard, watching the flames gradually rise.

That's what they've come up with with the ledgers—destroy them so no one can check their accuracy, and thus make them evidence against the clerks' corruption.

Not only that, overnight, the account books accumulated in the treasury over the years disappeared, and now there are mountains of barley, wheat, cloth, minerals in the treasury...

It is inevitable that a large number of people will be needed to count as soon as possible in order to catch up with sending important materials to the Nomes.Too much work to do.

At that time, even if the first princess sends all the attendants around her to the treasurer, they will not be able to complete these counting and calculation tasks.

She would never dare to drive away the original clerk in the treasury.On the contrary, they may have to rely heavily on them, and even bribe them with a lot of money, beg them, and lend a helping hand to her——

After all, the food sent to Nome is a matter of life and death, and the officials of Nome temporarily stationed in Memphis may not have a good temper when they are anxious.

Most importantly, if there is any delay, the first princess will have no way to explain to His Majesty when the Pharaoh returns.

"Does that princess still want to go to the embalmer's workshop again?"

Iago spoke triumphantly, feeling that his witty words were very appropriate this time.

"It's firefighting!"

"The royal treasurer is on fire!"

"Come and put out the fire!"

In an instant, human voices rang out from all directions of the treasurer at the same time.The originally dark surroundings were suddenly completely illuminated by the light of pine torches.

The clerks gathered in the treasury have not fully reacted, and some are still curious: "Why did you come here so quickly today?"

"In the past, where there was a fire in Memphis, it took a long time to call for people to put out the fire."

Iago stamped his feet: "What's so strange? We've been blocked in this courtyard!"

He finally realized that——these people, the method they came up with had already been thought of.

I only heard a rough man outside yelling loudly: "Surround this place, and no one inside is allowed to leave!"

The normally dignified clerks suddenly felt cold sweat rolling down their foreheads.

"Don't panic, as long as the account book is burned... all of us insisted that we came here tonight just to clean up, who knows how it suddenly caught fire..."

Iago was so experienced that he didn't look like a novice at this kind of thing.

"Yes!"

"Lord Iago is right..."

When people calmed down, the cold sweat on their foreheads disappeared.

After all, their purpose was simply to burn the papyrus accounts kept in the treasury.As long as the account books are really burned, and then everyone kills them unanimously, no one will be able to embarrass them if they look at Memphis, or even look at the whole of Lower Egypt.

Unexpectedly, the people who put out the fire came very quickly. In an instant, the road leading to the treasury was crowded with people. Clay pots filled with water were passed quickly in people's hands, and pot after pot of clear water was quickly poured on the ignited house. on the wall.

The clerks were dumbfounded: Looking at this situation, the fire in the treasurer will be extinguished immediately.

Iago said: "Everyone who came to help put out the fire..."

He planned to open his mouth to divert part of the firefighting team and reduce the manpower here.

Unexpectedly, just as he opened his mouth, a basin of cold water with the smell of earth and water from a big river poured on his head, drenching him instantly, from head to toe, he was speechless.

Then Iago felt a chill.

He reached out to wipe the water off his face, and opened his eyes - a small sedan chair carried by four people quickly came in front of him.

The personal maid Urania stretched out her hand to help the person on the sedan chair.

The young woman who got off the sedan chair had a graceful figure and her waist was still slender.She wore a magnificent sparrow feather headdress, her hair was pressed in gold, and her face was extremely glamorous and moving under the light of the fire.

The clerks all had to kneel down and salute her, respectfully calling: "His Royal Highness the First Princess!"

The first princess Alixi sneered at them: "It's rare that you are so dedicated to your work, and even come to work overtime in this treasury in such a quiet night."

Clerks are wondering: what does "overtime" mean?

But considering that they are used to using nouns such as shifts and shifts, the word overtime can be easily understood, even very fluent and appropriate.

But who would have thought that Alixie was complaining fiercely in her heart-I have seen overtime work, but I have never seen people who work overtime and set fires.

In addition, can overtime work start earlier in the future?

With the hands of the Memphis palace, she had waited for a long time for the moment when the fire started, and she was quite sleepy, almost falling asleep.

The moment she faced the clerks, Nanna, the head maid, quickly came to report: "Miss, the fire in the treasury has been extinguished, the warehouse is intact, and none of the books inside have been damaged."

The clerks lowered their heads one after another: it seemed that they worked overtime and set fire to their loneliness.

I only heard Alixi prolong her voice, and said slowly: "What a coincidence!"

Iagu blushed. This sentence was originally his line, and he planned to use it to evaluate the coincidence of this incident after the warehouse containing the account books was burned.

Unexpectedly, Ailixi continued to say: "The people who came to help put out the fire were not only the guards of the palace, but also the civilians living around the treasurer, as well as the officials of various nomes, and the people who were waiting to transport the food back..."

The clerks were all dumbfounded.

People from every Nome are there?

In recent years, there have been rumors in the Nomes of Lower Egypt that people from the royal capital of Memphis withheld food that could be distributed to the Nomes.Even part of the taxes paid by the nomes fell into the pockets of the officials of the royal capital.

Today, this matter is hitting the hands of various Nome people.

If these people learned that they, the clerks, were willing to set fire to the account books of the treasurer in order to destroy the evidence of corruption—they came from places with strong folk customs, wouldn't they be full of punches right away.

This is the real coincidence, so coincidental that one can't help but guess that everything was pre-arranged by the glamorous first princess in front of her.

But obviously the great priest has always told them that the first princess is a beautiful idiot, who never sees what will happen three days later, and has no foresight or strategy.

The clerks who were vacillating between fear and doubt saw the princess smiling at them.

"Should I throw you directly to the Nome comers now, or stay here and continue to be the clerk, which one do you choose?"

When the clerks heard this, they were all overjoyed——

Is this still an option?