Radiant Enemy

This grand wedding was still talked about and spread by word of mouth until after the end.

Everyone talked enviously about the huge send-off team, the beautiful black princess sitting on the elephant cart, and how vast the country the team was going to be.

Of course, there are also young girls who are full of enthusiasm for the unbelievably handsome white-haired son-in-law next to the black princess. They even jealously want to become the black princess so that they can spend the rest of their lives with that handsome son-in-law.

There were also some people who thought bitterly that the age gap between the white-haired son-in-law and the black princess was too great: "It is impossible for them to be happy! I can guarantee it!"

However, these people's discussions and ideas did not affect Hilgna and the black princess at all.

As the black princess and the sending team left the palace, the expression on her face became more relaxed, and her smile became more sincere.

It can be seen that she has really been holding back in the palace for a long time, like a canary that has just been released from the cage, flapping her wings happily and breathing the fresh air excitedly.

There are many maids in the accompanying team, but only the Black Princess and Hilgna know that when necessary, these seemingly pretty and feminine maids will take up weapons and become outstanding warriors.

This is also thanks to the sudras that Hilgna once taught as a teacher. They all went to the black princess after graduation, and some of them became new teachers and taught knowledge to others. Sudra.

The knowledge and martial arts taught by Hilgna patiently, coupled with the protection of the black princess, even if they are sudras, they can show their talents here.

Of course, Hilgner is also very aware of how easy it is for humans to change, but he is not a native after all, and this world belongs to them. After mentioning the point of the black princess, he let go and stopped interfering.

When the black princess knew that her father wanted to hold a son-in-law selection meeting, she immediately realized that it was his father's idea of ​​"exotic goods to live in". Fortunately, she already knew where she would be assigned, and let The deployment is done by hand.

In this huge send-off team, there are not only precious gold, silver and jewelry, but also many craftsmen and farmers.

Even if artisans and peasants are sudras who are despised by Brahmins and Kshatriyas, they are necessary to serve the upper class, so the black princess quietly manipulated her dowry to increase the number of sudras, No one noticed anything unusual—maybe at most, they were just wondering why there were so many untouchables who married.

And when they came to this land named Magadha, the discomfort of the long journey did not make the black princess depressed.

Hilgner looked at the land that was used as a dowry because of its barrenness, and silently realized that the 'barren' in the royal family's concept here was completely different from what he thought.

According to the thinking of the royal family here, the land that is mostly mountains is not as fertile as the wilderness area, and it is not the kind of valley land where you can directly dig the land and throw seeds, and you can get a good harvest. Compared with the land of Ireland, Uruk is as good as it gets.

As far as Hilgner observed, it only needs to add some farming techniques to grow grains and fruits here, and even achieve two to three crops a year.

Don't underestimate the two to three crops. There are only a handful of places in this land that can achieve two crops. I don't know if it's because the princes and nobles suppressed the untouchables too hard or because the water and heat here are too much. Even if you just clear a piece of land randomly and sprinkle the seeds, you can get enough harvest.

Compared with a big oriental country next door, the farming technology is still at the level of slash-and-burn farming.

Not to mention the soil-containment method and the soil-burning method, and even the foundation of the foundation such as rotation of crops has not appeared.

The soul of farming hidden deep in Hilgna's soul was burning.

And what's even more wonderful is that although most of Magadha's land is forested, it has rivers!And it is a spacious enough river!

Although the rainy season may flood the river bank, how can it be difficult for Hilgna?

If a city is established in Magadha, which connects various river regions, it will definitely become a bustling and lively commercial city.

This start was much better than Hilgner expected.

"You are in charge of the political affairs and diplomacy, and the internal affairs are left to me." Silgner said to his wife in name.

Of course, Masi also knew that Hilgner and the black princess were just a show for marriage. Under the intentional favor of the black princess, he quickly forgot the resistance and rejection, and was willing to obey the command of the black princess—of course more The reason for most is that Hilgner is behind the black princess.

"Leave it to me?" The black princess was startled, and her first reaction was to refuse, "But compared to me, wouldn't it be better for you to do it?"

The Black Princess has already seen that Hilgna is capable of handling political affairs with ease, and it is much better to hand over this country to Hilgna to govern than her who does not have much experience.

"But this is your country, Banjali." Hilgna said softly.

"You asked me for help, and I responded to you. If I took everything on me, the fate you wanted to escape would still happen."

The black princess wants to escape the fate of being regarded as men's accessories, trophies, and rewards. She is not reconciled to being just a name in the legend of men, a background board to set off how brave they are.

Of course Hilgner can take over the overall situation and handle it all by himself, but all the honor and praise will still fall on Hilgner who is the husband of Banjali, and the black princess is still just an accessory around Hilgner.

Only when she walks out of the shadows of the men around her and comes under the eyes of everyone, will people realize that Ban Zhali is not anyone's accessory, and her demeanor and strength cannot be underestimated.

"I will teach you the cunning and tricks you need to be the lord of a country, but what you will face is probably countless criticisms and ugly comments."

In this land, the status of women is unimaginably low. Even in Sudra, men have to firmly press down on women.

Once a girl is born, it means that the family needs to give a large dowry to the man's family when the girl is married.

Yes, the dowry is not given to the girl, but to the man's family.

Such weird and deformed customs made the behavior of abandoning and drowning female babies repeated. It was not until the nobles found that there were fewer and fewer women, and the men at the bottom began to riot because they could not marry wives, so they began to order a strict ban on baby throwing. Infant drowning, those who are found not only have to pay high fines, but also have to suffer from imprisonment.

Then the noble daughters of Brahmins and Kshatriyas should be much more comfortable, right?

No, even upper caste women are still oppressed.

Of course noble ladies don't have to worry about dowry, but once they marry, it will be the man's 'property'. If the maiden's family is kind, they may even give a helping hand, but there will be no more.

And the worst thing is that the customs encourage them to marry high to improve their own class, but if they let a man of high caste marry themselves, they have to pay a high dowry-even if they marry, the husband of high caste will have Possibly murdered wives for dowry.

A woman of a high caste cannot marry a man of a low caste, and the family of married women will be cast aside and driven away by people of the same class.

Caste and deformed customs formed chains one after another, which weighed heavily on the shoulders of every low-level people—especially women.

Those oppressed men in turn oppress women who are weaker than them, ensuring that the rights of the upper rulers will not be threatened, and at the same time shifting the contradiction to the bottom people and the confrontation between men and women.

Even if Pandava is a princess, in a future that has not yet happened, she can only fall into a situation where she has no hope of asking for help, and is regarded as the property of the five sons of Pandava and loses to a difficult enemy and humiliates her.

But now, Hilgna wants Banjali to show her face in public, to deal with those cunning kings in the open and to deal with diplomacy.

"Only in this way will your people recognize you." Hilgner's voice was almost a sigh.

"And once I come forward to deal with political affairs, all your previous efforts will be in vain, and you will still only be considered as my appendage."

Hilgner glanced at the pale black princess. Although he felt distressed, he had to make the stakes clear.

With Hilgna's ability, it's nothing more than a trivial matter to handle everything in an orderly manner, but in this way, Magadha's master will be him, not Banjali.

Of course, he can't live here forever, and he and Banjali can't have offspring, so the country built with great difficulty will fall apart in an instant without an heir.

But the identity of the black princess is doomed that unless she is the queen, even if Hilgna dies, she will not be allowed to remarry or accept her face. The criticism and isolation brought about by breaking the inherent customs are unbearable.

The caste system is simply a huge cancer entrenched in this land, sucking the flesh and blood of every oppressed.

After careful consideration, the black princess immediately made a choice.

"Please teach me how to be a king, Hilgna."

The black princess saluted Hilgna, not from a wife to her husband, but from a student to a teacher.

Hilgner smiled: "My requirements are quite strict."

"That's as I wish." The black princess also said firmly.

Compared with some of the students Hilgner once taught, the Black Princess is much better. Not only does she work hard, but she also learns from one instance, growing rapidly at a speed that Hilgner was surprised by.

Whether it's dealing with those officials who are submissive on the surface because of her identity as a woman, but dismissive in secret, or the calmness and rationality of diplomacy with neighboring countries as the lord of the country, Hilgner is impressed.

But the problem was quickly exposed-there was a serious shortage of manpower they could use.

After all, in a world where education is monopolized by Brahmins and Kshatriyas, it is really difficult to find an official who can understand the orders of his superiors, faithfully implement them, and not randomly interpret and speculate.

Even though Hilgna made preparations several years in advance and cultivated a lot of talents, compared to this vast Magadha country, this manpower is not enough at all, and the officials who were originally entrenched on the land of Magadha They were also unable to cope with the new system, and many officials who oppressed the low-level Sudras were dragged out and beheaded by Panjali for reasonable reasons.

All the people who can be used are multi-tasking, but they are still so busy that they can't wait for one person to be divided into several.

The identity of the black princess as a woman is certainly a big obstacle, but at the same time, her reputation as a queen who is eager for talents has spread to other countries, and it has attracted many people who came to her.

Although the abilities of these people are uneven, it is much better than the situation where the plan has been clearly written at the beginning, but it has been delayed due to insufficient manpower.

The ideas of these people are also easy to see through: what does a woman know about governing a country, as long as they become courtiers of the Magadha Kingdom, and then coax this former number one beauty, wouldn’t it be easy for them to get high officials and rich salary?And maybe he could even become the servant of the queen!

What?Queen has a husband?The guy who let his wife show his face must be a soft-footed shrimp and a coward!

Although these people were not the talents they wanted, but due to the shortage of manpower, the black princess had no choice but to accept them.

"Of course I can't give them important positions."

The Black Princess—or should I say, Queen Banjali sneered.

Immersed in political affairs in the past few months, her aura and coercion have become more and more heavy, and she is completely different from the girl who was still in her boudoir.

"But it doesn't matter, a lot of money buys horse bones, and it just so happens that the songs and teaching materials for publicity and education still lack some compiling and transcribing personnel."

Of course, Bunjali is blunt to her trusted subordinates and allies, but for those who defected to her, she naturally drew a sweet cake for them and gave them a few high hats to coax them into Turning around, I believe this is an extremely important matter that can be remembered in history, and it is also a test of getting a high-ranking official and a generous salary, so everyone is motivated to act.

The available talents among them will naturally be selected to take up suitable positions, but if there is no half bucket of water, then I am afraid that they can only do this simple copying work until they die.

As the generals of Panjali, Masi and Karna led the team and army to guard this new country that was coveted by all countries.

Ever since the news spread that Panjali was the Queen of Magadha, Masi and Karna would encounter the 'bandits' who came to attack and plunder almost every two days.

Not because of anything else, just because Panjali is the queen of Magadha.

Because in these noble and arrogant masculine consciousness, those who have a relationship with women are associated with softness and weakness, and the persimmon is picky and soft, everyone wants to bite off a piece of fat on Magadha, so that it can be enriched own waist pocket.

Barren land?Rapids?That's okay, land isn't what they want anyway.

When the black princess got married, they all saw it. The gold and silver treasures in the long wedding procession were dazzling and mouth-watering. If it weren't for the sharp spears and strong shields of the soldiers escorting the dowry I'm afraid that Princess Hei's dowry will be robbed before it reaches Magadha.

Now that the black princess has established a country in Magadha, the idea that was originally dismissed due to the strong national power of the black princess's father, after waiting patiently for a period of time, the old ashes revived.

It's just that this kind of thinking completely hit a wall when they encountered Masi and Karna who were powerful and trained by Hilgna with advanced training methods.

And once he wants to force it, he will draw out the two evil gods in the city, and finally he will be chased by the dazzling golden gun and the fiery revolving sword and flee in embarrassment.

Even if you use magic to hide your figure, you will be discovered when you enter the inner city, and you may even be beaten by the head of the palace's female guard and run away.

Magadha looks like a piece of fat, but when you bite down, you will find that before the piece of fat is eaten into your mouth, it will first bite into the outer hard protective shell, causing your teeth to collapse.

After encountering walls at Masi and Karna several times, those who wanted to invade and attack Magadha found out how difficult they were, so they had no choice but to give up this piece of fat.

After all, apart from Banjali's coveted dowry, there really isn't much to look forward to here.

But it gave Magadha a valuable respite.

In fact, according to Magadha's strength, it is also thanks to Karna and Masi that they were able to fight to such an extent.

One is a demigod, the other has the power of Shiva, and with Hilgna guiding behind Banjali, they temporarily survived the initial difficulties.

But if you want to describe it to Hilgna, Magadha is a castle built on sand. Once a huge wave hits, there must be a pile of rubble in the end.

They have indeed stood firm, but most of this has to rely on the extraordinary strength of Karna and Ma Si.

And this kind of development is extremely unhealthy. Although they need powerful people, they also need ordinary people as the cornerstone.

As I said before, this land is very barren compared to other plains and valleys, which also means that when they came here, the food they planted in a hurry was not enough to eat.

Banjali's dowry was exchanged for money, and then for food, so that the starving untouchables in this land could have a good meal.

To make matters worse, the gold, silver and jewels in the dowry brought by Banjali had almost been used up, and they now faced a big problem: Magadha had no money to buy food.

After all, they came too hastily, and many of the initial arrangements have not yet come to fruition, but winter is coming.

Bunjali even complained about her father, if the timing of her marriage was more suitable, they would not be so stretched now.

Fortunately, the winter in this land is not very cold, and people will not freeze to death—even if people really die, they will starve to death due to lack of food.

But for Magadha, which is short of everything—the most short of manpower, every death is a loss.

The most important thing at present is to collect food and survive this winter.

Fortunately, Hilgna brought a piece of good news to the battered Queen Bunjali.

"You said, you found a way for us to make money?" When Bunjali knew this, she was so happy that she threw herself into Hilgna's arms and kissed her hard.

Fortunately, she still remembered her identity and did not lose her composure in front of her subordinates.

Because Magadha is a brand-new country, and the king is the only queen, the Shang Dynasty is not like other countries.

Those who are qualified to participate in the political meeting sit at a round table, and then put forward the political affairs one by one according to the order of priority before solving them.

As for the most critical issues of food shortage and making money, Hilgener proposed a solution.

"Yes." Hilgna nodded, and then signaled his subordinates to bring the things up.

Carefully placed on a clean white cloth and tray, is a palm-sized square object with reddish yellowish tints.

It looks like some kind of ore, but ore will not have such a neat shape.

"This is 'stone honey', unless it is put into boiling water or exposed to the sun, it will not melt."

Hilgna managed to let the Sudras under his command catch up with the maturity of the sugar cane for the last time, and then made stone honey—that is, brown sugar.

The only dessert in this era is caramel, the so-called maltose.

Caramel is made from rice and germinated malt, but it melts very easily and sticks to the teeth, and only the high-ranking nobles can enjoy it.

But the 'stone honey' made by Silgner is different. Not only does it take a short time to make and the cost is low, but it is also a crystal, which is not easy to melt in the sun and looks crystal clear.

Although from Hilgner's point of view, this piece of stone honey still has a lot of impurities and its taste is not sweet enough, but compared to caramel with only a faint sweet taste, it is already astonishingly delicious.

At least Karna and Masi didn't speak for a while after tasting a piece, as if they were worried that the refreshing sweetness in their mouths would slip away as soon as they opened their mouths.

And Banjali, who has tasted countless delicacies, was also fascinated by this rich and sweet taste that he had never tasted before.

A piece of stone honey was eaten up quickly, and Ban Zhali's eyes were extraordinarily bright: "If you sell this thing, you can indeed make a lot of money—or we can directly exchange it for food."

"Brahmins and Kshatriyas would be willing to pay a high price for this stone honey."

Karna also nodded.

"It's just, how can I persuade them to put this stone honey in their mouths? I don't think they will be willing to try it." Ma Si asked.

After all, this stone honey is a food that has never been eaten before, and it still needs to be eaten. It is inevitable that many people will have doubts and distrust.

"We don't take the initiative to sell."

Hilgna said, he sat in his seat and said calmly.

"We let them come to our door proactively."

Hilgner stopped at the point, and he looked at the students sitting in front of him with a smile, expanding their thinking.

"Then, if it were you, how would you make them come to your door?"

Karna pondered for a while, and then showed a clear expression.

Although he has the skill of 'Insight of the Poor', due to the limitations of the times, Karna does not know what marketing is, but he is still clear about similar things.

After all, Karna once solved problems for those suffering Sudras in the market, and naturally heard how merchants packaged their products so that customers would automatically deliver them to their doors.

Ma Neigh was not interested in this kind of twists and turns at all, he scratched his head, but said flatly: "Anyway, with Hill here, you don't have to worry about this matter!"

Banjali and Hilgna's other students did not answer the conversation, but were immersed in their own thinking.

"We can let the maids in the palace pretend to leak Shi Mi's existence inadvertently, and then prohibit the news of Shi Mi from spreading, so that we can attract the attention of others."

The quickest way to get a message out there is to ban it.

"Or make up a miraculous origin for Shi Mi - for example, it is a god-given thing that God felt for Her Majesty's sageness and beauty, so let it grow in Her Majesty's garden, with beauty, longevity, Alleviate fatigue and other effects."

The reason why Hilgna did not directly announce the plan was to prevent the queen and courtiers in front of her from developing the habit of relying on him.

Although Hilgna looked at things from the perspective of thousands of years later due to his special soul, it was not necessarily completely suitable for this world.

Simply copying can easily cause acclimatization, and then fall to the point of failure.

That being the case, it is better to just propose a general direction, and how to implement it is left to the local residents to think about.

This is the safest solution.

The author has something to say:

Farming is a good civilization!

By the way, a little knowledge that may be useless, Wang Xuance in the Tang Dynasty brought back the sugar cane sugar production method from India, and then the improved and more advanced sugar production method was passed back to India.

And Wang Xuance is a very powerful character, the kind of character you would think is so Tom Sue when you write it in the novel.

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