Chapter 8: It’s so easy to score points (Part 2)
After casually greeting the guards at the Egyptian Palace, Wang Qiu took Mr. Miyamoto and walked in along the corridor of the palace.
In general, the Egyptian palace in Thebes has been continuously built and expanded for centuries, and it can be said to be quite grand and luxurious. The main hall at the front is made of large boulders. Huge carved stone pillars support the broad and magnificent palace. Murals, reliefs, gold, silver and gem-inlaid decorations abound. Here, the Egyptian king and ministers handle government affairs. , the place where foreign envoys were received and the office of imperial officials.
Behind the main hall is a large complex of scattered, exquisite and small buildings, which belong to the private harems of the pharaohs of the past. Between the palaces are lush and beautiful flowers and trees, as well as pools and stone carvings. Architects deliberately created a large number of water channels, ponds and artificial waterfalls in the harem to keep the palace always cool and pleasant. Lotus flowers bloom in most of the pools, and reeds grow around the pools, with water birds playing around. There are also dense shades formed by date palms, ficus aegypti, palm trees, and beautiful flower beds decorated with pomegranates and figs.
Although it cannot be compared with the exquisitely crafted luxurious gardens in the modern West, in this era, it is already the pinnacle of architectural art.
Miyamoto and Wang Qiu were walking slowly along the corridor covered with grape vines. A cool wind blew in their faces, and with it came a burst of cheerful laughter from a girl: a petite girl with dazzling blond hair was dragging Another black-haired woman with an astonishing breast size was running around in the vast imperial garden, pointing at some rare birds and animals, shouting, and screaming. For a moment, she was laughing and making noises as she wanted to pick the lotus flowers in the pond. Her long golden hair fluttered with her movements. There were a large group of maids surrounding her, laughing and talking, and an older female officer tried to stop her. Looking at her, "...Princess Carol, be careful not to fall into the water. If you get sick, King Memphis will be worried..."
——Obviously, these two people are Princess Carol, who is the daughter of the Nile, and teacher Shizuka Marikawa, who has dyed black hair. From the first moment they met, the two of them talked happily, chatted very enthusiastically about various topics, and happily went around playing hand in hand, just like close friends.
Sure enough, as long as they are cute creatures with natural silly attributes, no matter whether their breasts are big or small, they will naturally have a common language?
Under the clear sky and scorching sun of ancient Egypt, teacher Shizuka Marikawa was wearing a light-colored dress with white flowers on a blue background and a straw hat decorated with feathers, just like an ordinary modern urban girl in summer. Carol, on the other hand, wore a white linen "chunik" embellished with gold ornaments, which is a tube-shaped tights hanging from the chest to the ankles, a pair of gold and silver silk sandals on her feet, and a belt hanging around her neck. A necklace composed of emeralds, lapis lazuli, agate, amethyst and colored glazes, plus a gold crown decorated with a cobra sculpture, looks very noble at first glance, and the contrast is very strong.
——Those beautiful and cool silk clothes given to Carol by the travelers before were banned by the Egyptian palace ladies on the grounds that "foreign fancy clothes are inappropriate to wear on our princess" and they were not allowed to be worn by the Daughter of the Nile. . As for the "Chunik" made of modern colorful silk, the exclusive tailors of the Egyptian royal family are still working overtime and have no time to make it...
In short, from the appearance point of view, although she is different from those American female movie stars with tall figures, big breasts and fat butts in Hollywood movies, Miss Carol Lido does have the talent to become a heartthrob - even though she has a She has a loli body that is as petite as a doll, but she is indeed incredibly beautiful: her skin is smooth and fine. It is as greasy as fine porcelain, with no flaw to be found; the skin color is so fair that it is almost transparent, which is very different from the dark brown skin color of the local Egyptians; the breasts on the chest are continuing to expand vigorously, as if they have just matured The juicy fruits are just as plump and delicious; the delicate features on her face are picturesque, and every smile and every frown is enough to captivate people. Although the size is indeed too petite, the essence is concentrated!
And the handsome male protagonist with whom she performed a world-famous love song, the black-haired Egyptian King Memphis, was practicing swordsmanship with General Unas, the captain of the palace guard. No matter what era, the violent aesthetics made of metal have a fatal attraction for men,
Due to the strenuous exercise required, the Egyptian king did not wear a bulky crown, but was shirtless, with a short skirt around his waist and a short cloak on his shoulders. At this time, Indian cotton had not yet been introduced to Africa, and animal skins were worn. It was also too hot, so ancient Egyptians generally used linen to make clothes. Because dyeing is not easy, most people's clothes are white. Nobles and royal families would decorate themselves with gems and gold to show their status.
For example, King Memphis's cloak is made of linen with gold threads added to it. When he wears it, he looks like a brave young god. In addition, he also has a golden arm on his left arm. ornaments, and a dagger hung on his waist, with the scabbard inlaid with precious gems.
However, at this time, Memphis did not use this luxurious-looking iron dagger. Instead, he wielded the all-steel folding knife that the travelers had just given him, and fought with General Unas who was using a wooden sword on the opposite side. Inseparable - Overall, Memphis is very satisfied with this new weapon. At the beginning, General Unas used his family's bronze dagger to fight against Memphis's folding knife. As a result, during the close-quarters drill, Memphis fell every time before even using 50% of his strength. It left quite a gap in the opponent's weapon. After a few rounds, Memphis had to allow the opponent to suspend the fight under the strong protest of General Unas, who was worried about his weapon, and replaced it with a practice wooden sword that would not hurt even if it was cut.
When changing the wooden sword, Captain Unas complained several times in a sour tone: "...My king! Although my knife is not as sharp as the Hittite iron, it is not as good as your new toy. Use it, but it also accompanies me and my father My old friend who has been on the battlefield for many years, let it stay in my hand for a while before I find another more suitable partner! Don't use your new gadget to carve more scars on it. ”
However, such an unstoppable magic weapon, in the hands of those foreigners with vast magical powers, is just a gadget used in ordinary people's homes to peel fruits. It is really a treasure of nature... Recalling the indifference of my beloved concubine Carol last night King Memphis couldn't help but feel bitter for a while.
However, for a guy who can control such a behemoth and fly into the sky, a few sharp swords may really be nothing.
He looked up at the huge airship still hanging high in the sky over the palace, and then looked at a few foreigners not far away wearing strange clothes, who were working hard to plow and sow seeds in the vegetable patch in a corner of the imperial garden with small and exquisite tools. , it is said that it is dedicated to the palace with several novel plants that were not found in Egypt before.
——The gardens of ancient royal palaces were often also botanical gardens for industrial research, used to try to grow novel crops brought by messengers or merchants from far away.
...Well, I wonder what kind of surprise they will bring to me this time...or scare?
Under the shade of the thick date palm trees, the young Egyptian king wiped his face with a damp cloth dipped in water, thinking this with complicated emotions.
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"...Asami-chan, don't be in a daze, sift out the sand quickly! It will be bad if stones or bugs get mixed in."
In the vegetable garden of the Royal Garden of the Egyptian Royal Palace, an older Japanese policewoman was scolding another cute junior policewoman.
They are Inspector Matsushima Miyu and Inspector Nakaoka Asami, who escaped from the zombie apocalypse. Now they have joined the colonization and development team of another world with their boss Masaru Miyamoto. At present, because he was born in the countryside and did farm work, he was caught by Wang Qiu and Doraemon. He used a sieve and a small shovel to plant strawberries native to America in the garden as a gift for Carol and Doraemon. Memphis and the other "landlords" had a taste of it.
- Since strawberry seeds are very small, they must be sown very carefully. Not only must a rake be used to level the field ridges in advance to avoid tilting the ground, but also a part of the sieved fine sandy loam soil must be mixed with a portion of the same sieved humus soil and spread flat on the ground as a seedbed. The sticky fertile soil from the Nile River cannot be used directly to avoid The soil is too solid, making it difficult for strawberry seeds to germinate. However, sand cannot be used alone to avoid insufficient nutrients.
As a result, Asami Nakaoka, who was assigned the task of sifting soil by her senior, soon felt that her arm shaking the sifter was so sore that it was about to break.
In comparison, the young man planting sunflowers next to him has it much easier. He only needs to poke small holes with a wooden stick in the fertile soil on the banks of the Nile River, and put the raw sunflower seeds in with the pointed end downwards. In the hole, water it again, and you can wait leisurely for them to germinate.
(Many people may not know that the sunflower, the national flower of the Soviet Union, is also native to the Americas and was brought back by the Spanish in the 16th century.)
This is also a typical agricultural form that the ancient Egyptians were blessed with - the Nile River, with its gentle water and regular flooding, is like a tireless and hard-working mother, automatically helping the Egyptians complete the hard work of irrigation and fertilization every year. Ancient Egypt Farmers only need to seize the time to sow the seeds and wait patiently for harvest.
What makes the hard-working Chinese farmers even more jealous is that the output of such extensive agriculture, which depends on the sky, can actually be the best in the world!
——That’s why the Greeks would say with envy: “Egypt is a gift from the Nile”
Getting back to the subject, while sifting the sand hard, Asami Nakaoka also secretly looked at the Egyptian King Memphis who was practicing swordsmanship in the distance from time to time.
Speaking of which, Asami Nakaoka, a little natural-minded policewoman, was once one of the loyal readers of "Daughters of the Nile".
I remember that she was young at that time and her mind was filled with pink dreams. When she saw "Daughters of the Nile" for the first time, she was attracted by the magnificent artistic conception, the profound time and space, the grand history, and the poignant love. I fell in love and have become a fan of this masterpiece of shojo manga ever since.
She loves the majestic temples in the book;
She loves the king galloping in the wilderness in the book;
She loves the pious hymns praising the gods in the book;
She loved the mysterious smiling priest in the book.
The turbulent ocean and the magnificent battlefield together create a heart-stirring love epic;
The duel intertwined with ambition and domineering, full of wisdom and strength, added unparalleled brilliance to the beauty of the peerless beauty.
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After learning that she, the refugees of the apocalypse, was going to move to the world of "Daughters of the Nile", Asami Nakaoka once had a little bit of expectation and longing - even if she didn't expect to compete with the heroine for a man, she could appreciate so much beauty with her own eyes. For men, it should be a very satisfying thing.
However, not long after she walked into the Egyptian palace and saw the protagonists of the plot with her own eyes, the dreams and longings in her heart were completely shattered.
King Memphis's appearance is indeed as handsome as in the comics, but his character is indeed as cruel as the tyrant of the slave country.
In just one morning, Asami Nakaoka witnessed with her own eyes from a distance, the King of Memphis personally smashed the head of an erring slave in a rage, and ordered people to tie up two criminals and throw them into a pool to feed the crocodiles. . Then, amidst the screams of the criminal on the verge of death, he picked a bouquet of flowers stained with morning dew with great interest and sent them to Carol, who was still sleeping, to show his courtesy, leaving only the female officers behind him smiling. Whispering thoughtfully.
By the time the innocent and kind-hearted Carole had breakfast and wandered around the garden, the corpses in the crocodile pool had already been cleaned up. She would only stand by the pool, feeding the crocodile with raw meat with great interest, and found strangely that Mr. Crocodile today seemed to have a poor appetite and could not eat much... She had no idea that just a few hours ago, something happened here What a horrific tragedy.
ah? Why do you think the maids dare to play and laugh in such a bloody and terrifying palace?
This is because all the female palace officials with a slight status are basically the descendants of nobles or high-ranking officials, so King Memphis treats them quite politely. Although it is just as rude to arouse them, at least he will not let them go without any reason or just for fun. They were dragged out and strangled to death...
——As the male protagonist and positive character of romance comics, King Memphis is like this, then as the negative characters, Assyrian King Aryan, Babylonian King Lagesh, and Hittite Prince Izmi, who are both good and evil, There is even less hope for their humanitarian and human rights concepts.
Alas, the girl's dream is so beautiful, but the cold reality is so cruel!
From ancient times to the present, which ruler’s bottom can be said to be absolutely clean? As the saying goes, being with a king is like being with a tiger!
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Of course, no matter whether the palace life in Thebes is terrifying or comfortable, it has nothing to do with the Japanese immigrants from the apocalypse.
The only reason why former Inspector Matsushima Miyu, former Inspector Nakaoka Asami, and the remaining Japanese with farming experience are in the royal garden of this palace is to serve for the daughters of the Nile, Carol and Memphis. The kings served by planting some crops that did not exist in ancient Egypt in this era to enrich their tables and gardens, demonstrating their abilities as people, and at the same time earning funds for building new homes in the future.
The first batch of planted projects are strawberries and sunflowers that are highly adaptable to the environment.
"...Okay, Miss Carol, these strawberries have been planted! In a few months, you will have fresh strawberries to taste!"
Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Matsushima Miyu stood up from the vegetable bed and said to Carol who came over curiously, "...as long as you water it every day, keep the soil moist, and remove weeds regularly, then in In the next three years, this land will be able to produce strawberry harvests every year..."
"...Huh? How many more months do we have to wait?" Carol's expression looked a little disappointed, "...but I really want to eat it right away!"
——In response to such excessive demands, the three Japanese "agricultural technicians" could only say that they were powerless. The most they could do was ask Doraemon to dream of buying a batch of strawberries from the future to satisfy the greed of the noble daughter of the Nile... But Doraemon A Meng himself obviously has a better way.
"...If you really want to eat strawberries quickly, it's not impossible! You just need to use this! [Time Furoshiki]!"
Doraemon, who had just returned from walking around the palace, stood on the edge of this small vegetable patch. He proudly took out the [Time Furoshiki] from his abdominal bag and showed off to everyone, "...Look Keep this! I can make this land enter the harvest period in the blink of an eye!”
——After a moment, the seemingly bare vegetable patch, which was originally exposed to a large area of soil, was covered by a patch of green vines and grass leaves. Bright red strawberries were dotted among them, like bright rubies, which made people salivate. The index finger moves... and there are golden sunflowers standing proudly against the Egyptian sun, like vigilant sentinels.
"...Wow! It looks delicious!" Regardless of the maids' dissuasion, Carol rushed to the strawberry bushes with gleaming eyes, picked a bright red strawberry and stuffed it into his mouth, "... Yeah! It’s so sweet! Memphis! Let me feed you too!”
"...Carroll! Don't eat indiscriminately! You have to let the medical officer check if there is anything wrong with these fruits first!"
"...Hateful! What else are you checking for? It's so troublesome...Memphis! This kind of fruit is called strawberry, it's delicious. I used to eat it...ah - here's one! I don't know how to do it..." It hurts you! How about it? It tastes good, right?”
"...Well, it tastes okay...but what are those golden flowers? Are they also edible?"
"...This kind of flower is called a sunflower. It is said that the flower disk always faces the sun and can rotate on its own! As for its use...this thing is not a fruit, so it should be inedible! But...it seems that it can be used to squeeze oil?"< br>
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Putting aside the back and forth between the lovers who traveled through time and space, on the other side of the vegetable patch, Wang Qiu and Doraemon were holding the "Book of Time Travel" and were dumbfounded - no one knew anything about it beforehand. As expected, I actually received another bonus point:
"…earn 200 bonus points for introducing previously non-existent strawberries to ancient Egypt."
"…earn 300 bonus points for introducing previously non-existent sunflowers to Ancient Egypt."
"...The total points are now 1,500 points, and we look forward to your continued efforts."
——Eh, eh, eh? In this way, if you want to increase your points in this time and space, wouldn't it be enough to sow more seeds of different crops?
So, after exchanging opinions, Doraemon and Wang Qiu drove a large number of Japanese immigrants to carry out a large-scale dumping of exotic crops to the ancient Egyptians - corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc. originating from the Americas. Pumpkins, peanuts, tomatoes, cactus, green peppers and chili peppers, peaches, oranges, water spinach, rice originating from China, sugar cane and cotton originating from India... and some exotic fruits and vegetables obtained by Doraemon from the 22nd century. . The addition of each new crop shows bonus points ranging from 200 to 1500 points on the Book of Time Travel!
After they had harvested all the crops and ornamental plants they could think of, the Japanese immigrants, who were sweating profusely and exhausted, had already planted them from the royal garden to the royal farm near the palace, and even to the dry land far away from the Nile River. The hot desert (growing cacti) also attracted a large number of local Egyptians and foreign tourists to watch...but the results were also very rich, and the reward points obtained actually reached more than 30,000!
In short, based on the above practical experience, it is really easy for travelers to gain points in this time and space.
But on the other hand, if you want to make money from this city of Thebes, and make a lot of money, it feels very difficult. Ms. Nan Lixiang and Senior Sister Ma Tong, who are currently sitting in a hall somewhere setting up a stall, definitely have a deep understanding of this...