From Concubine to Pharaoh [Transmigration Book]

Alixi watched as Karam and Hansu father and son sent a pangolin mummy into the solid ice gate she had built by herself.

Egyptians like to make mummies, mummies are considered to be the carrier of the soul.

Some rich and noble families will use this method to preserve the remains of their pets after their pets pass away, as if the soul of the pet is still with them.

Therefore, archaeologists of later generations have unearthed various mummies, those of hounds, horses, lions...the most common ones are cat mummies.

But Alicia had never heard of that there were mummies of pangolins.

More than that, this mummy was endowed with divine power before or after it was made, and became a special item similar to an amulet.

It should retain the attributes of the pangolin before it was alive, and be able to dig holes. After possessing the energy bestowed by the gods, this ability is obviously strengthened.

With the sound of creaking and creaking, an obvious hole was drilled on the ice door that Erich used the law of similarity to block the huge waves of the river, leading to the channel that was completely filled with the flooded river outside. .

Alicia wanted to stop, but it was too late.

But seeing that Karam was very calm, he stretched out his hand and tied a knot on the tail of the pangolin mummy.

Alicia: ...What kind of operation is this?

I saw that the part of the pangolin mummy exposed outside the ice door was completely inflated by the water pressure.But because the mummy's tail was tied by Karam, it was leak-proof.

Hansu raised an innocent face and looked at Alixie, as if saying: Sister, is there any problem with this?

And Karam turned to his companion behind him and said, "Do you need water? Bring a clay pot."

Immediately, someone came over with a clay pot and put it on the pangolin's tail.Karam casually untied the knot on the tail, and the water poured into the clay pot like a stream.When it was full, Kalam tied the knot casually.

Alicia: ...Do you dare to believe that this is still tap water?

The water in the clay pot was slightly cloudy because it was just connected.When the impurities in it are settled and clarified, even if it cannot be used as drinking water, it can be used as domestic water, washing and rinsing, etc., it is still no problem.

The high priest Senmut, who had been quietly watching Karam's operation, smiled slightly and said to Karam, "Actually, it doesn't need to be so troublesome."

He took out a small seed from the secret pocket in his cuff and held it in his palm.

Hansu recognized it immediately: "The papyrus..."

Papyrus is an aquatic plant similar to reed, the cross section of the stem is like a hollow tube.

Senmut nodded with a smile, then closed his eyes and focused on concentrating on energy——I saw that the seed quickly grew into a thin and long papyrus, but it didn't stop when it reached the size of a normal papyrus, but Longer and longer, becoming a... pipe of considerable length...

Erich watched as Karam and Hansu attached the papyrus-like pipe to the pangolin mummy, unknotted the pangolin's tail, and attached a clip to the end of the papyrus pipe.

This papyrus pipe can be extended arbitrarily under Senmut's control.In this way, in the wide underground tomb hall, the fresh water source from the outside can be connected to any place people need.

Now there is even domestic water.

Alixi felt very comfortable in an instant—she could take a refreshing hot bath again.

But as for the discharge of domestic wastewater, she had a discussion with Karam and others, and they agreed that it would be inconvenient to discharge any wastewater out of the ice gate, after all, it was also a source of water.

At this time, Senmut took out a shriveled white object from the secret pocket of his cuff, only the size of a pigeon egg, held it in his palm, and said, "You can use it."

Several people around Senmut stared at it for a long time, and Hansu was the first to recognize it: "Maw!"

"Yes..." Alicia also sensed it.

This is a special item that has been impregnated with divine power. It is a swim bladder, which is not at the level of an amulet, but it has uses beyond a swim bladder.

Its characteristics are: impermeable, free to expand and contract with almost no boundaries, and it is no problem to hold dozens of cubic meters of domestic wastewater.

Coupled with the fact that Karam is the God of Craftsmen, he led the barbecue team to work quickly all afternoon, and various simple living facilities were quickly built. The originally empty and desolate underground tomb hall soon became full of vitality. ,livable.

Alixi set up a pergola with her hands, and looked up at the solar ship driving in the sky. The palms of her hands temporarily blocked the strong light from the sky.

In the middle of the hall in front of you, there are two towering palm trees, and the big leaves of the fan cover the sunlight brought by the solar boat for people walking in the middle of the road.

On both sides of the palm tree-lined road, as far as the eye can see is the barrier formed by green vines and low shrubs.

These barriers temporarily replace courtyard walls and portals, providing people with a living space sufficient to protect privacy.

The whole hall is bathed in warm and bright sunlight, the only exception is the cold and gloomy ice door at the exit.

This ice gate is far away from the solar ship's irradiation range, covered by darkness, and exudes a slight coolness. After a few days, this ice gate has not melted at all, just like a glacier that has grown on the snow line of a mountain for many years, calm, stable, and protecting This little ecosystem inside the Catacombs.

The whole sight was awe-inspiring, but it was the sanctuary she had earlier planned in her mind.

All the details were exactly in line with her imagination.But all of them followed the law of similarity and were created by relying on the abilities and special items of these Asuts.

In addition, a small square was formed around the protected statue of the ancient female pharaoh. People were eating, sleeping, and ensuring their survival needs, and there was enough time to get together...

But get together for what?

The people who took refuge here don't have to worry about survival for the time being, they already brought enough food and water when they entered the underground tomb.

The civilians who used to have to work day after day for their livelihoods suddenly became idle at the moment.

When they looked at each other, their eyes seemed to say: bored...

Alicia covered her mouth with her hand, yawned, and thought: What should she let these simple civilians do during the few days of sheltering underground?

It turns out that the female pharaoh Nitocris invited all her political enemies to enter this tomb to experience the ultimate enjoyment that only the royal family can master.

When the female pharaoh's enemies walked into this hall, they obviously didn't need to think about how to fill their stomachs, how to get clean water... As the saying goes, full and warm thoughts...

Enemies of the female pharaoh just enjoy the delicious food they have never seen before, listen to the music and singing like the sounds of nature, and play sports with the handsome men and beauties...

None of this obviously works now.

But to be honest, full and warm...sleep, Erich thought, she was too sleepy to keep her eyes open.

From yesterday to now, except for a short nap, she has hardly rested at all.It took a lot of energy to use the law of similarity to create that ice door just now.

Many people are like her. After experiencing a day and night of extreme tension and life-and-death frontline, the militiamen who entered the underground tomb no longer face death and no longer feel pressure.

The entire hall became silent, and soon there were low snoring sounds everywhere, one after another.

Erich, accompanied by Nanna, went to a small space that Senmut had reserved for her in advance.

She had lost her splendid four-poster bed.But here a cushion of fine reed leaves, covered with soft linen, had been specially prepared for her.

Elyse lay on the cushions, and Nanna carefully placed the earthenware pillows on her.

At this time, the solar ship was still hanging obliquely on the horizon, and the hall was still brightly lit.

But Alicia fell asleep as soon as she hit the pillow.She didn't notice at all that around the small bedroom she was in, a row of acacia trees were neatly planted outside the barrier intertwined with green vines and shrubs. Occasionally, there would be no wind to automatically bloom flowers quietly...

Of course, if Alixi noticed this detail, she would just remain indifferent.

She was no longer the Elich who liked acacia.

Saqqara, Catacombs of the female pharaoh Nitocris.

Nanna was sitting on the cushion, holding a hard stone in her hand, and was carefully polishing the few golden arrow clusters left in her quiver.

On the earthen pillow beside her was a chain woven of linen cord, and at the end of the chain was fastened an obsidian gemstone with twenty facets, each of which was identical.

"Nanna... Tell me, why did the master put me aside and ignore me from that day on, even though I have been trying my best to please the master?"

The sudden words of the talisman Ymir startled Nanna, and the stone made a thin scratch on the arrow cluster.

Nanna snorted, and responded in a rough voice: "I want the master to accommodate you, care for you, and ask you all the time..."

Ymir asked expectantly: "How?"

Nanna deliberately chuckled: "Are you qualified?"

Yumir was speechless.

"Amulet, she doesn't trust you!"

Nanna finally gave a definite answer.

This talisman was originally a belonging of the female pharaoh Nitocris.It was even inlaid on the chest of the statue made by the pharaoh to carry the soul.

But somehow it left the catacomb, and became the eye jewel on Elyse's painted statue, approaching Elyse, and became an item she wore with her.

After arriving in Saqqara, Ymir tried every means to introduce Elyse into this underground tomb, and only then did he find such an underground refuge space for everyone in Saqqara. At the most critical moment, he also passed on the law of similarity to Elyse and Senmut. Knowledge of and adaptation law.

Ordinarily, Ymir's merits outweigh his demerits.

But Erich has left Ymir in the cold since then.

The talisman said aggrievedly: "I am also wholeheartedly for the sake of the master!"

Nanna snorted.

When Ymir first met Ailixi and Nanna, he tried his best to be sarcastic. Even if Ailixi didn't care about these things, Nanna didn't forget them.

"I did design it on purpose, but it was to get close to the master; I did conceal it on purpose, but it was also to help her... I, what should I do to make the master change his mind?"

"Ymir, before asking for help, you need the most basic courtesy."

Nanna spoke calmly and continued to polish the arrow cluster in her hand.

"The great God of War, the person in charge of the Arrow of Purification, the heroic and unyielding Miss Nanna, the humble talisman Ymir, I sincerely ask you for advice..."

Speaking of which, Ymir has a lot of problems, but he is very obedient. Hearing Nanna's tone, he felt that there was something to be said, and immediately flattered and flattered him.

After polishing the cluster of arrows, Nanna looked left and right in front of the sunlight cast by the solar ship. It was estimated that Ymir's patience was about to run out, so she spoke slowly: "Miss, it was originally a person who loved her. The most caring and considerate person. Sometimes I feel like she will blindly defend her shortcomings..."

"But the premise is that she really trusts you and treats you as her own."

Yumir immediately said, "How can the master treat Yumir as his own?"

Nanna sneered: "First, there is no reservation, no more concealment from Miss."

If Yumir has his own image, he must be nodding like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, and what else..."

"Secondly, you must not take advantage of the lady. If you really need something, you can tell the lady, and she will weigh whether it can help you achieve your wish."

Ymir hesitated when he heard this: "Is that so..."

Nanna let out a rough laugh: "Even this can't be done, I'll tell the master, let her contact the Blessed One of the God of Craftsman as soon as possible, and see if I can make you into a more useful amulet or something."

Although Erich kept saying that Ymir should be made into dice, Nanna felt that it would be a waste.

Ymir let out a nervous sound: "Hiss——"

"I will never, never take advantage of Master..."

"After all, my purpose is to find the master and assist her to become another female pharaoh who can rule both upper and lower Egypt after the last female pharaoh."

After Alixie's guidance, Nanna has long since lost interest in the rhetoric of the talisman.

"Assist?"

"Yumil, if you want to help, you shouldn't have revealed the secret of the young lady to the high priest and the god-favored of craftsmen."

"I actually did this for..."

Ymir protested loudly, wanting to refute.

However, Nanna continued on her own, "Miss just warned me before, she said Nanna, you are the God of War, and you are used to using force to solve problems directly. This habit is very good. If there are people with ulterior motives If you want to get close to you, use you, and get some words from you, you just shoot him an arrow, don't worry about other things..."

Yumil was silent for a moment, not daring to speak again.

The area around Erich's bed finally returned to silence.

Nanna took the opportunity to carefully polish her golden arrows one by one.

A noisy voice came from the hall: "Quick roll, quick roll the dice, and see what time you are!"

When Ymir heard the word dice, he trembled all over.

"Six o'clock—"

There was a bang from the crowd gathered in the distance.

"Quick flop, quick!"

"See what you can find—"

Yumir snorted, and quietly asked Nanna, "What are you doing outside?"

Nanna raised her head, pretending to admire her feathered arrow, and answered with a smile after a while: "Guess—"

Ymir: ...

The answer is: playing cards.

Erich thought for a long time, looking for some popular entertainment for the civilians hiding here to pass the time.

It will take at least a month for the big river to recede from flooding.People had nothing to do when they took refuge here, and Erich suddenly thought of one thing—she could teach the artisans and civilians in front of her to use numbers.

In Egypt, the royal family, dignitaries and clergy monopolized the privilege of writing, and the middle and lower classes had no right to receive education.

The only exception is craftsmen. Craftsmen are those who design and build emperor's tombs and large-scale temple projects. They must understand a series of measurements and calculations related to construction, otherwise it is useless for the pharaoh to conscript more labor to repair the pyramids.

Therefore, among the group of civilians who entered the underground tomb, the craftsmen and some of their children had a certain understanding of counting and counting.

Hunsu is an example.What he demonstrated to Alicia was a cumulative counting method.

The decimal system has indeed started to be used, but each base needs to be represented by ten identical items or symbols repeatedly, which is complicated to identify and requires a lot of calculation.

Elyse decided to promote among this group of commoners, Arabic numerals invented by their neighbors, promoted by their neighbors.

The way to promote it is to teach them to play poker.

Paper was not yet invented in this era, but making playing cards was simple - using papyrus.

The usable part of papyrus is the outermost layer of fibers of the plant's thick stem, which is tough and elastic, but can be flattened and then cut into sheets of the same size.

Papyrus is the most frequently used material in the daily life of the Egyptians. The craftsman team took a lot with them even when they took refuge.

Now Karam and other craftsmen have helped Erich make several playing cards at her request.

The cards are all simplified, with only Arabic numerals from 1 to 13 drawn on the surface, plus four symbols representing the god of war, the god of craftsmen, the god of knowledge and wisdom, and the female pharaoh Nitocris.

The only purpose of teaching people how to play cards is to make people quickly recognize Arabic numerals, so there is only one kind of card game to play—comparison of big and small.

Erich intends to deliberately snub Ymir, so she finds a craftsman and makes a common six-sided dice, each side uses a number to represent a number.

People throw dice, draw cards in order, and then compare their size, but they don't realize it for a while, and those who can't compare their size need to tell jokes in public for people to have fun.

In the beginning, people listened to all kinds of bad jokes, and the laughter echoed in the halls of the catacombs every moment.These lame jokes effectively reduce the likelihood of any stressful aftereffects.

Gradually, some people began to find that the symbols written on the cards representing numbers were not so simple.

Kalam and Hunsu, father and son, each holding a handful of papyrus cards, sat opposite each other.

"I see, counting with these symbols is a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times more convenient than our usual reed stems, chicken breast bones and rope rings..."

Karam sighed.

Hansu casually placed a number of eleven thousand and one hundred in front of him, using a deck of cards specially given to him by Ailixi (containing the number zero).

Karam put down the poker in his hand, slapped his head, and said, "Kalam, Karam, how can you be so depraved, didn't you want to use the symbols taught by the princess for counting and calculation?"

The young Hansu sat opposite his father, nodded with satisfaction on his face.

Unexpectedly, Karam stood up and said, "Let me play cards for a while."

"I can't believe my luck is worse than yesterday—"

"Don't let them call me hapless Kalam—"

"Come on, Hunsu, let's go play cards—"