Great time travel

Chapter 5, Memphis' worries

Capital of Upper Egypt, Thebes
After a half-day of turmoil, in the afternoon of this day, at least on the surface, the city of Thebes has calmed down a little from the panic of the "outsider visitor".But no matter in the streets, taverns, markets, or courtyards of mansions, everyone involuntarily looked up at the huge airship suspended above the palace, whispered in surprise or worry, and exchanged views and feelings with each other.

——There is the joy of the coming of the "man of God", but also the fear of the unknown, and even more worry about the unpredictable future.

At least, in the heart of the aged Prime Minister Imhodb, there is definitely more worry than joy, more boredom than excitement at this time.Especially after the grand welcome ceremony that he carefully planned and prepared for many days, as well as the scheduled schedule for receiving foreign envoys later, all were completely ruined because of this.

"... Sigh, it's really an incredible colossus, it simply oppresses all living beings..."

Standing in the wide courtyard paved with boulders, Prime Minister Imhodb squinted his eyes and looked up at the huge silver airship above his head, whispering in a low voice.

As an old minister who has served several generations of kings, he has already passed the age of being curious and excited about new things. He only hopes that this world will continue to remain the same, so that the years can pass peacefully to the end of his life... just recently. In the past few years, all kinds of unimaginable things happened to the land of Egypt one after another, which tortured his old and decayed heart, and it might stop beating one day.

——The sudden assassination of His Majesty the former king, the estrangement between the new king Memphis and the siblings of Queen Isis, the arrival of the Daughter of the Nile, one after another hastily prepared chaotic expeditions... Although many brilliant victories were won , let Egypt once again establish a prestige to the outside world, but it also consumed a lot of national savings, and failed to manage the occupied areas well. The country's balance of payments was barely balanced at best...

King Memphis is showing off his power at the border and overseas, and he does not hesitate to launch expeditions again and again in order to save Kyrol, but Prime Minister Imhodb in the rear has to rack his brains to raise weapons, food supplies and transport fleets, which is a headache... …After the Daughter of the Nile came back with great difficulty, the continuous military conflicts came to an end for the time being. Imhodb thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, such an unbelievable and strange thing happened again!

Fortunately, the attitude of these extraterrestrial visitors seems to be quite friendly, and the Daughter of the Nile River also had a good talk with them. If they can use their supernatural powers to benefit this country, maybe this matter will be beneficial to Egypt, and it may not be harmful... old man Thinking like this, he stepped into the palace at the same time.

When Prime Minister Imhodb was ordered to meet with him, King Memphis of Egypt was lazily leaning on a soft couch covered with fur, squinting and playing with an all-steel folding knife just presented by the traversers—as long as it is There are very few men who don’t like weapons, no matter ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign, so when the dazzling array of “tributes” were displayed in front of them, Memphis fell in love with this shiny silver stainless steel knife at first sight.

For the time traveler in the 21st century, this stainless steel knife is just a common commodity that can be seen everywhere in supermarkets.There is neither hollow carving nor painted decoration. At best, it is a daily necessities with better steel, smoother polishing, and good practicability.

But in the eyes of the ancient Egyptians who had just acquired iron smelting, this was an incredible magic weapon.

——King Memphis silently played with this small knife made of unknown material, looked at the small mechanism of folding blade, and fell into deep thinking: on this exquisite dagger, there is nothing There are traces of manual polishing, but whether it is the blade that is stronger than iron but without any rust, the blade is so sharp that it blows the blade, or the handle with a moderate curvature that makes it easy to hold, all are exquisite. Beyond anyone's imagination, this small and exquisite dagger has excellent piercing ability... This is definitely the weapon that all men dream of!
Compared with it, Memphis's cherished iron saber is extremely crude: it is a Hittite iron sword captured from the Eastern battlefield, which originally belonged to a captured Hittite nobleman ——As the pioneer of the Iron Age, the Hittite Kingdom was the first to smelt iron, and its iron and iron smelting technology far surpassed other countries.But even this high-quality iron sword, forged by the most experienced craftsmen of the Hittite Empire with the best iron ore in the most suitable season, is definitely not as good as the ingenious god in his hand now. One ten thousandth of a weapon.

Hey, if you can have a lot of technology to forge such weapons, you can say that you can conquer the world just around the corner.

No, in fact, they can conquer any city in the world just by relying on the huge and majestic spaceship above their heads.

King Memphis rarely calmed down his mind dazzled by love, so he thought, and at the same time greeted casually, "... Imhodb, it's you! These guys in the sky just sent The presents here look pretty good, you can just pick a few of them you like!"

Prime Minister Imhodb looked down, and found that the palace was full of gifts just presented by those extraterrestrial visitors - crystal clear glassware, brightly colored chemical fiber cloth, all kinds of cheap small jewelry, and gorgeous Gorgeous porcelain and metal crafts... The above-mentioned goods were all looted from the supermarkets and private houses in the main city. Although most of them were stuffed into the [automatic pawn machine] by Doraemon to exchange money to pay off debts, a small part were also stolen by Wang. Qiu and the others withheld it, and now they just took it out to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, so that the ancient Egyptians would be open-minded.

The old prime minister bent down unceremoniously and picked up a blue-and-white porcelain tray from the ground, which was warm and moist like jade, with plain muscles and bones. Then he flicked his fingers on the edge of the plate, only to hear the voiceless voice, and immediately couldn't help but admire, "...it is indeed a rare treasure! What a beautiful pattern! What a smooth touch! Look at this thing. It looks like it exudes the luster of gemstones, and when touched, it feels more like touching the skin of a 12-year-old virgin..."

"...There are more beautiful ones, Imhodb. Give this to you too!" King Memphis smiled and handed over a metal craft.

At first glance, this thing looks like a branch with leaves and flowers, and each branch and leaf has a lifelike appearance and exquisite and detailed texture.However, it exudes a kind of inanimate and desolate luster. Looking carefully, this flower branch is actually made of some unknown light metal, shining with colorful luster such as gold, silver, green, and violet.In addition, each leaf and each flower is inlaid with sparkling zircons, pearls and various stained glass, making the whole artificial flower branch linger in an indescribably gorgeous halo .

"...My king! Thank you for your generosity! This is really an amazing and peerless treasure. Before I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn't believe that there is such a beautiful thing in this world. .But, although they claim to be here for peace and friendship..."

After a long time, Imhodb put down the exquisite and gorgeous metal flower branch handicraft, and sighed solemnly, "... But, my king! I don't know if you have thought about it, but there is no gift for no reason in this world. Since they offer you such a generous gift, they will definitely ask for something."

"...Of course I understand this. Imhodb." Memphis rubbed his forehead in distress, "...they are here to take Kyrol away! I will never do such a thing Promise! No matter what kind of force it is, it won't be able to separate me from Kyroll!"

"...That's not true, Her Royal Highness is currently entertaining them... How should I put it? They are not from the same place as Her Royal Highness, and they have no intention of taking the daughter of the Nile away, but Her Royal Highness seems to understand where they are from, and thinks They have absolutely no malice..."

——Because of the vast difference in basic concepts and ways of thinking, the initial negotiation between the travelers and Prime Minister Imhodb was almost a chicken-and-duck discussion.So, looking anxiously, Kyroll simply drove away the old minister, and communicated directly with the traversers.

"...During the conversation just now, they said a lot of things to the concubine that the old minister couldn't understand, but their attitude was still polite."

Prime Minister Imhodb hesitated for a moment, then replied, "...In the end, they seem to intend to settle near Egypt..."

Hearing this news, King Memphis, who had regained his rational thinking as a statesman, couldn't help showing a tangled expression.

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At the same time, in another palace of Thebes Palace, there was a happy atmosphere.

Sitting cross-legged in the shady boulder palace, wearing a clean and comfortable white silk shirt, listening to the American country rock music played on the tape recorder, and drinking a can of Coca-Cola that she hasn't tasted for a long time, Miss Carroll seems to be in a very good mood.

"...Hi'er—wow! Have fun! Ever since I came to ancient Egypt, I have never drank Coke like this!"

Regardless of repeated warnings and dissuasions from her confidant lady Tasha, this blond-haired, blue-eyed American chick rarely relaxed herself in front of Wang Qiu and the others, sipping Coke with her legs crossed without manners, and gnawed some ketchup by the way. French fries, fully enjoy this long-lost experience on the taste buds.

Well, no matter how doubts and worries the ancient Egyptian dignitaries such as King Memphis and Prime Minister Imhodb have about these extraterrestrial visitors, in the heart of the innocent and kind-hearted Kyrol, there is only the joy of "meeting an old friend in a foreign land" , and the excitement of enjoying all kinds of modern goods again.

——Although strictly speaking, the two parties are not from the same era, or even people from the same world, there is also a considerable gap in their thinking.But this is not very important. What is important is that they at least have similar values ​​and worldviews to Kyroll, and can understand some of Kyroll's thoughts and feelings...but this is something that the ancients could not do anyway.

Let me ask, what is the most unacceptable thing for a modern person to travel back to the distant past without any preparation?
For the pampered Princess Carol, food is obviously not the biggest problem. Although the food in ancient Egypt is far less colorful than that of later generations, there are no popcorn and potato chips, but the table in the Egyptian palace is full of delicacies from mountains and seas. There is never a shortage of fresh fruit and honey juices.Even when she was in trouble several times, with her honorable status as the daughter of the Nile River, at least she could still fill her belly.

As for the clothes, it is not a problem. In this hot place all year round, even if you are naked, you will not freeze your body.Many poor Egyptians spend their entire lives naked.Cloth and clothing, in this place, are largely adornments rather than necessities.What's more, unlike ordinary girls, Carol, who has archeology as his greatest hobby, is not so keen on beautiful clothes.

There are also other shortages of daily necessities, for ordinary people, of course, they can only suffer.But for the rich and powerful families, there are many alternatives—there is no electric fan, so let the maid shake a long-handled fan to fan the wind all night; there is no running water, and the slaves prepare the warm water bath properly; There is no radio, but there are all kinds of bands and jugglers, ready to entertain Her Royal Highness with performances at any time.

In fact, in this distant time and space, the most difficult thing for Carol to adapt to is the spiritual loneliness and loneliness.

Although she understands the language of the ancient Egyptian world, she can communicate with people in this world without hindrance, and she has also won the love of the noble Egyptian king, has a huge reputation and the title of "God's Daughter", and is called "God's Daughter" from the perspective of love and career. Have a double harvest.However, the generation gap spanning several centuries, as well as the vast difference in consciousness and knowledge structure, still make her always hold a lot of things in her heart, and she doesn't know who to confide in.

——In this world, as a literary girl, Carol is actually very lonely. Although she was moved by the love of Memphis and finally chose to stay, it is not that she has not recalled the familiar twenties. The modern world of the century: After all, no matter how strong, deep, and fiery love is, if there is a difference in values ​​between the two parties, there will always be some subtle regrets.

You know, from the heart and mind, in this world, Carol is always alone and has nowhere to talk.

For example, if she told Memphis not to hack and kill slaves at will, Memphis might smile and send away those lowly ants, but it was just to make Kyroll happy, and she didn't really agree with her so-called "everyone Equality, all life is precious" super-epochal concept.

For another example, in the face of the regular flooding of the Nile, Kyrol can tell Memphis the geographical and climatic factors behind it, but Memphis will neither believe nor understand. Most of the time, he treats her as a Children are generally perfunctory, although this does not affect their deep love.

Therefore, after confirming that Wang Qiu and the others were not hostile, a burst of indescribable joy gripped her heart tightly.After Wang Qiu and the others presented gifts such as Coke, French fries, and silk clothes prepared in advance in order to please the daughter of the Nile, Kyroll felt even happier.

On the other hand, Wang Qiu, Ma Tong, Doraemon, and Nan Lixiang were also surprised to find that Carol calmly accepted the "future history" about global nuclear wars and the end of the world, but with a slight twist. Just a sigh, no hysterical surprise at all.

"...That is to say, the two of you guests from China, as well as this strange Mr. Robot, come from a future parallel world where the Cold War ended peacefully and nuclear wars never broke out again. And in Japan, In another parallel world where the refugees came from, a global nuclear war broke out after all, and the entire civilized world was destroyed because of it? Hey, how should I put it? What a cruel fate!"

——As an American girl living at the peak of the Cold War, Carroll can be said to have lived under the constant fear of nuclear weapons since birth.In American campuses at that time, there were even special education courses on nuclear warfare and three defenses. The whole society, from top to bottom, was always worried that the world would disappear overnight in the flash of a nuclear explosion... So, when Nan Lixiang told After the world was destroyed by zombie virus and global nuclear war in the 21st century, the reaction in Kyroll's mind was "ah, this damn thing finally happened", not "unbelievable! How is this possible?!"

In this regard, I have to once again admire Miss Carroll's extraordinary toughness in terms of psychological endurance.

However, when the topic went further into the resettlement of refugees from another world, the atmosphere of the conversation became less relaxed and pleasant.