[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

"At the 'Holy Marriage' ceremony in the coming year, the young people favored by God will receive infinite blessings—"

"Greatest and most respected, holy goddess, please guide us and tell us where are the people with divine blessings!"

On a makeshift altar made of terracotta bricks, a high priest wearing a wooden mask and thick robes dyed blue with lapis lazuli dye raised his hands to the sky and chanted the hymns for prayer aloud .

The crowd was excited, and countless people rushed to raise their hands.

"My eldest daughter is very beautiful, and there is no more outstanding girl on the south bank of the Euphrates than her."

"My youngest son serves the goddess most devoutly. Every day before eating, he kneels down and prays to the goddess..."

Only a small group of people held empty fists when they raised their hands high.

Yinan followed Du to identify them one by one: the fat and fat Master Hamti, the thin as a silver willow branch and Ake... those people who had dealt with the priests earlier and promised benefits, were as expected by several The low-ranking priests were picked out one by one, and led their young children to crowd under the altar and came to the front of the crowd.

"Alas—" the people who were not selected sighed beside Yi Nan and Du.

"For those who have no chance to go to Uruk, please rest assured that God's blessing is everywhere. As long as you remain devout, you will always have the opportunity to visit Uruk in the future."

When Yinan heard this, he couldn't help but look back at Du.The young shepherd's lips were pursed tightly, his eyes were staring at the high priest and he was thinking.

Not only did she also recall what Du said last night: "What the witch says is what it is!"

These priests in front of them are the spokespersons of the goddess Inanna in name, but in fact, they instill their own will in the people, but in the name of gods-ordinary villagers are not aware of this.

"Children of God's Chosen, you will have the opportunity to enter Uruk, the city blessed by the goddess, to participate in the great ceremony of 'Holy Marriage' on the beautiful night of New Year's Day."

"But which one has the chance to become the sacred bridegroom chosen by the gods and win the favor of the goddess?" The high-ranking priest's eyes slowly swept across the faces of the people in front of the altar, and finally stopped at a certain place.

Du stuffed a dog's tail grass into his mouth, and whispered with a smile, "Master Ake's eldest son will definitely not be able to run away."

Yinan: Young people still don’t quite understand routines, and they haven’t heard of “Jie Hu”.

Sure enough, as soon as the candidate for the "Sacred Groom" of Tibila Village was announced, that silver willow-like master Ake, like everyone else, froze there, opened his mouth wide, and was unable to speak for a long time.

"No no no..."

Finally, Master Ake probably remembered the previous agreement with the three sheep, raised his hand tremblingly, and whispered, wanting to ask the priests if they made a mistake.

Unexpectedly, the high-ranking priest stretched out his hands and said coldly: "As for why you didn't become the chosen one, you have to reflect on whether you are not devout enough to the goddess."

The high-ranking priest stared sharply at Master Ake with sharp eyes.Finally, Ake opened his mouth wide, lowered his head, and retracted everything before he could say it.

Yi Nan almost extended his thumb. This high-ranking priest is well versed in the way of "magic stick" in later generations: any wish that is not fulfilled can be summed up in three words - "not sincere".

For a while, the drum sounded again in front of the altar, and the villagers chanted in unison.The young men and women who were selected to go to Uruk to participate in the New Year ceremony stepped onto the altar one after another.

The young man who was expected to become the "Sacred Groom" was solemnly ushered up to the altar and stood beside the high priest.To be honest, the young man was not bad looking, he was tall and had long legs, but it was a pity that he had some buck teeth, showing two huge incisors, hehe he smirked.

Although there will be another round of selection after the "Sacred Groom" goes to Uruk, there is such a candidate in the village—the villagers are a little dazed looking at his appearance.

"So not being selected means that you are not devout enough to God?" A clear female voice suddenly sounded from the crowd.

"Then I would like to ask you high priests, how did the sheep in the next village come to you?"

The crowd separated automatically, and Yi Nan, who was wearing a shepherd's robe, came out.

Her face is radiant, and even an old robe can hardly conceal her elegance.The villagers who gathered in front of the altar stared at Yi Nan dumbfounded, and there was probably only one thought in their minds:

Such a handsome young man can't be selected as the husband-in-law of the goddess, but that silly boy on the stage can?

Yi Nan didn't care about other people's reactions, and asked the extremely frustrated Ake in a loud voice: "Master Ake, you paid the price of three sheep, but your son only got one place to watch the ceremony. Do you feel a little bit disadvantaged?"

Ake was still immersed in frustration, and nodded casually upon hearing this.

There was an uproar underneath.It was the first time for those villagers whose families were not rich enough to bribe the priests to hear about it—they could even offer sacrifices in exchange for the opportunity to go to Uruk?

Yi Nan added another knife to Ake: "And others only paid the price of a sheep, and got the places to watch the ceremony for their children. Do you feel that you are even more deserving now?"

Ake let out an "ah", as if waking up from a dream, he turned his head and looked at the parents standing beside him.Thirty or so people looked at each other in dismay: So you too... so everyone...

Yinan walked up to the altar and came to the side of the high priest.The high priest's eyes were cold, peeking out from behind the mask, staring at her coldly.

"Think about it! You intended to be devout to Goddess Inanna, offering all kinds of sacrifices to her. But these sacrifices ended up in the pockets of the priests. Don't you think this is really right? Does the god express loyalty?"

Du joined in the fun at the bottom, huddled in the crowd and shouted: "Of course not!"

These words are like pouring a ladle of cold water on the head.Many villagers were surprised for a moment, and Ake and others in front of the altar also looked at each other, as if they felt that something was wrong.

"Young girl, you are standing here just because you were not selected as Inanna's substitute saint, so you have resentment?"

The high priest finally spoke.

His vision was very poisonous, and he could see right away that there was no protruding Adam's apple in Yinan's throat, his chest was full, his waist was slender...the whole body was full of female characteristics.

The high-ranking priest casually pointed out the fact that Yi Nan exposed just now as her grievance and slander, which is not worth listening to.

Yi Nan simply stretched out his hand and untied the long hair coiled behind her head, and the black hair fell like a waterfall.She stood on the altar, as if the real body of a god came to the world.The crowd suddenly let out a gasp.

"There's no resentment, I just feel wronged for Goddess Inanna - obviously her groom can have a better candidate." Inan said with a smile.

"Oh?" The priest's facial expression was covered by a mask, but no emotional fluctuations could be heard in the emphatic voice, which was quite confident and steady like "can you still go to heaven".

Immediately, Yi Nan stretched out his hand and pointed under the altar, and Du in the crowd——

"Even the shepherd in Bard's village is more qualified to be Inanna's bridegroom than this one on the stage."

"Me?" Du, who had been shrunk in the corner with a slightly cowardly temperament, was picked out by Yi Nan.

However, Du's appearance is very impressive. He has thick eyebrows, big eyes, and distinctive features. He is the kind who will never be buried in the crowd.

The villagers looked at Du and then at the buck-toothed youth on the stage, and they all secretly agreed in their hearts.

Unexpectedly, the high-ranking priest said lightly: "Don't make trouble!"

Yinan: ...?

It seems that this high-ranking priest has experienced battles for a long time. Faced with this kind of face-to-face questioning, he didn't panic at all, and he might even have a way to deal with it.

"How can you guess at will the goddess' mind?" The priest's voice was very feminine.

Yi Nan: "I'm actually..." She held back her words.

"How did you know, Goddess Inanna, that she would let this young, handsome, and great guy not be favored, and choose that ordinary-looking shepherd over there?" Seeing that she did not refute, the priest's tone suddenly Just a bit higher.

Yi Nan almost didn't laugh, she pointed at Du: You call this an ordinary appearance?

Most of the villagers rolled their eyes, already having their own thoughts and judgments in their hearts, and some even laughed out loud.It's just that they have always hindered the authority of the priests and dare not say more.

Yi Nan watched coldly, knowing that the authority of the priests would be compromised by today's farce of selecting candidates—and this was exactly her purpose: she just wanted to force the priests into a corner to see how they would go. What method is being used to make all the villagers bow their heads and obey their ears willingly.

Sure enough, the high-ranking priest quickly made a big move. He shook his arms back and slammed the corner of his robe back violently.

"Villagers of Bard and Tibila, you dare to let this ignorant and stupid girl talk nonsense here, slandering our great Harvest Goddess?"

"Do you still want a good harvest in the coming year?" The priest suddenly raised his voice and shouted.Even Yinan felt his ears buzzing.

The villagers gathered in front of the altar were so frightened that they all knelt down for a while.In front of the entire altar, only Yinan and Du stood out of the crowd.

"Have you forgotten that I asked this priest to go back to Uruk to worship the gods earlier? If you allow your disrespect to the goddess, you will only make your land more and more salty. Not only will you not be able to grow wheat, but you will even be able to grow barley in the future No!"

One sentence frightened all the villagers.Suddenly someone went to Radu desperately, asking him to kneel down with him.

Yi Nan opened his eyes wide and quickly digested the information he got from the priest:

The land is getting saltier? ——This is land salinization!

You can't grow wheat, you can only grow barley, which is also right, because barley is more salt-tolerant than wheat.

It is not at all a question of godliness or impiety, piousness or impiety—it is a question of science!

——Why didn't you say it earlier? !

Yinan's eyes immediately lit up with excitement: "Why do you need to go back to Uruk to worship the gods, sir? We will solve this problem today."

All the villagers were dumbfounded at this moment.

Even the priests on the stage were shocked—can this agricultural problem that has plagued the banks of the Euphrates River for many years really be solved today?

Yi Nan: Of course, I know this question, I know it too well!

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