[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

Ishtar's older sister, Miss Aligal, is ten years older than Ishtar, and she has only seen Ishtar when she was a child.

When she got married, her mother, Mrs. Xerxes, was still young, so naturally she couldn't talk about the issue of inheritance, and she married to Babylon early with the dowry given by her family.

Aligal married a Mushchenu, which was considered a cross-class marriage-the parents of the sisters were quite hesitant about this.

However, the Gugalana family has served the royal family for generations, and later Gugalana himself became an official hired by the royal family, and his social status and family wealth have increased significantly.This marriage has gradually become a good story in Miss Eligal's hometown.

Unexpectedly, ten years later, Aligal sent back a message saying: She is not actually married!

The old men of the farm and workshop: that's talking nonsense with open eyes!

The eldest lady's thoughts are clearly revealed:

In the past, when the production of the farm was scarce and the business of the workshop was bleak, the eldest lady was completely indifferent to the family;

Now the land condition of the farm has miraculously improved, and the business of the workshop is getting bigger and bigger, all the way to Babylon, but the eldest lady claims that she has never been married, and wants to take back all these properties under her own name.Didn't this suddenly stab the second lady in the back?

Everyone is aggrieved for Miss Ishtar, but Miss Ishtar is doing as usual, doing whatever she should.

A Pu followed behind the busy lady every day, and asked with a bitter face: "Miss, don't you worry at all?"

Yi Nan turned around and asked strangely, "Why do you seem to be more worried than me?"

Apu said: "Aunt said that the eldest lady has a bad temper. If she comes back to order Apu, Apu will be scolded and beaten every day."

Yinan thought: This may be the words of the nanny to scare Apu, but it can also be seen from the side, what kind of character Aligal has.

So Yinan asked her back: "But what's the use of worrying? No matter how worried you are, if my sister wants to come back, she still has to come back."

This sentence hit the real fear in Apu's heart, and the little girl grinned immediately, and cried out with a "wow".

Yi Nan had no choice but to coax: "I asked the ceremonial officer last time when he came. Regarding the ruling on the right of succession, Babylon will make a decision within a year after it files a complaint."

"My sister won't come back home in a short time, she is waiting for me to go to Babylon to compete with her."

Inan knew it well: Aligal should have been used to the bustling life in the big city of Babylon, and he was not used to living a simple and clean life near Uruk at all.

Judging from the situation relayed by the ceremonial officer, in a short period of time, this eldest sister will not go to Uruk to "declare sovereignty" with great trouble.

Therefore, she still has a little time to manage the farm and workshop well.

During this period of time, Yi Nan didn't care about it on the surface, but actually strengthened the ideological and technical education of the serfs on the farm.Serfs gradually began to consciously explore the relationship between land and crops, making "farming" a matter of thought.

In the workshop, Yinan repeatedly inspired the craftsmen to improve their technology and make the existing glass products better.

The housekeeper, Bo An, asked Yi Nan strangely: "Miss Ishtar, the more you... work hard to expand the family business, in case... it will be cheaper by then, Miss?"

Unexpectedly, Yinan shook his head and said with a smile: "The property dispute between me and my sister can't be involved in the management of the farm and workshop."

"Please give me a sentence for everyone: In the future, whether it is me or my sister who owns these industries-these industries are the homes you depend on for your livelihood. Better management of them means that your life will be better. Good. Your family, your neighbors... and even the entire Uruk region will benefit from this."

Yi Nan solemnly entrusts Bo An.

She has such ambitions:

She wants to start from her own farm and gradually influence the surrounding farms to make the land more productive and let people explore how to farm more efficiently.

She wants the glass workshop to flourish and form an industry in Uruk, so that the craftsmen who have been used to poverty and desertion in this area can restore their enthusiasm for handicrafts, drive the entire region, and restore the glory of the past.

"These industries are not so much mine as they are yours."

Bo An stared at Miss with wide eyes, unable to speak for a while.

In the end, he left with tears in his eyes, and murmured, "Miss, at a time like this... still considers everyone."

After Boan, the housekeeper of the farm, spread Miss Ishtar's words, the whole farm, workshop, and even the neighbors were shocked.

People have stood up and are willing to testify for Ishtar:

"When Miss Aligal got married, we all witnessed it with our own eyes."

"That's right. At that time, the workshop stopped all work and made a complete set of dowry jewelry for the lady. Even many of the old lady's jewelry were melted down and remade, and they were taken to Babylon for the lady."

Neither Valdu nor Amtu on the farm is qualified to testify for the marriage of the master; but the craftsmen in the workshop are all Averu and can testify.Even the neighbors said that if Ishtar is in need, just ask them, even if they are asked to go to Babylon, they will still help.

At this time, Yinan finally started to prepare for going to Babylon.

She first went to the tailor workshop in Uruk and ordered para suits of various colors and decorations.For these clothes, fabrics and matching jewelry, she had to order several additional wooden boxes made of high-quality pine wood.

Then she said in the workshop that she would choose two craftsmen to accompany her to Babylon and establish a "semicolon" of a glass workshop in Babylon.

Everyone knows that Miss Ishta's future in Babylon is uncertain, and the property that originally belonged to her may soon belong to someone else.

But out of righteous indignation among the craftsmen, everyone scrambled to accompany Miss Ishtar to Babylon.Maybe the workshop will really change hands in the end, but they also feel that it is the right choice to follow Miss Ishtar.

Yi Nan could only smile and waved to them: "Everyone, don't be too nervous, I really just want to build a small branch of a workshop in Babylon - specializing in pre-sales and after-sales."

Pre-sales and post-sales - what are these?The craftsmen all looked at each other in blank dismay.

In the end, Yinan made a decision and chose two young craftsmen with modest family backgrounds to follow her to Babylon.

Of these two craftsmen, one is good at blowing all kinds of glassware, and the other is good at making all kinds of metal jewelry, and now they are gradually becoming useless.Yinan took him with him and went to Babylon together.

The housekeeper Bo'an and his wife, the maid Apu, and some menial laborers Waldu and Amotu were also there.

What they carried with them was about [-] shekels of silver, in addition to the clothes and jewelry that Inan brought, some tools and materials.

According to Boan, the group of them went on the road like this, like a piece of delicious barbecue being ostentatiously passed through the market on a fork-this era is generally considered peaceful, but taking so much property on the road will always attract people's envy.

In the end, the middleman Abu found a solution for them: a big merchant in Babylon ordered a large number of glass cups from the workshop.Because this kind of goods is precious and fragile, the merchant sent a large number of Valdu to Uruk to pick up the goods and personally escorted them.

Through Abu's matchmaking, Yinan and his party were finally able to travel with the caravan. Even if there were small groups of thieves infested along the way, seeing how many of them were in such a big battle, they didn't dare to attack them.

Because glass products are fragile, the caravan walked extremely slowly on the road, and it took nearly 20 days to reach the outside of Babylon.

"Miss, look, the walls of Babylon are ahead."

Bo An stretched out his hand to point out Yi Nan, but Apu, the little maid behind Yi Nan, yelled "Wow" first, and the envy was beyond words.

Inan was also quite shocked - in the last era, the city of Uruk built by Gilgamesh with tens of thousands of people in the whole basin has been hailed as the "Mother of Ten Thousand Cities" by later generations.

And the Babylonian city in front of him was several times larger than the original Uruk.

The city was surrounded by a wall two or three times higher than the original walls of Uruk.Its building materials are no longer pottery bricks, but tall and solid granite—the city builders hewed rocks from other places, transported them for thousands of miles, and then exhausted their efforts to build such a majestic city wall.

And there are at least ten gates on the city wall, effectively connecting the inside of the city with the outside of the city.There was an endless stream of people coming in and out of the city gate.

Outside the city of Babylon, row upon row of houses are being built one by one, and a small market is taking shape—Yinan knows that this is the “spillover” effect of the urban population: Not only has Babylon developed into a prosperous metropolis, but the population here It is also extending outside the city.

Buying land here, buying a house - should be a very good choice.

Babylon, here I come!

Yi Nan said silently in his heart.

In front of the city gate, Yinan thanked the merchant who escorted her all the way here.The businessman introduced her to a pretty good hotel in the city, and the two teams parted ways.

Yinan and the others entered the city along with the people coming and going.

Apu, who had never left Uruk for half a step before, felt that his eyes could not be used anymore.For the first time in her life she had seen so many people in the street, and so many interesting shops.

Vendors are hawking, people are standing in front of the shop bargaining, mules are barking beside their owners...the ears are full of noise, and people have to get closer and even shout loudly——Apu felt this for the first time in his life With the charm of "prosperity", she finally understood why the eldest lady chose to marry to Babylon instead of staying in her hometown and marrying Avelu who was of comparable family status.

But Yinan is the scenery in the eyes of everyone on this street.

She sat upright in the carriage.Her car can only move slowly because the road is not smooth, which gives people a chance to admire her beauty.

"What an exotic beauty!" Someone exclaimed loudly.

"What exotic style, she is wearing a palla dress, she is from our Kingdom of Babylon."

In today's Babylonian Kingdom, the Sumerians and Akkadians live together, and they no longer distinguish each other as they did 1000 years ago.

"But why, the clothes on her body are obviously not the most fashionable, but they are so beautiful - so beautiful that I can't move my eyes..."

"That's right, the jewelry she wears is not popular in the city... Hey, hey, what is the most popular in the city, compared with what this girl is wearing, everything must be compared."

Indeed, there are too many people who can't look away.Some people even bumped into others while walking and apologized repeatedly.

Gradually, more and more pedestrians gathered in front of the carriage, making it almost difficult for Yinan's convoy to move forward.People competed to watch and watched, and some even "come here for fame", which directly caused traffic jams and blocked a fairly spacious street.

Yi Nan stood up slowly and smiled at the person in front of him.

Many pedestrians who stopped in front of the car, saw Yi Nan's smile, and they all gave her friendly smiles as if they were possessed by a demon.

"Can I trouble everyone to make way for you?" Yinan asked, "It's my first day in Babylon, and now I really want to find a hotel to rest."

It's strange to say that just after she finished her sentence, someone turned around and repeated what Yi Nan said to the people behind her: "Can I trouble everyone to make way... "

More and more people turned around and told the story. At the other end of the street, people finally started to move, retreating to both sides, making way for vehicles to pass.

"thanks, thanks……"

As the carriage moved forward, Yinan kept nodding to the people around him.Passers-by seemed to have lost their souls, and murmured: "You're welcome, you're welcome..."

They didn't do anything to get the sincere gratitude of such a beautiful girl.It's really...

After Yinan was behind, Apu didn't notice anything, just smirked at the biggest "crowd" she had ever seen in her life.Bo An, who had been to Babylon several times, sighed in his heart: Now he finally sees what it means to "upside down sentient beings".

Miss Yuan had always been very low-key when she was in Uruk, and she didn't even take off her veil until she was 16 years old.

But this time when she came to Babylon, the young lady changed her usual behavior and made a high profile.Why?

Finally, the vehicle passed through the crowded street and arrived at the hotel recommended by the businessman.

The hotel owner had already received the news, so he came out to greet Yi Nan and his party with a nod and bow, and waved to the staff to help them arrange their luggage and vehicles.

Apu went to support Yi Nan, and carefully helped her get off the carriage.

When getting off the car, Yinan naturally showed her flawless shoulders and beautiful back to the people who were blocking the outside of the hotel, as well as her beautiful long legs protruding from the skirt.

There was a sound of breathing outside the hotel.

After settling down, Yinan called Boan: "Go and ask Abu, is there any shop in this city that is famous for making Pala clothes? Don't buy."

"In addition, tell them the addresses of the workshops and tailors in Uruk that produce clothing materials, and let them know that there are still stocks there, so they can go to order. That will be their best source of goods."

Boan suddenly realized: it turned out that Miss Ishta came to the city with such a high profile, and she turned out to sell palla dresses and drive the trend of palla dresses in the city of Babylon.The textile industry in Uruk has been silent for a long time. If there are merchants from Babylon who come to buy goods, it will definitely save their business.

Miss Ishtar, with so many clothes and jewelry, it is not a vanity at all.She is taking practical actions to fulfill her promise.

In the evening, most of the clothes that Yi Nan carried with him and the newly bought para suits were sold out——

As for the tailors and garment workshops in the city, perhaps they are still ignorant until now: anyway, within half a day, the orders they received for para suits piled up like a hill.

Fortunately, the rich family from Uruk brought surplus ready-made clothes and materials to meet their urgent needs, and even recommended Uruk suppliers to them.

Seeing that the enthusiasm of the Babylonians for this kind of bold and passionate clothing suddenly rose, this fire will not only affect the workshops and shops in the royal city, but also benefit people as far away as Uruk.

But after the day passed, Inan didn't think about clothes anymore: she had done what she could, and the workshops in Uruk had to do the rest.

In the hotel room, she sat cross-legged on the bed, dipped her fingers in a little tea, while listening to Bo An's words, she drew with her fingers on the coffee table in front of her.

Boan inquired for her about real estate prices in and outside the city.

The loyal Valdu did not expect that when Miss Ishtar arrived in Babylon, instead of going to see her sister Miss Aligal, she was looking forward to buying a house and land.

"Miss Ishta, I just want to remind you that if Miss Aligal wins the property dispute, the land and real estate you bought now will all be transferred to the eldest lady's name." Boan Kindly "persuade" my young lady.

If Aligal finally wins the right to inherit, then all the movable and real property under the name of Ishtar will be transferred to Aligal.The real estate and land that Ishtar bought now is equivalent to buying for Aligar.

It's better to keep all the money and find a proper person to keep it, and wait until this "property dispute" turmoil is over.

Yi Nan smiled: "It doesn't matter, even if these properties are transferred to Aligar, they will still be managed by you, and they will become your livelihood, so that you will have no worries about food and clothing."

When she said this, Boan's heart immediately became turbulent: It turns out that the lady is still so selfless, and everything is for their humble Waldu and Amtu... In contrast, Miss Aligal is simply Cold-blooded and ruthless, disrespecting relatives - the gap between people is really too big.

As a Valdu, he would rather be a serf for Miss Ishtar for generations than serve Miss Aligal.

The veteran housekeeper couldn't help but secretly lowered his head, wiped away the tears that oozed from the corners of his eyes, and then tried to smile and said to Miss Ishta: "Then let me tell you about the various properties and fields in Babylon. The local market..."

On the third day in Babylon, Yinan made a decision and bought two properties in Babylon.

One is a small farm outside the city of Babylon. The land available for cultivation is only more than 20 mu, which is still wasteland.But Yinan thought that if vegetables and fruits for Babylon could be grown here in the future, it should be a good base.

The other property is located in the best downtown area in the city of Babylon - a shop in the front and a house in the back. The front is a small workshop that can double as a shop, and the back is a spacious house.

The workshop used to be related to the pottery business, so pottery kilns and chimneys are all available.

The house is not big, but the layout is very detailed, which naturally distinguishes the meeting area for business, the accounting room, and the owner's private house, rest area and reception courtyard, etc.

Such a property is very suitable for Yinan, but it is also expensive because of the good location.Of the silver that Inan brought, about [-] shekels of silver were spent on this property.

On this day, Yinan, accompanied by the Bo'an couple, Apu, Abu and two craftsmen, went to the newly purchased property to sign a contract, pay the purchase price, and roughly planned the use of the new property.

After that, the group returned to the hotel where they were temporarily staying-soon they could return the hotel house and move to the newly purchased house.

Back at the inn, Yinan still did not forget to explain her vision for the new store to the craftsmen: "We set up the kiln for firing pottery, and you can burn glassware in front of customers, and you can also blow glass." . . . " She pointed to the young craftsman whose glass was burning well.

"And you can set up a small table at the door of the shop to repair the slightly damaged glassware... Yes, it is repair. I think the ones you repaired in our workshop are very good..." Yi Nan pointed to the other Jin A fairly good craftsman in silver workmanship.

This is the "pre-sale" and "after-sale" she wants to do, so that customers can see the magic of blown glass with their own eyes, and slightly damaged glassware can be repaired in the shop.As for glass fragments that are broken beyond repair, you can also consider recycling them for reuse.

While she was speaking, the car she was riding in had already returned to the hotel.

Apu helped her out of the car—it just so happened that she was still wearing a gorgeous and hot Pala outfit today.When she got off the car, her jade arms, beautiful back, and slender legs were all openly exposed to the air.

Just at this time, a black robe came out of the hotel and happened to have a face-to-face meeting with the group of them.

The eyes of the black robe quickly slipped over Yi Nan's snow-white shoulders, small waist and long legs, and finally fell back on Yi Nan's bright and charming face.

"Master Herod, long time no see!"

Inan greeted him cheerfully, with a smile on his face all the time, completely ignoring Herod's gloomy expression.

As early as when the two first met in Uruk, Herod reminded Inan: "Babylon is not suitable for you."

But now Yi Nan has not only come to Babylon, she has also come in such a high-profile manner—she has a little flaunting in the city, which has aroused the whole city's desire for "para clothes".

Knowing that her property was in crisis, after she arrived in Babylon, she went about disposing of properties as usual, buying fields and shops, for fear that the little property under her name would not be remembered.

Herod stared at the woman's unbelievably beautiful face with a tense face, and there was anger in his eyes, a small cluster, beating faintly——

Either because the woman did not heed his advice at all, and came to Babylon on her own;

Either it was because of the woman in front of him, who clearly had the appearance and figure that even he was amazed by, but she decided to come to Babylon, so that the whole city... all saw her and fell in love with her.

For this he felt angry.