Chapter 1712 Chapter 1788 Hunting Plan

Chapter 1712 Chapter 1708 Hunting Plan

Cuneiform characters are complex and varied. This complex primitive writing system was invented shortly after the invention of pottery. As a trading voucher pressed on small clay tablets and engraved on stones with a sharpened reed pen, this hieroglyphic writing gradually became fixed and standardized in the 31st century BC, and was simplified and abstracted in the Assyrian period (1000 BC). The characters taught in Eridu today are abstract characters, which are easy to write on clay tablets and wax tablets, and are also easy to standardize and identify.

As the emperor's nominal high priest, Miller issued standardized cuneiform, which is his main work now and in the future. In the name of the Temple of the God of Wisdom and the emperor, this relatively advanced and convenient writing system was taught in the school established by the emperor and accepted by the residents of the city. Any citizen of the right age and school students in Eridu can learn it. For students who want to become scribes and other professions, it is not enough to just learn to write. They not only have to learn how to sharpen reeds and beat clay to make clay tablets, but also learn to calculate.

As an ideographic script developed from a trading voucher, the cuneiform script's expression of numbers is completely different from the Arabic numeral system. However, since the decimal and sexagesimal mathematical expressions of cuneiform are too cumbersome and easy, and are not compatible with the binary equipment brought by the emperor, Miller, as the high priest, must also teach the selected students to learn the Arabic mathematical system and advanced mathematics. The knowledge that the emperor allowed students to learn in this era made anyone willing to pay any price to learn, including every merchant in Eridu. Without precise mathematics, merchants could not calculate profits and expected prices, and the temple could not collect taxes from merchants.

"The plan will be carried out by mortals, and the plans of the gods of the Sea of ​​Souls will also be carried out by mortals. Neither I nor they can afford the cost of direct confrontation. This is a Mexican confrontation. There is no way for either party to withdraw safely, and the confrontation will continue forever." The emperor said, "For humans in this era, the best result is MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction). "Destruction), such a thing means safety. This may be the best result that the gods of the Veil can accept, but it is not mine. "

"Do you know the original intention of the establishment of the Knights of the Round Table, child?" said the Supreme Mage, "It is to clear the remaining monsters of the Age of Gods on the two islands of England and Ireland. The expulsion of the Germans is just a byproduct of the Knights of the Round Table. You have studied real history, and you should know that the Second Coming represents the end of the era when the gods walked on the earth, but not all gods have accepted their fate. This is a dangerous era. The power of the old days still lingers in this world, and some real gods are still powerful. Your school and the way you spread civilization have attracted the attention of some old gods. Human civilization is expelling the civilization of the Age of Gods. The knowledge you teach and every stroke you write represent the process of the Age of Gods heading towards destruction, which will make all the old gods alert. "

The Supreme Mage stopped talking about this topic. As early as in the history course, the emperor already knew all the facts that should be known. The Supreme Mage was a little gloating. The emperor had no idea why his teacher had such emotions. It seemed that after losing his physical body and heavy burdens, the Supreme Mage became more cheerful. As a powerful soul wandering in the sea of ​​souls, it is indeed unnecessary to worry about any trivial matters in the material plane, which makes people happy.

"But I believe that when the god finds you, your maid will not have to train female officials for you."

"Training those girls is just to give Dinah something to do, otherwise she will express dissatisfaction with everything in this era."

"This is your idea, not hers. Fourteen years old in this era is the age for marriage. Your little maid has accepted this reality. She can't find a virgin over twenty years old in Eridu... You lost your sense of humor after entering the working state, my child. You have accepted the identity of an immortal. If you don't find interesting things for yourself, a long life will bring you to the brink of collapse."

"I don't think there is anything wrong with this."

"This is because you haven't experienced the first thousand years of your long life. How long did you stay in the era of Agamotto five hundred thousand years ago, five hundred years?" The Supreme Mage tapped the tablet in the emperor's hand, "Why not keep an expectation and don't think about what role you might become in history. You need to adapt to your life, my child."

The emperor decided not to refute. The Supreme Mage is his teacher and relative. As a human who has experienced a long life, the Supreme Mage is indeed qualified to teach him in this regard. He really doesn't know how to spend a long life, especially since his plan needs to be split and piloted, which means that he has to stay in this era until the feasibility of all the plans in the plan is verified. This is the result of a discussion between Him and Regent Victor von Doom. Only He has the time and ability to avoid the gaze behind the curtain to verify the feasibility of the plan.

"That deity has been wandering around Eridu for a long time. She has been observing you and your guards. Your defense of this city is too strong. After seeing your power, she will definitely not take the initiative to take a hostile attitude. Moreover, you are called Enki by the humans in this city. Perhaps she sees you as the same kind. Do you plan to talk to her?"

"I don't have time for such trivial matters, nor am I interested in talking to the old gods who are destined to die. This is not in my plan." The emperor frowned, "As long as the old gods don't actively interfere, she won't be my enemy."

"You have come to this era and should adapt to the way this era works, instead of just focusing on your own tasks. Humanity will not be destroyed because of your one-day relaxation, at least not now." The Supreme Mage shook his head, "The old gods may not all die, such as Athena and Bast, although the humans of this era can only worship those illusory reflections from the collective memory before the birth of civilization. But as long as you remember Athena, she will not disappear; as long as Wakanda exists, Bast will not die. So why not make an offer and talk to potential allies, maybe you will have unexpected gains. I believe there are still many remnants behind the curtain in this era, and those things are not pleasant, right? "

"You don't need to use this tone to trick me into swallowing the potion, teacher, my age is in the three digits."

"When you were only in the single digits, you always looked crazy during non-working hours, and made Mordo stupid, otherwise why would I trick you into taking the medicine?"

The Supreme Sorcerer talked a lot with the Emperor, including the arrangements made by the Emperor before the time jump.

Although he completed the great magic and traveled in the vast sea in the form of a soul, the Supreme Sorcerer was not omniscient and omnipotent. Many of the preparations before the Emperor's departure were carried out in a top-secret environment to isolate the eyes behind the curtain as much as possible. No one except the person involved could know the whole picture. Now the Supreme Sorcerer can only find this era smoothly through the connection with the Emperor through the Holy Sword-the Holy Sword is the self-forged defense weapon of this planet, and it is a true star-destroying weapon. As the two former and current Holy Sword Masters, the connection between the Supreme Mage and the Emperor is not limited to teaching and imparting knowledge. Without this metaphysical connection and the precise coordinates of time and space, it is impossible to see the Emperor. This is why the Emperor is not being watched by the eyes behind the curtain now. If you want to find Him, you must dismantle every Planck time to find Him. One second more or one second less will cause the observer and the Emperor to be in two different parallel time and space.

"I have to thank the gift of the Father of the Gods." The Emperor stroked the golden armband on his right arm. Every day this armband provides him with a steady stream of gold, which he uses to recruit craftsmen, buy land, and build centralized workshops. He stood up and pressed the tablet screen with his fingers. There were still slight burns on his fingers from blowing glass. In this era, He must make all experimental instruments by hand. The Supreme Mage did not ask questions out of concern for responsibility, but because he was bored. The Supreme Mage's duties have ended. As a spirit far away from the material plane, the Supreme Mage's relationship with the material plane is only with the emperor.

"But I have decided on the relationship between humans and the Aesir. When Bauer decided to lead the group of humans with higher levels of evolution away from Earth, Agamotto and Bauer made their choice. Agamotto's choice is also my choice. The Aesir are not the masters of humans or Earth. Since they have chosen to leave Earth and enjoy a long life, there is no reason to pollute the human gene pool."

"You killed Professor Randolph, the berserker who came to Earth and fell in love with humans?"

"Fire the melta cannon and make sure no biological information is left." The emperor said, "There are more important issues now, teacher. Not all enemies come from behind the curtain. The spirits wandering among the stars told me that the Kree are coming, and their war with the Skrulls is quite fierce. They are looking for slaves and soldiers. My imperial guards have found witnesses of the Kree headhunters, and their research team is approaching Earth."

"What are you going to do? You should know that if you stop this, the Hydra will not be born."

An eagle stood on the window sill, and a huge flapping sound came from the window. It flapped its wings, and its eyes were wrapped in the dazzling light of lightning. The emperor had the same light in his eyes. The eagle took one last look at the palace, then leaped down and flew into the sky with the moist hot wind rising from the wet plain.

"The Kree will abandon this biochemical project, and the expected benefits of this project will far exceed the initial investment." The emperor said, "I am interested in a hunt, just recently. The prey is not the Kree, but the experimental equipment. I believe the Kree will generously provide the prey. I am also very happy to know what progress the Kree has made in studying the genetic experiments of the human species and the Celestials."

Dinah turned her head.

She watched with satisfaction as the huge dyed thin linen hanging in front of the window slowly floated in the breeze, and the sunlight shone on the white wool layered tassel robe embroidered with gold edges after complex bleaching and processing, and the emperor's golden armband. The gold and gems presented by the merchants were forged by the furnace of the Guardian Order to become earrings and pendants that highlight the emperor's status. As long as the emperor is here, she can feel pride and attachment from the bottom of her heart. No one in the world can be closer to the emperor than her. She saw that the crystal wine glass that was originally filled with ruby-red wine was now empty, with only a thin layer of wine hanging on the wall of the glass. This discovery made her alert. The girl holding the wine glass also noticed this situation, and she immediately showed a look of fear.

"It doesn't matter, don't blame her." The emperor looked at the girls on both sides of the throne stairs with complicated eyes, "I just don't want people to know."

In this era, regardless of men or women, most people living in cities wear a wrap-around skirt called Kaunake. Women's Kaunake is worn cross-body on the shoulders, but the basic styles are not much different. The layers of this kind of clothing are the earliest tasseled clothing in the world. Some Kaunake made of linen are so thin and thin, and the precision textile technology is far beyond that of later generations. It is difficult to imagine that it is a human handicraft. Their skin, smeared with spices and ointments, was soft, fair, sweet and fragrant, and they also had exquisite gold tiaras, necklaces and rings in the shape of leaves and flowers. This was a fashion that only appeared in the Babylonian period, and craftsmen throughout Eridu Precious metal jewelry is still being made for the temple, as is lapis blue eyeliner in shells, which costs far more than its weight in gold.

There's no doubt that everything these girls need requires a lot of labor.

In this era of lack of productivity, they are undoubtedly aristocrats. Those families who were willing to sell beautiful girls to Dinah meant that they would get rid of their original social status and become aristocrats. Lack of productivity did not mean complete backwardness. In this era, the prototype of glass and a relatively accurate astronomical calendar had already appeared. There are concepts of medicine and prevention of infectious diseases that are even more advanced than those in the Middle Ages. That said, the streets of Eridu are much cleaner than those of fourteenth-century London - and they're obviously not all girls who can pick up chainswords and put on power armor and go into battle. According to the original idea, some of them should become the city's obstetricians and gynecologists, veterinarians and herbalists, and the rest are the servants who maintain the operation of the temple. The empty rooms on both sides of the temple are prepared for them, but In Dinah's imagination, these girls obviously have different purposes.

This makes perfect sense since these girls performed priestly duties.

The female priests of this era had a sacred connection with the gods, and it was their duty to unite with the gods, which was called holy marriage. Even leaving aside religion, the word "love" in this era meant "marking the land," and marriage was legally related to the distribution of property. Dinah has paid a sum of money to the families of those girls on behalf of the emperor, so regardless of whether the emperor is a human or a god, these girls have a marriage relationship with him that is protected by both religion and law. They are obliged to reproduce children for the emperor and will never Possible "return". This fact made the emperor despair, and he could only hope that this was another family business game for Dinah. She loved family business games, whether it was an Oxfordshire manor or a tropical island in the Caribbean.

Is this how Dinah views Bayonetta and Jeanne, the way she views these girls? This thought made his hair stand on end. No other person must know about this. Maybe Constantine knew, but he wouldn't care too much. The Praetorian Order only paid attention to the emperor himself.

"If you don't want people to know, then she definitely won't know." Dinah narrowed her eyes quietly and glanced at the girl. The emperor and Dinah used Latin, which these girls could not understand at all, but Dinah's attitude still made the girls relieved. "Is there anything else you may require of my service, my lord?"

"I need you to prepare a supply of fresh dates and melons, washed wool, fresh meat, and a lion skin from the storehouse, the lion I hunt."

"The next person requesting an audience is the grain merchant. Would such a gift be too generous for a merchant? If you want to kill that grain merchant, I think a glass of poisoned wine can complete the task."

Dinah was very professional and did not show her dislike for those merchants in front of the emperor.

In fact, anyone who knew what those businessmen were really doing would not like them. In this era, under the emperor were the breeders, scribes, officials and priests responsible for raising livestock. The merchants who monopolized offshore trade did not have such a high social status. Before the arrival of the emperor, the city's merchants were trying their best to share power with the priests. Many of the orders after the emperor's arrival were aimed at wresting from the hands of merchants those powers that should not be shared. Dinah disliked anyone who shared power with the emperor, not to mention the businessman who looked like a "pit bull who had failed a facial Botox injection."

This evaluation comes from the emperor himself and is very objective.

"No, this gift is for another guest." The emperor motioned to the girl to fill another cup with wine, and then invited Dinah to drink it - this bottle of wine he invited Dinah to make one afternoon . He was responsible for sterilizing the barrel, and Dinah was responsible for lifting up her skirt and crushing the grapes in the barrel. Obviously, the low productivity and rough daily necessities of this era had annoyed her more than once, and a little wine could calm her down. Come down. "This gift must be worthy of the guest's status. I also need an expense registered in the budget, just for religious activities. I want to hire all the children around ten years old in the city after they finish their studies for the day. , escorted by the Eridu militia to pick wild flowers outside the city, the reward is calculated by weight. Only the flowers, not the leaves, are required. I will clean and block the main road the day before the guests come to Eridu, and then lay a road from the city gate to the city. The Flower Path of the Temple.”

The emperor paused. It may be too late to train a qualified orchestra, and he has to abandon some plans.

Dinah stopped the pen in her hand in confusion. On the data pad was the memo she had just written.

"You can try this path first, Dinah. You can think it's for you and no one else."