indianbanksassociation Chapter 167 Egyptian Priests Day 4
Chapter 167 Egyptian Priests Day 4
Serafat's full name is Ahmad Abed Alouf Serafat, because he is a Nome nobleman, so other people usually call him Serafat— —Of course, those slaves under him are not qualified to call his name.
As a Nome noble in Lower Egypt, Serafat, who is only 22 years old, is already the father of a seven-year-old child, but because his father, Old Serafat, is still in power, he is still only a Heir only.
Fortunately, he has no other brothers besides him, so inheriting this Nome area is a certainty.
There is a father on the top, and a son on the bottom, so Serafat has a lot of free time on weekdays. He is not a beautiful woman, nor is he cruel by nature. Instead, he likes reading and doing handicrafts.It's just that the records on the clay tablets are time-consuming, labor-intensive and occupy a lot of land, so even though he is a hereditary Nome nobleman and has several rooms of books in his family, in fact, he is full of books... and there is not much content.
After reading the collection of books at home, Serafat set his sights on other Nome nobles—but books and texts are the heritage of a family, and if they are not relatives, who would give the family's collections to outsiders? look?
So apart from a few families who have been friends for generations, Serafat has no more channels.
Later, their Nome region had a new chief executive. This chief executive looked young, but his behavior was much better than the previous ones. After a year of running-in, their Serafat family also Reached a friendly relationship with the chief executive of Ahanmo, and Serafat also became friends with the other party.
Ahammer is not only the administrator, but also the priest of the temple, so there are many clay tablets in his place that ordinary people cannot see.Serafat had the advantage of being close to the water, and after becoming friends with the other party, he was able to read texts that did not involve politics and confidentiality.
However, these clay tablets do not record much after all, and they cannot satisfy Serafat's desire for knowledge. Just when he was considering whether to take advantage of his father's health these years and simply go out to study, the next The appearance of the Governor of Egypt and Her Royal Highness Princess Elim gave him new hope.
※※※
As I said before, because of my preference for religion and culture, Lower Egypt has a great impression of Elim, but after hearing that Lower Egypt has another governor, the people of Lower Egypt, especially the nobles in the Nome region The officials felt a little uncomfortable.
Not all the nobles and administrative officials in the Nome area are as friendly as the Serafat family and the Ahammer. It is already rare to be able to keep the water in the well, and more often, the two sides are full of conflicts and conflicts. .
Because in the final analysis, in fact, the purpose of this administrative official was to maintain the royal power, suppress the arrogance of the Nome nobles, and prevent the local Nome nobles from rebelling. Therefore, from the very beginning, their political stance was hostile——Administrative officials People think that upper and lower Egypt are the land of the Pharaoh, but for the local Nome nobles, this is the place where they lived and multiplied for generations, and it is their private property.
Originally, having more administrative officials on their own territory was enough to make them feel aggrieved, but who knew that Pharaoh would intensify and added a governor who specialized in lower Egypt to them!
When these Nome nobles heard the news, they were all full of anger!
In fact, this is also an important reason why the pharaoh fulfilled his promise to Ohm so happily in the first place—giving Ohm an ordinary priest the official post of Governor of Lower Egypt, because he was not worried that Ohm would do anything big in this position.
He sent so many administrative officials to check and balance the various Nome regions and those Nome nobles before, with little effect. Now Ohm is not facing one Nome region, but twenty Nome regions, equivalent to Difficulty is multiplied by twenty times—no, more!
So what if Elim was quite famous in Lower Egypt?It's just two teenagers and girls, they are young, and there will be a lot of trouble for them to suffer!
When the conflicts between them and the Nome nobles piled up, even if Elim was the only priestess, it would not work... At this time, the pharaoh could reap the benefits of the fisherman.As for Ohm's ability to govern Lower Egypt well... Pharaoh never thought about this possibility, even he himself did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to govern those Nome nobles in a submissive manner in his lifetime. Could there be someone better than him? Is this son of god even more powerful?
※※※
Pharaoh’s idea was not wrong either. For Ohm, 90.00% of the people in Lower Egypt did not welcome him. Even if he was the husband of their beloved Princess Elim and priest, they could not be convinced, even because of Elim’s Guanghui, they think Ohm is just a little boy who eats soft food.
As for Ohm's brilliant performance in the competition, the news did not spread so quickly in view of the invisible and mutually exclusive relationship between Upper and Lower Egypt.
Therefore, when Ohm and Elim arrived in Lower Egypt, except for a few people from the nearby Nome area who came to express their welcome, the others only sent family servants to give gifts.
Among the Nome nobles who came to welcome them in person was Serafat.
In addition to being friendly with Ahanmo, and Ahanmo was originally a priest under Elim, so he expressed his friendliness by "loving the house and the bird", another more important reason for Serafat was because of the papyrus.
Yes, although it took a long time for some things about Upper Egypt to be transmitted to Lower Egypt, if they were promoted by Pharaoh, the transmission speed would be very fast.
Papyrus is a great invention that can demonstrate merit, and the pharaoh asked Ihom to hold a sacrificial ceremony to publicize it to the whole country as early as when he got the finished product.
Otherwise, spies placed in Egypt by other countries would not be so easy to pass the news back to their country.
It’s just that although the people who went to Egypt knew that there was a white, light and soft material for recording words, all those papyrus were in the hands of Upper Egypt, to be precise, in the hands of Pharaoh, so most of them Officials and nobles in Upper Egypt only saw and touched it with their own eyes on the pharaoh’s birthday, let alone Lower Egypt, which is far away from the royal city.
However, Serafat knew that this papyrus was invented by His Royal Highness Elim!
In other words, when Elim came to live in Lower Egypt, he would definitely bring the papyrus to Lower Egypt too!
The fact is indeed as Serafat thought.
Probably because Ahanmo was Elim's priest, Serafat, who had become friends with Ahhanmo, also met Ohm and Elim two months later.
※※※
It was a sunny morning, and the humid water vapor blowing from the Nile River carried the aroma of date palms, passed through the lotus pond that was about to bloom, and mixed with the pulsating lotus fragrance that leaked from the gaps in the petals, It gives people a sense of stability in this world and a quiet time.
Serafat saw that Her Royal Highness Princess Elim, who had always been quiet, beautiful and noble in front of outsiders, was dressed like a man, with shoulder-length hair tied high behind her head, no makeup on her face, and a plain face. But it didn't damage her beauty at all. At this moment, she was fighting with the Governor.
If someone who didn't know saw it, they might immediately think that there was some blood feud between them. How could they have thought that these two were a loving couple?
Ah, shouldn't this be their real way of getting along?Did he see something he shouldn't have seen?
Serafat was thinking wildly in his mind, and Ahanmo who brought him by his side had already said: "Governor, Your Highness, good day."
It turned out that when Serafat was stunned, Ohm and Elim had already withdrawn their hands and walked over: "Ahanmo, you are here, and beside you is Ptah, who is going to Egypt?"
Ptah is the god of craftsmen and art among the Egyptian gods - one interesting thing about the Egyptian people is that they fear the gods, and at the same time they are keen to connect the people around them with the gods, such as the son of god, the goddess of the Nile, Bess ( Leshen) alive and so on.
Serafat, a man with a seven-year-old son, actually blushed under Ohm's praise: "No, no, this is all a false name, I just read a little more, and I have a little talent in handicrafts That’s all, after all, that’s what our family does.”
The nobles of this era are not idle in production. For example, the rise and continuation of the Serafat family relies on superb craftsmanship.
Elim pursed his lips in displeasure—he had already discovered that his little priest had become more and more charming since then. It stands to reason that his appearance is definitely the first one in terms of appearance. The most eye-catching one, but as long as you are not obsessed with beauty, soon after the first meeting, your attention will be attracted by Ohm.
Elim didn't know that this was the natural intimacy and sense of identity produced by Ohm's natural skills as a slime in the process of "assimilating" with the world. He just felt as if he had eaten a dozen lemons, sour .
Obviously this is only his own little priest!
But he is reluctant to let him "golden house hides the beauty", he has already discovered that the little priest has many talents, not to mention the flash of papyrus, and the methods he summed up for his private soldiers one after another. Not to mention his outstanding performance at the Pharaoh's birthday a year ago, just after coming to Lower Egypt, I discovered in daily sparring with him that I am not an easy little priest.
But so what, although he will be puzzled, he will not doubt, let alone explore deliberately, he will only feel deeply lucky.
If it is said that Ariel was brought by Mother Nile to cause trouble for Pharaoh—in less than a year, a lot of things happened in Upper Egypt—then Ohm was brought by Mother Nile to help her .
Although he knew that the little priest was all about him, if he spoke, he would probably fall silent.
But he couldn't bear it, Ohm was the one who wanted to stand side by side with him, and the sky was destined to shine like Ra.
※※※
Ohm, as the governor of Lower Egypt, although the pharaohs down to the nobles of Nome didn't think he could do well, at most he was just a vegetarian, but he couldn't really just occupy this position and do nothing.
On the contrary, he not only wants to act, but also has to make big moves.
Although there were officials appointed by the pharaoh in Lower Egypt, he and Elim would definitely have pharaoh's eyeliner beside him, but the sky was far away from the emperor, and it was the best time for him and Elim to develop their power rapidly.
In fact, even though Ohm had seen soldiers and troops before with Feitelie and Tang Yun, he didn't dare to practice them—especially because the social system of this era is different.
However, he also has areas where he can play light and heat - in addition to constructive suggestions for Elim, such as the improvement of weapons and equipment and the stockpiling of military supplies, which he is very familiar with.
Moreover, this is also good for the people's livelihood, and it is one of his responsibilities as the governor, so it can be used as a cover in the open, which kills two birds with one stone.
As the saying goes, basic necessities of life, food, shelter, and transportation, for the Egyptian people who live like summer all year round, the demand for clothing is not great, so food is what can unite the hearts of the people the most. However, this is not delicious food, but food that satisfies the stomach.