Hordia handed me the scroll of paper: "What does the princess want to look at these things?" You don't have to worry about these things. ”

"Well, I'll see if we can set aside more land that can be cultivated, for example, paddy fields for growing rice."

"Paddy fields?"

"Yes, rice can only be planted where there is water, and I want to see if the paddy fields can be leveled near the riverbank, and even if there are no paddy fields, it must be convenient for irrigation. I had come all the way to get those seeds, and I had brought them back from a far away place on the other side of the sea called Bhatara. After the flood period last year, I asked people to try to plant it, although they had not planted it before, but fortunately the harvest was good, no worse than wheat and millet. ”

But the most important thing is that I can finally eat the white rice that I have been dreaming of! Last year, as soon as the caravan in Hashan brought back the rice seeds, I was anxious to peel the seeds and turn them into rice and steamed rice. Rice porridge, rice, rice cakes...... I was able to resist the huge temptation, and asked people to quickly take the rice seeds and plant them again. The stupid thing of eating seeds is not much better than killing chickens and taking eggs, and how determined I am to restrain my appetite.

"Princess, I have a question......

I looked up and looked at her with a little hesitation: "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

"Well, I heard that it was the princess who drew the rice crop and asked the merchant to bring the seeds back. So, how did the princess know about this? ”

Hey, it's really a talented girl, and she got to the point in one sentence.

I smiled: "I said I saw it in a dream, do you believe it or not?" ”

She smiled slightly, although she was not very beautiful, but her eyes flashed with the brilliance of understanding and intelligence, and she did not ask any further. Holdia is really comfortable with her, attentive and versatile, and I have gradually become accustomed to her company, and the last time she told me that her father, Prime Minister Idhombu, was going to arrange a marriage for her, I came forward for her to solve it. I also asked her in private, it is not the same thing to always be single, if she has any plans for the future, she just smiled and said, maybe she will be a priestess in the future, maybe she will be the housekeeper of the court, in short, marrying casually is never the life she wants.

Well, assertive.

The same is true for Ansuna, and I asked her what she plans for the future. If she doesn't want to be trapped in the palace and be my father's confinement in the future, I can also send her away. She just smiled and said she wanted to stay by my side.

I don't understand, the women of this era are all as assertive and characterful as modern women, which makes me seem like the ancients of the old era.

You have to keep pace with the times, this ancient Egypt really amazes me, and if I don't do it, I'm behind the times.

The Nile floods every year, and every year or two the land is re-measured and cultivated by people. Last year, a lot of rice seeds were sown, and more can be planted this year.

"Princess."

I turned my head, and with a smile on her face, she put a lacquered bowl with a lid in front of me, and when she lifted the lid, the smell of rice was so strong that she was stunned.

"The rice that the princess said is really fragrant when steamed." Yali said, "Don't tell the princess, I tasted it when it was ready just now, and it was indeed soft and glutinous. ”

Hordia leaned over: "Ah, it is indeed a different aroma from bread...... Wheat cake rice also doesn't taste like this. ”

I smiled and said, "Bring a bowl to both Hordia and Ansuna, pour some broth, and let's try the new rice together." ”

Yali said yes, and then returned a little later with the rice, topped with broth and served with a light and tasty side dish to my taste.

"It seems that we are really blessed that we can always eat at the princess's place, and there is nothing new elsewhere."

"It can only be eaten occasionally, and most of the harvest is reserved for rice seeds, so it is impossible to eat it every day." I regret that if I want to live a life of eating rice for three meals a day, I have to wait for another season, and I will be able to do it when the rice is planted and harvested again.

It's really worrying.

"Rice, meat toppings...... well, it's really a fairy enjoyment." The one I eat is called an eagerness, I can't help it, I miss it so much.

It seems that in my previous life, I also loved rice? Then I may be a southerner, but the northerner is mainly pasta.

"By the way, Ary, send one to Pharaoh and one to Memphis, and ask them to taste it too." I thought for a moment and said, "Send a bowl to the High Priest of Immortun as well." ”

"It's the princess, I'll send it to you." "It's just that there's not much to do, and there's only one bowl per person." ”

"A bowl is a bowl."

This bowl concept was also brought by me, there are plates, basins, saucers...... But there were no bowls.

Probably because people here didn't drink porridge or rice before, they didn't need bowls.

I ate with Hordia and Ansuna, and Hordia seemed to like the rice too, but Ansuna didn't look very good, and she didn't seem to like the way the rice looked too much.

I also had the broth thickened and thickened, and I liked it myself.

The maid who went to deliver the meal came back and told me that Xiao Man was not in the palace, and his personal lady Tasha took the meal. Pharaoh happened to be eating, and after tasting the rice, he said that it tasted good, and said that if the princess wanted to have more varieties, she should tell the official in charge of agriculture, or tell the prime minister directly. The high priest said thank you, princess, rice is easy to chew and does not hurt your teeth, and after chewing for a long time, it is a little sweeter, more delicious than cereal rice, softer than bread, and contains more water, which should be beneficial to people.

I laughed, "Okay, hard work." ”

She bowed and withdrew, and I held my cheeks and puffed my nerve for a moment.

Immorton is a high priest. I can see him almost every day, I know that he also knows some medical skills, he once said that the food should not be too hard, it is not good for the teeth, spleen and stomach. So I thought about growing rice, and I had to let him taste the taste of rice, and I think he would like it.

Sure enough, he said so.

Holdia rinsed her mouth and washed her hands, and came over to continue turning over the papyrus for me. After tasting the delicious rice, she began to be enthusiastic about growing rice, and turned out a low-lying area on the map for me, leaned over and pointed it out to me: "That section of the river bank used to be washed into a small lake when the Nile River was so high that the water level was too high the year before, and then the river receded, but there was still some water there, although I don't know how high the water is, but I think if you want to grow this kind of rice, this is the most suitable place." ”

I nodded: "Okay, I'll let people see if it's suitable or not, and if you need to rest." ”

"Yes." She said: "Actually, the princess doesn't have to do it herself, you can find this kind of seed, and you know how to grow and eat, and you can leave other things to the agricultural department to do, and you don't have to work so hard yourself." ”

"Actually, if it weren't for the Prime Minister, who was still sulking with you, it would be very effortless to tell your father." I laughed.

Her expression was very serious: "No, what the princess said is not right. My father would never miss out on family matters. It is the same thing for me to be angry with him, and since it is good for Egypt and good for people, then he will certainly not be disgraced for personal gain. When I went back, I told him that the princess could rest assured. ”

I nodded, the prime minister is indeed a man with a belly, and my cheap dad has praised him a few times. There is a saying in China that the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly. It can be seen that people who don't have a belly can't do that position. There are so many things to manage, coordination, balance...... It's not easy.

"Well, then you don't forget."

She smiled and said, "I can't forget it." However, if you want your father to take this matter seriously, you have to let him know that this is a good thing. Princess, I may as well take some home and show my father and taste it......"

I laughed and covered my face with a fan: "You ghost girl, you obviously haven't eaten enough and want to eat more rice." ”

She smiled: "I'm a public heart, princess, don't think about it." ”

I nodded, "Okay, Gongxin." Ally, you have someone fill some rice, and give it to Miss Holdia to take back when she returns home. ”

She smiled and thanked her, turned her head, and said with some confusion: "Ansuna? What do you want? The juice was all spilled on the body. ”

As soon as I turned around, Ansuna's half glass of juice had been poured over her skirt.

"Ah, I was distracted just now." She hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Princess, please forgive me for being rude. ”

"It's okay." I shook my fan: "Go and change your clothes, this sweet juice is the stickiest and uncomfortable." ”

She saluted again and slowly retreated.

After Ansuna went out, Hordia was even more rude and sat down beside me: "The picture of the rice harvest that the princess drew last time is really vivid, and when the merchant came to deliver the rice seeds, he said that the princess had drawn the same as what he had seen in Nabhara. Also, the white-haired and blue-eyed kitten that the princess painted last time was as if it could jump off the painting. By the way, where did you know about the princess? ”

I smiled slightly: "I said it, I dreamed of it." ”

She squeezed her eyes: "Okay, even if the princess learned it from Isis in her dream, then can the princess teach me?" ”

I nodded and said, "It's fine, as long as you're patient." ”

Yali said on the side: "The princess has drawn a lot of things, two days ago there were a lot of lotus flowers in the pool, the princess drew several pictures, the lotus flowers are beautiful......

Hordia said, "Quick, bring it to me." ”

Ally smiled and went over and picked up my picture book.

It is also bound with papyrus, but the paper is much better than ordinary papyrus, and the paintings on it include sketches, white drawings, and watercolors in simple colors. I made the watercolor brush with a mixture of wolf hair and rabbit hair, which is the real wolf brush. What we buy in those modern stores says it's wolf hair, but it's actually made of rabbit fur and wool.

Holdia looked at one and liked one by one, then flipped through it, suddenly stopped, raised her head, and said with some uncertainty: "Princess...... Did you draw that too? ”

I turned my head away.

It was a portrait with only lines.

The person in the painting is Immorton.