Chapter 12: The Request of the Minoan Messenger

Accompanied by the bright silver glow sprinkled by the starry sky, a gentle breeze seemed to carry the damp moisture of the Nile, slowly pushing open the huge gauze tent hanging to the ground, setting off a ripple-like ripple, pouring into the golden and brilliant megalithic palace.

Illuminated by oil lamps and torches, this hugely lit palace looks extravagant at night. Wool-woven tapestries are painted with brightly coloured Egyptian royal cobra coats of arms, and stone pillars and walls are covered with Egyptian-style reliefs and frescoes.

The most extravagant statues of the gods are even wrapped in a layer of palatial gold leaf, which shines in the firelight, which is particularly eye-catching. And in the corner under the huge stone pillar, a delicate jar of alabaster incense is burning with a gentle green smoke, filling the air with a wonderful fragrance. Various works of art made of gold and ivory are scattered and decorated in a dazzling array of places. The gorgeous satin curtains, which have just been replaced, float in the wind in the night, dialing colorful glass wind chimes and making a crisp and beautiful jingle sound.

In the center of the main hall, the cedar throne covered with a gold curtain is not only decorated with a dazzling array of jewels, but also covered with an unusually soft wolf skin, the fluff is smooth and shiny, and it is cool to the touch, not like ordinary fur.

King Memphis, who ruled over the rich lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, now reclined lazily on the wolfskin cushion of his throne, and he looked particularly heroic in a snow-white robe, tied with a gold girdle, and a ring-shaped golden eagle-shaped forehead ornament on his head.

And the Nile's daughter of the golden shawl, Cairol, wore a "Chunik" tube skirt and snuggled up to Memphis obediently and smiled smartly.

At this palace banquet, Carol, who had always hated heavy makeup, still did not apply grease powder to her face, but only smeared a layer of light red on her lips, and according to the customs of ancient Egypt, she painted slender eye shadow, the mysterious lines of peacock green and silver, lined her pair of big eyes with extremely bright, and added a mysterious charm to the original innocent cuteness.

Beneath the throne, Egypt's magnates and foreign tribute emissaries gathered, each with a fine blanket spread out in front of them. Groups of half-naked Egyptian maids, dressed in fakes, with dark brown skin and only a cloth wrapped around their crotch, swayed their plump and meager breasts, jingling earrings and necklaces, and placed all sorts of food and wine on blankets like flowing water—the ancient Egyptians rarely used a table for dinner.

In general, the recipes of the ancient Egyptians were quite rich, especially for such grand court banquets, which were painstakingly consumed. The bread alone is a staple food that comes in a variety of shapes, and is seasoned with minced garlic and jujube paste. As for the dishes, they are even more varied, including steaming lamb shank stew, fried fish and duck stew with expensive spices, cakes with dates, grapes and figs, vegetable salad with boiled chickpeas, celery, lettuce and green sprouts, and almonds and hazelnuts with honey. There's also sheep cheese and camel milk from desert regions, waterfowl cooked in clay in a recipe similar to that of flower chicken, and plates of crispy roast chicken......

-- In ancient Egypt, chickens were a very rare creature, and they were originally kept in captivity only in royal palaces, and were not eaten by ordinary people. Ducks, geese, herons, and other waterfowl were ubiquitous on the banks of the Nile, and fish was a staple food that even slaves could eat - during the Nile's flooding, Egyptian fishermen didn't even have to catch fish, and countless fish would run aground between the shallows and silt at low tide. Let the passers-by pick it up and throw it into the pan to fry it, and then serve it with various sauces for the whole family to eat.

There are more than a dozen varieties of fruit such as pomegranates, watermelons, and figs, and as for the drinks served to the guests, they are not cheap Egyptian beer, but expensive wine and imported cider. In Egypt, it was generally only the wealthy who came and went in the royal palace that could afford such expensive drinks.

However, these delicacies, which were carefully prepared by the imperial chefs, are not available for King Memphis to enjoy and evaluate at the moment.

Because, Princess Carol has just bought a lot of American fast food such as KFC and McDonald's from the hands of the travelers in the future world, and put them in front of Memphis like a treasure - well, but with the cooking standards of the ancients BC, these "junk foods" in the future world are indeed called exquisite dishes. For example, those golden and crispy KFC fried chicken look very classy. As for the fries dipped in tomato sauce, they are also a good tapa. There is also a large piece of steaming "pizza", which not only smells very fragrant, but also has colorful colors, which makes people can't help but talk about it and move their index fingers at a glance. And what makes Memphis most curious is the colorful carbonated drinks.

“…… Huh? What is this thing, it looks cool, why is it still bubbling? ”

Pointing to the strings of orange drinks that were bubbling from the bottom of the glass, Memphis asked, a little confused.

“…… This is Fanta, or is it frozen, it is the coolest to quench your thirst," Carol graciously handed him a glass of Fanta.

“…… Well, the taste is numb and sweet. There is also an orange flavor. King Memphis took a sip of Fanta, and the expression on his face was very complicated.

“…… That's right, it's an orange-flavored carbonated drink. Carol laughed, "...... Drink more, and when you leave, the steam won't taste good......"

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Just as Princess Carole, together with King Memphis, was sharing the long-lost high-fat and high-calorie junk food rich in various additives, Wang Qiu and other future travelers were also tasting the pure natural green and pollution-free food in this world, and expressed that they were not very satisfied.

“…… Well, this bread doesn't taste very good, but it's finally not mixed with sand......"

Laboriously chewing the "bread" that was too hard in his mouth, Ma Tong muttered with some dissatisfaction.

- Although the ancient Egyptians had the most primitive leaven technology, it was not up to it, and it was generally only used on pastries and pastry breads. Therefore, the bread that is the staple food of the main meal is still a hard unleavened product, and it is not as delicious and soft as modern bread. In appearance, it is not so much the "bread" that modern people have in their impression that it is more like the "naan" eaten by Xinjiang people and Afghans.

What's worse is that because the wind and sand in Egypt are too strong, and the kitchen conditions are very simple - their kitchen at that time was not even a kitchen, but a triangular oven made of mud in the open air or in a straw hut, which was used to light a fire, and there were small holes in the outer layer for ventilation, and there would be a small platform for the small pot of soup on the top, and the slopes on both sides of the stove were used to bake bread...... Therefore, when the Egyptians baked bread, they would more or less drop some sand into it, and no matter how much they prevented, they could not get it clean.

Not only would this be unappetizing, but it would also be a serious threat to health – the hard quartz sand would wear away the enamel layer of Egyptians' teeth, causing tooth decay and then ulceration of the dental nerves. In the strictest cases, sepsis can even be induced and the patient dies...... Pharaoh Ramses II, the famous Pharaoh of Egypt, died of tooth decay.

So, after only two days here, you have been here for a long time, and you have been criticizing the sand in various pastries and pasta, and you don't know how Carole, an American chick, has managed to survive here. Now that he can find a few pieces of completely "pure" bread, it is enough to surprise ⊥ Ma Tong.

“…… Because these breads on the table were originally baked with the flour we brought, otherwise where would it be so clean? ”

Wang Qiu sighed and shook his head, and explained to Ma Tong - in fact, the pampered Miss Carol was not uncritical of the sand-mixed food of ancient Egypt, and the evidence was that she instructed the court governor to ask the travelers for two tons of refined flour and a lot of butter in one go. For this reason, the last two crocodiles left in the palace of Thebes were also stuffed into the [automatic pawn machine], and since then they have been completely extinct...... However, this is not a big problem, anyway, as long as King Memphis gives an order, there will naturally be fishermen and hunters who are not afraid of life and death to catch crocodiles and pay tribute to the palace.

-- Among the various pawns provided by the Egyptians, none other than these crocodiles were the most popular among the travelers: crocodile skin was the finest leather material, crocodile meat could be used to treat asthma, and crocodile eggs were rich in good cholesterol, which eliminated excess fat from the blood vessels and helped keep the blood vessels open. Crocodile gall bladder has the functions of detoxification, calming heat and promoting metabolism, and has a significant effect on fatty liver and liver cirrhosis and other rich diseases; Moreover, it is also a panacea for women's infertility and menstrual irregularities. As for the crocodile whip, this thing is even more magical than the little blue pill called "Viagra", and more importantly, it is completely natural medicine, and theoretically does not have any side effects.

Not to mention that the crocodiles in ancient Egypt were all wild, and their medicinal and nutritional value were far superior to those of modern farmed crocodiles...... So on average, each crocodile can be sold for a small car, which is much more valuable than the general equivalents of fish, chickens, ducks, goats, etc. It's a pity that the number is still a little less, I'm afraid that even if you catch the whole Egyptian crocodile, you won't be able to make up Doraemon's huge debt of 18 billion.

Eh,Who told everyone to be in the world of "School Apocalypse",Throwing nuclear bombs and fireworks is too cool.,Completely forgot to control the expenses?

Well, to get back to the point, except for the bread mixed with sand, the rest of the ancient Egyptian-style food at the banquet also made the Chinese and Japanese frown. Although the soup of fried fish, grilled meat, beans and vegetables is definitely quite good in terms of raw materials, and it should be delicious to sprinkle a little salt in it. But after being seasoned by Egyptian chefs with strange spices Chinese unheard of, such as direo, fennugreek and thyme...... Well, although it may not be as good as the dark cuisine of the United Kingdom, it is already making people want to cry in the wind.

The rest of the ancient wines, because there was no sucrose or distillation equipment at that time, the taste was neither strong enough nor sweet enough, only a sour taste rushed straight to the nose, and I don't know if it was because it had been stored for too long...... As for the so-called "beer" of the Egyptians, well, it is simply fermented gruel, or is it good to brew sweet wine that is not sweet at all? In short, Wang Qiu didn't associate it with beer at all.

In addition, the ancient Egyptians only knew the dishes, but not the utensils, and the travelers could only eat directly with their fingers like the modern Indians. This is nothing for the informal Chinese. But the Japanese guests, who were particular about table manners, didn't feel comfortable at all.

So, after a little bit of wine and rice on the waxy side of Weitong, Wang Qiu and the others concentrated on nibbling the fruit - to be honest, compared with the artificial products that relied on chemical fertilizers and pesticides to grow and ripen with ethylene, these pure natural organic fruits in ancient Egypt, such as plums, pomegranates, grapes, figs, etc., were eaten like that, and because they had not been selected for thousands of years, they were generally smaller than similar fruits in the modern world...... But at least it's passable, and it can make people taste fresh.

On the other hand, compared to the lackluster ancient Egyptian meal, the enthusiastic singing and dancing in the main hall is a seductive reverie - sixty soft-limbed dancers dance to the playing of various musical instruments, such as harps, flutes, tambourines, etc.

According to the traditional customs of ancient Egypt, these dancers all wore no clothes at all, and only wore shiny metal ornaments, and at the same time tied a delicate rope around their waists as decoration, and painted various beautiful and enchanting patterns with oil paint on their bare skin, and their graceful and toned bodies swayed with the ups and downs of the fierce dance, and each abdominal muscle seemed to be trembling slightly with charm.

Perhaps because of the restraints of this fashionable and rude religion, their singing and dancing are full of debauchery and seductive savagery, which is more daring and bold than the pole dancers in modern clubs, and from time to time they raise one leg to let the audience have an unobstructed view.

Rao is Wang Qiu's self-proclaimed "countless A movies", and recently slept with two ** beauties, and he is no longer the virgin chick of the past. But after all, I have never really been in and out of all kinds of Fengyue places, let alone seen such a merry battle with my own eyes...... Squinting at the naked Maihime's whirling slender body, the tambourine sounded as if it was hitting his eardrums, his breathing began to become rapid, and his face was already revealing a faint flush.

As if noticing the young guest's crampedness, a certain naked Egyptian dancer, with a provocative smirk, slowly approached Wang Qiu's side, and then boldly straddled his knees amid the whistles of the guests

This dancer is obviously not very old, with a childish and delicate appearance, her skin presents a very attractive honey color, and it is very delicate and lovely, the black show is inserted with fragrant incense, sharp breasts and cocked buttocks, all with a strong exotic style - like the rest of the dancers, except for a colored rope around her waist, she is naturally untouched, as if she was born, generously exposing her seductive smooth **, so that every inch of sexy and private shame, Completely exposed to the public

The deep and charming cleavage, the slightly trembling hazel bumps on the pair of big breasts, the slippery beautiful skin, the bulging flesh, the seductive body fragrance full of estrogen, and the secret garden of fragrant grass under the crotch, all made Wang Qiu, who has limited experience, couldn't help but blush his cheeks and his heart fluttered for a while-hey, girl, can you not be so arrogant

And the moving ballad she sang in her mouth seemed to add fuel to the fire, making poor Wang Qiu almost "burn".

- Well, well, this is a ballad full of simplicity and wildness, full of the wild charm of primitive society:

“…… The little ram on the hillside bleats you,

Riding on the little ewe and fluttering;

The people at the foot of the hill rolled and rolled,

There was no more gatekeeper in front of the girl's secret place;

The world has become a girl's boudoir,

The handsome man came to cultivate her paddy fields;

My lover,

Thou hast made the ploughing fellow,

After plowing a piece and another piece,

How can the guy who plows the ground rest.

Little ram, you can't do it,

No, no, no......"

-- cough cough can be imagined, when such a pretty little beauty, with big black and white eyes, with an innocent and unpretentious expression, singing "You can't do it, you can't do it", and deliberately rubbing the ** chest against you, I'm afraid that even if it is a castrated slave, I have to lower my voice and yell when I hear this: "I can do it, I really can"

So, Wang Qiu gasped for breath, and could no longer hold back the beautiful thoughts in his head, and was about to take advantage of the situation to take this naked beauty into his arms, and take a look at it wantonly, but suddenly heard a commotion in the palace, and several men who were three big and five rough ignored the obstruction of the waiters and palace maids, and broke in from the banquet outside.

Seeing that the situation seemed to be wrong, the court band had to stop playing, and the dancing girls also dispersed in amazement, and the previous charming and intoxicating atmosphere dissipated in an instant. This made Wang Qiu breathe a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

When Fang Cai's plump chest rubbed against his arm, the warm and greasy feeling was ...... It's really enjoyable.

He rubbed his forehead, turned his attention to the people in front of the palace, and immediately saw a middle-aged bearded man with a strange double ponytail, and several attendants with big shoulders and round waists, with a heroic expression like a generous death, approached King Memphis, and then bent down and knelt:

“…… His Majesty the Great Pharaoh, the Sun King of Egypt, please forgive the foreign minister Yuno for his rudeness. Recently, news came from the Kingdom of Minoa that our king's illness is getting worse and worse, and the whole country is helpless, and I can only hope that the daughter of the Nile with boundless power will have mercy on her......"

The double-ponytailed bearded uncle begged with great earnestness, and tears seemed to roll in his eyes, "...... Therefore, the ministers dared to come and urge, and asked His Majesty the King of Egypt to fulfill the previous agreement, and let the daughter of the Nile go to our country to save the life of my king."

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Wang Qiu and Doraemon and the other traversers, "...... Of course, it would be even better if all the new gods who had come to Egypt could also visit our country as well, and the whole kingdom of Minoa would extend the warmest welcome to you......"

Listening to the words of this double-ponytailed Uncle Yuno, Wang Qiu and Doraemon couldn't help but exchange a look.

――The plot of "Daughter of the Nile" has finally progressed to the next link?

Then, it seems that the next action plan of those of us who travel through it can also be started......