Menes sat in the left-hand seat in the middle of the hall, Jett on the right, and Andy on top.

Menes was not accustomed to the politeness and rules of the Kemert Kingdom, and directly asked straight to the point, "Father, what happened, our army is simply a group of beggars, how can such an army fight?"

Andy's face was a little ugly, and he endured it without getting angry, after all, this rebel is finally willing to take over the affairs of the family now, and he still needs to encourage and encourage him.

Menes did not see his father's face, and continued to ask, "Three months without pay, three months! Where has our food gone, Lord Jeter? Don't tell me that the landlord's family has no surplus grain, at least we are eating meat, and the soldiers are starving." ”

"Presumptuous! You can't talk to the High Priest like that!" Andy interrupted.

Menes was originally a presumptuous person, a person who was not afraid of heaven and earth, and now there is no need to be afraid.

"Or are you using your food elsewhere?" Menes was restrained, and did not directly say whether you were embezzling food or not.

Jett didn't seem to be angry, and said with a smile, "Dear Lord Menes, you haven't worried about all the territory affairs before, so you don't know, I can understand it." ”

"Last year the god Harpy sent a disaster, the flood failed to nourish the land, causing a poor harvest, of course, we could have survived this year, but it was ......"

Jett paused for a moment to look at Menes and continued, "It's just that Ancotivi II lost a lot of money last time he fought with you for a woman. Oh, of course, this is not the most important thing, the main thing is that the oracle issued by the Holy City this year, let us spend too much, so, there is really no material money and food now, but after this month, it will enter the harvest season, so let everyone bear with it again!"

This counterattack was sharp enough, making Menes' face red and white for a while, how much can this boy waste money?

Menes was a little embarrassed, so she could only pick up other questions and ask, "What's the matter with the oracle?"

At the beginning of the year, the greatest oracle in the Holy City issued an oracle to the god Ra, saying that the god Ra was dissatisfied with the decay of the temple and asked for repairs, otherwise disaster would fall, so all states had to provide materials for the construction of the temple.

Isn't this a liar?

"This is clearly a robbery in the Holy City, is everyone stupid?" Menes said angrily.

"Menes, you blasphemy, great oracle master, messenger of the gods, no lies!" Andy yelled angrily.

After all, it's my father, Menes really can't refute him, how good this robbery in the Holy City is, it's not my fault, it's the gods who want it, how high-sounding!

Andy adjusted his emotions and said, "I don't care what you want to do, I will set off with your mother the day after tomorrow, but remember, at the moment we can't fight against the temple, the greatness of the holy city is inviolable, the dignity of the pharaoh cannot be despised and being a man with his tail between his legs is the only thing that can be done at the moment, you must remember!"

Menes doesn't want to be a man with his tail between his legs, but it is also true that his current strength does not allow it, and he has not figured out how many chips he has, so he really shouldn't!

Menes mainly came to ask for military rations, and since the landlord's family had no surplus food, then find another way.

When the meeting was dissolved, Menes specifically asked Jett for the account book of the territory, including all the accounts of property in and out, and Menes had to check it by himself, who knows if there is any cat?

Jett smiled weirdly and nodded in agreement.

Not long after Menes returned to her room, she brought a batch of papyrus scrolls.

The Kingdom of Kemmert did not have the kind of paper of the later generations, but there was a god-given papyrus, which was made of a reed-like papyrus in the Nunn River, and after harvesting, the plant stalks were cut and peeled, then interwoven with each other like weaving, and finally repeatedly beaten with a wooden hammer to make it soft and thin to use.

The first batch was a box, and it was said that there were more than a dozen boxes, and Menes opened it and looked at it for a while to understand why Jett was smiling weirdly.

Who can understand this bookkeeping method?

There are three kinds of scripts in the Kemert Kingdom, the first is called the Holy Book Style, which is mainly used to write oracles, incantations, and content related to magical relics, this kind of writing is like painting a book from the sky, it is very difficult to understand, and the entire kingdom knows and can write no more than 500 people.

The second type is called the monastic script, which is mainly used in temple buildings and is a compulsory script for temple monks.

The last type is called the secular body, which is the writing that is used on a daily basis.

In the eyes of outsiders, Menes is a boy who does not learn and has no skills, but in fact, Menes is still very attentive in learning, and he is not ashamed to say that in this world, Menes can be regarded as a scholar, and he can write all three languages.

The ledger is basically written in secular style, but this way of bookkeeping is very troublesome, unless it is a professional who has been engaged in this profession for a long time, otherwise it will not be able to understand it at all for a while.

If nothing else, there were no Arabic numerals, and this incident made Menes very annoyed, after all, the main brain of this body was still Meng Tian.

Secondly, their bookkeeping method is not like the table we often use, but a flat and straightforward text bookkeeping method, so that reading the account book is like reading a detective novel, and from time to time you have to turn to the front to find clues, otherwise you can't see the problem.

Menes looked at it patiently all night, and finally saw some eyebrows, there was really no big problem from the account book, but there were a few accounts, obviously did not say the clear time and purpose of the delivery, but the number involved was not large.

On the whole, it is indeed as Jett said, and the landlord's family has no surplus food.

The ledger records that there should be some grain in the treasury, but it can only maintain the normal operation of the current government for a month, and as for other cattle, sheep, horses and other animals, there are not many animals, so they cannot be used for the time being, and the money that Menes is most concerned about is only 527 kit silver coins, what is the concept?

To put it simply, this money is not enough to repay the salaries of the army in rags, and now it is really going to break its promise, and Menes is a little distressed.

It is really sad to stay up late under the dim flickering oil lamp to read the book of heaven.

Menes went to the bathroom early in the morning to take a cold shower, the Kemert people are very good, they love to be clean, as long as they have the ability to bathe basically every day, the poor bathe in the public bath or simply in the pond or river, and the rich have private bathrooms.

On the first day of the new rules, Nana shyly walked into Menes's room with a breakfast plate and shared breakfast.

Pretty food is almost music, why don't you let the family band play live every morning in the future?

Nana's breakfast was served, but it was divided into two different parts, a hearty Menes breakfast and a simple Nana breakfast.

Menes summoned the servants and re-served them to the same standard, and Nana was really a little flattered.

Menes was eating breakfast while listening to Nana's anecdotes, as if she were reading the newspaper in the morning.

Nana's favorite thing is to talk about the gossip news in the homes of the dignitaries in the city, whose family has taken a daughter-in-law, whose family has recently died, so-and-so's family has bought a new slave, so-and-so's family has built a luxurious tomb, etc.

Menes' eyes lit up when she heard this, if you want to make a haircut, everyone will shave on their heads, and the common people will have no money to shave, but the rich still have them?