Chapter 4: Danger lurks
When the ceremony was over, Menes dismissed the mummies, and his mother and sister left the hall, and all the servants quietly withdrew, leaving only Menes, Andyeb, and Jett.
"Strong Menes, my son, who is the mastermind behind your murder?" asked Andy slowly.
"Ankotifi on the other side of the river is the mastermind, does that need to be asked?" Menes asked rhetorically.
"Hmm!" Andy nodded.
"But we have no proof, so His Majesty in the White City will not believe us, and the people in power in the Holy City are always on the side of Anktifi. Andy looked a little worried.
"My mummy is proof of that. Menes said.
"There is no way for God to punish mummies as witnesses, and no one will believe them, they are all your servants!" Jett interjected.
"Well, I don't need human justice, I ask God's will. Menes clenched her fists.
Andy waved his hand for Menes to sit down.
"Now you have to be patient, we are not Ankotifi's opponent at the moment, a head-on conflict will only be against us, and besides, the Holy City has always sheltered Ankotifi, and we cannot oppose the Holy City. Andy gave Menes an analysis.
"In addition, the Death Desert to the west has not been peaceful recently, and there is news that the undead beasts are about to move, and they may invade the border at any time, and we need a sequel force. ”
The undead beast of the Death Desert?Menes's memory of his past life was a little vague, and he looked at his father very blankly.
Andy spread his hands and said, "High Priest Jett, it seems that you are going to educate my son one more time. ”
Jay nodded in response.
"The undead beast is a skeleton monster from the misty swamp, wandering in the desert of death all the year round, these monsters have different forms, very fierce, the great pharaoh His Majesty has built a series of fortresses of the gods in the west to block the attack of the beasts, the Nine Gods Legion has been stationed on the border to resist the beasts all year round, but the domestic situation has been chaotic in recent years, the Nine Gods Legion has not been supplied, and the natural armament is relaxed. Jett briefly recounted the situation.
Menes touched his head and thought, is there such a thing?
Jet paused for a moment and continued: "At present, the situation in the country is relatively complicated, our great little law is too old and young to govern, and all power is in the hands of the prime minister. Pharaoh's sister defected and cooperated with the Akaeans in the port of Lily in the delta against the Prime Minister, the High Priest of the Holy City, who controlled most of the country's economic lifeline and land, and was secretly fighting with the Prime Minister, and we were caught in a dilemma, so we had to endure it. ”
"The internal chaos has caused the surrounding kingdoms to rebel, the alliance of the city-states of Tyros has openly broken away from us, and the kingdom of Noa in the south will invade us at any time, and once Noa launches an attack, we will inevitably bear the brunt of Noa's first territory to attack. Jett said with a sigh.
Menes really didn't expect that this bit of her territory would be so dangerous, and she would be destroyed anytime and anywhere?
The kingdom of Noya in the south will come at any time, the east is the family feud that has always coveted their territory and has already started to assassinate themselves, there are undead beasts in the west who are ready to commit crimes, and the north is still caught between the two major forces and asked to take sides?
Time is running out for Menes!
If you want to survive, you must defeat your opponent, and at present, the Holy Cat State can't see that it has any ability to defeat its opponent, so it can only hug the opponent and hug your thighs to survive, Andy's strategy is to show favor to the royal family, attach to the Holy City, and bribe Noah.
All these measures will inevitably cost money and consume the resources and strength of their territory, but the Holy Cat State is very poor except for some farmland, and there are no mineral deposits except for some limestone.
Completely inland, blocking the sea trade, the only trading partner is the kingdom of Noa, the navigation of the Nune River is also cut off because of the first waterfall, unable to carry out shipping trade with other states of Kemert, the second waterfall blocks the trading merchant ships from Noa.
There is also a lack of handicraft craftsmen in their own territory, so they cannot produce decent industrial supplies, including metallurgy, pottery, brewing, textiles, etc., none of which can be called an industry.
To put it simply, the crisis is everywhere, and poverty is the current situation in the Holy Cat State.
Andy looked at Menes lovingly and said, "Menes, my dear son, since you have returned, I want to hand over the family territory to you, I am old, and now I am sick, in a few days I will go on a pilgrimage to the Holy City with your mother, to visit the snake blowers in the Holy City, to see if I can cure my disease, and by the way, I will also visit the High Priest of the Holy City, and try to get justice for you." ”
Menes had a feeling that Song Huizong had abdicated to Song Qinzong, and the name of the family sinner was given to me.
Andy took a breath and continued, "The family's territory will be handed over to you sooner or later, and you don't have to refuse, as long as you are really willing to take over the family's territory, I believe you will definitely be able to make a difference." ”
"Your Majesty's White City, I haven't been to it for many years, this time I want to visit together, I will leave for a long time, I hope you can manage the territory well, the high priest Jett will assist you wholeheartedly, manage the territory together, if there is anything you don't understand, you can consult Jett directly, if there is any problem that cannot be solved, you can write to me. ”
When Menes heard his father's words, he suddenly had a feeling that he was on his deathbed and entrusted to Jet, Menes didn't expect that he would only go home, and his father would have to travel far away and completely hand over the territory to himself!
Menes is not worried that she will not be able to manage herself, but it will take a little time to learn to manage all these affairs at once.
Why did his father leave in such a hurry? Could he have thought about it a long time ago? But he didn't know that he would be resurrected completely, and that he would not leave his territory to a mindless mummy to take care of, or ......
Menes stole a glance at Jet.
No one noticed Menes' expression.
Jett stood up and said, "Dear Lord Andyerb, your wisdom is our reliance, and I will wholeheartedly assist Lord Menes in managing the territory, you can rest assured." ”
"The harvest season is about to begin, you must prepare as soon as possible to meet the harvest, there can be no mistakes, the situation is tense this year, all forces must take care of it, and the internal affairs are mainly handled by Jet, Menes You need to reorganize the army as soon as possible, it is estimated that the war is not far away." Andy said with a sigh.
The three of them discussed the main affairs of the territory in the hall, until a servant came in to inform him that dinner was ready, and then realized that it was too early.