There are more than a thousand people living in the town of Sumer, which is already a large rural market town, but Amon has never been to other places, so he feels that this town is much smaller than Duke Town. But the sky here is very blue, and the clothes people wear are mostly light linen or cotton clothes. Looking at the fields and flocks around, as well as the livestock and grazing chickens and geese, it is obviously much richer than Duke Town.
But the houses here don't look pretty and strong, and they seem to be poorer than Duke Town. When they walked through the temple in the town, Amon was even a little surprised—the temple here was actually built of wood, and it only had two low floors! It was far worse than the magnificent temple built of lapis lazuli and white marble in Duk Town.
He muttered in a low voice: "Why do people here build temples with wood? Most of the houses are made of wood, so aren't they afraid of fire?"
Yin Nanna explained in a low voice: "Stone materials are transported from the mountains and processed again, which is very expensive. It is cheap and convenient to use wood to build houses here...but the snow fir wood used in the temple is different from ordinary wood."
Amon: "Which kingdom is this, and what kind of god is enshrined in the temple?"
Yin Nanna: "This is the territory of the Kingdom of Baron, where the Temple of Enlil was built."
Amon was a little puzzled and asked again: "I heard that the main god of the Baron Kingdom is Marduk, and the main god of Hatti and Assyria is Enlil. Why is Enlil built here? Temple?"
Yin Nanna shrugged her shoulders and said: "Maybe the realm of the gods is not exactly the same as the border of the human world. In the territory of Baron, the city-states east of the Yudi River built the Marduk Temple, while the temples built in the west of the Yudi River They are all temples of Enlil, but Marduk and other gods are also enshrined in the temples... Anyway, they are all of the same pantheon, according to the legends in the world, isn’t Enlil the uncle of Marduk?"
Amon nodded and said, "Oh, so that's the case."
Amon stopped asking, but Yin Nanna asked back: "Amon, aren't you curious?"
Amon turned his head and glanced at her and said: "What's so strange about this, isn't Enlil the uncle of Marduk? As far as I know, the king god believed by the entire Ecu Empire is Horus, but the lower Ecu The most important temple is the Temple of Isis, which also houses Horus and other gods."
Yin Nanna blinked her eyes: "I'm referring to the division of the temple along the two banks of the Youdi River. How did it form in the first place? Is there an agreement between the gods? Aren't you curious?"
curious? Curious about the gods, the old lunatic and Bell's lives were sent in, and there were so many people buried with him, and Amon couldn't help but embarked on an unknown, rugged and dangerous road. He didn't want to entangle this question in front of Inanna, so he replied with a wry smile: "What's the use of being curious, I'm a mere mortal, and I don't know Marduk or Enlil, so I have no place to ask... Inanna, you know this place well." , where are there clothes for sale? Let's go buy clothes first."
Yin Nanna pulled Amon into a side alley in the town, and entered a shop. A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy came up to greet him and said, "Do you want to buy clothes? Just take a look, our shop is The best stuff in the neighborhood, both fabrics and ready-to-wear."
Buying clothes is very simple for Amon. He pointed to himself and said, "I want ready-made clothes, as long as I can wear them."
The man glanced at him, and it was obvious that Amon was not a nobleman, so he took a set of the best light cotton clothes, which were printed with red stripes very beautifully and conspicuously, but without other patterns and embroidery, and greeted him: "This set Clothes cost 30 copper coins, they are cool and breathable in hot weather, they are of good quality and cheap, and you cannot buy them elsewhere.”
However, Amon thought the fabric was not strong enough and not wear-resistant enough, so he pointed to a set of burlap clothes that were also light but densely woven beside him and said, "I want this dress, plus pants of the same fabric, two sets .”
The clerk replied with a little disappointment: "One set of trousers costs ten copper coins, and two sets of twenty copper coins. Don't you want to look at anything else?"
Amon shook his head and said, "I don't need it anymore... Yin Nanna, you can choose what kind of clothes you want to buy."
Yin Nanna pointed to a long dress hanging on the wall: "This is beautiful, I like it, is it expensive?"
When the guy turned his head to see Yin Nanna's appearance clearly, his eyes immediately felt radiant, and he couldn't take his eyes off her face and body. When he heard the question, he came back to his senses and replied: "Miss, you really have Look, among the clothes sold in our store, this is the best color that ordinary people can wear, but it is a little expensive, and it costs sixty copper coins."
The guy glanced at Amon while talking. Amon didn't care what the waiter thought of him at all, and without thinking about it, he took out a silver coin and handed it over, "That's all, I bought it. Do you have a place to change clothes here? Let her change clothes first." .”
The clerk was startled in surprise, then nodded again and again and said: "Yes, yes, there is a small door next to the counter, and you can change clothes in the room." Then he took the silver coins and found Amon twenty copper coins.
When Yin Nanna changed her clothes and came out, Amon's eyes lit up. The suit she chose fit perfectly. It was made of thin white cotton, printed and dyed with indigo stripes, which perfectly outlined the beautiful figure, and almost every part was attractive. The boy looked straight, and Yin Nanna turned around and asked playfully, "Amon, does it look good?"
Amon nodded: "Looks good, you are already good-looking, and you will be even more beautiful in this dress."
The guy also admired: "Girl, you are so beautiful, what's your name?"
Yin Nanna looked back and said with a smile: "My name is Yin Nanna, I bought your expensive clothes, can I give you another pair of shoes?"
Such expensive clothes? Is it really expensive? Amon has no idea about this. Since clothes cost money to buy, of course they are expensive, but it’s no big deal. I bought two sets of clothes and a skirt for a total of 80 copper coins, which is not enough for a bottle of the cheapest in Duke Town. liquor.
And the guy's bones were almost cracked by Yin Nanna's laugh. He took out a pair of cloth shoes from behind the counter. The thick soft hemp soles looked very comfortable, and said with a smile: "Of course, come here often when you are free. There are all kinds of beautiful clothes."
Yin Nanna smiled at him again, but did not say thank you. She pointed at Amon and said, "It's not my shoes. He paid for it. You should give him a pair of shoes that he can wear. These are too small."
The man let out an "ah" and was obviously disappointed, but Yin Nanna still looked at him with a smile. He took another pair of shoes that Amon could wear together with the original pair and handed them to Yin Nanna, "Okay, I will give you an extra pair, and the other pair of shoes will be considered as my gift to you, miss."
Yin Nanna covered her mouth with a smile and said, "You little guy gave me two pairs of shoes at once, aren't you afraid that the boss will come back and scold you?"
The young man regained his energy all of a sudden, puffed up his chest and said, "What are you afraid of? The boss is my father, and this store belongs to me! Miss, you must come here often, and I will give you a cheap price." Looking at his tone and look at his eyes, I don't know whether he wants to give or take advantage.
Putting on the new clothes they bought, the two walked to the town again, which was even more eye-catching. Passers-by almost all stared at Yin Nanna—her face, her breasts, her body. It would be uncomfortable to change someone else, but Yin Nanna smiled as usual.
After leaving the shop, Amon asked again: "Where is there a sheep seller? Let's go buy sheep."
Yin Nanna: "Of course it can't be on the street. There is a market at the other end of the town."
All countries in the Tianshu Continent have similar regulations. Slaves are not allowed to wear dyed fabrics, and civilians are not allowed to have embroidered clothing. Yin Nanna claimed to be a shepherdess slave, but she wore a floral skirt dyed with indigo stripes. But Amon is still inexperienced in this area, because there are almost no slaves in Duke Town.
The residents of Duke Town are almost all miners' families, only the mayor and Mrs. Xiao Gu's family have servants who take care of daily life. There are mining slaves in the mines outside the town, and they all do the same work as miners and wear the same clothes. Amon just thought Yin Nanna looked so good in this dress, and even he couldn't help but always look sideways.
When the two came to the market town, the dazzling Yin Nanna caused quite a commotion. Amon is not afraid of people looking at him. He dared to look directly at Iko-Maria at the beginning. He was regarded as a god in the cave-dwelling savage tribe, and he became the center of everyone's attention more than once in Duke Town. What is it to look at? He just vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think clearly what was wrong.
Almost every stall owner would come over to greet them attentively, and then inadvertently glanced at Amon's sackcloth and straw sandals, with a strange expression on their faces, as if they thought it was a pity that Yin Nanna stood with him.
But after searching the market, she couldn't find the white sheep with black spots that Yin Nanna said, and she looked very disappointed, as if she was about to cry again. Amon comforted: "Is it okay to change a sheep? Anyway, what you lost is a sheep, and I can give you a bigger and better one."
Yin Nanna pouted and shook her head, "No, that's the kind of sheep I'm looking for. Go out of the town from here, and there are pastures for sheep. There are more sheep there. Let's go to the shepherd and buy one?"
Amon nodded and said, "Okay, let's continue looking."
They have already swaggered around Sumer Town, and almost everyone in the town is talking about a guy wearing straw sandals and sackcloth leading an extremely charming girl here. The girl was in shabby clothes, and the boy took her to old Joseph's tailor's shop, and bought a beautiful and expensive new dress. It is said that the young man only bought two sets of sackcloth for himself, and took advantage of it stingily, so that the girl asked little Joseph for two pairs of shoes.
Life in a small town is inherently dull and boring, and this kind of thing is the most likely to become a topic of communication. People were saying that the young man must have kidnapped someone's girl and eloped past here, and the two must have come from far away, because the young man still spoke with a Hattie accent.
Amon followed Yin Nanna to the outside of the town, and sure enough, he saw a flock of sheep grazing leisurely there. Yin Nanna suddenly pointed in surprise: "Look, that's the sheep I'm looking for!"
Amon turned his head and was taken aback: "Yin Nanna, why are you pointing at me?"
Yin Nanna patted him: "Look over there."
Amon turned his head to look to the other side, and there were indeed a few lambs with black spots in the flock. At this time, Yin Nanna had already run over with small steps, knelt down and picked up a sheep and shouted in surprise: "That's it, Amon, it's the sheep I lost!"
"Miss, don't talk nonsense, that's my sheep!" The shepherd came from a distance with a long whip and shouted very unhappy. It was a burly old man.
Amon quickly walked over to remind Yin Nanna: "How could this be your sheep? It can't fly, and it can come here from such a distance. Did you misread it?"
The old man glanced at Amon, and said to Yin Nanna: "This is my master's sheep. I drive them to the hillside to graze every morning, and drive them back to the sheepfold every evening. I will count them carefully every day. The sheep are definitely not yours."
Yin Nanna hugged the sheep and did not let go, and started to cry at Amon again: "But this is the sheep I lost, I know it, Amon, please help me!"
The shepherd got angry: "Beautiful girl, you can't be so unreasonable! It's my sheep."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, if Yin Nanna was not a girl, the old shepherd would probably have to whip his whip. Amon hurriedly stood in the middle and tried to persuade him, "Maybe it's a sheep of the same size. She's been looking for it for a day, so she's inevitably a little anxious. How about this, I want to buy this sheep, how much is it worth?"
Before the shepherd could speak, Yin Nanna stood up and grabbed Amon and said, "This is obviously my sheep, why do you still pay for it? He stole my sheep!"
The shepherd finally got angry, pointed his whip at Amon's nose and said, "Outsider, are you bringing this girl here to be a robber? Be careful with my whip!"
Yin Nanna hid behind Amon and said: "We are not robbers, you are the thief, you stole my sheep!"
Amon didn't care about the shepherd's whip, and opened his arms and said, "Uncle, don't be angry, she lost an identical sheep and thought this was hers... I promise to help her find it, and I can buy it for you." sheep."
The shepherd snorted coldly, waved his hand and slapped his whip: "I won't sell it! This is my master's sheep."
Amon: "If I give you more money, your master will not blame you and will only be happier."
The shepherd glanced at him, stretched out two fingers and said contemptuously: "Well, two silver coins, buy it or not!" He hated these two foreigners very much. The girl looked even more hateful in front of her, so she said an outrageous price and wanted to send the two of them away.
Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, Amon had already quickly pulled out two silver coins and handed them over. The shepherd was stunned with wide-eyed eyes, and even forgot to reach out to take them. Amon pulled his hand over, put the silver coin in his palm and said, "This is money, please keep it, can you give me a rope so that I can lead the sheep away."
The things outside the mountain are really cheap. Amon has already said that he is willing to pay more, but he didn't expect to only need two silver coins. And the shepherd stared at Amon as if he was looking at some monster. The sheep was not big, and two silver coins could buy five sheep. Today, he made a small fortune.
He looked at Amon for a long time before he suddenly came to his senses. He simply tore off his whip rope and handed it to Amon, saying, "Take this to tie the sheep. There is no other rope here." Lowering her voice, she leaned over and whispered: "Young man, you are a generous and good man! Why don't you buy yourself a nice dress when you have money?... Although that girl is beautiful, I'm afraid you can't afford to spend it."
Amon said thank you, tied the sheep with a whip rope and led it away from the pasture. When they were far away, Yin Nanna hugged Amon's arm, held him by his ear, and breathed, "Amon, do you think I'm unreasonable? But this sheep is indeed mine. I can swear that it has the same The one I lost was exactly the same."
Amon smiled wryly and said: "Maybe it's yours, maybe it's not yours, but there's no proof, it's in someone else's flock, unless someone proves that the sheep came from your flock, you can't just take it away It... the place where you lost the sheep is far away from here, and it is unlikely that it will come here by itself. There are also quite a few black spots in the flock, and it may really be the same."
Yin Nanna: "The spots of each sheep are different. Of course the sheepherder can recognize it. Anyway, I would like to thank you for buying this sheep... But why did you spend so much money? You are strong, so there is no need to be afraid That shepherd's blackmail, how can he be your opponent?"
Amon shook his head and said, "I'm here to buy a sheep, not to rob it. If I can prove that the sheep is yours, I don't mind helping you get it back. Unfortunately, I can't prove it. It's not that I don't believe you." .”
Yin Nanna lowered her head and said, "But in this way, I owe you too much, how should I repay you?"
Amon smiled: "You have already repaid me. You brought me to the town and gave me such delicious cakes."
Yin Nanna: "But your sheep are too expensive. If I hadn't said that, you wouldn't have spent so much money."
Amon shrugged: "It's not expensive, I think it's very cheap."
Yin Nanna took the whip rope from Amon and led the sheep, and the two walked through the market and returned to the town. Amon's search for a place with people is nothing more than to experience various people and things, and there is no specific purpose. When he returned to the town again, he found that people were looking at them with strange eyes, pointing and discussing in private. But when he turned his head to look over, people all averted their eyes.
Although Amon has no experience of going out, he is not really stupid. He used the detection magic to scan quietly, and probably knew what people were talking about, so he couldn't help but feel a little funny. At this time, he also realized that Yin Nanna was by no means an ordinary shepherdess slave. There were many people outside the mountain, including many women, who were not as soft and beautiful as Yin Nanna.
When walking past the tavern in the town, Yin Nanna suddenly stopped and said, "Amon, are you tired? If you are tired, you can go in and have a drink."
Amon suddenly remembered something. The mayor of Dusty once said that the cheapest glass of wine in the tavern outside only costs one copper coin. He has always been skeptical, and really wanted to see it, so he said to Yin Nanna: "I don't know. Will I delay your time if I go in for a glass of wine? How about I take you back first, it will be dark after a short walk out of the town. "
Yin Nanna asked back, "Are you going to send me back?"
Amon: "You still have to walk a long way after dark. Of course I have to send you back. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry. The market town is here."
Yin Nanna smiled: "Thank you! Whether you drink or not, it will be dark anyway, and there is still a long way to go after dark, so go ahead and rest for a while."
Alcohol is a luxury, but it does not only belong to the nobles. Many commoners drink a few glasses in taverns when they have money and leisure, which is the most extravagant enjoyment on weekdays. In the war-torn era in the history of Tianshu Continent, some countries once prohibited the civilians of the country from drinking alcohol, because brewing alcohol consumes a lot of food, which needs to be controlled in difficult times when supplies are tight.
When people drink too much, they always like to think and complain, say things that they usually dare not say, and do things that they usually dare not do, so taverns are often one of the most chaotic places in a town. Amon took Yin Nanna into the tavern and immediately heard a loud noise. But when they saw them coming in, many people whispered again. It was obvious that the topic of discussion in the tavern just now was the two foreigners who came to the town today.
Amon found an empty table and sat down. There was a boss and two buddies here. The boss came over and asked in person, "Young man who came from afar, what would you like to drink? We have the best wine here."
Amon spoke very directly, and the first sentence was what he was most concerned about: "Is the cheapest wine here for a copper coin?"
The boss was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Yes, one copper coin and one cup, would you like a cup?" Although he was smiling, there was a bit of contempt in his eyes, he had already heard about the strangers in the town , this young man is very generous to the girl, but he is very stingy, and now I see that it is indeed the case.
How about a glass of wine? Amon waved his hand and said, "Let's have a pot."
The boss greeted the waiter to bring a jug of wine and two cups. Yin Nanna naturally reached out to take the jug and poured a glass of wine for Amon. Instead of sitting down, she just stood beside Amon holding the jug .
Few women would come to the tavern to drink, and the occasional ones were mostly town prostitutes, another chaotic place in the market town. Such a beautiful woman came to the town and was brought into the tavern by Amon. Everyone's eyes were focused on Yin Nanna, waiting to see the beautiful woman drinking. This was more than a side dish, but she didn't expect to drink.
Amon was about to ask Yin Nanna to sit down, when the tavern owner asked first, "Girl, why don't you sit down? Could it be that someone wouldn't let you sit down?"
Yin Nanna explained with a coquettish smile: "No, I'm a slave girl, I can't just sit here and drink... Amon, drink slowly, I'll pour you wine standing up."
I see! The whispers in the tavern suddenly became louder, like a field of flies buzzing. This girl was a slave girl brought by a boy from a foreign country. He wore cheap clothes, but he showed off the slave girl's beauty in front of everyone, and even bought a dyed skirt for her against the rules.
If Amon is a noble adult, if there is any violation of the rules in the costumes of the beautiful female slaves he loves, no one will meddle in his business. But Amon wore straw sandals and sackcloth, drank the cheapest bad wine in the tavern, and brought a beautiful female slave to make such a show, it became a crime.