Starting From The Stone Age And Becoming Extraordinary After Constructing Stonehenge - Chapter 35

Chapter 35 The Outbreak of Conflict

The battle between Tan Weili and Tefnut revolved around the food market in Egypt.

This meant that their struggle would end when the wheat was harvested in the summer next year.

Fortunately, it was only late autumn in Egypt.

Tan Weili had more than half a year to make full arrangements to deal with the threat of Tefnut.

As the days passed, a piece of news began to spread among the Egyptian people. Many experienced farmers, through their own experience, predicted that Egypt would usher in a drought next year.

The entire country would fall into the predicament of a food shortage.

He didn’t think that this Tefnut wasn’t brainless at all… She just doesn’t like to use what little intelligence she had on the right thing

From an outsider’s point of view, there were still some eye-catching aspects to the way Tefnut operated.

She knew very well that she did not have the ability to really reduce the rainfall in Egypt, so she did not let the priest announce the news that Egypt would have a drought next year.

In contrast, she chose to influence the thoughts of some farmers to make them think that there would be a drought next year.

Such an operation prevented a direct conflict between her priest and Tan Weili. It was more obscure and more difficult to deal with.

From Tan Weili’s point of view, Tefnut’s operation was quite interesting.

However, it was only a little interesting!

As a transmigrator who had transmigrated from the early 21st century to this era, Tan Weili had more than 4000 years of experience than the political struggles in Egypt.

To him, the little tricks of Tefnut were nothing to be afraid of!

In the face of possible market fluctuations, Tan Weili decisively introduced a new policy to set up the government. They would purchase Egyptian wheat in large quantities at a slightly higher price than the current market price!

Then, he stored this batch of food in the palace and left it to the most loyal guards to look after it.

Seeing this, Hathor asked curiously,”What are you planning to do with so much food?”

“I plan to sell this batch of wheat at a price slightly lower than the market price at the beginning of next summer, when the Egyptian people are short of food supply, to ease the food shortage situation!”Tan Weili explained.

Tan Weili’s policy was just a normal food price protection policy in many countries in the 21st century.

However, for the human civilization that had just entered the Ancient Era, it was an unparalleled pioneering work!

Therefore, when she heard Tan Weili’s plan, she was stunned.

She didn’t expect such a thing to happen in this world!

Then, Tan Weili used his authority as the Pharaoh to gather the main grain merchants in Egypt and hold talks with them.

He ordered these grain merchants not to engage in speculation in the food supply field and raise the price of grain.

If there was anyone who violated this rule, the Pharaoh would not mind killing all the male members of their family!

From Tan Weili’s point of view, free trade was an effective way to promote prosperity, so he would try to give merchants the right to free trade if conditions were met.

However, this freedom was not enjoyed by grain merchants.

After all, what the grain merchants had to do was very simple. They only had to spend money to buy the farmers ‘grain and supply it to others. That was all.

You couldn’t expect to play any tricks with such a simple job.

Therefore, in Tan Weili’s opinion, as long as a reasonable price was set so that the grain merchants would not starve to death, it would be considered as being very kind.

On this basis, the only thing the ruler had to do was to prevent these grain merchants from raising the price of grain and creating a man-made famine, just like how they had to guard against thieves!

“B*stard!”

In a room in Egypt in Ra’s Palace, the Goddess of Moisture and Rain, Tefnut, had changed her elegant image in front of others and was cursing like a shrew.

Ever since she was born, she had never been in such a helpless situation.

Ever since Tan Weili had offended her for Bastet in Ra’s Palace, Tefnut had been holding a grudge.

And when she had been informed that Set’s plan to intercept Tan Weili had failed, her hatred for Tan Weili had become stronger.

She knew that the battle between Tan Weili and Set had to be carried out around the mortal realm.

As such, the new policies that Tan Weili announced as Sekeheim would become the most important part of his battle against Set as Horus!

In order to vent her hatred for Tan Weili, Tefnut decided to ruin his new policy!

But to her surprise, her tactic of instigating the order of the Egyptian food market to put pressure on the Pharaoh did not work in front of Tan Weili!

This guy seemed to have thought about this for a long time. He had come up with a set of policies to prevent the food market from fluctuating, and with the government’s visible hands, he flattened the food price!

As a god, Tefnut had been born only a few hundred years ago.

Egypt, where she lived, was also a new classical civilization. The complexity of its society could definitely be called simple and honest in the 21st century! She had never seen such a method before!

In the face of Tan Weili’s almost other-dimensional attack, if Tefnut could really cause a famine in Egypt, there was still a possibility of resistance.

But all she could do was destroy the confidence of the food market.

It was destined that she would not be able to win against Tan Weili.

However, Tefnut was not willing to be defeated by Tan Weili.

After much consideration, she made a vicious decision.

Soon, Tefnut arrived in Ethiopia again and found Set, who was Tan Weili’s number one enemy.

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“Eh? Tefnut, what are you doing here?”

At that moment, Set looked very pathetic and comical because his nose had been cut off by Tan Weili.

He could only wrap his nose with a bandage to cover up the embarrassment.

When the God of War saw her, he said angrily, “I didn’t expect you to dare to come see me! If you had not asked me to intercept Horus, I would not have been besieged by the gods, and that little fellow would not have plotted against me…”

At this point, Set, whose nose had been cut off by Tan Weili, felt a sharp pain coming from the bridge of his nose again, which made him grimace. However, Tefnut did not care.

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She only said coldly,”Regarding that matter, I am only responsible for explaining Horus’ whereabouts to you. As for whether you want to go or not, that’s entirely up to you. I have never forced you to do anything.”

“However, I overestimated your strength. I didn’t think that you would really be beaten so badly by that little kid, Horus.”

Upon hearing the sarcasm, Set, who was already angry from the pain, became even angrier.

But just as he was about to roar at Tefnut and teach the woman a lesson, Tefnut said, “I didn’t come here today to argue with you.”

“As the God of War, you should know the risks of that battle better than I do. Since you think that you can kill Horus, what makes you think that I can predict the outcome of the battle more accurately than you? Am I right? The powerful God of War Set!”

Uh…

It had to be said that even though Tefnut advocated chaos and had a problematic standpoint, she was still a good person.

But when her intelligence was online, she was still very skillful in speaking.

After hearing the compliment, Set immediately felt his anger dissipate.

Since Tefnut had already said that, Set naturally could not do anything to her.

Helplessly, he could only ask Tefnut in a low voice,”What do you want to do this time?”

“I want to cooperate!”Tefnut said, “I want to work with you.”

“Next summer, when Egypt’s agriculture is lacking in resources, I will use my authority and influence to incite the food crisis in Egypt as much as possible and destroy its order.”

“At that time, I hope you can mobilize Ethiopia to send troops to Egypt to give Horus an unforgettable lesson!”