After hearing what Lin Ke said, Elisha's father was stunned for a moment.
"You...just want to ask this?"
"water?"
Elisha's father looked very confused. Obviously, he always felt that the Holy Pharaoh in front of him did not come for such a simple purpose.
There must be another purpose!
After all, he is the King of Holy Egypt!
But when Lin Ke saw the expression on Elisha's father's face, he immediately knew what he was thinking.
"I'm not trying to poison your water or destroy it."
"I want to stock up on some water."
When Elisha's father heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. The first thing he remembered was what the village chief had said when he gathered the villagers together.
......
“The shepherds from Hebron say that there is a problem with the wells throughout the Negev!”
"They said that all the water in the wells is contaminated!"
"What comes out of the well is not water, but blood!"
“It’s blood!”
......
He suddenly realized that it was because water was very important to the king in front of him.
That's why he said he wanted to use gold coins to buy it.
Of course, Elisha's father immediately realized that this might mean that water might become a more precious resource after a period of time.
"Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh."
"Could it be that you also know the news?"
Lin Ke glanced at Elisha's father's father and nodded slightly.
"Yes."
“Your groundwater is gradually becoming contaminated, making it unusable in some areas.”
"It seems that there are signs of expansion."
As Lin Ke spoke, he walked to the kitchen and looked at the lump of dough on it.
It had just been rubbed a few times and placed there, obviously thrown there in a hurry by Elisha's mother not long ago.
"But, Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh."
"Even if you spend a lot of money to buy water, we may still face water shortages."
"You saved our lives and were so generous as to buy our sheep at a high price."
"We can share all the stored water with you for free."
"But, can you leave some for us too?"
"We are two old bones, so we can certainly hold on, but these two children are still young."
"They'll... die of thirst."
Elisha's father said this tremblingly, and he even closed his eyes tightly when he finished speaking.
Of course, he knew very well that no matter what the Holy Pharaoh in front of him said or how he answered, it was "correct".
He had no way to refuse, and no reason to refuse.
After all, the money the other party gave him was enough to buy more things, enough to buy so many things that they could be piled up into a mountain.
Not to mention, the other party saved their family's lives, and even as an enemy with absolute power, he did not kill them.
He even used the term "transaction" to give Elisha's father the right to choose.
But when Lin Ke heard what Elisha's father said, he just frowned slightly.
"What are you talking about?"
"It's your freedom to sell me as much water as you want."
"This is the nature of the transaction. Both parties buy and sell according to their own wishes."
"Otherwise, there would be no need for me to talk to you so much."
"I could just kill your whole family and take what I want."
“But I didn’t do that.”
"You have to know that our current transactions and talks are conducted on a relatively 'equal' basis."
"So, all you have to do is answer my questions and make your choice."
Lin Ke watched as Elisha's father's expression changed from shock to gratitude, and the other's eyes widened a little more.
"Yes! Yes! Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh!"
"You are truly a great and loving king, just as the magician said!"
Lin Ke's words greatly improved Elisha's father's original opinion of Lin Ke.
He originally thought that the king was high above everyone else and that his authority could not be violated.
In his imagination, the king should sit on a golden throne, wearing a jewel-studded crown and a luxurious robe embroidered with the sun, moon and stars.
At the feet of the king, all the trembling ministers should be kneeling.
The king's words could decide life and death, and a single look could make all the civil and military officials in the court tremble.
Even if you say something wrong, you will be beheaded, and if you take a wrong step, your entire family will be implicated.
This is the majesty and terror that a king should have in his mind.
In his opinion, there is an insurmountable barrier between kings and mortals.
The king is a ruler chosen by God, born with noble blood flowing through his veins.
Royal blood!
The common people are nothing but ants-like untouchables, and they have to pray in trepidation for even the qualification to look up to the king.
He had heard too many stories about the majesty of kings, stories about the Supreme Ruler.
A minister was exiled to the frontier because he coughed during court session.
A servant was sentenced to death for accidentally touching the sleeve of the Supreme Ruler.
What's worse, just because of a word of good advice, the whole family, young and old, were sent into slavery.
However, the king before him, His Majesty the Holy Pharaoh, completely overturned all his imaginations.
The king did not sit on a high throne, but strolled casually in their shabby house.
He was not wearing any luxurious dragon robe, just a black robe.
There were no guards or maids following him, no army accompanying him, only a great magician standing beside him.
That means that His Majesty the Holy Pharaoh might even have considered that the large army would scare the people in the village!
What shocked him the most was that His Majesty the Holy Pharaoh actually answered the words of a pariah like him again and again.
"Great and loving?"
"No, you are not my subject, not my people."
"For now, just think of me as a traveler."
Lin Ke said this and just looked at Nan Tong and smiled gently.
At this moment, Elisha's father felt that some deep-rooted ideas were collapsing.
It turns out that a king does not have to be high and mighty, but can be a wise man who cares about the world and comes personally to his people!
It turns out that the relationship between the monarch and his subjects may not be a master-slave relationship, but more like a partnership!
He looked at the unique king in front of him and suddenly understood something.
"The true power of an emperor lies not in making people fear him, but in making people respect him!"
"True power lies not in oppressing others, but in benefiting all people!"
"Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh!"
"Please accept the worship of the untouchables!"
Elisha's father bowed down again, and his son looked at Lin Ke and said a few more words.
"Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh, my dear people."
"Ah! Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh, you are the real ..."
As Elisha was speaking, his father covered his mouth.
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