I was a priest in the city-state era

Royal Palace of Athens.

Pandion, Zeuxippe, Procne, and Philomela returned to the palace behind the hall. The family sat on a stone bed covered with a thick wool blanket. Pandion sighed with regret, and Zeuxippe looked worried. The expression on Procne's little face was full of hesitation, and Philomela was obviously a little happy.

Seeing that Pandion and Zeuxiper were still unhappy, Philomela comforted them.

"Father! Haven't you already felt overwhelmed and wanted to spend more time with your mother? Brother Roy is not an outsider, so father doesn't have to mind so much."

Looking at his daughter whose elbows were turned outward, Pandion said helplessly.

"Philomela! I do want to hand over the power in my hands, but I want to hand over my identity and power to Erechtheus. Now that Roy has taken away the city of Athens that originally belonged to your brother, don't you just Aren’t you sad?”

"Why should I be sad!"

Philomela said with a smile.

"Brother Erechtheus inherits the city of Athens, which will not do any good to my sister and me. Brother Roy becomes the king of Athens, and my sister and I can become the mistresses of the city of Athens."

After listening to Philomela's words, Pandion said dumbfounded.

"My silly daughter! If you can really become the mistress of the city of Athens, and my grandson becomes the heir of the city of Athens, I will recognize it if Loy robs the city of Athens. But have you ever thought about it, now your identity has been changed No longer the princess of Athens. We are already Roy's captives, and you are Roy's trophy. Does Roy still need to marry you? Now Roy can make you a maid, or even a slave."

Even the simple Philomela realized the seriousness of the problem at this time.

As the status of Philomela and Procne changes, it is indeed possible that Loy will not marry them.

"How can brother Roy not marry us-"

Philomela immediately pulled Procne and said.

"Sister, let's go find brother Roy quickly and ask him if he will marry us and let us become his official wives."

Procne had no opinion at this time. After hearing Philomela's words, Procne nodded directly.

Palace hall.

Roy sat on the throne, thinking about the future development of the city of Athens.

As the supreme ruler of the city of Athens, Roy can now mobilize all manpower according to his own will.

"As the saying goes - if you want to be rich, build roads first! There are now more than 14,000 people in the city of Athens. Pandion originally wanted to move 4,000 Serifos people to the Lavrio area to reduce the food burden of the city of Athens. Now When I become the king of Athens, I have many ways to solve the food problem. Rather than moving the Serifos people to the Lavrio area, it would be better to arrange for them to build bridges and pave roads and build convenient roads to every area controlled by the city of Athens. "

Since ancient times, the significance of road construction is not only to improve economic development, but also to strengthen governance.

If Loy's decree could not be implemented in remote places because of difficult roads, Loy would have no choice but to become the ruler of Athens.

This is not the result Roy really wants.

Although in this era, whether it was the king of the Babylonian Empire, the Pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire, or the king of the Hittite Empire, they only ruled a vast territory in name, and in fact could only rule the core area including the capital.

But what Roy wanted was to establish a centralized Athenian empire more than a thousand years in advance.

Not to mention the cities controlled by the city of Athens, even the towns and villages below the city must abide by Roy's decree, and there cannot be a local emperor who is as high as the sky and the emperor as far away as the emperor.

In order to achieve the results Roy wanted, roads leading to the city of Athens must be built in every village.

"In addition to building roads, the city of Athens also needs to produce salt on a large scale. With endless salt, the city of Athens can solve its food problem. The most important thing is that when the city of Athens and the city of Knossos compete for the hegemony of the Aegean Sea, Salt will be a trump card in defeating the city of Knossos off the battlefield.”

While Loy was thinking about other problems facing the city of Athens, Procne and Philomela walked in holding hands.

"Brother Roy!"

Seeing Roy on the throne, Philomela pulled Procne and ran to the steps where the throne was, and then said to Roy.

"Now that brother Roy has become the king of Athens, will you marry my sister and me and make us your official wives?"

Roy was stunned for a moment, then took Procne and Philomela into his arms, let them sit on his knees and said.

"Are you two thinking wildly? No matter what happens to my identity and yours, I want to marry you two sisters, and my idea of ​​making you my wife will not change."

After hearing Roy's answer without hesitation, Procne said tentatively.

"Brother Roy, will you make my and Philomela's child the heir to the city of Athens?"

"Um!"

Roy nodded, and Procne immediately said happily.

"Brother Roy, it seems that the relationship between you and your father can still be reconciled. Come with us to admit your mistake to your father and promise to make my and Philomela's children the heirs of the city of Athens. My father will definitely forgive you."

Although Perseus, as the grandson of Acrisios, could go out of his way to kill his grandfather Acrisios and seize the throne of Mycenae by force.

But as a son-in-law, Roy obviously cannot go out of his way to kill his father-in-law Pandion-unless Roy is willing to bear the cost of losing Procne and Philomela.

In order to allow himself to enjoy the happy life at night, Roy only hesitated a little before accepting Procne's request.

"Procne! Philomela! Of course I want to reconcile with my father-in-law. When I get in front of him, you must help me put in good words to persuade him."

After Roy finished speaking, Aries and Pallas appeared at the door of the hall.

After the two of them walked to the center of the hall and bowed their heads in salute, Aries said to Roy.

"The Great Priest - the great King of Athens! After we confiscated the extra property from the homes of several small chiefs, your warehouse can no longer hold it because there is too much confiscated property."

"If my warehouse can't fit it, then put it in my father-in-law's warehouse."

Roy said without hesitation.

"Aries! From now on, all my father-in-law's property in Athens will belong to me, and my father-in-law's warehouse will be my warehouse."

"Then I will arrange immediately to put the remaining belongings into another warehouse belonging to you."

After Aries left, Roy took the initiative to ask Pallas, who was silent.

"Captain Pallas! If you don't guard the gate of the Acropolis, why are you here to see me? What's the important thing?"

Pallas lowered his head and said.

"I am a subject of Chief Pandion, and I also manage the gate of the Acropolis under the orders of Chief Pandion. Now that you have become the new master of the city of Athens, I want to resign from all my positions."

"Do you mean you don't want to be loyal to me?"

Roy said with an unhappy expression.

"You used to be my father-in-law's vassal, and of course you will be my vassal in the future. Otherwise, are you worthy of your father-in-law's nurturing grace? Procne! Philomela! Tell Pallas, should he continue to do this? My loyal vassal?”

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