I was a priest in the city-state era

Roy certainly knows the importance of technological monopoly.

As long as the Athenian tribe maintains its technological advantage, it can strike down other forces economically and militarily.

Although Roy felt sympathy for the craftsmen whose personal freedom was restricted, he nodded and said.

"In order to better manage the craftsmen, I think we can set up an industrial park in the Acropolis, build various workshops in the industrial park, and let the craftsmen live in the industrial park."

"Industrial park..."

Pandion seemed to understand and said to Roy with a serious face.

"Priest Roy! There is no extra land in the Acropolis to build the industrial park you mentioned. If you want to build an industrial park, discuss with me about building the city of Athens!"

"The city of Athens--"

Roy said with a bright look in his eyes.

"Chief Pandion, do you want to build the Athenian tribe into the city-state of Athens?"

Pandion nodded and said.

"The current Athens tribe has a population of 5,000, and it is no longer suitable to be managed in a tribal way. The 3,000 people of the Acropolis of Athens are crowded with every piece of land in the Acropolis. In order to transfer most of the residents of the Acropolis of Athens to the foot of the Acropolis, I plan to build a wall at the foot of the Acropolis to protect the residents at the foot of the Acropolis."

The residents of the tribal civilization often migrated because they did not have tall and solid walls to protect their safety, and they did not have advanced agricultural technology to obtain food stably.

The Athens tribe was able to form a large tribe of 5,000 people entirely because of the Acropolis, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, the Acropolis could only accommodate a limited population. If the Athens tribe wanted to grow and develop, it had to abandon the Acropolis, a natural fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and build tall and solid walls to protect its residents.

"Chief Pandion! I can invent something called cement to build the walls of Athens. We can use cement to build a wall of more than five meters, and the hardness of the cement wall is comparable to that of stone. It is definitely a fortress that is difficult for the enemy to capture."

"Cement?"

Looking at Roy's excited expression, Pandion said with some doubt.

"Walls built with water and mud will really be as hard as stone? If someone else told me this, I would definitely think he was crazy, but I am willing to believe Priest Roy."

"Then I will find materials to make cement tomorrow?"

Pandion shook his head and said.

"Priest Roy! Before building the walls of Athens, I want to start a war to annex the Eleusis tribe. The Eleusis tribe has a population of more than 3,000. It is one of the four major tribes in the Attica Peninsula and the closest major tribe to the Athens tribe. Annexing the Eleusis tribe can not only eliminate the biggest threat to the Athens tribe, but also increase a large number of young and strong people to build the walls of Athens for us."

"Chief Pandion, the real purpose of your coming to me today is to discuss this war with me?"

Roy said with doubts.

"Although I am a priest of the Athenian tribe, I have no real power in the Athenian tribe. You should not need to discuss such an important matter as war with me."

"Before launching a war against the Eleusis tribe, I hope you can lead a fleet to Crete to buy a batch of food. This is the real purpose of my coming to you."

Food-

In this era of barter, food is undoubtedly the most precious wealth.

Because humans can live without gold and silver, but they cannot live without food.

After the Athens tribe annexed the Eleusis tribe, because of the sudden increase of more than 3,000 people, new food must be needed to feed the newly added people.

Seeing Roy hesitate, Pandion continued.

"Priest Roy! I know that sailing in the open sea is a very dangerous thing, but you are the priest of the goddess Metis. Only if you lead the fleet in person can this fleet return to Athens safely."

In this era, because there is no compass and nautical chart, it is easy to get lost at sea when sailing in the open sea.

This is the first danger of sailing in the open sea.

The second danger of sailing in the open sea is encountering pirates at sea.

The third danger of sailing in the distant seas is that after arriving in a strange land, the locals there are likely to attack the strangers.

In the legend of ancient Greece, when the heroes led their companions to a strange land, they would often attack the locals like robbers. This was because the Greeks had been attacked too many times by the locals during their sailing in the distant seas, and developed the habit of taking the initiative.

Although Roy knew the dangers of sailing in the distant seas, he also knew that he could not refuse Pandion's request.

"Captain Pandion! I am willing to lead the fleet to Crete for grain trade. But before setting off, in order to prove that I have the skills to sail in the distant seas, I plan to go fishing in the distant seas first."

"Okay!"

Pandion nodded and said.

"If you have any requests, just make them, and I will definitely satisfy you."

"Tomorrow I will make a floating compass and draw a navigation map of the eastern Mediterranean. I want to go fishing in the distant seas the day after tomorrow. I hope you can give me ten ships and fishermen, and tell everyone in the Athenian tribe about this. After my distant sea fishing is successful, I can recruit some capable young sailors in the Athenian tribe to join my distant sea trade fleet."

Compass?

Navigation chart?

Pandion seemed to understand what he said.

Looking at the confident expression on Roy's face, Pandion reached out and patted Roy on the shoulder and said.

"Priest Roy! If the Athenian tribe wants to develop and grow, the most important thing is to obtain food through long-sea trade. As long as you can lead the fleet to successfully conduct long-sea trade, I will let you have the power and status of a small leader."

Is this the coexistence of danger and opportunity?

Engage in dangerous distant sea trade. If you fail, you will die. If you succeed, you can become a small leader.

"Chief Pandion, I will do my best to complete the mission."

After Pandion left with satisfaction, Roy came to the stone table and sat down. He looked at the paper and brush on the stone table and recalled the map of the Mediterranean in his mind.

Originally, Roy only had some vague memories of the map of the Mediterranean, but the [wisdom improvement] granted by the goddess Metis made Roy's vague memories very clear.

Roy picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and quickly drew a map of the Mediterranean on the paper.

Then--

Roy discovered that his drawing skills were very poor, and the map of the Mediterranean Sea he drew could not be used as a navigation chart at all.

"In the future, the Athenian tribe cannot let me lead the team every time they conduct long-sea trade. In order for the Athenians to conduct long-sea voyages on their own, I must draw a navigation chart that not only myself, but also the Athenians can understand. ”

After speaking, Roy burned the discarded drawing paper with a candle to prevent his masterpiece from being seen, and then painted again on another piece of paper.

It wasn't until all the pieces of lab paper were used up that Roy blew out the candles and crawled onto the stone bed to sleep in exhaustion.

This night.

Roy had a dream.

Even in his dream, Roy was drawing navigation charts on pieces of paper.

When he finally drew a perfect navigation chart, Roy opened his eyes and woke up.

I found myself having a dream.