I was a priest in the city-state era

the next day.

Roy came to the military camp outside Athens and saw that all the soldiers who woke up looked lazy, and many soldiers were sleeping in.

Apparently the soldiers thought the war was over and gave themselves a holiday.

Seeing this scene, Roy did not get angry, but just ordered to the Aries beside him.

"Aries, go gather the soldiers. I have something to say to them."

After Aries ran to carry out Roy's order, he quickly gathered all the soldiers.

The soldiers gathered together looked at Roy's figure expectantly, probably thinking that Roy was going to reward them.

"Soldiers, I must tell you now, this war is not over."

Seeing the surprised and confused expressions of the soldiers, Roy continued to explain.

"The city of Knossos in Crete is called the Overlord of the Aegean Sea because Knossos has the most powerful navy in the Aegean Sea. Yesterday we only defeated the Knossos on land. Defeat the proud navy of Knossos. To end this war, we must continue our efforts and defeat the navy of Knossos."

It turns out that this war will continue——

After hearing Roy's words, the soldiers all looked disappointed.

Because every time they go to the battlefield, they risk their lives being taken away by the enemy.

"Soldiers, I can assure you that as long as we defeat the Knossos City Navy, this war will end immediately."

In order to boost the morale of the soldiers, Roy continued.

"After this war is over, in addition to the rewards you deserve, I will reward you two thousand catties of grain. In other words, if we win a war, you will receive an additional reward of one thousand catties of grain. In addition to In addition to food rewards, I will also bring together young unmarried women in Athens and conduct blind dates with single soldiers to help you find wives."

After Roy finished speaking, a Theban soldier immediately asked.

"I am a soldier from Thebes. Can I go on a blind date in Athens?"

"Of course! The Athenian soldiers and Theban soldiers are soldiers fighting for me, so I will give you the same treatment."

A Corinthian soldier also asked.

"I am a soldier from Corinth. Can I go on a blind date in Athens?"

"Can!"

Roy said without hesitation.

"Although you are soldiers of Sisyphus, King of Corinth, you are fighting for me now, so I will give you the same treatment."

Although he said this on the surface, what Roy was thinking about was that in a short time, the Corinthian soldiers would become his soldiers.

Under the bombardment of Roy's various sugar-coated shells, the soldiers were all pumped up and full of expectations for defeating the Knossos City Navy.

"Soldiers! If you want to defeat the enemy easily, follow my request and practice throwing with about twenty kilograms of stones! As long as you practice throwing well, we can easily defeat the city of Knossos. navy."

After leaving the soldiers with a training mission, Roy returned to Athens and began to prepare for the next war.

Royal Palace of Athens.

The hall where the throne is located.

The people who really handle the political affairs of the city of Athens here are not Loy, the king of Athens, but Procne and Philomela.

Roy came to the hall and spoke directly to Procne.

"Procne, in order to defeat the navy of Knossos, I hope you can collect some supplies for me. I want at least one thousand clay pots containing twenty kilograms of olive oil, plus two thousand for Throwing balls of cloth.”

After listening to Roy's request, Procne and Philomela stood up, left the throne and walked towards Roy and said.

"Brother Roy, are there merchants from the sea who have brought food in exchange for 20,000 kilograms of olive oil? We usually sell olive oil in fifty kilograms of clay pots, and twenty kilograms of clay pots are used by women to fetch water."

Roy shook his head and said.

"No one comes to buy our olive oil. The two thousand kilograms of olive oil I want are for burning."

Since olive oil has oil in its name, of course, like other vegetable oils, it is a liquid that can burn.

In this era, olive oil was also one of the main fuels for oil lamps.

Procne, who came to Roy, said in surprise.

"Brother Roy, twenty thousand kilograms of olive oil can be exchanged for one hundred thousand kilograms of grain. It would be too wasteful to burn so much olive oil."

"Silly girl! If I weren't afraid that collecting too many pots would affect the normal life of the Athenians, I would even burn one hundred thousand kilograms of olive oil."

"One hundred thousand kilograms of olive oil——"

Even Philomela couldn't help but say.

"Brother Roy, one hundred thousand kilograms of olive oil is equivalent to five hundred thousand kilograms of grain. You actually want to burn one hundred thousand kilograms of olive oil. Am I dreaming, or are you really crazy, brother Roy?"

"Listen to my explanation."

Roy explained with a smile.

"I don't want to burn so much olive oil in vain, but I want to use this olive oil to conduct a fire attack and defeat the Knossos City Navy."

"Fire attack? Can fire attack be used on the sea?"

"It's because you can use fire attacks on the sea! If you use fire attacks on land, the enemy can escape. If you use fire attacks on the sea, as long as the enemy's ship is set on fire, the enemy can only jump into the sea to survive. , so that we can easily defeat the enemy."

After listening to Roy's words, Procne and Philomela first showed a look of realization, and then Procne looked at Roy with admiration and said.

"Brother Roy is so smart that he can come up with a way to destroy the enemy with fire attack on the sea."

"Sister is right! The longer we are with Brother Roy, the more times we are shocked by your wisdom."

Looking at Procne and Philomela's admiration for him, Roy couldn't help but say.

"In fact, this is not a method I came up with, but a method of water warfare thought up by some wise men in my hometown. Even the inventions I made are the crystallization of the wisdom of the sages."

"Even if this is the crystallization of other people's wisdom, it is also a great thing that Brother Roy can master all these crystallizations of wisdom."

Procne threw himself into Roy's arms, resting his head on Roy's right shoulder and said.

"Brother Roy, my admiration for you will not change in the slightest."

Philomela also threw herself into Roy's arms, resting her head on Roy's left shoulder and said.

"Brother Roy, you could have deceived us and taken these crystals of wisdom for yourself. You are willing to honestly say that these crystals of wisdom do not belong to you, which is a great thing."

"Procne... Philomela..."

Looking down at the cherry lips of Procne and Philomela, just when Roy couldn't help but want to bite them, Aries hurried into the hall and said.

"Your Majesty, we have found out that the navy of Knossos City is now staying on Kea Island in the south of Attica Peninsula. As Your Majesty expected, the navy of Knossos City has begun to block the waters around Attica Peninsula and prohibit any merchant ships from coming to Attica Peninsula for trade."