I was a priest in the city-state era

While Glaucus and his followers were moving in the palace, Roy ordered the 300 Corinthian soldiers around him to gather the citizens of Corinth - thousands of Corinthian men over the age of 16 - to a square in Corinth.

Under the gaze of thousands of people, Roy stepped onto a podium in the square and spoke loudly to the crowd.

"Dear Corinthians, some of you may know me, and some may not. I am King Roy of Athens. When the Mycenaeans attacked Corinth, I brought reinforcements to save you and Corinth. I also led the army to Mycenae and forced Mycenae King Acrisius to swear not to attack Corinth again. But today, I killed the Corinthian King Sisyphus, drove away Prince Glaucus, and became the new master of Corinth."

When Roy said this, the Corinthians were very calm.

Because for ordinary Corinthians, as long as it does not harm their interests, they don't care whether the ruler is Roy or Sisyphus.

Seeing the reaction of the Corinthians, Roy continued.

"Now that you have become my people, I will implement the same laws in Corinth as in Athens. That is to say, in the future, except for the royal family headed by me, no one can let you be bullied and oppressed. I promise that under my rule, everyone can live a well-fed and well-clothed life, because I will provide a large number of job opportunities in Corinth, and these jobs will only recruit Corinthians."

Seeing that the Corinthians still did not react, Roy began to give specific numbers.

"I promise all of you that in the future, any job in Corinth will not be paid less than 100 kilograms of food per month. If it is a job that does not provide food and accommodation, the monthly salary will not be less than 150 kilograms of food. In the future, Corinthian soldiers will enjoy the same treatment as Athenian soldiers."

Hearing Roy's words, the Corinthian soldiers shouted excitedly.

Because Roy's treatment of soldiers is really good, not only will he give soldiers generous pensions and wartime rewards, but he will also arrange blind dates for soldiers.

Of course, the treatment Sisyphus gave to the Corinthian soldiers was far inferior to that of Roy.

Amid the cheers of the Corinthian soldiers, Roy continued.

"From today on, all the fields in the Corinthian area belong to me. Every family can apply for fifty acres of arable land without paying any taxes to me."

After Roy finished speaking, thousands of Corinthian civilians widened their eyes, wondering if they were dreaming.

In this era, each family had an average of seven people.

A family owned fifty acres of land and did not need to pay taxes. The output of fifty acres of land was enough for any family to live a good life of plenty and slowly accumulate wealth.

Using various methods to confirm that they were not dreaming, someone immediately shouted to Roy.

"Long live King Roy of Athens!"

Then, thousands of Corinthians shouted like a tsunami.

"Long live King Roy of Athens!"

"Long live King Roy of Athens!"

At this time, Glaucus and his followers happened to pass by the square.

Seeing that Roy was supported by the Corinthians, Glaucus said with a mocking smile.

"What Roy said just now was obviously to fool the Corinthians. His promise cannot be fulfilled. If he does not collect taxes from civilians, where will Roy get the wealth to support the soldiers? Not to mention supporting the soldiers, I am afraid he can't even support his own palace."

Glaucus seemed to have seen that Roy would soon be hostile to the Corinthians for not being able to fulfill his words today, and he could also look for opportunities to make a comeback.

Glaucus certainly would not have thought that Roy could get endless wealth just by monopolizing salt.

As time goes by, Roy will also launch various monopoly products, and there is no need to tax civilian families whose annual income does not exceed 10,000 kilograms of grain.

Another world.

In history a thousand years later, the archons of Athens once divided Athenian citizens into four levels.

Those with an annual income of more than 30,000 kilograms of grain are the first-level wealthy citizens.

Those with an annual income of more than 20,000 kilograms of grain are the second-level knight citizens.

Those with an annual income of more than 10,000 kilograms of grain are the third-level double-cow citizens.

Those whose annual income does not exceed 10,000 catties of grain are the fourth-class daily wage citizens.

The first and second classes can hold high-ranking positions such as archons, the third class can hold low-ranking positions, and the fourth class cannot hold positions.

Although Roy will not copy this citizen system, he wants to use the income standard of this citizen system as the standard for taxation.

Citizens of the fourth class do not have to pay taxes, and the higher the class, the higher the tax rate.

After Roy's speech, the citizens of Corinth went home, and Roy began to busy himself to count the property he owned in Corinth.

Glaucus and his followers took away the private property of the royal family, leaving Roy with a lot of food, cattle and sheep, but they were used a little less.

So if Roy cannot make Corinth profitable, he can only use the wealth of Athens to maintain the normal operation of Corinth.

The Acropolis of Corinth.

The palace that originally belonged to Sisyphus.

When Roy arrived at this originally luxurious palace, he saw that all the young and beautiful maids and young and strong male servants had been taken away, leaving him with only some old and frail maids and male servants.

Roy was not interested in turning the Corinthian palace into a nursing home, so he drove away the remaining maids and servants in the palace and let fifty Corinthian soldiers take over the palace.

Palace Hall.

Sitting on the throne that originally belonged to Sisyphus, Roy seriously thought about the economic development of Corinth.

Corinth is one of the three major city-states with potential that is not inferior to Athens. After Athens becomes a trade hub, Corinth can also become an export center for pottery, olive oil, wine and other commodities in the Peloponnese.

The most critical issue now is who Roy should let manage Corinth.

The most trustworthy person is of course the girl around Roy.

Unfortunately, Procne, Philomela, and Chione do not have the ability to manage Corinth, or even the entire Corinth region.

Pandora may have enough ability, but Roy cannot fully trust her.

After thinking about it, Roy felt that the most suitable person to be a tool man was his cheap father-in-law.

So Roy recruited four soldiers to serve as his messengers.

Four brave soldiers came to the hall, and Roy said to them directly.

"I plan to let you ride four horses to the Marathon area to find my father-in-law Pandion. You tell my father-in-law that I want him to be the governor of Corinth and ask him to come to Corinth as soon as possible."

After the four soldiers left with the mission, Roy thought of his brother-in-law Erechtheus.

So he recruited another thirty soldiers and asked them to go to the Lavrio area as his envoys.

"After you meet Prince Erechtheus, tell him my request and ask him to cast the silver ore into two sizes of silver coins, one large and one small, and transport them to Athens. If he refuses to accept this job, I can only let someone else replace him as the governor of Lavrio."