I was a priest in the city-state era

When Roy came to the square outside the temple, he saw the resting teenagers sitting together in groups. Each of them stared at the busy young maids with lewd eyes, almost drooling. .

"Master Priest——"

When Roy came over, these teenagers were ready to get up.

Roy immediately waved his hand and said.

"You guys sit still and don't move. I'm not here to urge you to train. It's noon now and everyone should rest until at least two in the afternoon. I'm just here to chat with you."

In the center of the square outside the temple stands the statue of the goddess Metis, as well as an altar dedicated to the goddess Metis.

While speaking, Roy sat down on a stone outside the altar, and then said to the teenagers.

"I see that you all look sallow and thin. Your families must be very poor!"

Perhaps because of Roy's approachable attitude, a boy of about eighteen years old said carelessly.

"If our family's life was good, why would we risk our lives to participate in high-sea trade? Among us, the best in the family is Aries. His father's name is Boros [Harvest], and every time he goes to sea to catch The fish can all come home with a full load. In addition, several children in their family have died, and they only need to feed Aries and his younger brother. There will not be much problem in Aries marrying a wife in the future. There will be a total of ten children in our family. When there is a food shortage, people may starve to death. For a family like ours that cannot feed itself, more than half of our brothers are destined to be unable to marry.”

After someone took the lead, other teenagers also complained about how poor their families were.

Roy patiently listened to the complaints of these teenagers, then looked at them with a serious expression and said.

"Everyone is willing to risk their lives to follow me out to sea. I know how poor your life is. You are all adults over sixteen years old, and you have reached the age where you should marry a wife and have children, but now you can't even support yourself. Even if you go out to sea with me and get a hundred pounds of food, it will only ensure that you have enough to eat this year. If you think I am a trustworthy person, you can. Consider becoming my follower and dedicate your loyalty and life to me. I cannot guarantee that you will be rich and wealthy, but I can guarantee that you will marry a wife and have children. I will also guarantee that you will be fed and clothed, and your family will no longer have to live for food and clothing. worry."

As soon as Roy finished speaking, Aries stood up and said.

"I believe in the priest. I am now willing to become a follower of the priest and dedicate my loyalty and life to the priest."

Roy looked at Aries helplessly, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

Now Loy had neither any real power nor any property in the Athenian tribe.

Even if someone is willing to become a follower of Roy, Roy cannot buy people's hearts with food.

Looking into Aries' eager eyes, Roy forced a smile and said.

"Aries! I just said that you can't consider becoming my followers until we come back from Crete. Now I haven't shown the ability worthy of your trust, even if someone wants to be my followers now , I will also refuse to accept you.”

After Aries sat down with a disappointed look on his face, Roy continued.

"While I have time now, let me tell you what we should do when we encounter pirates at sea. I believe that many of you have never even killed animals, let alone killing people. But when you encounter pirates , be sure to use the weapons in your hands to attack the pirates' fatal parts such as their heads, necks, and abdomens. Because pirates usually kill people, the result of our mercy on the pirates is that the pirates kill us brutally, or capture us and take us captive. Become slaves and be sold far away from home.”

Seeing all the teenagers nodding seriously, Roy stood up and said.

"Now everyone get a wooden stick, and we will use the wooden stick to practice fighting in the afternoon. Tomorrow I will give you wooden spears and let you practice with them."

After Pandion arranged for thirty-six male servants to make paper, the square outside the temple not only had ten bronze tripods for boiling paper pulp, but also a mountain of firewood.

After hearing Roy's order, the teenagers all walked to the firewood mountain and each picked a stick.

Ping Ping Ping Ping——

Pong pong pong——

After fifty young men started fighting training with wooden sticks, Procne and Philomela, who heard the sound, came out wearing veils. Philomela looked at the scene in front of her and said.

"Priest Roy is indeed training soldiers."

If Roy wanted to train these teenagers to be sailors, Roy should now teach these teenagers how to perform their respective duties on the ship instead of training these teenagers to work together.

Procne looked at the scene in front of her with complicated eyes and said.

"Philomela! We told father in the evening that Priest Roy is training these teenagers in combat in order to fight the pirates."

Philomela didn't think much and nodded directly to agree to her sister's request.

The thoughtful Procne knew that if his father Pandion saw this scene directly, he would definitely doubt Roy's intentions in training soldiers.

Let his father have a preconceived idea, and his father will think that Roy trained these soldiers to deal with pirates.

It was evening, and Procne and Philomela brought dinner.

This time, Roy did not hide in the stone house to enjoy delicious food. Instead, he ate unpalatable black bread with the teenagers.

Although the food provided by Roy was not delicious, all the teenagers ate it very happily, because they also wanted to eat black bread when they returned home.

The most important thing is that the black bread at home cannot be eaten freely, but the black bread at Roy can be eaten as much as you want.

After the teenagers finished their meal, they all said that they would come again tomorrow.

Roy smiled and said goodbye to the teenagers one by one, and made an appointment with them to see each other tomorrow.

When all the teenagers left, the night had already covered the earth, and Roy returned to the stone house to enjoy the food brought by Procne and Philomela for him.

Pandion's home.

The hall of the stone house.

Procne and Philomela sat with Pandion, Pandion's wife and Erechtheus, and told their families what happened today.

After Procne told how Roy trained the teenagers to fight like soldiers in order to deal with pirates, Philomela said proudly.

"Father! Mother! Big brother! Guess what my sister and I saw today! The priest of Roy actually sat with those commoners and ate black bread with relish. Ever since I tasted black bread, I feel sick when I see this kind of inferior food, but the priest of Roy can actually eat it."

"Philomela--"

Seeing that her sister actually treated Roy's affairs as a joke, Procne glared at Philomela with dissatisfaction.

Pandion said with a serious face.

"I have eaten black bread too! In order to win people's hearts, it is right to sit with the common people and eat the same food. It's a pity that your brother Erechtheus can't bear the hardship. He really should learn from Roy to integrate into the common people."

Hearing Pandion's words, Erechtheus frowned and lost his appetite in an instant.

Pandion's wife said immediately.

"Dear! We have ruled the Athenian tribe for 20 years and have long had a solid authority. Erechtheus doesn't need to integrate into the common people at all."

"Zeuxippus--"

Pandion called out his wife's name and said with a serious face.

"If you spoil the children like this, they will definitely suffer a great loss in the future."