I was a priest in the city-state era

Although the city of Tyre had various reasons for refusing to join the Athenian Empire, it is an undisputed fact that the Athenian Empire's army and navy were very powerful.

For example, now, Roy has 25,000 soldiers.

The total number of men in Tyre was only 10,000.

The number of men who could be mustered as soldiers was only two thousand at most.

Going to war with the Athenian Empire was definitely not a wise choice.

"Your Majesty the Emperor!"

Sheeran looked at Roy with a solemn expression and said.

"I'd like to treat you to a show."

After speaking, without waiting for Roy's consent, Sheeran gave a few instructions to the beautiful maid beside her.

After a while.

Twelve Phoenician soldiers brought a tall chimpanzee and a red-haired slave man into the hall.

Sheeran introduced it like a show off.

"Your Majesty, the world is really big. In the process of exploring the Mediterranean coast to the west, we Phoenicians discovered that there are not only yellow people on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, brown people on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, and black people on the northern shore of the Mediterranean. There are white people with black eyes and blond nomads, as well as human-like chimpanzees and red-haired savages. You can tell at a glance that this chimpanzee is a ferocious beast that we captured alive with more than a dozen people. A barbarian, and a barbarian leader of a small tribe.”

After Sheeran's introduction, the Phoenician soldier gave the red-haired savage a bronze war spear and gave the chimpanzee a wooden stick.

Obviously, this is to let the red-haired savage and the chimpanzee perform in a gladiatorial show.

The chimpanzee held the stick and swung it a few times like a human, and then took the initiative to attack the red-haired savage.

Sheeran proudly introduced to Roy.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, this must be the first time you have seen this kind of chimpanzee! This kind of beast is tall, strong, savage and ferocious, but they are easier to tame than lions."

Roy watched the chimpanzee and the red-haired savage fight with a calm expression, showing no surprise at them.

Although the chimpanzees are taller, stronger, more violent, and more ferocious, the red-haired savages are smarter and more flexible.

After cleverly avoiding a chaotic attack by the chimpanzee, the red-haired barbarian seized the opportunity and pierced the chimpanzee's body with the blade of his bronze war spear.

As the winner of this gladiatorial performance, the red-haired barbarian was not only not happy, but instead glared at Sheeran and Roy with angry eyes.

"Sure enough - humans are always smarter than beasts!"

Xilan clapped his hands with satisfaction and said.

"Although this red-haired savage's civilization is very backward, he is not a beast like a chimpanzee after all."

The nobles in the hall also applauded, obviously they all enjoyed the gladiatorial performance.

In the history of another world, the city of Tyre had a Roman arena used for gladiatorial performances.

"What do you want me to know by showing me this performance?"

Roy looked at Sheeran with a joking smile and said.

"If you want to tell me that the world that you Phoenicians explored is larger than the world that I, the Athenian emperor, rule - then I also want to tell you that I understand how big this world is better than you."

After saying that, Roy put some wine on his right index finger and started drawing on the table.

At first, Sheeran didn't pay much attention to what Lowy had drawn.

But when Roy drew the complete outline of the Mediterranean world, Sheeran immediately opened his eyes and held his breath.

"What is this? Could it be—could this be—"

After finishing the painting, without waiting for the wine to dry up, Roy pushed down the wine glass and used the wine in the glass to wash away the outline of the Mediterranean Sea he had drawn.

"don't want!"

Xilan hurriedly tried to stop it, but in the end it was a step too late.

After the outline map of the Mediterranean Sea disappeared from the desktop, Sheeran first took a deep breath and then asked Roy with a solemn face.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, what you just drew was the outline of the Mediterranean Sea? We Phoenicians have been exploring for thousands of years, and we have only mastered the outline of the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. You are a foreigner from the far East, why can you draw the complete outline of the Mediterranean Sea? contour?"

"Because I am a god!"

Roy said with a smile.

"Aside from the fact that I am a god, what other reason can explain my infinite wisdom?"

As someone who knew Lowe's deeds, Sheeran had to admit that this was indeed a very reasonable explanation.

The Athenian tribe was originally a tribe with a population of five thousand.

In less than a year, Loy turned the Athenian tribe of 5,000 people into the Athenian Empire of 5 million people - this is indeed an impossible feat for mankind.

Roy's identity is actually a god, which will make the birth of the Athenian Empire reasonable.

"Since you are a great god, why can you interfere with us humans?"

Seeing that Xilan actually believed that he was a god, Roy explained with a smile.

"Are you a fool? Although my true identity is a god, I have become a human now and use my human identity to walk around the world. Of course, I can interfere with humans as a human. Not only me, other gods can also use humans It is an open secret that Princess Pandora of Crete is the incarnation of the goddess.”

"What you said makes sense! But even if you are a god, you can't rob us of our wealth."

Sheeran said with a firm expression.

"We Phoenicians risked our lives to gain this wealth and cannot be exploited by you in the name of tax collection. If you want us to join the Athenian Empire, then let us get the treatment we deserve - give us the status of nobility and privileges. The more taxes we pay, the greater our status and privileges.”

Roy shook his head without hesitation and said.

"I will not allow privileged nobles to exist in the Athenian Empire, so no matter how much taxes you Phoenicians pay, I will not give you noble status and privileges. But I understand your thinking, you Phoenicians are indeed Risk your life to earn wealth, so I am willing to set up an Athenian Empire Royal Insurance Company to ensure the interests of you Phoenicians. As long as you are a Phoenician who pays taxes normally in the Athenian Empire, you can participate in the insurance at the Royal Insurance Company. If your Phoenician cargo ships suffer losses due to piracy, shipwrecks, etc., the Royal Insurance Company will compensate you for your losses according to the market price. With the Royal Insurance Company covering the entire situation, you no longer have to worry about various accidents that will cost you your money. If you suffer a huge loss, wouldn’t you want to join the Athenian Empire?”

Seeing the shaken expressions of Sheeran and the nobles, Roy continued to speak louder.

"I can also give you the wisdom of gods to help you explore the entire world. With the world map I give you, you can save three thousand years of exploration time."

After listening to Roy's words, a noble couldn't help but ask.

"Even if we suffer losses outside the Athenian Empire, will the Royal Insurance Company compensate us for our losses?"

"That's right!"

Roy nodded directly and said.

"Even if you suffer losses outside the Athenian Empire, the Royal Insurance Company will compensate you for your losses."

The noble who just asked immediately said.

"Your Majesty Hiran, I think we can join the Athenian Empire."

Sheeran looked at Roy with a serious face and said.

"Your conditions really make us excited, but how can you guarantee that your conditions can be fulfilled?"