I was a priest in the city-state era

When Hatepuna could only rely on Roy to avenge her father Mursili, Roy told Hatepuna that she should be a queen who would treat both the Hittites and the Hittites equally.

As a result, Hatepuna used her actual actions to prove that her heart was biased towards her own people after all.

Roy has decided in his mind that he wants to find someone to manage the Hittite Kingdom with Hatepuna, but unfortunately there is no suitable candidate at the moment.

Taisha City.

With the surrender of the Hittite army, the second capital of the Hittite Kingdom was also included in the territory of the Athenian Empire by Roy.

Palace hall.

Loy and Hatepuna held a grand banquet.

Except for Han Tili who was killed by Roy and Tie Lieping who escaped, all the city-state princes and nobles who participated in the battle of Taisha City accepted the banquet.

Roy and Hatepuna were sitting on the throne looking down at the hall, and Roy took the initiative to speak.

"Dear princes of the city-state! Dear nobles! I believe you are no stranger to my identity. I am the husband appointed by the great moon goddess for Princess Hatepuna. Since Hantili can inherit the throne as the princess's husband, and is not affected by you, If the princes and nobles of these city-states object, then you will not stand up to oppose me as the husband of Princess Hatpurna inheriting the Hittite throne!"

The princes and nobles of the city-state all remained silent.

After all, they were all prisoners who lost to Roy on the battlefield. Of course, the prisoners had no qualifications to oppose Roy.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Roy continued.

"Since you don't object, then I will exercise my power as the Hittite king. First, I will abolish slavery in the Hittite Kingdom. From now on, Hittites and Hattians will be compatriots with equal status. Then I will abolish slavery in the Hittite Kingdom." Abolish the city-state princes and nobles. From now on, everyone in the Hittite Kingdom will be equal civilians except for the royal family centered on me. Finally - I will redistribute the fields in the Hittite Kingdom, and everyone will be deprived of illegal occupation. 's fields.”

No matter in any era, fields are the most important wealth.

Even in the industrial age, humans will not be able to survive without fields to grow food to fill their stomachs.

After hearing Roy's words about depriving them of their most important wealth - their fields, a young and energetic noble stood up angrily and said.

"I don't have a problem with you not letting the Hattian people be our slaves, and I don't have a problem with you demoting us to civilians. But if you want to deprive us of our fields, do you want us to die? Do you know that I have How many family members, servants and followers would lose their fields——"

“You can still survive if you lose the land you illegally occupy.”

Roy said coldly with an expressionless face.

"As long as you send away the servants and followers at home, the jobs I will arrange for you will allow your family to have enough food and clothing."

"You asked us to send away our slaves and followers—"

The young noble said angrily.

"We don't have slaves or followers. If you persecute us in the future, how can we resist? I understand. You limit the wealth we have in order to make us civilians unable to resist your rule."

"You're pretty smart."

Roy said directly and frankly.

"I want to turn you, the city-state princes and nobles with huge wealth and private armies, into real civilians so that you cannot threaten the royal power. If you can accept my policy, you will be my subjects from now on. I will not I will investigate your past crimes against the Hattian people. If you cannot accept my policies, I will demote all of your family members into slaves, and the wealth accumulated during your time will also be confiscated."

After Roy finished speaking, Governor Kusala immediately stood up and spoke seriously.

"I have decided to accept His Majesty the Emperor's arrangement and give up my identity and power and the illegally occupied fields. Since we lost to His Majesty the Emperor on the battlefield, we have no right to choose. This is the best result for us. ”

After hearing the words of Governor Kusala, some city-state princes and nobles lowered their heads unwillingly.

In the past, the Hattians lost to the Hittites on the battlefield, so the Hattians became slaves of the Hittites, and their wealth, wives and daughters were taken away by the Hittites.

Now Roy defeated the Hittites on the battlefield, but did not demote the Hittites into slaves——

Comparing the Hittites' own behavior, they really had no right to be dissatisfied.

"What should we do if the Hattian people take revenge on us in the future?"

A city-state prince said worriedly.

"We the Hittites know best how much the Hattians hate us."

"You don't believe me, don't you still believe Princess Hatepuna?"

Roy said with a smile.

"My Athenian Empire has a vast territory, so I will not stay in Asia Minor forever. After I leave Asia Minor, Hatepuna will be the queen who rules Asia Minor in my place. Don't you think that Hatepuna will not protect you? People, will you watch you suffer revenge from the Hattian people?”

Hatepuna followed.

"If you are really worried, then participate in the recruitment of soldiers of the Athenian Empire! By becoming a soldier of the Athenian Empire, you will not only enjoy the benefits of a civil family, but also have the force to protect the Hittites. After all, I am a Hittite. Princess, if my men were all Hattian soldiers, I would also be worried that the Hattian soldiers would not obey my orders."

Governor Kusala said immediately.

"Princess Hatepuna, I will let my son take all the Hittite soldiers from Kushala to join the Athenian Empire."

Other city-state lords and nobles also expressed their intention to let their sons and Hittite soldiers become soldiers of the Athenian Empire.

In the Battle of Taisha, the Athenian and Hittite armies lost thousands of soldiers, and as many as 4,000 soldiers were injured.

As a result, Roy's soldiers not only did not decrease, but increased to 60,000.

The Hittite army, which originally had 40,000 soldiers, cut off the old, weak and wounded soldiers and all joined Roy.

Not only did the force double, but the governors of the city-states such as Kushara, Salissa, Samha, Amukuwa, Tamnia, and Vasusan also offered the city-states they ruled to Roy in exchange for the treatment of first-class citizens and big merchants.

While Roy sent Athenian soldiers to take over these city-states, he brought Hatepuna, the city-state lords and nobles, and 20,000 troops to Hattusa.

Hattusa.

When Roy arrived here, he received several important news.

The first news was that the Hattite city-states of Hakpisa, Narik, and Charpwa, which were conquered by the Hittite Kingdom forty years ago, had rebelled, and now these three city-states are controlled by the local Hattites.

The Hattites who now control these three city-states have sent envoys, wanting to coexist peacefully with the Hittite Kingdom ruled by Roy.

The second news was that Telepin left the Hittite Kingdom with 3,000 Hittite soldiers and entered the territory of the Pacleans in the northwest of the Hittite Kingdom.

Telepin's purpose was probably to conquer the Pacleans.

The third news was that the Kingdom of Isuwa, one of the three major kingdoms of the Hurrians, sent envoys to marry Roy.

Roy's marriage partner was not only a Hurrian princess, but also a priestess serving the goddess Sausuka, which was enough to prove the importance of the Kingdom of Isuwa to this marriage.