I was a priest in the city-state era

Without the help of Chione, Loy, as the enemy of the Eleusins, the Athenians, would have been almost impossible to gain the trust of the Eleusins, and could only use violence to threaten the Eleusins ​​to obey his orders.

But with the help of Chione, the Eleusisians spontaneously followed Roy to leave the port of Piraeus and go to the new homeland chosen by Roy for them.

Walking on the road north of Acropolis Mountain, Roy couldn't help but said to Chione.

"Princess Chione! I now understand that after foreign rulers conquer a place, they marry local princesses not only because of your beauty, but also because you are really helpful in ruling the local people."

Chione frowned and said with a dissatisfied expression.

"I will help you, not to flatter you and become your wife, but to help my people."

"I have no idea of ​​marrying you! Now you are my maid slave. You are already my property. There is no need for me to elevate your status to my wife."

After saying that, Roy extended his left hand to the top of Chione's head, preparing to kill the proud Chione by touching her head.

Chione avoided Roy's left hand vigilantly, leaving Roy's left hand empty.

Two hours later.

Roy led the Eleusinians to the northeast of the Acropolis - the junction of Mount Parnisa and Mount Pendelli.

This is also where the city center of Athens is located in the modern world 3,600 years later.

Roy stopped on a piece of grass, turned around and shouted to the Eleusinians.

"Men of Eleusin, this is where your new home will be. Next I will arrange work for you. The women will collect firewood to make fires and cook for us all, and the men will go to Parnisa and Pendelli mountains to cut down trees. , to build the log cabins where you live. Because the tools for felling trees are limited, men without logging tools must collect grass stems to weave mats for the roofs and walls of the log cabins. You all must remember that you are not working for me. , but build a house for yourself. The wooden house is just your temporary residence. Soon I will make cement and bricks to help you build a cement house that is stronger and more beautiful than the stone house."

What is cement?

The Eleusisians couldn't even understand Roy's words, so naturally they wouldn't believe the pie that Roy drew for them.

But they came to a strange land and did need to build a house for themselves.

So the Eleusinians all obeyed Roy's orders. The women gathered together to make a fire and cook, while the men either took lumber tools to the mountains or collected grass stems to weave straw mats.

After Chione and her three maids joined the women in their work, Roy also went to the forest and brought back the chopped wood with the men.

The Eleusinians all looked at Roy with surprise, wondering why Roy, as a conqueror and ruler, as a priest serving the gods, would work with them.

Although the Eleusinians could not understand Roy's thoughts, Roy's actions did increase the Eleusinians' favor and enhance their trust in Roy.

Night fell in a blink of an eye.

Roy and the men built ten houses in a short period of time with wood as the skeleton and straw mats as the roofs and walls.

After finishing work, Roy and the men ate the big pot of rice cooked by the women and gnawed on the unpalatable black bread.

After dinner, Roy stood up and said loudly.

"Every man like me! It's the turn of winter and spring. It's not surprising that the temperature suddenly drops and snows at night. Do you have the heart to let women and children sleep in the open air tonight? I propose that women and children sleep in the cabin tonight. I Do you agree to spend the night with you outside by the warm fire?"

an Eleusinian man said immediately.

"It's okay to let our women and children spend the night in the cabin, but are you really spending the night outside with us?"

"Who is questioning me?"

Roy looked at the men around him dissatisfied and said.

"I have already said that I will be your little leader from now on, and you are my people. So I will not lie to you. I will share the joys and sorrows with you. Letting you all live a good life is my goal. You can just believe The previous leaders believed in me.”

Acropolis.

Pandion's Stone House.

While Roy was chewing the unpalatable black bread, a victory banquet was being held in the candlelit hall.

In addition to the Pandion family, there were also two minor chiefs and their families in the hall.

These members of the ruling class, the men sit together and drink and eat meat, and the women sit together and chat about women.

The two petty chiefs raised their glasses to Pandion, and introduced to Pandion how brave and loyal their sons were, and that they would be able to help Erechtheus rule Athens like them in the future.

Pandion always kept a smile on his face. When the two young leaders finished speaking, Pandion suddenly asked.

"We are all gathered here to celebrate the victory, why hasn't Priest Roy come over?"

The two young leaders looked at each other and said.

"Those who patrolled the territory saw the priests of Loi mingling with the Eleusinians, and working with the Eleusinian men to move wood and build wooden houses."

"Priest Roy did not come to celebrate the victory with us, perhaps because he is still hanging out with the Eleusisians."

After listening to the words of the two young leaders, Erechtheus said coldly with an expressionless face.

"Strangers are strangers. Roy doesn't consider himself a real Athenian at all. When he was with us, he would call himself an Athenian to gain our trust. I'm afraid he will call himself an Eleusin in front of the Eleusinians to gain their trust."

The son of a small leader also said.

"Those Eleusinians originally regarded us as enemies. Now that the priests of Roy are mixed with the Eleusinians, will those Eleusinians be loyal to the leader Pandion or the priests of Roy in the future?"

"Don't worry!"

Pandion smiled confidently.

"The food I rewarded Roy is only enough for him to feed 1,500 people for a month. If those Eleusinians want to have food to eat, they must understand who is their real leader."

On the other side of the hall separated by a curtain.

The wives of the two small leaders were also introducing their sons and daughters to Zeuxippe, Pandion's wife.

They kept testing Zeuxippe, wanting their sons to be the husbands of Procne or Philomela, and their daughters to be the wives of Erechtheus, the heir to the chieftainship.

Zeuxippe was not angry at their desire to marry someone higher up, and told them in a tactful way that Erechtheus' future wife must be the daughter of a large tribal leader or a princess of a city-state, and that Procne and Philomela's husbands must be the leaders of a large tribe or the kings of a city-state.

Although the wives of the two small leaders were extremely disappointed, they always kept a smile on their faces.