[Greek Mythology] Penglaiji Construction Team

"Outlanders? How can outsiders attend our citizens' meetings?"

"You guys voted even though you knew he was a foreigner, you clearly want to overthrow our city-state!"

"Get rid of this cunning foreigner quickly."

Pandarus' question successfully aroused the anger of the citizens of Troy.

The Trojans were proud of their city-state, and they despised all strangers.

Those farmers who voted for Fang Chengmu were also scolded.

Fang Chengmu took his time.Snap your fingers.His neighbors carried up a stone tablet.

The stele is two people long and about two steps wide.There are densely packed characters engraved on the stele.

It is not the square characters in Fang Chengmu's hometown, but a combination of letters.

It is the crystallization of ancient wisdom of this ocean civilization.

However, not all Trojans could understand it.

Of the 5000 city-state citizens, at least [-]% are illiterate.

Even the high-ranking General Pandaros could not read.

The spokesperson of Pandaros asked sharply: "Damn outlander, what are you doing?"

Fang Chengmu pointed to the stele: "This is the written code of Troy, which records the legal reasons for me to become a citizen."

The Citizens' Assembly suddenly exploded.

City-states have laws, never codes.On weekdays, adjudicating justice depends entirely on the customary law handed down by the judges, coupled with the common sense of the principles of nature and human relations, and there is no need for a code of law at all.

Their first reaction was that this code is a forgery.

It must be a conspiracy by foreigners!

Farmers who supported Fang Chengmu insisted that it was not a conspiracy.

This stele was dug out from their field, and the writing on it was so orderly, how could it be forged by a foreigner?

Do foreigners understand our characters?

A group of people argued endlessly at the citizens' meeting.

Fang Chengmu really couldn't tell whether it was a forgery or not.

Anyway, he ordered a technology tree, the technology of the political system, and the written code.

The description of the technology tree is: "Establish a written code, resist the injustice of the city-state, and protect the rights and interests of the people."

Fang Chengmu didn't intend to use this technology at first, he was interested in the one related to him: "Those who receive thousands of fights and donate hundreds of fights can become citizens of this state."

The Dou here refers to Mai Dou, that is, the total financial resources after converting property into Mai Dou.

The Trojans established a class of citizens based on how much property they owned.The higher the level, the higher the position that can be held.

Generals like Pandaros are the highest-ranking Qiandouhu in the city-state.As for the royal family of Troy, it is even more than Qiandou.

The original intention of this law was to elevate the status of the nobility.After all, if they admit a citizen, they will get one more vote in the election.Secretly, there is a taste of spending money to buy officials.

After years of war in Troy, there were fewer and fewer thousands of households.Coupled with the fact that the base of Troy citizens is growing day by day, it is extremely uneconomical to spend one-tenth of their property to buy a ticket, and this decree is slowly being forgotten by people.

Forgotten does not mean discarded.The law is the will of the gods, and it can never be abolished.

So now the key is two questions.

First, is this stele a forgery?

Second, was there such a law in ancient times?

Pandaros and the others couldn't falsify it.

Fang Chengmu couldn't confirm it either.

A few literate old citizens gathered around and looked at it for a long time, but they could only confirm that the words on the stele were genuine Trojan characters.However, they never heard when their ancestors set up this stele.

The elders pondered for a long time: "I am afraid that this matter will be decided by His Majesty the King."

Clearly not wanting to alarm the king, Pandarus slapped the cards on the table in front of him.

His spokesperson immediately understood: "Your Majesty is so honorable, and the common people are worthy of alarming him!"

The commoners were frightened by the majesty of the king and dared not speak much.

Fang Chengmu was also helpless.He underestimated the legal concept of the Trojans too much. He thought that everyone would remember the law code of his city-state.

A small man squeezed out from the crowd below the stage.

He originally covered his face and did not vote at first.When he took off his veil on the stage, people were amazed.Immediately afterwards, even the arrogant Pandaros stood up from his seat.

The civilians fell to the ground.

Only members of the royal family can make all the people kneel down, and they are close relatives with higher status in the royal family.

Everyone shouted the name of Prince Aeneas.

Aeneas was not the real son of the king of Troy, his father and the king were cousins.

However, since His Majesty the King has only such a cousin, and this cousin has only such a son, his status will naturally be honored.

Apart from the king himself and the two orthodox princes, he was the fourth most important person in Troy.

Aeneas is not as tall and powerful as Prince Hector, nor as handsome and romantic as Prince Paris.What is convincing about him is his justice and kindness.

When the other two went out to defend against the enemy, Aeneas took care of most of the affairs of the city-state, and he had a very high prestige among the people.

Pandarus, who was a soldier, did not particularly buy the prince's account, and asked the spokesperson to speak: "Aeneas, you really shouldn't be playing around in the citizens' assembly."

Aeneas replied seriously: "Pandarus, I am here to inspect the people on behalf of the king's will. Do you have any objection to his order?"

Of course Pandaros didn't dare to question the king's arrangement, and he didn't dare to refute immediately.

Citizens in agitation shouted for the prince to judge the authenticity of the stele.

Aeneas walked around the stele and pointed to the sky: "I swear by the god of love, it is true."

The villagers who supported Fang Chengmu applauded excitedly.

As for those who questioned, they still refused to give up their point of view: "Smart prince, please explain your reason to show the righteousness of the royal family."

Aeneas said: "Have you ever heard of the merits of Hercules' rational bullpen?"

Although the citizens are not very literate, they still hear a lot of stories about ancient heroes.

King Elis had a thousand head of cattle, and he promised Hercules that if he could clean up the cowshed within one day, he would not only be exempted from slavery, but also give him a tenth of the cattle.

The witty Hercules dug a ditch beside the cowshed to attract the raging river, and cleaned the cowshed in less than a day.

Aeneas explained to the citizens: "Thousands of battles out of a hundred battles, take off the slave body. The decree of our stele is exactly based on the heroic deeds of Hercules!"

The citizens suddenly realized and admired it sincerely.

According to this decree, Fang Chengmu, who received the Baidou wheat field from General Pandaros, should also be a citizen of the city-state.

Since he was a citizen of Troy, there was nothing wrong with choosing him as joust.

The citizens' assembly ended in a harmonious atmosphere, and the crowd gradually dispersed.

Aeneas ordered people to erect the stele dug from the ground in front of the assembly square, and asked a few literate citizens to memorize all the decrees on the stele, so as to pass it on to other citizens by word of mouth.

Fang Chengmu hasn't left yet.He had to thank the prince who spoke for him.

Aeneas said bluntly, "I've heard from my two elder brothers about the wisdom of King Penglai. I didn't expect you to be able to create our country's law code."

Fang Chengmu was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear: "Is it really fake?"

Aeneas could tell at first glance that it was a forgery.The laws that even five or sixty-year-olds don't remember must be old.But this stele doesn't look like an ancient thing at all, how could it be something passed down from ancient times?

Fang Chengmu finally knew that not all Troy princes were idiots.

He doesn't understand why Aeneas wants to help him.

Aeneas said: "I am not helping you. Troy really needs a written code. It needs the law on the stone tablet. I think these just laws must be the wealth left by our ancestors. Where it is written depends What's the matter?"

Fang Chengmu nodded in agreement.Although he cannot guarantee the authenticity of the stele, he can ensure that these laws are true.After all, the name of the technology tree is a written code, not another law created out of thin air.

"Then the story of Hercules is also false?"

Fang Chengmu asked curiously.

"The story of Hercules is true. As for whether it has anything to do with this law, I don't know. But as long as you have a little touch with the gods and read a few lines of poetry, everyone will believe it, right?"

Aeneas blinked slyly.

Fang Chengmu could tell that he was less afraid of gods than ordinary people.

What kind of person is not afraid of gods?Mostly the second generation of gods like Achilles.The gods are their parents, and of course they are not afraid of their parents.

Coupled with the fact that Aeneas swore to the god of love just now, Fang Chengmu boldly guessed: "Could your mother be the god of love?"

Aeneas was startled, but he didn't panic too much, and replied slowly: "King of Little Penglai, you are really smart."

Fang Chengmu secretly groaned.Aeneas turned out to be the son of Cupid.He almost became Aeneas' stepfather!Also, Cupid hated him to the core.

Aeneas knew: "My mother told me all the grievances between you and my mother. She praised your talent, but she hated your arrogance."

What kind of mother would share the matter of stealing a man with her son?

Aeneas didn't care about these things: "I don't resent you because of my mother. You need to keep my life a secret for me, and I will maintain your citizenship for you. We are grasshoppers on a rope."

In the past, it was an honor to pose as the Son of Eros.But now the god of love is the sworn enemy of Ares, the god of war, and has become an unpopular god in the entire city-state.

Fang Chengmu was still a bit worried: "I'm not a gossip person. But you really don't mind?"

"I am the son of Troy. I only hope that the city-state will prosper. Troy needs a man of action like you."

The boy's eyes were shining like the sun, and his heart was as broad as the sea.

He patted Fang Chengmu on the shoulder: "You do your best as a magistrate. With your talent, it is no problem to be a consul."

Fang Chengmu suddenly couldn't bear it.

Is he really going to take his kingdom from such a good prince?