I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 109 Serifos Island Has Iron Mine
The second day of the capture of Serifos.

Queen Danae, six princesses, and the maids of the palace were taken by the Athenians to a warship by the sea.

Just when the residents of Serifos Island breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the Athenians would leave with the spoils, Roy commanded the soldiers to break into the houses of the residents and dragged out the women and little girls one by one.

In the residential area of ​​Serifos Island, the cries of men, women, old people and children immediately sounded.

Women and little girls were dragged from their homes. Their families, afraid to stand up to the soldiers, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Looking at this scene, Kaone couldn't bear to go to the residential area and said loudly.

"People of Serifos! Your wives and daughters are not the spoils of the Athenians, we are just going to relocate you all to Athens. The women and little girls will be sent to Athens by us first, and then we will send you to Athens , let you reunite with your wives and daughters."

Kayone is only a woman after all.

Even if she has the noble temperament of a princess and the beauty of a goddess, her words still cannot convince the people of Serifos.

Seeing that Kaone's words had no effect, Roy walked up to Kaone and said loudly.

"Stop making noise and crying. If you dare to make noise and cry again, I will kill you men and turn you women into slaves. Now I just want to move you to Athens. From now on, you will be citizens of Athens. Under the protection of the great goddess Metis, no one can take away your wives and daughters."

Hearing Roy's words, the Serifos finally believed that Roy was just going to relocate them to Athens.

Although the Serifos didn't want to leave their hometown, they didn't want men to be killed and women to be slaves.

The people of Serifos could only weep silently and accept Roy's arrangement for them.

Roy's own fleet of ten galleys, together with the twenty galleys of Serifos, made a fleet of thirty galleys.

After bringing more than 1000 women and little girls from Serifos Island on board, Roy asked his most trusted white sheep to be the captain, commanded [-] soldiers to drive the ship, and brought the women and little girls of Serifos Island to the ship. The little girl was brought back to Athens.

Loi and Chione remained in Serifos and managed the men of Serifos with fifty soldiers.

After Aries left Serifos with a fleet of 52 large ships, although there were only [-] Luoi and Chione plus [-] soldiers, and there were more than a thousand adult Serifos men, Luo Yi wasn't worried at all that the men in Serifos dared to resist.

Because their wives and daughters are the best hostages, in order to reunite with their wives and daughters, the Serifos men will obediently obey Roy's orders.

In a blink of an eye, it was the next day.

Roy originally thought that Aries and the others would not be able to bring the fleet to Serifos Island until the evening.

Unexpectedly, at noon, a fleet of sixty large ships entered the port of Serifos Island.

When Roy brought Kione to the port, he saw Aries and Captain Pallas getting off the same big ship.

"Master Priest!"

Seeing the puzzled expression on Roy's face, Aries immediately ran to Roy and explained.

"After we returned to Athens yesterday evening, the leader of Pandion was worried about the safety of the priest, so he asked us to come here overnight. In order to allow us to take all the spoils of Serifos Island, the leader of Pandion sent us [-] large ships. and three hundred sailors."

"So it is!"

After listening to Aries' explanation, Roy couldn't help laughing.

"I didn't expect that after I became Pandion's son-in-law, he would take the initiative to worry about my safety. In the past, he never cared about my safety."

Hearing what Roy said, Pallas, the captain of the personal guard, showed a helpless expression.

As a person Pandion trusted, he was naturally very loyal to Pandion.

Hearing what Roy said just now, he should have expressed his dissatisfaction.

But Roy's current identity is Procne's fiancé—Pandion's son-in-law.

As the son-in-law, Roy and Pandion are a real family. The captain of the guard, Pallas, is both an outsider and a subject, so of course he has no right to speak.

"Captain Pallas!"

Seeing the expression of the guard captain Pallas, Roy walked up to him and said.

"I didn't expect us to cooperate again. Are you willing to take the sailors to follow my orders?"

Captain Pallas immediately nodded and said.

"You are Princess Procne's fiancé, that is, my half master, of course I will obey your orders."

half master--

A son-in-law is only a son-in-law after all!
Roy was not disappointed, and said with a smile.

"Then I order you and Aries to bring all the men from Serifos Island to the big ship. After all the men from Serifos Island are on board, you will load the grain and bronze utensils and other belongings on the ship, and then We return directly to Athens."

Under Roy's order, the Athenian soldiers began to yell loudly to direct the men from Serifos to board the ship.

The Serifos men all volunteered to cooperate, because they could only be reunited with their wives and daughters by going to Athens.

When the time came in the afternoon, not only were all the Serifos men on board, but most of the food and bronze utensils and other belongings of Serifos Island were also loaded onto the ship.

After Roy took Chione to board the flagship of the fleet, he ordered sixty large ships to return to Athens.

sparkling sea.

The huge fleet of sixty large ships sailed quickly under the impetus of the sea wind.

When Roy was standing at the stern of the boat looking at the scenery on the sea, Kaone walked up to Roy with a dark red stone and said.

"Master—Master Priest, you seem to know a lot of things. This is what I picked up on the boat just now. It seems to be a stone that the people of Serifos brought aboard. Do you know what kind of stone it is?"

"Kione! If you are used to calling me master, it doesn't matter if you continue to call me master."

After Roy laughed and teased Kaone, he looked at the fist-sized stone in Kaone's right hand.

"This is--"

Recognizing the material of this dark red stone, Roy said with wide eyes.

"Is this iron ore? Is there iron ore on Serifos Island?"

Thinking of Serifos Island having iron mines with unknown reserves, Roy immediately had the idea of ​​occupying Serifos Island.

Then Roy wanted the fleet to return to Serifos Island, and let the Serifos men stay in Serifos Island to dig iron ore for themselves.

But Roy quickly calmed down.

Occupying Serifos Island now is undoubtedly a matter of doing more harm than good.

Anyway, none of the surrounding forces had iron smelting technology. Even if Roy did not occupy Serifos Island, the iron mines of Serifos Island would not be dug away.

Seeing Roy's reaction, Kaone asked curiously.

"My lord priest, what's wrong with you, is there something wrong with this stone?"

Roy shook his head and smiled.

"Kione, there is nothing wrong with this stone, and I think you can store it as the first iron ore in Serifos Island. I saw this iron ore just now, and I made a decision. It won't be long before I reoccupy Serifos and make Serifos my domain."

(End of this chapter)