I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 128 Building the Royal Palace on the Acropolis

Mrs. Zeuksipper's heart disease came and went quickly, because now Zeuksipper is no longer a little girl with a love brain.

As a mother, the child is now more important to Zeuxipper than her husband Pandion.

On this day, Roy came to Pandion's house like the previous few days, wanting to exercise the power to manage the city of Athens.

As a result, Roy walked into the hall, and saw Zeuxiper, Procne, and Philomela sitting together, talking and laughing.

Seeing Roy's figure, Zeuksiper took the initiative to say hello to Roy.

"My child, you are really early."

Roy walked to the stone table, sat down opposite the three and said.

"Dear mother-in-law, are you in good health?"

"It's because of Pandion's being with Danae that I'm a bit worried about gain and loss. Now that I've figured it out, my body will naturally recover."

Zeuxiper embraced Procne and Philomela with both hands and said.

"The most important thing for me now is the child. Even if Pandion really falls in love with Danae, I will not be helpless."

Procne comforted immediately.

"Mother! I believe that my father is only greedy for a momentary novelty. It won't take long for the relationship between mother and father to return to the sweetness of the past."

Philomela said with a vicious expression.

"If father has been obsessed with his obsession, he might as well let Brother Luoy kill Danae, a vixen."

"Silly girl!"

Zuksipper smiled gratifiedly.

"This is a matter between us adults, you children can't interfere."

Then, Zuksipper looked at Roy and said.

"My child, I heard that you were the one who helped Procne manage the city of Athens during my illness. Now that I am in good health, you can spend more time with Procne."

Unable to continue exercising the power to manage the city of Athens, Roy couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Seeing the paper and pens on the stone table, Roy's eyes lit up immediately.

"Dear mother-in-law! Now the city of Athens is as powerful as a medium-sized city-state, and we should formally establish a city-state. I think we should use cement to build a luxurious palace on the Acropolis to prepare for the official establishment of a city-state."

"Build a palace—"

Seeing Zeuksiper's hesitant expression, Roy continued.

"We have cement technology. Even if we don't want to build a city, we should build more comfortable and safer palaces to replace the old stone houses we live in now."

"Yeah!"

Philomela clapped her hands and said in agreement.

"The stone house we live in will seep in even if it doesn't leak on rainy days, so I support Brother Roy's proposal to build a palace."

As a fiancée, Procne would not object to Roy's proposal.

"Mother, I also think we should build palaces to enjoy a more comfortable and safer life."

The beloved daughters all supported Roy's proposal, Zeuxiper nodded and said.

"My child, how do you plan to build the palace?"

Roy picked up the paper and pen, and said while drawing the Acropolis.

"Mother-in-law, this is the Acropolis of Athens. I plan to build a palace with an area of ​​24 square meters on the Acropolis. The center of the palace is the hall where the throne is, and next to it are two palaces where the king, his wife and the heir to the throne live. The left and right sides are separated Twelve palaces will be built, with a total of [-] palaces for other royal family members to live in. In addition to planning a courtyard around the gate of the palace, twelve palaces will be built as guest rooms. Behind the palace hall, I plan to build an open-air swimming pool and an indoor swimming pool. The swimming pool—”

After Roy finished his plan, Zeuxipper, Procne, and Philomela were all dumbfounded.

When he came back to his senses, Procne couldn't help but said.

"Brother Luoy, we will definitely consume a lot of manpower and material resources to build this palace according to your plan."

"The royal family should live in a palace that matches itself. No matter how much manpower and material resources we consume, it is worth it."

After Roy finished speaking, Philomela said in agreement.

"I support brother Roy's idea. Since we have the ability to build a luxurious palace, there is no need to wrong ourselves."

With the support of Philomela, Roy said to Zeuxipper.

"As long as my mother-in-law agrees, I will gather people to build our palace now."

Zeuxiper hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded and said.

"I agree to build this palace."

With Zeuxiper's consent, Roy began to build the palace with confidence and boldness.

The reason why Roy is so interested in building the palace is because on the surface the palace was built for the Pandion couple, but in fact the palace was built by Roy for himself.

When Roy became the ruler of Athens, Roy would naturally be the master of the palace.

The third day of Roy's construction of the palace.

Hundreds of craftsmen have already dug the foundation and started building the walls with cement.

Sunny noon.

When Roy was checking the progress of the construction of the palace, Aries hurried to Roy and reported a piece of good news to Roy.

"My lord priest! Some of the seawater has turned into salt now. Maybe tomorrow, the seawater in the crystallization pool will all turn into salt."

"very good!"

Upon hearing the good news, Roy patted Aries on the shoulder and said.

"You continue to guard the salt farm, and you must not let the secret of the salt farm be revealed."

After nightfall.

Roy dined with Zeuxipper, Procne, and Philomela in the hall of the Pandion's house.

Just as the dinner started, a dusty figure suddenly entered the hall.

Seeing the sudden intrusion, Roy, Zuksippo, Procne, and Philomela all stared wide-eyed in surprise.

"Honey--"

"Father!"

"Father is finally back."

"father in law……"

Looking at Pandion who suddenly returned to the Acropolis, Roy couldn't help asking.

"Why hasn't anyone notified our father-in-law's return?"

Seeing his beloved wife and daughter, Pandion said with a smile on his tired face.

"I wanted to give you a surprise, so I didn't send anyone to tell you that I'm coming back."

After Pandion finished speaking, Danae came out from behind him.

Seeing Danae's hands embracing Pandion's left arm, Procne and Philomela immediately expressed displeasure, and Zeuxiper managed to keep a smile on his face.

After Pandion took Danae to sit down at the stone table, he said to Roy.

"Loy, I have conquered the Lavrio tribe for you. Now Erechtheus is managing the Lavrio tribe for you. Tomorrow you will move to the Lavrio region with the Serifos."

Hearing Pandion's request, Roy shook his head without hesitation.

"Dear father-in-law, I can't go to the Lavrio area right now."

Seeing that Pandion's face instantly became ugly, Roy continued.

"During the time when my father-in-law was away, Prince Deucalion of Knossos in Crete once visited our city of Athens and invited us to participate in the Spring Plowing Festival of Knossos. I have represented the city of Athens Accept Prince Deucalion's invitation. As the ruler of Athens, my father-in-law must not go to Knossos thousands of miles away to participate in the spring plowing ceremony, so I will go to Knossos instead of my father-in-law."

(End of this chapter)