I was a priest in the city-state era

CHAPTER 13 Governing Authority No Offense
Ordinary people of the Athenian tribe, no matter men, women or big or small, can only wear coarse cloth robes made of linen, straw sandals woven with grass, and hemp rope as a belt.

Procne and Philomela are the noble daughters of the leader Pandion, the princesses of the Athenian tribe, they wear white dresses made of cloud-like white cotton cloth, and their small and lovely ankles wear strappy sandals made of animal skin and linen cloth , with an exquisite belt made of dyed cotton around his waist.

And behind them, there are six male servants and six female servants.

Roy walked with Procne and Philomela on the streets of the Acropolis. Even if they hid their beautiful faces with veils, ordinary Athenians could tell their noble identities from their clothes. When they came close, they took the initiative to avoid and make way for them.

Walking with Procne and Philomela, and feeling the awe-inspiring eyes of the ordinary people of the Athenian tribe, Roy couldn't help complaining about this ancient era of backward civilization.

After all, Roy received modern education in the original world, and he has a deep-rooted concept of equality in his mind.

Walking through the dirty streets, Roy and the others came to a stone house that looked like a warehouse.

This warehouse is obviously a very important place for the Athenian tribe, and it is guarded by fifty soldiers with spears around the warehouse.

Roy noticed that most of the soldiers in the warehouse used wooden spears cut from wood, but there were also ten soldiers who used bronze spear blades.

After Roy and the others approached the warehouse, the soldiers guarding the warehouse immediately guarded the warehouse gate and warned Roy and the others.

"Stop! No one can approach the warehouse without the order of the leader."

"it's me!"

Procne took off her veil, walked up to the group of soldiers and said.

"I am Procne, the leader's daughter, and now I want to get some supplies from the warehouse."

Many of the fifty soldiers guarding the warehouse had seen Pandion's family.

Recognizing Procne as the noble daughter of the leader Pandion, the soldiers immediately put away their weapons and opened the warehouse door for Procne.

The man who looked like a soldier captain said cautiously.

"Princess Procne! You can take the supplies from the warehouse, but I will report this to the leader."

Procne said with a smile.

"Don't worry, my father has granted me permission to take supplies, and we won't take too many things."

After speaking, Procne took Roy, Philomela, and twelve servants into the warehouse.

Roy entered the warehouse and saw that the most supplies in the warehouse were grains packed in sacks that looked like mountains.

In addition to food, most of them are wood.

Procne led everyone to search for various materials for making candles, toothpaste and paper in the warehouse, and Roy asked curiously.

"These things in the warehouse are the public property of the Athenian tribe, right?"

Philomela answered immediately.

"These are the property of my family."

"Uh--"

Hearing this answer, Roy couldn't help complaining in his heart.

Even if you count the servants in your family, there are not a hundred people, how could it be possible to create such a huge wealth.

Obviously, as the leader of the Athenian tribe, Pandion owned the farmland in the Athenian tribal territory or the mountains, forests and pastures for grazing cattle and sheep. Pandion.

Like paying taxes to a lord—

Only by exploiting ordinary people with his ruling power can Pandion accumulate such a huge wealth.

If Roy was the one being exploited, Roy would definitely plan to overthrow this exploitative regime.

But Roy's current identity is the priest of the tribe. Although Roy has no right to rule, he enjoys exploitation with the ruler.

So Roy's idea now is to help Pandion better maintain his rule, so that he can better enjoy the good life brought by his priesthood.

After walking back and forth in the warehouse several times, Procne quickly found all the materials Roy needed.

Finally, Procne led everyone to the place where the bronzes were placed and said.

"Priest Luoi! It takes a big pot to make the pulp you mentioned, but we only have a bronze tripod for cooking here. We brought back two bronze tripods, one for making the pulp and one for feeding Let's cook!"

For the Athenian tribes in the Stone Age, bronze wares were very valuable possessions, and the value of the bronze tripod tripod was even more inestimable.

Even hundreds of years later, when Greece entered the Bronze Age in an all-round way, a bronze tripod tripod could be exchanged for twelve oxen.

Now the value of the two bronze tripod tripods is definitely more than fifty oxen.

Seeing the pained expression on Procne's little face, Roy said confidently.

"Princess Procne! When my invention is completed, any of these three inventions can make up for the loss of your family's property."

Procne showed a faint smile, obviously not believing Roy's big words.

After Roy and the others left the warehouse, they immediately returned to the temple.

When passing a dirty street, several children suddenly ran into the street playing and playing.

One of the girls threw herself into Procne's arms, instinctively embracing Procne with both hands.

When the girl fell to the ground, Procne's white cotton clothes were already stained by the girl's little hands.

Seeing this scene, the eyes of everyone on the street gathered.

Procne frowned, and although the veil covered her small face, she could tell that her face was very ugly.

The little girl sitting on the ground could also feel the heaviness of the atmosphere, she was so frightened that she remained motionless, and tears kept streaming from the corners of her eyes.

At this moment, a woman in her twenties ran over, hugged the little girl and knelt in front of Procne, begging.

"The child is ignorant, please forgive her crime."

Procne was just bumped by a child and soiled his clothes.

Seeing that Procne didn't have the heart to punish them, Roy persuaded them.

"Princess Procne, she is just an ignorant child, please forgive her this time!"

"no!"

Procne gritted his teeth and said.

"I am the chief's daughter, and the authority of the chief's family cannot be challenged. If offending the chief's family can go unpunished, who will be in awe of the chief's authority in the future?"

Then, as if making up his mind, Procne took a wooden stick from a maid behind him and said to the little girl's mother.

"Since your child has made a mistake, you will be punished instead of the child."

After speaking, Procne brandished a wooden stick and hit the little girl's mother on the shoulder.

Procne said immediately after punishing the little girl's mother.

"Let's go!"

After speaking, he took the lead to leave.

Roy followed Procne, but heard the onlookers praising Procne's kindness and kindness.

Obviously, in their understanding, the family members who offended the leader should be punished.

Even the mother of the little girl who was punished by Procne thanked Procne for letting her be punished instead of her child.

At this moment, Roy suddenly thought that he offended Procne, but Procne deliberately concealed it for himself.

When Procne punished the little girl's mother just now, she probably had to do so in order to maintain the ruling authority of the leader's family under the crowd's onlookers.

If there weren't so many people around, Procne would have concealed this matter, just as she concealed Roy's offense to her.

(End of this chapter)