I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 170 Development Planning of the City of Athens
The Royal Palace of Athens.

Pandion, Zeuxipper, Procne, and Philomela returned to the palace behind the hall. The family sat on a stone bed covered with a thick wool blanket. Pandion sighed with remorse, and Zeuxiper showed worry Procne's little face was full of hesitation, and Philomela was obviously a little bit happy.

Seeing that Pandion and Zeuxiper were still unhappy, Philomela comforted them.

"Father! Didn't you feel powerless for a long time and wanted to spend more time with your mother? Brother Luo Yi is not an outsider, so father doesn't have to worry about it all the time."

Looking at his daughter who was turning her elbow outward, Pandion said helplessly.

"Philomela! I really want to hand over the power in my hand, but I want to hand over my identity and power to Erechtheus. Now that Roy snatches the city of Athens that originally belonged to your brother, don't you Aren't you sad?"

"Why should I be sad!"

Philomela said with a smile.

"Brother Erechtheus inheriting the city of Athens will not do my sister or me any good. If brother Loy becomes the king of Athens, my sister and I can become the hostesses of the city of Athens."

After listening to Philomela's words, Pandion said dumbfounded.

"My silly daughter! If you can really become the hostess of the city of Athens, and my grandson becomes the heir of the city of Athens, I will accept it if the city of Athens is robbed by Roy. But have you ever thought about it, now your identities are gone? No longer the Princess of Athens. We are already Roy's captives, and you are Roy's spoils of war. Does Roy still need to marry you? Now Roy can make you maidservants, or even make you slaves."

Even the pure Philomela realized the seriousness of the problem at this time.

As the status of Philomela and Procne changed, it was indeed possible that Roy would not marry them.

"How could brother Roy not marry us—"

Philomela immediately pulled Procne and said.

"Sister, let's go to brother Luo Yi and ask if he will marry us and make us his wife."

Procne had no idea at this time, and when he heard Philomela's words, Procne nodded directly.

Palace hall.

Roy sat on the throne, thinking about the future development of the city of Athens.

As the supreme ruler of the city of Athens, now Roy can mobilize all manpower according to his will.

"As the saying goes - if you want to get rich, build roads first! Now there are more than 4000 people in Athens, and Pandion originally wanted to move [-] Serifos to the Lavrio area to reduce the food burden in Athens. Now I As the king of Athens, there are many ways to solve the food problem. Rather than migrating the Serifos to the Lavrio region, it is better to arrange for them to build bridges and pave roads, and build convenient roads to every area controlled by the city of Athens.”

Since ancient times, the significance of road construction is not only to improve economic development, but also to strengthen the rule.

If Roy's decrees cannot be implemented in remote places due to rough roads, Roy can only become the ruler of Athens.

This is not what Roy really wants.

Although in this era, no matter whether it was the king of the Babylonian Empire, the Pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire, or the king of the Hittite Empire—they only ruled a vast territory in name, but in fact they could only rule the core area including the capital.

But what Roy wanted was to establish a centralized Athenian empire more than 1000 years in advance.

Not to mention the cities controlled by the city of Athens, even the towns and villages below the cities must abide by Roy's decree, and there cannot be an emperor who is far away from the emperor.

In order to achieve what Roy wanted, roads to the city of Athens had to be built to every village.

"In addition to building roads, the city of Athens also needs to produce salt on a large scale. With endless salt, the city of Athens can solve the food problem. Most importantly, when the city of Athens and the city of Knossos compete for the hegemony of the Aegean Sea, Salt will be the trump card in defeating the city of Knossos outside the battlefield."

While Roy was thinking about other problems facing the city of Athens, Procne and Philomela walked in holding hands.

"Brother Roy!"

Seeing Roy on the throne, Philomela took Procne to the steps where the throne was, and said to Roy.

"Now that brother Loy has become the king of Athens, will you still marry me and my sister, and let us be your regular wives?"

Roy froze for a moment, then hugged Procne and Philomela into his arms, let them sit on his lap and said.

"Are you two thinking about it? No matter what happens to me and your identities, I will marry you two sisters, and the idea of ​​making you my wife will not change."

Hearing Roy's answer without hesitation, Procne said tentatively.

"Brother Roy, will you let me and Philomela's child be the heir of the city of Athens?"

"Ok!"

Roy nodded, and Procne immediately said happily.

"Brother Luoy, it seems that the relationship between you and your father can still be reconciled. Come with us to confess your mistake to your father, and promise to let me and Philomela's children become the heirs of the city of Athens. Father will definitely forgive you."

Although Perseus, as the grandson of Acrisios, could go out of the sky to kill his grandfather Acrisios and forcibly seize the throne of King Mycenae.

But Roy, as a son-in-law, obviously cannot go out of the sky to kill his father-in-law Pandion—unless Roy is willing to bear the price of losing Procne and Philomela.

In order to allow himself to enjoy the happy life at night, Roy only hesitated for a moment before accepting Procne's request.

"Procne! Philomela! Of course I want to reconcile with my father-in-law. When I get to my father-in-law, you must help me speak good words to persuade my father-in-law."

After Roy finished speaking, the figures of Aries and Pallas appeared at the entrance of the hall.

After the two walked to the center of the hall and bowed their heads to salute, Aries said to Roy.

"Great Priest—the great King of Athens! After we confiscated the excess belongings from the homes of the little chiefs, because there were too many confiscated belongings, your warehouse can no longer hold them."

"My warehouse can't fit it, so I will put it in my father-in-law's warehouse."

Roy said without hesitation.

"Aries! From now on, all my father-in-law's property in Athens will belong to me, and my father-in-law's warehouse will be my warehouse."

"Then I will arrange immediately to put the rest of the belongings in another warehouse that belongs to you."

After Aries left, Roy took the initiative to ask Pallas who said nothing.

"Captain Pallas! You don't guard the gate of the acropolis, what's the important thing to come to see me?"

Pallas lowered his head and said.

"I am a subject of the leader of Pandion, and I also follow the order of the leader of Pandion to manage the gate of the Acropolis. Now that you have become the new owner of the city of Athens, I want to resign from all my positions."

"Do you mean that you don't want to be loyal to me?"

Roy said with a displeased expression.

"You used to be a subject of your father-in-law, and of course you will be my subject in the future. Otherwise, would you be worthy of your father-in-law's upbringing? Procne! Philomela! You tell Pallas, should he continue to be a vassal?" My loyal servant?"

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(End of this chapter)