I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 18 Received the mission of the high seas trade

Lowy certainly knows the importance of technopoly.

As long as the Athenian tribe maintains its technological advantage, it will be able to reduce the dimensionality of other forces economically and militarily.

Although the personal freedom of the craftsmen was restricted, Roy felt sympathy, but Roy nodded and said.

"In order to better manage the artisans, I think an industrial park can be designated in the Acropolis, and various workshops can be built in the industrial park, so that the craftsmen can live in the industrial park."

"Industrial Park..."

Pandion half understood what he heard, and said to Roy with a solemn face.

"Priest Loy! There is no more land left on the Acropolis. Build the industrial park you mentioned. If you want to build an industrial park, discuss with me about building the city of Athens!"

"The city of Athens—"

Roy said with bright eyes.

"Leader Pandion, do you want to build the Athenian tribe into the city-state Athens?"

Pandion nodded and said.

"The current Athenian tribe has a population of 5000, which is no longer suitable for tribal management. The 3000 population of the Acropolis is crowded with every piece of land on the Acropolis. In order to transfer most of the residents of the Acropolis to the Acropolis At the foot of the mountain, I plan to build a city wall at the foot of the Acropolis Mountain, and use the city wall to protect the residents at the foot of the Acropolis Mountain.”

Residents of tribal civilizations, because they do not have tall and strong walls to protect their safety, and because they do not have advanced agricultural technology to obtain food stably, they often migrate their territories.

The Athenian tribe was able to form a large tribe of 5000 people entirely because of the Acropolis Hill, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, the population that the Acropolis Mountain can accommodate is limited. If the Athenian tribe wants to grow stronger, it must abandon the Acropolis Mountain, a natural fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and build a tall and strong city wall to protect its residents.

"Pandion leader! I can invent something called cement to build the city wall of Athens. We can use cement to build a city wall that is more than five meters high, and the hardness of the cement city wall is comparable to that of stone. It is definitely a fortress that is difficult for the enemy to attack. .”

"cement?"

Looking at Roy's excited expression, Pandion said suspiciously.

"Is a city wall built with water and mud really as hard as a stone? If someone told me this, I would definitely regard him as a lunatic, but I am willing to believe Priest Loy."

"Then I will find materials to make cement tomorrow?"

Pandion shook his head and said.

"Priest Loi! Before building the walls of the city of Athens, I want to start a war and annex the Eleusis tribe. The Eleusis tribe has a population of more than 3000 and is one of the four major tribes in the Attica peninsula. , is also the largest tribe closest to the Athenian tribe. Annexing the Eleusis tribe can not only eliminate the biggest threat to the Athenian tribe, but also increase a large number of young and strong population to build the city wall of Athens for us."

"Chief Pandion, the real purpose of your coming to me today is to discuss this war with me?"

Roy said suspiciously.

"Although I am a priest of the Athens tribe, I don't have any real power in the Athens tribe. You shouldn't need to discuss such an important matter as war with me."

"Before launching war against the Eleusis tribe, I hope you can lead a fleet to Crete to buy a batch of food. This is the real purpose of my coming to you."

food--

In this era of bartering, food is undoubtedly the most precious wealth.

Because human beings can live without gold and silver, but they cannot live without food.

After the Athenian tribe annexed the Eleusis tribe, because the population suddenly increased by more than 3000, new food must be needed to feed the newly increased people.

Seeing Roy hesitate, Pandion continued.

"Priest Loi! I know that sailing in the open sea is a very dangerous thing, but you are the priest of the goddess Metis. Only if you personally lead the fleet can the fleet return to Athens safely."

In this era, because there is no compass and nautical chart, it is easy to get lost at sea when sailing in the open sea.

This is the first danger of sailing on high seas.

The second danger of sailing in the open sea is encountering pirates at sea.

A third danger of voyages to high seas is that, upon arriving in a strange land, the natives there are likely to attack the strangers.

In the legends of ancient Greece, after the heroes lead their companions to a strange land, they often attack the locals like robbers, because the Greeks encountered too many attacks by the locals during their voyages in the open sea. Develop the habit of striking first.

Although Roy knew the dangers of sailing in the open sea, he also knew that he could not refuse Pandion's request.

"Pandion leader! I am willing to lead the fleet to Crete for food trade. But before setting off, in order to prove that I have the skills of sailing in the open sea, I plan to go fishing in the open sea first."

"can!"

Pandion nodded.

"Just ask what you want, and I will definitely satisfy you."

"Tomorrow I will make a floating compass and draw a nautical chart of the Eastern Mediterranean. I want to go fishing in the high seas the day after tomorrow. I hope you can give me ten boats and fishermen, and tell all the Athenian tribes about it. People. After I succeed in fishing in the high seas, I can recruit some capable young sailors from the Athenian tribe to join my high seas trading fleet."

compass?
Nautical charts?
Pandion half understood what he heard.

Seeing the confident expression on Roy's face, Pandion reached out and patted Roy's shoulder and said.

"Priest Loi! If the Athenian tribe wants to grow and grow, the most important thing is to obtain food through high-sea trade. As long as you can lead the fleet to successfully conduct high-sea trade, I will let you have the power and status of a small leader."

Is this the coexistence of danger and opportunity?
Carry out dangerous high-sea trade, if you fail, you will die, and if you succeed, you will be a small leader.

"Leader Pandion, I will do my best to complete the task."

After Pandion left satisfied, Roy came to the stone table and sat down, looking at the paper and brushes on the stone table, recalling the map of the Mediterranean Sea in his mind.

Originally, Roy only had some vague memories of the map of the Mediterranean Sea, but the [Wisdom Improvement] bestowed by the goddess Metis made Roy's vague memories very clear.

Roy picked up a brush and dipped it in ink, and quickly drew a map of the Mediterranean Sea on paper.

Then--

Roy found that his drawing skills were very poor, and the map of the Mediterranean Sea he drew could not be used as a nautical chart at all.

"In the future, the Athenian tribes will not be able to let me lead the team every time they conduct high-sea trade. In order for the Athenians to sail the high-seas by themselves, I must draw a nautical chart that not only myself, but also the Athenians can understand .”

After speaking, Roy burned the waste drawing paper with a candle to prevent his masterpiece from being seen, and then repainted on another piece of paper.

It wasn't until all the experimental papers were used up that Roy blew out the candles and climbed onto the stone bed exhausted to sleep.

this night.

Roy had a dream.

Even in his dream, Roy was drawing nautical charts with sheets of paper.

When finally a perfect nautical chart was drawn, Roy woke up with his eyes open.

I found myself having a dream.

(End of this chapter)