I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 187
the next day.

When Roy came to the military camp outside Athens, he saw that all the soldiers who woke up looked lazy, and many soldiers were sleeping late.

Apparently the soldiers thought the war was over, so they gave themselves a holiday.

Seeing this scene, Roy didn't get angry, but ordered to the white sheep beside him.

"Aries, go gather the soldiers, I have something to say to them."

After Aries ran to carry out Roy's order, he quickly gathered all the soldiers.

The gathered soldiers looked at Roy's figure expectantly, probably thinking that Roy would reward them.

"Soldiers, I must tell you now that this war is not over."

Seeing the surprised and puzzled expressions of the soldiers, Roy went on to explain.

"The city of Knossos in Crete is known as the Overlord of the Aegean Sea because Knossos has the most powerful navy in the Aegean Sea. Yesterday we only defeated the Knossos on land, not Defeat the proud navy of the Knossos. To end this war, we must continue our efforts and defeat the navy of the city of Knossos."

It turns out that this war will continue——

After hearing what Roy said, the soldiers all showed disappointed expressions.

Because every time they go to the battlefield, they risk their lives being taken away by the enemy.

"Soldiers, I can assure you that as long as we defeat the Knossos City Navy, this war will end immediately."

In order to boost the morale of the soldiers, Roy continued.

"After this war is over, in addition to the rewards you deserve, I will reward you with an additional two thousand catties of grain. In other words, if we win a war, you will get an extra reward of one thousand catties of grain. Except In addition to food rewards, I will also gather young unmarried women in Athens to have a blind date with single soldiers and help you find wives."

After Roy finished speaking, a Thebes soldier asked immediately.

"I'm a soldier from Thebes, can I have a blind date in Athens?"

"Of course! Athens soldiers and Thebes soldiers are soldiers who fight for me, so I will give you the same treatment."

A Corinthian soldier also inquired.

"I'm a soldier from Corinth, can I have a blind date in Athens?"

"can!"

Roy said without hesitation.

"Although you are soldiers of Sisyphus, king of Corinth, you are fighting for me now, so I will treat you the same way."

Although he said so on the surface, what Roy thought in his heart was that soon, the Corinthian soldiers would become his own soldiers.

Under the bombardment of Roy's various sugar-coated shells, the soldiers were all like chicken blood, and they were full of expectations for defeating the Knossos city navy.

"Soldiers! If you want to easily defeat the enemy, follow my request and practice throwing with stones weighing about [-] jin! As long as you practice throwing well, we can easily defeat the city of Knossos navy."

After leaving the training tasks for the soldiers, Roy returned to the city of Athens and began to prepare for the next war.

The Royal Palace of Athens.

The hall where the throne is located.

The people who really deal with the government affairs of the city of Athens here are not Roy, the king of Athens, but Procne and Philomela.

Roy came to the hall and said directly to Procne.

"Procne, in order to win the Knossos navy, I hope you can requisition some supplies for me. I want at least a thousand clay pots containing twenty catties of olive oil, plus two thousand for Throwing cloth balls."

After listening to Roy's request, Procne and Philomela got up and left the throne and said to Roy.

"Brother Luoy, is there a merchant from the sea who wants to exchange [-] catties of olive oil with us? We usually sell olive oil in [-] catties pottery pots, and [-] catties pottery pots are used by women to fetch water."

Roy shook his head and said.

"No one came to buy our olive oil. The two thousand catties of olive oil I asked for was for burning."

Since olive oil has oil in its name, of course, like other vegetable oils, it is a liquid that can burn.

Olive oil was also one of the main fuels for oil lamps in this era.

Procne, who came to Roy, said in surprise.

"Brother Luo Yi, [-] catties of olive oil can be exchanged for [-] catties of grain. It would be too wasteful to burn so much olive oil."

"Silly girl! If it wasn't for the fear that the collection of too many clay pots would affect the normal life of the Athenians, I would even burn [-] catties of olive oil."

"One hundred thousand catties of olive oil—"

Even Philomela could not help speaking.

"Brother Roy, 50 jin of olive oil is equivalent to [-] jin of grain. You actually want to burn [-] jin of olive oil. Is this my dream, or are you really crazy, brother Roy?"

"Listen to my explanation."

Roy explained with a smile.

"I don't want to burn so much olive oil in vain, but I want to use this olive oil to carry out a fire attack and defeat the Knossos city navy."

"Fire attack? Can fire attack be used on the sea?"

"It is because you are on the sea that you can use fire attack! If you use fire attack on land, the enemy can escape. If you use fire attack on the sea, as long as the enemy's ship is set on fire, the enemy can only jump into the sea to survive. , so that we can easily defeat the enemy.”

After listening to Roy's words, Procne and Philomela first showed stunned expressions, and then Procne looked at Roy with admiration and said.

"Brother Roy is so smart, he actually came up with a way to use fire to destroy the enemy at sea."

"My sister is right! The longer we spend with brother Roy, the more times we are shocked by your wisdom."

Seeing Procne and Philomela's admiration for him, Roy couldn't help but said.

"Actually, this is not a method I came up with, but a method of water warfare that some wise men in my hometown came up with. Even the inventions I made are the crystallization of the wisdom of the sages."

"Even if this is the crystallization of wisdom of other people, it is very remarkable that brother Roy can master all of these crystallizations of wisdom."

Procne threw herself into Roy's arms, resting her head on Roy's right shoulder and said.

"Brother Roy, my admiration for you will not change in the slightest."

Philomela also threw herself into Roy's arms and said with her head resting on Roy's left shoulder.

"Brother Roy, you could have deceived us and took these crystals of wisdom as your own. It is remarkable that you are willing to say frankly that these crystals of wisdom do not belong to you."

"Procne... Philomela..."

Looking down at the lips of Procne and Philomela, just when Roy couldn't help but want to bite them, Aries hurried into the hall and said.

"Your Majesty, we have found out that the Knossos City Navy is now staying on Kea Island in the south of the Attica Peninsula. As Your Majesty expected, the Knossos City Navy has begun to blockade the surrounding waters of the Attica Peninsula. Any merchant ship coming to the peninsula of Attica to trade."

(End of this chapter)