I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 26

When Roy came to the square outside the temple, he saw the resting teenagers sitting together in groups of three or four, all staring at the busy young maids with wretched eyes, almost drooling up.

"My lord priest—"

When Roy came over, these teenagers were ready to get up.

Roy immediately waved his hand and said.

"You sit still and don't move. I'm not here to urge you to train. It's noon now, and everyone should rest until at least two o'clock in the afternoon. I'm just here to chat with you."

In the center of the square outside the temple stands the statue of the goddess Metis, as well as an altar dedicated to the goddess Metis.

While speaking, Roy sat down on a stone outside the altar, and said to the boys.

"I see that you all look yellow and thin. Your family must be very poor!"

Perhaps it was because of Roy's approachable attitude, a young man said carelessly.

"If our family's life is good, how can we risk our lives to participate in the high-sea trade. Among us, the best in the family is Aries. His father's name is Boros [Harvest], and every time he goes to sea to catch The fish can return with a full load. In addition, several children died in their family, and they only need to support Aries and his younger brother. In the future, Aries will not have a big problem getting a wife. There are ten children in our family. When there is a shortage of food, people may starve to death. In a family like ours that can’t even support itself, more than half of our brothers are destined to be unable to marry a wife.”

After someone took the lead, other teenagers also complained about how poor their family was.

Roy patiently listened to the complaints of these teenagers, then looked at the teenagers with a serious expression and said.

"Everyone is willing to risk their lives to go out to sea with me. I know how poor your life is. You are all adults over the age of 16, and you are at the age when you should marry a wife and have children, but now you can't even support yourself .Even if you go out to sea with me and get a hundred catties of grain, it can only guarantee that you will be full this year. After we come back from Crete, if you think I am a trustworthy person, you can consider Become my follower and dedicate your loyalty and life to me. I can't guarantee that you will be rich and rich, but I can guarantee that you will marry wives and have children, and I can also guarantee that you will have enough food and clothing, and the family will no longer worry about food and clothing .”

As soon as Roy finished speaking, Aries stood up and said.

"I believe in the priest, and I am willing to become a follower of the priest right now, and offer my loyalty and life to the priest."

Roy looked at Aries helplessly, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

Now Roy has neither real power nor property in the Athenian tribe.

Even if someone is willing to become Roy's follower, Roy can't buy people's hearts with food.

Looking at Aries eagerly, Roy said with a smile on his face.

"Aries! As I said just now, you can consider becoming my follower when we come back from Crete. Now I haven't shown the ability worthy of your trust, even if someone wants to become my follower now , I will also refuse to accept you."

After Aries sat down with a disappointed face, Roy continued.

"While I have time now, let me tell you what we should do when we encounter pirates at sea. I believe that many of you have never killed animals, let alone murder. But when you encounter pirates , we must use the weapons in our hands to attack the deadly parts of the pirates' heads, necks, and abdomen. Because pirates usually kill people, the result of our mercy to pirates is that pirates kill us brutally, or capture us, and take us to death. Turned into slaves and sold far from home."

Seeing all the teenagers nodding seriously, Roy stood up and said.

"Everyone takes a stick now, and we will practice fighting with it in the afternoon. Tomorrow I will give you wooden spears, and let you practice with wooden spears."

After Pandion arranged for 36 male servants to make paper, the square outside the temple not only added ten bronze tripod tripods for making pulp, but also piled up firewood like a hill.

Hearing Roy's order, the teenagers all went to the firewood mountain and each picked a stick.

ping ping ping ping-

bang bang bang bang——

After fifty teenagers started combat training with wooden sticks, Procne and Philomela, who heard the voice, came out wearing veils, and Philomela looked at the scene in front of him and said.

"Priest Loi is indeed training soldiers."

If Roy wants to train these teenagers to be sailors, now Roy should teach these teenagers how to perform their duties on the ship instead of training these teenagers to fight together.

Procne looked at the scene in front of him with complicated eyes and said.

"Philomela! At night we told my father that Priest Loi is training these teenagers to fight against pirates."

Philomela didn't think too much, and nodded directly to her sister's request.

The delicate Procne understood that if his father Pandion saw this scene directly, he would definitely doubt Roy's intentions in training the soldiers.

Let the father have a preconceived idea, and the father will feel that Roy trained these soldiers to deal with pirates.

When evening came, Procne and Philomela brought supper.

This time, instead of hiding in the stone house to enjoy food, Roy ate unpalatable black bread with the teenagers.

Although the food provided by Roy was not delicious, these teenagers all ate very happily, because they also wanted to eat black bread when they returned home.

The most important thing is that the black bread at home cannot be eaten open, but the black bread here in Lowy can be eaten as much as you want.

After the teenagers finished their meal, they all expressed that they would definitely come back tomorrow.

Roy smiled and said goodbye to these teenagers one by one, and made an appointment with them to see you tomorrow.

After all the teenagers had left and night fell over the land, Roy returned to the stone house and enjoyed the delicacies brought by Procne and Philomela.

Pandion's house.

Stone House Hall.

Procne and Philomela sat down with Pandion, Pandion's wife, and Erechtheus, and told the family what had happened that day.

After Procne told how Roy trained the boys to fight like soldiers in order to deal with the pirates, Philomela said braggingly.

"Father! Mother! Big brother! Guess what my sister and I saw today! Priest Loy was sitting with those commoners, eating black bread with relish. Ever since I tasted a bite of black bread, I have seen such inferior Human food is disgusting, but Priest Loi can eat it."

"Philomela—"

Seeing that his sister took Roy's matter as a joke, Procne gave Philomela a dissatisfied look.

Pandion said with a solemn face.

"I've eaten black bread too! In order to buy people's hearts, it's right to sit with the common people and eat the same food. It's a pity that your elder brother Erechtheus can't bear the hardship. He really should learn from Roy to integrate into the common people."

Hearing Pandion's words, Erechtheus frowned, and instantly lost his appetite for food.

Pandion's wife said at once.

"My dear! We have ruled the Athenian tribe for 20 years, and we have already established a solid authority. Erechtheus does not need to blend in with the common people."

"Zuxipper—"

Pandion called out his wife's name and said with a serious face.

"If you spoil the children like this, they will definitely suffer a lot in the future."

(End of this chapter)