I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 348 Minos voluntarily gave up the throne

City of Iolkas.

When Roy came here on horseback with 5000 Iron Spearmen and more than [-] girls from the Pelos tribe, it was already June.

Before entering the city of Aiolkas, Roy saw Harmonia and Chione standing outside the city to greet him from a distance, and Roy immediately rushed to the city of Aiolkas.

"Mnemosyne! Kayone!"

In front of Harmonia and Kaone, Roy jumped off the horse, and said while holding the two together in his arms.

"Thank you for coming to welcome me. I will give each of you a thousand catties of gold as a gift. You can use this gold to make ornaments, and you can also cast a golden throne that belongs to you."

Looking at the more than 5000 girls who were obviously trophies behind Roy, Harmonia said with a smile.

"Honey, it looks like you've won another battle."

"Not one, I won three consecutive victories in the Thrace region."

Roy said proudly.

"I first defeated the Pelos tribe who worshiped Dionysus, the god of wine, then the Amazon tribe guarded by the moon goddess Bendis, and finally together with the Amazon tribe defeated the sun tribe guarded by the sun god Helios. Now the Kingdom of Athens In the north, there will be no more wars for at least a year, so I have time to marry you."

Kaone said with some lack of confidence.

"Honey, do you really want to hand over the Thessaly region to me?"

"Not only the Thessaly region, but also the Corinth region will be handed over to you in the future. Like Harmonia, you will become the queen ruling the five major city-states."

After answering Kayone, Roy looked towards the city of Aiolkas and asked.

"How many Cretan immigrants are there in Iolkas now?"

"The first immigrants to Crete were more than 5000 people."

Neither Harmonia nor Chione answered Roy.

Roy looked at the person who answered him in surprise.

"Minos, why did you come here in person?"

Minos [Deucalion] said with a smile.

"My people have immigrated here. As the king who rules them, of course I have to see if this place is suitable for them to survive."

Roy said with a displeased expression.

"I must correct you, the immigrants from Crete used to be your people, but they came here as my people and have nothing to do with you. If they continue to treat you as a king, I will show no mercy drive them away.”

"What a petty fellow."

Minos shook his head and said.

"You don't have to worry about such trivial matters with the immigrants from Crete, because there will be no more King Minos in the future. Since you are willing to save my people and resettle them to live on this fertile plain, I will give you the throne as promised, and you will be the only king of Crete in the future."

"Minos... are you really willing to give up your throne?"

"Why am I unwilling to give up the throne?"

Minos said with a relaxed face.

"After I give up the throne, it will be your responsibility to take care of all the people of Knossos City and provide them with food. But you must also keep your promise to me, and you must not shake the goddess Europa's Knossos The identity of the guardian god of the city."

Roy nodded.

"I very much welcome the goddess Europa as one of the many goddesses of the Kingdom of Athens. Minos! What are your plans after you give up your status as king of Knossos? Do you want to take a group of soldiers to the backward areas of the Western Mediterranean and occupy a piece of land?" region to establish a new city-state?"

In this era, a prince who has no right to inherit the throne or a royal family whose country has been destroyed will usually take a group of followers to establish a rule in an area with backward civilization.

Cadmus, the Phoenician prince, came to Greece with [-] soldiers and wanted to establish a ruling royal family here.

In the history of another world, Carthage, which competed with ancient Greece and Rome for hegemony in the Mediterranean, was established by immigrants from the Phoenician region.

The ruler of these Phoenician immigrants was, according to legend, a Phoenician princess named Dido.

"I have no interest in reclaiming the throne."

Minos said with a complicated face.

"Put on the crown - it's too heavy for me."

"Minos! Since you don't have the ambition to regain the throne, then you take your followers to Kasos Island to fight against pirates and protect the safety of the waterways in the Eastern Aegean Sea. Crete is easy to be plundered by pirates now. The goal of Crete and the Cretans need your protection."

"you--"

Minos gave Roy a dissatisfied look, then sighed helplessly.

"Seeing that you have saved my people, I will guard the waterway of the Eastern Aegean Sea on Kasos Island in the next five years."

After speaking, Minos turned and left directly.

It seemed that he was worried that if he didn't leave, Roy would arrange more tasks for him.

Roy took Harmonia and Chione back to the palace hall of Iolkas City, and said while sitting on the throne with the two of them in his arms.

"Kione, there are about 5 immigrants in Crete, and you need to place them in the city of Aiolkas and the settlements of the Atamas, Ferris, and Phthia tribes. Harmonia, you and Chione are sisters who serve the same husband. In the future, let the soldiers of Thebes guard the safety of the Thessaly area, and let them train as cavalry! In order to make them become real cavalry, we will build a blacksmith workshop in the city of Aiolkas, use the iron ore in the Otis area to cast stirrups, horseshoes, saddles and other horse gear, and use iron sheets to make iron armor. With these iron equipment, we The cavalry can be one against ten, sweeping the nomads in the north."

"Honey! You got tens of thousands of girls as trophies, and are you going to marry them all to our soldiers?"

Harmonia said with some worry.

"Civilians are monogamous. With tens of thousands of girls entering the Kingdom of Athens, I am afraid that many girls in the Kingdom of Athens will not be able to get married."

"There is nothing wrong with having more women than men in the Kingdom of Athens. It can avoid the difficulty of marrying a wife."

Roy said with a smile.

"In order to reduce the pressure of competition for the girls in the Kingdom of Athens, I will select one hundred of the most beautiful girls from the tens of thousands of trophies, and let them become the palace maids of the Athens Palace. In addition, the Athens Palace will recruit another A hundred dark-haired Piraski girls became palace maids."

"Your Athens palace will add two hundred palace maids at once—"

Seeing the unhappy expressions of Harmonia and Kione, Roy immediately explained.

"Don't get me wrong, I will add two hundred one-in-a-hundred palace maids to the Athens palace, not to enjoy them. After I return to Athens, I plan to send out the palace maids who have learned Chinese characters, so that they can be included in the army system of the Kingdom of Athens. And the civil service system to teach Chinese characters. The Athens palace has lost hundreds of palace maids who have learned Chinese characters. If there are no new palace maids, who will serve Procne and Philomela?"

After listening to Roy's explanation, Harmonia rolled her eyes and said.

"Even if your reason is very reasonable, why do you have to choose a beautiful girl who is one in a hundred?"

(End of this chapter)