I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 402 Amlius' Wife
Like other nomads of this era, the Etruscans of the Po plain lived in tents.

So Milan, the royal court of the Etruscans, was not a city, but a huge tribe of thousands of tents.

The royal tent of Amlius.

When Roy and Aurora walked into the tent, they saw that the interior of the king's tent was not only huge, but also luxuriously furnished like a palace.

A young and beautiful woman was sitting on a leopard-skin throne with a three-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl in her arms. Seeing Roy and Aurora walking in, the woman immediately asked Aurora.

"Sister, how is the situation now?"

Aurora didn't answer the woman, looked up at Roy and said.

"You must do what you promised me."

Roy said with a smile.

"I don't think of children as threats and enemies."

Seeing that Roy didn't seem to be lying, Aurora turned her head and said to the woman holding the child.

"Sister-in-law, we have completely lost to the Athenians. In order for the Etruscans to continue to survive, I will marry this man—"

After Aurora finished the details, Amlius' wife first breathed a sigh of relief, glad that her child was able to survive.

But after calming down, Amlius' wife felt unwilling.

His own child is the heir to the throne of Amrius, why is the next king of Etruria Aurora's child?

"Sister Aurora, how could you do such a sorry thing to your brother Amelius?"

Amrius' wife cried with tears.

"I gave you so much trust to let you act as the king of Amrius. But you actually took away the throne that belonged to your own nephew for the sake of your own child."

The sister-in-law's accusation was obviously expected by Aurora.

Aurora explained helplessly.

"Sister-in-law! You will let me act as king, not because you trust me, but because I am not married yet, you don't have to worry about my husband taking the throne. Now my child will be the next Etruscan king, no I want to take away my nephew's throne, this is the result of a joint discussion between the leaders and the emperor of Athens."

Amlius' wife also knew that Aurora had no ambitions.

In order to keep her husband's throne, she wiped away her tears and carried her daughter and son to Roy, looked at Roy with winking eyes and said.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, look at my children, they are still children who don't understand anything. Seeing that I am so capable of giving birth, let me be your woman too, and let my children be your children! Children, Hurry up and call your father."

Amlius' daughter and son obediently shouted to Roy.

"Father!"

"Father...Father!"

The beautiful Etruscan queen offered her bed, and the prince and princess became cheap sons and daughters - such a good thing is of course not for Roy.

Seeing that Amlius' wife wanted to put her daughter in his arms, Roy hurriedly hid behind Aurora.

"Sister-in-law, don't mess around! Since I'm going to marry Aurora, we should keep a distance. It's good that your son can survive now, and you don't even think about the throne that originally belonged to him."

"Why are you rejecting me?"

Amlius' wife said unwillingly.

"After the war is over, it is customary for the leader of the victorious side to take the beautiful wife of the defeated leader as his own! Although I am no longer young, I am very confident in my beauty. You let me be your woman, let My child be your child!"

"Sister-in-law, give me enough time!"

Looking at the sister-in-law who wanted to betray Roy, Aurora accused angrily.

"As my brother's wife, how can you be so shameless? If you dare to shame my brother again, I will kill you."

"Your brother is dead, do you want me to be a widow for him forever?"

Amlius' wife said without showing any weakness.

"Aurora! You stop me now because you are afraid that my child will take your child's throne!"

"Shut up both of you!"

Seeing that Aurora and Amelius' wife were getting more and more noisy, Roy said loudly.

"I'm not angry, do you all think I'm made of mud? Sister-in-law—Amilius' wife! I will let you and your children live because I want to use you to threaten Aurora to be obedient. Since You are so annoying, I will arrange for someone to send you and your child to Athens City right now."

Under the incredulous eyes of Amlius' wife, a group of Athenian soldiers rushed into the king's tent and took Amlius' wife and her two children out.

After only Roy, Aurora, and a group of maids were left in the king's tent, Roy walked deep into the king's tent and sat on the leopard-skin throne that originally belonged to Amelius and said.

"Aurora! When I bring you to the city of Athens, you will know how powerful the Athenian Empire is. I am willing to make a compromise in order to conquer the Po River Plain before planting wheat in October. If I do not Hurry to turn the Po River Plain into a grain-producing area this year, I can gather more soldiers, kill all your Etruscan leaders, and conquer you by force. In that case, your identity will not She is my wife, but a slave I have conquered. If you can be grateful for my kindness, help me rule the Po plain as best you can."

After listening to Roy's words, Aurora said with a sneer.

"I don't know if the power you boast about is true, but I can tell you that I don't care to be your wife at all. I will agree to your request to protect my family and protect all Etruria People. As long as you treat my family and all Etruscans well, I will help you become a real Etruscan king."

"you--"

Looking at Aurora who was indifferent to him, Roy couldn't help but want to conquer her.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye.

With Loy personally sitting on the Po River Plain, the Po River Plain in the northern part of the Apennine Peninsula was successfully included in the territory of the Athens Empire.

After distributing fields and recruiting soldiers in the Po River Plain, Roy made Caesar the governor of the Po River, and mutually restricted the leaders of the Etruscans.

After leaving Caesar with [-] soldiers, Roy took Aurora and [-] newly recruited soldiers to Catanzaro, preparing to return to Athens.

Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica—

These large islands adjacent to the Apennine Peninsula, Loy does not intend to conquer for the time being.

Roy didn't want to take action against Sardinia and Corsica because the indigenous civilizations of these two islands were backward and sparsely populated, and the benefits of conquering them now were far less than the investment.

Roy didn't want to take action against Sicily because Sicily had a Phoenician colonial stronghold.

Conquering Sicily now may damage the relationship between the Athenian Empire and the Phoenicians.

When the Athens Empire cultivated its own maritime merchants and no longer relied on Phoenician merchants to transport various supplies including food, Roy could include Sicily into the Athenian Empire without any scruples.

The rapid rise of the Athenian Empire made the Athenian Empire very fragile.

If Roy became enemies with the Phoenicians now, as long as the Phoenicians stopped selling grain to the Athenian Empire, it would bring Roy great trouble.

(End of this chapter)