I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 426 Aphrodite Has Too Many Names

"I can assure you in the name of all the goddesses of the Athenian Empire and the Athenian Emperor, as long as I and my descendants are still the Emperor of the Athenian Empire, my promise to you will always be valid."

Roy's words made Sheeran show a strongly shaken expression.

After hesitating for a while, Sheeran asked one last question.

"If we are robbed of goods by other countries and suffer losses, will you also compensate us for the losses at the market price?"

"will not!"

Roy shook his head and said.

"If you suffer losses in other countries, I will not give you any compensation. But I will let the Athenian Navy and the Athenian Army attack and damage your country, and let this country compensate you ten times the loss."

After listening to Roy's words, Sheeran took a deep breath and said.

"If your promises can be fulfilled, there is no reason for us not to join the Athens Empire. But your tax standards are too high, half of our profits—"

Before Xilan finished speaking, Roy said with a dissatisfied expression.

"If you don't want to pay taxes, where can I get the money to support the Athenian navy and the Athens army to protect the sea lanes and land commercial routes, and protect your lives and properties? If you don't want to pay taxes, where can I get the money to build bridges and roads? , to carry out various public constructions? I have given you the opportunity, if you are still unwilling to surrender in the end, then I will use war to conquer you, and then let you be punished as sinners."

After speaking, Roy stood up and prepared to leave.

Just when Roy was about to walk out of the hall, Sheeran suddenly yelled.

"We are willing to surrender!"

Seeing Roy stop and turn around, Sheeran said with a sigh of relief.

"If you are willing to accept some of my conditions, I am willing to give up my status as the king of Tyre and become a commoner of the Athens Empire."

"What else do you want?"

"I heard that after you conquer the nomads, you will ask them to become farming peoples."

Sheeran walked up to Roy and said.

"Because the land in the Phoenician region is very barren, we Phoenicians are not farming peoples, but sea peoples who make their living by the sea. I hope you can understand us and don't let us become farming peoples."

"Do you think I'm a fool?"

Roy rolled his eyes and said.

"I turned the nomads into farming peoples because those nomads not only do not produce, but also occupy fertile plains. I know that the land in Phoenicia is barren, why would I ask you to become farming peoples, Phoenicia The Phoenicians can continue to be sea peoples."

Sheeran smiled awkwardly, and then continued.

"My second request is that you must now give us the wisdom of the gods—the nautical picture of this world."

"no problem."

Seeing that Roy readily accepted the request, Sheeran immediately asked her palace maid to bring a pen and paper.

After Roy drew the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, Sheeran couldn't help but marvel.

"It turns out that the Mediterranean Sea is not a sea, but a huge inner lake surrounded by three continents. With the world map of His Majesty the Emperor, we Phoenicians can explore farther places and obtain more wealth."

"Don't just stare at the Mediterranean Sea in the west! You can also start from the Red Sea and go to the West Indian Sea, East Indian Sea, South China Sea, and East China Sea for trade. The coasts of these seas are all farming peoples. They not only have food, but also There are high-value tea, spices and other commodities.”

"But the Athenian Empire is a Mediterranean country."

Sheeran said with a worried face.

"If we are harmed by local countries in the eastern world, will the Athenian Empire travel thousands of miles to attack them?"

"meeting!"

Roy said firmly.

"My goal is not only to turn the Mediterranean Sea into the inner lake of the Athenian Empire, but also to conquer the Eastern world. It only takes two or three years at most, and my Athenian army will enter the Persian Plateau from the Mesopotamia, and then from the Persian Plateau into India."

Seeing that Roy's finger was no longer moving towards the east after pressing the Indian area, Sheeran said curiously.

"There is still a large piece of land in the eastern world, don't you want to conquer it?"

"There is already a great civilization named Dashang on the eastern continent, and there is no need for the Athenian Empire to conquer here."

Glancing at the eastern continent with complicated eyes, Roy changed the subject.

"Xiran, hurry up and tell me your request!"

"Your Majesty the Emperor! In order to ensure that you can fulfill your promise, I hope you can swear an oath in front of Goddess Aphrodite."

"No problem, take me to the Temple of Aphrodite now!"

The Temple of Aphrodite was not built in the core area of ​​Tire, but in the main city.

Roy and Hiran came to the main city by boat and entered the Temple of Aphrodite surrounded by nobles and curious residents of Tyre.

The wealthy Tyrians built a magnificent temple for Aphrodite.

No wonder in the history of another world, the nomadic Illuminati were full of envy, envy and hatred for the wealthy and luxurious Phoenicians, and devalued the Phoenician city of Tire as a city of whores that opposed the city of Almighty God , belittling the Phoenician goddess Aphrodite into a Babylonian seductress.

Both the Illuminati and the Phoenicians live in the Phoenician region, thousands of miles away from Babylon. What reason does the Illuminati have to belittle the city of Babylon?
Most importantly, the patron saint of the city of Babylon is not a goddess, nor is the patron saint of the Kingdom of Babylon a goddess.

The patron saint of the city of Babylon is Marduk, the god of thunder and the god of war, and the guardian god of the Babylonian kingdom is also Marduk.

Is the so-called Babylonian witch of the Bright people belittled Marduk, the king of gods in the Kingdom of Babylon, who has nothing to do with them three thousand miles away, or is she belittling the neighbors of the Bright people—making them envious, jealous, and hateful? Aphrodite, the Phoenician goddess, is evident at a glance.

People who are not familiar with mythology, history, and geography may think that because of the name Babylon, the goddess degraded by the Illuminati is Inanna, the patron saint of Uruk.

Because another name of Inanna, the patron saint of Uruk, is the goddess Ishtar in Babylonian mythology.

Perhaps for these people, even the city-states around Uruk did not follow Uruk to worship the goddess Inanna.

The Phoenicians, who were three thousand miles away, would be interested in worshiping Inanna, the patron saint of Uruk.

But these people obviously couldn't explain why the Illuminati and the Phoenicians were three thousand miles away from Uruk, and the Illuminati did not worship Inanna, the patron saint of Uruk who was three thousand miles away.

Obviously, these people who are too lazy to check the information unilaterally believe that the goddess worshiped by the Phoenicians is Inanna just because the Phoenicians worship the goddess.

Seeing Roy and Hiran walking into the hall of the temple, two young and beautiful priestesses immediately came over to greet them.

Xilan waved them back, and then personally brought Roy to the statue of Aphrodite.

Looking up at the ten-meter-high statue of Aphrodite, Roy whispered with fascinated eyes.

"Should I call you Goddess Aphrodite, or Estreya, Astaroth, Astaroth, Astarte, Astarte, Anat, Istar? "

The statue of Aphrodite burst into divine light.

The next moment!

Goddess Aphrodite herself appeared on the throne and said.

"Because I'm not married yet, I want you to call me Aphrodite, the virgin goddess. Different peoples pronounce my name differently, and you can call me by other names."

(End of this chapter)