I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 52 The New Homeland of the Eleusis

Without the help of Chione, Loi, as the enemy of the Eleusis, the Athenians, would have been almost impossible to gain the trust of the Eleusis, and could only use violence to threaten the Eleusis to obey his orders.

But with the help of Chione, the Eleusians spontaneously followed Roy to leave the port of Piraeus, and headed for the new home that Roy had chosen for them.

Walking on the road north of the Acropolis Mountain, Roy couldn't help but said to Kaone.

"Princess Kayone! Now I understand that after foreign rulers conquer a place, they marry local princesses not only because of your beauty, but also because you are really helpful in ruling the local people."

Kaone frowned with dissatisfaction and said.

"I will help you, not to flatter you and want to be your wife, but to help my people."

"I don't even have the idea of ​​marrying you! Now your status is my maid slave, you are already my property, and there is no need for me to raise your status as my wife."

After finishing speaking, Roy stretched out his left hand to the top of Kaone's head, ready to kill and subdue the proud Kaone with a pat on the head.

Kaone vigilantly avoided Roy's left hand, leaving Roy's left hand empty.

two hours later.

Roy took the Eleusis to the northeast of the Acropolis - the junction of Parnesa Hill and Pendelli Hill.

This is also the modern world 600 years later, where the city center of Athens is located.

Roy stopped on a piece of grass, turned around and said loudly to the Eleusis.

"Men of Eleusis, this is where your new home is. Next I will give you work. The women will gather firewood for us all to build fires and cook for us. The men will go to Mount Parnisa and Pendelli to cut down trees. , to build the wooden houses you live in. Because the tools for felling trees are limited, men without logging tools have to collect grass stalks to weave straw mats for the roof and walls of the wooden houses. You all have to remember that you are not working for me , but to build houses for yourselves. Wooden houses are only your temporary dwellings, and soon I will make cement and bricks to help you build concrete houses that are stronger and more beautiful than stone houses."

What is cement?

The Eleusinians couldn't even understand Roy's words, so naturally they wouldn't believe the pie that Roy drew for them.

But they come to strange lands and do need to build homes for themselves.

So all the Eleusis people obeyed Loy's order. The women gathered together to light a fire and cook, and the men went to the forest with logging tools, or collected grass stalks to weave straw mats.

After Kaone brought her three maids to join the women's work, Roy also went to the forest and brought back the chopped wood with the men.

All the Eleusis looked at Roy with surprised eyes, not understanding why Roy, as a conqueror and ruler, and as a priest serving the gods, would work with them.

Although the Eleusis could not understand Roy's thoughts, Roy's behavior did increase the Eleusis' favor and enhance their trust in Roy.

In a blink of an eye, night fell.

Together with the men, Lowe built ten houses with wood as the skeleton and straw mat as the roof and walls in a short time.

After work, Roy and the men ate the big pot meal made by the women and gnawed on the unpalatable black bread.

After dinner, Roy stood up and said loudly.

"Men like me! Now is the time when winter and spring alternate, and it is not surprising that the night suddenly drops and snows. Do you have the heart to let women and children spend the night in the open air? I propose to let women and children sleep in wooden houses tonight. Spend the night outside by a warm fire with you, do you agree?"

An Eleusis man said immediately.

"It's right to let our women and children spend the night in the cabin, but you really spend the night outside with us?"

"Who is questioning me?"

Roy looked at the men around him dissatisfied and said.

"I have already said that I will be your little leader from now on, and you are my people. So I will not deceive you, I will share weal and woe with you, and it is my goal to let you all live a good life. You can believe that Trust me like the previous leaders."

Acropolis.

Pandion's Stone House.

While Roy was nibbling on the unpalatable black bread, a victory banquet was being held in the candlelit hall.

In addition to the Pandion family, there were two little chieftains and their families in the hall.

Members of these ruling classes, the men sat together drinking and eating meat, and the women sat together and chatted about women.

While toasting Pandion, the two little chiefs introduced to Pandion how brave and loyal their son was, and he would be like them in the future, helping Erechtheus rule Athens as a little chief.

Pandion kept a smile on his face, and when the two little chiefs finished speaking, Pandion suddenly asked.

"We all gather here to celebrate the victory, why hasn't Priest Loi come over?"

The two little chiefs looked at each other and said.

"The people who inspected the territory saw that the priest of Loi mixed with the Eleusinians, and moved wood with the Eleusinian men to build a wooden house."

"Priest Loi didn't come to celebrate the victory with us, perhaps because he is still mixing with the Eleusis."

After listening to the words of the two little chiefs, Erechtheus said in a cold voice with no expression on his face.

"A stranger is a stranger, and Roy did not regard himself as a real Athenian at all. When he was with us, he would call himself an Athenian to gain our trust. I am afraid he will call himself an Eleusian in front of the Eleusis now." Leucidians, come to gain the confidence of the Eleusinians."

The son of a little leader also followed suit.

"Those Eleusinians regarded us as enemies. Now the priests of Loi are mixed with the Eleusinians. In the future, will those Eleusinians be loyal to the leader of Pandion, or will they be loyal to Priest Loi?"

"You don't have to worry!"

Pandion smiled confidently.

"The food I rewarded Luo Yi is only enough for him to feed 500 people for a month. If those Eleusis want to have food to eat, they must understand who is their real leader."

On the other side of the hall separated by a curtain.

The wives of the two little chiefs were presenting their sons and daughters to Pandion's wife, Zeuxipper.

They kept testing Zeuxiper in words, wanting their sons to be the husbands of Procne or Philomela, and their daughters to be the wives of the chief heir Erechtheus.

Zeuxipur was not angry because they wanted to climb high, and told them in euphemistic words that the future wife of Erechtheus must be the noble daughter of the leader of the great tribe or the princess of the city-state, Procne and Philomela The husband must be the leader of a large tribe or the king of a city-state.

Although the wives of the two little chiefs were extremely disappointed in their hearts, they kept smiling all the time.

(End of this chapter)