I was a priest in the city-state era

The second day of the expedition between Pandion and Erechtheus against the tribe of Lavrio.

Although it was already breakfast time, Roy still stayed in bed.

Chione, who was lying in Roy's arms, asked shyly.

"Honey, when do you want me to wake up?"

"The temperature outside is so cold now. Covering me with just a thin quilt will definitely freeze my body. So you have to keep warming my bed. You can only get up when I get up."

Chione couldn't help but said.

"Procne and Philomela will be here in a while. Aren't you afraid that they will be jealous?"

"As long as I don't have a child with you first, Procne won't be really angry."

As soon as Roy finished speaking, the wooden door of the stone house was pushed open from the outside.

Then Philomela came in and said.

"Brother Roy! It's not good, mother today——"

Before she finished speaking, Philomela looked at Chione lying in Roy's arms with wide eyes.

Seeing the angry expression on Philomela's face, Chione immediately separated from Roy.

Roy asked proactively.

"Philomela, what happened?"

Only then did Philomela come to her senses. She first walked to the stone bed and glared at Chione, and then said to Roy.

"Brother Roy, mother is sick."

Lady Zeuxiper fell ill——

Even under normal circumstances, this would be considered a big deal.

What's more, now, Pandion and Erechtheus went on an expedition to the tribe of Lavrio and handed over the power to manage the city of Athens to their wife Zeuxippe.

Zeuxippus's illness had an impact on everyone in the city of Athens.

Roy immediately sat up and said.

"Since my mother-in-law is ill, who will manage the city of Athens?"

"Now that my father and brother Erechtheus are away, the city of Athens is of course governed by my sister."

Philomela frowned and said.

"But my sister and I have no experience in managing a population of tens of thousands, so my sister asked me to come to you for help, and you and your sister will manage the city of Athens together."

Managing the city of Athens - this is the power that can only be possessed by the supreme ruler of the city of Athens.

Roy originally thought that it would take a long time for him to get this power.

I never expected that I would be able to manage the city of Athens with Procne now.

Pandion's stone house.

Roy and Philomela hurried into the hall and saw Procne sitting behind the stone table, giving orders to the four little leaders.

Seeing Roy and Philomela, Procne suppressed her joy and said to the four little leaders.

"If there is nothing else, you should go out first!"

After the four little leaders left, Procne immediately said with relief.

"Brother Roy, you are finally here."

Roy came to sit next to Procne, held her in his arms and expressed concern.

"It seems that managing the city of Athens puts you under a lot of pressure."

Procne lay in Roy's arms and said.

"After all, if I make a mistake in my management, many people may starve to death. Brother Roy! Come and help me manage the city of Athens, so that I can avoid making mistakes."

Roy nodded and said.

"Your main job now is to manage the distribution of food?"

"Yes! Our city of Athens is not rich in food, so we cannot make any mistakes in distributing food. If we allocate too much food to them, our food reserves will not be able to last until the harvest season, and hundreds or thousands of people will starve to death. If there is less food allocated to them, some people will starve or even starve to death because of my mistake, so every decision I make makes me afraid.”

Philomela sat down on Roy's right side and said.

"Brother Roy, do you have any good ways to manage the city of Athens?"

"Right now, I'm more concerned about my mother-in-law's physical condition than managing the city of Athens."

"My mother is just a little mentally and physically exhausted. In fact, her health is not serious."

"It turns out that my mother-in-law has a heart disease."

Roy said with a smile.

"Since my mother-in-law is not sick, let us now study how to manage the city of Athens. There is a saying that if you have food in your hands, you will not panic. Procne! You will be full of fear in managing the city of Athens by yourself, worrying that your management will make mistakes. In fact, It’s because you don’t know how much food the city of Athens has, so from now on, we will use paper and pen to record the food and various supplies in the city. With data that can be understood at a glance, you will know what your decision is. Right or wrong.”

"Brother Roy, do you want me to make an account book? I'm going to take paper and pen now and tally up the food and various materials in the city of Athens into an account book."

After Procne left in a hurry, Philomela said with a smile.

"My mother asked my sister to manage the city of Athens. But after Brother Roy came, my sister became the one to be managed by you. From then on, the city of Athens was actually managed by Brother Roy."

"After all, in this era, the wife is the husband's private property, and the wife must obey her husband's orders of course. If Procne wants to be a good wife, she must obey my orders."

After listening to Roy's words, Philomela said with a puffy face.

"I don't want to obey brother Roy's orders! I want to be with brother Roy and sister forever so that the three of us can maintain our current relationship forever, not to be like my sister and become an obedient wife beside brother Roy. .Brother Roy! From now on, we will only be husband and wife in name. In fact, I will still treat you as my brother, and you will still treat me as your sister. Do you think that’s okay?”

"As long as you fulfill your wife's duties, I also want you to be my lovely sister forever."

Philomela nodded immediately.

"Even if we are only nominal husband and wife, I will fulfill my wife's duties of serving her husband and bearing children."

Although Athens is only a small city with a population of tens of thousands, it is also a tedious task to count the food and various supplies in Athens.

In the blink of an eye, it was afternoon. Procne happily took the newly made account book to Roy and said.

"Brother Roy, I can finally rest assured now. As long as the commercial olive oil is replaced with food, the food in Athens can fully support the current tens of thousands of people until the harvest season, so I can manage Athens with confidence."

Roy took Procne's account book and read it carefully, and immediately frowned.

Although the food in Athens is enough to feed the current tens of thousands of people, this is the result of not counting the four thousand Serifos.

In order to support the four thousand Serifos until the harvest season, Athens needs to increase at least 500,000 kilograms of food.

If we can't get 500,000 catties of food, hundreds or thousands of Serifos will starve to death.

"500,000 catties of food! What can I use as a commodity to exchange for 500,000 catties of food? It's too late to cultivate pearls now. Should I become a pirate and rob other areas, causing people in other areas to starve to death?"

Just as Roy was thinking about how to get 500,000 catties of food, an Athenian soldier rushed in and said.

"Priest! Our fishermen found a fleet heading towards Athens. The fleet has at least ten large ships, and the ships are all fully armed soldiers."