I was a priest in the city-state era

It's afternoon.

Roy looked at the navigation chart and floating compass placed on the stone table and finally couldn't help but say.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! In fact, Chief Pandion assigned me a task, asking me to lead the fleet to Crete for food trade. The navigation chart and floating compass were prepared for this long sea voyage. . Tomorrow I will lead a fleet of fishing boats to go fishing in the open sea to verify the effectiveness of the navigation chart and floating compass.”

Hearing Roy's words, Procne and Philomela widened their eyes at the same time, because they also knew how dangerous it was to sail on the high seas.

Procne said with a worried expression.

"Priest Roy! Even the Phoenicians with rich sailing experience sometimes get lost in the sea. Are you confident that with the help of the goddess Metis, you can successfully complete the long-sea voyage?"

Roy shook his head and said.

"Everything depends on luck! If I'm lucky, I can successfully complete the long-sea voyage. If I'm not lucky, I will die on this long-sea voyage."

"Then...then you should seize the time to pamper the maids around you and let them conceive your children to continue your bloodline."

Roy knew that ancient warriors would think of ways to leave behind their own descendants before going off to war.

After hearing Procne's suggestion, Roy looked at Procne's belly.

If Roy leaves his child in the belly of a maid, he may inherit his mother's identity and become a slave as soon as he is born.

If you leave your child in the belly of the leader's noble daughter, your child will be the leader's grandson when he is born, and may even become the king of Athens.

Because Perseus, king of Mycenae, inherited the throne of his grandfather as his grandson.

Unfortunately, Roy knew very well that Procne only had a good impression of him and did not fall in love with him.

Even if Roy shamelessly requested, Procne would not agree to have an illegitimate child with him.

Yes!

That's right!

If Roy and Procne had not held a formal wedding, their children would have become illegitimate.

Of course, this illegitimate child system only applies to the noble ruling class.

If they are ordinary civilians, their children will be regarded as real children regardless of whether there is a formal wedding.

The illegitimate child system of the ruling class is mainly to exclude the inheritance rights of illegitimate children.

Ordinary civilians have no property for illegitimate children and legitimate children to fight over, so there is no need to separate illegitimate children from legitimate children.

Noticing Roy's gaze, Procne looked at Roy suspiciously.

Roy immediately turned his head in embarrassment to avoid Procne seeing his evil thoughts.

Philomela then leaned into Procne's ear and whispered.

"Sister, it's inconvenient for Priest Roy to pamper the maid around him with us in the way. Shouldn't we leave early?"

Procne nodded in agreement, and then said to Roy.

"Priest Roy, it seems we have to go back early today."

Roy picked up a stack of blank paper, handed it to Procne along with ink and a brush and said.

"Princess Procne! After you go back, you can use these papers to practice writing."

Procne hesitated for a moment, then finally took the paper handed over by Roy, covered her blushing face with the paper and said.

"Priest Roy! After you go to sea, I will pray for you in front of the statue of the goddess Metis, asking the goddess to let you come back safely."

After Procne and Philomela left, Roy came to the square outside the stone house and made paper with six male servants.

However, Roy's purpose at this time was not to create paper, but to produce large quantities of paper armor in preparation for the upcoming long sea voyage.

In Roy's view, the biggest danger when going to Crete for long-sea trade is encountering pirates.

So in order to return safely, Roy wants all his sailors to wear paper armor and rely on their equipment advantages to defeat the pirates.

the next day.

Roy and six male servants were busy making paper early in the morning.

After the sun fully rose in the east, Pandion came to the temple square with twenty personal guards and thirty footmen.

"Priest Roy! I'll bring thirty male servants and let them participate in making paper together."

Seeing that Roy's six male servants, as craftsmen, were already able to skillfully complete the work of making paper, Pandion said with a smile.

"Let these six craftsmen direct the thirty male servants I brought to make paper, and you can follow me to prepare for the sea!"

After Pandion finished speaking, the guards around him divided out ten men to surround Roy.

These bodyguards looked like they were protecting Roy.

But if Loy refuses to carry out Pandion's orders -

"Chief Pandion, I'll get the navigation chart and floating compass and set off. You wait for me here."

After Pandion nodded in agreement, Roy hurried back to the stone house.

After a while, Roy and Pandion, surrounded by twenty personal guards, left the Acropolis and headed west to the port of Piraeus.

The port of Piraeus is four kilometers away from the Acropolis.

Although it is not the closest port to the Acropolis, it is the safest port on the Acropolis.

Because there is a peninsula facing the sea to protect the harbor of Piraeus Port, ships berthed here can be well protected.

Roy once asked Pandion to publicize his far-sea fishing, and Pandion apparently kept his promise.

When Roy and others arrived at the port of Eleieus, they saw hundreds of men gathered here.

Roy and Pandion came to an artificial pier, and Pandion pointed to ten fishing boats near the pier and said.

"Priest Roy! This is the fishing fleet I prepared for you. If the goddess Metis protects you and your offshore sailing skills are really useful, you can lead them to complete offshore fishing. If you fail, maybe you will die at sea, or maybe you will be captured by pirates as slaves, and I will temporarily give up the idea of ​​offshore trade."

Roy said with a confident smile.

"Captain Pandion! I will definitely return safely with the fishing fleet."

After speaking, Roy boarded a fishing boat and ordered the fishermen on the boat to set sail.

Although the fishermen felt that life and death were unpredictable in the offshore voyage, they did not dare to disobey Pandion's order.

Hearing Roy's order to set sail, the fishermen all set sail with a deathly pale face.

Looking at the fishing fleet going away, Erechtheus asked Pandion in confusion.

"Father! Why did you let those fishermen follow Roy to die?"

Hearing his son's question, Pandion couldn't help laughing.

"Errichtheus! Do you think the lives of the fishermen are more important, or the olive oil we use for trade is more important? I want to give Roy the olive oil that can be exchanged for thousands of kilograms of grain. In order to reduce the risk of this long-distance trade, it is worthwhile to let Roy take the fishermen to verify his long-distance sailing technology. Moreover, these fishermen have rich sailing experience. Even if Roy's long-distance sailing technology is fake, these fishermen have a great chance of returning safely with their experience."