I was a priest in the city-state era

Piraeus Port.

Roy and the captain of the guard Pallas came here with fifty teenagers and fifty guards, and saw ten cargo ships about ten meters long parked at the artificial dock of the port.

Pandion and Erechtheus were guarding the dock with a group of guards, waiting for Roy and others to arrive.

Roy and his companions came to the dock, and Pandion took the initiative to come to Roy, pointed to the cabin of a cargo ship and said.

"Priest Roy! The olive oil used to exchange for food has been placed in the cabin for you. In the past, the Phoenicians brought food to trade with us, and one hundred jars of olive oil could only be exchanged for two thousand kilograms of food. Now I have prepared one hundred jars of olive oil for you, and I hope you can exchange at least three thousand kilograms of food in Crete."

"Captain Pandion, in addition to one hundred jars of olive oil in the cabin-"

"In addition to one hundred jars of olive oil, the cabin also prepared food and water for you. Even the fifty sets of paper armor worn by your sailors have been placed in the cabin."

After listening to Pandion's words, Roy smiled and said.

"Since Chief Pandion has made thorough preparations, we can set off now."

After speaking, Roy took the lead to board the first cargo ship.

Seeing Roy boarding the ship, fifty teenagers also boarded the cargo ship.

Palas, the captain of the personal guard, exchanged glances with Pandion, and then boarded the cargo ship with fifty personal guards.

According to Roy's pre-arranged distribution, each cargo ship now has five teenagers and five personal guards.

Seeing that everyone had boarded the ship, Roy stood at the bow and shouted loudly.

"My fellow comrades! Now you all listen to my orders, let's set sail together-set sail!"

Hualala--

Hualala--

After the sails were raised, except for Roy and the captain of the guard Pallas, ten people on each ship sat beside the oars and rowed the oars to make the cargo ships sail out of Piraeus Port at the fastest speed.

Pandion watched the fleet go away, with both expectation and worry in his eyes.

After all, this was the first time for the Athenians to engage in long-distance trade.

If they failed, the Athenians would have to continue to endure the Phoenicians exchanging low-priced grain for olive oil.

"Great goddess Metis! We Athenians did not choose the goddess of the earth or the goddess of the sky, but let the goddess of the sea become the patron saint of Athens, because we want to get the future of Athens from the sea. If you don't want to be betrayed by the Athenians, please make our distant sea trade successful."

Driven by the sea breeze and ocean currents, Roy's fleet sailed as fast as an arrow from a string, and soon left the Athenian waters and sailed into the vast sea where the land could not be seen by the naked eye.

Roy stood at the bow and shouted to the sailors on the ten cargo ships with a shouting voice.

"Dear companions! I know you are all very uneasy, but the priest of goddess Metis is with you. As long as goddess Metis does not abandon me, the goddess will definitely protect me and all of you by the way."

Aries, who was on the same cargo ship with Roy, said with a smile while paddling.

"The goddess Metis granted the wisdom of the gods to the priest Roy, allowing the priest Roy to invent those incredible things. It can be seen how much the goddess Metis loves the priest Roy. The great goddess Metis will definitely protect the priest Roy, and then we lucky people will also be protected by the goddess Metis because of the priest Roy."

After Aries finished speaking, everyone smiled with ease.

In fact, even Roy himself didn't know whether the goddess Metis would protect Roy.

But in order to reassure everyone, Roy had to force himself to believe that the goddess Metis would protect himself and everyone by the way.

If Roy didn't even believe his lies, how could he deceive others.

The young sailors seemed to have endless power. When the sunset fell, ten cargo ships had sailed more than two hundred miles on the sea.

Palas, the captain of the guard, asked the cargo ship he was riding to approach the ship where Roy was, and then said to Roy.

"Priest! Night is about to fall. Should we find an island to anchor for one night?"

In this era, sailing at night is more dangerous than sailing during the day.

Because there is no sun to confirm the direction, it is easier to get lost at sea when sailing at night.

In addition to getting lost, ships sailing at night are also more likely to hit reefs.

Roy looked up at the stars in the sky, and then said to the captain of the guard Pallas.

"Captain Pallas, we have to continue sailing at night."

"But sailing at night is very dangerous."

"It is because sailing at night is very dangerous that we have to sail at night."

Roy explained patiently.

"It is because sailing at night is very dangerous that we continue sailing at night, and we don't have to worry about encountering pirate attacks. And if we look for islands to anchor, we don't know whether the residents on the island will accept us or attack us. If we have a conflict with the residents on the island and cause casualties, it will be a bit of a loss."

"But-"

"I know what you are worried about. I have a way to sail at night without getting lost. Now I will give each of your ships a lantern. Everyone uses the lantern to confirm each other's position. You must follow my flagship closely."

Faced with Roy's tough attitude, Captain Pallas of the guard could only choose to accept Roy's order.

After all, what Roy said made sense. If they found an island to anchor overnight, they would most likely be attacked by the island's residents.

After nightfall.

Ten cargo ships lit lanterns and sailed slowly on the sea.

Roy held the nautical chart and floating compass and said to Aries beside him.

"Aries! Including me, it is impossible for everyone to stay up all night. Now I will teach you how to use the nautical chart, compass and the constellations in the night sky to confirm the direction of night sailing. After you learn it, I will be responsible for piloting in the first half of the night, and you will be responsible for piloting in the second half of the night. The others should also be divided into two groups, one group sleeps in the first half of the night, and the other group sleeps in the second half of the night."

Aries nodded, and then listened carefully to Roy's explanation.

Time flew to the next morning.

Roy's fleet sailed smoothly at night without encountering any danger.

This made everyone deepen their trust in Roy and no longer afraid of sailing at night.

In the blink of an eye, it was evening.

Captain Pallas of the personal guard came to the ship where Roy was, lowered his head and said to Roy.

"Priest! I hope you can teach me the technology of night navigation."

"Is this what Chief Pandion ordered you?"

Captain Pallas shook his head and said.

"Chief doesn't know that you have the technology of night navigation. But the chief told me that if this distant sea trade is successful, he will let me lead the fleet to conduct distant sea trade in the future, so I must learn the technology of night navigation."

Roy did not intend to become a captain specializing in distant sea trade.

So Captain Pallas wanted to learn night navigation, and Roy certainly had no reason to refuse.

"Captain Pallas, night navigation is not difficult, now I will teach you to recognize the constellations at night-"

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