Reversing Greek Mythology

The day after Yin Asong, Telamon, and Augeas returned to the Argonaut ship with the news that Luo Yin became the king of Colchis.

Twenty Argonauts, led by Yin Asong, came to Kitea on behalf of their respective city-states.

Luoyin, accompanied by Circe and Medea, received these companions.

Palace hall.

Luo Yin sat on the king's throne. Circe and Medea sat beside Luo Yin on the left and right, squeezing their petite bodies into Luo Yin's arms.

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Yin Asong and the heroes who entered the hall looked at this scene and couldn't understand how Luo Yin got the love of two foreign princesses.

"Meleager, are you really the king of Colchis now?"

After the Spartan prince Castor inquired with concern.

Luo Yin explained to the heroes.

"Because the Kingdom of Colchis worships the goddess, the princesses also have the right to inherit the throne. Now that the two princesses of the Kingdom of Colchis have fallen in love with me, I am naturally the undisputed King of Colchis."

The inheritance system in Greece means that a daughter's right of inheritance is second only to that of a son, so the heroes did not doubt Luo Yin's words.

Augeas said impatiently.

"Meleager! We trade grain with the Kingdom of Colchis, how do you plan to price it?"

"As the heir to the Kingdom of Calydon and the King of Colchis, I don't want the Calydonians to suffer, nor do I want the Colchis to suffer, because they are all subjects of my rule. So I decided to exchange one sheep for two The price of one hundred catties of grain can lead to grain trade between the Calydon Kingdom and the Colchis Kingdom. If you can accept this price, the Colchis Kingdom will also sell the grain to you.”

A sheep is exchanged for two hundred pounds of grain——

According to the standards of this era, this can definitely be regarded as a conscientious price.

The heroes looked at Luo Yin excitedly and said.

"Dear Meleager, please allow my city-state to trade grain with the Kingdom of Colchis at the same price."

"As long as you help us solve the food problem, my city-state is willing to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Calydon and make King Calydon the leader of the alliance."

"My city-state is willing to become a vassal of the Kingdom of Calydon."

Seeing the heroes who were city-state kings or city-state royal families rushing to flatter Luo Yin, Yin Asong felt extremely depressed.

If Aphrodite, the goddess of love, had helped him win Medea's love, he would have been sitting on the throne of the king now, becoming the target of heroes who wanted to please.

With the support of the city-states represented by the heroes, he can use an irresistible force to force Pelias to return the throne of Iolcus to him, or to stay in the Kingdom of Colchis and rule the territory. and the Kingdom of Colchis, which has a population a hundred times that of the Kingdom of Iolkas.

From Yin Asong's point of view, Luo Yin can eat the same thing as a woman, so of course he is more qualified.

Luo Yin didn't care about Yin Asong's reaction, nodded to the heroes and said.

"As long as everyone can accept my pricing, I will be happy to help your city-states solve their food problems. Now the trade routes in the Mediterranean world and the Black Sea world may face various threats. In order to protect our trade routes, I plan to form a Greek army If you don’t want to join the combined fleet, you can exchange protection fees for the protection of the combined fleet.”

Combined Fleet——

After listening to Luo Yin's words, the heroes couldn't help but think about it.

If the various city-states really formed a joint fleet, then Luo Yin becoming the leader of the joint fleet would be equivalent to becoming the king of kings over all the city-states.

Although the emergence of the combined fleet was a huge threat to the independence of each city-state, the heroes could not raise objections.

Because Luo Yin controls the food they want, if they oppose the combined fleet proposed by Luo Yin, they will face sanctions because Luo Yin refuses to sell the food to them.

The heroes representing the weak city-states hesitated for a moment before expressing support for Luo Yin's combined fleet.

Because their city-state has become accustomed to becoming a vassal of a powerful city-state, becoming a vassal of Luo Yin will not cause much loss to them.

Only heroes representing powerful city-states would not want to see Luo Yin use the combined fleet to seize hegemony.

If the heroes representing various city-states can unite to oppose the combined fleet, Luo Yin will inevitably make concessions and give up the formation of the combined fleet.

It's a pity that the various city-states are scattered, with various conflicts and even hatred between each other, and it is impossible to unite together.

Seeing that no one opposed the formation of a joint fleet, Luo Yin continued.

"Since no one objects, first I will use the manpower and material resources of the Calydon Kingdom and the King of Colchis to provide a hundred warships and 5,000 sailors for the combined fleet. Next, I will also invite Troyin The maritime powers within the city will join our combined fleet.”

Luo Yin's cheap father-in-law—King Eurytus of Okalia City on Ubia Island said immediately.

"Our city of Okalia can provide ten warships and five hundred sailors to the combined fleet, and can also lend the port to the combined fleet."

Other heroes said one after another.

"My city-state can provide eight warships and four hundred sailors."

"My city-state can provide twenty warships——"

In the blink of an eye, the combined fleet had hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of sailors.

In this era, even if an empire with a population of one million launches a war, it can usually only invest 30,000 to 50,000 troops, and they are still infantry.

During the Trojan War, the Greek coalition and the city of Troy invested 100,000 troops on the battlefield, but this was only the result of exaggerating the data tenfold.

After all, according to the setting of Greek mythology, one hundred thousand Greek coalition troops fought on the coast of Troy for ten years, and the Greek mainland could not provide them with the food they consumed.

After the formation of a combined fleet with hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of sailors, let alone conquering those coastal areas with backward civilization, it would be no problem to even challenge the West Taiwan Empire and the Egyptian Empire head-on.

Because at this time, the Xitai Empire and the Egyptian Empire were both land powers with a population of one million, and they did not develop powerful navies.

This is also the reason why the island of Cyprus nominally submitted to the Xitai Empire and was not conquered by the Xitai Empire.

"Establishing a combined fleet is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Before the combined fleet protects the trade routes, I will not only protect the trade routes personally, but also communicate with the coastal city-states near the trade routes to ask them to provide protection for the trade routes. Continue When you come down, you can return to your respective city-states and form a fleet to bring your goods to the Kingdom of Colchis to exchange for food!"

After speaking, Luo Yin ordered the palace maid to bring the food, wine and fruits needed for the banquet.

"My dear friends! When you return to your hometown, please transfer my affairs to my family. Because the Kingdom of Calydon is as weak as the Kingdom of Arcadia, I also hope that you can deal with Calydon. The Kingdom of Winter provides some help and allows the Kingdom of Calydon to borrow your port.”

The port of the Kingdom of Calydon was located in the Gulf of Corinth.

If you want to trade with the Kingdom of Colchis without borrowing ports from other city-states, you will have to go around the Peloponnese Peninsula, which will increase the cost and time of trade.

Eurytus said immediately.

"Meleager, the Kingdom of Calydon can use the port of Eubia."

Acastus, who represents the city of Iolkas, also said.

"The Kingdom of Calydon also has access to the ports in Thessaly."