I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 20 Carrying out sea voyage experiments
It's afternoon.

Looking at the nautical chart and floating compass on the stone table, Roy finally couldn't help but say.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! In fact, the leader of Pandion has arranged for me a mission to lead the fleet to Crete for food trade. The nautical chart and floating compass are prepared for this long sea voyage Tomorrow, I will lead a fleet of fishing boats to go fishing in the open sea, and verify the effect of the nautical chart and the suspended compass."

Hearing Roy's words, Procne and Philomela's eyes widened at the same time, because they also knew how dangerous sailing in the open sea was.

Procne said with a worried expression.

"Priest Loi! Even Phoenicians with rich sailing experience sometimes lose their way 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.

"It all depends on luck! If I'm lucky, I'll be able to successfully complete the high seas voyage. If I'm unlucky, I will die on this high seas voyage."

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

Roy knew that the ancient warriors would find ways to leave behind their offspring before going out to battle.

Hearing Procne's suggestion, Roy looked at Procne's lower abdomen.

If Roy left his child in the womb of a maid, he was afraid that his child would inherit the mother's identity and become a slave as soon as it was born.

If you leave your own child in the womb of the leader's noble daughter, then your child will be the leader's grandson at birth, and may even become the king of Athens.

Because Perseus, king of Mycenae, inherited his grandfather's throne as a grandson.

It's a pity that Roy knows very well that Procne just has some affection for him, and he doesn't fall in love with him.

Even if Roy had the cheek to ask, Procne would not agree to have an illegitimate child with him.

Yes!

That's right!

Had Roy and Procne not had a formal wedding, their child would have been illegitimate.

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

If it is an ordinary commoner, their children will be regarded as real children, whether there is a formal wedding or not.

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 to compete with legitimate children, so naturally there is no need to separate illegitimate children from legitimate children.

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

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

At this moment Philomela leaned close to Procne's ear and whispered.

"Sister, we're in the way here. It's not convenient for Priest Loy to spoil the maid around him. Should we leave early?"

Procne nodded in agreement, and then said to Roy.

"Priest Loy, it looks like we have to go back early today."

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

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

Procne hesitated for a moment, finally took the paper from Roy, covered his blushing face with the paper and said.

"Priest Loi! After you go out to sea, I will pray for you in front of the statue of the goddess Metis, and pray that the goddess will allow you to return safely."

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

However, Roy's purpose at this time is not to make paper, but to manufacture paper armor in large quantities to prepare for the upcoming voyage to the high seas.

In Lowy's view, the biggest danger in going to Crete for high-seas trade is encountering pirates.

So in order to return safely, Roy had to put his sailors in paper armor and defeat the pirates by virtue of their equipment advantages.

the next day.

Roy was busy making paper early in the morning with six footmen.

When the sun had fully risen in the east, Pandion arrived at the temple square with twenty personal guards and thirty footmen.

"Priest Loi! I'll bring thirty male servants and let them participate in papermaking."

Seeing that Roy's six servants, as artisans, have been able to skillfully complete the work of papermaking, Pandion said with a smile.

"Let these six craftsmen instruct the thirty servants I brought to make paper, and you and I will make preparations for the sea!"

After Pandion finished speaking, the guards around him sent out ten people to surround Roy.

These SS soldiers looked like they were protecting Roy.

But if Roy refuses to carry out Pandion's orders—

"Chief Pandion, I'll set off with the nautical chart and floating compass. Wait here for me."

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 4000 meters 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 protecting the harbor of Piraeus Port, ships mooring here can be well protected.

Roy once asked Pandion to publicize his fishing in the high seas, and Pandion apparently kept his promise.

When Roy and the others came to the port of Araeus, they saw hundreds of men gathered here.

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

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

Roy said with a confident smile.

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

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

Although the fishermen felt that life and death were uncertain when sailing in the high seas, they did not dare to disobey Pandion's order.

Hearing Roy's order to set sail, all the fishermen set sail with ashen faces.

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

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

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

"Erechtheus! Do you think the lives of the fishermen are more important, or the olive oil we use for trade? I want to give the olive oil that can be exchanged for several thousand catties of grain to Loy, in order to reduce this long-sea trade. It is worthwhile for Roy to take the fishermen to verify his high-sea navigation skills. Moreover, these fishermen have rich sailing experience. return safely with their experience."

(End of this chapter)