I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 232 The City of Athens Becomes a Trading Hub

A bright full moon casts moonlight in the night sky.

On the surface of the Myrtoon Sea, Roy's fleet was sailing overnight, because Roy did not allow the fleet to go to nearby islands to anchor.

Although in the history of another world, the tsunami caused by the volcanic eruption of Thera Island is only recorded to destroy the city of Knossos, this does not mean that the tsunami did not destroy those cities whose names are not recorded in history, and those ships floating at sea.

For his own safety, and for the safety of everyone in the fleet, Roy just wanted to stay away from Sira Island as fast as possible.

When the light of dawn drove away the night, seeing Serifos Island appearing on the sea ahead, Roy agreed to the fleet to go to the port of Serifos Island.

Lowy is not worried that the tsunami will reach Serifos because there are several islands between Serifos and Thira that serve as natural barriers against the impact of the tsunami.

Port of Serifos Island.

After Radamandis and the naval soldiers of Donia City landed at the port, Roy stood at the stern of his clipper and told Radamandis.

"Radamandis, you will stay on Serifos Island as an impartial judge in the future. Although you are a judge, your main job is to fight pirates in this sea area and protect the trade lanes of the city of Athens. Only when the trade lanes leading to the city of Athens are unimpeded, those merchant ships will be willing to take the initiative to go to the city of Athens for trade."

After listening to Roy's words, Radamandis complained dissatisfied.

"You not only snatched away my sister Pandora, but also wanted me to be used by you to help you dominate the Aegean Sea. Don't you think you are shameless?"

"Stupid Radamandis, why don't you understand that I am doing this for your own good?"

Roy joked with a smile.

"Haven't you thought that my plan to make you a judge of disputes between city-states has paved the way for you to deify yourself. Although you will not be deified as a hero god, you can become a unique judge after death god."

"I don't believe you'll be nice to me."

you do not believe--

Just don't believe it!

After all, Radamandis is his cheap brother-in-law, and Roy didn't bother to fool him with hypocrisy, and directly ordered his clippers to set sail for the city of Athens.

When it was evening, the Clipper sailors, who had not closed their eyes for two days and one night, finally sailed into the port of Piraeus.

After Roy's fast boat docked, the extremely exhausted crew members fell asleep on the boat, and Roy returned to Athens alone with his strength.

Royal Palace on the Acropolis.

Roy broke into the palace hall and saw Procne, Philomela, Chione, and Io sitting together for dinner.

Seeing Roy who came back suddenly, the girls all showed surprised expressions, and Philomela couldn't help but said.

"Brother Luoy, your dark circles are so deep, didn't you sleep well at night?"

"I haven't closed my eyes for two days and one night."

Roy went to sit down between Procne and Philomela, and said while devouring the food.

"You tell the maid to heat up the water in the bathroom. I'll go to bed after eating and taking a shower."

Seeing Roy like this, Procne said with distress.

"Brother Roy, could it be that your ship was attacked by pirates, and you and the crew did not sleep a wink for two days and one night in order to escape?"

"Silly girl, do I seem to be invincible even to pirates?"

Roy pretended to be angry, pinched Procne's cheek with his right hand and explained.

"I will return overnight because of a major event that changed history yesterday - the eruption of Thera Island volcano."

After listening to Roy's words, the girls looked at each other, and Procne asked curiously.

"Brother Roy, what do you mean by volcanic eruption? When you say volcano, do you mean the forest on the mountain is on fire?"

Seeing that Philomela, Kione, and Io were also curiously waiting for his answer, Roy could only say with a wry smile.

"I am too tired today. Tomorrow I will find time to give you popular science knowledge, so that you can understand what a volcano is and what kind of disasters a volcanic eruption will cause. Now you only need to know, because the tsunami caused by the eruption of Thera Island destroyed The port of Knossos, merchant ships in the Aegean Sea region will not go to Knossos in the future, and our city of Athens is now a trading hub in the Aegean Sea."

Although the girls don't understand what a volcano is, what a volcanic eruption is, let alone the relationship between a volcanic eruption and a tsunami, they can understand that the city of Athens will be the trading hub of the Aegean Sea in the future.

Kaone blinked her beautiful green pupils and said.

"Honey, what do you mean to say, because of a tsunami, our city of Athens completely replaced the city of Knossos as the Aegean trade hub without doing anything. You are so lucky, I can't stand it Do not doubt that you are the favorite of Lady Luck."

Roy immediately shook his head and said.

"The eruption of the Thera volcano has nothing to do with me. Even if I hadn't come to this world, the Thera volcano would have erupted and caused a tsunami to destroy the port of Knossos, making Knossos lose the Aegean Sea The status of a trading hub has completely declined."

After speaking, Roy couldn't help feeling the infinite power of nature in his heart.

In order to make the city of Athens replace Knossos as a trading hub, Roy not only climbed the technological tree to invent sea salt, but also offered tax-free benefits to attract merchant ships to trade in Athens.

Even if Roy has achieved this level, Knossos City will not be able to lose its status as a trade hub in a short period of time.

However, the tsunami caused by the volcanic eruption on Thera Island destroyed the port of Knossos City, and the effect was immediate, making Knossos City lose its status as a trade hub overnight.

The city of Knossos cannot rely on its status as a trading hub to gain wealth, and coupled with the fact that the volcanic ash has killed the crops of Crete on a large scale, I am afraid that the people of Knossos—even the people of Donia—will face food problems.

Roy could ignore the horror that Knossos was about to turn into a hell on earth, but he couldn't ignore the Donians.

The food problem in Athens has not been completely resolved, and the food problem in Donia has also become a pressure that Roy must bear.

After having dinner and bathing in the bathroom, Roy came to his palace to sleep.

"Brother Roy..."

Not long after Roy closed his eyes, he heard Philomela's voice calling to him.

Holding back his drowsiness and opening his eyes, Roy yawned and said when he saw Philomela crouching beside him with a blushing face.

"My dear sister, you can sleep with me, but don't wake me up!"

"Brother Roy, I can't wait, I want to be your real wife now."

Philomela summoned up her courage and said.

"Even if there is no wedding, it doesn't matter if I will be treated as your concubine. Are you willing to accept me?"

"You yellow-haired little girl, why are you so anxious—"

Roy said helplessly.

"Philomela, girls marry too early and have children, and it is easy to have dystocia. One of the main reasons why women die of dystocia in this era is that they marry too young. So now I will make laws as the king of Athens. Women in the kingdom are not allowed to get married, including you."

(End of this chapter)