I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 24

The servants and maids around Roy were raised by the Pandion family. Even if Roy gave them some favors, the small favors could not be better than the Pandion family's kindness to them.

So Roy has always regarded the servants and maids around him as the hands lent to him by the Pandion family, and never regarded them as his own servants.

Roy wanted to have people who were truly loyal to him, and it was undoubtedly an opportunity to recruit sailors from the Athens tribe.

"Priest Loy, what are you thinking?"

Philomela suddenly stretched out her little hand, waved it in front of Roy's eyes and said.

"My sister and I talked to you, didn't you hear?"

Roy came back to his senses and explained to Procne and Philomela.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! In order to go to Crete for trade, I plan to recruit some honest and reliable sailors from the Athenian tribe. I was thinking about this just now."

"If you need sailors, why don't you just let your father arrange them for you?"

After Philomela asked curiously, Procne said immediately.

"Philomela, Priest Loi must have his own intentions, don't ask more about things you shouldn't ask."

Roy glanced at the understanding Procne, then said with a smile.

"This is not a secret that cannot be told! I feel like I am alone in the Athens tribe, so I want to use the opportunity of recruiting sailors to find a group of people who are willing to serve me."

"Sounds like fun, can we see how you recruit sailors?"

After Philomela asked excitedly, Roy hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said.

"You guys are not bored, you can recruit sailors with me."

After Roy took Procne and Philomela out of the stone house, the three of them were about to cross the square outside the temple and walk towards the residential area when an Athenian boy suddenly ran up to Roy.

"Master Priest!"

"Aries!"

Looking at the son of the fisherman Boros—a young man named Aries by himself, Roy said with a smile.

"What's the matter with you coming to see me?"

Aries lowered his head in shame and said.

"My lord priest, all the nautical charts and compass you asked me to keep were confiscated by Prince Erechtheus. I have failed my lord priest's trust, and I am willing to accept any punishment from you."

After speaking, Aries knelt down on one knee in front of Roy.

Roy immediately helped Aries up and said.

"In my heart, you are more valuable than nautical charts and compass. Prince Erechtheus is not an outsider, so I will not punish you for this matter. If you really want to make up for your mistakes, help Let me gather some teenagers who are about your age! I plan to recruit some honest and brave teenagers to become sailors and go to Crete with me to conduct high-sea trade. If this makes you feel embarrassed, then pretend I didn't say it .”

"My lord priest, you are a priest who serves a great god!"

Aries said hurriedly.

"Serving you is serving a great god, you wait here, and I will soon be able to recruit enough sailors for you."

After finishing speaking, Aries hurried to the residential area.

Looking at the back of Aries going away, Procne said curiously.

"Priest Loy, this young man seems to worship and respect you very much."

"Probably because I successfully took him on a long sea voyage, and let him see me subdue the killer whale [Kraken], and even gave him a name. He really respects me very much."

Roy, Procne, and Philomela stood in the square outside the temple and waited for half an hour. Just when Philomela lost his patience, Aries finally brought hundreds of teenagers to the square outside the temple.

Because Roy did not specify the specific requirements, the teenagers brought by Aries are older than 20 years old, and the youngest are only about 13 years old.

Aries brought hundreds of teenagers to the front of the three of Roy, and Roy said with a frown.

"Aries! It's my fault for not telling you the specific requirements just now. Now you tell these teenagers that I don't need minors under the age of 16, so let all those under the age of 16 leave."

Aries immediately yelled loudly to let the teenagers under the age of 16 go home.

With the departure of teenagers under the age of 16, there were only 49 left in the juvenile team of hundreds of people, and exactly 50 people including Aries.

Seeing that these teenagers were not only wearing shabby clothes, but also looked pale and emaciated, it was obvious that the family was very poor, Roy nodded in satisfaction.

The poorer these young people's families are, the more Luo Yi can use small favors to buy people's hearts.

After asking Aries to stand with these teenagers, Roy said loudly.

"Everyone from Athens! Let me introduce to you, I am Loi, the priest who serves the goddess Metis. Just like what Aries said to you, I want to recruit a group of honest and reliable sailors to go to Crete with me Carry out high-sea trade. I know the truth that the king does not send hungry soldiers, so I will give you rich rewards. When we return to Athens, I will give each of you a hundred catties of grain as a reward."

In this era, one hundred catties of grain is enough for an adult man to eat for three months.

So one hundred catties of grain is definitely a generous reward.

When the teenagers were all excited about the generous reward of one hundred catties of grain, a boy in his 20s suddenly said.

"My lord priest! It is very dangerous to sail in the high seas. If we are unlucky enough to encounter storms or pirates at sea, will we all die in vain?"

Hearing these words, all the teenagers were a little shaken.

If everyone can't come back alive, it's tantamount to dying in vain.

Then another boy said.

"If the priest can give us fifty catties of food before departure, we can go to sea with the priest without any worries. Even if we can't come back alive, then our death is not in vain."

The other teenagers joined in.

Let Roy send them fifty catties of food in advance——

To be honest, the demands of these teenagers are not too much.

The problem is that Luo Yi is poor and empty now, and he can't give them [-] catties of grain at all.

Roy's plan was to ask Pandion for [-] catties of grain and give it to these teenagers as a reward after successfully conducting high-sea trade.

If Roy went to ask Pandion for food now, Pandion might not meet Roy's request.

Just when Roy was hesitating whether to use cement manufacturing technology to exchange food with Pandion, Procne said suddenly.

"Priest Loi accepted your request. You will all come here tomorrow to receive fifty catties of grain. But after you receive the grain, you must follow Priest Loi faithfully. If you dare to betray, even if you never come back, your parents Brothers and sisters will also be severely punished on your behalf."

"Procne—"

Roy hurriedly looked at Procne and whispered.

"You know I don't—"

Procne whispered.

"Priest Luoy, I'll give you these two thousand five hundred catties of grain. It's totally worthwhile to exchange these grains for them to follow you faithfully and go to sea with you without any worries."

Philomela also smiled proudly.

"Priest Loy! As daughters, we also have the right to inherit, so my father also gave us some property. If you don't want to owe sister's kindness, I can also lend you food."

(End of this chapter)