I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 246 The Treatment I Give Is Really Good

In a modern civilized society facing the problem of declining birthrate, every child is a treasure that should be cherished.

But in an era when the average family has five children, children are no different from livestock in the eyes of their parents.

If a child could be exchanged for a farm ox, most parents would choose to accept it.

At this time, in order to become a citizen family and obtain the qualification to allocate [-] acres of land, the old man who traded with Roy directly brought all his sons to Roy for him to choose.

After looking at the old man's sons, Roy looked at the old man's fifth son and said.

"Old man, this son of yours can become my soldier. Your son will serve as a soldier for five years, and your family will enjoy the treatment of a citizen family for the next 20 years. If he becomes a deserter on the battlefield, we will not only be revoked as a citizen family treatment and various punishments.”

20——

As long as one son becomes a soldier, he can enjoy the treatment of a citizen family, and the time limit is 20 years.

Those middle-aged and elderly people with more sons said to Roy one after another.

"You can also see if my son can become a soldier. My son can lift two hundred catties of stones."

"I have seven sons, and I am sure there will be one that will please you."

"Please accept my son!"

Lowy personally selected fifty soldiers under the age of 20, and then spoke to the villagers.

"Dear villagers, there are only 50 soldiers who meet the standards I just selected. Don't be discouraged if families without children are selected, because the Kingdom of Athens recruits soldiers every year. Now I will distribute a hundred catties of food to the recruits in advance, please Recruits line up for food."

Fifty recruits lined up, and Roy immediately asked the Athenian soldiers to move five thousand catties of grain from the temple warehouse to distribute to the recruits.

The recruits were given food, and the villagers' trust in Luo Yi increased a bit.

After nightfall.

Roy took Aries to the courtyard of the temple and told Aries about his plan.

"White sheep! I intend to continue to conquer other villages in this area according to today's model. But I hope you can stay here and take charge of the training of recruits while commanding the workers to build the city wall of Pharos. As a reward for you , when the city of Faros is completed, I will appoint you as Governor of Faros."

Aries said immediately flattered.

"Your Majesty, you can rest assured that I will not disappoint you."

"I believe you."

Roy patted Aries on the shoulder with his right hand and said.

"The matter of allocating fields to the villagers will also be handled by you."

the next day.

Roy handed over all the affairs of Pharos City to Bai Yang, and Roy took a hundred Athenian soldiers and a guide to the second village in the Pharos area.

When Roy came to the second village, he saw that the priest and village head of this village had received the news in advance and organized all the men in the village.

It's a pity that ordinary villagers don't want to fight to the death for the priests who rule them.

After all, when ordinary villagers lived a miserable life of starvation every day, the priests who ruled them would not give them food.

Only fools with abnormal brains would risk their lives to defend the ruler and those who oppressed themselves.

After Roy led the Athenian soldiers to attack, before the two sides fought, the villagers with wooden and stone weapons dispersed, leaving only more than 20 temple servants with bronze weapons and Roy soldiers fighting.

After killing all the servants of the temple, Roy led the soldiers to the Wajit Temple in the second village, only to find that the priests had fled in a carriage with their families and belongings.

But they could only take away bronze, gold and other properties, and what Roy really wanted was the food they couldn't take away.

After completing the occupation of the second village, Roy immediately gathered men over the age of 16 in the village, told the villagers about the various policies of the Kingdom of Athens, and then recruited workers and soldiers among the villagers.

In order to make the villagers believe what he said, Roy asked the Athenian soldiers to move the grain from the temple warehouse. As long as they became workers and soldiers, they could immediately take the grain home.

Enticed by the food, the villagers signed up one after another, and Luo Yi successfully recruited fifty workers and fifty soldiers in the second village.

After distributing [-] catties of grain to the new workers and new soldiers, Roy appointed a village head in the village with a monthly salary of [-] catties of grain, and then took the soldiers and workers with him to collect the remaining grain from the temple warehouse and the captured bronze All the spears were transported back to the city of Pharos.

Day three.

Roy took the soldiers to occupy the third village.

Fourth day.

Roy took the soldiers to occupy the fourth village.

As time went on, Loy's capture of each village met with weaker and weaker resistance.

Because after the news spread, the nearby villagers already knew that not only would Lowy not harm ordinary villagers, but he would also allocate more land to ordinary villagers, exempt all taxes, and even provide ordinary villagers with jobs.

Since Luo Yi has no conflict of interest with ordinary villagers, and will allow ordinary villagers to gain more benefits, ordinary villagers naturally have no reason to sacrifice themselves for the sake of priests and gentlemen.

The priests knew that they could not defeat Roy, and that Roy would brutally kill all their families, and they also began to flee before Roy attacked their village.

No. 12 days.

Roy led his soldiers to occupy No. 12 villages without encountering any obstacles.

When he came to the temple in this village, Roy was surprised to find that there was no property in the temple, and there was not even a grain of grain in the warehouse.

The villagers were called together to inquire, and the answers of the villagers made Roy dumbfounded.

The priests of the village distributed all the food to the villagers before fleeing.

I don't know if he did this deliberately to disgust Roy, or if he wanted Roy to ask for food from the villagers.

Of course, Roy will not break the image that he has no conflict of interest with ordinary villagers for the sake of tens of thousands of catties of grain, so Roy directly announces to the villagers that the grain distributed to them by the escaped priest belongs to them, even if the escaped priest returns, You can no longer ask them for these grains.

Lowe then recruited workers and soldiers in the village.

Although Luo Yi couldn't distribute food on the spot today, the villagers already trusted Luo Yi, so Luo Yi successfully recruited [-] workers and [-] soldiers.

No. 13 days.

Roy did not go to occupy other villages.

Because the practice of the priests of the No. 12 villages distributing food to the villagers has been spread, the priests of other villages may also distribute their food to the villagers before Luo Yi arrives, so that Luo Yi can only make a trip in vain.

Moreover, before the [-] recruits recruited by Roy formed a combat force, the further villages were included in the territory of the Kingdom of Athens, and Roy's soldiers could not effectively rule.

So Lowe will have to be patient for a while.

When the recruits become combat power, the territory of the Kingdom of Athens can continue to expand.

No.15 days of landing in Egypt.

While Roy was training recruits, an Egyptian warship sailed into the port of Pharos.

Then, Roy got the news that Ramses II, the envoy of King Cepheus of Egypt, visited him.

(End of this chapter)