I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 261 This is not the life of the royal family
The large cargo ship of the Phoenician merchant sailed in the waters of Egypt for a day and a night.

At noon the next day.

The large cargo ship entered the port of Pharos City.

After Roy got off the ship with Andromeda, he stood at the pier and said to the Phoenician businessman who stayed on the ship.

"Your Excellency, Merchant! I don't like to owe favors the least, so I will keep your help in my heart, and you can ask me for help once you encounter difficulties in the future."

Hearing what Roy said, the Phoenician merchant first directed the sailors to remove the goods from the cabin, and then said to Roy.

"Your Majesty the King of Athens! His Majesty Alathia and I have prepared five hundred bronze spears for you as a gift, please be sure to accept them. I did not let you know about these gifts in advance because I was worried that you would refuse them."

After the slave sailors moved five hundred bronze war spears off the ship, Roy said with a smile.

"I really need weapons now, so I will accept these gifts unceremoniously."

When the large cargo ship of the Phoenician merchant left, Andromeda asked Roy curiously.

"Loy! Why did the king of Arathia and this Phoenician merchant give you such a generous gift?"

"Of course it was because they thought they could get more out of me."

Roy explained with a smile.

"Whether it is an Arathian or a Phoenician merchant, they are not fools who give huge property as gifts to others. Even if I don't give them anything in return in the future, I can trade grain with them for white salt now. Bring them great wealth. Because the price of white salt in Athens is [-] catties of grain for a catty of white salt, they sell the white salt of Athens city to other places, and a catty of white salt can make them [-] catties Profit from food."

The profit of a catty of salt is fifty catties of grain——

Even if Andromeda had no knowledge of business and trade, he could understand that this was an astonishing huge profit.

No wonder King Arathia of Tanis and the Phoenician merchants regarded Roy as the most honored guest, because Roy has now allowed them to earn huge profits from the white salt trade.

Knowing the news of Roy's return, Aries quickly brought a group of Athenian soldiers to the port.

Seeing a noble and beautiful princess beside Roy, Aries was no longer surprised, and came to Roy with a calm face and said.

"Your Majesty! During the time you left, I have built a five-meter-high concrete wall for Faros City. After the cement wall dries, Faros City will be protected by a solid wall."

"You did very well!"

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

"The city of Pharos is protected by the city wall, and then I can take half of the soldiers to attack the cities of Butuo and Sais. Here are the bronze spears given to me by others. You can send these spears to the soldiers. Then get the soldiers ready to go, and in three days I'll go with half the soldiers."

Then, Roy pointed to Andromeda and said.

"Let me introduce you, this is Princess Andromeda, the daughter of King Cepheus of Egypt. I invited her to the city of Pharos to teach you the Egyptian language. You only have three days to study it. Three Days from now, Andromeda will go out with me."

"your Highness!"

Aries saluted as respectfully as Procne and Philomela, and then said to Andromeda.

"I am a loyal subject of His Majesty the King of Athens, you can order me like a servant in the future."

Andromeda said with a faint smile.

"I can see that you are an important subject that Roy trusts very much. I dare not really treat you like a servant."

Roy brought Andromeda to the city of Fallows. Looking at the five-meter-high city wall surrounding the city of Fallows, Andromeda said in disbelief.

"What an incredible city wall! Avaris City is the capital of the Kingdom of Egypt, and there is no such tall and strong city wall."

Seeing that Andromeda was also shocked by the cement city wall that surpassed the times by thousands of years, Roy introduced it with some pride.

"Andromeda, this is a city wall made of cement made by me. With such a difficult wall to climb, even if the enemy has five or even ten times the number of soldiers, it will be difficult to defeat the defenders."

"You invented this? Your intelligence is incredible."

"Well—I didn't invent this! Everyone thinks it's mine, but everything I make, including cement, is someone else's brainchild."

Roy took Andromeda into the city of Fallows, and seeing that there was only a village with a population of over a thousand surrounded by the majestic city walls, Andromeda immediately showed a disappointed expression.

Roy immediately explained.

"Faros City was originally just a fishing village. After I occupied it, I decided to make it a port city for trade between Egypt and the Kingdom of Athens. I believe that it won't take long for Faros City to become a large city with a population of tens of thousands. City."

Roy and Andromeda came to the governor's palace in the city of Faros - the former temple of Vajit.

Looking at the dilapidated stone house in front of him, Andromeda frowned in disgust.

"Could this be your royal palace in Faros? For common people, maybe this is a very good house. But we are a noble royal family after all, you should build a real palace with cement."

Roy immediately shook his head and said.

"This is not my palace, but the Governor's Palace of Fallows. It is impossible for me to build a palace in every city I rule. It would be a waste of manpower and material resources."

Andromeda said with wide eyes in disbelief.

"You mean to say that we have no place to live in Pharos?"

"You and I, both of us will live in the Governor's Mansion, so don't complain about the environment here."

"Then is there a maid here to serve me?"

"no!"

Roy shook his head again and said.

"I am serving myself here! If you don't mind, I can serve you as your servant."

Andromeda blinked her beautiful big eyes and looked at Roy, asking with an unbelievable expression.

"Are you really the King of Athens himself? Although this is not your city of Athens, you live like an ordinary soldier. As far as I know, other kings enjoy delicious food, Good wine, beautiful women, not to mention you are not at war right now."

What Andromeda said was true.

In the mythology of another world, even 400 years later, when the Greek coalition forces attacked the city of Troy, the kings of various city-states were still enjoying food, wine and beauties.

The demigod hero Achilles and the commander-in-chief Agamemnon even broke out a conflict over a woman, causing tens of thousands of casualties in the Greek coalition forces, and even Achilles' beloved Patroclus died because of this. die.

As the overlord of the Aegean Sea and one of the mighty kings of the Mediterranean world, Roy's lifestyle really doesn't match his identity as the king of Athens.

Roy said with a faint smile.

"Andromeda, I don't see anything wrong with my way of life. Only by sharing the joys and sorrows of ordinary soldiers can I truly understand my soldiers and ensure that I can win every battle."

(End of this chapter)