Port Themiscyra
When Pei Ziyun's fleet arrived at the port, Ben sent a messenger to notify Amazon in advance, but it didn't seem to work. What greeted him was Amazon's warning.
Just when Pei Ziyun was about to respond, the port warning horn turned into a soothing welcome horn.
"What is the Amazon Kingdom doing?" Pei Ziyun thought to himself.
Under the soothing welcome horn, a group of female soldiers stood in line at the port holding weapons to greet them.
The fleet slowly docked at the port, and Pei Ziyun got off the battleship. At this moment, he was wearing a white tunic, leather armor, leather wristbands, leather hem, a bronze belt around his waist, and a short sword hanging on it, looking like a formal prince. The attire is quite majestic and heroic.
A female warrior from the Amazon Kingdom was standing on the shore to greet Pei Ziyun with a smile on her face. She saw Pei Ziyun stepping off the battleship and greeted him.
"Prince Paris, the Amazon Kingdom welcomes you very much. I would like to express my most sincere apologies for the misunderstanding just now. I hope you can forgive me." As she said this, the female warrior held her right hand in front of her chest and smiled slightly at Pei Ziyun. Bow and salute.
"This little thing doesn't matter. It's just that I sent a messenger to inform you of my arrival in advance. Have you seen my messenger?" Pei Ziyun asked.
"I saw her, but she was at home a few days ago when she was stationed at the port today. She just arrived today. We failed to notify her of the relevant matters in time. It was really our negligence."
"Oh, no wonder, don't worry."
"Prince Paris, please get in the chariot." The female warrior stretched out her right hand and pointed at the chariot.
There was a chariot pulled by four horses parked in front of him. The chariot was five meters long and three meters wide. Pei Ziyun stepped onto the chariot. As soon as he sat firmly, the driver flicked the reins and the chariot started slowly and drove towards the palace. .
Driving all the way from the port, there were many low-rise buildings along the way, the roads were rough and rough, and the chariot was bumpy during its journey.
"Production is very low!" Pei Ziyun saw women walking on the road with their heads held high, while men were doing hard and menial work. Some were shackled or even had their hands and feet chopped off.
The ancient Amazon tribes still maintained women's rights. The warriors were all women, but the men had to work.
Pei Ziyun looked at it and shook his head: "There is a natural difference in physical strength between men and women. How can we develop production by simply degrading men and elevating women's status?"
"Without production, how can we have a population and weapons?"
"This is why the Amazon cannot develop even though it is protected by Artemis and Ares and has a unique geographical location."
The chariot was speeding along the extremely rough road, bumpy and bumpy. If not for Pei Ziyun's strong body, he would have been shaken to pieces by the swaying of the chariot.
After a while, a dozen taller buildings appeared in Pei Ziyun's eyes. More than half of these buildings were made of wood. Compared with the Trojan Palace, they were just like a village courtyard.
"Prince Paris, the palace has arrived. The queen has been waiting for a long time." The female warrior guided Pei Ziyun through several buildings and came to a round marble building. Pei Ziyun looked around and saw a slightly majestic round white marble building. The building is also supported by circular columns, and directly in front is a circular arch leading to the interior of the palace.
Pei Ziyun followed the steps, passed through the arch, and entered the main hall. A woman was sitting on the marble throne, with a girl on the lower left and some elders.
"Dear Queen, Paris, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Troy, pays you the highest respect." Pei Ziyun took a step forward and bowed.
"Prince Paris, I wonder what the purpose of your mission is?"
Pei Ziyun was slightly stunned. He really didn't expect the Amazon Queen to go straight to the point when they met.
But he quickly reacted and said: "Queen, my mission this time is mainly to sign an alliance with you on behalf of the Kingdom of Troy, and to send troops to Greece together. I wonder what the queen wants?"
"Prince Paris, I understand your purpose of coming, but I'm sorry, we can't help you send troops!" Although the beautiful Queen Penthesilea on the throne greeted Pei Ziyun politely, she refused the request and said: "We can We will provide you with material support, but we Amazon cannot commit to the expedition.”
"Our country has been unstable recently. There are many exiled criminal slaves causing trouble, and monsters have appeared recently. I will send troops to suppress them one by one."
In fact, Pei Ziyun also knew that the attitude of Amazon women represented the views of most of Troy's allies. Except for a few die-hards, most of them held a wait-and-see attitude.
It would be an idiot to charge forward instead of Troy from the beginning of the war and fight to the death with the Greeks.
"If you are not willing to send troops for the time being, we will not force it, but we hope that our alliance relationship will not change."
"Of course." Queen Penthesilea said firmly.
"These women are not stupid, but they don't know that they are being targeted!" Pei Ziyun thought, not interested in talking about this matter. He just looked at the girl on the left: "Is this Princess Hippolyta?"
"Historically, Queen Penthesilea was relatively smart. She knew that Troy was a big whirlpool, so she didn't want to go."
"But she doesn't want to go, but the gods want to cut off the heroes everywhere. Who calls you sisters the biological daughters of Ares?"
"A true blood hero!"
"So the result of Queen Penthesilea's cleverness was that when she was hunting, a certain god caused an illusion in her eyes, and she saw her beloved sister Hippolyta as a beautiful sika deer. She raised her gun and aimed at the sika deer. By throwing it away, he mistakenly killed Princess Hippolyta and was hunted by the three Furies. In order to atone for his sins, he had to go to Troy and became a victim in vain, fulfilling his destiny."
"If you are not smart, you can still have a reputation of dying in battle, but now you end up with sisters killing each other. This is the fate of smart people!"
"It's too easy for the gods to distort people's senses at critical moments."
Pei Ziyun thought that in a world with gods, smart people are often misled by their cleverness. The gods here like fathers, sons and sisters to love and kill each other the most.
Oedipus killed his father and married his mother, Penthesilea mistakenly killed Hippolyta (sister), Deianira killed Hercules (couple), and Aegisthus killed Agamemnon (couple). ) and so on!
Even Heracles, because he loved his family and refused to continue on the journey to complete his mission, so the gods caused him to hallucinate and saw his sons as wolves, and killed them all in one go!
This is the son of Zeus in mythology!
Gods can do anything!
"Prince Paris, to welcome you, we have specially prepared a grand competition. You must participate in it later." Queen Penthesilea said with a smile, interrupting Pei Ziyun's thoughts.
"Queen, it is my honor to participate in this grand competition." Pei Ziyun said.
"Okay, Dibeya, take Prince Paris down to have a rest. You will be worshiping the gods soon, so don't neglect it."
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen." The female warrior Dibeya answered, stood up and said, "Prince Paris, please follow me."
"It turns out that this warrior's name is Dibeya." Pei Ziyun thought, but he smiled slightly, turned around a pillar, and whispered to Gesni: "I expect that many people will challenge me. You write these all down, this is an opportunity to pass on the names."
Pei Ziyun is the diplomatic envoy of Troy and a prince. He can be regarded as a distinguished guest. According to the custom of this era, a grand competition is held to welcome him. This is also to show the strength of the Amazons to the allies!
In this world, the strong is king. The Amazons want to show their strength, but why don't they want to
Now Pei Ziyun has only gained reputation in Troy, not Amazon, so he is even more enthusiastic about showing strength and winning than they are!
"Yes, Prince Paris!" Although Gesner felt that the prince was a little too keen on fame, what hero is not keen on fame and wealth? Moreover, Prince Paris is just a young man, and he is full of blood. It is not surprising that he has this idea. Besides, he is a poet, this is his old profession!
The Amazons acted very quickly. In just a moment, the Amazon Queen led her people to sacrifice to Artemis and Ares.
The Temple of Artemis is similar to the one in Troy, with a sacred grove. Although the Temple of Ares also has Greek-style columns, each pillar is full of reliefs of warriors and battles. The ceremony held by the Queen is simple and grand. , and then announced: "The movement begins."
This competition was held in a specially designated open-air space not far from the temple. Pei Ziyun took a glance and saw that there were thousands of people at the scene. Although they were all women, there was still a lively atmosphere. I don’t lament the enthusiasm for sports competitions in this era.
"Prince Paris, there are two competitions below: racing and weight throwing. I wonder which one you want to participate in?"
"I will participate in both." Pei Ziyun said.
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away." Dibeya said, going down to arrange for Pei Ziyun to participate in the competition.
At the racing venue, following the commander's order, Pei Ziyun rushed out with everyone. He was ahead of everyone in a moment. Amidst the cheers and shouts, Pei Ziyun was the first to cross the finish line.
Then came the second weight-throwing competition. In this one, Pei Ziyun was even further ahead, steadily beating the Amazons. This made some of the higher-ups very unhappy.
"Prince Paris is very powerful!" someone said gloomily.
The entire Greeks believed that a perfect and healthy body and a wise and clean soul were the most precious possessions a person could have. The latter was important, but the former was even more important. This was unlike Hades, who rarely received It can be seen from the direct sacrifices and sports games held in every city-state.
Of course, Pei Ziyun believes that there is no separation between sports and fighting.
In an era when there is no poison from the so-called Taoist heart and mind, a perfect and healthy body can directly equal to having strength.
The bloodline of the gods strengthens this understanding.
But conversely, this is what makes the Amazon elders particularly unhappy - how can the Trojans defeat the Amazons
(End of chapter)