Troy Palace
The slaves in the palace were busy. Priam pondered, tapping his fingers on the marble throne, and asked: "Do you want to bribe the city-states?"
"Father, it's not a bribe. Bribery can't win." Pei Ziyun didn't pretend too much and went straight to the real topic: "You once said that the more friends the better, enemies must have choices."
"I don't expect to change the position of those Greek city-states. They are Greeks after all. If they really want to be bribed, we can't do it even if we drain all the treasury. The appetite of the bribe takers is getting bigger and bigger, and no one will be satisfied, so bribery can't be done. Make true allies."
"...Yes." Priam nodded thoughtfully, looked at his young son, and waited for Prince Paris to continue. He was becoming more and more satisfied with this son.
"But having more friends isn't a bad thing."
"Even if the response is slower and the troops are sent less, the total number of more than a dozen or dozens of city-states is not a small number, and it can even change the entire war situation."
"So, I will visit the city-states along the way and use the appropriate gold and appropriate friendship to win over the appropriate friends."
This is what Pei Ziyun means. After saying this, a city-state has one more or one less centurion, which may not seem like much, but when added up, the number is considerable.
"Very good, you have a good idea." Priam straightened up and said, "Well, I will open my warehouse and give you gold and bronze so that you can implement your plan."
"I will sacrifice to the great Zeus, may God protect you."
olympus
Zeus raised his cup and drank the divine liquid, barely hearing the nymph's singing. He reached out and brushed through the thick blood-colored clouds, making the conversation in the Trojan Palace in the lower world clearer. For a long time, he murmured: "What an advantage!"
"It's so in line with my wishes, even I feel like fate is taking advantage of me."
There is no doubt that Prince Paris' activities have changed some scripts, but compared to the original script, this is more in line with Zeus's wishes.
Zeus couldn't help but fell into thought.
port
A large sea ship slowly sailed into the port. A slightly thin man slowly got off the ship. After careful identification, he discovered that it was Gesnie who had been in the Amazon for half a month.
After half a month of careful selection, Gesne finally completed his mission in the Amazon and brought back a group of strong slaves for Prince Paris.
As soon as we got off the boat, a servant who had been waiting for a long time came forward and said, "Is it Mr. Gesne? The prince told you not to go to the mansion. He will come directly."
"Yes, I understand." Gesni said calmly.
His position next to Prince Paris is getting clearer and clearer now. Where Prince Paris is there, he is an obedient servant who does things. Where Prince Paris is not around, he is the "butler" responsible for helping Prince Paris do things. ", his understanding of the people below is to maintain dignity at all times.
Gesni got on the ship again and came to the slave cabin. The cabin was made into compartments, and every two slaves had a separate compartment.
In this era, sea voyages were very arduous and accidents were prone to occur. It was normal for ordinary slaves to die of diseases due to the crowded cabins.
And these are skilled slaves bought at a high price. Any loss cannot be borne by Gesne, so he is very concerned about the living environment of these slaves, and strives to ensure that no slave will have an accident on the way back. .
"Come on, everyone, come out. Prince Paris will come to see you in person later." Gesner shouted, leading the slaves out of the cabin.
Looking carefully, there are more than a dozen male slaves, all of whom are strong and strong. It seems that Gesnie spent a lot of time selecting them during the half month in Amazon.
The slaves then got off the boat and lined up. Gesne said: "Listen, this is no longer the Amazon. No one here treats you as slaves. As long as you work hard, Prince Paris will not treat you badly."
"That's right." A voice came from far away, full of energy.
Looking over, he saw a young man with soldiers. He wore a white tunic underneath, leather armor on the outside, a belt made of bronze rings around his waist, and a short sword hanging on it - it was Prince Paris.
Gesne quickly said to the slave: "This is Prince Paris, your future master."
After that, he went to Pei Ziyun and said: "Prince Paris, this time I completed the task you asked me to do. I spent half a month carefully selecting. You see, these slaves are all strong and have special skills." Breed slaves, and they are all descendants of failed nobles in Greek city-states.”
"Of course, there is no such thing as a slave here."
After hearing this, Pei Ziyun glanced at these strong slaves standing in a row. They were all very strong, much better than the slaves he bought in Troy. He was very satisfied with Gesnie's efficiency. He tapped his belt with his fingers and said : "Well, Gesni, you did a good job this time."
Pei Ziyun gave Gesnie a smile.
The slaves all lowered their heads in awe. In the Amazon, anyone who disobeys will die.
I just listened to the master saying: "As long as you obey orders from now on, there will be no punishment. If you perform meritorious service, you will be rewarded. Even freedom is not impossible."
When some slaves heard that they could be freed, a glimmer of light flashed in their dull eyes.
Pei Ziyun nodded, waved his hand and said to the soldiers: "Take them down and place them properly."
"Gesni, please accompany me to take a look."
"Okay, Prince Paris."
Gesne thought that Prince Paris was going to check on the ship he was returning from, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. He did some extra things without telling Prince Paris, and now there are a few things he bought outside on the ship. boxes of goods.
As a result, after following behind, I saw that Prince Paris had not boarded the ship, but was heading further away. Looking in this direction, I saw several warships moored at the port in the distance.
This time there was no longer just one battleship, but seven, directly forming a fleet, and there were even a few battleships being trained intensively by soldiers.
Pei Ziyun took Gesnie onto one of them. When the soldiers saw that it was Prince Paris, they all saluted.
Gesnie followed Pei Ziyun into a room and saw a girl sitting in the room. The girl looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old, but Gesnie didn't take it seriously.
But he heard Pei Ziyun pointing: "This is Coselia, the current clerk, you will work together in the future."
Pei Ziyun looked at Keselia with a smile. Keselia had withstood the test in the past ten days and now had more than a dozen people under her command.
Originally, he had already prepared that if Coselia did not withstand the test, he would still arrange other tasks for her, but he did not expect that Coselia was very capable.
"Prince Paris, my respected master." Coselia bowed and said when she saw Pei Ziyun coming in.
"Coselia, this is the Gesner I told you about, a former troubadour."
Corselia said to Gesnel: "Dear Lord Gesnel, hello."
Gesne originally thought that this girl was a slave girl and didn't pay much attention to it. Now he heard that she was a clerk. Although he didn't know why Prince Paris had a clerk, he immediately paid attention to it and nodded with a smile: "Ke Celia!"
Pei Ziyun watched Gesni and Corselia get acquainted, and said: "Gesni, Corselia, the king has sent me as an envoy to Greece and asked to leave immediately."
"Gesni, you are in charge of commerce. I only give you one day to fill all three of my ships with goods. They will set sail with the warships."
"Coselia, you are in charge of the paperwork recording the goods and expenses."
"It turns out to be a supervisor." Gesne thought to himself. He used to be in charge of business, but no one had ever supervised him. He had the final say on how to implement it, the records of goods and expenses, and now Keselia suddenly came in. This made him a little disappointed, but this was what a noble family should do.
"Okay, Prince Paris." Gesner and Corselia responded.
"There's one more thing, Gesnie, you need to take it seriously." Pei Ziyun said.
When Gesnear heard that it was Prince Paris who had given him a separate mission, he couldn't help but straighten up and listened extremely seriously and carefully.
"I hope that every time you go to a place, you will contact one or several local troubadours and build a good relationship with them. Can you do it?" Pei Ziyun asked.
"If I just build a good relationship and the prince can give me a batch of gold, I will definitely be able to do it." Gesnie answered confidently.
As a bard, he was very confident in finding these bards and establishing a good relationship with them, because he knew very well what these bards needed, as long as Prince Paris provided him with gold.
Pei Ziyun smiled and nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll ask someone to send the gold later, and you can go fill my ship with cargo now."
"Okay, Prince Paris, I'll take my leave first." After saying that, he slowly withdrew.
Seeing Gesnie leaving, Pei Ziyun took a long breath. When he saw Coselia taking a pen and parchment and going out, he hurriedly shouted: "Slow down."
Corselia stopped and looked at Prince Paris with some confusion.
"Coselia, what are you going to do?"
"Prince Paris, didn't you want me to record the goods and expenses that accompanied the warship's voyage? I was about to rush to record it." Coselia answered.
"Well, there's no need to be in a hurry when you arrive. Let Gesnie wait first. I have something else to tell you here."
Coselia blinked and looked at Prince Paris, waiting patiently for instructions.
Pei Ziyun was silent for a while and said: "When Gesnie contacts those troubadours, remember to record the list. According to the list, write them a letter every month and send them a gift once a year. These are yours Future work."
"Okay, Prince Paris." Coselia replied concisely.
After Keselia exited and followed Gesnie, watching the two people leaving, Pei Ziyun smiled at the corner of his eyes and looked at the map.
"Chalcidisi, Amphis, Racia, Marathon, Athens - nothing else. Athens, I really want to see it."
"Next there will be Delus, Crete, and Sparta."
"In the middle, I have to go to the island of Los Loss, which is said to be the birthplace of Artemis and Apollo. I have to go and make sacrifices - it's a really long journey."
"By the way, I have to test the true intentions of the gods, or Zeus."
There is another chapter scheduled at 18 o'clock in the evening
(End of chapter)