Chapter 183 I Also Know a Thing or Two About Playing with Public Opinion
Wage a war for a woman——
Not to mention in reality, even rigorous myths dare not make up such an absurd plot.
In the fairy tale as a children's book, the king only recruited warriors to fight the dragon after his daughter was robbed, instead of summoning soldiers from all over the country to declare war on the dragon.
In the myth of another world, before the Greek coalition launched the Trojan War, they stayed in the port of Oris in the south of Eubia Island for several months. The real logic behind it was that the Greek coalition did not want to start a war for a woman.
Later, the commander-in-chief Agamemnon sacrificed his eldest daughter Iphigenia, which left the Greek coalition with no way out.
After Agamemnon sacrificed his eldest daughter Iphigenia, if he wanted to withdraw from the Trojan War, he would become Agamemnon's enemy, so the Greek coalition could only follow Agamemnon to Troy.
Even if the Trojan War is regarded as a war started by a woman in mythology, it was not a war started by one woman, but a war started by two women.
The square under the Acropolis.
Seeing that no one responded to his question, Roy on the top of the altar continued.
"Even if Deucalion was really infatuated with love, he had no power to wage war against Athens. Because the ruler of Knossos was not Deucalion, but King Minos, Deucalion's father. Do you think that King Minos, the overlord of the Aegean Sea, was very stupid to wage war against our Athens for a woman? The current Athens is no longer the weak Athens tribe in the past. We have a miraculous strong wall to protect us. If the Knossos want to conquer Athens, they will have to sacrifice at least thousands of people."
Roy's words made sense, and the men around the square couldn't think of any reason to refute.
Someone in the crowd couldn't help but say.
"If it wasn't for a woman, why did Knossos wage war against our Athens?"
"I'm calling you in front of me now to tell you the reason why the war broke out between Athens and Knossos."
Roy said with a serious expression, looking at the thousands of Athenian men around the square.
"Knossos is the most powerful city-state in the Aegean Sea, and also the richest city-state in the Aegean Sea. Knossos can maintain its current strength and wealth because it conquered the surrounding city-states by force and made them vassals of Knossos. As the strength of our Athens city increased rapidly, our Athens city began to threaten the hegemony of Knossos city, because I have already refused to become a vassal of Knossos city on behalf of Athens city. The real reason why Knossos city launched a war against Athens city was not because of a woman, but because Athens city's strength threatened Knossos city, but it was unwilling to surrender to Knossos city and become a vassal."
After a pause, allowing everyone to digest this important information, Roy continued.
"Athenians! Are you willing to accept the oppression of Knossos and stop Athens from growing and developing? If you are willing to become a vassal of Knossos, then you can only continue to live a hard life. As long as there is a reduction in grain production, hundreds or thousands of people will starve to death. Even in years of good weather and good harvests, many children will die of malnutrition. But as long as Athens becomes strong and prosperous, each of your families will not have to worry about food, and your children will not die of malnutrition. The war between Athens and Knossos is fought for the future of Athens, for your food, and for every Athenian child. As long as Athens defeats Knossos, Athens will usher in strength and prosperity. Now tell me, should we defeat Knossos?"
Fighting for the future of Athens--
Ordinary Athenians, of course, do not have such a high level of awareness.
Fighting for your food--
This reason is enough to change the minds of all Athenians.
Fighting for every Athenian child--
This reason is enough to make every Athenian man's blood boil.
"Defeat Knossos!"
As the first person shouted this slogan, a tsunami-like shouting followed.
"Defeat Knossos!"
"Defeat Knossos!"
"Defeat Knossos!"
Roy also shouted while the iron was hot.
"Athenians! Our Athens not only has the best walls in the world, but our soldiers also have the best armor and the best weapons in the world, so we will definitely win this war. Now I announce to you that after winning this war, every soldier who participated in the war can get a reward of white salt equivalent to 1,000 kilograms of grain. Every Athenian family can get a reward of white salt equivalent to 100 kilograms of grain."
After Roy finished speaking, there was another tsunami-like shouting.
"Long live King Roy of Athens!"
"Long live King Roy of Athens!"
"Long live King Roy of Athens!"
The Royal Palace of Athens.
Roy returned to the palace hall with a smile of victory, and Procne, who came back with Roy, couldn't wait to say with an expression that was about to cry.
"Brother Roy, the finances of our city of Athens are really about to collapse. According to the current development, the city of Athens already has a shortage of hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain. Just now you actually promised to reward each soldier with a reward equivalent to one thousand kilograms of grain. Give each Athenian family a reward of one hundred kilograms of white salt. If they ask for white salt to be replaced by grain, the city of Athens will have an additional food shortage of 400,000 kilograms. Now our city's food gap has definitely reached its limit. More than a million pounds."
When Roy became king of Athens, he gave Procne his most important finances and made Procne his housekeeper.
Now the financial pressure of the city of Athens is all on Procne.
Seeing that the food gap in Athens was getting bigger and bigger, Procne became the most anxious person in Athens.
"Procne, you really don't have to worry about food."
Roy hugged Procne and comforted her.
"You also know how precious white salt is. As long as we sell white salt at a low price, many grain merchants will send grain to the city of Athens to exchange for white salt with us."
"Then how much white salt can we exchange for food at a low price?"
In order to avoid being heard by others, Roy leaned into Procne's ear and whispered.
"You have to keep it a secret, our white salt is unlimited. Because as long as the seawater is dried, the seawater can be turned into white salt."
"ah--"
Upon hearing this secret, Procne immediately showed an expression of incredible surprise.
White salt, which is more precious than olive oil, is actually made from seawater dried at almost zero cost.
"Brother Roy, are you comforting me?"
Roy still couldn't believe it when he saw Procne, and Roy couldn't help but laugh.
"Silly girl, the person who cares most about the city of Athens is not you, but me! It is precisely because I am the king of Athens that I can let you all be my women. How can I make fun of the future of the city of Athens?"
"That's right!"
After Procne nodded in agreement, Pandora came over and said.
"Dear! I am very interested in what you are talking about. Tell me the secret of Baiyan!"
Roy held Pandora's cute little minibus with his right hand, and then said with a teasing smile.
"As long as you can sleep with me tonight, I will tell you the secret of white salt."