Chapter 198 Father-in-Law Becomes Governor of Corinth

In the Marathon region in the northeast of the Attica Peninsula, there is the crescent-shaped Marathon Plain, where the Marathon tribe with a population of about 4,000 lives.

At this time, Pandion was like a shepherd, herding cattle and sheep on a hillside.

The reason why Pandion could experience the life of a shepherd like this is because it was very simple for him to manage the Marathon tribe.

When he was managing the city of Athens before, he had to face various pressures, and Pandion even fell in love with the relaxed life now.

Pandion was certainly not alone. Fifty soldiers were scattered in all directions not far from him to protect his safety and guard against wild beasts such as wolves or bears that might appear in the mountains and forests.

Roy's four messengers rode to this hillside and were first stopped by the soldiers protecting Pandion.

After learning the identities of the four messengers, they were brought to Pandion.

"You said Roy wanted me to manage the city of Corinth?"

The four messengers explained their intentions, and Pandion smiled and shook his head.

"After Roy took away my identity and power, he actually wanted me to serve him as a vassal. Does he think he is my own son?"

The four messengers did not argue with Pandion, because their mission was just to convey Roy's words to Pandion.

Looking at the four silent messengers, Pandion said with a complicated expression.

"Roy made such an impolite request to me, and I should have refused it directly. But he defeated Knossos with a land battle and a sea battle, which made Athens qualified to compete with Knossos for the hegemony of the Aegean Sea. I must admit that he is a more capable ruler than me. Athens can only grow rapidly under his rule. Although I don't want to serve my son-in-law as a father-in-law, I don't mind guarding the foundation for my grandson."

The Lavrio area in the southern part of the Attica Peninsula.

Roy's messenger came to the port of Lavrio by boat and successfully met Erechtheus, who managed the Lavrio tribe.

Lavrio tribe.

Erechtheus's stone house palace.

Roy's envoy explained his purpose, and Erechtheus said in a cold voice with an expressionless face.

"My father and I conquered the Lavrio tribe. What right does Roy have to order me? He also said that I was disobedient and let others replace me. Does he really think I am a soft persimmon?"

Looking at the envoy who bowed his head and remained silent, Erechtheus sighed and said.

"Although I don't want to admit it, Roy can defeat the city of Knossos. He is indeed more qualified than me to rule the city of Athens. I can lead the Lavrio people to mine silver and mint silver coins, but Roy has to use food and other supplies to exchange for my silver coins. I am not Roy's vassal, but someone who trades fairly with him. You go back and tell Roy what I mean. If you can't explain it clearly, I can send an envoy to go back with you."

The next day.

In the afternoon, Roy waited for the envoy returning from the Lavrio area in the Corinth Palace.

After listening to what Erechtheus asked the envoys to convey to him, Roy was not angry.

Roy certainly couldn't accept that Erechtheus had developed into a separatist force in the Kingdom of Athens by using the Lavrio silver mine.

But it was feasible to raise Erechtheus like raising pigs and harvest the fruits of Erechtheus' efforts when the time was right.

A certain emperor in history raised a corrupt official and left the pigs to his son to succeed him, which was a good example.

After thinking carefully, Roy said to the messengers.

"You go to see Erechtheus again. As long as his request is not too excessive, I can exchange food and other materials for the silver coins he minted."

In order to build Athens into a trade center in the Aegean Sea and even the Mediterranean, Roy now urgently wants to use silver coins to promote the economic development of Athens, but Roy will not be a sucker and let Erechtheus blackmail him at will.

After all, Roy stipulates that a silver coin is worth five catties of grain, which does not mean that the silver coin itself really has the value of five catties of grain.

In this era, silver as a metal can neither be eaten nor made into weapons.

Roy gives value to silver coins, and it really has those values.

If Roy does not give value to silver coins, the silver coins themselves, which cannot be eaten or used to make weapons, have no value at all.

So Roy will stipulate that silver coins as currency are worth five catties of grain, but Roy will never use the price of five catties of grain to buy silver coins minted by Erechtheus.

Not only Erechtheus, Roy also wants to prevent others from exchanging silver coins for grain and other supplies.

When promoting the circulation of silver coins, Roy will impose strict restrictions and stipulate that only Athenians can use silver coins for consumption in the Kingdom of Athens.

When night fell, Roy not only saw the envoys returning from the Marathon area in the palace, but also saw Pandion who came to Corinth with the envoys.

Confirming that he was not dreaming, Roy hurriedly left the throne and came to Pandion and said.

"Dear father-in-law, if I knew you would come, I would definitely go outside the city to greet you."

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

"You are now the great king who rules the Attica Peninsula, Thebes, Eubia, and Corinth. Even the King of Knossos is not qualified to welcome you in person."

Roy's conquest of Corinth has expanded the area of ​​the Kingdom of Athens to twice the size of Crete.

Knossos is just one of the city-states on Crete.

Those vassal city-states were nominally regarded as part of the Kingdom of Knossos. In fact, as long as the strength of the city of Knossos weakened, even the vassal city-states of Crete would break away from the control of the city of Knossos.

Therefore, the territory of King Knossos was actually less than one-fifth of Loy.

After Roy defeated the city of Knossos, Roy's status was indeed higher than that of the King of Knossos.

Roy enthusiastically pulled Pandion up the steps where the throne was. After the two sat on the throne, Roy couldn't wait to ask.

"Father-in-law, does your coming to the city of Corinth mean that you are willing to serve as the governor of Corinth?"

Pandion nodded and said.

"You took the initiative to send an envoy to invite me, which shows that you really need me. Although I don't want to help you, my son-in-law, I want to protect the inheritance for my grandson. My son, since the war between Athens and Knossos has ended End, should you hold a formal wedding with my daughter so that my daughter can give birth to children as soon as possible. I will have greater motivation to protect the family property that belongs to the children in the future. "

Faced with Pandion's urging to marry, Roy blinked and said.

"Father-in-law... If nothing else important happens after I return to Athens, I will hold a formal wedding to marry your daughter as you requested."

After hearing Roy's answer, Pandion said with a serious expression.

"When my grandson or granddaughter is born, my grudge against you will disappear. You must pamper my daughter more and don't be confused by other women. My daughter has known you for the longest time, and other women's affection for you will be gone." Love is definitely not as good as my daughter.”

Seeing Pandion belittling other girls with a serious look on his face, Roy said silently in his heart.

What a pity for the hearts of parents in the world——