Chapter 261 This Is Not the Life of a Royal Family

The large cargo ship of the Phoenician merchants sailed in the Egyptian waters for a day and a night.

At noon the next day.

This large cargo ship enters the port of Pharos City.

After Roy took Andromeda off the ship, he stood at the dock and said to the Phoenician merchants who stayed on the ship.

"Mr. Merchant! I don't like to owe favors, so I will keep your help in mind. If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can ask me for help."

After hearing Roy's words, the Phoenician merchant first directed the sailors to move the goods out of the cabin, and then said to Roy.

"His Majesty the King of Athens! His Majesty Alasia and I have prepared five hundred bronze spears as a gift for you. Please accept it. It is because I was worried that you would refuse that I did not let you know these gifts in advance."

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 without mercy."

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

"Loy! Why do King Arathia and this Phoenician businessman give you gifts so generously?"

"Of course it's because they feel they can get more out of me."

Roy explained with a smile.

"Neither Arathian nor Phoenician merchants would be fools who would give huge wealth as gifts to others. Even if I don't make any repayment to them in the future, I can trade grain with them for white salt now. It brought them great wealth because the price of white salt in Athens was fifty pounds of grain for one pound of white salt. If they sold the white salt in Athens to other places, one pound of white salt would earn them fifty pounds. Profit from food.”

The profit from one pound of salt is fifty pounds of grain——

Even if Andromeda had no knowledge of commercial trade, she could still understand that this was an astonishing huge profit.

No wonder King Arathia of Tanis and Phoenician merchants regard Roy as their most distinguished guest, because Roy has now made them huge profits from the white salt trade.

Upon hearing the news of Loy's return, Aries soon came to the port with a group of Athenian soldiers.

Seeing a noble and beautiful princess next to Roy, Aries was not surprised and came to Roy with a calm expression and said.

"Your Majesty! While you were away, I have built a five-meter-high cement wall for the city of Faros. After the cement wall dries, the city of Faros will have a solid wall to protect it."

"You did very well!"

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

"The city of Faros is protected by its city walls. Then I can take half of the soldiers to attack the cities of Buto and Sais. Here are the bronze spears given to me by others. You can give these spears to the soldiers. Then let the soldiers prepare for the expedition, and I will set off with half of the soldiers in three days."

Then, Roy pointed at Andromeda and said.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Princess Andromeda, the daughter of King Cepheus of Egypt. I invited her to the city of Pharos because I want her to teach you Egyptian. You only have three days to learn. Three Queen of Heaven, Andromeda will go forth with me."

"your Highness!"

Aries bowed respectfully as he did to Procne and Philomela, and then said to Andromeda.

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

Andromeda said with a faint smile.

"I can see that you are an important subordinate that Roy trusts very much. I dare not really treat you as a slave."

Roy took Andromeda to Pharos City. Looking at the five-meter-high city wall surrounding Pharos City, Andromeda said in disbelief.

"What an incredible city wall! The city of Avaris 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 was thousands of years ahead of time, Roy introduced it with some pride.

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

"Did you invent this? Your wisdom is incredible."

"Well - I didn't invent this! Although everyone thinks it is my invention, everything I make, including cement, is the crystallization of other people's wisdom."

Roy took Andromeda into the city of Pharos. When he saw that there was only a village with a population of thousands surrounded by the majestic city walls, Andromeda immediately showed a disappointed expression.

Roy explained immediately.

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

Roy and Andromeda came to the Governor's Palace of Pharos City - the former Temple of Wadjet.

Looking at the dilapidated stone building in front of her, Andromeda frowned in disgust and said.

"Is this your palace in Faros City? For civilians, maybe this is a good house. But we are a noble royal family after all, and you should build a real palace with cement."

Roy immediately shook his head and said.

"This is not my palace, it's the Governor's Palace of Pharos of Aries. I can't build a palace in every city I rule, that would be a waste of manpower and material resources."

Andromeda said with eyes wide open in disbelief.

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

"You and I, both of us have to stay in the Governor's Palace, so don't complain about the environment here."

"Then are there maids serving me here?"

"No!"

Roy shook his head again.

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

Andromeda blinked her beautiful big eyes and looked at Roy, questioning with an expression of disbelief.

"Are you really the King of Athens himself? Although this is not your Athens, your lifestyle is like that of an ordinary soldier. As far as I know, other kings enjoy food, wine, and beauties even when they are at war, not to mention that you are not at war now."

What Andromeda said is indeed true.

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

The demigod hero Achilles and the commander-in-chief Agamemnon clashed over a woman, resulting in thousands of casualties among the Greek coalition forces, and even Achilles' beloved Patroclus died because of this.

As the overlord of the Aegean Sea and one of the powerful kings in the Mediterranean world, Roy's lifestyle was really inconsistent with his status as the king of Athens.

Roy smiled faintly and said.

"Andromeda, I don't think there is anything wrong with my lifestyle. Only by sharing the joys and sorrows with ordinary soldiers can I truly understand my soldiers and ensure that I can win every war."