Chapter 332 The Golden Queen Who Owns the Gold Mine

Roy wanted to live in peace with Hippolyta, of course not because of Hippolyta's beauty.

Even if Hippolyta was a man, Roy would take the initiative to propose that the two sides live in peace after defeating her.

Because Roy knew that even if he killed Hippolyta, the Amazon tribe would elect a new leader to be the enemy of the Kingdom of Athens.

Even if Roy eliminated the Amazon tribe, other Thracian tribes would enter the Macedonian Plain and become enemies that the Kingdom of Athens must face.

If the Kingdom of Athens wanted peace, the best choice was to let Hippolyta survive.

Hippolyta refused to live in peace with the Kingdom of Athens, and Roy would kill Hippolyta mercilessly.

Pelos tribe.

After Hippolyta's three thousand soldiers began to capture the men of the Pelos tribe, Roy stood beside Hippolyta, admiring her beautiful profile.

Perhaps unable to bear Roy's gaze, Hippolyta soon blushed and put on her mask helmet again.

After hiding her face again, Hippolyta said in a low voice.

"Don't you think you are rude?"

"Don't get me wrong!"

Roy explained immediately.

"I am just staring at you out of curiosity. Queen Hippolyta, I want to know why you have 3,000 soldiers but only 500 bronze spears."

"The gold we mined can only buy 500 bronze spears. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Roy's eyes lit up immediately after hearing Hippolyta's answer.

The Amazon tribe's bronze spears were bought with gold, which means that the Amazon tribe did not master the bronze smelting technology or did not find the copper mines in Macedonia.

But the Amazon tribe is mining gold, which means that the Amazon tribe has discovered the gold mines in Macedonia.

Although Roy does not have enough population to control Macedonia now, Roy has regarded the gold mines in Macedonia as his own property.

The Amazon tribe mined gold in their territory, making Roy feel that his wealth was being stolen.

"I have answered your question, and you answer mine too!"

Hippolyta turned to Roy and asked.

"The black weapons you use are more powerful than bronze weapons. Where did you buy them from?"

"Black weapons - our weapons are black iron weapons."

Roy said confidently.

"This is a weapon unique to our Kingdom of Athens. You can't buy black iron weapons anywhere else."

"Then can I buy black iron weapons from you?"

Hippolyta said in a thirsty tone.

"I will trade you the same weight of gold for the same weight of spearheads."

The same weight of gold in exchange for the same weight of black iron spearheads -

After hearing what Hippolyta said, Roy couldn't help rolling his eyes.

In this era of barter, gold can neither be eaten nor made into weapons or farm tools.

Anyone with a normal mind will understand that the value of black iron is higher than gold.

Seeing Roy's reaction, Hippolyta continued.

"If you are not satisfied with this price, I can buy your black iron weapons with twice the weight of gold. The sea merchants who trade with us told me that our gold is a very valuable metal. Is gold of low value in your Kingdom of Athens? Then I will use five times - I will use ten times the weight of gold to buy your black iron weapons. Will you not accept this?"

Ten times the weight of gold -

The weight of the black iron spear head is one catty.

In other words, Hippolyta will use ten catties of gold to buy one catty of black iron weapons.

Is this the generosity of the Golden Queen who owns a super large gold mine?

Roy now understands why in the myth of another world, the great hero Hercules of the Mycenaeans wanted to rob Hippolyta's golden belt.

In Greek mythology, treasures such as golden swords, golden belts, and golden fleeces are just symbols of their owners' great wealth.

So what the great hero Hercules of the Mycenaeans really wanted to rob was not Hippolyta's golden belt, but Hippolyta's gold mine.

In the setting of Greek mythology, the Amazon women's country lived on both sides of the Termodon River on the southern coast of the Black Sea.

But in the history of another world, the first Greeks arrived on the southern coast of the Black Sea around 1000 BC.

This was two hundred years after the end of the Trojan War and a hundred years after the Dorians conquered the Mycenaeans.

The Mycenaeans had been conquered for a hundred years before the Greeks came to the southern coast of the Black Sea.

Apparently, the great hero of the Mycenaeans, Hercules, came to the Termodon River on the southern coast of the Black Sea to rob Hippolyta of her golden belt - this myth has no real prototype at all.

If the Amazon women's country in the myth lived on both sides of the Strymon River in Macedonia, this myth would be very reasonable.

The pronunciation of [Termo] in the Termodon River and [Trymon] in the Strymon River is also somewhat similar.

The Dorians had a culture of training girls to receive military training. The Thracians and Dorians were both nomadic peoples of the Caucasian race. The Thracian tribe in the Macedonian region trained female warriors, and this tribe happened to have a queen. Then this queen who owned a large gold mine would perfectly fit the image of Hippolyta, the Amazon queen who had a golden belt symbolizing wealth.

In Greek mythology, the Amazon tribe that was supposed to live in Thrace moved to the southern coast of the Black Sea, which was actually related to the migration of the Thracians in history.

Before the Mycenaean Kingdom was destroyed by the Dorians, the Amazon tribe did live in Thrace.

But while the Dorians were invading the Peloponnese with black iron weapons, the Thracian tribes, who also used black iron weapons, also invaded the Anatolian Peninsula after the collapse of the Hittite Empire and established the Phrygian Kingdom on the Anatolian Peninsula.

When people made up myths 1,100 years BC, the Amazon tribe had already moved to the Anatolian Peninsula, so the myth-makers set the Amazon tribe on the southern coast of the Black Sea, completely ignoring the historical fact that the Mycenaean Kingdom had no contact with the southern coast of the Black Sea.

"I have already decided to buy your black iron weapons with ten times the weight of gold. Do you still want me to buy your black iron weapons with twenty times the weight of gold?"

Hearing Hippolyta's dissatisfied tone, Roy came back to his senses and shook his head.

"Queen Hippolyta, even if you offer a hundred kilograms of gold for a kilogram of black iron spearhead, I will not trade with you."

When Roy has enough people to migrate to the Macedonian region, Roy will wage war against the Amazon tribe and take the super large gold mine in the Macedonian region for himself.

Now Roy trades weapons with Hippolyta, and in the future, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Athens will be killed by the black iron weapons made by the Kingdom of Athens.

"You guy-why don't you want to sell me weapons?"

Hippolyta gritted her teeth and said.

"If you are worried that I will use your weapons against you, then I can assure you that as long as you don't start a war with me, I will never use your weapons against you."

"Queen Hippolyta, do you know what monopoly is?"

Roy explained with a smile.

"I can't sell black iron weapons to you because the Kingdom of Athens must ensure that its military technology is ahead of all other regions in the world."