Chapter 349 I Want to Promote Spice Cultivation

The soldiers of the Kingdom of Athens were basically young soldiers who were not married.

Roy selected the 100 most beautiful girls from tens of thousands of trophy girls as palace maids in the Palace of Athens, and then ordered 1,500 iron spearmen and 5,000 soldiers brought by Harmonia to Pick out the wife they want.

Although these trophy girls are all blond and blue-eyed foreign girls, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Athens are very keen to be with them.

Because these trophy girls are equal to slaves, they will have children like ordinary wives, but they do not have the rights of ordinary wives.

For example, if an ordinary wife is bullied by her husband, she can ask her father and brother to teach her husband a lesson.

Even if the husband does not bully his wife, the presence of his natal father and brother will make the husband respect his wife.

In the myth of another world, Alcmaeon was killed by his wife's two brothers because he betrayed his wife.

When Athenian soldiers choose trophy girls as wives, they don't have to worry about the wife's father and brothers, and they don't have to worry about the wife giving her family's property to her father and brothers.

After more than 6,000 trophy girls were married to soldiers who participated in the war, Loy took the remaining 3,000 trophy girls and returned to Athens by ship.

Port of Piraeus.

When Roy returned here, it was already mid-June.

After landing at the cement pier, Roy was surprised to find that the Port of Piraeus had once again changed dramatically, with many buildings that Roy had never seen before.

Restaurants, hotels, bathhouses, toilets, warehouses——

Various buildings are built around the port, making Piraeus more and more like a port city independent of the city of Athens.

Acropolis.

Loy returned to the Palace of Athens with a hundred blond palace maids. After receiving the news, Procne and Philomela brought Io and Andromeda to the outside of the palace to greet Loy.

"Brother Roy——"

"Brother Roy, you are finally back."

Seeing Roy's figure, Procne and Philomela showed joyful smiles on their faces.

But under the influence of Metis, they all stood still and did not throw themselves into Roy's arms like they did in the past.

"I'm back."

Roy walked up to Procne and Philomela, took the initiative to hold them in his arms and said excitedly.

"Procne! Philomela! The war in the Kingdom of Athens is temporarily over. I can marry you as agreed, and I can always stay with you two."

Although Procne and Philomela's bodies stiffened for a moment, they did not resist Roy.

Seeing that Roy actually brought back a hundred beautiful young blond girls, Philomela complained very unhappy.

"Brother Roy, why did you bring these girls back? In addition to us, the Palace of Athens also has three hundred palace maids serving you. Are you still not satisfied?"

"Philomela, don't get me wrong, they are the palace maids I brought back."

Roy explained immediately.

"I want to send out all the palace maids who have learned Chinese characters to teach Chinese characters to the military system and civil service system of the Kingdom of Athens. Without these palace maids who have learned Chinese characters, the Palace of Athens will definitely need to add new palace maids. So in addition to the ones I brought back, Palace maids, the Palace of Athens will recruit one hundred more palace maids. These palace maids must be unmarried girls, and they must be one of the most beautiful girls.”

After listening to Roy's words, Procne frowned and said.

"Brother Roy, you are going to send out all the old palace maids and replace them with two hundred beautiful palace maids!"

"You mean that almost all the three hundred maids in the Palace of Athens have learned to write Chinese characters?"

Roy was not too surprised by this result.

Although there are tens of thousands of Chinese characters, there are only a few thousand commonly used Chinese characters.

Even 3,600 years later, a thousand commonly used Chinese characters will cover 92% of written materials.

In today's era, a thousand commonly used Chinese characters can cover 95% of written materials.

It is normal for those palace maids who can write Chinese characters to learn to write a thousand commonly used Chinese characters in a month or two.

After all, based on fifty days, they only need to learn twenty Chinese characters every day.

Royal Palace of Athens.

Roy took the girls back to the palace, and after handing over a hundred blond palace maids to Io and Andromeda to manage, Roy, Procne, and Philomela came to the palace hall and held the two girls in their arms. The man said while sitting on the throne.

"Procne! Philomela! I brought back ten thousand kilograms of gold from the Thracians, two thousand kilograms of which I have given to Harmonia and Chione. The remaining eight thousand kilograms of gold , I will give you two thousand kilograms of gold for you to use to make jewelry or other things. I will use the remaining six thousand kilograms of gold to build a golden throne and various gold objects."

Procne blinked her beautiful big eyes and said.

"Brother Roy, how can we use a thousand catties of gold to make jewelry? Even if we use gold to make tableware, we can't use up a thousand catties of gold."

"Then make clothes of gold."

Roy said with a smile.

"Made gold into gold threads and woven into your clothes, it will definitely make your clothes beautiful and noble."

"clothing……"

Philomela pulled up her dress and said.

"Speaking of clothes, we have prepared a surprise for Brother Roy. Brother Roy, what do you think?"

After saying that, Philomela also pulled up Procne's dress.

Roy lowered his head and saw that Procne and Philomela's little feet were wearing white wool socks.

"This is-"

Procne and Philomela were wearing wool socks that were obviously made of elastic wool.

Because of the problem of craftsmanship, although Procne and Philomela's wool socks can be regarded as knee-high socks, they are completely incomparable to silk stockings.

Roy rested his head on Procne's knee pillow and said with a smile.

"These wool socks are not bad, and they will be more perfect if they are dyed black. Good sister, since you are wearing knee-high socks, put on a short skirt!"

"Ah-"

Hearing Roy's request, Procne and Philomela looked at each other, and then Procne said with a blushing face.

"Brother Roy, we are not barbarian girls, how can we shamelessly wear short skirts."

"You wear them in the palace for me to see, this is my order to you."

In order to make Procne and Philomela meet his requirements, Roy directly used the royal order of the King of Athens.

"Brother Roy is really..."

"Since you said so, we can only obey your orders."

Roy closed his eyes and said with satisfaction.

"Dear sisters! Now our wheat fields have been harvested, and I plan to promote spice planting in the Attica Peninsula next. The land in the Attica Peninsula is barren, and the grain output is not as good as that in the plains. It is better to plant high-value spice plants. Moreover, these spices can not only be used for seasoning, but also as medicine for treating diseases. Fennel, coriander, beets, thyme and other spices in the Mediterranean world, I will promote the planting of all of them. These spices and herbs can also be sold at a price as expensive as gold, bringing endless wealth to the Kingdom of Athens."