Chapter 350 Three Goals for the Second Half of the Year

The next day after returning to the city of Athens, Roy began to perform his duties as the king of Athens.

Royal Palace of Athens.

Roy was sitting on the throne in the palace hall, calculating the territory and population of the Kingdom of Athens.

The territory of the Kingdom of Athens now includes the Attica Peninsula, Corinth, Central Greece, Thessaly, the western part of the Great Plains of Macedonia, Crete, and the western Nile Delta, with a total area of ​​more than 60,000 square kilometers and a total population of more than 60 Thousands of people.

In addition to the territories directly ruled by the Kingdom of Athens, the islands in the South Aegean Sea that became vassals of the Kingdom of Athens also totaled 4,000 square kilometers of land and a population of more than 50,000.

Although in terms of area and population, the Kingdom of Athens is far inferior to the large Eastern countries such as the Kingdom of Egypt, the Hittite Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Babylon in the Near East, but in terms of strength, the Kingdom of Athens is undoubtedly the world's most powerful country.

This is not only because the Kingdom of Athens is becoming an iron civilization, but also because the Kingdom of Athens is a centralized governance system, and Roy can mobilize all the human and material resources of the Kingdom of Athens.

The great Eastern countries such as the Kingdom of Egypt, the Hittite Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Babylon were only nominally ruled by kings. In fact, each city-state was autonomous, and the king was only nominally respected as a co-lord by each city-state.

"The only powerful forces bordering the Kingdom of Athens now are the Amazon tribe and the Kingdom of Mycenae. However, the Kingdom of Mycenae has made a sacred oath not to attack the Kingdom of Athens. The Amazon tribe needs the Kingdom of Athens as an ally to fight against the Sun Tribe, so Mycenae Neither the Kingdom nor the Amazon tribes pose a threat to the Kingdom of Athens. Although the North Macedonian Mountains, the Western Macedonian Mountains, the Epirus Region, the Aetolia Region, the Ahai Region and the Calydon Region also border the borders of the Kingdom of Athens. These Illyrians from Central Europe are still backward tribal civilizations, and their threat to the Kingdom of Athens is nothing.”

The three major ethnic groups in the Balkans are the Pilaskis living in the southern Balkans, the Thracians living in the northeastern Balkans, and the Illyrians living in the northwest Balkans.

The Pilaskis migrated to the Balkan Peninsula before 3,000 BC. They were the earliest inhabitants of ancient Greece and the main ethnic group in the Kingdom of Athens.

The Thracians are a blond Caucasian race who migrated to the northern Balkans before 2,000 BC and have been living a nomadic life on the great plains of the northern Balkans.

The Illyrians originally lived in Central Europe.

In the process of the Illyrians spreading to the Balkans, because the Thracians occupied the fertile plains, the Illyrians could only live in Austria, Albania, the mountains of North Macedonia, the mountains of Western Macedonia, and Epi. Rus region, Aetolia region, Calydon region, Elis region, Ahai region and other northwest areas of the Balkan Peninsula.

As the Illyrians migrated from Central Europe to the Balkans, some Nordic Germanic tribes also migrated to the Balkans with them.

The ancestors of Chione, a beautiful silver-haired girl, were probably the Germans who migrated to the Balkans with the Illyrians.

The Illyrians could not compete with the Thracians for the fertile plains, and could only live a nomadic and hunting life in the barren mountainous areas and some plains in the western Balkans. This proves that the Illyrians not only used wooden weapons or stone Tribal civilizations that make weapons, and their population is not large.

If the Illyrians had a large population, their nomadic and hunting lifestyle would not be able to provide them with sufficient food.

Not only did the Kingdom of Athens have no enemies in the Balkans, but even in Egypt, because the Egyptian Kingdom ruled by Nafir and the Hyksos were hostile to each other, the Egyptian territory of the Kingdom of Athens would not be attacked by either of them.

Although the Libyans would launch a war to the west of the Nile Delta, the Libyans were nomadic tribes with backward civilization. By attacking the west of the Nile Delta, they took the initiative to provide prisoners of war and slaves to the Kingdom of Athens.

"It seems that as long as I don't take the initiative to start a war, I don't have to worry about the Kingdom of Athens facing a war. In other words, I can concentrate on preparing to marry Procne and Philomela."

After making marriage his first goal, Roy began to think about the development plan of the Kingdom of Athens in the second half of the year.

"Now that the summer grain has been harvested, I will try my best to promote cattle and iron farm tools, so that farmers in the Kingdom of Athens can cultivate more fields and increase food production. In addition, the Thessaly Plain has become a grain-producing area of ​​the Kingdom of Athens. Next year, the Kingdom of Athens will be self-sufficient in food, and maybe there will be surplus food for export. "

In this era, food is undoubtedly the most important thing.

Even if a war is to be launched, there must be sufficient food support to tame the conquered people.

If there is no food to feed the conquered people, they can only kill the captives or sell them all to other areas as slaves, wasting important population resources.

In the history of another world, many great generals who have left their names in history have records of massacring prisoners. The essence is that these generals simply did not have enough food to absorb prisoners.

"In addition to achieving self-sufficiency in food, I should also exploit the coal resources of Euboea and Crete. After all, charcoal can only be smelted, and coal can be used as fuel to make steel. The Kingdom of Athens entered the steel civilization from the iron civilization, and unlike other regions The latitudinal gap will further expand. In order to increase the production of ironware, I will build an ironworks workshop in Eubia Island, the Otis region, and the Attica Peninsula, which have iron mines.”

After making the Kingdom of Athens fully enter the iron civilization as the second goal, Roy began to think about the finances of the Kingdom of Athens.

"If the Kingdom of Athens wants to support a large army and civil service, it must find a way to let soldiers and civil servants spend their wealth. After all, the army and civil service are high-income professions in the Kingdom of Athens. If their wealth continues Accumulation will soon become a factor of instability. In order for them to consume, luxury goods such as salt, spices, and cotton must be made necessary in Athenian life. Although Athenians cannot be allowed to starve, they cannot be allowed to accumulate. Wealth. We must keep them at the basic level of food and clothing before they will voluntarily become workers and soldiers to fight on the battlefield.”

Thinking of this, Roy was suddenly frightened by his own thoughts.

In order to make the Athenians voluntarily become workers and soldiers, he actually wanted to deliberately exploit their wealth.

"That was not my goal before I became king of Athens."

After the guilt in his heart disappeared in a flash, Roy continued to think about how to take the greatest wealth of the Kingdom of Athens into his own hands and turn everyone in the Kingdom of Athens into workers for the Athenian royal family.

“Not only the lucrative industries such as salt, iron, spices, and olive oil must be exclusively owned by the royal family, but also industries such as food, clothing, logistics, footwear, and socks must have royal family-run shops set prices for these industries.”

That's the third goal on Roy's list.