Chapter 353: Family Dinner with My Father-in-Law and His Family
Acropolis of Athens.
Roy and his two companions finished their city tour and returned to the Athens Palace with the cats and kittens they bought. The girls in the palace all gathered around the two cages and observed curiously.
Although lions and cheetahs are ferocious carnivores when they grow up, their cubs are very cute pets.
Philomere asked Roy while teasing the little lion and cheetah in the wooden cage.
"Brother Roy, these animals are so cute. If you buy them at the price of 100,000 kilograms of grain, will that merchant suffer a loss?"
Awoo——
At this moment, the lioness in the wooden cage roared angrily and protected the little lion under her claws.
Roy said with a smile.
"Philomela, don't think it's very difficult to catch lions and cheetahs just because they have sharp teeth and claws. We humans can wear armor to defend against their sharp teeth and claws, or we can use tools to catch them alive. Even if the merchant hired 20 people to help him catch these beasts at the price of 500 kilograms of grain a month, he only needs to spend 10,000 kilograms of grain. I gave him the price of 100,000 kilograms of grain, and he can at least make a net profit of 80,000 kilograms of grain. And they can't just catch this lioness and her son and the cheetah mother and son in a month."
"That merchant can make a net profit of 80,000 kilograms of grain with these beasts-"
Even though Philomela is a royal family, she couldn't help but smack her lips.
Procne said worriedly.
"Brother Roy, if we let that merchant earn so much food, will they catch more beasts and mothers and sons to sell?"
"Don't worry, they won't be able to do this kind of business for long."
Roy said as he looked at the lioness and her son and the cheetah mother and son in the wooden cage.
"When these little lions and cheetahs grow up, they will become four lions and five cheetahs. These are money-eating beasts that ordinary nobles cannot afford or raise. Only the royal family and the great nobles can afford to buy and raise them."
When the little lions and cheetahs grow up, they will be fed with a sheep every day.
On the surface, one sheep may not seem like a lot, but if they kill one sheep every day, 365 sheep will be killed in a year.
Not to mention that ordinary families do not have such luxury, even ordinary noble families will not have such luxury.
After the two palace maids brought the raw meat for feeding, Roy threw two lamb legs into the wooden cage, and the lioness and cheetah immediately devoured them. Obviously, the Phoenician merchants did not let them eat enough meat.
While his mother's attention was on the food, Roy grabbed a little lion and a little cheetah from the wooden cage and handed them to Procne and Philomela.
"You should cultivate your relationship with these little guys first. When the lioness and the cheetah are completely tamed, you can release them from the cage."
Aww——
Meow——
The little lion and the cheetah made cute cat sounds in Roy's hands, and Procne and Philomela immediately took the two cute little guys and held them in their arms.
Seeing Io and Andromeda looking at Procne and Philomela with envy, Roy smiled.
"If you two perform well, I can also give you one."
Time went by in the blink of an eye and it was the end of June.
As the news that Roy was going to get married spread everywhere, not only the invited guests came to Athens, but also many guests who did not receive invitations came to Athens.
That night, Roy held a family dinner in the palace.
Because Roy's cheap father-in-law Pandion brought Perseus' mother Danae to Athens, his cheap brother-in-law Erechtheus had already arrived in Athens yesterday.
The palace hall.
Roy, Procne, Philomela, Pandion, Zeuxippe, Danae, and Erechtheus sat around a table.
Seeing Pandion carefully caring for Danae, with no regard for his wife, Lady Zeuxippe, Procne, Philomela, and Erechtheus, as children, all showed dissatisfaction.
Philomela said directly and viciously.
"Since Danae became my father's concubine, the relationship between my father and mother has become worse and worse. Brother Roy, can we kill Danae?"
"Of course!"
Roy answered without hesitation.
"Now the strength of the Kingdom of Athens has far exceeded that of the Kingdom of Mycenae. Even if we kill Danae, we don't have to worry about the revenge of her father, King Acrisius of Mycenae."
After Danae hid in Pandion's arms in fear, Pandion said dissatisfiedly.
"How can you kids say such things! Although I've been doting on Danae recently, that's because Danae is pregnant with my child, your brother or sister. If you hurt Danae, it's the same as hurting your half brother or sister."
Danae is pregnant--
After learning this information, everyone's eyes turned to Danae's belly.
I didn't expect Pandion and Danae to have a new child in middle age.
Danae has a half brother or sister in her belly, so even Philomela, who is a little willful, dare not say anything to hurt Danae.
Roy couldn't help but worry at this time.
It would be fine if Danae gave birth to a sister-in-law for him, but if she gave birth to a brother-in-law for him, would Procne and Philomela become the legendary brother-supporting demons--
Will Pandion seek the status of ruler of a city or a country for this little son?
"Father-in-law! Since you're back, stay in Athens in the future!"
In order to prevent Pandion from having any ambitions that he shouldn't have, Roy decided to take back his position as the governor of Corinth and let Chione take over the city of Corinth and become the real queen of the five cities.
Pandion said with some dissatisfaction after Roy took away his power.
"Roy! I don't mind you taking my power, but why don't you give Procne and Philomela more power? I heard that Pandora, Mnemosyne, and Chione were all granted the right to rule five major city-states by you, and you called them the queens of the five cities. Procne and Philomela ruled Athens together, they were only half-city queens, shouldn't you let them rule ten major city-states?"
"Next year-"
Roy said with a serious face.
"Father-in-law, I can assure you that next year I will let Procne and Philomela get the right to rule that matches their status."
After making a promise to his cheap father-in-law, Roy looked at Erechtheus and said.
"Errichtheus, you have been in charge of silver mining in Lavrio. Now I will give you a new job. You will go to the western part of the Great Plain of Macedonia and manage the Phrys and Phthia tribes for me! I still remember that you like girls with different hair and eyes from us, girls with blond hair and blue eyes from the Phrys and Phthia tribes. You can take any of them for yourself."
"Am I a tool without self-will?"
Errichtheus said dissatisfiedly.
"You let me work for you without asking me if I am willing to accept it?"
"Don't you want to?"
Roy looked at Errichtheus meaningfully and said.
"I believe you don't want anything to happen to my marriage with Procne and Philomela!"
His sister is about to become Roy's first wife, the most honorable queen of the Kingdom of Athens. Of course, Errichtheus doesn't want his sister's happiness to be destroyed by himself.
He can only accept Roy's arrangement helplessly.