Author: Sifang Qianjun

"I can promise you in the name of all the goddesses of the Athenian Empire and the Emperor of Athens that as long as I and my descendants are still the emperor of the Athenian Empire, my promise to you will always be valid."

Roy's words made Sheeran look strongly shaken.

After hesitating for a while, Sheeran asked one last question.

"If we suffer losses due to the seizure of goods by other countries, will you also compensate us for the losses at the market price?"

"Won't!"

Roy shook his head and said.

"If you suffer losses in other countries, I will not give you any compensation. But I will let the Athenian navy and the Athenian army attack the country that damaged you, and let this country compensate you ten times for your losses."

After listening to Roy's words, Sheeran took a deep breath and said.

"If all your promises can be fulfilled, there is no reason for us not to join the Athens Empire. But your tax standards are too high. Half of our profits -"

Before Sheeran could finish speaking, Roy said with a dissatisfied expression.

"If you are unwilling to pay taxes, where will I get the money to support the Athenian navy and the Athenian army to protect sea lanes and land trade routes, and protect your lives and property? If you are unwilling to pay taxes, where will I get the money to build bridges and roads?

, carry out various public constructions? I have given you the opportunity. If you are still unwilling to surrender in the end, then I will use war to conquer you, and then let you be punished as sinners."

After saying that, Roy stood up and prepared to leave.

Just as Roy was about to walk out of the hall, Sheeran suddenly shouted.

"We are willing to surrender!"

Seeing Roy stop and turn around, Sheeran breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"If you are willing to accept a few of my conditions, I am willing to give up my identity as the king of Tyre and become a commoner of the Athenian Empire."

"What else do you want?"

"I heard that after you conquer the nomads, you will ask them to become a farming people."

Sheeran walked up to Roy and said.

"Because the land in the Phoenician region is very barren, we Phoenicians are not a farming people, but a maritime people who rely on the sea to make a living. I hope you can understand us and don't let us become a farming people."

"Do you think I'm a fool?"

Roy rolled his eyes and said.

"I asked the nomadic people to transform into a farming people because those nomadic peoples not only did not produce, but also occupied the fertile plains. I know that the land in the Phoenician region is barren, so why would I ask you to become a farming people? The Phoenician region

The Phoenicians can continue to be a sea people."

Xilan smiled awkwardly, and then continued.

"My second request is that you must give us the wisdom of the gods - the nautical picture of this world - now."

"no problem."

Seeing Roy accepting the request readily, Sheeran immediately asked his palace maid to bring paper and pen.

After Roy drew the continents of Europa, Africa and Asia, Sheeran couldn't help but exclaimed.

"It turns out that the Mediterranean is not a sea, but a huge inner lake surrounded by three continents. With His Majesty the Emperor's world map, we Phoenicians can explore further afield and gain more wealth."

"Don't just focus on the Mediterranean Sea to the west! You can also start from the Red Sea and go to the West Indian Sea, East Indian Sea, South China Sea, and East China Sea for trade. The coasts of these seas are full of farming peoples. They not only have food, but also

There are high-value tea, spices and other commodities.”

"But the Athenian Empire was a Mediterranean country."

Sheeran said with a worried look.

"If we were harmed by local countries in the Eastern world, would the Athenian Empire travel thousands of miles to attack them?"

"meeting!"

Roy said decisively.

"My goal is not only to turn the Mediterranean Sea into the inner lake of the Athenian Empire, but also to conquer the Eastern world. It will only take two or three years at most before my Athenian army will enter the Persian Plateau from the Mesopotamia and then from the Persian Plateau.

Entering the Indian region.”

Seeing that Roy's finger stopped moving towards the east after pressing on the Indian area, Sheeran said curiously.

"There is still a large area of ​​land in the Eastern world. Don't you want to conquer it?"

"There is already a great civilized country called Dashang on the eastern continent. There is no need for the Athenian Empire to conquer this place."

Looking at the eastern continent with complicated eyes, Roy changed the subject and said.

"Sheeran, tell me your request quickly!"

"Your Majesty the Emperor! In order to ensure that you can fulfill your promise, I hope you can make an oath in front of the goddess Aphrodite."

"No problem, you can take me to the Temple of Aphrodite now!"

The Temple of Aphrodite was not built in the core area of ​​Tyre, but in the main city.

Roy and Hiran took a boat to the main city, and entered the temple of Aphrodite surrounded by nobles and curious residents of Tyre.

The wealthy Tyre built a magnificent temple for Aphrodite.

No wonder that in the history of another world, the people of light who lived a nomadic life were full of envy, jealousy and hatred for the wealthy and extravagant Phoenicians, and degraded the Phoenician city of Tyre into a city of prostitutes that was opposed to the city of Almighty God.

, reducing the Phoenician goddess Aphrodite to the great temptress of Babylon.

Both the Light Tribe and the Phoenicians live in the Phoenician region, thousands of miles away from the city of Babylon. What reason do the Light Tribe have to belittle the city of Babylon?

The most important thing is that the patron saint of the city of Babylon is not a goddess, and the protector goddess of the Kingdom of Babylon is not a goddess either.

The patron saint of the city of Babylon is Marduk, the god of thunder and war, and the patron saint of the Kingdom of Babylon is also Marduk.

Is the so-called Great Temptress of Babylon of the Light tribe belittling Marduk, the King of Gods in the Kingdom of Babylon who has nothing to do with them three thousand miles away, or is she belittling the neighbors of the Light tribe - making them envious, jealous, and hateful?

The Phoenician goddess Aphrodite, this is obviously clear at a glance.

People who don't know much about mythology, history and geography may think that the goddess the Light Tribe disparages is Inanna, the patron saint of Uruk, because of the name Babylon.

Because the other name of Inanna, the patron saint of Uruk, is the goddess Ishtar in Babylonian mythology.

Perhaps for these people, even the city-states around Uruk did not follow the city of Uruk in worshiping the goddess Inanna.

The Phoenicians, who were three thousand miles away, were interested in worshiping Inanna, the patron saint of Uruk.

But these people obviously cannot explain why the Light Tribe and the Phoenicians are three thousand miles away from the city of Uruk, and why the Light Tribe does not worship Inanna, the patron saint of the city of Uruk, which is three thousand miles away.

Obviously, these people who are too lazy to look up information unilaterally believe that the goddess worshiped by the Phoenicians is Inanna just because the Phoenicians worshiped the goddess.

Seeing Roy and Sheeran walking into the temple hall, two young and beautiful priestesses immediately came over to greet them.

Sheeran waved his hand for them to leave, and then personally brought Roy to the statue of Aphrodite.

Looking up at the ten-meter-tall statue of Aphrodite, Roy murmured with an obsessed look.

"Should I call you the goddess Aphrodite, or Estraea, Astaru, Astaroth, Astarte, Astarte, Anat, Ishtar?

"

The statue of Aphrodite blooms with divine light.

The next moment!

The goddess Aphrodite herself appeared on the throne and said.

"Because I'm not married yet, I want you to call me the virgin goddess Aphrodite. Different ethnic groups have different pronunciations of my name, so you can call me by other names."
Chapter completed!