Banquet hall

Fruits, barbecues, desserts and wine were placed on the banquet table, which made the merchants smile, indicating the importance that Prince Paris valued them.

Everyone sat down, and Pei Ziyun said: "Everyone, I can provide some convenience for your business in Troy, but I hope that when you introduce the local magnates and commodity prices, the more detailed the better." ”

"Of course, you have to make it easier for my ship to dock in your area. ”

"That's nature. "Merchants are promises.

"Here, to celebrate the first collaboration, cheers. Pei Ziyun raised his wine glass and drank it all.

"Dry. The merchants also drank the wine.

Everyone's cooperation has officially begun.

When the banquet was over, Pei Ziyun sent these businessmen out of the mansion, and now they are ushering in the trivial things they are sending, and they have to do it themselves every time, and it would be good to have a competent person to help them do things.

"There's a shortage of people right now. Pei Ziyun returned to the garden and couldn't help muttering to himself.

Along the way, he bought a lot of slaves, but none of them developed into subordinates who took advantage of him, and there was only one real subordinate Gesnie, and he was still in the Amazon and did not come back, and he suddenly felt that there was no one available.

Just thinking about his thoughts, the ten new slave girls were wiping the banquet hall, and one of them heard Pei Ziyun's self-muttering, and plucked up the courage to stand up: "Prince Paris, I'm Cocellia, my father is an Athenian scholar, I know three languages, and I can do arithmetic, I want to do things for you, Prince Paris." ”

"Huh?" Pei Ziyun was slightly stunned and looked at her.

I searched in my mind for this young girl named Cocellia, and remembered that there was a simple information at the time of the palace settlement, saying that she was only fourteen years old.

"I knew so many skills at a very young age, and I must have received a good education in this era before, why did I become a slave?" Pei Ziyun frowned secretly.

"Prince Paris, Kocelia is not sensible, I hope she has not offended you. Then the two servants turned pale with fright when they saw Cocelia's behavior, and feared that Cocelia's actions had annoyed Prince Paris, so they hurried over and dragged her down by force.

"Oh, it's okay, you go down and leave Cocelia here. Pei Ziyun stopped the two servants' moves.

"Yes, honorable prince. The two servants stepped back, glaring at Corcelia and warning her not to speak nonsense, lest she offend Prince Paris.

Pei Ziyun turned his head to Ke Selia: "Ke Selia, your courage has won you a little opportunity, I hope you cherish it, you tell me, why did you become a slave?"

She was a lovely girl, with fine skin and dark curls, brown almond eyes, and long limbs like fawns.

Corcelia plucked up her courage: "Prince Paris, although my father was a respected scholar, he was a Gentile in Athens. ”

"You should know that this is the rule of most city-states. ”

"Gentiles were allowed to reside in Athens for generations, but they were not allowed to be naturalized, they were not allowed to buy land, they were not allowed to marry a woman of their own country, they were not allowed to pay a poll tax, and so on. ”

"How unfair all this is to us Gentiles, for the land is the most important thing, without which there is no stable income and we can only rely entirely on work. ”

"My father used to have a job, but then he got sick, lost his job, and owed a lot of money, and the whole family went bankrupt. ”

Pei Ziyun knew that what Corcelia said was right, Athens did have this rule, and all Gentiles were not allowed to buy land in their own land.

In other words, reproducible assets are not allowed to be owned by Gentiles.

All city-states instinctively monopolize reproducible assets, so that even free-man Gentiles can be reduced to slavery at any time, because human labor is so unreliable.

When you are young, you are shallow in knowledge and skills, you can't make money, and you have to pay tuition fees – both for society and for study.

When you are old, your physical strength is weakened and you are unable to do anything, let alone diseases and disasters, so you cannot rely on work to survive.

Work is the most beautiful thing, but if it's just work, it's a hidden slave.

This was actually a means by which the city-state exploited the Gentiles.

"My father eventually died, and I had no choice but to become a slave, and then I was sold to Troy, and I gave it to you, Prince Paris. ”

Cocelia mournfully recounted these unbearable events, which were indeed unbearable for a fourteen-year-old girl.

Pei Ziyun listened to her story silently and thoughtfully.

Corcelia's experience is not unique, and it is very common for her to become a slave due to illness or change.

Of course, the biggest source of slaves in this era was war.

It's just that Ke Celia inevitably appeared too much of a coincidence, although all the things she said are no problem to scrutinize, but she should still be careful, after all, her layout has now reached a critical time.

Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun said in his heart: "The feeling of a priest." ”

Carefully observing with the means of the priest, he found that the girl in front of him had a natural aura, and there were not many traces of the gods, which did not seem to be deliberately arranged by the gods.

"Isn't it a pawn of the gods?" Pei Ziyun was a little surprised in his heart, he watched Ke Selia appear by coincidence, coupled with the continuous events, he couldn't help but think about the worst in his heart.

"Yes, the gods are so high that they don't bother to use such means against me. Pei Ziyun laughed at himself: "Besides, if the gods already knew my plan, they wouldn't play with me at all, and they would directly descend and kill me." ”

Thinking of this, he said to Cocelia, "You come with me." ”

When there is a shortage of people in front of her, if there is no problem with Kocelia, I might as well give her a chance.

After walking through the garden and arriving at the room, Pei Ziyun sat down and asked solemnly, "Ke Selia, what do you want from me?"

"I want to be free. Cocelia said in a firm tone.

"What a simple and simple pursuit!" Pei Ziyun sighed secretly, shook his head and said lightly: "But this is not an easy thing. ”

"You see, Kocelia, that even a diligent and faithful servant will have twenty years to redeem himself. ”

"It took me 20 years to get there. Cocelia spoke firmly.

To be honest, Pei Ziyun has seen so many slaves, and there has never been a slave who can be more impressive than this Ke Selia left on him.

This girl gave him the impression that he had an unyielding quality, and he admired the spirit of not giving up until the goal was achieved.

He sighed and said, "I want someone who can do things for me, what can you do?"

"I can do whatever you want me to do. Cocelia replied succinctly, without the slightest minus.

"That's right. Pei Ziyun sighed again and again, looked at Ke Sailia in front of him carefully, smiled suddenly, and said: "Ke Sailia, I have something you can do now, but I am not too relieved, it still depends on how you do to decide whether you are suitable or not." ”

"Prince Paris, my esteemed master, you say, as long as I am capable, I will do my best. ”

"Well, I now have three boats, and there will be more to come, so I need a clerk to keep track of the cargo and be in charge of the letters. ”

"Clerk?" Cassia's eyes widened, she really couldn't imagine that Prince Paris would ask her to do such a thing, which was an important job in a noble family.

"Dear master, I'm willing to try. Cocelia said.

If the real Prince Paris would not comfort her at all, but Pei Ziyun saw her uneasiness and mentioned: "You know three languages, which allows you to communicate well with the outside world, the most important thing is that you have mastered arithmetic, which is the minimum requirement of the paperwork, if you don't know arithmetic, then I won't choose you." ”

"Thank you host for giving me this opportunity, I will definitely work hard. Cocelia said.

"Well, there's nothing going on down there, you go down. ”

"Yes, dear master. Cocelia slowly stepped out.

The room fell silent, and Pei Ziyun was a little happy in her heart, but even if Ke Celia was suitable, she wouldn't tell her the secret—in fact, she didn't have to.

The merchants who traveled all over Greece, the goods and letters that came and went, and the paperwork that handled it, all this was more than enough.

"The next most important thing was that when I left for Greece, I was able to visit the city-states along the sea route, one by one, so I decided on the route and the contacts. ”

Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun suddenly had a thought and shouted: "System!"

With the call, Yimei appeared in front of him, and quickly enlarged, turning into a translucent data frame, floating in the field of vision with a faint sense of light, and the data appeared in front of him.

"Heroic Bloodline: Second (3%)"

Looking at the space again, I saw that in the space, between the two colonnades, two iron statues were standing, although there was still a trace of power being peeled off, but there was not much left.

"The third level of power needed, one monster is no longer enough. ”

"Where are you going to find a new monster? It has to be a monster that is relatively close to the blood of the gods!"

"It seems that we have to seek strength in prestige. ”

"And prestige, there is a chance. ”

"I can say to the king that when he goes to Greece, he can go to the various city-states along the way, and if he cannot win allies, he can strive for neutrality, although I know that it is useless, but the king does not know what will happen next, and he will think that this can be done. ”

"In this way, I can use the king's gold to brush all over Greece, and although my reputation is relatively slow to rise, when I arrive in Sparta, I can at least be promoted to the third rank!"

"The process can also be laid out, which is really a triple win. ”

"The next time I go to the king, I will bring this idea forward, and the king will agree. Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun only felt that his whole body was loose, and the weight of the boulder that was originally pressing on his body seemed to be slighter.