"So the god Apollo has appeared?" Peleus was taken aback, he had rarely heard of the miracles of the temple of Delphi in recent years, and this time he actually helped the messenger of the kingdom of Sereli, was this a portent?

"Not really. The messenger, however, shook his head, "It wasn't the god Apollo who helped me. ”

"What's going on?"

"I was praying in the temple when a man in a robe suddenly told me that my wish had been granted. ”

"The man in the robe?" Peleus thought for a moment, and then said, "What does that man look like?"

"Back to Your Majesty, that man is a middle-aged man, who looks to be in his forties, with a very tall figure, a little dark skin, and a lot of beard on his upper lip. ”

Hearing him say this, Peleus couldn't tell who it was, though he was probably sure it might be a god.

Because ordinary people, even temple worshippers, do not say "your wish has been fulfilled", but generally say "so-and-so god will fulfill your wish".

"Nothing else?" asked Peleus, reluctantly.

"There's something weird about it. However, this question made Peleus ask something, and the messenger pondered it for a moment and said, "The man's shoulders and back seem to be particularly wide, as if he were hiding something. ”

"What is hidden?" As if lightning streaked across the sky in the night, Peleus suddenly remembered a long time ago when he was on the Argo, when there was also a pair of brothers who were always wearing loose robes, and others always laughed at them for hiding something on their backs.

"It's wings!" Peleus said in his mind, the messenger's description exactly like the original brothers Cetus and Kares.

Now Peleus can be sure that it should be one of the four Fengshen brothers, and he can't guess who it is, after all, these four brothers look too similar.

"Then I came out of the temple, and as soon as I got on my horse, a strong wind blew me, and I was blown unconscious, and by the time I came to my senses, I was already on the hillside not far from here. ”

"It's your adventure. Peleus smiled and shook his head, and then said to Ottomen, "Ottomendon, give this messenger a little more bounty, after running for days, it is time to go back and rest." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The messenger immediately saluted Peleus and thanked him.

"You go back and rest first. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

The messenger led the horse away, and Otto Medon followed, and now his job was to manage the finances, and the golden key to the treasury was in his hands.

Peleus was about to enter the house, when he suddenly remembered that Thetis seemed to be going to come out by herself, and he couldn't help but have a big headache, but he didn't expect that the war was won, and he was busier than before.

Peleus walked out of the courtyard, and the inhabitants of the surrounding Sesarian tribe greeted him, and it seemed that Macaon had informed him in advance that the man who had lived in his house was the king of Sejuli.

"Where's Macaon?" Looking around and finding no sign of Macaon, Peleus had to ask the guards around the courtyard.

"Your Majesty, the leader is behind the tribe, I'll take you there. After the guard finished the first half, he noticed that the king did not seem to know the way, so he volunteered.

"Then I'm bothering you. ”

The guard led Peleus in the direction where Makaon was, and Peleus took the opportunity to observe Makaon's tribe.

Unlike their village, the tribe of Makaan has many children. After walking less than two steps, Pelius saw a group of children playing around him, more than a dozen of them.

Further on is a square with flat stone slabs on the ground, quite large, and there are a lot of people here, which feels like a bazaar.

Generally speaking, there is such a thing as a market only in big cities, but I didn't expect that there is also one here in Macaan, and Peleus suddenly became interested and prepared to stay and observe for a while.

However, as soon as Peleus walked in, some sharp-eyed people immediately came up to greet him when they saw the guards of Macaon, and Peleus had to give up the idea.

Following the guards through the square, and a few hundred meters behind, Peleus saw Makaon at a glance, surrounded by a crowd of people, as if listening to their report.

"Hey, Macaon!" Peleus called out to him from afar.

When the people around saw Peleus coming, they stopped what they were doing and saluted.

"Why did His Majesty come here?" Makaon also walked over, and he would still give Peleus a little face in front of outsiders.

"You are all working, how can I rest, is there anything I need help with?" said Peleus, who would not have gone out at all if it had not been for Thetis's strong request.

"You've just arrived, I have something to discuss with you. ”

What?

Pelius almost fainted, so I casually said don't take it seriously!

Macaon didn't pay attention to the small expression on Peleus's face, and said, "I just sent someone out to survey the terrain around the tribe, you can also take a look, after all, you still have to make a decision on where to build a city." ”

"Is it time to choose a site so early?" Peleus forcibly got rid of the lazy molecule in his body, and the positive color said.

"Actually, it's not too early, and in about ten days the barley will be ready to be planted, and in these ten days they will arrange their life and work, and when the barley is planted, they will start building the city immediately. ”

"Macaon, I want to take them to open up the wasteland when the spring is over......"

"You'd be wrong to think so, Peleus. Macaon said unceremoniously: "According to your idea, maybe Thessaliya can develop into the largest tribe or village in the entire Achaea region, but it is absolutely impossible to develop into a large city." ”

"Why do you say that?" Peleus was a little confused, and in his opinion it should be a good thing to let the people have land that can support them.

"Peleus, I'm more than a decade older than you, and although I'm not as prestigious as you, I've at least traveled more places than you, and you always admit that, right?"

Peleus nodded, Markaon had indeed traveled a lot in order to perfect his medical skills when he was young, and Peleus admitted this.

Seeing Peleus nodding, Macaon then spoke: "If a city wants to grow and grow, it must not rely on agriculture, do you remember what happened in Calydon a few years ago?"

"Of course I do. Peleus nodded, and although he hadn't gone then, he knew everything that had happened there.

Calydon, a predominantly agricultural city, was overshadowed by King Calydon's sacrifice to the gods when he accidentally missed Artemis, the goddess of the moon, and in a fit of rage, the goddess sent a huge boar to storm the farmlands of Calydon.

At that time, the king of Calydon, Eunius, also invited many heroes and took a lot of effort to kill the boar, but he also lost his own son and friend of Peleus, who had just returned from the Argo.

Not only that, but Caludon even suffered heavy losses as a result, and there was almost no harvest in the whole country that year.

"Peleus, you have to admit that we don't have enough strength to protect the farmland, and I suggest you look at what other big city-states are doing. ”

"You're right, Macaon. Peleus took a deep breath, "I didn't think about that at all. ”

"It's not too late to think about it. Macaon laughed, "I'll tell you how other cities have developed." ”

"First of all, the richest city of Athens, they relied on commerce and handicrafts, because they had the unique advantage of not being afraid of the conquests of other countries. And all the remaining large cities, Sparta, Thebes, Mycenae and even Crete, are mainly focused on developing military power, in other words, these countries are always preparing for war. ”

Macaon looked at Peleus seriously, "What do you choose?"

The city-states that Makaon just mentioned, except for Crete, were the four most powerful cities in the land of Achaia, and Makaon had obvious ambitions to compare them with Sevilis.

"I think we in Secor should learn from the development of Athens. Peleus thought for a moment before speaking slowly.

Macaon's brow immediately furrowed, "Peleus, the difference between our Secor and Athens ......"

"I know, Makawen. Peleus immediately interrupted him, "Athens is a holy city established by the goddess Athena herself, so no other country dares to go too far with it, but we Serius do not have this advantage, and there is no powerful main god who is our staunch supporter. ”

Macaan's brow furrowed even deeper, "You know ......"

"Listen to me, although none of the main gods are standing behind us, in fact, all the main gods are already standing behind us. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Makon was a little confused, and even with his ingenuity he couldn't understand what Peleus meant.

A mysterious smile appeared on the corner of Peleus's mouth, he stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the east, and said with a smile: "Macaon, what direction do you say is over there?"

"East, what's wrong?"

"What's in the east?"

"Plains, rivers, mountains, ......"

Peleus immediately asked, "What mountain?"

"Ao ......" just said a word Makaon covered his mouth, he looked at Peleus in horror, he didn't expect that his king had actually plotted against the gods!

There is a mountain in the east, which is the abode of the gods, where the twelve main gods meet, live there, go to the earth, and return from there.

This mountain is called Olympus!

No one had the guts to start a war at the foot of Mount Olympus. In other words, if the capital of Segree had been built to the east, it might have been safer than Athens!