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- The night was dim, and the city of Larissa returned to calm again.
After having dinner with Sophia and Inas, Achilles and Sophia returned to Achilles' house.
Perhaps because of the intimate contact last night, Sophia performed much better tonight. Although she was still shy, her beautiful body was not as tight as last night. []
The dim oil lamp at that station shed a faint light. On the ground covered with soft fur, the two hugged each other and looked at each other quietly.
"Achilles, if one day I am no longer by your side, will you be sad or miss me?" The quiet Sophia suddenly asked such a strange question.
Achilles suddenly opened his eyes wide, looked at the beauty in front of him without blinking, and said in a domineering tone: "Remember, you are mine, and you must not leave without my permission, otherwise it will be regarded as I will turn the whole world upside down and find you."
Hearing his extremely domineering words, Sophia showed a bright smile on her face, nodded slightly, and said: "Well, I understand"
Looking at her peaceful look, Achilles was silent. After a long time, he spoke again: "Sophia, can't you tell me about your past?"
Sophia calmed down and just looked at him quietly without saying a word. He was not in a hurry and also looked at the beauty in front of him.
The whole room became quiet again. I don't know how long it took. Sophia sighed softly and said slowly: "My past is the stone on the roadside. It has no thought, no vitality, and no trace of anything. It¡¯s worth saying.¡±
Seeing the sadness in her beautiful eyes, Achilles couldn't bear it for a while, but after all, he didn't force her to do anything.
"If you don't want to talk about it, don't talk about it. Let the past go by. From now on, we will only talk about the present and the future, not other unhappy things."
He hugged that delicate and warm body tightly with his arms, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly disappear: "The time is gone, go to sleep."
The night wind blew in through the window, and the pea-sized flame in the oil lamp swayed in the wind, making the whole room darker and darker.
Sophia reached out and pulled the woolen blanket on the side to cover their half-naked bodies. As the night grew darker, the whole land fell asleep.
Just under the dim light, a pair of bright and beautiful eyes blinked, quietly looking at the little man sleeping peacefully, with a trace of sadness in his eyebrows.
Early the next morning, after Achilles had breakfast, Garda, a follower of his father Peleus, came, and with him came two young men.
Achilles was somewhat surprised by the arrival of Garda. This old man, who was over sixty years old, rarely showed up now.
In the hall he used as a reception room, they sat staggered among themselves. After greeting each other, Achilles looked at the two young men brought by Garda.
"Uncle Garda, did your father ask you to come?" He looked away from the two young men, looked at Garda, and asked.
Garda nodded, pointed at the two young men and said: "His Royal Highness the King knew that you were short of manpower, so he asked me to bring them two here."
Having said this, he waved to the two young men and motioned them to come over.
Hearing his answer, Achilles had already guessed that these two young men had good talents and could help him, so his father gave them to him.
"Hele (Taros) has met the great Achilles"
Achilles looked at the two young men carefully. They were two smart young men with bright and active eyes, which gave people a sense of intelligence.
"It's okay"
"Your Highness, Helle and Talos are extremely capable and smart young people. They know the population, land and various affairs of Thessaly. Maybe they can give you some help."
Garda said to Achilles, then turned to the two young men and said: "You should understand what His Majesty the King means. From now on, you should follow His Majesty Achilles."
Helle and Talos nodded, walked side by side in front of Achilles, bent their knees, half-knelt on the ground, and swore to follow him.
Looking at the two extremely spiritual young men in front of him, Achilles felt happy. He was worried that he had no available talents on hand, so his father sent two to him.
After handing the two young men into the hands of Achilles, Garda was no longer thereAchilles lingered in his residence and left alone.
He personally sent Garda out of his residence, and after his figure disappeared into the streets in the distance, Achilles returned to the hall with the two followers he had just acquired.
"Don't be so restrained in front of me. Sit down." Looking at the two young men in front of him who looked a little restless, Achilles smiled inwardly, but there was no hint of ridicule.
In this era, once allegiance is sworn, both parties become master and servant, but in a strict sense, the relationship between the two parties is closer to that of close partners.
Achilles was very satisfied with the two young men in front of him, because the spiritual luster in their eyes was something that many people in this era did not have.
The most important thing is that they are young, only seventeen or eighteen years old. As long as they are given more guidance, then they will be able to stand on their own.
"Hele, Talos, can you have family in this city of Larissa?"
The young man named Heller stood up, bowed slightly, and replied respectfully: "Your Highness, our parents died a long time ago. It was His Highness the King who adopted us, gave us food, clothing, and allowed us to study. Something.¡±
Without the burden of a family, and having been adopted by his father since he was a child, Achilles became more and more relieved after being brainwashed by this era.
"I have just returned to Thessaly and don't know much about the kingdom. Please briefly tell me about the current situation in the kingdom."
Heller considered his words in his mind and said: "The kingdom now has a total of 122 nobles, big and small, 32 heroes, more than 270,000 ordinary people, more than 8,000 slaves, including soldiers. There are more than twelve thousand. There is one city-state, five settlements, and a total of 150,000 houses and buildings in Larissa."
These detailed figures he gave were extremely important to Achilles and could help him understand the current situation of the entire Thessaly.
After Heller finished speaking, Talos on the side continued: "The kingdom currently has more than 53,000 feet of cultivated land, of which the nobles and heroes occupy 5,000 feet, the king owns a thousand feet, and the rest is occupied by ordinary people. And all of this The cultivated land is concentrated on both sides of the Pinho River."
"To the west of Larissa, there is a bronze mine. There are more than a hundred traders and more than 400 craftsmen in the city."
¡°The monthly income of the kingdom is five thousand bags of grain, five bags of gold, five hundred lambs, two hundred bags of grapes, one bag of spices, and one hundred bags of olives.¡±
Although Talos¡¯ report is somewhat unsatisfactory and not very systematic in many places, it is quite good for people of this era.
After hearing this, Achilles fell silent. The current situation in Thessaly is really worrying. A kingdom with 270,000 people only has 53,000 feet of cultivated land, and only slaves. There are only more than 5,000 merchants, and there are only more than 100 merchants, and there are only more than 400 craftsmen. The advantages are pitiful.
Especially in terms of the king's income, the monthly income of such a large kingdom is only five thousand bags of grain, five bags of gold, three hundred lambs, two hundred bags of grapes, one bag of spices, and one hundred bags of olives.
Although there is a lot of content in this income, and the income of nobles and heroes is not added to it, these figures are still pitifully small.
¡°The kingdom that I am about to accept is a mess at all. There is no advantage at all in terms of farmland or business.
"It is not a simple matter to make this declining kingdom prosperous and strong within a few years. The gold on hand alone cannot change the fundamental situation at all.
Gold is only an external factor that can promote the development of Thessaly, but if you want to make this kingdom rich and powerful quickly, you need to make a fuss from within it.
Afterwards, Achilles learned some other things from Heller and the two, and then called Falkenes and asked him to arrange for the two to stay.
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On the third day after Achilles returned to Thessaly, he took the time to visit the Temple of the Gods. Of course, he went to the Temple of the Gods not to sacrifice to Zeus, but to retrieve rewards from the gods.
Three legendary weapons, a demigod chariot, two divine horses, a hundred fine war horses, thirty bags of gold, generous rewards.
He has one of the legendary weapons on hand, which is the legendary spearman left by the ancient demigod of Mount Olympus.
Although in the eyes of gods, legendary-level weapons may be just ordinary collectibles, for mortals, they are rare weapons.
Although weapons of this level are not inlaid with divine patterns and cannot produce divine power due to lack of spirituality inside, they are extremely sharp and can easily cut through even the strongest iron and stone.
What Achilles cares about the most is the demigod chariot. This chariot is made of unknown materials. It is filled with a thin golden aura. It can change in size on weekdays. It can shuttle autonomously without the need for a war horse to pull it.
The most exaggerated thing is that there are a pair of metal wings on both sides of the chariot. As long as the power of law is poured into them, the chariot can fly.
It¡¯s a pity that although Achilles now has four rays of divinity, the power of law he can mobilize can only make the chariot fly in the air for half an hour.
As for those two magical horses, when Achilles knew their origins, he was speechless for a while.
There is a description in Greek mythology. Achilles's father Peleus received two divine horses at the wedding - Xanthus and Balius. These two divine horses are the sons of Zephyrus, the god of the west wind.
Xanthus tells Achilles that Achilles will die in Troy. Achilles replied: "I know this." Then an Erinyes, the goddess of fate, silenced Xanthus so that he would not reveal the secret again.
Knowing that her son would die in Troy, Achilles' mother sent him abroad. Later, the prophet Calchas told the Agamemnon brothers that Troy could be captured only if Achilles participated in the conquest, so Odysseus pretended to be a merchant and found him and took him to Troy.
And the two divine horses that the gods rewarded him were exactly Xanthus and Balius, the two divine horses that should have been given to Peleus by the gods.
Although he didn¡¯t know why the two divine horses that were supposed to appear in his father¡¯s hands did not appear in his hands. Instead, they were given to him by the gods.
But he knew that these two magical horses should have been his, but now they were given to him by the gods as rewards, which made him feel a little bit at a disadvantage.
But when he thinks about the other rewards, he won't have any complaints. Although this mission is very difficult, the benefits he gets from it are huge.
As for the thirty bags of gold, he did not keep it. He gave Theseus together with the twenty bags of gold in his hand to buy slaves and food.
As for the one hundred war horses, he handed them into the hands of Zomokos. Zomokos liked these excellent horses very much and found a dozen people who were good at raising horses to take good care of these horses. .
To the north of Thessaly is the vast prairie. From ancient times to the present, no one knows how wide this prairie is. There seems to be a legend that at the northernmost edge of this prairie, there is a huge prairie kingdom, even larger than Then Mycenae was more powerful.
Everything is lacking on this prairie, except for horses. Tens of thousands of wild horses live here, and the barbaric tribes who are good at horse training have a large number of horses on hand.
Although wars have often broken out between Thessaly and these barbarian tribes, some horses still flow into the Kingdom of Thessaly.
Compared with those kingdoms near the sea, Thessaly has much more war horses. But the war horses in Thessaly were not on the same level as those given by the gods.
If you put the war horses of Thessaly together with the war horses given by the gods, the horses of Thessaly will be half a head shorter.
While Theseus and Helle were busy buying slaves and food, Zomokos also quietly began to recruit soldiers and form an army.
And Achilles was not idle either. He went in and out of the city of Larissa every day, taking the young people he planned to train to inspect the land on both sides of the Pinho River and nearby mines, trying to find possible iron ore. stone.
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