Chapter 230 The True Master of Colchis

Aeolus, the wind god in Greek mythology, was the steppe wind god worshiped by the nomads in the Thessaly region.

Therefore, before the Dorians in Thessaly invaded the Peloponnese to seize hegemony, the wind god Aeolus was only the wind god recognized by the Thessalians.

Boreas, the north wind god, Notos, the south wind god, Euros, the east wind god, and Zephyrus, the west wind god, are the wind gods widely recognized by the Greeks.

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Perhaps people thousands of years ago realized that the birth of wind was related to the temperature changes caused by the sun, so the four wind gods were set to be the sons of the sun goddess.

In other words, whoever is the husband of the sun goddess is the cheap father of the four wind gods.

Luo Yin looked directly at the four brothers who claimed to be the sons of Chalchiope, without any joy in his heart about becoming a father.

After the four brothers looked at each other, their boss Argos said to Luo Yin.

"We don't understand what you're talking about, but we are truly the sons of Chalchiope."

Luo Yin nodded and said.

"Whether you are the incarnation of the four wind gods or not, the result that you are my cheap son will not change. Because the three names of Chalchiope, Circe, and Eos represent the same goddess, they have always been It's my woman."

After saying that, Luo Yin returned to the Argonaut alone.

After Luo Yin left, the Argonauts led by Yin Asong enthusiastically welcomed the four Argos brothers to join them and made them companions.

the next day.

The Argonaut ship left Ari Island with the help of the west wind and sailed to the east coast of the Black Sea at the fastest speed.

That night, the Argonauts sailed upstream into the Fares River in the Colchis region.

After the heroes unloaded the sails and parked the Argonaut at the bay of the Faris River, they held a meeting under the auspices of the leader Yin Asong to discuss how to negotiate with King Aeetes of Colchis.

Yin Asong stood up first and said.

"My suggestion is that everyone stay on the ship and prepare for battle. I take the four Argive brothers and two companions to the palace to negotiate for peace with Aeetes, and ask him to give the golden fleece equal to life. Give it to us. There is no doubt that Aeetes will refuse to give us the Golden Fleece as well as his life, and then we can take the Golden Fleece by war."

After listening to Yin Asong's words, Luo Yin couldn't help but look at Yin Asong with pity for the fool.

"Hundreds of years later, people will make up myths and let the four wind gods incarnate as the four sons of Chalchiope, becoming the reason for Medea to help you. Where did you get the confidence to think that you can use war to seize the Golden Fleece? ? Most importantly, why should we negotiate with Aeetes, the son of the sun god Helios?"

Luo Yin looked around at the heroes and said.

"Although in the myths made up by people hundreds of years later, the king of Colchis was Aeetes, which fooled people more than three thousand years later as a fool. But those of us living in the present generation all know that regardless of Aeetes Whether Etes is the incarnation of Helios or the son of Helios, he has nothing to do with the Colchis area, because the sun god Helios is the sun god worshiped by the people on the west coast of the Black Sea. We want. To get what we want from the Colchis region on the east coast of the Black Sea, we must negotiate with the real owner here. In fact, in the myth, you also received help from Medea, one of the two masters of the Colchis region. , to get the golden fleece.”

"We need to negotiate with the real owner of this place——"

Yin Asong said with a complicated expression.

"If that's the case, maybe we should make a sacrifice to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and ask for help."

After a night.

The morning sun wakes the heroes from their slumber.

After the heroes built an altar to offer sacrifices to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, Asong prepared to take the four Argive brothers, Telamon, and King Augeas of Yinlis to the palace of Aeetes. royal palace.

Luo Yin left the boat with them and came to the shore and said.

"I have never tasted decent food since I left Lemnos Island. Now I want to go with you to experience the exotic customs of Colchis and taste the delicious food here."

Yin Asong frowned and said.

"Dear Meleager, once our negotiations fail, we will bear the risk of being attacked by the locals. You must think carefully."

Luo Yin teased with a joking smile.

"Yin Asong! We have arrived in the Colchis area, and your mission as a guide has ended. Others did not ask to go to Kitea, the capital of the Kingdom of Colchis, just because they did not want to bear the risk of failed negotiations. ”

After saying that, Luo Yin walked towards the distant city of Kitai'a, leaving Yin Asong and others behind.

Yin Asong could only shake his head helplessly, and led the four Argive brothers, Telamon, and Augeas to catch up with Luo Yin.

Walking on the road among the fields, Telamon couldn't help but marvel when he saw the endless golden wheat fields on the vast plains.

"The Colchis region is indeed full of gold. As long as we can trade food here, we don't have to worry about food problems caused by the increase in population."

Augeas followed.

"We can use wine, olive oil and other commodities to trade food with the people here, but if we can conquer this place, we can directly plunder food from here."

Yin Asong immediately shook his head and said.

"Even if the city-states represented by our Argonauts united, it would be impossible to conquer the Colchis region, because it is too far from the Greek mainland."

When Telamon arrived in Kitea and saw the clothes of the Colchis people, he was amazed again.

"Although the people here are not nomadic people who ride horses, they are also barbarians who wear pants and long-sleeved clothes."

Luo Yin glanced at Telamon who was making a fuss, and then explained.

"Although the Colchis people are now an agricultural people, they were originally a nomadic people. Because the increase in population has led to more and more serious food problems, they will change from a nomadic people to an agricultural people, turning the Colchis Plain into a large granary that produces a lot of food. It is also because they were originally a nomadic people with a small population, so the Colchis region now has a lot of food and a small number of people, and can sell a lot of food to us."

When everyone arrived at the gate of the palace, the four Argos brothers described the identity of the outsiders as peace messengers, and the palace guards agreed to let them bring the outsiders into the palace.

After passing through the palace courtyard and entering the hall, Luo Yin and others saw the nominal owner of the palace - Aeetes, the son of the sun god Helios.

Aeetes sat on the throne symbolizing the king's status, and on his left and right, there were two beautiful girls.

Seeing that one of the two girls had the same platinum-gold hair and face as Circe, and the other had the same silver hair and cute little face as Ariadne, Luo Yin could not help but stagnate for a moment.

"Chalciope... Medea... You are indeed Circe and Ariadne."

Sensing Luo Yin's gaze, Chalciope and Medea looked at Luo Yin.

But they just regarded Luo Yin as a stranger. After glancing at Luo Yin, Chalciope looked at the four Argos brothers - her four adopted sons, and Medea looked at Yin Asong curiously, as if there was something about Yin Asong that attracted her attention.