Chapter 300 Perseus's Greatest Regret

Mycenae.

Throne Hall.

At this time, Perseus and his sons sat together, listening to the news brought back by a young messenger.

"Great King Perseus! We have already found out that the person who brought reinforcements to save Corinth was King Pentheus of Thebes. But he didn't really want to rescue Corinth, because after our Mycenae army retreated, the Thebans took control of Corinth, and King Pentheus of Thebes also forced King Sisyphus of Corinth to hand over the throne."

After listening to the news brought back by the messenger, Perseus smiled faintly and said.

"I didn't expect that we spent a lot of manpower and material resources to attack Corinth, but in the end we not only returned in vain, but also let others take away the spoils that we were about to get. Unfortunately, none of my sons is as good as Pentheus."

After speaking, Perseus looked at his sons.

These sons immediately lowered their heads and dared not look at Perseus.

In fact, Perseus' sons are all excellent. Although they are not powerful rulers who expand the territory, they are rulers who can maintain the status quo and can defend the city-states left to them by Perseus.

But in such an era, the rulers who maintain the status quo cannot meet Perseus' expectations for his sons.

Because there is no threat from the outside, his sons can be a ruler who maintains the status quo.

Once a powerful ruler who expands the territory appears around, the city-states left by Perseus to his sons will definitely be annexed.

It is precisely because of knowing the abilities of his sons that Perseus will continue to wage wars and want the Kingdom of Mycenae to have a strength far exceeding the surrounding city-states.

As long as the strength of the Kingdom of Mycenae is strong enough, even if there are powerful rulers who expand the territory in the surrounding city-states, it is impossible to challenge the powerful Kingdom of Mycenae with weak city-states.

Looking at the reactions of his sons, Perseus shook his head in disappointment.

If these sons were good enough, he would not support Pelops to conquer the Inlis region at all, but would choose to support his son to become the king of Inlis and let the beautiful Princess Hippodamia of Inlis become his daughter-in-law.

At this moment, a young man wearing armor and carrying a sword at his waist walked into the hall.

"Brother Perseus!"

After bowing his head respectfully in front of Perseus, the young man sat down in front of Perseus and said.

"I heard that the war between Mycenae and Corinth has ended. Can you give me more support now, brother Perseus?"

"Pelops--"

Perseus said with a wry smile, looking at the young man's ambitious eyes.

"Didn't you hear that we lost the battle in Corinth, and now my soldiers need to rest."

Hearing Perseus' answer, Pelops frowned and said.

"Brother Perseus! Now I am leading the Arcadians to fight the Yinlis people. Those Arcadians who have transformed from hunters to soldiers are simply unable to fight against the soldiers of King Oenomanos of Yinlis. If brother Perseus does not provide me with help, I will completely lose the war to conquer the Yinlis Kingdom."

Looking at Pelops's dissatisfied expression, Perseus pushed a glass of wine in front of Pelops and said with a serious expression.

"Pelops, my soldiers need to rest. This is not perfunctory for you. But I can recruit another group of soldiers to participate in your war with the Yinlis people. In return for me, you must swear to the gods that the Yinlis Kingdom you rule will become an eternal alliance with the Mycenae Kingdom in the future, and your descendants will also inherit our covenant."

Pelops nodded without hesitation.

"I accept this request, and I can swear to the gods now."

Looking at the decisive Pelops, Perseus couldn't help but say.

"What a pity! If you were not my cousin, but my son, I would definitely make you my heir."

Although Pelops could not compare with Perseus, he was an ambitious lord who could expand his territory.

Compared with Perseus' sons, Pelops was more in line with Perseus's requirements for an heir.

Corinth City.

After the king's name was changed from Sisyphus to Pentheus, the city did not become chaotic.

Because the food available to the Corinthians did not decrease.

For ordinary civilians, they did not care who the ruler was, but only whether they and their families could fill their stomachs.

The Royal Palace.

Luo Yin and Amphitrite stood on the highest point-the roof of the Temple of Amphitrite and looked down at the city.

"The population of Corinth City is still too small."

Looking at the scale of the tens of thousands of people in Corinth City, Luo Yin said dissatisfiedly.

"More than 1,500 years later, the Roman Emperor Nero used 6,000 slaves to dig the Corinth Canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Aegean Sea, but it took three months to complete. In order not to become a tyrant who abused the people's power like Yang Guang, I can recruit 5,000 young and strong men and let them dig the 6,300-meter Corinth Canal in three years. But there are probably not even 500 young and strong men in Corinth that can be recruited."

The Corinth Canal in real history is not only the deepest canal in the world, but also one of the canals dug in hard stone areas.

Even with the huge manpower and advanced tools more than 3,000 years later, it took about a year to dig this 21-meter-wide canal.

Luo Yin wants to dig the Corinth Canal now, but not only does he not have enough manpower, but he also does not have the tools.

Because this era was in the early and middle Bronze Age, there were no tools such as iron pickaxes, and only bronze tools that were easily worn out could be used to dig hard rocks.

As the goddess of the sea who protected the Corinth area, Amphitrite certainly knew how important it was to dig the Corinth Canal.

In real history, even if the Corinth Canal had not been dug, Corinth could have developed into one of the three richest city-states along with Athens and Thebes.

With the Corinth Canal, Corinth could collect transit fees, and Corinth would surely surpass Athens and Thebes and become the unique richest city-state.

As the patron saint of Corinth, Amphitrite's status would also rise.

But with the current manpower and material resources, digging the Corinth Canal is not a wise choice.

"Dear! Although I know you want to do many great things, I think to dig the Corinth Canal, you should use your wisdom to first develop the city-state we rule into an iron civilization."

"Too troublesome!"

Luo Yin shook his head and said.

"When I think about developing the Iron Age civilization, I feel a headache because I not only need to find iron ore and mine it, but also find blacksmiths and train them. Digging the Corinth Canal is also extremely troublesome. After all, with the current manpower, I must conquer the Peloponnese Peninsula before I can dig the Corinth Canal without any worries. It would be fine if I could stay in this era, but I know that I am just a passer-by in this era. No matter how much I do in this era, I will leave in the end. So instead of wasting time and energy doing those great things, I'd better enjoy it!"