"That's a nice thing to say! I don't think it's much money, otherwise he would be so kind as to give us half?" Paris beside him whispered.
After witnessing the Athenian fleet's unprecedented retreat without a fight, Paris actually had a great deal of approval for King Stobi.
But Paris was always forced to do things by his brother, so he couldn't help but feel angry. He couldn't help but find fault with King Stoby.
Hearing this, Hector turned around, glared at his brother, and started scolding him rudely.
"You little kid, you know shit! Can the fighting friendship between Troy and Stobby be measured by money? If you don't give us money, will we not fulfill our obligations as allies? Go! Take a few people to the warehouse to move the gold coins. I want to discuss the next plan with King Stobby!" Hector said angrily.
Having said this, Paris had no choice but to turn around, point to seventeen or eighteen famous Trojan strongmen, and let the high priest lead the team to the vault on the island of Tinos.
Seeing this, the high priest looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak. He could only take Paris and the others with him.
Noticing the strange expression on the high priest's face, Hector sighed helplessly.
Why would we need so many strong men to move a box of gold?
Paris's arrangement was clearly a mockery of Stoby.
No wonder the high priest had that expression.
For the sake of friendly exchanges between the two countries, I am afraid I need to show more in order to maintain this friendship.
While waiting to collect the gold coins, Xia Zhe asked Hector why he came.
Through Hector's introduction, he learned that Alexander's million-strong expeditionary force had fallen into a trap and was besieged in Thessalian. Achilles, with 400,000 elite troops, had already gone to assist.
"How careless! I shouldn't have agreed to their counterattack! The sea is more important! What does it matter what happens on land?" Xia Zhe said somewhat unhappily.
Hearing this, Hector nodded secretly in his heart.
It seems that Achilles guessed right.
King Stobi's focus has always been on the sea!
He must have had a serious reason for attacking Tino Island, and it was definitely not just to disgust the Tino Alliance.
"Brother! That, that, that vault..."
While he was thinking, Paris's stuttering voice rang in his ears.
Turning around, I saw that Paris and the seventeen or eighteen strong men had returned.
However, they all came back empty-handed with nothing.
"What's wrong?" Hector asked in surprise, feeling puzzled.
"Well, there are too many gold coins. We, we can't take them all. We need to call more people, call more people!" Paris answered stutteringly.
Call someone?
Hearing this, Hector chuckled secretly.
As expected, I know King Stoby better.
Since King Stoby brought up this matter right when they met, there must be a lot of gold in his vault.
However, it took seventeen or eighteen strong men to move it all, so it was indeed a bit too much.
Troy made a fortune this time.
I'm afraid that what you can get is not thousands, but tens of thousands of gold coins!
"How many gold coins are there? Could it be 20,000?" Hector asked calmly.
Paris shook his head upon hearing this, and then made a five with his fingers.
"Fifty thousand?" Hector's expression changed slightly.
If there really were 50,000 of them, then Troy would have been the beneficiary of this trip south.
Two thousand five hundred warships, the food and drink expenses for more than two million people, plus the maintenance costs of the ships, twenty-five thousand gold coins are more than enough!
"Not that little!" Paris shook his head again and turned his five fingers over to emphasize.
"Could it be that there are five hundred thousand?"
Hector was shocked and could hardly close his mouth.
Are you kidding?
If there were 500,000 of them, they would be enough to fill half a ship!
If Troy takes half of them, it will get a full 250,000 pieces!
How could I have deserved so much money just by going to Tino Island and not fighting a single battle?
In this way, it was Troy who took advantage of Stoby.
"It's not 500,000! It's... it's..."
Paris was getting anxious when he saw his brother keep guessing wrong. He stammered and tried to explain himself, but because he was too excited, he couldn't come up with a conclusion.
"Let me tell you. Five hundred million. If they were neatly stacked, two hundred transport ships should be able to carry them all."
Seeing that the two brothers' conversation was endless, Xia Zhe became annoyed and interrupted them.
Then he waved his hand to signal the Prime Minister and the High Priest to stay and discuss the specific loading matters with the Hector brothers.
He started to leave and went back to the luxurious cabin to take a nap.
Five hundred million!
Seeing his brother nodding continuously, indicating that King Stobi was right, Hector was completely confused.
Oh my god!
What does 500 million gold coins mean?
That is enough to support the daily expenses of a country of Troy's size for a full hundred years.
Hector suddenly understood.
The fleet commanded by King Stobi himself is likely to wipe out all the reserves of the Tino Alliance in one fell swoop.
This kind of blow is quite fatal!
If the Tino Alliance fails to respond correctly, it may not be able to recover in one go and big problems may arise!
Compared to this, the massive battle involving millions of people in Thessalian is really secondary!
King Stoby is so cruel!
Even more brutal than Achilles imagined!
"See? This is a true top-level strategist! You little brat, you're still so green!"
Filled with emotion, Hector patted Paris's shoulder meaningfully.
Paris, a fearless young man, said nothing but nodded silently.
It took most of the day to move the gold coins.
It was not until late at night that Hector finally transported the huge sum of money to the Trojan ships.
To ensure the speed of the fleet's navigation.
Instead of filling each ship, Hector distributed the gold coins among a thousand ships.
This way the draft is shallower and the overall return speed of the fleet can be guaranteed.
Although Xia Zhe didn't say anything, Hector knew in his heart that the return journey would not be so smooth.
What King Stobi dug out were the roots of the Tino Alliance!
For the sake of a huge sum of money, the Athenian navy would never just run away and would definitely launch a fight for it.
A fierce battle is probably inevitable.
Of course, since the gold coins are all on their own ship, the enemy will be hesitant to act freely.
As long as the number of ships coming from the Athenian fleet is not too large and does not exceed twice the total number of their own ships.
Hector felt that if he could fight and retreat at the same time and drag the battle to Botaitia, he would have some chance of winning!
The next morning, the fleet weighed anchor and left the port again.
Given that the enemy ships fled to the east yesterday, Hector judged that the main force of the Athenian navy must be in that direction.
In view of this, he suggested that the fleet take the northwest route instead of the north.
This way, even if the enemy attacks, we can delay them for two more days.
Xia Zhe certainly agreed with this suggestion.
Soon, the fleet determined its direction and headed northwest at full speed.
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