Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1030

[Chapter 368 The Roman patriarch to Turii]

The latest website: Speaking of this, Henipolis raised one leg, tapped the negotiating table with his right hand, and said sarcastically: “What happened? The Carthaginian army in Sicily suffered a crushing defeat. The 100,000 army lost more than half, and the remaining It’s not far from extinction. At this time, it would be inappropriate to negotiate with this condition.”

Okriton’s heart sank.

With a straight face, Henipolis said sternly: “Since the main force of the attack on Serinus City this time is the army from Iberia, His Majesty is worried that even if the two countries reach a peace agreement, the Margonid family will rule. The southern part of Iberia will become the biggest threat to the peace between the two countries, so we have added two more to the original negotiating conditions-”

Henipolis stretched out a finger and said loudly: “First, the entire The Carthaginian colonies in southern Iberia are all under the jurisdiction of Dionia.”

He then stretched out his second finger: “Second, Carthage must return all the lands it occupied in Numibia and give it to Numibi. The Asians are independent and must no longer invade the territory of the Numibians and interfere in the internal affairs of their tribes.”

After hearing this, Okriton’s face changed greatly, he did not expect the Dionysians’ demands to be so greedy and vicious. , has far exceeded the senate’s vision, agreeing to the conditions of the Dionysians will undoubtedly shake the foundation of the Carthaginians, and he does not dare to negotiate these two newly added conditions without authorization. It’s white again!

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“Lord Publius, Turii will be here soon!” Tibrus, the Roman agricultural officer, pointed to the front, and was a little breathless to the tired man. Publius Manlius, a former Roman aristocrat and a newly promoted Dionian elder, said.

In fact, there is no need for him to remind him. Through Publius’ own observation, he already felt that Turii was not far ahead, because the road became more and more spacious and smooth, and the number of pedestrians increased sharply. Many of them were carrying farm implements and covered with dirt. Farmer, the houses on both sides of the road are getting denser and taller…

“Lord Publius, we are still 4 or 5 miles away from the inner city of Turien. You should get on your horse first, save some energy, and come down when you reach the inner city gate.” Tibrus met Publius. Breathing heavily, he said kindly.

“There are still 4 or 5 miles to go?!” Publius was a little surprised: looking at the density of houses on both sides of the road, as well as the bustling flow of people, it is not appropriate to give more than the city of some Latin city-states, but it is actually far from the real Tuli. Ine City is still so far away, how huge is this central city of the Kingdom of Dionia?

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Publius had always thought that Rome was the largest city-state on this land, but now he looked forward with a sense of loss, feeling his own insignificance.

This strengthened his previous insistence: “I don’t need to ride a horse, I have no problem walking, and I can just enjoy the scenery of Turii city slowly.”

Because after passing through the Turii military camp, I heard the Roman officials who came back with him. We talked about that, except for special duties such as cavalry, horseback riding is generally not allowed in the inner city of Turi. Although it is allowed in the outer city, strangers will be questioned and reminded by the patrol team, mainly for fear of hurting pedestrians.

In order to keep a low profile, Publius, who was new to the scene, quickly dismounted and walked, and explained it in similar words at the time.

Tibrus guessed a little bit of his thoughts, and did not persuade him any more.

“Tibrus?!” A voice suddenly came from behind, Tibrus looked back, a young man dressed as a farmer strode over, and said excitedly: “It looks like you from the back! I heard about you before. Take the initiative to sign up to go to Latium, our group is still worried about you, you must be very tired in Rome now, you must be very tired, is this time on vacation? Or is it official business?”

“Business.” After

a few words, he turned around and introduced: “This is the newly promoted elder of the kingdom—Lord Publius from Rome.”

The young man looked at him curiously, hesitated a little, and leaned into Tibrus’ ear. , whispered: “Will he understand us?”

“Master Publius is very fluent in Greek!” Tibrus said aloud, and then introduced to Publius: “This is the My former colleague, Asikalus, the farmer of Demo in the northern district of the outer city of Turii.”

Publius then smiled and nodded: “Nice to meet you, farmer of Asikalus!

Asikalus was slightly embarrassed, he quickly squeezed out a smile, stepped forward, and saluted: “Lord Publius, welcome to Turii!”

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Tibules and I are not only colleagues, but also from childhood. Even the neighbors, they all studied together at the Turii School, passed the exam together, and happened to be assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture together… Tell me if this is the blessing of Hades, the friendship between the two of us is not ordinary!” Asikalus said that, he put his arm on Tiblos’ shoulder and patted excitedly.

Although Publius didn’t quite understand what Asikalus said about the Turii school and exams, he nodded politely.

Tibrus opened his hand with force and scolded: “If your hands are dirty, just wipe them on me!”

Asikalus immediately put on an angry expression: “Okay, Tibrus, After staying in Latham for a while, I actually started to despise us agricultural officers! What’s wrong with the dirty ones! This is the testimony of my hard work and guiding the people of Turiyi to complete the spring sowing!”

Although I know that my friend dances He had a sloppy personality, but his words still caught the attention of Tibrus, who couldn’t help but ask, “How’s this year’s spring sowing going?

” Shrugged and sighed helplessly: “You should also be able to feel that this war lasted for such a long time and was of such a large scale in Latam, and our region of Turiyi has been sacked out of more than 40,000 young and middle-aged citizens one after another. All those who came back were wounded soldiers. Think about how much this will affect the agriculture of Turiyi. Now there is a shortage of labor here!

Not to mention the spring sowing, the previous autumn harvest had already injured our Tulii agricultural officers. Through our brains, we applied to Chief Lysias, used a large number of slaves in the kingdom, and by promising to shorten the period of becoming a citizen of the kingdom, we attracted a lot of free people (the war between Sparta and Thebes and Athens more and more). It became more and more intense, causing the local people of Greece to start to migrate to the Kingdom of Dionia under the guidance of people with a heart.) Under our supervision, the autumn harvest in the Turii region was finally completed successfully, but it has not been well It’s time for spring sowing again, but fortunately this time—”

Asikalus looked at Publius, lowered his voice, and said to Tibrus, “Turiyi has another batch. The slaves from Latium and the slaves from Syracuse were originally supposed to be sent to Sardinia, but we intercepted some of them in Turii. These slaves are all good at taking care of the farmland! Coupled with the enemies from mainland Greece captured in the Apulia region, the Turii region can ensure that there is no shortage of labor, and it can also provide assistance to the surrounding areas.

Still, it’s a lot of work to oversee so much slave labor, you know why there’s so much dirt on me?

That’s because I often ask Shimoda to demonstrate and teach them.

If you came to the outskirts of Turii earlier today, you could see hundreds of reserve soldiers and cavalry patrolling the villages and fields to prevent these slaves from escaping, or other accidents, that scene. It’s quite spectacular!

“…”

Although Asikalus mentioned Roman slaves, which made Publius a little embarrassed, he listened carefully and learned a lot about Dionia from it.

Tibrus After listening to it, he said with some worry: “It’s not a solution to always use the kingdom’s slaves to solve the problem of labor shortages in the long run!

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It’s only temporary, of course.

Asikalus immediately took over the conversation, pretending to be mysterious and whispering: “Last night, a fast boat from the south docked at the port, and a messenger rushed into the inner city Senate. I got the inside story early this morning. News, after our navy completely defeated the Carthaginian fleet in the Carthaginian waters a few days ago, His Majesty Davos led the main army and completely defeated the Carthaginian army of 100,000 at Serinus. The Carthaginians After suffering repeated defeats, I am afraid that this war will soon end!

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Publius was shocked when he heard this: Carthage, an ally of Rome, known as the richest and most powerful city-state in the Western Mediterranean, was defeated so quickly?!

Tibrus asked what he wanted to ask .

Words: “Is this all true?

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Of course it’s true, the news from UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com is absolutely reliable!”

“Asikalus said firmly: “However, today the Senate did not announce this good news to the outside world, I guess… It may be announced at the Kingdom Conference tomorrow!”

By the way, Lord Publius, you are also here for the Kingdom Assembly, right?

”

Ah… yes.”

“Publius came to his senses.

“Hey, you guys!”

‘ There was a sudden shout in front of me.

Publius looked at it in a daze, and thought it was Roman soldiers who came to Turii, and saw a team of patrol soldiers in red helmets and red armor walking straight towards them (the patrol team was originally black and black armor, but only in recent years. The red armor and red armor were changed to distinguish it from the legionnaires of the kingdom. At the same time, the red color is more eye-catching, which is convenient for performing official duties in a city with a large number of people).

The leader of the team looked at their group of people and the horses behind them with suspicious eyes, and then said with a serious expression: “Don’t you see a lot of pedestrians! Still blocking the middle of the road, blocking traffic, Hurry up!”