Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 241

[Chapter 39 The Household Affairs of Kuno Gorata]

You must know that the original Crotone alliance, whether it is foreign affairs or war, is dominated by Crotone, and other city-states have to pay tribute every year. Of course, Crotone is indeed the security of the allies in defending against foreign enemies. A lot of effort has been exerted, but with Crotone’s strength, it often makes decisions without consulting its allies in many things, and other allies must also provide support for it, just like declaring war with Dionia before.

[WWw.SuiMеng.lā If Davos’s proposal is followed, the opinions of the small allies can be valued in the new alliance, which is a boon for Trina, Columbia and Sirius.

“I agree with the consul’s suggestion to establish such an alliance among our city-states, which can unite our city-states in southern Italy, protect our interests, and make the enemy dare not easily offend!” Trina messenger Cypros was the first to express support.

Then, the envoy of Sirius agreed to this proposal.

The Cologne Emissary only veiled his approval as his homeland was being protected by Crotone’s army.

So, everyone’s eyes were focused on Hisprotis.

Thesprotis was in chaos at this moment. He knew that as long as he nodded, then a new alliance would be established, the Crotone Alliance would no longer exist, and Crotone’s century-old hegemony in southern Italy would also come to an end.

In fact, after the Second Crotone War, Crotone’s strength has declined, but there is still a fig leaf of the Crotone Alliance to comfort the people.

Hisprotis didn’t dare to take such a big responsibility and became a scapegoat for the insults in the mouths of the people, so he said with love: “This matter… I… I can’t be the master, it must… be discussed and decided by the council. ”

Other messengers were disappointed by his delay, but Davos said calmly: “It doesn’t matter, we can wait.”

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Negotiations can wait, but the war will not stop.

In the middle of the month, the army of Syracuse easily occupied Agrigento and brought the second largest Greek city-state in Sicily under its jurisdiction.

A few days later, the Lokri army, which had received a small amount of domestic reinforcements, came out of the camp and marched towards the city of Corenia. Although the Crotone reinforcements still had more than 2,000 soldiers stranded in the territory of Cilitin, the Crotone people resolutely joined the test. The Lunian soldiers went out of the city to fight. After the battle lasted for an hour, Loclei began to gain the upper hand due to the large number of people. If it hadn’t happened to be a strong wind, the Lunian cavalry would not be able to pursue, and the Crotone and Corenia coalition would never have been able to. It will just be a small setback.

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In the beginning, after Turii was rebuilt, each senator was assigned a house, and Kunogolata specially chose a courtyard far away from his former residence.

So as not to touch the scene and hurt.

That night, when he returned home, the living room was still lit by candlelight, and his eldest son Sostatus greeted him: “Father, you came back very late today, has something trouble happened in the city again?”

Kunogolata glanced at him, took off the sweaty Bolton, stood in the courtyard, and let the male slave bring water to wash his body, and then said: “Antaolis of Crimea, they have already When I came to the Senate to report, I was busy with household registration, housing allocation, etc. today…”

“You don’t need to do these things yourself, just let your subordinates do it.”

“You What do you know! Considering that Crimesa has just been incorporated into the alliance, we need to use actions to show that Dionia attaches great importance to these elders who represent the people of Crimea, and allay their concerns…”

Sostatu Leaning on the colonnade, he said disapprovingly, “Is it what Davos asked for again?”

“Damn it!” Kunogolata grabbed the wet cloth from the slave’s hand and threw it at Sostatus, He shouted loudly: “How many times have I told you, don’t disrespect the consul, you always don’t listen!”

“How can I disrespect the consul!” Picked it up and threw it to the slave carefully: “Master Davos is my commander. I always obey the military law and obey orders. It’s just that I always talk like this, and I can’t change it.”

Kunogolata looked at his son with a lazy look on his face even when he seriously refuted, and couldn’t help sighing: This son really doesn’t seem to be a candidate for politics!

Thinking of this, he asked, “You’re waiting for me here so late, do you want to borrow money from me again?”

“You underestimate me, father. The last time I borrowed money from you, I contracted Amendola. La’s warehouse and hotel, apart from paying you back and paying the rent, how much money do you think I made?” Sostatus asked contentedly, Kunogolata ignored him.

“Twenty mina for a Tarrant!” Sostatus said proudly, shaking his fingers, “If it wasn’t for the war with Crotone and the blockade of the port of Turii, I would have made more money. More!”

He paused for a while, then said, “Father, I have something I want to discuss with you.”

“Tell me.” Kunogolata knew that something must be wrong with him, and pretended to be casual.

Sostatus looked at his face and said cautiously: “After this war, the reward allocated by the alliance to you and me is a total of four acres of land in the northern plains of Croton, and I want to exchange it with others for Armendo. The land of Lara.”

“What?! You are going to exchange the fertile land of Croton Plain for the barren land of Amendolara!” Kunogolata, who no longer values money, can’t be prudent when facing the problem of land. Because the land is the lifeblood of the Greeks.

“Father, listen to my explanation!” Sostatus said hurriedly.

Kunogolata knew that there must be a reason for his son to say this, so he scrubbed his body, changed into clean clothes, sat in the living room, and listened to his son carefully.

“Father, you are the chief executive of Turii. You should know that since the reconstruction of Turii last year, the trade volume of the port has been increasing.” Sostatus’ words made Kunogorata “snort”. How could he not be clear about these things? He could even casually state the number of cargo ships entering and leaving the port of Turii each month and the amount of commercial tax for market trade. Mariji made a detailed plan for revitalizing the trade of the alliance, and he wanted to achieve this The plan also took a lot of effort.

“Why am I making money?! It is because the port of Turii can no longer accommodate so many goods and foreigners, so the warehouses and hotels under the convenient city of Amendolara are very popular. Now we have defeated Crow. Tone, not only expanded his territory again, but also became a real strong state in southern Italy. Merchants and freedmen will flock to him, but your Senate has enacted a law that does not allow the fertile plain land of Subari to be used for other purposes. , otherwise the land will be reclaimed—”

“Yes, Burkes is in charge of this, and this is also to protect the cultivated land of Turii,” Kunogolata interjected.

“I think this bill is very correct!” Sostatus touted first, and then said: “In this way, Amendolara has become the inevitable choice for these foreign businessmen and free people. And last year Marij What kind of industrial zone is it, all the land has been auctioned off. I went to see it a few days ago, and a weapons workshop, a pottery workshop and a stone carving shop have been started one after another. These are large-scale workshops that require a lot of labor and slaves. Therefore, there is a great demand for accommodation, food and even entertainment. Before, I initially discussed with others that four acres of Croton Plain can be exchanged for eight acres of land near the industrial zone in Amendola. With such a large I can build a lot of low-cost housing and warehouses on a piece of land, and the rent collected every year is not a small amount. I can also build some small shops and rent them out to others as bakeries, ready-made clothes shops…even in the future With the money, I can also buy many slaves and rent them out for profit…” Sostatus gushed about his dream.

“Father, no matter how fertile the land is, it will suffer heavy losses in a disaster year. According to my method, as long as our Dionysian Alliance remains strong, our family’s annual income will be much stronger than that of farming!”

Kunogo Lata looked at his son’s high-spirited face, pondered for a long time, and said: “Sostatus, you will be solely responsible for the family’s finances in the future. I will announce this at home tomorrow, and let Coloises ( The slave butler of Kunogolata) will follow your arrangement in the future.

“Really?!” Sostatus couldn’t believe his ears.

“Of course it’s true! Since you have the ability to do business, I won’t let you bury it. But—” Kunogolata said: “After I die, half of the property you earn will be distributed to your brother, Can you agree?”

Under Kunogolata’s gaze, Sostatus calmed down, thought about it carefully, and said solemnly: “Since the last time our family was kicked out of Turii, and my sister Serfina also… left us, which made me feel that I should cherish my family even more! Decca Okrat is my only younger brother, father, I will sign an agreement according to Ni’s request, waiting for you to go… When he was in Elysee, I gave him half of the property! And my sister, when she remarries, I will also prepare a rich dowry for her!”

“Very good! Very good!!” Old Kunogolata With great comfort, he felt that his decision was not wrong, and Sostatus’ words reminded him of another worry.

Diona – his eldest daughter, who was married when he was driven out of Turii, did not follow them to Amendolara, and was humiliated by her husband’s family in Turii, and attacked in Crotone During Turii, her husband died in battle, and her husband’s family drove her out of the house.