Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 586

[Chapter 5 Inspectors and Tribunals]

“Why?!” Diocassis said anxiously: “My lord, if we don’t make a surprise inspection and give Paphogres enough time to prepare, then it will be very difficult to catch him!”

“Why? Just because he is the son of Laodyssian, and his brother-in-law is Antonios, you have been in Naxos for the past few years, it is not that you do not know how much influence Laodyssian has here, and you are just guessing, and There is no proof, once the search fails, how much damage will it do to the reputation of Laodicien and his son, do you know! At that time, you and I will face Laodysian’s wrath and revenge!” Stromboli said solemnly.

“As a veteran senator, I am about to leave Naxos, and Laodyssian dare not do anything to me, but you and Galademus will stay here for two or three years (due to Dionysus). The rapid expansion of the territory of the sub-Kingdom and the frequent replacement of officials in various cities are not conducive to the stability of the region. Therefore, the Senate passed a revised bill. The term of office of the city administrator is three years, and the term of office of the middle and low-level officials is generally five years.) It’s not that you don’t know that Radmus was suppressed and excluded at work because of taxes. If you provoke Laodicien this time, it will be very difficult for you to live here in the future! As an elder, I would rather you not I don’t want you to suffer any harm!”

Stromboli’s words were sincere, but Diocassis did not appreciate it, and he shouted in disbelief: “This is Dionysus. The land of the sub-Kingdom, it is His Majesty Davos who has the final say, how can a Laodyssian be allowed to make such a mess! I don’t believe what he dares to do to me!”

“Do you really want to investigate?”

“Yes, my lord, I must find out about this matter! It doesn’t matter if it has anything to do with the Laodician family!” Dio Cassis said with a firm expression.

Stromboli looked to the other side noncommittally: “Galademus, what do you think?”

“My lord, I support Diocassis!” Galademus paused and said, “Me too I will do my best to help him, after all, I am familiar with that village.”

“Young is good!” Stromboli looked at the two of them and sighed.

“My lord, when you were a high-ranking judge, you were notoriously stern and unofficial, but I didn’t expect to now…” Dio Cassis ran on him.

“Strictly speaking, I can’t compare to Scombras, but unfortunately he has already gone to the Elysee…” Stromboli said with some sigh: “Sicily is different from Great Greece, there is not much freedom here. Most of the Dionian citizens who were born in the country were exiles from the original Sicilian city-state. They were too easy to form a group. After the Southern Italian War, most of His Majesty’s energy was devoted to the governance and unification of the southern Italian land. The stability of Sicily, the Senate has absorbed a lot of Sicilian exile leaders…”

Stromboli turned the wine glass in his hand, and his

eyes glowed with a faint light: “…If you want to rectify the territory of Sicily, unless Your Majesty decides Resolve. I don’t want to stop you from investigating this matter, but I hope that you will act in secret, collect solid evidence, and not be caught by the people of Laodicien, so that I can report this matter directly to Your Majesty.”

Diocassis’ eyes lit up: “I see, my lord!”

“Even if this fails, it doesn’t matter.” Stromboli encouraged them: “You are citizens from Amendolara, With the ‘Silver Buckle of the City Builder of Amendolara’, with the support of Amendolara and many veterans in the army, no one dares to provoke you (because most of the mercenaries under Davos married Amendola Women of Lara, these veterans of the military have a deep relationship with the original citizens of Amendolara).”

“Don’t worry, I will definitely find out the truth!” Diocassis said confidently.

“My lord, are you about to step down?!” Galademus only had a chance to ask at this time.

“Yeah, it will be three years in September. At my age, I’m afraid I won’t have the opportunity to work again!”

Stromboli stroked his gray beard and said with a sigh, “According to the information I have received, it is likely that the person who will take over from me is Lord Asisters or Lord Lacey Peratus.”

“According to previous years The promulgated law does not stipulate, ‘Can’t the elder serve as the chief executive of the city where he was born’?” Galademus said suspiciously.

“You’re wrong, Lord Lacey Peratus is from Cattanai, but they Sicilian have always loved to walk together… In addition, Asistes’ uncle is Antonius, no matter who will be the narrator. The chief executive of Xosos will take care of the Laodician family, so just now I did not want you to make this matter bigger, so as not to be detrimental to your future development!” Stromboli reminded.

Galademus and Diocassis looked at each other.

“Okay, I won’t say more about this. Tonight was a farewell banquet I held in advance for myself and for you. It was almost destroyed by Diocassis, your child.” Having said this, Lumbori raised the wine glass in his hand and said loudly: “Children, come, let’s have a toast for tonight’s party!”

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This night, for the sake of Thanks to Stromboli’s care over the past few years, the Diocassis family and Galademus frequently raised their glasses and toasted, but they returned drunk.

The next day, near noon, the hangover Diocassis rushed to the city hall and got a message: the freedman canceled the report and explained that he and his wife were busy with work and had forgotten about his daughter. Yesterday afternoon, relatives took Katanai to play.

In the evening, the number of customers in the restaurant Cristoia in Naxos gradually increased.

A middle-aged man with a scar on his face walked in and walked straight to the waiter at the counter: “I have an appointment with Dio Cassis, may I ask—”

“Please come with me.” The waiter took him up to the second floor , pushed open a room where Diocassis sat alone.

As soon as the person came, Diocassis said dissatisfiedly: “Captain Celsis, how can you manage your soldiers so well when you are so untimely.

” Sitting down opposite: “What is the reason for you to invite me to dinner?”

Diocassis didn’t answer immediately, but turned to look at the waiter: “Hurry up and serve all the dishes I ordered, I’m starving. Si, what wine are you drinking?”

“Beer, of course.”

“Two more cans of beer, and shut the door when you go out.”

“Okay, your wine and dishes will be delivered right away.” The waiter brought the door after he went out.

Selysses looked at Diocassis and asked again, “What’s the matter with me in such a hurry?”

Diocassis put his right elbow on the dining table, and asked in a deep voice, “Tribune

Your lord, don’t you know what happened to Prosdemoth where you are in the past two days?”

Celisis was a tribune elected by the citizens of Prosdemoth.

According to the “Dionysian Law”, tribunes are elected every two years, and a tribune is elected by a Demo region, and a city can only have a maximum of ten tribunes.

Therefore, in large cities like Turii and Crotone, the number of demos is far more than ten, even as high as 20 or 30, and 20 citizens randomly selected by each demo must be used to determine the number of democrats. A round of pre-selectors voted, and ten tribunes were finally elected.

Naxos is not a big city, and it has only been established for less than ten years. There are only seven Demo areas.

Celisis was an exile soldier ten years ago, fighting alongside the I Corps and was instrumental in fighting off the coalition forces in Syracuse.

Later, after the plain of Catania completely belonged to the Kingdom of Dionia, Davos ordered the Ministry of Military Affairs to establish the Eighth Legion in the Sicilian territory. Celisis, who had combat experience and merits, naturally became the Eighth Legion smoothly. a junior team officer.

After ten years, he has become the captain, but he has never wanted to develop in local government affairs. In recent years, he has directly signed up for the election of the tribune, completely cutting off his future in political affairs.

Precisely because of his prestige in Prosdemo, and his own conditions for the campaign are very good (the hero of Naxos recovery, the scar on his face is proof, the captain of the Eighth Legion, pays taxes on time, and has no illegal record) , and was therefore elected twice in a row as Tribune of Prosdemer.

At this moment, he thought about it carefully: Dio Cassis was a city inspector, and his job was to maintain law and order, catch murderers and arrest robbers. He came to him in a hurry, mostly for this purpose After all, the two had cooperated with each other many times before because of violations of law and discipline in the city.

And what happened to Prosdemo these two days…

He said uncertainly: “You mean the loss of a freedman’s daughter?”

“It seems that you are quite competent as a tribune.” Diocassis A joke.

“I heard that the freedman has found his daughter.” Celesis said again.

Diocassis tapped his fist on the dining table and said in a deep voice, “Damn! He said that his daughter and her uncle went to Catanay, but I asked the neighbors around him carefully, and no one saw any guests at all. After passing his house, no one saw his daughter go to the port. Instead, I went to Cristoia Bank and found that he had deposited a thousand drachmas in silver coins this morning…”

You know Kerry The background of Stoya Bank is too hard, and there is a policy of “not divulging customer deposit information to anyone”, and it is impossible for anyone to make the employees of this bank bow their heads.

However, at the suggestion of Davos, Cristoia later added a stipulation, “If it concerns the safety of the kingdom and the people of the city, it may be appropriate to cooperate with the order of the local administrator”, Theocassi Scooby asked Stromboli to check it out.