Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 916

[Chapter 263 The Argument About the Celebration]

The hearts of the elders were tense, and no one said anything to refute. Over the years, the Hades belief has become more and more popular among the people.

The year before last, a judge in Crotone died suddenly in his sleep, and his widow surrendered to the city hall on the second day, saying that “it was her husband who accepted bribes several times and made unjust judgments, so he was punished by Hades. Severe punishment…” This matter was widely circulated in the kingdom, and the people respected the fair and dignified Hades even more, and made officials a little more reverent for this gloomy and solemn god, including the elders of course .

At this time, Plessinas saw a man standing up not far away, it turned out to be Marigi, thinking that he was going to object, and he couldn’t help but be surprised.

Marigi smiled at him and said, “Of course I support His Majesty’s decision, but I want to say that His Majesty’s decision is correct from a trade point of view. Because three wars broke out successively, especially the war with Carthage. , Although the war has not yet burned into our main territory, it has led to the reduction of foreign merchants who used to come to Dionia to do business and trade, and the commercial taxes of various cities have also increased in these months. less, because these foreign merchants are not optimistic about Dionysian being able to win the final victory in these three simultaneous wars, and therefore dare not touch the kingdom again.

And we dare to hold a football final during the war like this The grand celebration is to show them our kingdom’s confidence in victory, so that trade can return to prosperity.”

“And the rugby final itself can increase a lot of tax revenue and improve the state of the treasury.” Chancellor of the Exchequer Meir While interrupting, Sith tapped the armrest of the wooden chair with his fingers, and reminded dissatisfiedly: “Everyone! Everyone! You must be clear now that the biggest problem in the kingdom is not food, but the treasury! It is the lack of money in the treasury. Hey

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” Weisba asked in surprise: “Lord Mersis, during this time, His Majesty has transported a large amount of property from Rome and other occupied city-states to the port of Turii by ship, and finally It was included in the national treasury. I heard that there were at least several thousand Talents. After the Alexis army occupied the Samonai towns such as Caoutim, Beneventum, and Lola, they also brought back a lot of property. , why is the treasury still short of money?!”

“Master Vespa, you only saw the treasury collect money, why didn’t you see the treasury spending a lot of money!” Mersis snorted coldly and complained loudly: “The previous drought has already made the The treasury has spent a lot of savings. At the beginning of this war, the Sicilian fleet was almost wiped out. His Majesty and our Senate made a decision to build hundreds of warships immediately! Do you know how much it will cost?! Thousands of soldiers and sailors were killed or drowned, and many citizens were disabled after being seriously injured. Do you know how much it will cost?! Eleven regiments fought nearly 100,000 people, and a battle killed Come down, how many javelins and arrows to consume?! How many lances are broken? How many short swords, shields, and warhorses are damaged?! How many spare weapons and armors do I have to buy to ensure that the soldiers can continue to fight? Don’t you need to spend money?!… The loot sent by His Majesty and Alexis is just to wipe out the previous consumption of the treasury, but the war is far from over, and the treasury will continue to be consumed, so any beneficial The measures of fiscal revenue should not be spared!”

Vespagan laughed a few times: “It seems that the war has a great impact on the kingdom’s trade and finances, but the autumn harvest is about to end, once the citizens pay the land tax , the Finance Department should feel a little more relaxed.”

There were several sneers in the venue, that was because some of the elders felt that Vespas didn’t understand the kingdom’s finances at all, and the land tax was a drop in the bucket for this war.

Antaoris stood up and

glanced around majestically. He couldn’t allow some people to despise the authority of the rotating chairman. Although he also despised Vespa’s incompetence in his heart, as the rotating chairman, on this issue, they were together.

“Are there any objections?!” Antaoris said loudly: “If not, then hurry up and implement His Majesty’s decision. It will be September 9 in a few days, and we must start preparations immediately.

” Quiet returned.

Vespa nodded to Antaoris to thank him, and then exclaimed: “Since everyone agrees with His Majesty’s decision, this year’s Rugby Finals will continue!”

After speaking, he raised the small hammer and struck the small bell on the table, making a crisp sound, and then turned his attention to one of the five rotating chairmen in the front row, the Chief Executive of Turui: “Lord Lycias, This time you are still in charge of the rugby game, what difficulties do we need to solve?”

Lycias said ponderingly: “I also support this decision made by Your Majesty, and you also know that during this war Turii Many citizens of the region were killed and injured, and the people’s emotions were relatively depressed. The football game was conducive to the release of their emotions. And on the day of the Hades celebration, it is hoped that the ceremony of worshiping the dead soldiers in the Temple of Valhalla will be held. Make it more ceremonious to appease their relatives!”

“This is what it should be, I will arrange it, Lord Lysias, you can rest assured!” Plessinas responded.

“In order to prevent accidents, I hope that the patrol department can send more patrols to maintain the security in and outside the city of Turii… and the military affairs department can send more soldiers to maintain the order of the square and temple in the city on the day of the celebration.

” After receiving a positive response from Hiros and others, Lycias continued: “What’s more important is that due to the war, our Senate has not given a positive answer to whether or not to hold the Rugby Finals this year. , I am afraid that the cities are not ready, we must notify them as soon as possible and let them send the participating teams as soon as possible, otherwise the teams cannot arrive on time, and the competition schedule can only be postponed. Also… In the past, we used to invite teams every year. Friendship city-states, are they still inviting old people this year?”

“I think we should continue to invite them, as Mr. Mariji said before, we need to show these allies and friendly city-states the confidence of Dionia’s victory in order to get them More support.” Foreign Minister Ancitanos suggested earnestly: “And in the Sicilian war report received yesterday, friendly city-states such as Agrigento, Gera, Minoa and others have been destroyed. We invite They sent messengers to participate in the grand ceremony, which can take this opportunity to show that Dionia will not give up their determination in order to appease their refugees.”

“Lord Ancitanos.” Antaoris asked loudly: “What did you say? Is Egypt among the allies to be invited? Egypt has helped us tremendously when we were faced with drought and war and got us through the most difficult first few months.”

“Yes, yes, although Egypt is an ally that we have just established diplomatic relations with, it is the most helpful to us. Why has no one mentioned to invite them before?”

“I only remembered to invite Egypt at this time. “Some elders said regretfully.

“Don’t worry, my lords, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just received news from the Eastern Mediterranean. The Egyptian pharaoh has sent messengers to visit our Dionysus, and it is estimated that they will reach Turii before the celebration.” Ancitanos immediately responded.

“Why didn’t you say such an important thing earlier!” Cornelus complained: “Sir Ancitanos, Egypt is our important ally, your foreign ministry is responsible for receiving the envoys from Egypt, what do you need us for? What the Senate did, even if it was brought up, in short, to make them satisfied! In addition, you must immediately tell His Majesty and let him know about it.”

Ancitalos nodded in agreement.

Cornerus said to Vesba in the center of the venue: “Since everyone agrees to hold the Rugby Finals, then quickly send a messenger to notify the chief executives of each city, and invite allies and friendly city-states to participate as in previous years. Ceremony.”

Vespa nodded and called the secretaries who were in charge of recording the meeting, and asked them to start writing letters immediately. After they were stamped with the seal of the Senate, they were handed over to the messengers who were waiting in the side hall at any time. UU read www.

sonicmtl.com will send it to various places (because the Dionysian Senate holds meetings almost every day, and some proposals may be passed at any time, so the Senate has a fixed messenger to communicate the resolution of the Senate in a timely and accurate manner. people).

After making these arrangements, Vespa breathed a sigh of relief, and asked in a routine manner: “My lords, do you have any new proposals?” The

Minister of Military Affairs, Hiros, stood up and said with a serious expression: “The Ministry of Military Affairs has received these a few days. A piece of information arrived, Puchetti’s former prince Vadarka was gathering in the Peloponnese the remnants of Messapi, Puchetti and Downey who had fled to mainland Greece, ready to attack our Apulia region. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard it.

Vespa also swept away his previous indifference and asked anxiously, “Is this news accurate?”

“It has been confirmed by Aristillas.” Hiros replied simply, and everyone no longer expressed doubts. Although many elders kept a distance from the intelligence chief of King Davos, he obtained information. ability is undeniable.

“Lord Hiros, do you know how many enemies there are?” Vespa asked again loudly.

“According to the information received last time, there are less than 4,000 people.” Hiros said seriously: “It is estimated that they will land in Apulia in the near future.

” Lexis led the army on an expedition to the mountains of Samone, the 4th Fleet left the Adriatic for Sicily, and the entire Apulia region came to a sneak attack when the defenses were empty.”