"It can't be!" Several laborers shouted in unison with surprised expressions.

The others also seemed to forget about the soldiers standing around, and there was a commotion.

Martius struck the long shield with his short sword again, quickly restoring calm in the arena.

Adrius continued, "Because the priest of Hades was a Dionian, my father decided to take his word for it, and took us to Iona...... By now, eight years have passed, my father is already a citizen of Ionia, not only owns his own land in Enona, but also serves as a prince in the kingdom, and I studied in the school of Enona for four years at a very low cost, learned to write in Greek, and when I became an adult, I was admitted to the public office of Enona, with a good monthly salary, and my brother is still studying at the school...... Now our family is prosperous and respected, and we will never repeat the situation when we were oppressed and starved......"

After Adrius finished speaking, the room fell silent for a while, and the laborers looked at the young voice in disbelief, although he was also a black-haired and black-eyed Latino, but he was well-proportioned, fair-skinned, and had an elegant temperament, which was obviously completely incomparable to them who worked on the docks every day, worked hard and were full of injuries, and they were indeed a little excited.

Crotocátarchs listened to what Adrius had to say, and looked at him carefully, he didn't expect that this inconspicuous little official who had just followed them would have such an extraordinary encounter, which made him a little curious about him.

Seeing that the people were silent, Davers struck while the iron was hot, and immediately pointed his finger at the other messengers, and said in a loud voice, "Except for Adrius, who is a Latin, they are all Latins, but they are also Dionian citizens. Over the years, you Latins have not been many Dionian citizens, why?

Because these Latin city-states are controlled by the aristocracy, they oppress the commoners, so that the commoners cannot live, and our Dionian kingdom treats all citizens equally, every citizen is allocated land, and every citizen's land is protected by law! Anyone! Whether he is rich or noble, anyone who dares to plunder the wealth of the commoners will be severely punished by the court, so they live in peace in the kingdom of Dionia, and this kind of peace and tranquility with plenty of food and carefree life is not available to you in the current city-state! ”

When he said this, several voices next to him nodded again and again, with sincere expressions.

In fact, Davers exaggerated the number of Latin citizens in the Kingdom of Dionia, the real number is not more than ten, this is still before Davers set out on the expedition, specially asked the Minister of Household Registration Rafias to carefully find in the kingdom, they are mainly concentrated in Enona, the reason is mainly that the Latin region is not adjacent to the Kingdom of Dionia, coupled with the underdeveloped maritime trade of the Latin city-states, the port is backward, so there is little information exchange with the outside world, and the Latins are mainly engaged in agriculture, and the farmers are all settled, In addition, the language and culture of Dionya and Latin are quite different, and few people are willing to go to the south without being forced to do so.

But now that Davers saw the laborers on the field listening attentively, all thoughtful, with a twinkle in their eyes, he knew they were tempted.

At this time, someone in the slave herd shouted "Can we also become citizens of Dionia?!" ”

When Adrius translated the other party's words to Davers, he did not expect that the slaves would be the first to act, and he immediately said, "No matter what your origin or race, as long as you are willing to become Dionian citizens, and are willing to abide by the laws of Dionia, and are willing to fulfill the obligations required of citizens by the Dionian Kingdom, we in the Dionian Kingdom are very welcome to join you, and will give you all the rights that Dionian citizens should enjoy!" ”

Davers finished speaking, and waved his hand to the side.

Marttius immediately asked the court guards around him to remove their helmets, and it was obvious that their hair color and physiognomy were very different. As a force with a special status that had been in contact with King Davos for a long time, the court guard was known for its complex ethnic composition in the Dionian kingdom over the years, because it needed to publicly demonstrate the attitude of the head of the kingdom towards all races equally, and now this practice has served as a good example in foreign lands. Coupled with the fact that there were slaves competing, the laborers became less reserved.

"How can I become a citizen of Dionia?" Several laborers asked in unison.

"This is my clerk Hennipolis, and he will tell you in detail about the procedure that you need to go through to become a citizen of Ionia. You can ask him any questions you have, and he will answer them for you. Davers pointed to Henipolis, who was holding a plank and taking notes next to him, and said to them.

Hennepolis hurriedly put away the planks and said seriously, "Your Majesty, I will satisfy them." ”

Finally, Davers faced the crowd and asked aloud, "Which of you has been in Rome and is well acquainted with every neighborhood and nook and cranny of the city, and knows a little about the nobility of Rome?" I would like to invite him to be my advisor. Of course, this is paid, and if he wishes to become a citizen of Dionia, it will help him shorten the years he has been a citizen. ”

As soon as the voice bearer finished speaking, many people in the room immediately raised their hands.

After some inquiry, Davers picked a slave named Valx, who had been a Roman citizen.

When Davers first came in, the slaves and laborers were fearful; And when he left, they watched him away with respectful eyes.

Davers looked back at the torch-lit clearing of the crowd around Hennipolis and felt that this was a good start, for his plan was not just to turn these men into Ionian citizens, but to make them the kindling of the land of the city-state of Bradyna.

Of course, it's been a long process, and now that time is running out, he still has a lot to do on this night.

Davers strode back to the city, just in time to meet the staff officer Tolmid hurrying over, "Your Majesty, the war report from Amintas has arrived. ”

"How's it going?"

"The Romans were defeated, and Amintas led the whole army in pursuit, especially two cavalry legions, desperately drove the Romans to the south, until the Roman rout drove them south of Lavenium, and took the small city by chance. There were many Roman soldiers captured along the way, and Amintas said that he did not have time to count them, and fearing that these captives would delay their military operations tomorrow, so he adopted our old methods in Persia. Tolmid's last words were much quieter.

Davers glanced at Klotocatax beside him, and said quietly, "Let the messenger go back and tell Amintas, 'He won this battle cleanly and beautifully!'" But tonight, in order to allow the soldiers to rest well, to regain their strength, and to find a way to solve the problem of rations for the soldiers, it is necessary to ensure that tomorrow morning at dawn the soldiers will be able to lead the energetic soldiers to join us in Rome, preferably not late. ’”

"Yes!"

Crotokatas asked curiously, "Father, what is the old Persian way?" ”

Tolmide looked at Prince Dionia, who had just come of age and still had a childish face, and did not speak.

Davers hesitated for a moment, but said in a deep voice, "It is to cut the captives' hands and feet, make them unable to move, and then abandon them on the battlefield...... This is the method in which we were in Persia when we fled through some of the Persian vassal city-states, and were constantly attacked by them, so that we could deal with the captives we had defeated, so that we could not completely anger the enemy without killing the captives, but also force the enemy to have to distract themselves from caring for these wounded soldiers......"

"But...... Isn't this too cruel......" Crotokatátas was a little unbearable, and in the face of Davers's serious gaze, he mustered up the courage to say again, "They have all surrendered, we should ensure their safety, it should be good for us to win the favor of these Romans, and conquer this land faster, father!" ”

Davers was blamed, and instead of getting angry, he laughed "Klotto, I'm glad you can have your own opinion!" But you see, now the Romans are our enemies, and even if we have just won two victories, our great army far from the kingdom is still in danger, and at any moment it may be defeated by the attack of Rome and its allies, far outnumbered by our troops, or die in this strange land, or become slaves of the enemy, so our first goal now is to do everything we can to ensure that we can continue to win, and that our soldiers can reduce casualties, even if it is more cruel. We will not consider what you just talked about unless we have an absolute advantage......"

Davers patiently instructed his son, saw that he was thinking, then patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, turned back and asked Tolmid, "Have the soldiers' accommodations been arranged?" ”

"It's all arranged, there are a lot of warehouses in the city, we simply modified it, it's much better than living in a tent. In addition, we have put the Ostias in a centralized manner, and there is some leftover from the vacated dwellings for the officers and soldiers—"

"Then arrange for those slaves and laborers to live, after all, some of them will have to act with us tomorrow, and they also need a good rest, and besides, they can also enjoy the benefits of joining our Dionian Kingdom in advance."

"Yes, I'll arrange it later."

"How's the food going?"