As for the west, there is the vast sea and several large islands, such as Sardinia, Corsica, the Balearic Islands, etc., most of which are controlled by Carthage, and Davers does not have the courage to offend another powerful power in the western Mediterranean when faced with the threat of Syracuse; As for the occupation of an enclave in Gaul, Davers never thought about it, not to mention that the Dionian navy was not very strong, and such a long-distance cross-sea attack would not only be a waste of national strength, but also not necessarily able to defend.

Dionia's expansion is really limited, how to break the game? Davers fell into deep thought......

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September is the most popular month of the Dionians, not only the harvest season, but also the month of the birth of Hades, the protector of Dionia, (i.e. September 9), when there will be lively celebrations and the all-Dionian League rugby finals, which is a month of carnival for the whole of Dionia, especially in Turiyi.

Therefore, in many Greek city-states, led by Athens, the month of September was called the month of Epafpolypolion (the month of the deer shooting festival, which was used to worship Artemis, the goddess of the hunt), and in Dionia, September was officially designated as the month of Hades. Similarly, April was designated as the month of marriage for Hera, and in many Greek city-states the month of marriage was set in July......

It can be seen that Dionya has begun to gradually differ from the traditional Greek city-states in terms of life, customs, culture, etc.

On this day, a young man came to the port of Turiyi, his name was Megalis, of medium height, not very strong, but well-proportioned and athletic.

Obviously, it was his first time in Turiyi, and he didn't expect so many ships in the harbor, and it took a long time to get to the docks, and then he struggled to squeeze out of the port. Outside the port, even the carriages and wagons had already been exhausted, and he had to walk for more than an hour to reach the outside of the city of Turiyi, where there was already a long queue.

McCaris was not in a hurry, waiting in line according to the order, while listening to the people around him happily chatting about "what kind of big show will be in Victory Square for this year's Hades Celebration or guessing which city's ......team will win this year's rugby game", while walking along the crowd, and by the time he faced the city guards, it was already past noon.

Despite his hunger and thirst, he had to endure to answer the guards' questions.

"Is it a citizen of Dionia? If not, please go back. These days, Gentiles and freedmen are not allowed to enter the city of Turiyi! ”

"I am a citizen of Dionia, my name is Megalis, and I live in Crimesa, number 1356......" said Mecalis fluently.

The city guard looked at him and said, "Show me the identification card." "On the proposal of Davers, Dionya made a palm-sized bronze plaque for each official citizen from the previous year (it was more convenient because of the copper mines in Turiy), engraved with the citizen's name on the obverse and the citizen number of the city in which he lived and his city on the reverse. It was a simple form of identification, but it was a great innovation in its time, and it was a boon to Dionya in managing the movement of citizens within the territory, especially for the public officials of the Registrar's Department. For example, if a citizen living in Turii has broken the law in the city of Asprarustum, the city will record his offense, and transport it to the household registration office of the city of Turii by mail truck, and the public officials must first find the citizen's file before they can record the crime, which is tens of thousands of citizens in Turii, and many citizens still have the same name, it is a very troublesome thing to find, and now with the city citizen number, it is easy to find. And although the identity bronze medal is simple to make, but each city number is unique, it is easy to check whether it is forged, once someone forges, according to the laws of Dionia, this is a felony, and the average person who dares to do it is fake.

Unhurriedly, McCalis took out the bronze medal from his bosom and handed it to the city guard.

The city guard looked at it carefully, and threw the bronze medal back to him, there were many people entering and leaving the city of Turiyi every day, and of course it was impossible for the city guard to register. He pointed to the bulging package that Mergaris was carrying, and said, "What's inside?" ”

"It's all coins with you. You know, rugby games go on for almost a month, and they cost a lot. McArris said.

"Open it and take a look." The city guard looked serious.

McCalris reluctantly opened.

"Bang bang bang ...... " The city guard reached in and fiddled with it twice, it was indeed all coins, and then nodded and said, "Go in." ”

McAris picked up the package and took just two steps.

"That's right." The city guard shouted from behind, and Mergaris's heart jumped abruptly.

"You'd better keep all your money in Christoya's bank and withdraw it when you need it, so it's safe."

McCalis breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him repeatedly.

After entering the city, according to the map I had seen before, I asked people all the way, and finally found this hotel not far from the Dioonia Colosseum.

There were already quite a few people in the lobby.

Mergaris squeezed to the counter, and the waiter inside looked at him and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, but the housing here is full." ”

"I have a reservation." McAris responded immediately.

The waiter was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What room is it?" Who booked it? ”

"Room 17, Auroras's reservation." Megaris replied fluently.

The waiter immediately opened the register and said, "That's right, room 17 was indeed booked for five days, so your name is Megalis?" ”

McArris showed him the bronze medal.

After the waiter confirmed, he nodded and said, "Please come with me." With that, he led Megalis upstairs.

"Lucky man." Someone in the lobby muttered. In fact, many of the people who came to the festival stayed directly in the homes of the people of Turii, and only some new or prospective citizens had to stay in hotels because they had no friends or acquaintances in Turii.

Mergaris entered the house, and when the waiter had gone, he quickly bolted the door and carefully examined the interior arrangement.

Then he walked to the bed, moved it out a little, reached for the bottom of the bed against the wall, and quickly pulled out something tightly wrapped in linen.

He cautiously opened it, only to see that inside was a blue dagger......

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Over the next few days, Megalis traveled through the streets of the city, especially the Temple of Hades, to observe the terrain. Except for the right-wing Turii, who cautiously inquire about the celebrations, the rest of the time they are all loners and try not to come into contact with others.

It's just that he fell in love with the food at Christoia's restaurant in the city of Turiyi. Despite the many death tests on the battlefield, this mission still put him under considerable pressure. What's the best place to relieve stress in a city-state? Restaurants (but in Dionya it's an arena).

As a mercenary, Mecalis, who had always lived a simple life, was soon captured by the cuisine of Christoya's restaurant, shabu beef and mutton, shabu tripe, fresh fish soup, honey bread, fried cod, ...... Every dish of food made him a slanderer, so he quickly learned some of the "vices" of the wealthy Dionians, who spent three meals a day in restaurants.

But he forgot one thing, in order to be able to get to the room in the city of Turiyi, he came eight days before the celebration on September 9. The food at Christoya's restaurant is not cheap, not to mention that this is during the festival, the city is full of people, and the prices of all consumer goods are rising, especially the food. After a few days, Megalius found that he had run out of "silver Hades" and had to pay the bill in the currency of another city-state, but the waiter of the restaurant refused to accept them, saying that he would not accept coins from other city-states except those issued by Dionia.

Helpless, and for convenience, McAris came to Christoya's bank with all the money in the package.

Finally, when it was his turn, the bank's employees asked him through the bars, "Do you deposit money or withdraw money?" ”

"Exchange for Ionian Silver." McGalis patted the burden on his shoulder.

The employee looked at it and handed out a piece of papyrus: "Write the name of the currency you want to exchange, and the amount ......"

McArris looked embarrassed: "I...... I can't read. ”

The employee apparently encounters this situation often, and he continues, unchanged: "This way...... You tell me how much currency to exchange, and then you stuff the money you want to exchange and watch me confirm it for you, do you agree? ”

McAris hesitated, nodded in agreement, and then told the employee what kind of currency he wanted to exchange, how many, and so on.

The employee took notes as he listened, and his pen trembled slightly when he heard the words "Siracusa Four Drachmas", but from time to time there were Sicilian merchants who came to deposit and exchange coins, and such coins were not uncommon.

He finished taking notes, and as McCalris stuffed the baggage into the window, he called another employee to count and double-check.

When he opened the baggage and counted the coins, the employee looked at it seemingly casually, but in fact it was very close, and among the coins in the baggage, the number of "silver coins of Syracuse four drachmas" accounted for the largest number, and some of them were still new, and his heart beat involuntarily......

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"Lord Ansitanos, when you go to Laos this time, you must persuade this kid well! A few days after he became an archon, and before he had even warmed up that chair, he was going to change the laws of Laos and strictly govern the lawless in Laos......" Davers said with some anger: "This is a declaration of war against the nobles of Laos (in fact, the former small tribal leaders), and he also threatens to give more rights to the commoners." Hum! Who did he think he was, even his father didn't dare to do it! What did he take Laos for? Dionia, or Athens? No, he had no idea that Laos wasn't really a Greek city, it was just a different name for an old tribal confederation......"