With Crotocatacz's assurance, everyone was at ease, and in a hurry to leave, they put this somewhat troublesome problem behind them for the time being.

Crotokatas also instructed his men to prepare rations for them and prepare horses, and his warm gesture completely dispelled their doubts.

After seeing them off, Klotocatax breathed a sigh of relief, but he quickly picked himself up and walked to a room next to the venue.

Even if the Helots were more cowardly and clumsy, Klotocatax would not agree to the initial proposal of the Periasians to exclude the Helots from the new government, and without the Helaus, the Periasians would become the new Spartans in a few years.

On the one hand, with the presence of the Spartans, Dionyas could confidently face the doubts of the Greek city-states who cared about Sparta, arguing that "they did not destroy the ancient city-state, but only changed its polity, as Sparta did with other city-states when it was strong"; On the other hand, allowing the Spartans, who are now the weakest, to join the new polity may make the political situation of the new Spartans more stable and more conducive to Dionia's control of Sparta.

Klotocatax returned the salute to the Ionian soldiers guarding the door, and gently pushed open the wooden door.

The room was filled with 30 Spartan Elders led by Agosilaus and 5 Inspectors, but the Assassins were unusually quiet.

This was a bit of a surprise to Crotocatacs, his gaze slowly swept over everyone's faces, and finally showed a smile, because although these Spartans were calm, they couldn't hide the anger in their eyes: "Everyone, I'm sure you've all heard what I just said in the room, and I'm afraid you've already discussed it, can you tell me your decision now?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a younger procurator could not help but roar angrily: "You are a humiliation to the Spartans! As sons of Hercules, we will never meet the filthy and lowly black laborers—"

"Ahem! Cough! Cough! ......" Agosilaus suddenly coughed loudly, and turned his head away, looking coldly at the Ombudsman.

The ombudsman's roar came to an abrupt end.

Agesilaus coughed lightly again, then looked at Klotocatax, and said calmly: "We Spartans have become your captives, there can be no more choice, we can only follow your arrangement...... But I wonder what we Spartans are to do with the Peliasis, and with those ...... What about the helots working together to form a new Spartan government? ”

Instead of responding directly, Klotocatax looked at the roaring Spartan just now and asked again, "Are you really willing to accept our arrangement?" ”

The man glanced at Agosilaus, lowered his head, gritted his teeth and squeezed out, "...... Willing. ”

"If we don't, will we have more options?!" Agosilaus then exclaimed, "If we Spartans accept the fate of Helot, we might as well choose death!" ”

His words were not so much an answer to Klotocatax as a reminder to the Spartans, who were all silent.

"Looks like you've come to a consensus, that's good!" Klotocatax deliberately said loudly, the unwillingness and pain in their eyes made him feel a little happy: "You Spartans must also elect 10 councillors and two procurators within 4 days, and form a new government of Sparta together with the candidates elected by the Piasians and the Helots!" ”

"30 councillors, 6 inspectors......" Agosilauth said with a tentative gaze, deliberately whispering, "It doesn't sound much different from the Sparta of the past." ”

"No, there's a difference." Crotokatarchs replied simply: "They are only responsible for the running of the whole government, and the designation and promulgation of decrees and major decisions must be submitted to the citizens' assembly for discussion and approval, and all citizens of New Sparta have the right to participate in this assembly." ”

Speaking of which, Klotocatas also made a special mention: "Of course, there were also citizens' assemblies in Sparta in the past, and they were indeed somewhat similar. ”

The faces of the crowd changed slightly: the Spartan citizens' assembly had always been a façade, and the real supreme power was in the Council of Elders, but the new government of the Dioonians had completely changed the power structure of Sparta.

Some elders couldn't help but ask, "What about the king?" ”

"The new Sparta will no longer have a king, and two consuls will be elected for a one-year term, and they will be mainly responsible for commanding the army in battle," said Klotocatax. ”

Everyone subconsciously turned their attention to Agosilaus.

Agesilaus looked calm, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, and asked: "When will you release the captivity of the people of Sparta?" ”

"When a new Spartan government is formed."

"Our people are locked up, how can we elect?!" Someone protested.

"Tomorrow, all the Spartan men will be gathered in Port Hilles for selection."

"I have one more question." Agosilaus looked at him and asked seriously, "I just heard you say that you want to distribute land to the Periassi and Helots, that is to say, you want them to divide the land that originally belonged to us Spartan citizens?" ”

"Please note that Dionya has taken all of Sparta, you are all taken prisoner, and the land of Ragnia has become the spoils of the Dionian army! His Majesty King Davers, in order to rebuild Sparta, generously gave these lands to citizens who were willing to serve the new government.

To put it mildly, even if the lands were still in your possession, the Periasians and the Heros would have been freed and would no longer have any obligation to you, and your little manpower would not have been able to take care of so much land. What's more—" Klotocatax raised his eyebrows and smiled mockingly: "Do you Spartans know how to farm?" ”

The faces of the people were a little unpleasant, but they couldn't refute it for a while.

The guards beside Klotocatax strengthened their vigilance, but he didn't see it, and continued: "In the past few days, I have carefully checked some of your Spartan information, and found a problem, the number of your Spartan citizens is decreasing year by year, and war is not the main reason...... I thought it might have been because of the years of warfare, and even though the blacklots helped them to cultivate the land, they did not have enough time to supervise and manage it, and the harvest of the fields never met your requirements.

But strangely enough, the Spartan aristocracy was able to pay their taxes in full every year, and I was later secretly told that this was because they were often the commanders of some of the city-states and strategic points controlled by Sparta, and obtained a large amount of money through bribery or other means, which was more than enough to buy food and pay taxes......

I also found an issue. The land you seized from the Spartan commoners was eventually distributed to the royal family and the nobility on the grounds that they could guarantee a better harvest, and as a result, the land gradually became concentrated in the hands of your nobles, and the Spartan commoners lost more and more of their land and became inferior...... Didn't you notice? How is the situation in Sparta now very similar to the situation before the sage of Sparta came to Kugu to change the form of government! ”

"You talk nonsense!" Someone blurted out.

Klotockataks looked at him, not angry at all, but said pityingly, "You are the Inspector, right?" Whether as a commoner or as an Inquisitor, you have failed to discover that the greedy nobles are usurping the commoners' share, and you are remiss in your duty! You should also be grateful to Dionia, if we hadn't forcibly rebuilt Sparta, there would have been one Kenadun after another in this land! ”

The faces of everyone in the room turned ugly.

Agosilaus coughed lightly and immediately changed the subject: "How much land are you going to distribute to each new citizen of Sparta?" ”

"About five acres."

"There are too many people in Heilaoshi, I'm afraid there are not enough points."

Klotocatax said unhurriedly, "We gave the territory of Tygia to the Mandinians, but the Mandinians are already small enough to manage such a large and fertile new land. We persuaded them to accept the helots, who had not been able to get a share of the land in Sparta, as new citizens of Mandinia. ”

Agosilaus was stunned: "What about those Teguras?" ”

"They are all being sold at the Turii slave market, which is the end of their betrayal of the covenant and the secret attack on their allies." Klotocatax said in a cold tone.

Everyone suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and at that moment, they didn't dare to make contact with the young man's gaze.

Seeing this situation, Klotocatax suddenly felt a little bored, no matter how much he scared the Spartans, he could not get back the precious life of his brother Adoris, and he said happily: "Okay, everyone, I hope that you will organize your citizens when you go back today, and lead them to the port of Helles safely tomorrow to ensure the smooth progress of the election." ”

Klotocatax left, and there was silence in the room.

After a long time, someone asked uneasily, "King Agesillaus, what shall we do now?" ”

Still, Agosilaus looked calm, and he whispered, "We can only be patient for the time being, so as to avoid suffering the fate of the Tegyas." But such recklessness as the Dioonians will surely force Athens and Corinth to unite against Dionia, and then our chance will come! ”