"It's Turriyi again! Selfish Turiyi! Damn Turii! May the goddess of doom curse them! Cornerus said through gritted teeth. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Davers could guess the reason why a good man who had always been kind to others could hate him like this (what Acheta had told him), but he pretended to be curious and asked, "Lord Cornerus, I remember that Turiyi and Amendorara were allies, but you seem to hate Turiyi very much. ”

"The Turii have forced us to leave the city of Amendolara for the time being, to help them defend the city, otherwise they will not be able to provide any help if the Lucanians besiege Amendolala. At that time, considering that the Lucanians were invading from the south and that the north was safe, we had no choice but to open the city gate with a large amount of supplies and prepare to move to Turiyi, but the result was ...... As a result, he was ...... defenselessly Attacked by the Lucanians who ventured down the Sinni River...... In the past six months or so, we have suffered a lot...... Temples defiled, women insulted, children starved, citizens slaughtered......" At this point, Cornerus burst into tears: "It all stems from that selfish decision of Turiy, while their own city remains intact to this day! Every one of us Amendolars hates Turiyi more than Lucania! ”

"Alas! ......" Davers sighed, not knowing what to say.

"I heard from your soldiers that the recapture of Amendora was your own decision, not an order from Turiyi?" Cornelus asked, wiping away tears.

"That's right."

"That's good, we don't owe anything more to Turiyi! We'll pay you twice as much as they hired you, as long as you stay!" Cornerus said resolutely.

Davers said helplessly: "Why bother, we have three thousand mercenaries, and the money and food consumed every month is not a small amount, and Amendolara is not a rich city-state, and we have accepted your employment, and when the deadline comes, we will still leave." We are homeless people, and we have to constantly go out to accept employment tasks and earn money to make ends meet......" Davers looked a little sentimental, but his words reminded Cornerus: "There is no home......" he blurted out, "Then stay." ”

As soon as the words came out, he seemed to be encouraged, and said loudly: "Yes, stay all!" Become a citizen of Amendolara! ”

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Previously, Amendora's square had been used by the Lucarians as the location of the military camp, and it was the only place where the mercenaries had encountered any decent resistance in the city last night. This afternoon, the square had been cleared, and only the remaining blood stains on the marble floor revealed that there had been a battle.

The surviving people of Amendolara, except for the young children, the rest of the people, including women and underage teenagers, gathered in the square.

At this moment, standing on the wooden platform in the center of the square are the five remnants of the famous citizens of the city of Amendola, led by Cornerus. Cornerus looked at almost all the people in Amendolara in the audience, the old and the young, and most of the rest were women, most of them were now physically unrecovered, and even needed the support of mercenary soldiers and doctors, and couldn't help but feel sad again: think about a year ago, there were 4,000 citizens in Amendolara alone (citizens of the Greek city-states could only be adult males), and the total population was more than 10,000 people, but now there are only a pitiful 1,000 people, mainly old, young, women and children, not to mention defending the country, that is, planting wheat and grazing cattle and sheep, These daily tasks could not be successfully completed, which strengthened his determination.

"The citizens, the women, and the children of Amendolara, I, Cornerus, a member of the Senate, have gathered you to the square today because there is an important matter for us to decide together! More than 200 years ago, our ancestors left Sobaris to build a city. For 200 years, with the nourishment of the Sisno and Burano rivers, and the protection of the Amendolara Mountain, we have lived a stable life and abundant materials. Even after the fall of our mother state, our land has never been affected by war. But...... Ever since last year, when our citizens followed Turriyi into Lucanian territory, we ...... "Cornerus choked up, and many in the audience wept bitterly.

"My wife, unwilling to be insulted by the Lucalyans, committed suicide by hitting a pillar...... One of my children also contracted the disease and died...... All of you in the audience have suffered the same tragic experience as me...... For 200 years, Amendolara has suffered only one war, and this time it has almost made Amendolara a thing of the past as our mother state of Sybaris. When we prayed day and night in the temple for the salvation of Zeus, Zeus answered our call and sent our saviors, who were mercenaries from the Ionian region of Greece, our compatriots! Cornerus pointed to the rear of the people, where Davers, with his officers and some of the soldiers, and the Witness Acheta, dressed in civilian clothes, were standing and waiting.

"They defeated the vicious Lucarians, saved us from our suffering, and cared for us with passion! To be honest, I've seen quite a few mercenaries before, but they're completely different, just like relatives! ......" Cornerus' words won the approval of many in the audience, especially the women who were full of emotion.

"But they are about to leave us, from Great Greece!" As soon as he finished speaking, many people began to panic.

"They're gone, so what are we going to do? Who will keep Amendolara safe? Turiyi? Cornerus paused slightly, and the audience scolded.

"Nope! I'd rather be perished by the Lucarians than deceived by the Turrii again! ”

"The selfish Turi's are not allowed to enter the city of Amendora again!"

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Amid the anger of the people, Cornerus took advantage of the situation and shouted: "This painful lesson has taught us that we can only rely on ourselves to defend our homeland!" But Amendolara is very weak now, so what should we do? Cornerus looked at the crowd and said this question again, causing them to think deeply.

"The consuls of Amendora have all died, and I, Cornerus, as a member of the Senate, now propose an important motion for the convening of a citizens' assembly, and vote on whether it will be passed or not. Since the number of citizens is too small now, and the interests of each and every one of us are at stake, I specifically ask all Amendolars to vote. As soon as Cornerus finished speaking, before there was a commotion in the audience, the other four people on the stage spoke in support.

The majority of the women in the audience were excited about their first vote in their lives, and those who naturally opposed it couldn't make waves.

"I've heard others say that although Amendora Cornerus is a good person, he doesn't seem to have much opinion in political affairs, but I didn't expect such an amazing move today!" Acheta said to Davers, half surprised, half skeptical. After all, having women vote on the major events of the city-state is something that has never been done in the Greek city-states today, perhaps only in ancient times, and the legend says that Athena can become the patron saint of Athens, and the vote of women plays a key role.

Davers smiled and didn't speak. It was of course his idea to let women vote, and women were more emotional and eager for the protection of the powerful than men who valued them more, and their choice was understandable in the face of mercenary soldiers who saved them and treated them kindly.

"Since everyone agrees to this, then my next proposal is-" Cornerus's gaze swept to Davers in the distance, "Accept our benefactor, all the mercenary soldiers who saved Amendolala, and become citizens of Amendolala, so we don't have to worry about the safety of the city-state anymore!" ”

The crowd in the audience was in an uproar. After all, it is not easy for a freeman to become a citizen of a Greek city-state, let alone accept more than 3,000 people to become citizens of a city-state at once (Greece is not Rome after all).

But after a commotion, when a woman first raised her right arm and shouted: "Agreed! After that, the sound of "agreement" resounded throughout the venue.