When Davers heard this, he pondered: the custom of the citizens of the Greek city-states to go out to fight was to bring their own rations for three days, no more than five days, and he had never heard of such a large number of days' rations, which was no different from direct donations. Citizens are obliged to fight for the city-state, giving their blood and lives, but they are not obligated to donate their property for the city-state. I am afraid that this will cause dissatisfaction among the citizens, and will also dampen their enthusiasm for fighting, and it will set a bad precedent......

Seeing that Davers was hesitating, Mersis continued to persuade: "Although the soldiers are required to bring more rations, they do not lose at all. After defeating Bruti, they will be able to get more land! ”

Davers pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "The division of land according to military merit is a plan that Dionia has made before, and we cannot use this law to ask citizens for additional benefits. ”

"Davers ......" Mersis wanted to persuade again.

Davers interrupted him, thinking for a moment, "But...... Mercis, you reminded me. We can borrow a certain amount of grain from citizens in the name of the Senate...... When the treasury is sufficient, it will be repaid to the citizens who borrowed grain, together with interest. What do you think of this approach? ”

"That's a good idea!" Merses exclaimed, "But the interest must not be too high. ”

"The interest is up to you." Seeing that the problem of military rations had been solved, Davers's mood also became lighter: "You are the best financial officer in Nanyi!" But you'd better come up with a plan as soon as possible and present it at a Senate meeting. ”

"With your support from Davers, is there anything else that the bill will not pass!" Mersis was also in a good mood, and took the opportunity to flatter, and then said: "I went to the Tino River the day before yesterday and saw your ...... ...... under construction Well, the hot spring bath is about to be built, when are you going to start the official business? Don't forget, let me know sooner that I was going to be the first citizen to enter the hot spring bath! ”

When he was in Persia, while enjoying the massage of the slave girls trained by Davers, Mersis also heard Davers describe that the combination of massage and thermal baths was not only more comfortable, but also more beneficial to the body, and he had long been yearning for it. Since the construction of the spa bath, he has visited more than Davers, the true owner.

Davers, of course, knew this, and readily agreed to him.

After seeing Merses away, Davers returned to the living room and pondered over the map of the Bruti region drawn by the Siru emissary: how to wage war with the Brutis? Where would be the best breakthrough to be able to shorten the course of the war? ……

After pondering for a long time, he got up and went for a walk in the cloister to relax his brain and clear his thoughts.

"Father!" In the middle of the courtyard, Adores, who played a game of toss and catch with the slaves, waved to him.

Davers also responded with a smile and reminded him to stay safe. The siblings adopted by Davers were strange and reserved at first, and after more than a year of living together, they finally integrated into the family. According to Christoya, Cynthia, in particular, has become very sensible and often helps her take care of little Chloe. When Davers came back, he hadn't seen this smart and lovely adopted daughter, and he should still be studying in school.

Davers thought as he walked around the cloister. As soon as I walked around, I ran into Henipolis who had returned from outside.

As the son of Avinogis, the consul of Laos, when Henipolis first came to study in Turiyi, Davos placed him in his home from the beginning, which was both a siege of Avinogis and a nurturing of Henipolis and cultivated his sense of identity with Dionia. Davers's practice was also gradually popularized among the senators, such as the children of the leaders of the allied city-states such as Castron and Niutum, or the leaders of the small tribes of Lucania, who came to Turiyi to play and study, and most of them were invited to stay in the homes of the senators of the Senate, such as the children of the chief general of Castelón, Amicles, who lived in the house of Kunogorata.

"Your Excellency, you're back!" As soon as Henipolis saw Davers, he began to exclaim, "How, defeat those barbarians?!" ”

Davos smiled and said lightly, "Tarantum has signed a peace agreement with them." Then he changed the subject: "I heard that you are studying with Master Ansitanus now. ”

When Henipolis first arrived, he was uncertain. First, he went to the hospital and said that he wanted to learn medical skills, but he stayed for a while, and because he could not stand the wailing and bloody scenes of the patients, he retreated; Later, he went to the Institute of Mathematics, but was dizzy by tedious calculations; I also went to the arena for a while to practice rugby. It wasn't until after the school was established that he applied to study with Ansitanos, a scholar who was already well-known in southern Italy, and at least after a few months, his performance was quite good.

"My lord, the old man of Ansitanos has gone too far, and has used me as a slave, and has not only given me a lot of work as a scribe, but has also often run errands for him......" Henipolis poured bitter water.

"Since that's the case, I'll go and tell Ansitanos to change your teacher." Davers said seriously, looking very considerate of him.

Henipolis hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't!" Don't go! When you say that, he doesn't know how to torture me when he looks back! ”

He lowered his head and stammered, "...... In fact...... Actually, learn from him...... I really learned a lot and got interested in history...... Today, he also asked me to come back and write an article on 'Why did Sybaris perish?'. ”

"Oh." Davers became interested: "Why do you think Sybaris perished?" ”

"Of course, it's because of the difference in the ability of the commander when he and Crotone were at war! Crotone was able to defeat Cybaris because they had Pythagoras, just as today we Dionya were able to defeat Crotone because of you! Henipolis replied without thinking, and slapped a sycophant by the way.

We! When Davers heard this word, his eyes flashed, and he smiled: "There is a more important reason. The long life of affluence and luxury has not only corroded the bodies of the people of Xubaris, but also their minds, causing them to lose their courage and fighting spirit. Otherwise, even if Pythagoras had won the battle with ingenuity, Ishbaris was a powerful nation, and they could have reorganized their armies and continued to fight against Crotone with their abundant resources and sufficient population, so that the Crotonians would not take advantage of the victory to pursue and easily occupy their city-state!

It's the same in Crotone today. Having been the overlords of Greater Greece for a long time, they became proud and unvigilant, and at the same time accustomed to peace. As soon as our army set foot on the Croton Plains, they hurried to demand peace. If they had chosen to continue fighting against our Dionia, our alliance would not have been where it is so quickly. So there is a good saying, 'Difficult circumstances make the city-state strive to survive, and a comfortable life makes the country easy to perish!' ’”

Henipolis's eyes lit up, and he repeated the last sentence, and then said excitedly: "My lord, what you said is so good! I'm going to put it in my essay and let the old man know how good I am! ”

Davers said narrowly, "Don't say I said it. ”

"Of course!"

There was a burst of laughter from the courtyard.

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A few days later, Antaoris returned to Turiyi, and the Senate, when they learned of what the Brutis had done, were furious and threatened to punish Bruti severely.

A day later, the Trina emissary Sipros arrived in Turiyi with a small number of Siru who had escaped from the siege of the Bruti tribal alliance.

Davos personally received them and formally promised that Dionyas would seek justice for them in due course.

Then, these Sirus, whose relatives were slaughtered and lost their homes, not only told their tragic story in the Senate, but also told the Dionian people in the square and at the rally, arousing the sympathy of many citizens, who said: We should help these poor Greeks and take revenge on the hateful Brutians!

For a time, the territory of Dioonia was filled with the smell of tense war, but the Senate did not issue a mobilization for war, because the autumn received it......

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Corinth, a Greek city-state on the Peloponnese, a city-state with a long history like Sparta, and its geographical location in the geographical center of the Isthmus of Corinth in mainland Greece made it an ideal place for the Greek League to meet, such as the Greco-Persian War decades ago, where the Peloponnesian League armies often met and set out, and its unique geographical location also brought it easy to trade.

As early as more than 100 years ago, Corinthian's prestige flourished in Greece, not only rich in the Mediterranean, but also culturally developed, for which the powerful and confident Corinthians created the Isthmus Games, which soon became one of the four major Greek games.

The quadrennial celebration of Poseidon and a year after the Olympia Games, which was supposed to take place this summer, was postponed to September for some reason. Even so, the Greeks who came to participate in and watch the games still rushed to this isthmus city-state from all directions of the Mediterranean, almost all the well-known Greek city-states have sent athletes to participate, even Sparta, which has some contradictions with Corinth in recent years, has also sent teams, only the Athenians still hold a grudge against the Peloponnesian War, when the Peloponnesian League city-states were discussing how to deal with Athens, the Corinthians insisted on killing all the Athenians and turning the Attica region into a wilderness, so they did not send people to participate.