Cornerus now understands that Davers is trying to redo a new Armendola political system. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info With Davers already in control of Amendolara and the Senate, the only thing Cornerus could do was nod.

Naturally, the appointment of these two people also passed smoothly.

"Execution...... Your Excellency, after the materials we had seized from the Lucanians had been cleared, Amendolara's treasury was only about three thousand drachmas......" Mersis reminded.

"Ho, just elected, I'm starting to work, and the enthusiasm of this public official is too high!" Epitenis said jokingly, and the crowd laughed.

"Three thousand silver coins aren't even a Talient......" Davers muttered to himself, frowning slightly.

Cornerus felt a fever in his face, and he hurriedly explained: "Cornerus does not have a port, and there are not many merchants who come to the city to trade, and the stone mines we dig are available in many city-states, and only Heraclia buys some ...... from us every year."

"It seems that there is a need to set up a commercial officer to manage the trade and think of more lucrative things for Amendolara." Davers said.

Mersis's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "I recommend Marigi as this business officer!" ”

"Oh, are you on good terms with him now?" Davers was a little surprised.

In fact, it is not that Mersis has improved relations with Marigi, but that Mersis will not have trouble with money, because Mariji will indeed make money, which Mersis knows very well in his heart.

"Although Mariji is a Persian, he is really good at doing business, and he did a good job in the market next to our military camp before!" Oliver shouted in the back row.

"I also agree with him to be a commercial officer, I have been to that market, and it is indeed very lively." Immediately afterwards, Epitenis also said.

"Oliver has a crush on someone's daughter and wants to take the opportunity to please his future father-in-law." Martonis also came to have fun and expose Oliver's old bottom.

"Shut up, hunk!" Oliver cursed.

"Quiet! The Senate is a sacred place, not a place of invective! Whoever talks nonsense again, let it out! Davers glared at the two of them fiercely: what was originally a good proposal, but as soon as these two people stirred it up, he was afraid of causing others to think about it.

Martonis and Oliver quickly fell silent.

"This Mariji is a Persian?" Cornerus asked, confused.

"It was, but then because of the persecution of the king of Persia, he took refuge with his whole family to us, and went to Persia with us, and came to Great Greece together, participated in the battle against the Lucanians, and was one of our mercenary soldiers, so he is now a citizen of our Amendolara. This morning, I have sent him as an envoy to Tarantum to discuss an alliance. He is indeed a very good talent! I believe that with him as a commercial officer, there will be a noticeable increase in the gold and silver of our treasury! Davos was full of praise for Marigi.

Cornerus listened carefully, he hesitated a little about Davers's proposal, and glanced at Rafias several times, which means: Do you have no opinion on the new registrar? Don't ask me to oppose anything!

Rafias hesitated, stood up, and said, "But he is a Persian...... The Greek city-states have never—"

"What's wrong with the Persians! As long as he is genuinely willing to be our citizen and has done so much for us, we should accept him! Davers stood up abruptly and said loudly to everyone in the room: "Originally, there were some things that I wanted to wait until the right time to speak, but since the household registration officer has already mentioned this sensitive issue, I will talk to you about some of my views." ”

"Everyone knows that in almost all Greek city-states, citizenship is very difficult to obtain, and the richer and more powerful the city-state, the harder it is to get it. In Sparta, for example, it was almost impossible for outsiders to obtain citizenship; In Athens, the rule now is that 'a child can only become an Athenian citizen when he or she reaches adulthood if both parents are Athenians'. Why is citizenship so hard to obtain? Davers raised his voice and the crowd in the room fell silent for a moment, especially the new citizens, who remembered the sweat and blood they had put into this citizenship and the great risks they had taken, and Davers's words resonated with them.

"That's because they're afraid that outsiders will share the political power, land, and wealth of the city-state with them!" Alexis said hatefully.

"That's right! This selfishness of the Greek city-states led them to reject outsiders and give up the opportunity to grow stronger! Athens collapsed after the fiasco in Sicily, why? Because they don't have enough young and middle-aged citizens. Sparta, even though it now dominates Greece, is mainly sent out to fight mercenaries and allies, why? With only about 3,500 citizens and the need to prevent the Helots rebellion in the country, the war-loving citizens of Sparta would only fight less and less, and eventually lose Greek hegemony. Look at our neighbor Turiyi, after losing the battle with the Lucanian coalition, knowing that we have defeated the Lucanians, but carefully not even daring to open the gate, why? There aren't enough young citizens to resist us rushing in and plundering it. ”

The crowd laughed, as did the old citizens, who had the same understanding of the matter of Turiyi.

"And then look at Persia where we have been, Persia is not a big country?" Davers asked.

"Big, too big!" The new citizens replied in unison.

"Are there many Persians?"

"Many! There are people of all races! ”

"You must know that Persia was only a small tribe at the beginning, and was bullied by the Medes, but the leader of the tribe, Cyrus, was very wise and open-minded, he got along with the surrounding tribes in a friendly way, and generously accepted other tribes. Persia is like a snowball on the top of a mountain, and in just a few decades a small tribe has become a big empire......"

The people listened attentively to Davers's account of Persian history, including the well-educated Cornerus, who also knew little about Persia, a great power in the East, and listened with great interest.

"Why is the Persian Empire strong? It is because it is tolerant of other tribes as its people, just as the Mediterranean Sea is large because of the countless rivers that flow into it. Davers's words made everyone ponder.

"As I said before, if you are content to live in a small city-state every day, until the other city-states and forces are strong, and then lead a large army to the city, obediently surrender, and become its vassal, then I will not say much. If you are not satisfied with today's ordinary, and want to make Amendolara stronger and no longer be bullied by other forces, then remember that man is always the greatest wealth of a city-state! We in Amendora should not be as closed and conservative as other city-states! We want to be open, and we want to accept everyone who is willing to join Amendora and contribute to the prosperity of Amendolara, no matter where he comes from. Only in this way will our strength grow rapidly and increase! You may say that Amendolara doesn't have so much land and wealth to share with them, and that's because your eyes are only on the small land of Amendolara! ”

Davers looked around at the crowd, pointed his left hand to the west, and said proudly: "Look around us, there are Lucanians and Brutis in the west, Mesapi, Puchetti, and Dauni in the east, and I heard that there are Samonai in the north...... And so many indigenous people, don't they have enough land and wealth to share?!! ”

"Defeat them and take their land! ......" The detachment commanders led by Matonis screamed with excitement, and the other new citizens were also mostly enthusiastic, because this was the first time that their leader Davers showed them his grand ambition, and for these former mercenaries who had broadened their horizons in Persia, after satisfying the basic need to become citizens of the city-state, Davos gave them a greater ambition, so that these mercenaries who no longer knew how to plow, graze, and do farm work, and were accustomed to battlefield warfare immediately had a new motivation, and enshrined it as a lifelong goal, and it also became the greatest support force for Davers to consolidate his power.