Avinokis lovingly touched his son's head, with a little reluctance in his eyes. After a few moments, he thanked Davers.

After that, the relationship between the two sides became much closer, and the banquet became lively.

After a few glasses of wine, Avenogis said loudly: "Lord Davers, we Laos are ready to implement a system of consulship for life, just like the Alliance. Do you think you can?! ”

The senators were slightly surprised, but Davers looked calm and smiled: "Our covenant makes it very clear that the alliance will not interfere in the internal affairs of any of the allied city-states, we only ask the allies to advance and retreat together militarily, maintain consistency in diplomacy, and strengthen economic exchanges......

Avinokis was overjoyed, and heard Davers say, "But—" Suddenly he became nervous again.

"I have a little suggestion for Laos, I hope you can always ensure the stability of the city-state, otherwise there will be a riot, when you can't solve it, we will send troops to help you restore order in Laos City, sending troops to fight is a hard work that costs money and labor, right?!" Davers said half-jokingly, half-seriously, and the patriarchs echoed it.

Avino Giston was relieved, in fact, he didn't want to be a lifelong consul at all, the Laos people were not used to the Greek system of government, he just wanted to be the great chief of the city of Laos, just to prevent the Dionian League from thinking that Laos was an indigenous town, he chose to become a lifelong consul, because he felt that this position was very similar to the great chief. At this moment, he said happily: "I feel very honored to be an ally of the Theoria Alliance! I assure Davers and the elders that I, Avinogis, will do everything in my power to ensure the stability of Laos and always be the best ally of the Theorian Alliance! ”

"Good !!" The crowd praised in unison.

"I would like to dance a dance for the honorable Lord Davers and all of you to express my sincerest gratitude!" Avernogis, too, was interested, and he took a sip of the wine in his glass, strode to the center of the hall, and began to shake his shoulders and turn in circles, and sang loudly: "

High mountain peaks,

That was the abode of Athenu,

We graze cattle and sheep down the mountain,

Beautiful maidens flashing in the mountains and forests,

The happy figure is like a jumping deer,

caught my eye,

……”

Wesbah and Bagul began to sing aloud, and Davers and the other senators, though they could not understand what they were singing, all beat their beats and hummed softly......

Avinogis's decades of endurance and caution were swept away by heroic singing and vigorous dancing, and only happiness was left in his heart, and his heart was indescribably comfortable.

When he took his seat, the applause lasted for a long time.

Scombras stood up with a ruddy face, burped, and said, "Uh...... The guests who came from Laos performed a dance...... Belch...... Our alliance should also respond, and I will sing an ode to Zeus for everyone......

"Good! Good!! ……”

………………………

A few days ago, Sincinag was in ecstasy, he defeated Akpiru's son Lusau and took the city of Grummentum, and with two large cities, he could become the new overlord of Lucania.

But then a series of events made him realize that it would not be easy to replace Akpiru.

Because he was reluctant to distribute most of the property of the captured Akpiru tribe to the tribe that betrayed Lusau, and even more reluctant to divide most of the land owned by the Akpiru tribe to the tribe of Grummentum, on the one hand, he was stingy, and on the other hand, the tribe that followed him in the city of Pikosis also needed to be rewarded.

His breach of the treaty naturally provoked the wrath of the Grumentum tribe, who united to take the northern city, denying Sincinag's men unauthorized access to the area under their control, and threatening to drive Sincinag out of Grummentum.

Sincinag was furious, and he had already made himself the master of the cities of Pikosis and Grummentum, and would not allow anyone to compromise his majesty. Under his orders, the Pikosis warriors had already fought several skirmishes with the Grummentum tribes in the city. At the same time, he once again used trickery in an attempt to break up the tribes that had united against him by bribery, but failed, as none of the Grumentum chieftains were willing to trust his promises anymore.

Sincinag was racking his brains to clean up the Grummentum tribe that had betrayed him, when even worse news came: Nioutum had been taken!

He immediately urgently inquired about the Lucanian shepherds who had fled to Grumentum, and when he heard them say, "I saw countless Greek soldiers entering the city of Nioutum," Sincinag was so frightened that he could hardly believe the fact that Nioutum had been captured by the Greeks!

How is this possible?! Since the Lucarians moved south from the central Apennine Peninsula more than 100 years ago, they have always occupied the land of other tribes, and there is no record of too large towns being captured by other tribes! Skeptical, Sincinag sent spies to reconnoitre.

Although the north of the city of Niutum is heavily guarded, the Lucalian are after all a herding and hunting race, and the spies infiltrated the mountains under the control of the city of Niutum and obtained accurate information from the population of Niutum who came up to graze on the mountain: Niutum has been ruled by the alliance of Dionian city-states, which is ruled by the Greek Davers, who defeated the Lucanian tribal alliance.

When Sincinag heard this, he was terrified and overwhelmed by the thunder, and his first thought was: flee back to Picosis at once, away from the Greeks who had defeated the mighty Akpiru!

He then tried to reach a compromise with the tribes of Grummentum in the face of a possible Greek attack. But the weakened Grumentum tribes saw this as a great opportunity to force Sincinag to back down, and they offered to withdraw the Pikosis forces from Grummentum...... and other conditions. This was simply unacceptable to Sincinag.

After a few days of suffering, he finally decided: at the risk of possibly losing Picosis City, he once again sent more soldiers from Pikosis City to Grumentum to join him, first work together to defeat these hostile tribes, and completely control the central city of the Lucanians.

Just as he was about to send the heralds to Pikosis and hand over the order to Gneinat, who was guarding the city of Pikosis, the guards came in and reported that a Lucanian, who claimed to be an envoy of Niutum, had asked to see the Grand Chief.

Sincinag was taken aback, he hesitated for a moment and decided to receive it.

When Hermon was brought into the hall of the chiefs of Grummentum, he had been looking left and right: two rows of fierce warriors stood straight at the entrance of the hall, Sincinag sat high in front of the middle of the hall, and the chiefs of the Pikosis tribes sat on either side of the three steps under the steps......

Hmon looked at the majestic hall, it had long been rumored that Akpiru wanted to be the king of the Lucanians, at least judging from the unusual tribal chief's chamber, he might really have such a plan, but it was a pity......

Hmon was thinking about Sincinag speaking from above: "I didn't expect the messenger of Niutum to be you!" I heard that your city was taken by the Greeks, but is it true? ”

Before it was annexed by Niutum, Hermon's tribe was also very influential in the "fertile land of the mountains", so he was also considered a tribal leader in the Lucaria region. He saluted respectfully, and then said, "Honorable Grand Chief Sincinag, Niutum is now part of the Dionian City-State Alliance, and Laos has also become an ally of the Dionian League under the leadership of Avinogis—"

"What?! Laos also surrendered to the Greeks?!! ”

"I said a long time ago that the mongrels of the Greeks are unreliable!"

"What do we do now?! Without Laos's containment, the Greeks can attack us with confidence!! ”

……

Hemon's words were like a blast of thunder, causing the seated leaders to panic. Sincinag originally liked this high seat, it could reflect the dignity of the position of the great chief, at the moment he only hated that this seat was too conspicuous, so that his fear could not be hidden, he held the armrest of the seat tightly, and saw Hemon standing there with a smile on his face, a look of good play made his fear turn into anger: "Damn the Niutum! You have forgotten the teachings of Asinu and surrendered to our enemies! Do you dare to appear here, do you think my short sword is not sharp enough?! ”

"You're wrong, Grand Chief. I did not surrender to the Greeks, but became a citizen of the Dionian Union! Not only can I continue to sacrifice to Asinu, but I can also make sacrifices in Turiyi and Amendolara as long as I have enough silver...... While the other realms of the Ionian League built temples at Athenu without interference, the sheep fighting continued to be held in Niutum every autumn, and the Lucalian custom of taking marriages remained unchanged...... Lucalian of Niutum is a citizen of the Dionian League as much as I do, but we are still Lucalians, but we have more freedom, more land, more cattle and sheep, and very little tax! "Hermon proudly and loudly proclaims the benefits of being a citizen of the Dionian Union.

The leaders and warriors in the hall felt incredulous: "The Greeks can be so good to us Lucalians?!" ”

"Davers, the consul of the Diorian League, the man who defeated Akpiru, once said, 'Dionya is not only an alliance of the Greeks, but also of the Lucanians!' If you don't believe me, ask the leader of the Melinor tribe, Vesbah, and his son, who became citizens of the Ionian Confederation earlier and are now the elders of the Dionian Senate! The Ionian League is also ready to continue-"