She ...... She's kicked again! Christoya shouted, a happy smile.

Asuna hurriedly ran out of the garden, wiped the dust from her clothes, and helped Christoya sit down with Cynthia.

After the three women frolicked and tossed, Christoya felt a little hungry: "Cynthia, your brother has come back, playing with little Chloe upstairs, you go up and tell them to come down, let's prepare for dinner." ”

The "younger brother" Cristoia refers to is Cynthia's own brother Adonis, who is already eight years old and also studying at the Turiyi school.

Cynthia let out an "oh" and got up to go upstairs, but saw a plate of black things on the wooden table next to her, and asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

"This is your Aunt Andrea, according to your father's proposal, the jerky smoked with beef and salt was specially sent from Grumentum, let us taste it first." Christoya said.

Cynthia grabbed a small piece and took a bite: "It's a little hard." ”

She chewed vigorously for a while, swallowed it, and said, "After chewing for a long time, it tastes good, but it is salty, suitable for snack." ”

"Your father was going to use it as one of the soldiers' rations." Cynthia's unintentional words made Christoya's eyes light up, she only cared about taste, and as for using too much salt, she didn't care. Ever since Davers asked the people of the Dionian Academy to come up with a way to improve the salt drying method, the production of sea salt has increased dramatically, and the price of salt is extremely cheap.

Cynthia shoved the whole piece of jerky into her mouth and walked around the garden.

On the other side of the garden there is a small altar with a stone statue of Artenis smiling with a bow, which is exactly one person tall and carved to life. After marrying Davers, the pearl of Lijim, Egnes, could not forget the years when she was a priest to Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, even though Davos made her the chief priest of the Temple of Hera. With her husband's consent, she built a small altar to Artenis in the backyard, but Cynthia became a devotee of the goddess. Perhaps it is because the Greeks regarded Artenis as the goddess of the moon, and the night was her world, and the name "Cynthia" originally meant the moon, so there was naturally a sense of intimacy. So Cynthia prayed to Artenis reverently before entering the main building.

Seeing Cynthia enter the building, Asuna hesitated and said to Christoya, "Madam, let's not wait...... Wait for Lady Agnes to come back for dinner? ”

Christoya smiled and said, "She has to prepare for tomorrow's Marriage Day celebration, and it is estimated that she will be busy in the temple until late at night, so we don't have to wait for her." With her temperament, she wouldn't care. ”

"What about the master?"

"Don't wait. The Senate has been meeting and discussing for the past two days, and I don't know when it will end. It's all to blame on the nobles and merchants who make trouble in the square...... And that damn Polyxis! At the mention of this, Christoya became a little irritated.

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"Distinguished elders, not only in Turiyi, but also in the cities of Crimesa, Picosis, Amendolara and other cities, many people have come to the square to protest. Open the door and listen to their cries – listen, they are shouting, 'Call a citizens' assembly!' ’”

Polyx's impassioned speech was immediately interrupted by Antonios: "As far as I know, there are actually only a small number of people protesting in Turry and Crimesa, and there is no 'majority' as you say!" Moreover, this kind of thing didn't happen to Amendolara and Picosis at all! ”

"That's right, as a native of Amendolara, I can confirm that Antonios' words are true!" Scombras said.

Polyxis had expected someone to say this, and immediately sneered: "Just because you don't speak out doesn't mean that no one has any objections to this." Citizens just keep this dissatisfaction in their hearts and dare not vent it. It's funny to think about it, their request can be said to be very simple and not excessive, is it necessary for us to be so nervous? You know, as long as the city-state was founded by the Greeks, there must be a citizens' assembly! Even back in the days of the monarchy hundreds of years ago, the citizens' assembly still existed in the presence of a king! Only the city-states under the rule of tyrants, because they were afraid of the people and suppressed the people, did not dare to have a citizens' assembly, such as Syracuse. ”

Polyxis said, turning to face Davers, who was seated in front of him, and summoned up the courage to ask, "May I ask the Archon, ...... Is our alliance ruled by tyrants?! ”

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was shocked.

Davers looked calm, as if he didn't know that Polyxis's words were directed at him: "Of course not. The Dionian League was under the joint administration of the Senate senators. There was no hint of pyrotechnics in Davers's faint words.

"So is there a clause in the law of Dionya that "prohibits the convening of a citizens' assembly"?! Polyxis grew emboldened and continued to ask.

"Of course not." Davers replied unhurriedly.

"In this case, it is reasonable for the people to call for a citizens' assembly, and I hope that the Senate will consider this matter carefully and not disappoint the citizens!" Seeing that Davers had fallen into the linguistic trap he had set up, Polyxis took the opportunity to speak out loud.

"Lord Polyxis, it is not an easy task to convene a citizens' assembly." "The situation of the Dionian League is very different from that of other Greek city-states, our citizens are not concentrated in one city-state, but all the cities in the League, and it is a great problem to gather them alone!" In addition, the citizens of Dionya were not only Greeks, but also Lucalians and Brutis, who did not understand what a citizens' assembly was, and had never participated in a citizens' assembly......

Kunogorata had recounted the difficulties of convening a citizens' assembly in Dionia, but in fact he had a personal thought in his mind: as the powerful faction of the Dionian Senate, he did not want the citizens' assembly to be held, because he was tired of having to curry favor with the citizens and attack political opponents in order to be elected general in Turiyi...... and so on to do something against their will, and after being elected, do anything, the slightest carelessness, may be incited by political opponents to the citizens, forced to step down, far less than now can do things in a down-to-earth manner, only need to the alliance, the ...... Davers is in charge.

There are actually many people who have similar ideas to him, such as: Cornerus, Scombras...... And so on, some of the veterans who have always been at the forefront of the Alliance.

"Mistress Kunograta is right! We Bruti don't care about any citizens' assembly, as long as there is something to eat, women to sleep in, and wine to drink! Sedorum pretended to be rude and said loudly: "We Brutis only believe in whoever is strong in ability and has the greatest fist, they will obey whomever they want!" ”

"It's the same with us Lucalians, the citizens' assembly is too troublesome, we're not interested!" Hmon then responded.

The explicit opposition of the other two major forces in the Senate, Lucaria and Bruti, made Polyxis's face a little ugly, but he still did not intend to give up, and continued: "It is difficult to convene a citizens' assembly, but because there are difficulties, we have to give up, is this the style of the Dionians!" The construction of the Turiyi-Laos Avenue had to climb over the lofty mountains and was full of difficulties, and we have not finally built it after several years of hard work!

The citizens had been looking forward to the Citizens' Assembly for a long time, and it is completely understandable that Dionya was faced with an existential threat at the beginning of its establishment and had to unite the minds of the people and concentrate all their efforts on defeating a strong enemy. But now that Dionya was stable and prosperous, and the people were prosperous and leisurely, the Greeks, who had always had a strong tradition of participating in the politics of the city-state, the demand for a citizens' assembly from one day to another only grew stronger with each passing year! As the most distinguished representatives of the citizens of Dionia, I hope that you can deeply understand this point, make the right choice in time, and do not wait for the dissatisfaction of the citizens to accumulate to a dangerous level, and then make a hasty decision, which will be detrimental to the Senate and the Dionian Union! ”

Polyxis's emotional and threatening words made many people present change their color slightly.

Davers looked at Polyxis thoughtfully.

"Now, it's up to everyone to vote on whether to pass this bill to convene a citizens' assembly!" The chairman-in-office, Cornerus, announced loudly.

As usual, the Legion Patriarchs were all opposed, as were the Lucanian Patriarchs, and most of the Patriarchs did not agree either, with most of the Patriarchs supporting Polyxis being unused, with the majority of the Turian Patriarchs. But among those in favor, Davers saw Bulcos, Petaru, and even Dionia's naval commander, Enanilus......

Davers' eyes narrowed, and a cold light flashed between them.

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Coming out of the Senate, it was getting late, and the spring night was still cool, but the Bolton that Polyxis was wearing was almost soaking wet, the result of a cold sweat that had been scared out when he questioned Davers.

Although his motion was rejected again, Polyxis now has confidence because he sees an increase in the number of supporters of him.

Davers is no more than that, next time...... He thought excitedly, and his steps became stronger, and he spoke louder with his fellow senators.

"I don't know why, this timid guy is getting more and more rampant now!" Marigi stood on the steps outside the Senate, looked indignantly at Polyxis who was chatting and laughing in the distance, and then said to Davers with some worry: "My lord, I can't let him be so arrogant anymore!" ”