"The supreme authority of Athens and Amendolara was the Citizens' Assembly, which allowed all citizens to participate and decided on the legal, military, diplomatic, and other important affairs of the city-state; Athens had a system of 'ten generals', Amendola had two consuls, who managed the internal affairs of the city-state in peacetime, and served as army commanders in wartime, and were elected annually by the citizens' assembly; Athens had a council of five hundred, and Amendola had a hundred-member senate, whose members were also elected by the citizens' assembly every year, proposed bills, were responsible for the execution and trial of the city-state's laws, assisted the consuls in managing the city-state, and ordinary foreign affairs, and it also had an important task of reviewing and providing candidates for consuls. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Originally, the election of consuls was held in June every year, at the request of the applicant, nominated by the Senate, and elected by the citizens' assembly. But now, Amendora is in dire need of an election of consuls to lead the people to rebuild their homes, so an exception is being held today. I would like to invite the former mercenary leader Davers and the main officers to come to the stage and discuss it together, and first list the candidates for consul. As soon as Cornerus finished speaking, the new citizens (former mercenary soldiers) in the audience were already a little impatient.

"What other candidates! The Archon of Amendolara can only be our chief of Davers! Someone shouted loudly in the crowd, and it was immediately unanimously approved by the new citizens.

"That's right! We won't choose anyone but the Davos Chief! ”

"Only Davers can lead us to continue to create miracles!"

"Leader Davers is a commander who wins every battle, and with him, we don't have to worry about failure!"

"Chief Davers as Archon!"

"Davers!"

"Davers!!"

"Davers !!"

……

The thousands of nearly 3,000 new citizens in the hall chanted Davers's name in unison, and the momentum was quite spectacular.

When Cornerus encountered this situation for the first time, he couldn't help but panic, and immediately cast a plea of help to Davers in the audience.

Davers smiled and said a word to Assistes, who immediately ran to the back of the square.

Soon a high-pitched brass horn sounded over the square, which immediately restored the silence of the former Davos mercenary soldiers, and the other mercenaries gradually stopped shouting.

Cornerus was secretly alarmed by Davers's strong appeal: it seemed that Davers was certain to become consul, and that another consul should be chosen from among the former citizens of Amendolar.

Cornerus was anxiously thinking about how to speak, when someone in the crowd shouted: "Brothers, although we have elected the chief of Davers as the consul, let's not forget that he will share power with another person, and a new consul will be elected next year, who could be better than the chief of Davers!" And who better to work miracles than the Davers Chief! Who better to command a battle than the Davos Chieftain! Who else is more favored by the gods than Davers! ”

"No one!!"

"No!!" The new citizens are clamoring again.

"Are you willing to let a strange, incompetent person rule over you?!" Another shouted at the top of his voice.

"I don't want to!!" This is exactly what the mercenaries feared.

"Brothers, think about it. Are democracies really good? Think of Athens, once the most powerful city-state in Greece, only to be crushed by a group of incompetent politicians! Consider that the city-states we passed through in the U-Ke Xinghai were also democracies, and they all had terrible governance of the city-states. An army must be under the command of a wise general in order to be able to win the battle. If a city-state wants to be strong, of course, it should also follow this principle. Brothers, in the past year, we have experienced a lot of difficulties, but we have also gained a lot of knowledge, seen the vastness of the Persian territory, saw the domineering of Sparta, and saw the bullying of Turii because of it...... Are you willing to live freely under a democratic system but be bullied, or are you willing to become strong under the leadership of the leader of Davers?! Soldiers, speak your mind! Looking at Oliver, who was raising his arms and chanting in the crowd, Davers nodded imperceptibly.

"Davers is king!" The crowd burst into applause, and Cornerus and the other five people on the stage, as well as the citizens of Amendolara, were shocked.

Both Sesta and Adrianx turned their heads to look at Davers not far away, as well as the senior mercenary officers such as Antonios, Kapuse, and Amintas around him, all of them looking calm. If they were more familiar with Davers, they would have found that the people who led the soldiers in the square were Shiros, Matonis, Oliver, and other people from the original Shilos team. Sesta and Adrianx looked at each other, then fell silent.

With that loud shout, the whole square fell into a terrible silence, but soon the new citizens also began to shout: "Davers is king." "At the beginning, it was sparse, but in the end it became more and more neat and louder.

Cornerus looked at the other five, and one of the old men tried to rush out, but was held back by the left and right, and finally he gave up. In the face of the overwhelming momentum of thousands of people in the audience, no one dared to muster up the courage to step forward and shout: "You are wrong!" Amendolara will not allow anyone to be elected king! The laws of Amendolara do not allow it! The citizens of Amendolara will never allow it!! "The reason why they are alive until now, rather than dying at the hands of the Lucanians like the other citizens of Amendolara, is because they are not brave enough, which is why Davers chose them. Most of the citizens of Amendolara in the audience were old, weak, sick and disabled, and had neither the intention nor the possibility of confronting the mercenary soldiers.

Cornerus suddenly regretted his promise to let the mercenaries join Amendolara, but now that the situation did not allow him to think about it, he turned his pleading gaze to Davers again.

Davers saw that the time was ripe. Walking to the stage without hurrying, the new citizens saw his figure appear on the wooden platform, and their emotions became even more agitated, and they shouted in unison: "Davers is king!" ”

"Davers, King!!"

"King Davers!!"

……

Cornerus glanced at Davers with a complicated look and moved out of the middle.

Davers faced the crowd of black and oppressive people in the audience, and the boiling voices almost burst his ears, and his hands pressed down with a calm expression......

Calm gradually returned to the square.

"No, soldiers, you should now be called citizens of Amendolara! When I left Byzantium, I said to the officers, 'I will make you citizens of the city-state and have your own land.' In less than two months, my promise was fulfilled. You have won today's harvest with sweat and blood, as well as fearless fighting spirit! You deserve it, congratulations to you - the new citizens of Amendora!! ”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!!" The new citizens in the audience cheered excitedly, and some even shed tears.

"Thank you very much for your trust in electing me as king of Amendorala. For me, being a king does not mean that I have great power to oppress the citizens for my own benefit. Rather, it means that I have to take on a greater responsibility to make the citizens of Amendolara live a happier life, and to make our city-state stronger and not to be bullied by others! I have the confidence to do so, but—" Davers paused slightly, and Cornerus's heart was about to jump out of his throat.

"I'm sorry to you, I can't be this king." As soon as these words came out, the others on the stage breathed a sigh of relief, and the new citizens in the audience were in an uproar.

"Why?!" The new citizens are asking questions.

"Because there are very few city-states in the Greek city-states today that have a royal system, and even Sparta has a dual monarchy (Macedonia does not count, the Greeks do not consider it a Greek city-state). The kingship was not popular with the Greek city-states at this time, and if I had become king of Amendora, then Amendolara would have been ostracized by the great Greek city-states. For Amendolara to develop, it needed to trade with other city-states; For Amendora to be strong, it needed to be allied with other city-states; And once Amendolara is isolated and has no allies, then all good ideas will be in vain. What's even more terrifying is that Amendolara will be attacked by the Greek city-states that hate the royal system, so I can't be this king for the sake of Amendolala! ”