Chapter 15: An Unexpected Visitor from the West
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The Governor of the city, Kunogorata, was busy dealing with all sorts of disputes and lawsuits, as well as selecting patrols and firefighters to maintain order in the hot port area, prevent fires, and pay attention to the new management problems posed by the growing number of prospective citizens in the city.
Amendolara's city administrator, Cornerus, faced the same problem because of the influx of outsiders in the city's warehouse hotel area and the newly built market.
Inspector Antonios paid close attention to the changes in the moral climate of the people of the two cities, whether the people were friendly, whether there were any abuses of the elderly, women, and children, whether there were abuses of free people, slaves, etc.
The military officer, Phellisius, had a headache on how to properly integrate the large number of reserve citizens into the army and train them into qualified soldiers in the shortest possible time.
One can imagine the busyness of the registrar Rafias, who had already proposed to the Senate more than once to increase the number of scribes and archivists.
Mersis, the treasurer, was busy collecting the land tax of the citizens and the commercial tax on the other, and although he lost a lot of weight because of this, the busier the fat man became, the happier he became.
The commercial officer, Marigi, was under great pressure to ensure the quality of the market and the port, and to maintain order in the two most crowded areas, especially in the port area, where there were many foreigners, while also considering the continued development of trade in the Tuafa Union. As the reconstruction of Turii is gradually completed, it is only natural that the demand for certain goods among the city's dwellers will decrease significantly. How to prevent a sharp decline in foreign trade? He had been thinking of a way, and Davers's advice to him was that before the Tua League developed new, unique, high-quality goods, it could rely on novel competitive competitions and entertainment to attract wealthy foreigners to the city-state......
Although a former merchant, the agricultural officer Burkos was in fact a large landowner, growing grapes, olives and wheat, and was equally familiar with agriculture, and he was not only responsible for surveying the land, distributing it, leasing it, and settling disputes between neighboring households, but also giving good advice to the people according to the actual conditions of the farmland, so that they could obtain higher harvests and profits.
Superintendent Alexis is undoubtedly one of the busiest senior public officials. Although the reconstruction of Turii was the responsibility of the Reconstruction Committee as a whole, with Heraclyde in charge, it was his job to carry out the specific construction, not only for the timely purchase of all kinds of building materials, but also for the organization of manpower and the maintenance of order. At the same time, he had to supervise the construction of roads and bridges for which little Heraclyde was responsible, as well as the construction of the new market under the city of Amendolara, so he was busy from morning to night, tired like a dog, and shouted at Davers at the sight of his resignation, but the next morning he was full of energy and devoted himself to his busy work.
In addition to the busy veterans in public office, the other senators were also not idle, and at the initiative of Davers, they formed a number of committees to assist the League in managing its affairs.
Importantly, the Coalition Mediation Committee is composed of three people, and if there is a major dispute in the city-state that cannot be resolved by the law for a while, then it is left to them to persuade them to settle it.
The Public Officials Investigation Committee, composed of five members, is responsible for monitoring the appointment of junior and middle-level public officials and establishing a file for future promotion. At the same time, if people report public officials, they also need to investigate whether it is true and respond to it.
There is also a minting committee consisting of three people. Most of the Greek city-states minted their own coins for easy trading and profit, for commemorating events and sacrificing to the gods, and for announcing their existence to other city-states. The Tua Union was no exception, and they waited for the rebuilding of the Turiyi to be completed and to launch their first coins......
There were also improvised committees, such as the Temple Preparatory Committee, which was headed by Plesinas. The elders of these committees serve on the same terms as public officials, with most of them serving two-year terms that rotate at the end of the term.
Although October is not the day of the Tu-Afa Union elections, it is a good day for the various departments to recruit public officials since the promulgation of the Law on Public Service of the Union. Citizens who do not join the army, do not pay taxes, are not eligible to serve as public officials, and citizens with disabilities are subject to the need to see if they will interfere with their work.
While the senators of the Senate were busy and the citizens were busy with public office, Davos received a special guest at the mansion of Turiyi.
This is a strong, middle-aged man, who, despite his Greek costume, can't hide the wild nature of the mountains. Sure enough, under the watchful eye of the guards, he spoke in a strange Greek pronunciation: "Your Excellency the Archon of the Tua Alliance, Avinogis of Laos has asked me to greet you on his behalf." I am his brother, Arrobmas. ”
Davers was shocked in his heart, his expression remained unchanged, and he said slowly: "Laos? Lucania's Laos?! ”
"Yes." Arobumas stared at Davers and said very simply: "Although Laos now belongs to Lucania, my brother and I are both Greeks!" ”
Of course, Davers knew about this, but he still looked the same, and turned his head to look at Assistes next to him.
Asistes understood, and immediately came out and asked: "As far as we know, Avinogis is an important leader of Laos, before Lucaria and Turiyi went to war, he strongly supported the Lucarian alliance to start a war with Turiyi, and is one of the main enemies of our Tua alliance, it doesn't matter whether he is a Greek or not!" ”
Arobumas didn't expect that the other party knew him very well, and it was useless to play the family card, he was a little panicked: "We are really Greeks!" Laos is a colonial city built by Xubaris, a hundred years ago the Lucarians went south, the city of Xubaris has been destroyed by Crotone, no city-state sent troops to rescue Laos, we Laos have no way, in order to protect the people, we can only throw ourselves to Lucaria, but we have not forgotten that we have the blood of noble Greeks flowing in our blood, we speak Greek at home, worship the great gods Apollo and Hera, and look forward to returning to Greece one day! Because of this, the Lucanians are very defensive of us, oppress us, bully us, and treat us as aliens. In order to be destroyed from their suspicion, we have to do something against our own wishes at some point! ”
Arrobmas said excitedly, looking directly at Davers with a respectful gaze: "And since hearing that your Lord Archon has annihilated the Lucanian tribal alliance with fewer victories, my brother and I have been greatly excited! Not long after, you once again led your army to defeat the mighty Crotone, and became the master of Amendolara and Turiyi, thus bordering Lucania's domain! My brother admires your great military achievements, and I sincerely hope that you will help us, the descendants of the suffering Sybaris, and the city of Laos, to return to the arms of the Greeks! ”
Davers was not moved by Arobumas's praise, and nodded slightly with a calm expression: "What help do you need from the Tua Alliance?" ”
"My brother wants to form an alliance with the Tua Alliance, and plans to fight the Lucanians together after retaking Laos!" Arrobmas said excitedly.
And so it was! Davers said secretly in his heart, his expression was still calm: "What kind of covenant?" ”
"Just as the Tua Alliance and Castelon have signed," Arobumas recalled what Avinogis had taught him: "In alliance, the Tua Alliance does not interfere in the internal affairs of the allies, but only controls ...... Diplomacy...... Diplomatic power and the ...... of war ......"
Obviously, Avinokis had conducted a detailed investigation of the Tua alliance and came prepared, which shows that they took this visit very seriously! After Davers grasped the situation, his expression was still flat, and he said: "I know, you go back to the hotel to rest first, and I can give you an answer after I discuss with the senators." ”
"I hope the Archon will give me an answer soon!" Arrobmas said anxiously.
"Why?" Davers pretended to be puzzled.
Arrobmas was momentarily speechless.
Assistes laughed and said, "It's because Niutum has elected a new leader, and urged Avinokis to lead the people to move to Niutum City, right?" ”
Arrobmas was dumbfounded: the people of the Tua Union know everything!
"Alright, I'll get back to you as soon as possible." Only then did Davers affirm.
After Arobumas left anxiously, Davers asked, "Yasi, what do you think of the demands of the Laos?" ”
"My lord, as we have analyzed before, Avinokis is forced to resist, but according to the situation he is in now, if we make further requests, he will definitely agree. It's too cheap to give him a covenant like Castron's! Assistes said unwillingly.
Davers shook his head and said, "Although Avinokis can only rely on us after rebelling against Lucania. But if we make too harsh demands, it will also make Avinokis resentful, and if something unexpected happens, it is likely to cause him to rebel again! We have no foundation west of the mountains, and we must rely on Laos's full help, and as long as Laos joins our alliance, then we have a port on the west coast of the Apennine Peninsula, which will greatly promote the trade development of our alliance! Therefore, we should look farther, and don't care about those little interests! ”
What Davers said made Arcises feel ashamed, and he nodded repeatedly, and then he heard Davers say, "Of course, I am not undemanding. My request is - Niutum! ”