As soon as little Klotocatax climbed on his father's knees, he was about to be carried away by his mother, crying and fussing in displeasure.

Davers didn't bother to pay attention to him at the moment, and turned back to Attilikruz and said, "The Dionian Senate will be glad to hear this, I hope—"

Attilicruz waved his hand and immediately said, "But Lijim also has a small request, I hope Dionya can agree!" ”

The Greeks in southern Italy all say that the Lijim people are all merchants, and the baht must be compared, and Artiliclus is one of the best, and it is really unprofitable! Davers cheered up and said, "Speak." ”

"You also know that the tyrant of Syracuse rebuilt Messina. Messina is now completely turned against Syracuse, against Ligim at every turn. And it also had an accomplice, Tyndareus, the colonial city where the tyrant had settled the Messenians, not far from Messina, and the two city-states united to disrupt the trade routes of the Strait, and sometimes even to seize merchant ships that came to the Ligim trade...... In the long run, no merchant ship dares to come to Lijim to do maritime trade, and Lijim will be ruined! Attillicruz said with a melancholy expression.

"We have protested to Messina several times, but to no avail. He also sent an envoy to Syracuse, but the tyrant did not receive our messenger at all! Therefore, after deliberation, the council decided to build a colonial city on the peninsula of Milai to house the exiles of the Sicilian city-states of Catanay, Naxos, Leotini, etc......."

"You wait." Davers turned back to the slave who was with him and said, "Go to the study and get a map of Sicily." Although Davers has the habit of looking at maps every day, compared with the familiarity of southern Italy, Davers's memory of the terrain of Sicily and the location of the city-state is still poor.

"The Sicilian city-states of Catanay and Naxos were destroyed by Dionysius, and their exiles must have been full of hatred for Syracuse." Davos knew that many of the city-states in Greater Greece had taken in Sicilian exiles, and this was because the Great Greek city-states were wary of Syracuse, so it would be easy for them to help the opponents who were driven out by Syracuse.

"That's for sure, so they won't be easily co-opted by that tyrant!" Artili Cruise said hatefully.

At this point, the map was brought and Davers unfolded it on the wooden table where the cutlery had been removed.

"This is Messina...... This is Tyndares ......" Davers scrutinized the map.

Artiliclus also leaned in and looked at the parchment map: it was evident that it had been specially drawn, not only in large proportions, but also in a detailed depiction, no less than the one kept in the town hall of Ligem, and it seemed that his son-in-law did not pay much attention to Sicily. Even Carthage's newly built Lilliver, Messina's New Town, Tauromerion...... The locations of these newly built city-states are clearly marked, as are some of the destroyed ones, such as Himera on the northern coast, which reads "destroyed by the war in Sicily launched by the Carthaginian commander Hannibal fifteen years ago."

"This is the Millais Peninsula......" Davers' finger was finally fixed in the northeast corner of Sicily. The Milley Peninsula is said to be a peninsula, and the feeling given to Davers on the map is actually just a prominent headland, just between Messina and Tyndares, the location of this colonial city is really wonderful, just to cut off the connection between the two cities, you must know that Messina and Tyndares are both new cities (Messina City was destroyed by Carthage), and the strength is not strong, although there is Syracuse behind it, but Syracuse controls so many city-states, it is impossible to fully support Messina and Tyndareus. Although Ligem was not as powerful as Syracuse, it was also a powerful state, and it was very wealthy, and a lot of resources were poured into this new city, which would soon be able to surpass Messina and Tinstas, so as to contain and deter them.

But there is an important question here.

"Have you considered Syracuse's attitude?" Davers asked in a deep voice.

"According to ancient tradition, any Greek city-state has the right to establish a colony, and the location of our new city is not within the territory of Messina and Tyndareus......" said Atticruz with a stirring voice.

"With Dionysius's personality, he would not have thought about Greek traditions." Davers was not optimistic about this, and said with a serious expression: "He finally took control of western Sicily, but at this time, there is an external force that wants to extend its hand into his sphere of influence, do you think he will agree?" ”

"That's why I'm here in Turriyi. Lijim hopes for your support! Attilicruz said eagerly, "For this reason, Lijim is willing to put our fleet under the command of Dionia. ”

Originally, the city-states in the Dionian League did not have such a degree of bargaining freedom with Dionia, but Ligim was the only large Greek powerhouse to join the alliance, which was different from other affiliated small states after all, and the Dionian Senate showed enough tolerance and respect for it, and in order to enhance Dionia's voice in the Southern Italian Alliance, Davers invited Lijim to join the Southern Italian Alliance last year, and other city-states such as Crotone did not have strong opposition, which shows the influence of Ligem, an old powerful state, It also made Ligem the only great Greek city-state to belong to both the Dionian League and the Southern Italian League.

Davers was silent: Support? It's easy to say, it means war, and Dionia is trying to avoid it now, otherwise why sign a treaty of friendship with Syracuse, Lijim wants to drag Dionia into the water!

"I think such an important matter must be discussed by the Senate, and even with the other city-states in the Southern Italian Alliance." Davers said vaguely, not giving an immediate reply.

With great difficulty, the unhappy-looking Attillicruz was sent away, and Davers was still pacing back and forth in the living room, thinking about the Strait of Messina.

Finally, he called in Aristiras.

"There will definitely be a war!" Aristias affirmed: "The reason why Messina and Tyndares dared to invade Ligem so boldly was originally the result of Dionysius's backing, maybe what Liguim wanted to do was exactly what he wanted, he could just start a war against Ligem, not only could he take revenge on Ligem—" Aristias said this, glancing at Davers.

Davers didn't care what he was alluding to, and said, "Go on." ”

Moreover, with Syracuse taking Ligem and controlling the entire Strait of Messina, Dionysius was able to collect taxes on passing merchant ships to feed his huge army. My lord, according to the intelligence, Syracuse demanded a large amount of war reparations in negotiations with Carthage, and used the money to buy food, build more warships, and pay mercenaries, not just for a Lijim! Aristias said worriedly.

Davers was silent, he knew all this information.

Aristias said in a deep voice, "Besides...... My lord, I have discovered a situation that I hope will be brought to your attention from the information that has recently gathered information in various parts of Dionia. ”

"Oh, what is it?" Davers looked at him.

"Now among the prospective citizens and the registered freedmen, a fear is beginning to spread. They were worried that even if they became full citizens of Dionia, they would no longer be able to obtain land......" Aristias said slowly.

Davers raised an eyebrow. It is true that the plains of the Dionian League's territory have been basically divided, and only the mountains of Lucania and the Bruti region still have some spare land, but that is not enough for so many reserve citizens to distribute.

"So they want to leave?" The corners of Davers's mouth turned up slightly, and he said half-jokingly, half-seriously.

"Dionya is a paradise for the freedmen, how could they leave!" Aristilas paused for a moment and said in an accentuated tone: "They want to have a war, use war to gain more land, use war to shorten the years of being a citizen, and use war to win a share of land!" ”

Davers was in a slightly somber mood. The military system he designed for Dionya was the source of the Greek freedmen who flocked to Dionia, and it was also the reason for their desire to fight and not be afraid of death.

"Those who forget to fight will be in danger, and those who are warmonger will die......" Davers said silently. The command of the Dionian army must be firmly in his hands, otherwise the consequences of losing control will be unimaginable. But now, Dionia is still weak and needs this system to strengthen itself.

"Land......" Daversmo rubbed his chin. Dionysia has indeed reached a bottleneck of expansion: to the south, there is the mighty Syracuse; To the north, there were the Samonens, who knew that it had taken decades for the Romans in previous history to conquer this warlike race, and that they had suffered several crushing defeats in the process, and that Dionyas would not easily provoke it until he was ready; Further east, there is the territory of the Mesapi and Puchetti, which is the closest place to Dionya in terms of distance, but these two races are not good stubble, and they are united, Dionya needs to do his best to conquer them, but the current situation does not allow it, and there is a Tarantum sandwiched in the middle, and the relationship with Dioria is not very good, without its full support, Davers will not dare to send an army to attack Mesapi.