The people of Crotone, once a great Greek powerhouse, actually had to make a living by picking up garbage! As a Carthaginian who had dealt with Crotone, Occliton was also embarrassed to recall the lively scenes he had seen here before.

The city of Crotone is very large, and Ocleton has not seen many young men along the way, and he can't help but wonder: "Did Dionysius kill all the citizens of Crotone?" ”

"The citizens of Syracuse are working in the fields. When the Syracuse army besieged Krotone, they had destroyed all the fields outside the city, and they had to replant the grain while it was early spring, otherwise they would have nothing to eat in the fall......" explained the captain of the patrol boat.

When you walk into the center of the city, Ocleton is no longer greeted by smoky ruins, but by the busy construction sites of many people.

"It's our people who are helping the people of Crotone to build houses." The captain of the patrol ship took the initiative to speak.

Ocleton looked at the busy construction site in front of him, and out of the nature of a businessman, he asked, "How much do you charge the Crotonians to build a house?" ”

The captain laughed and said, "The people of Crotone have nothing now, how can they pay us, this is the people who voluntarily came to build for them." ”

In fact, the captain of the patrol ship did not tell the truth, "help the Crotone people rebuild their homes" is Davers's suggestion, and the Agathia, the administrator of Asprarustum, is responsible for organizing and implementing it, although the people who come to participate in the construction will not be able to get gold and silver, but their merits will be registered, and they will be commended by the Dionian Senate after the war, which means that they will receive land and citizenship of Theoria, so most of the people who come to Crotone are free people and reserve citizens.

Ocleton was surprised, and then he realized what a business opportunity this was, he had heard that Dionia's territory had also been ravaged by the Syracuses, as well as Siridine and Trina, and if these city-states needed the help of the Dionians to rebuild, the various supplies needed would be huge, and Dionya alone would certainly not be able to supply them alone, if his family could also get involved......

Ocliton thought in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and now he was glad that he had been chosen by Hanno to send an envoy to Dionia. Harmon will punish him too!

He patronized and pondered, not seeing the captain go straight to the construction site, and after a while he came to Ocleton with a man.

The man saluted Occlixon: "Honorable messenger of Carthage, welcome! I am Agacia, the patriarch of Ionia and the administrator of Asphorustum. ”

Ocriton immediately returned the salute and said in pure Greek: "I am Ocriton, the patriarch of Carthage, appointed by the Senate to meet your king. ”

Before, Agacia had heard about "Ansitanus originally sent Carthage to a closed-door banquet", and originally thought that this Carthaginian envoy would be difficult to get along with, but he didn't expect Ocleton to be very talkative, and the two chatted while walking.

Under the deliberate guidance of Ocleton, Agacia talked more about the destruction of the Dionian territory by the Syracuse army and the difficulties in rebuilding Crimesa and Crotone.

Ocleton kept it all to heart.

The group walked out of the west gate of Crotone (it was said to be a gate, but it was actually just a large gap in the tattered wall).

Out of the city, Ocleton saw countless tents set up by the moat, and there were many people coming in and out of the tent area, which was very lively...... Someone saw Agacia and took the initiative to greet him in a friendly manner, and it was obvious that the Dionian patriarch was very popular in Crotone.

"This is where the Crotone live?" Ocleton asked casually.

"Yes. As you saw just now, the whole city was burned down by the damned Syracuse, and the city was uninhabitable, and these tents were part of the tents that our Dionian army had given to Crotone after they were captured from the camp in Syracuse......" When Agacia said this, he didn't actually have much anger, he was in a good state of mind, you must know that when the news of Crotone's burning reached Turii, the original Turi'i people even applauded and cheered, saying that this was the goddess of revenge's punishment for Crotone.

Agascia remembered something again, and hurriedly said, "Lord Ocriton, let me take you to meet Lycias, the chief general of Crotone." ”

"No, I didn't include Crotone in my mission this time." Ocleton outright refused.

If Crotone was still the powerful Crotone before, Ocriton might have other ideas, but after seeing the tragic situation of Crotone now, his dependence on Dionya is so deep, which makes Ocriton no longer interested, not to mention that he is still selfish and doesn't want to make Dionya angry. Therefore, the envoy led by Ocleton disembarked at the port of Crotone, and crossed the entire city of Crotone, but did not meet the master here, and departed.

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It was noon when Ocleton and his party arrived at the Dionian camp in Siriting, only two days after the Syracuse attacked the camp, and even though the burned left battalion was being rebuilt by the Dionian soldiers, you could still see the smoke-blackened wooden fences and the burned tents in the camp...... Ocleton imagined in his mind the fierce battles that had taken place here.

After receiving the notice from the cavalry sent by Agacia, Davest went out of the camp to greet him, and asked the convoy to line up in a neat line, on both sides of the road, and the bugles, snare drums, and flutes played beautiful melodies......

Oakton was pleasantly surprised by such a welcome ceremony, and he happily followed Davers into the Chinese army's tent.

In the history of the previous life, Carthage was too famous as a strong opponent of Rome, and now Davers is still the first time to see the Carthaginians, and he can't help but look at the messenger in front of him curiously: slightly fat, average height, black hair, dark brown eyes, black thick eyebrows, slightly dark skin, if there is no straight nose bridge and slightly wide nose wings, they look somewhat similar to their own compatriots in the previous life, which makes Davers inexplicably rise a trace of goodwill in his heart.

Ocleton was also looking at the new king of Dionia. Before the mission, he had learned about the situation of Dionia, and knew that the establishment and rapid rise of the Dionian Alliance had a lot to do with the person in front of him, but ...... Barr. Harmon is on top, he's so young! It is enviable to be so young and yet have so much power!

"Venerable Carthaginian emissary, Carthage is a great city-state, and thank you for your great help in Dionya's most difficult time! With a precious supply of food, we will be able to carry on this terrible war......"

Ocleton's heartfelt pleasure was made by Davers's sincere words, and his heart moved, and he immediately said: "Dear King of Dionia, Carthage is not only rich in grain, but our other goods are also famous in the western Mediterranean. It's sad that the invasion of the Syracuse people has devastated Greater Greece so much! We in Carthage want to help in the reconstruction of Dionia and other city-states, and I wonder if His Majesty will be able to ......"

Davos was stunned for a moment, and the Carthaginian envoy seemed to see the shadow of Mersis when he spoke, and he smiled: "Before, the friendship agreement signed between Dionya and Carthage originally included free trade, and of course we very much welcome Carthage to provide abundant goods and speed up our reconstruction of Greater Greece." If Lord Ocleton has his own caravan, I can give you special care for doing business in Greater Greece. ”

"Really?!" As soon as Ocliton spoke, he realized his gaffe, coughed a few times, and sat back on the wooden chair.

But Davers turned his head to Henipolis, who was standing aside, and said solemnly: "Heni, write down this matter, along with the name of Lord Ocleton, and go back to inform the commercial officer Marigi." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Henipolis glanced at the Carthaginian envoy with disdain, then sat down at the wooden table next to him and began to write.

Ocleton tried his best to resist the urge to say "thank you" and praised loudly: "The Carthaginian Senate admires the excellent performance of the Ionian League in this war, and although Dionya is weaker than Syracuse, it was able to defeat the Syracuse people at sea and on land, crushing Dionysius's ambition to conquer Great Greece!" You must know that Dionysius, the dictator tyrant of Syracuse, is extremely greedy and violent, and has destroyed many famous city-states in Sicily in recent years, and our Carthage and other Greek city-states have suffered greatly, Dionysius's powerful force makes us have no way to take him, and Dionia's victory over Syracuse really makes the entire Sicilian and Carthaginian people rejoice! ”

"We are also forced to be helpless!" Davers sighed and replied with a solemn expression: "If we can't defeat Syracuse, Syracuse will destroy our Dionia, so all the people of Dionia unite and fight back, although they repelled the enemy, but also paid a great price!" ”

"I came to see the great destruction that Syracuse had done to Great Greece, and I was deeply sympathetic to the great sacrifices that Dionia had made in this war, but it was all worth it, wasn't it!" Ocleton politely expressed his concern, then turned back and pointed outside the tent: "The army of Syracuse has been besieged in Siliting with your army led by Your Majesty the King, and it seems that the people of Syracuse are powerless to break through your blockade. But it may not be easy to capture a town defended by tens of thousands of people. Your Majesty, what are you going to do next? Continue to besiege the enemy until they run out of food and surrender? I think that so many Ionian soldiers are out on the march, and the pressure on Dionya food is also very great! Carthage, of course, was willing to continue to provide affordable food aid to Dionia......"

Ocleton obviously had something to say, and Daves pondered his intentions, and then said, "Thank you, Lord Ocleton, for your concern for Dionia!" Before you came, I had just sent off the messengers of Syracuse from Silitin, who had made a wish to make peace with Dionia. ”