Okriton was not surprised when he heard this, according to the information he had learned, the Etruscan League had suffered from the invasion of the Gauls in the north in recent years, and had to rely on the assistance of the Dionians, who had sent troops to the northern border of the Iberian League last year to ensure the security of their territory, for which the Etruscans of course had to say something, which was not surprising.

"What about the ships up ahead? Also all Etruscan? Ocleton asked with interest as he looked at one of the ships in front of him, a large cargo ship with a relatively high side and a one-story building.

"I made a special observation when I passed by the ships in a small boat, although most of their sailors were ...... Phoenicians, but as if ......" The attendant hesitated with anger and said: "The people on the boat are dressed like Numibians and Mauritanians!" ”

Even if Ocleton had more restraint, it would be equally difficult to maintain peace at this moment, because the Carthaginians blamed half of the defeat in that war on the rebellion of the Numbians, and since then, the Numibians, who had been like slaves, have frequently invaded the Carthaginian lands, so the Numbians were and still are a pain in the hearts of the Carthaginians.

Ocliton quickly calmed down and asked in a deep voice, "Why did they come with so many ships?" ”

"It seems that quite a few ships are carrying horses." The attendant replied.

Okria paused: "That's how the Numibians can get their hands on it. ”

"Your Excellency." The attendant whispered hesitantly, "They all gave gifts to Dionia, but we didn't take anything, isn't that ......?"

General Ocleton raised his head: "We in Carthage can send messengers to the celebration, this is the best gift for the celebration of Hades in Dionia!" ”

Ocleton said this, but he knew in his heart that Carthage's position in the western Mediterranean was no longer what it used to be, but many Carthaginian senators had not fully adapted to this new change, including Hanno, so they brought rich gifts to other envoys, compared to which the Carthaginian envoys seemed very shabby, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of the next negotiations with Dionia.

While Ocleton was in a state of great thought, the Etrunian emissaries had unloaded their belongings and left the docks, and it was the turn of the Numibian emissaries and the Mauritanian emissaries to enter the inner city docks.

After a while, I heard the neighing of horses, and the dock became very lively.

Suddenly, there was a deafening exclamation from the shore, and it lasted so long that even Ocleton outside the harbor could hear it clearly: "Oh my God, what kind of monster is this?!" So huge! ”

"This is likely to ...... Maybe it's Lucania's bull......"

"Idiot! Do cows have such long noses? And the horns of the ox are on the head, but the horns are on the side of the mouth. ”

"Tell me, then, what is it?"

"I haven't seen it before, how can I possibly know, but we can ask these Mauritanians."

……

Hearing these exclamations, Ocleton was surprised: Could it be that the Mauritanians had sent elephants living in the interior of Africa to Turiyi?!

He had never seen it, but he had heard of elephants farther south in the territory of the Sinumbians and Mauritanians, where most of the ivory bought and sold in the markets of Carthage came from.

In fact, ivory is also very popular in Turiyi, especially when it was purchased in large quantities during the renovation of the Hades Temple, but when the real owner of the ivory stepped out of the cabin and came to shore, he still shocked the people who came to watch: "There is such a giant beast in this world!" Could this be the descendant of some ancient monster?! ……”

Compared with the people who were shouting and thinking crankily beside them, the Turii officials who came to greet the envoy group were shocked and worried about how much damage these giant beasts would cause to the city, because it seemed that they were difficult to control, and the people in the inner city were either senators, important ministers, or ordinary citizens, and their status was extraordinary, and if they caused a large number of casualties, they could not afford this responsibility.

Even though the Mauritanian envoy repeatedly explained to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials that this animal may seem huge, but in fact it has a gentle personality and does not easily hurt anyone.

At the same time, the mahouts also commanded the elephants, knelt down to the officials, and used their long trunks to make all kinds of funny movements such as waving and nodding, which did not completely dispel the doubts of the officials, but made the cheers of the people on the side more enthusiastic.

Fortunately, it was not long before hundreds of court guards arrived, and they were ordered by King Davers to take the elephants to a special elephant pen built for elephants at the King's Hill.

So, under the careful command of the mahouts, the male, the female, and the cub, the three elephants, marched slowly and heavily, along the smooth, sturdy roads, along the route of the triumphal army, to the west of the city.

The people of the inner city who got the news came out of their homes one after another, including some of the elders, who stood on the side of the road, curiously watching this never-before-seen giant beast.

With the efforts of the palace guards to maintain order, the excited people did not cause panic among the elephants, but let them enjoy a rare honor of triumphant soldiers, and also made the people look forward to this year's celebration.

By the time the Carthaginian envoys entered the docks, it was already afternoon, and Occliton had been waiting on the ship for nearly four hours, so as soon as he came ashore, he complained angrily to the Dionian officials who had come to greet him: "Turi, a city so large, and yet such a small port, makes any visiting foreign envoy feel that Dionya is the most powerful country in the western Mediterranean, but rather a kind of stinginess!" ”

Instead of being offended by Ocleton's outspokenness, the Dionian official frankly admitted: "You are right, we have also found that this is a big problem, this inner city river port was built before the establishment of the kingdom, and its capacity was sufficient at that time, but in recent years there have been too many foreign envoys to visit, and many of them have not come empty-handed—"

Speaking of this, he looked at the lonely passenger ship behind Octriton, intentionally or unintentionally: "So this river port is now insufficient, and our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported this problem to Your Majesty, although now both sides of the inner city have been occupied by buildings, and there is no extra vacant land to build a new river port, but Your Majesty has convened several administrative meetings of ministers on this issue, and I believe that it will not be long before a solution will be found." ”

Occliton nodded, indicating understanding, in fact, he just wanted to vent his grievances, he didn't care if the problem of Turiyi's river port was solved, he changed the topic, and asked in a straight voice: "I ask to meet King Davers, on behalf of the Carthaginian Senate there is something important to discuss with him, you ...... Well...... Could the Foreign Office convey this request of mine to King Davers? ”

The official looked at him and said seriously: "According to the administrative regulations of the kingdom, all foreign affairs are the responsibility of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if you have any requests, you can first write a letter and submit it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and after reading it, our prefect Lord Ansitanos will judge whether it is important or not, and then decide whether to leave it to us for negotiation or transfer it to His Majesty for decision......

But there are a lot of envoys who have visited these days.,All of them have appeals.,I heard that the letters in Lord Ansitanos's office have been piled up.,And he usually has to go to the Dionian Academy to attend classes.,It's too busy.,Even if you submit a letter.,I'm afraid it will take a while before I can give you a reply.。 ”

Ocleton was dumbfounded, several of his previous negotiations with Dionya were in the middle of the war, and he went directly to the barracks to meet King Davers, he never expected that it would be so complicated and difficult to meet King Davers in Turiyi, so he didn't know how to respond for a while.

Seeing that he was silent, the official suddenly said, "Actually, there is another way to better solve your problem." ”

"What's the solution?" Ocliton immediately asked.

"During this period of time, there are many foreign affairs during the celebration of Your Majesty's meeting, and I am worried that Lord Ansitanos will not be able to keep busy, so I specially arranged a rotating chairman of the Senate the day before yesterday to assist him in temporarily managing foreign affairs, you can go directly to him, maybe he will take you to meet Your Majesty."

"Just go to him? Don't need to submit a letter and then get his consent? Ocliton was a little confused.

"Other messengers may not work, but you may be, because you are a Carthaginian." The official said with a meaningful smile.

Ocriton's heart moved, and he asked in a trembling voice, "This ...... What is the name of the Chairman-in-Office? ”

"Haka."

Really! …… Ocliton smiled wryly, and his heart felt like he had knocked over a five-flavor bottle, and he couldn't tell what it tasted like.

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Early in the morning, at King Davers's mansion, after Davers's morning exercise, he walked into the restaurant, only to find that there were only Christoya and Agnes in the restaurant: "What about the children? ”

"They hurried over their breakfast and went to see the elephants. Eunice and Briantes have always loved to join in the fun, but this is the first time I've seen the always calm Apox so eager. Christoya complained.

"As long as the children are happy, it means that I made the right decision to bring these elephants to the mountains." Davers said, sitting down at the table.

Agnes immediately brought him a bowl of hot cereal, and said with a smile: "Yesterday evening Avia took me to see the elephants, and when she came back, she was so excited that she had to sleep with me, and she talked excitedly for a long time, and it was the first time I had seen her say so much.

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