November 20, 480 B.C.

Spartan City.

All the powers of the Peloponnese came together; Gitya, Arcadia, Mantinia, Corinth, Ahamia, Argos, and Sparta, the leaders of the seven powers discussed the future of the peninsula in the Spartan council chamber.

In the Greco-Persian War, the Archanians at the northern tip of the Peloponnese and the Argos, south of Corinth, chose neutrality, which was despised by many Greek city-states; This time, the peninsular conference was held in Sparta, because the Persians had already been defeated, and the two city-states came to the meeting.

Sparta now has de facto control over the former Laconia and Messenia in the southern Peloponnese and the island of Kythera in the south of the peninsula. On a geographical basis alone, Sparta occupies almost half of the entire peninsula; The so-called black Laus are actually from the original inhabitants of Laconia and Messinia.

The area controlled by the Arcadians, in second place, is located in the middle of the peninsula and has the shortest coastline; The southwestern end of the land is bordered by the Ionian Sea, and the northeastern end of the land leases part of the Corinthian territory, which is worthy of entering the Gulf of Corinth.

The territory of the rest of the forces is relatively small, but the territory does not necessarily represent strength.

The area controlled by Corinth was not large, but the economic power ranked first on the peninsula; Corinth is bordered by the Gulf of Corinth to the north and the Aegean Sea to the south, and shares the Gulf of Salami with Athens; In a sense, Corinth and Athens were very close, but the rivalry led to a lot of contradictions, which smacked of being a husband and wife who were enemies.

Discussing the future of the Peloponnese?

Hehe, it's almost like a proclamation.

Wang Jun squinted his eyes and looked at these bigwigs in the Peloponnese one by one, today's meeting was not so simple; At the previous high-level meeting in Sparta, Wang Jun had already given the meeting a surname. For Sparta, this conference was the beginning of the unification of the Peloponnese; For the bigwigs of other peninsular powers, this is actually a Greek version of the "Hongmen Banquet".

In addition to Leonidas, the members of the Spartan Senate were not simple, they were all slippery; The bigwigs of the outer city-states who attended the meeting were stunned by the Spartan councilors, and they really discussed the future of the peninsula.

Of course, there are also smart guys, such as the Arcadian who has just taken the position of boss by virtue of his military exploits, Dassos.

"My old friend, Leonidas, what do you want to do?" Dassos leaned over to Leonidas and asked in a whisper; After becoming a big guy, this guy's IQ has skyrocketed, at least he won't shout loudly.

"Oh?" Leonidas smiled, "What do you think, how about we form an empire?" ”

"Forming an empire? We? "It dawned on Daxos; It turned out that the Spartans wanted to unify the Peloponnese!

Cold sweat suddenly spread all over Dassos's body, "the establishment of an empire", these words are profound, but it is not difficult to understand that Leonidas they want to unify the Peloponnese; And "we", this is worth playing, obviously, the Spartans belong to "me", and the other city-states belong to "we".

Rice, don't eat indiscriminately; Yes, and you can't mess around.

Dassos was silent, the meal was eaten, and the meeting was held; Now, Leonidas has talked to this extent, what should he do?

Dassos personally fought with Leonidas and knew the horrors of the Spartans very well; If the Spartans used force against Arcadia, Dassos did not think he would have a chance to outdo them.

"Leonidas, what kind of uniform law?" Dassos's face was a little pale, he wanted to know what the Spartans really thought.

"This ...... You wait a minute. Leonidas patted Dassos on the shoulder and said lightly.

"Everyone!" Wang Jun stood up from his seat and motioned for everyone to be quiet.

"I have a proposal, the seven city-states participating in the meeting, everyone will work together to form a powerful empire, so as not to be remembered by others."

"I think the name of this empire can be called the Peloponnesian Empire, or the Spartan Empire, what do you think?"

Wang Jun's tone was quite soft, and his expression was also very soft, as if he was just saying something very ordinary.

Most of the bigwigs were discussing some trivial things before, and some were still sharing the special trophies obtained from the Battle of Athens and the "use" of those Persian beauties; Wang Jun's move interrupted them to continue their further discussion, and the entire conference hall was quiet.

Obviously, Wang Jun's suggestion was too exciting for them.

The silence lasted only a few seconds; After a brief moment of silence, the chamber exploded; Dassos felt something, and signaled the people of his city-state not to get excited, while the people of the other city-states were talking about it; The decibel level of Sparta's chamber rose rapidly, and it was even more noisy than the vegetable market of later generations.

Wang Jun glanced at Leonidas, sat down quietly, and said no more; The opening scene was done by himself, and the following time was handed over to Leonidas.

The bearded cool brother Leonida is still wearing black leather briefs and a scarlet robe, and Wang Jun is used to it now; He paced slowly to the center of the room, waiting for the crowd to quiet down; Of course, the Spartan councillors were very quiet, and as one of the masterminds, they only had to observe the reactions of the other city-states.

"We use one country name, one currency, one army, one tax; In addition to this, each city-state can govern its own city-state. ”

Leonidas slowly expressed the will of Sparta.

administration, the Spartans were not good at it, and they also needed talents from other city-states to develop the economy; But the unification of money, army, and taxation was necessary, and both the opinion of the king's army and the oligarchy that Sparta had always pursued were inclined to do so.

The name of a country, it's good to say, anyway, each city-state is called Greeks by the outside world, not to mention that there is no substantial loss of benefits; However, the unification of the currency, the unification of the army, the unification of taxation, this is very crucial.

As long as everyone is not two goods, they can get a judgment from Leonidas's words, and the Spartans must want to grasp these three lifebloods in their own hands.

The atmosphere of harmonious sharing is gone, replaced by arguments and noise.

For many things, the process doesn't matter, as long as the goal is achieved.

Wang Jun just sat quietly, watching a bunch of qualified and unqualified politicians arguing; Time passed minute by minute, and the results slowly surfaced.

The three city-states of Gitia, Mantinia, and Corinth, with some hesitation, euphemistically said that they would go back and convene a citizens' assembly to discuss the matter; The two city-states of Ahamia and Argos, who did not participate in the battle of Athens, did not know the depths and directly rejected Leonidas's proposal.

And the Ahamians, at the northern tip of the Peloponnian Peninsula, unceremoniously questioned Leonidas:

"Can you put the Spartan army in our hands?"

Leonidas looked up at the sky, and he was too lazy to answer this boring subject; If you don't give, then Sparta can go and get it himself.

It's better to say that he wants to go back to discuss, whether it's true or not, at least he gave Leonidas face.

And refuse on the spot......

In Dassos's opinion, it is absolutely stupid to dare to slap a Spartan in the face without capital.

Without any involvement in the affairs of the other city-states, Dassos took the Arcadians who were present at the meeting, walked to a corner of the council chamber, and discussed them alone for a long time; After that, it was Dassos who announced their decision on behalf of Arcadia.

"Leonidas, my friend; We have unanimously decided to support your proposal. ”

"As for the name of the Empire, we think...... The name Spartan Empire is more appropriate......"

The decision was made, the burden was laid, and Dassos's face returned to normal, looking relaxed.

The hundreds of thousands of Persian armies were crippled by the Spartans, and looking at the whole of Greece, who could compete with the Sparta?

Dassos recalled the scene in the council chamber of Athens, the consequences of the Athenians' rejection of Sparta; Obviously, listening to the Spartans has many benefits, and those who do not obey will have a miserable result.

Leonidas laughed, and a hearty laugh resounded throughout the chamber; This Dassos is not ordinary, very eye-catching!

Seeing that the Arcadians actually defected to Sparta so simply, the representatives of the other city-states were first shocked, and then regretful!

Your sister's!

The Arcadians are so shameless!

At this moment, the city-state that did not want to be incorporated into Sparta was forced to a dead end; Sparta, originally the military boss of the Peloponnese, now added Arcadia...... Anyway, the representatives of the two city-states of Ahamia and Argos turned pale.

This result was not only unexpected by the other city-states, but in fact, it was also unexpected by the Spartan people.

Originally, Wang Jun and Leonidas and others thought that the representatives of these city-states would find a lot of reasons to try to prevaricate Leonidas's proposal; The Spartan Army outside the city was ready for a military parade; According to the plan, Leonidas was going to take the delegates to watch it next.

No one doesn't like an unexpected surprise; Leonidas liked it very much, Wang Jun liked it too, and all the Spartans present liked it.

Hehe, since the Arcadians are so knowledgeable, the Spartans are also generous.

After spending a little time discussing it internally, Leonidas announced Sparta's decision in public.

All the nobility of Arcadia, incorporated into the Spartan aristocracy; The Spartan Senate, on the other hand, directly opened 8 councillor positions and handed them over to the Arcadians to choose their own positions; Of course, the military post is wooden, and the king's post is also impossible.

All the citizens of Arcadian were incorporated into the third and fourth classes of Spartan according to their respective status in Arcadia; Second-class citizens don't stand a chance, unless you have the same fighting power as a purebred Spartan man and are qualified to be a royal guard soldier.

All the slaves of Arcadian became helots according to the Spartan tradition, and belonged to the state.

This was a little uncomfortable for some of the Arcadian nobles, but according to Spartan tradition, the state would distribute slaves uniformly, and the income from slaves' work would be distributed to the citizens in Sparta; On the whole, this is acceptable.

And for Arcadia's slaves, who had been slaves for generations, had no chance of turning over; If they become Spartan helots, they will have the opportunity to be promoted to commoners, and in comparison, they are actually more willing to be incorporated into Sparta; However, the participants will take into account the ideas of the slaves.

Hearing the Spartans' decision, Dassos and the others of the Arcadians all smiled; Dassos was right, and listening to Leonidas's words was indeed beneficial; However, the representatives of the other city-states were not happy, and their faces were cloudy.

Arcadia did not have a professional army in the first place, and the adult men of the family were armed with their own weapons; The adult men of Arcadia are warriors when they take their weapons, and ordinary people when they lay down their weapons, they may be merchants or blacksmiths...... Even if they defend their own city, they are just taking turns to take up arms and be on duty.

Dassault They thought very clearly, since they couldn't resist, it was better to lie down and enjoy.

The Spartans and Arcadians had a good relationship with each other, and the natural integration of the people already had some basis; Anyway, the Spartans liked to fight, while only a few of the Arcadians liked to fight, and most of them liked to engage in construction and production; As soon as the two sides merged like this, the Spartans were responsible for life and death, the Arcadians who liked to fight followed the soy sauce, and the Arcadians who didn't like to fight farmed and worked on the farm.

There were surprises at the meeting, but it had to be carried out as planned.

Leonidas, who was in a good mood, took the delegates with different moods to the Spartan military camp on the outskirts of Spard.

Fassbinder was already waiting on the parade stand, 10,000 Spartan Royal Guards, 20,000 Spartan Wehrmacht, 40,000 Spartan militiamen, 70,000 heavily armed Spartan soldiers, energetically lined up in 70 phalanxes of thousands; The 70,000 Spartan soldiers, most of whom had experienced the battle of the northern suburbs of Athens and the army that had experienced the killing of the battlefield, even if they just stood still, a strong murderous aura still permeated the air.

Leonidas and Wang Jun strode up to the parade platform, followed by the representatives of the five city-states of Gitya, Mantinia, Corinth, Ahamia, and Argos, and of course, the cheerful representatives of Arcadia and the equally cheerful Spartan councillors.

The military parade was naturally a game made up by Wang Jun, but it was very much in line with the appetite of the Spartans; Militarism also has its positive value, the powerful Spartan Army, 70 phalanxes one by one neatly walked in front of the rostrum, majestic.

Leonidas, as each phalanx walked past the rostrum, would shout: "Sparta! ”

And in the thousand-person phalanx under the stage, all the warriors raised their right hand spears three times in a row, showing their bulging muscles, and collectively responded loudly:

"Hey!"

Don't get me wrong, this is really not Wang Jun's request; It is said that Sparta originally had such a tradition, and it appeared many times in the movie.

However, how Wang Jun looked at it, he actually thought of Nazi Germany in World War II; Is it good or bad to bring Sparta to such a situation?

Under the parade stage, everyone is united; On the parade platform, all kinds of thoughts.

From this day on, the Peloponnese was changing.

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