Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At this time, Burkes was being questioned by General Turiri at the City Hall.

Turiri’s political system is similar to that of Athens, and the administration of the city-state usually adopts the “Ten Generals Responsibility System” (after all, a city established under the leadership of Athens), but it is different from the generals of Athens elected by the citizens’ assembly. , Because when it was established, the main immigrants from Turíi came from ten regions of Greece, namely Arcadia, Achaia, Piaucia, Ionia, Athens, Dorian, etc., so the annual elections It is the citizens of Turi from these ten regions that each elected a general, and the chief general has always been a descendant from Athens.

But after the end of the Peloponnesian War and the defeat of Athens, in order to prevent the revenge of the city-states that joined the Spartan League in Sparta and Greater Greece (such as Tarantum, Crotone, Syracuse, etc., all Is a strong state).Driven by the Kunogolata of the Arcadian ethnic group, all the descendants of Athens in Turiri were expelled, and so far Turiri only had "nine generals", and the chief general was held by the council in the nine members of the ethnic group. The elected general decided to re-elect. Kunogolata has served as the chief general for four consecutive years. It was not until last year that the Turkani defeated by the invasion of the Lukanians that the Civic Assembly voted most of the votes Ferris with the most military talent.Despite losing the chief, Kunogolata was still elected as one of the nine generals, after all, his prestige among the Arcadia group is too high.

Now, he is holding the employment agreement signed by Burkos and asked, "Burkos, as the person in charge of recruiting soldiers this time, you should know the price of mercenaries in the entire Greek area. What is the approximate price?"

"Generally about half a month of Dalik gold coins." Burcos answered truthfully.

"Very well, roughly the same as what I know. I noticed that in the two employment agreements, the first one was indeed half a Dalik coins per month, but in the second agreement—" Kunogolata faced The other generals said aloud: "The same is more than two thousand mercenaries, but the fee you give is two Dalik coins per month!"

Hearing this, the generals made a surprise.

Without waiting for the explanation from Burcos, Kunogolata held up the sheepskin roll with the agreement and continued: "Not only that, you also signed them for a half-year employment period, according to the above rules, regardless of whether the war ended or not , You have to pay them two Dalik coins every month! Think about it, if the Lukarias postpone the offense, according to this agreement, these mercenaries will be able to get close to two without any effort during the six months Fifty thousand gold coins!"

"Oh my god, this is too much! In the astonishment of the crowd again, another general Neonsis said angrily: "Last year, in order to prepare military forces for Turri’s attack on the Lukalia, the treasury Three hundred Talent silvers were produced, and as a result... fifty Talents were produced to support the families of the citizens who died in the war; at the same time, in order to defend the Lucanians from attacking the city, they made weapons and repaired the walls. , Zeng Zhaomin soldiers, and took out another 150 Talent; by this year, in order to buy food for the supply of Tarantum reinforcements and mercenaries, as well as the reconstruction of destroyed villages, farmland and other facilities have been spent One hundred and twenty Talent silver is not enough!The war has not yet begun, the treasury is almost empty, and we have discussed whether to levy a special war tax on citizens before. This is the wealth accumulated by Turui over the years and the hard work of citizens to pay taxes!As a general responsible for city-state finance and taxation, I cannot tolerate such a ridiculous agreement, and I will refuse to pay their salaries!"

"Yes, we do not recognize this employment agreement!" Most generals objected.

At this time, Chief General Ferris said: "Kunogolata, the Lucanians assembled in Laos. This news has been confirmed, and we all know it, so there is no Lucaria. The possibility of people not attacking within half a year, because the large army is gathered together, the food consumption is very huge, and the grain production capacity of the Lucania region cannot support half a year, and if it is cancelled after the assembly, it will only Weaken the prestige of its chief tribal alliance, unless there are special circumstances, the Lucanian attack will soon come! And at this critical time, we need more soldiers to help us resist the Lucanian attack !"

"Ferris, you don't rule out accidents. For example, before everyone thought that the Lucania would win the city after the victory, they suffered a plague and were forced to retreat..." Kunogolata retorted: "The enemy's attack is not the key. The key is that this agreement makes those mercenaries no matter what the situation is, but Turiyi always loses. This is the problem! The person in charge you recommend Burcos, I don’t think he’s doing his best in this task! Look at the treatment he gave to the mercenaries, not only the salary, but this...you see...'The employment led by Daveus The soldiers are only responsible for defending Turriy and repeling the Lukaria’s attack on Turrii. For other tasks, they must be discussed and decided separately by both parties...'" Kunogolata read aloud in the employment agreement The terms, then sneered and said to Burcos: "Are you sure you are recruiting mercenaries, not Spartan soldiers?! We spend money, we are the masters, and now these mercenaries have become VIPs, everything Ask for their consent! I now seriously doubt that Burkos had a private transaction with this mercenary, and I asked the treasurer to investigate it!"

"Enough, Kunogolata!" Ferris finally couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Although I recommended it, Burkos decided by the generals to discuss together, don't forget that you are the second one to agree It means that his ability has been recognized by everyone. In such a short period of time, he went around and worked hard. He quickly recruited more than 4,000 soldiers for Turui and solved Turui at once. The problem of shortage of soldiers has made citizens feel at ease, and the safety of the city-state has been guaranteed! He should have been rewarded by the city-state and thanked by the citizens, but he still has to accept your humiliation here. Citizens who contribute to the city-state should have their own way! If so, who will volunteer to do things for Turui in the future!!" Phyllis' words made the city hall temporarily silent.

Burcos said, "I didn't expect the city-state's finances to be so embarrassing! But the reason for signing this agreement to recruit these soldiers was partly because the situation was urgent at the time, and partly because they were worth it for me! Although they are not Spartan fighters, they are not weaker than Spartan fighters!"

This sentence immediately attracted everyone's attention.Neonsis obviously did not believe it, and said sarcastically: "Everyone knows that the Spartans were trained as warriors from an early age, so they grew up so terrible. Is there a second city-state in the world that adopts a similar system ?Oh... by the way, and the Persian undead guard mentioned in the "History" book written by Herodotus, are they Persians?"

Burkos looked at Neonsis coldly: "The soldiers really have something to do with the Persians!"

"Oh?!" Ferris asked with interest: "Does this mercenary have any special origin?"

Seeing all the generals' eyes focused on himself, Burkos glanced at Polyxis, who had been silent, and said in a hurry: "After receiving the tasks given by the generals, I set out on the boat that day. While passing by the Adriatic Sea, I encountered two pirate ships, almost captured by them. Fortunately, Boseton blessed, the wind blew, and the boat was subverted. I escaped and sailed all the way to Crete. I just went ashore to rest and repair the ship, originally wanted to recruit some archers there. The locals told me,'Recruit a few people, if you need a large number of people, you must obtain Spartan's permission, because Crete now belongs to Spartan The League of Nations.” He also told me that most mercenaries are now gathered in Asia Minor, suggesting that I go to recruit there, but it is best to obtain Spartan recruitment permission. After I thought carefully, I decided to go to Sparta."

The generals were unconsciously tense. Although they drove out the citizens of Turri who descended from Athens in order to eliminate the revenge of the Spartan city-states, making the main ten ethnic groups in Turi into the Nine, but they were not I know how Spartan's attitude towards Turui.