Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"I will be like that in the future!" Secrian yelled confidently, full of longing for the future: "Untie the cable, let's go into the sea!"

Lucias also looked at the patrol leader in front of him, and then asked: "Are you a citizen of Amendolara?"

The captain glanced at him and said, "No, we are citizens of the Tua Alliance!"

"Oh, I'm sorry." Lucias asked politely: "I would like to ask how are the Crotone soldiers captured by you now?"

"I can't tell you where they were detained, because this is a military secret!" The captain said solemnly: "But I can tell you that they are in good condition now, and even Lord Davos has asked the hospital to treat injured soldiers. , But if your negotiations fail, their situation may not be so good. I heard that the Turi veterans of the Senate strongly recommend sending them to mine!"

Lucias was shocked in his heart: let the captives mine for life!He remembered that after the Athens army failed to attack Siracusa in Sicily, about five or six thousand people were captured and finally sent to quarry mines. After a few years, almost all died!This made him feel a little nervous.

After a while, the soldier returned by horseback and whispered in the captain's ear: "Go the longest way."

The captain immediately met and said to the Crotone Mission: "The Senate has agreed to meet with you. Let's go."

After walking through the ruined port and entering the city, the envoy of Crotone couldn't believe his eyes: compared to the port that was very deserted just now, there are people everywhere, noisy, no matter how busy men, women and children are.Some are clearing ash and moving stones and rubble; others have begun to clean up the land, and according to the instructions of the craftsman, they have begun to re-tamp the land and lay the piles; more people have built wooden frames and stone masonry by the wall Blocks, bricks; some people are making mortar, transporting bricks and wood, and pushing water... The entire main city of Turiyi has become a large construction site. People are sweating and rebuilding their homes with enthusiasm. They So concentrated that almost no one looked up when Crotone messenger passed.

Although tens of thousands of people work at the same time, they are noisy but not disordered, and they are organized in an orderly manner.Lucias noticed that some people with red ribbons on their heads played a major role in them. They directed and coordinated the operation of the construction site, and the real host was a dry and thin old man, who was constantly walking around. When I found the problem, I stopped to compare the drawings, and then talked to the people who surrounded him, and soon someone rushed to correct it...

"Who is he?" someone in the Crotone messenger asked curiously.

"Heracled, a disciple of the Greek master architect Hippodamus." The captain replied.

After Heracled had built the warehouse and hotel of Amendolara, he continued to direct the construction of the road from Amendolara to Turri.But after hearing that the Senate is preparing to rebuild Turrii, he took the initiative to ask Talent to design and preside over the reconstruction of Turrii.

Davers readily agreed, and put forward some of his requirements for the construction of the new city of Turiri.

For this city, which records the glory of Heracled and has lived for two decades, Heracled has mixed emotions.He is too familiar with it, he can walk smoothly all over the city with his eyes closed, can count the height of each place, the straightness of the river bank... he put all his emotions in the pen, and he finished it overnight Design drawings of the new Turiri city.

Davies greatly appreciated it.Since then, Heracled has been immersed in the construction site every day, very energetic, and meticulously supervised the operation of reconstruction work. His enthusiasm for work has also infected the people who are already rebuilding their own homes, and the reconstruction progress is accelerating.

The envoys of Crotone certainly would not know the extent to which the dry, skinny old man is now respected in Turrii, and certainly cannot remember who Hippodamus was.They responded politely and diverted their attention elsewhere.

Lucias seemingly inadvertently asked: "Is there probably more than 40,000 people working here? There should not be so many people in Turiri, is it the Amendolaras?"

"We do have some people in Amenorara, but more are free people and slaves." The captain looked at Lucias, as if he knew what he was thinking, and he did not conceal: "You must be strange, why Will these free men and slaves work so hard? Not only because they may also become residents of the city in the future, but also because the ruling officer Davis has passed a temporary decree in the Senate,'allowing the widows of Turiyi women and Freemen intermarry, but the woman must voluntarily.'"

"What?!" Lucias was taken aback.

"Krotones, you must know that Turui is not a citizen who was massacred after your occupation by Crotone this time. Before the war with Lucania, more than 10,000 citizens died, Turiri Almost all widows in the city, I heard that Turri was going to issue a decree to allow citizens to marry multiple wives, which shows how many men are missing in Turri." The captain showed a hint of rumors. : "Okay now, these freemen are working hard in order to earn performance in front of the Turiyi women who are busy rebuilding their homes. They will naturally work hard. Know that once they are fancy by Turiyi women, not only can they marry one Wife, and can immediately become a Turi reserve citizen, and be divided into a house, although they can not be divided into land, but as long as they join the army to fight, these are not problems. Speaking of these guys are really lucky, there are so many educated and beautiful pictures The Liyi woman can choose, thinking that we were in Amendolara—"

"Captain, don't complain, your wife is Amendola's famous beauty, and she is also a Persian beauty. Don't you know how much other citizens envy you!" a soldier couldn't help saying.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!..." The captain smiled cheekily: "That is of course! That is of course! My wife is the most beautiful woman in Amendorala except the wife of the consul! It is beautiful and beautiful Well educated! I’m complaining for you, I didn’t catch a good time!"

"My Lucalia woman is very nice! Not only warm, tall but also big here..." A soldier patted his chest and said intoxicatedly: "Greek women can't compare!"

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A group of soldiers began to argue about the beauty of the woman, and the more vulgar the more, the Lucias was not interested in listening again.

For the orthodox Greek nobles such as Lucias, these decrees issued by the Tua Alliance are completely deviant and in Crotone-this city-state that has been built for hundreds of years and the clan and clan forces have been extremely stable. Impossible.But he had to admit that for the people of Turri who lost their homes and lost a lot of strong citizens, it was a good way to quickly boost the strength of the city-state.Turi, who is only able to quickly restore his strength and re-prosperity, and is a life and death enemy with Crotone, is by no means what Lucias wants to see!

Lucias thought of this, and followed the team out of the city anxiously.On the way to the camp, "exactly" saw a dozen teams of soldiers training: they seem to be playing a game, each side has about fifty people (actually a unit), they use the head to wrap a long cloth The stick is used as a bayonet, and the rough board is used as a shield. The two sides charge and stab like a real battle. The game is not over until one side is forced to retreat to the white line drawn with lime powder. The losing soldier needs both hands. Squat behind and jump around the field (that is, leapfrog) as a punishment.

The scene is quite hot and fierce, at a glance you know that this game is simulating actual combat.Lucias saw that several soldiers were stabbed and went directly to the bandage for treatment. However, the soldiers' enthusiasm was not diminished, and they continued to applaud and cheer for the battle. The bloodiness and fighting desire of their soldiers can be seen.

Some people in the messenger group asked curiously: "Do you usually train like this?"

The patrol captain chuckled and said: "We practice every five days, every training has a lot of training items from early morning to evening, this is just one of the less intense training items."

The Crotone of the messenger looked at each other, and it was obvious that the military training of the Tua Alliance was significantly higher than the Crotone civil soldiers who spent most of their time in the arena.

Lucias did not completely believe the captain’s words, but it also showed that Amendolara’s army was a rigorously trained and field-proven force, otherwise it would not be easy to take Crotone’s army Defeat, although it is only a sneak attack.

Entering the camp and coming to the large account in the center, the patrol leader went in to report, and Lucias and his party waited outside the account.

At this time, a person came out of the big tent, Lucias glanced at it, and felt very familiar, and for a moment could not remember who it was.

The man didn't expect to meet Lucias at this moment. He was stunned for a while, then calmed down again, smiled at Lucias, and immediately turned away.

Lucias stared at his back, trying to think who he was.

"Admiral, please come in!" came the voice of the patrol leader from behind.

Lucia settled down, opened the tent, and walked in.

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The patrol leader took the soldiers out of the camp, his serious expression suddenly turned into a smile: "Brothers, how was my performance just now?"

"Captain Olivers, you are acting so well! Very serious and totally two people as usual!" one soldier praised.

"I think it's a little bit worse. There is a joke in the middle of the woman. It's too much to lose your identity!" Another soldier raised his objection.

"What?!" Oliver said with dissatisfied eyes, "Chenotimas, you are not very serious in carrying out the task today, and must be punished!"