Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Kunogolata sighed in a pained expression, and said, "Amendorara built these warehouses and hotels. Daves originally hoped to increase income for the national treasury and benefit the people. You alone After all the warehouses and hotels, and we are outsiders, what would you think of the Amendolalars! I want to do business and manage city-states. The reason is the same, not only to make money, but to win hearts!" Kunogata spoke his son with a strong heart, but he really wanted to say that Daphes was an example for Sostatus.After observing this period of time, he found that the young leader not only had outstanding military talent, but also a genius in politics.Just looking at every proposal he puts forward, he always considers issues from the perspective of the city-state and from the perspective of the people. He rarely takes care of his private interests, so it makes people forget that he is actually the only life-long governor.As long as Daphes can always do this, Kunogolata is willing to drive him.

"Father...I see." Sostatus replied slightly after reconsidering.

"It's good to understand." Kunogolata smiled happily. He remembered something and then asked: "Sostatus, it seems that you are going to do business and are not going to hold public office?"

"Isn't it possible to hold public office and do business at the same time in the Tua Alliance?" Sostatus asked doubtfully.

"Of course. Since you like to stay in the market, you might as well go to Mariji as a tax collector, but you have to pass the test."

"test?"

"Can't count, how to be a tax collector!"

"It's too easy for me."

"In a few days, the Tua Union Public Service Law proposed by Lord Davis, the governor, will be promulgated. By then, all Tua Union citizens have the right to hold public office and get paid." Kunogolata decided Give your son a good idea.

"Isn't it the same as Athens!" Sostatus exclaimed.

"It's not the same as Athens. You'll know it by then." Kunogolata said quietly, but lamented in his heart: the promulgation of this law will make the people who originally support Davos very afraid, I am afraid Will love him more!What a great young man who dares to think and dare!

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Three months after the Tua Union and Crotone signed a peace agreement, the avenue from the Sine River Ferry to Turi was completed, and the Lukanians who participated in the road construction won the award from the Tua Union Elders’ House on the same day: minus Last half a year of labor.

Since then, the Lukanians have only one and a half years of labor service (participating in the battle with Crotone, which has been reduced by two and a half years of labor. And because they have captured senior officers such as Melanius, they have been reduced by another half a year. ).Of course, they and Crotone's captives had to continue to repair the road to Castellon.

After the road between Heraclea and Turi was repaired, the wide, flat and solid avenues accelerated the speed of pedestrians and caravans, and the time required for their journey was reduced by at least two-fifths, especially for vehicles It is extremely convenient.

In fact, after the slaves and the captives straightened and mastered the road-building process, the progress was very fast. The main difficulty was on the bridge. This section of the road had to cross four rivers, except for the Sinni River, which was in Amendolara and On the border of Heraclea, a pontoon was originally built. It is impossible to enter Heraclea to build a bridge. In addition, three bridges have to be built.And Daphes requires that flat bridges must be built, and floating bridges and arch bridges are not required to facilitate the transportation of goods.

Heracled Jr. spent most of his time thinking about how to build bridges. He consulted not only his father, but also experienced carpenters, and even the two apprentices of the Pythagorean school: what kind of geometric support To make the bridge more stable.After he had matured his thinking, he submitted his plan to build bridges to Davers, which was approved by Daves, but the consul made a request: the captives should not be allowed to build the bridge, but the civilian soldiers should be involved.

At the same time, Davers also issued an order: On the day of Army Training Day, soldiers must participate in road construction in the morning.Davers hoped that the soldiers would master the skills of building roads and bridges, and prepare for the future march.

The small Hercules commanded the soldiers to bind the felled wood in groups of two, one end was sharply tapped into the river bed, and then at the place where the stump was ten meters parallel, another group of wood was beaten symmetrically. Enter the river bed, then set up a thick piece of wood between the two sets of wood, it just caught in the gap at the upper end of the wood (because the two pieces of wood are fixed in a group), they are tightly tied and tied up, row by row The bridge pier is ready.Then lay planks on the pier to make the bridge deck, and the main body of the bridge is completed.Subsequent work is much easier, as guardrails, bridge piers and additional support to prevent long-term water impact... Waiting for seven days, the first flat bridge 15 meters long and 9 meters wide spanned On the Burano River.

With the experience of the first bridge, the work of building the bridge later will be faster... By the time the third bridge was built, it took only two days to complete.

After hearing this, Davers greatly praised him, and asked Heracled Jr. to incorporate the steps of building a wooden flat bridge into the Tua Union Military Law to guide the march to war.

Heracled Jr. was encouraged, but then he should have a headache again, because it was more difficult to build a bridge on the Krati River, although it was built on the original pontoon west of the city of Turui, and there was a delta in the middle to buffer , But the Koseni River is still more than 20 meters wide, and the water is too deep to walk.Heracled Jr. had to think of a way first: how can he drive the bridge pile into the river bed more easily and steadily?

Just as he meditated, Daveus, in order to encourage and stimulate him, also said: "Now the Tua Alliance is only building a wooden flat bridge. In the future, we will also build a stone bridge and allow the three-layer slurry warship to pass under the bridge. If you can do it, then you will definitely become a master bridge builder and be remembered by future generations!"

Daphus's words made Hercules Jr. feel pressured, and at the same time, he ignited his fighting spirit...

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A few days later, the reconstruction of the city of Turiyi came to an end, and countless freemen rushed to the household registration office. The household registration officer Rafias received tens of thousands of applications for becoming Turiyi citizens in one day. Fainted, he had to ask the Senate to send more staff.

The Senate is also holding a meeting to discuss: on the construction of a large square to accommodate tens of thousands of citizens to convene a conference and to gather troops when the alliance is on the expedition.

"I have no objection to the construction of the Grand Plaza. From the letter of help from Rafias, we can see that our formal citizens can easily break through tens of thousands of people in a few years." The sharpening of the position of the chief, especially the three-month reconstruction of Turrii, added Cornelius' experience and self-confidence. He laughed at the dozens of veterans and caused laughter from a group of veterans.

Then Cornelius questioned again: "But I doubt whether the Senate House needs to build a meeting place of 600 people. Now, the Senate House has fewer than fifty people to build such a big meeting place. Not only was the waste of manpower and materials for the reconstruction of Turiyi city, but also the need to sit in such a large meeting place to discuss issues, it is not good to hear the voice."

Cornelius' words were recognized by some elders.

At this time, Davers stood up from the grass (the veterans of the Tua Alliance were meeting in the open space of the camp because the hall had not yet been built), immediately attracted everyone's attention, not only because the Great Hall was His proposal, and for the Turui veterans who survived the rest of the robbery, Davers, as the supreme power of the new coalition who rescued Turiri twice, made them awed by the unfamiliarity of him.

"Tuliy’s reconstruction is not only to rebuild our homes for our people, but also to consider and plan for the future development of the alliance, so we built better roads, better bridges, and better locations. To build bigger squares, more orderly blocks, to build viaducts that have never been seen before... In the future, the new city of Turiri will be the most beautiful city-state in Greater Greece and even the entire Greek world. One! Then, as the power center of the alliance, the elders of the alliance will discuss and decide the place where the alliance lives or dies and develops prosperity every day. The people always pay attention to it, and the places that the neighbors often visit have not changed as before. We can be simple and frugal. , But the people will not agree, they will say,'Look, that little old courtyard can't match our beautiful city at all, it makes our beautiful Turui ugly!'"

While the veterans chuckled, many people nodded to show that Daphs was right.

At this time, some people said: "Admiral, we... we can build the deliberative hall better, but we don't have to build that big."

Davos thought the voice was a bit strange and looked at it closely, but it was Pollux who he had met before. He nodded and signaled, "I propose to build a meeting place for six hundred people. I think about it in the future. Amendolara The elders knew that half a year ago there were only more than 20 people in the elders' home, but now it is close to fifty people. Maybe we will let other city-states or tribes join our alliance in the future. Should we put their city-state elites and Tribal leaders are included in our senate, just like what we do now, let the new city-state and the alliance merge smoothly to stabilize the people’s hearts and guarantee their interests? For example, one year later the Vespa tribe asked to join We become citizens of the alliance. Also like Castron, maybe one day it will ask to join the alliance..."

The veteran of Amendola knew that Davers had already planned to attack Lucania. This time he successfully repelled Crotone and merged Turui, which convinced them of Daves' ability, so he had no objections.