Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt a little depressed.

"This is the arrangement of the goddess of destiny. Who told us that we did not follow Daveus at the beginning!" Tormid said with a sigh: "Daveus is worthy of being a lord of the gods. He has created such a big career in only half a year. We are now It’s not too late to follow him!"

Listening to the words of Tolmed, Zanteiparis, who had stepped into the old age, looked up at the silent starry sky, and a sentimental sentiment came to my heart: "I don't know how you feel? I am old, tired of wandering around, Fighting non-stop, I’m afraid that I won’t have tomorrow’s life after I live today, it’s nice to settle here..."

After saying this, everyone was a little silent.

"Okay, please don't think about the future, let's think about how to smoothly receive other companions in the next time, and don't let them make trouble, otherwise we will have trouble!" Tima Song reminded everyone concerned.

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Timmasong’s concerns were fulfilled the next morning.

Tima Song They had not arrived at the port, they learned that there were more than a dozen outsiders robbing things in the market, and they also clashed with the managers who arrived, and injured people, until all the market patrols came (full 50 people) , A team) arrested them.Tima Song hurried to see that it was indeed their mercenaries. Finally, they came to Agathia, and they lost money and made a guarantee. The mercenary who was convicted of the crime was also fined a month of labor, and this matter was settled.

In order to prevent this from happening again, Tima Song simply rented a house in the port to stay.

Even so, the conflicts and disputes that occur every day begin to increase, and most of them are related to these mercenaries. Some seniors even suggested that these mercenaries be expelled from the alliance and restore the union to peace. West Asia, Antonios, Capps and other people opposed the miscarriage, but it also made Davers feel a little pressure.

Time passed quickly. By the end of November, the shipyard of Enanilus was completed. Daves and other veterans arrived to congratulate and made an order to the shipyard: three three-layer paddle warships.

The establishment of the Dionysian Fleet as soon as possible has been put on the agenda of the Senate to protect the Union’s increasingly prosperous ports and maritime trade. At the same time, it is necessary to change the Dionysian Alliance without a fleet, or even less than its two allies. Embarrassing facts.

By the beginning of December, the Assembly Hall of the Turriy House of the Elderly was completed, and finally the veterans had to run to Amendolara for an important meeting, which was not secret, energy-consuming, and the wretched drivers’ history came to an end. .

At the same time, only the bridge on the Krati River is still under construction in Turri-Castron Avenue, and the land part has been completed.The Turri Plaza is also about to be completed.

At the time when good news came from all construction sites, a small cargo ship embroidered with a large "∧" symbol entered the Gulf of Taranto, Greece. The passing ships saw this sign and voluntarily avoided it. Give way.

Fibidas, the Spartan general who had just stood, thought it was justified, and he instructed the helmsman to drive straight to the port of Turiri without any evasion.

In the Western Mediterranean, Sparta has the most dealings with Syracuse, so there is some understanding of Sicily.Most of the Spartans have little understanding of Great Greece. Apart from seeing players from the Great Greek city-state at the Games, they have no contact with other parties. The real Spartan citizens cannot do business with Great Greece. The city-states also have no trade... Therefore, after entering this sea area, Fibidas looked at everything around him with great interest.

After gazing at Turiri's port for a while, he said to his follower, Dorobicis, "There are quite a lot of merchant ships here, I think it is similar to Collins."

Dorobius is a Piriasi.The Piriasi people are also Lasidi dreamers, just non-Spartan citizens. Most of them live on the border of Laconia. They are free and have the right to deal with local affairs, but there is no politics in the Spartan city-state. Right, in the past, they were mainly engaged in business that Spartan citizens could not engage in. Now, because of the long years of war, the number of Spartan citizens has decreased, and they have begun to let these Pirias join the army.Because of the different occupations in the past, Drobissis has a few Spartans active in his character. He looked at the ships going to and from the crater of the Krati River, and asked deliberately: "Corinth is now in a sluggish port, but There is no excitement here. Fibidas, you should ask me,'How does it compare with Athens?'"

When it came to Athens, Fibidas's face sank.Originally defeated in Athens, Laishande set up a "30-member parliament" in Athens in an attempt to control the political situation of Athens. Although some Athenians rose up to resist, if Sparta fully supported this puppet parliament, the rebellious Athenians would not be the climate at all, but the king guaranteed The elders headed by Sanias and Diopettis were at odds with Laishande, which not only deprived Laishande of the military command, but also promoted the peace between the council of elders and the Athens Democrats.In the end, the Athenian Democrats overthrew the 30-member parliament and established a new democratic government. The painful lessons of Athens’ policy became more flexible than before, on the one hand trying to please Sparta, and on the other hand exhausting all kinds of Ways to restore post-war trade and agriculture... It was only a few years after the trade in Athens began to flourish again.

Phibidas snorted and stopped talking.

At this time, the Dionysian patrol ship ushered in.

Phibidas said aloud: "I am the Spartan messenger, I want to see the consul of your alliance!"

The patrol boat did not dare to neglect, and immediately drove back to the city of Turui.

Diplomatic events like the Spartan visit are of course handled by the Senate.It is impossible for more than 50 veterans in the Senate to stay in the Senate Hall every day, because not every major event that requires a collective meeting of the elders in the Senate happens, and many of the elders have public office, so Davos adopts the rotation system That is, every five veterans are on duty for one day in the deliberations hall, and the other five are rotated the next day.

Just as the patrol boat was rushing to pass the news to the House of Representatives, Davers had received an emergency report from Aristilas in his courtyard.

Spartan messenger visits!Daveus frowned, immediately thinking that Sparta might have come for them.

Soon, the patrol ship returned to the estuary and motioned for the Spartan warship to follow it.

Before he came, Fibidas didn’t know about Turri. He didn’t know that Turrii and the port were not together. This is somewhat similar to Athens, but there was no wall to connect the port and the city. So once In the event of a war, the port is easily occupied, and Fibidas sees everything in front of him from a military perspective.

"Athens does not have such a big river, and you see that the terrain is very flat, the soil should be very fertile, and the agriculture of Turiri should be very good!" The follower Dorobissis observed from an economic perspective.

After a few miles of sailing, Fibidas saw Turriy’s towers on both sides and the iron chains hanging in mid-air across the Krati River.Pfidas knew that once a fleet of foreign enemies broke into the estuary and Shuohe up, the chain of barrage would be put down and the warship would be blocked from entering the city's waterway.

The patrol boat finally entered the pier on the north shore.

Fibidas found that whether it was a pier, trestle, or shore house, they were all neat and tidy. Only the wharf on the far side was dark, and Dorothy asked the captain of the patrol ship curiously.

"That was reserved for us by our governor, Lord Davers, and there are temples in every part of the city. He wants every citizen of us to see these ruins wherever we go, reminding ourselves every moment. , This city was burned down by invaders, we must keep this huge shame in mind, don’t let Turui be bullied again, and only use victory to restore its former glory! Just a few days ago, we have repaired a place Ruins, because we got Niutum!"

Looking at the captain's solemn and proud look, Fibidas was disapproved on the surface, but his heart was touched.

At this time, a team of guards came.

Fibidas observed their mental appearance and every move, we can see that this is a team of well-trained and highly disciplined soldiers, and they must have a wealth of actual combat experience.To be honest, apart from Spartan citizens, he has never seen a patrol in other city-states that can maintain a good formation and can be put into combat at any time in his city. He is indeed a bit surprised.

The captain and the captain of the patrol Olivers made a handover and drove away.

"Your soldiers must stay on the ship. Please join me in the Senate of the Senate!" Olivers said to Fibidas seriously: "The Alliance has regulations that do not allow foreign soldiers to enter the city!"

"They are Spartan warriors! They can freely enter and exit any Greek city-state!" Fibidas said loudly and vigorously.Although it is exaggerated, many Spartans in the Eastern Mediterranean did indeed have this privilege in many Greek city-states, so many city-states were dissatisfied with this.

Oliver glanced at him and said disapprovingly: "I know who you are, I don't care what you do in other city-states, but as long as you step on the land of the Dionysian city-state alliance, you have to abide by our laws!"

Fibidas was extremely angry, but patrol captain Oliver made no concessions, a firm expression of "either you abide by the rules of the alliance, or you withdraw from the alliance territory."

In the end, Dorobius made a compromise and allowed these Spartan fighters to wear casual clothes before being allowed to pass.

Phoepidus suffocated and entered the city of Turri.Before he came, he heard that Turi was burned down by Crotonians a few months ago, but the city is almost invisible: the streets are straight and wide, the new yards are well-organized, and the roof is everywhere. Visible flowers bloom.Looking far away, you can also see that there are two long elevated diversion bridges extending from the two huge wheel-like devices on the river bank to the center of the east and west urban areas. Introduce several pools where children are playing. There are fountains and statues in the pool, where people can draw water and rest.The water continues to flow through the drain holes in several directions below the pool, and flows along the gutters on the streets in front of the houses of thousands of people, washing away the garbage and dust, making the whole city clean and tidy, and moisturized by water , The whole city is full of vitality.