Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

As a result, in this new village composed of dozens of families with predominant citizens, Aguilas was elected without dispute.Because he was one of the mercenaries who followed Daphes to Turi, he suffered serious injuries to his left leg during the siege of the Allied forces of Lucania, and he became lame after recovering from his illness.After the establishment of the Tua Alliance, when Daveus came to console them with these wounded soldiers, he made a request: hoping to change the "place" assigned to him in Amendolara to the southern bank of the Krati River. The purpose is just to be as far away from his comrades as possible, so as not to hurt the situation.

With the influx of people, the farmland on the Xubari Plain has been developed, and new villages have sprung up on this flat and fertile plain like mushrooms.Originally, in the eyes of dozens of newcomers, Aguilas was a person who was unsmiling and difficult to get close to, but under the supervision of a notary sent by the Senate, Aguilas was easily elected as the village chief. This is a mercenary veteran who was born and died after following the Hades vassal, the benevolent consul, and the undefeated star Daveus, and immediately looked at him with awe.

Aguilas is a serious person. Since he has become the head of a village, he must fulfill his duties: maintain the order in the village, resolve the disputes among the villagers, educate the villagers’ moral customs, check the farmland cultivation of the village, remind Villagers participate in military training on time, supervise their military service, pay taxes, record population growth, and guard against epidemic diseases...it doesn't matter how much it matters.

Early in the morning, he got up, walked around every corner of the village with a cane, and sometimes dragged his injured leg, and jumped into the mud and repaired the ditch with the villagers...

Over the past few months, people from all over the village praised his performance. When he met him, he showed his respect from the heart, which made him rediscover the meaning of his survival and struggle.

After the battle between Crotone and Dionia, the adult men in the village went to war, and in the spring when planting time, the labor was obviously insufficient.Although every family has slaves, after all, agriculture is different from industry and commerce. There are not too many fields and not too much output. If there are too many slaves, they will only consume money and food. In fact, when labor is tight, you can also rent slaves. During the busy period, every household has one or two domestic slaves.Aji Rastdi rushed to the Turriy Home for the Elderly. After completing the registration, he brought 30 city-state slaves back to help the village to do farm work.

The whole village except Aguilas, a disabled man, is either a woman, an old man, or a child, and the rest are slaves, most of whom are male male slaves, but Aguilas is not worried that these slaves will make trouble, because the laws of the Union stipulate : Every year, on the celebration day of the establishment of the Dionysian City-State Union (ie, October 30), a group of hard-working and well-performing city-state slaves will be given freedom in front of the Temple of Hades. This is to them The reward of keeping one's duty also shows Hades' kindness.Since the promulgation of this law, the work enthusiasm of city-state slaves has become high, and the efficiency has doubled. For rural domestic slaves, it is not easy for farmers to own a slave, and they rely on it a lot, so it is natural Very cherish, slaves are often treated like family members, the longer the time, the closer the emotional relationship between the two sides, the greater the freedom of domestic slaves, and as long as the master is rich, can afford the redemption money required by the alliance, there are many Domestic slaves can be freed before the master's death, and these slaves often return to the master's house after they are free, and continue to help the housework in the form of domestic helpers.

With the help of slaves, the spring ploughing of the whole village was done well.Of course, when he is idle, Aguilas will comfort the women and the elderly who are worried about their relatives in the village.

On this day, due to the breakdown of the watermill in the village that was drawing water on the river bank, Aguilas rushed to the city of Turi in the early morning to find someone to repair it. Finally, he made an appointment with a skilled carpenter and hurriedly Go home.

As soon as the door opened, the female slave at home immediately stepped forward and told him: "Mrs. is sleeping now, she didn't vomit today."

Aguilas was relieved.He spent most of his life in the battlefield. He thought he would die in the wilderness or live a lonely life, but he did not expect to be a city-state citizen, share land, marry his wife, and set up a family after coming to Great Greece. With children, this is really a boon to Hades!

When he heard the news in the doctor's mouth at that time, he rejoiced in dancing, and even immediately used his savings to buy a female slave to take care of his pregnant wife.

"Master, please drink water." The slave girl cleverly took the wooden cup holding water.

At this time, Aguilas, who was thirsty and impatient, didn't drink it immediately. He asked: "Have it been boiled?" The Greeks used to drink raw water before, but the superb medical Hreps repeatedly Citizens are urged to drink "heated boiling water" in public, insisting that this can reduce illness.In this regard, Aguilas is no stranger. When he was marching in Persia, Daveus had so strict requirements for his mercenaries.For the unborn child, he needs to take good care of his body.

The slave girl nodded, and he drank with confidence.

"Boom!" The door was suddenly pushed open, making a loud noise and rushing in a half-size boy.

Aguilas stared at him, about to reprimand.

The boy said breathlessly: "Uncle Aguilas, I just picked up shells by the sea... saw... I saw a big boat parked on the beach, and a lot of people came down.

enemy!!Aguilas immediately became alert and turned back to the female slave. "Go to Tanabe and call Bomi (male slave at home) back, then immediately help your wife to go north and wait for me in the square of Turiyi!"

"Got it, master!" The female slave quickly ran out of the yard.

"Child." Aguilas remembered the boy as Patroclus, who was usually mischievous and often beaten by his father, a strong Thasos: "When you see those people, there are others Is it by the sea?"

"Only me."

Aguilas thought for a while and then asked, "Will you ride a mule?"

"I have ridden other people's cattle and mules secretly many times." The clever boy clearly realized that the situation was urgent and confided his secrets without fear of being scolded.

"The village to the south is very close to us, do you know?"

"Yes, I also fought with the children in that village."

"Uncle wants you to ride my mule, and immediately rushed there to inform them, saying that I said Aguilas'The enemy is coming, let them evacuate quickly!' Can you do it?"

"I can!" The boy nodded vigorously.

"Good boy!" Aguilas stroked the boy's head in praise, and suddenly remembered something. He took out the village chief seal issued by the Chief Executive of Turiyi from his arms and stuffed it into the boy's hands: "If they don't believe it, just Show them this."

"Uh." The boy nodded again.

Aguilas immediately pulled the green mule from the cattle and sheepfolds in the yard, and the boy easily jumped on the mule's back.

"Keep in mind, after the message, you will rush to the Krati River bridge and wait for us!" Aguilas urged.

"Got it, uncle." The boy shook the reins and the mule ran out of the hospital.

Seeing the boy’s skillful movements, Aguilas let go of half of his heart. As an old group of mercenaries, he and most of his comrades had similar ideas. This alliance was created by them with blood and sweat. They have this responsibility. Defend the alliance, not just stare at your village.

Aguilas looked at the house reluctantly, then strode out, limped and ran to the village square to ring the bronze bell, and greeted the villagers to evacuate immediately.

Aguilas led the slaves to help the old and the young, and just after evacuating the village, the smoke had risen behind him...

The women exclaimed and wept bitterly for the burning village...

Aguilas can still remain calm. Based on his previous experience of plundering, he judged that the enemy would not immediately chase out of the village, so he urged the villagers to speed up, but his fists were tight. The first new home was destroyed!

………………………

"This morning, three villages were destroyed in Turi, and fifteen people were killed, but we did not catch an enemy! Felixius, you have to find a way! If you go on like this, Victory Square will be lost. The people are full, and then the people of the whole union will be in panic! Do the civic soldiers in front of you still want to fight?!" Kunogolata said anxiously, as the chief executive of Turi, he could not Watching Turi Yi, who was finally regaining prosperity, was robbed again.

"Don't worry, Master Kunogolata, sit down and discuss slowly." Cornelius explained to Felixius while comforting him: "To be honest, Crotonenes are also very cunning They used small warships to land on the coasts of Turui and Castellon. They were all dozens of sailors holding bows and javelins. The young and middle-aged citizens of our villages went to war, otherwise how could they It's easy for them to sneak attack! These sailors fled back to the ship as soon as they found that our troops arrived, and we couldn't catch up! We only have three brigades in the city, to defend the port of Turui, but also take care of Amendo Lara, there are really not enough people!"

"But the problem must be solved as soon as possible!" Kunogolata snorted and said: "There are not enough people, you can consider using those free people!"

"It is indeed a good idea to use free people, Master Kunogolata!" At this time, Felixius, who had been pondering, said: "Thousands of free people have nothing to do in the port. It is easy to live for a long time. Chaos. Yesterday some free men ran to the barracks and said,'There is no food to eat. I want the soldiers to give them what they eat.'"