Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"She... she kicked again!" Kristoa shouted with a happy smile.

Azuna hurried out of the garden, wiped the dust from her hands on her clothes, and helped Cristonia sit down with Cynthia.

After the three women had some fun, Kristoa felt a little hungry: "Cynthia, your brother has returned, playing with little Kloe upstairs, you go up and call them down, we are ready to eat."

The "brother" that Christoya said was Cynthia's younger brother Adonis, who was eight years old and was also studying at Turui School.

Cynthia oh, and got up to go upstairs, but saw a black plate on the wooden table next to it, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"This is your aunt Andrea, and according to your father's proposal, the dried meat smoked with beef and salt, specially sent from Grummentum, let us try the taste first." Kristoa said.

Cynthia grabbed a small piece and took a bite: "Somewhat hard."

She chewed hard for a while, and after swallowing it, she said, "It has been chewing for a long time, and it tastes good, but it is salty and suitable for snacking."

"Your father intends to use this dried meat as one of the soldier's military food." Cynthia's inadvertent words brightened Christoya's eyes. She only cared about the taste. As for too much salt, she didn't care.Since Daveus let the people of Dionysian School come up with a way to improve the salt drying method, the production of sea salt has greatly increased and the price of salt has been extremely cheap.

Cynthia stuffed the whole dried meat into the garden and bypassed the garden.

There is a small altar on the other side of the garden. A stone statue of Arteans touches the bow and smiles. The stone statue is just one person tall and the carving is vivid.After Ligeem Pearl Ignatius was married to Daphes, she couldn't forget the time she used to be the priest of Artemis, the goddess of hunting, even though Daphes made her the priest of the Temple of Hera.After obtaining the consent of her husband, she built a small altar in Artemis in the backyard. Unexpectedly, Cynthia became a believer in the goddess.Perhaps it is because the Greeks regarded Artean as the goddess of the moon, and the night was her world, and the name "Cynthia" originally meant the moon, and naturally there was a sense of intimacy.So Cynthia prayed to Artemis piously before entering the main building.

Azuna saw Cynthia enter the building and hesitated and said to Christoya: "Madam, let's wait...Will Mrs. Agnes come back for dinner?"

Kristoa was stunned and said with a smile: "She is going to prepare for the marriage festival celebration tomorrow. It is estimated that she will be busy in the temple until late at night. We don't have to wait for her. With her temperament, she won't care."

"What about the master?"

"Don't wait. The Senate has been meeting and discussing for two days, I don't know when it will end. They blame the nobles and businessmen who are making trouble in the square...and the damn Polyx!" Listoya was a little irritable.

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"Dear veterans, not only in Turri, but also in the cities of Crimea, Picos, Amendolara, many people went to the square to protest. Please open the door and listen to their voices— —Listen, they are shouting,'Convene a civic conference!'"

Pollux's heated speech was immediately interrupted by Antonios: "As far as I know, Turriy and Crimea are actually only a minority of people protesting, and there is no'majority' as you said! And, No such thing happened to Amendola Lara and Pecosis!"

"Yes, as an Amendollar, I can confirm that Antonios's words are true!" Scombras said.

Polyx had expected that someone would say so, and immediately sneered: "No voice, it does not mean that no one has objections. Citizens just hide this dissatisfaction in their hearts and dare not vent it. It really is Funny, their request can be said to be very simple, and not too much, do we have to be so nervous? Just know, as long as the city-states established by the Greeks, there must be a civic assembly! Even if the time goes back to the era of kings hundreds of years ago In the presence of kings, the Citizen Assembly still exists! Only the city-states under the rule of the tyrant, fearing the people and suppressing the people, dare not have the Citizen Assembly, such as Syracuse."

Polyxes said, turning to face the front seated Daphes, and asked with courage: "Excuse me, the Archon, we... are our alliances ruled by tyrants?!"

As soon as this statement came out, the audience was shocked.

Daveus was calm, as if he didn't know Polyx's words and pointed at him: "Of course not. The Dionysian Union is under the common management of the elders of the House of Elders." Daveus's faint words did not contain There was a hint of fireworks.

"Then there is a clause in Dionysia's law that prohibits the convening of a civic conference?!" Polyxis' courage grew stronger and he continued to ask.

"Of course not." Daveus replied still unhurriedly.

"In this case, the people demanded that a civic conference be held reasonably, and I hope that the Senate would consider this matter carefully, and do not let the citizens down!" Polyxis saw Daveus fall into the language trap he had constructed, and said loudly.

"Master Polyx, holding a civic conference is not an easy task," Kunogolata said. "The situation of the Dionysian Union is very different from other Greek city-states. Our citizens are not concentrated in one city-state. , But all the cities in the alliance, just calling them is a big problem that takes time and effort! In addition, the citizens of Dionysia are not only Greeks, Lukalia, Bruti People account for a considerable amount. They still don’t understand what a civic conference is. They have never participated in a civic conference. Holding a civic conference prematurely will not only make them overwhelmed, but also very likely to make the order of the civic conference chaotic and become a neighbor. Joke..."

Kunogolata has counted the difficulties of Dionia holding a civic conference. In fact, he still has a private idea in his mind: as the real power of the Dionysia senate, he does not want the civic conference to be held because he is tired of it In order to be elected as a general in Turriy, I had to please citizens and attack political enemies... Waiting to do something disgusting, and doing anything after being elected, with a little carelessness, may be incited by political enemies to instigate citizens and force them Resigning from office is far less practicable than doing things now, and only needs to be responsible to the league, to...Daveus.

There are similar ideas with him, in fact, there are many, such as: Cornelius, Scombrus... and so on, some veterans who have always been in the league.

"Master Kunogolata is right! Our Bruty talents don't care about any civic conference, as long as there is something to eat, a woman to sleep, and alcohol to drink!" Sedorum said pretending to be a bold man. : "We Brutus only believe in those who have strong abilities and fists, and they will serve them!"

"This is also true of us Lukalia. The Civic Assembly is too troublesome and we are not interested!" Hermon said immediately.

The express opposition of the two other powers of the Senate, Lukalia and Bruti, made Pollux face a bit ugly, but he still did not intend to give up. He continued: "It is difficult to hold a civic conference, but because of difficulties, we will Do you want to give up? Is this the style of our Dionysians doing things! To build Turíi-Laos Avenue, it is difficult to cross the mountains and mountains, and we haven’t finally built it after several years of hard work!

Citizens have been looking forward to the convening of the Citizen Assembly for a long time. If Dionysia faced the threat of survival at the beginning of its establishment, it had to unify the minds of the people and concentrate on defeating the strong enemy. Therefore, the Citizen Assembly, which consumes a lot of time and energy, was temporarily stopped. This is completely understandable.But now Dionysia is stable and prosperous, the people are rich and laid back, and as a Greek who has always had a strong tradition of participating in the city-state politics, the demands of Dionyan citizens to convene a civic conference will only change over time. Getting stronger and stronger!The elders who are the most distinguished representatives of Dionysian citizens, I hope you can realize this deeply and make the right choice in time. Don’t wait for the citizens’ dissatisfaction to reach a dangerous level before making a rush decision. That's bad for the Senate and the Dionysian Union!"

The emotive and implied words of Polyxis made many people present slightly change color.

Daphes looked at Pollux, thoughtfully.

"Now, it is up to everyone to decide whether to pass this bill to convene a civic assembly!" the rotating chairman Cornelius announced loudly.

As usual, the veterans of the Legion Department expressed their opposition. The same is true of the veterans of the Lucania department. Most of the veterans of the veteran group also disagree. Most of the supporters of Pollux are unreused veterans. Most veterans.But among those who favored it, Daphes saw Burkos, Petaru, and even the naval commander Enanilus of Dionia...

Daveus narrowed his eyes, and there was a faint flash of light in the cracks of his eyes.

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When it came out of the Senate, it was late, and the weather was still cool in the spring night, but Bolton, who was wearing Pollux, was basically soaked, which was the result of a cold sweat that was scared when he questioned Davos.

Although his motion was rejected again, Polyxis now has confidence because he has seen an increase in support for him.

This is also true of Daphes, next time... he thought with excitement, the pace under his feet also became powerful, and the conversation with the elders of his peers became louder.

"I don't know what the reason is, this timid guy is getting more and more rampant now!" Mariji stood on the steps outside the veteran's courtyard, looking angrily at the distance, talking and laughing with Polyx, and then he was worried. Firth said: "Sir, don't let him be so arrogant!"