Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Herni, calm down! I've sent Herpus to Laos, and when I get things done here, tomorrow I will also rush to Laos!" Daveus said loudly .

"Thank you, sir! Thank you!" Hernipolis was crying.

Although Daphes felt sorry for him, he couldn't let him feel so sad all the time, because he knew that cerebral congestion was an extremely dangerous disease, at the medical level of this era.Even in Dionysia is of no avail. Even if you can wake up, you will be lucky. You must plan for Laos’s future.

"Herni! Hurni! You look at me! Look at me!!!" Daveus shook his body and shouted to him loudly.

Hernipolis raised her head blankly, tears streaming down her face.

"What I want to tell you is that the doctors of Dionysia have also experienced this condition of your father many times, and the situation after treatment is not optimistic." Out of pain.

"Listen, child. You are already a 25-year-old, an upright Dionysian! If your father is really bad... you should bravely take the heavy burden your father shoulders and take care of you Mother, take good care of the people of Laos, just like your father did! Do you understand? ... Do you understand!!!"

"Bright...understand..." Hernipolis nodded crying.

"Very good. Go back and pack things up, and rush back to Laos immediately, we will see you in Laos!" Daveus patted his thin shoulders encouragingly.

Hernipolis wiped her tears with her hands and staggered away. Suddenly he stopped: "Adult, I... Can I ask you for help if I encounter difficulties?"

"Children." Daveus said softly and firmly: "I said, I treat you like your own child, and I will do my best to help you if you have any difficulties!"

"What happened? I saw Herney crying out." Christoya walked in with Crotocatax.

"Dad, I saw Brother Herni crying. Such a big person even cried his nose." Little Clo also followed.

Daveus hugged his child. This little guy is almost five years old and looks quite strong: "Your brother Herni's dad fainted, and she hasn't woke up yet."

"Ah!" Christoya exclaimed and asked repeatedly: "Is it serious?"

Daveus nodded heavily.

Christophia's expression also became bleak, and then she thought of something, and asked, "Herney is going back to prepare to take over as governor?"

"Besides him, who else can be a Laos." Daveus said lightly.

"Dad." At this time, Little Crow pinched his face and asked worriedly: "Are you going to faint?"

Daveus looked at Little Crow, and then looked at Christosia, and answered seriously: "For you, I can't faint."

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Artili Cruz, the father of Agnes, whose family was one of the earliest immigrants in Lijim City, a famous nobleman in Lijim City, decades ago, the famous tyrant Anaxiras of Lijim came from this The family had also been married to Sylon, the tyrant of Syracuse, but later fell out with Sielon, the tyrant of Syracuse's succession, because of Locle's problems.

At the beginning, Dionysius proposed to Agnes not only because of her beauty, but also because of her family's influence in Lijim and her relationship with Syracuse.But in the end Lijim chose Dionysia, Atili Cruz also married his daughter to Dionys, Dionys, and Atili Cruz was elected by Lijim citizens for two consecutive years. One of Jim's generals.

Ateli Cruz took advantage of Lijim's special geographic location to vigorously develop the family's maritime trade, especially earning huge commercial profits in trade with the two city-states of Massilia and Sagunto.In addition, Atili Cruz also owns two shipyards, and its shipbuilding capacity is second to none in southern Italy. Therefore, only six of the ten three-layer paddle warships to be built this year will be approved by the Dionysian Senate. Atili Cruz's shipyard construction, of course, this is also a kind of Dionysia alliance for Li Jim.

But when the two men met, the scene was not as harmonious as expected.

"What did you say?! Let Lijim deliver the six three-tier paddle warships currently in his fleet to Dionia!"

"Yes. We still pay you the price of the new ship. At the same time, you can use the new ship to update your fleet. Isn't that great."

"No, it's not good! Our existing warships can't give you, which will greatly weaken Li Jim's fleet!"

"You just have to wait a few months before you can use the new ship."

"That won't work either. The Messina now have the tyrant of Syracuse on their backs, which is very rampant. We must have enough warships to deter them! Why can't you wait a few more months! You can rest assured, The warships built by our shipyard will be delivered to Dionia on time."

"Our navy is stepping up training of new tactics and urgently needs new warships to join in, familiarizing and running in tactics as soon as possible..."

"New tactics? What new tactics make you so anxious?!..."

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The slave outside the living room heard Artili Cruz's voice sounded loud, as if arguing, and hurried to tell Agnes.

When Agnes heard it, she was helpless.She grew up under the snarl of her father. Even though she is now the wife of Nanyi's most powerful consul, she wants to dissuade her father from discussing with her husband. She still feels anxious and has to go to Christoia again.

Christosia, who was walking in the garden, listened to Agnes's request, looked at the sky, and smiled confidently: "Sister, don't worry, I will persuade them."

She gave a few words to Asina, then came out of the living room, listened for a while, then went straight in and said with a smile: "Daveus, Master Atelier Cruz, I'm sorry to interrupt you. Dinner is early It’s ready, the children are waiting, are you going to talk after dinner, or—”

"Of course it's after dinner." After Daveus heard that the children were hungry, he couldn't sit still and said to his father-in-law: "Let's finish the meal, come back and talk." Turned away.

Artili Cruz glared at Christosia, but for the pregnant woman, he couldn't say anything. He could only help out of the living room.

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"Daveus, to be honest, the fish soup you made is much tastier than the one you cooked in Lijim. Do you have any reservations?!" Atelik, who loves fish Ruth ate a dinner specially prepared for him, very satisfied, and forgot the previous unhappiness, and made a joke.

"What reservations are there. There are many guests in the restaurant, and the time is tight, and the chef does not have enough time to cook. And here, the marinating of this fish took more than an hour." Daveus explained.

"Well, it's a very good job!" Ateli Cruz praised, took another sip, and then asked, "Did you try the fish sauce I sent last time?"

"I have tasted it, it is very special, it has both salty and umami taste, and a very exciting taste...My chefs are using it as a sauce, trying to match it with other food..." Said Daphes.

"That's the fish sauce made by the Phoenicians, from Cadiz. Cadiz is not only rich in silver, this thing is in North Africa, Iberia, Carthage, Western Sicily, the coast of Egypt, the coast of Asia Minor It’s very famous, and it’s regarded as a delicious sauce in many places...” Atelier Cruz took a sip of wine, rinsed his mouth, and said, “There are only two types of workshops in Cadiz. One One is to extract silver, and the other is to make fish sauce. They are roughly half of each."

"Oh, Cadiz." Daphes knows this town. It is located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula and is famous for its rich silver. It was originally a settlement established by Phoenicia's powerful mother Bentaire in Asia Minor. Carthage control.I did not expect it to have this industry in addition to silver.

"It is said that this fish sauce is made from a... well, a rotten mackerel giblet mixed with vinegar, I--" Atelier Cruz just heard this and heard the sound of "vomiting", Ai Ge Nisi fell on the table and began to vomit.

At this time, Atelier Cruz was initially angry because his daughter interrupted himself, and soon he realized what, and immediately looked at Davies with anxious eyes.

"I haven't had time to tell you yet." Daveus said with a smile: "Agnes is pregnant."

"Great! Finally pregnant! After more than two years of marriage, Christosia is about to give birth to the second one. Her stomach hasn't moved. I'm still worried whether Arteanis is punishing her (referring to Agnes was first a priest of the well-known virgin goddess Artean, and then he became a priest of Hera, and she was married), which can finally be assured!" Artili Cruz smiled happily and raised his glass. Said: "This is a great event! Davis, we two have a toast!"

"Good!" Daveus also raised his glass, and the two sipped together.

Artili Cruz put down the glass and burped.

Seeing that Agnes was still lying on the table and vomiting, Daphes worriedly signaled that Christoia asked someone to help her to rest.

At this time, Atelier Cruz said: "Daveus, I am very happy today, I decided to agree with your previous proposal, first to deliver Lijim... uh... six three-tier paddle warships in the Lijim fleet You use it. I have to go back to discuss with the council before I can give you any other suggestions about training together with the two fleets.

Christoia saw that, knowing that they would start talking about business again, and they would greet the children away.