Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Crotone inside the once powerful Greek state had to make a living by picking up trash!As a Carthage who had dealt with Crotone, Okritton recalled the lively scenes he had seen here before, and felt very sighed.

The inner city of Crotone is very large, and Okreton walked all the way, but he didn't see many young men. He couldn't help but wonder: "Did Dionysius kill all Crotone citizens?"

"The citizens of Crotone are farming in the farmland. When the Siracusa army besieged Crotone, the fields outside the city were destroyed. They must take advantage of the early spring to rush to replant the grain, otherwise In the fall it will be nothing to eat..." explained the patrol captain.

When walking to the center of the city, it was no longer the smoked ruins that came into the eyes of Okritton, but many busy construction sites.

"This is our people helping the Crotonians build houses." The captain of the patrol ship said voluntarily.

Okreton looked at the hot construction site ahead, and out of businessmen's nature, he asked, "How much do you charge the Crotonians for building a house?"

The captain smiled and said, "The Crotonians have nothing now, and there is money to pay us. This is the people who voluntarily come to build for them."

In fact, the captain of the patrol ship did not tell the truth. "Helping the Crotonians to rebuild their homes" was the proposal of Daphes. The Chief Executive of Asprostum Agassia was responsible for organizing and implementing it. Gold and silver, but their credit will be registered and will be commended by the Dionysian Senate after the war, which means that they will get the land and the citizenship of Dioria, so come to Crotone for freedom The majority of citizens and reserve citizens.

Okreton was surprised, and then he realized what a business opportunity it was. He heard that Dionysia’s territory was also ravaged by the Syracuse, as well as Siliting and Trina, if these city-states If the Dionysians are needed to help rebuild, the various materials needed will be huge, and Dionysian alone will certainly not be able to supply alone, if his family can also get involved in it...

Okritton was thinking in his heart, and the more he wanted, the more excited he was. Now he was glad that he had been selected by Hanno and sent Dionysia. If he could not seize this opportunity, Bar Harmon would punish him!

He patrolled in contemplation and did not see the captain walking straight to the construction site. After a while, he brought a man to Okritton.

The man saluted Ocreton: "Dear Carthage Messenger, welcome to you! I am Agathia, the veteran of Dionysia and the chief executive of Asprostum."

Okreton immediately returned the gift, saying in pure Greek: "I am Okreton, the veteran of Carthage, and I was appointed by the court to meet your king."

Earlier, Agassia had heard about "Ansitas first sent Carthage to have a closed door feast." Originally thinking that the Carthage messenger would be difficult to get along with, he did not expect Okriton to speak well. , The two chat while walking.

Under the intentional guidance of Okriton, Agacia talked more about the destruction of Dionyan territory by the Syracuse army and the difficulties in rebuilding Crimea and Crotone.

Okritton kept these in mind.

A group of people walked out of the west gate of Crotone (said the gate, in fact, it was just a big gap in the broken wall).

Out of the city, Okreton saw countless tents erected by the moat, and there were a lot of people in and out of the tent area, which was very lively... Some people saw Agathia and greeted them actively and friendly. The veteran Onia was very popular in Crotone.

"This is where the Crotonians live?" Okritton asked smoothly.

"Yes. As you saw just now, the entire city was burned down by the damn Syracuse. There was no way to live in the city. These tents were still used by our Dionysian army from the large camp in Syracuse. After being seized, it was given to a part of Crotone..." When Agassia said this, he didn't actually have much anger. His mentality was still good. Know that when Crotone was burned, the news When they arrived in Turri, the original Turrii people even applauded and cheered, calling it the punishment of Crotone by the goddess of revenge.

Agacia remembered something again, and said quickly: "Master Okritton, I will take you to meet the chief general Lucias of Crotone."

"No, I didn't include Crotone in my mission this time." Okritton directly refused.

If Crotone is still the same powerful Crotone as before, Okritton may have other ideas, but after seeing Crotone's misfortune, his dependence on Dionia is so deep. This made Okreton no longer interested, not to mention he was selfish and didn’t want to anger the Dionysians.So the messenger group led by Okritton landed at the port of Crotone, traversing the entire city of Crotone, but did not meet with the master here, so he went away.

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It was already noon when the Okreton and his party arrived at the Dionysian camp in Siriting. It was only two days before the Siracusa attacked the camp. The burned left battalion was being rebuilt even by the Dionysian soldiers In the camp, you can still see the fireworks blackened grid, burnt ashes tents... Okritton fantasized about the fierce fighting that took place here.

Having received the notification from the cavalry sent by Agassia, Deverst went out to meet and let the guards form a neat team, lined up on both sides of the road, and the horn, snare drum, and flute played beautiful melody...

The welcoming ceremony of such a specification surprised Okreton, and he followed Daveus into the Chinese military account happily.

Carthage was so famous as a strong rival in Rome in the history of the past life, and now Davos is the first time to see the Carthage, can't help but curiously look at the messenger in front of him: the figure is fat , Average height, black hair, dark brown eyes, thick black eyebrows, slightly dark skin, if there is no straight nose bridge and slightly wider nose wings, their appearance is somewhat similar to that of their own compatriots in the previous life, which makes Davis mind Inexplicable rise of a touch of favor.

Okreton was also looking at the new king of Dionysia.Before his mission, he had a special understanding of Dionia’s situation, and knew that the establishment and rapid rise of the Dionysian League had a lot to do with the person in front of him, but... Barr Harmon was on top, he was really It's too young!So young, but has such great power, it is really enviable!

"Dear Carthage messenger, Carthage is a great city-state, thank you for your great help during the most difficult period of Dionysia! With the precious food supply, we can carry out this terrible war Go on..."

Davos's sincere words made Okreton happy. He moved his heart and then said: "Dear King Dionysia, Carthage is not just rich in grain, our other goods are also famous in the Western Mediterranean. Tin The destruction of the Great Greece by the invasion of the Rakuza is so distressing! We at Carthage want to help the reconstruction of Dionysia and other city-states. I don’t know if His Majesty the King..."

Davies was shocked, and the expression of the Carthage messenger seemed to let him see the shadow of Mercis. He smiled: "Before, the friendly agreement signed between Dionysia and Carthage originally contained Free trade is in it, and of course we welcome Carthage’s ability to provide a wealth of goods and speed up our reconstruction of Great Greece. If Master Okritton has his own caravan, I can provide you with special care for doing business in Great Greece. ."

"Really?" As soon as Okritton spoke out, he realized his gaffe, and he quickly coughed a few times and sat down on the wooden chair again.

However, Daveus turned his head and said solemnly to Hernipolis, who was standing next to him: "Herni, you write down this matter, and also the name of Lord Okritton, and then return to notify the commercial officer. Mariji."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Hernipolis glanced at the Carthage messenger with a scornful glance, then sat down at the wooden table next to it and began to write.

Okreton tried his best to suppress the urge to say "thank you" and praised loudly: "The Carthage Senate is very impressed by the excellent performance of the Onia Alliance in this war. Although Diyania's national strength is weak In Syracuse, he was able to defeat the Syracuses continuously at sea and on land, smashing Dionysius' ambition to conquer Great Greece! Know Dionysius, the dictator of Syracuse Extremely greedy and bursting. In the past few years, many famous city-states have been destroyed on Sicily. We, Carthage and other Greek city-states, have suffered greatly. The powerful force of Dionysius let us take him No way, Dionia’s victory over Syracuse really cheers the entire Sicily and Carthage people!"

"We are also forced to helplessly!" Daphes sighed and answered solemnly: "If we can't defeat Syracuse, Syracuse will destroy us Dionysia, so Dionysia's All the people united and fought back. Although they repelled the enemy, they also paid a great price!"

"I came to see the tremendous damage that Syracuse caused to Great Greece, and I am deeply sympathetic to the great sacrifice that Dionysia made in this war, but it's all worth it, isn't it? "Occleton politely expressed concern and turned back to point out the tabernacle: "The army of Syracuse has been besieged in the Silitium by His Majesty the King, and it seems that Syracuse is right There is nothing you can do to break through your blockade. But I am afraid it will not be an easy task to capture towns defended by tens of thousands of people. What are you going to do next, His Majesty? Continue to besiege enemies until they surrender their food? I If so many Dionysian soldiers go out, Dionya’s food pressure will be great! Of course, Carthage is willing to continue to provide Dionya with affordable food assistance..."

Okreton clearly had something to say, and Daveus figured out his intentions, and then said: "Thank you, Lord Okreton, for your concern for Dionysia! Before you came, I had just sent Thira from Siritan The envoys of Kuzah, they raised their hopes to reconcile with Dionia."