Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The veterans had a tight heart, and no one refuted it. In recent years, Hades faith has become more and more popular.A year ago, a judge in Crotone suddenly died in his sleep. His widow surrendered to City Hall on the second day, saying, "It was his husband who took bribes several times and made an unfair sentence. Severe punishment..." This incident was widely circulated in the kingdom. The people respected the just and stern Pluto, and made the officials a little more awesome about the gloomy and solemn god, including the veterans. .

At this time, Plesinas saw a man standing up a short distance, turned out to be Mariji, thinking he would object, he was surprised.

Mariji smiled at him and said, "Of course, I also support His Majesty's decision, but I want to speak about the correctness of His Majesty's decision from a trade point of view. Because three wars broke out one after another, especially the war with Carthage Although the war has not yet burned into our main territories, it has led to the reduction of foreign merchants who used to come to Dionysia for business and trade, and the commercial taxes of various cities have also appeared more or less in these months. There was less decline, because these foreign merchants were not optimistic that Dionia could win the final victory in the three simultaneous wars, so he did not dare to contact the kingdom again.

And we dare to hold a grand celebration like the Rugby Finals during the war, it is to show them our kingdom's confidence in victory, so as to promote the return of trade to prosperity."

"And the football final itself can increase a lot of taxes and improve the tension of the treasury." Finance Minister Mercis used his fingers to hit the armrest of the wooden chair with his fingers, reminding dissatisfaction: "You! You! You need to be clear now that the biggest problem for the kingdom now is not the food, but the treasury! The money in the treasury is not enough!"

Weisba asked in surprise: "Mr. Mercis, during this time, Your Majesty has transported a large amount of property obtained from Rome and other occupied city-states by ship to the port of Turíi, and finally all belonged to it. The treasury, I heard that there were at least a few thousand Talente, and the Alexis army occupied the towns of Samone, such as Kautim, Beneventum, Lola, etc. Will you still be short of money?"

"Master Weissba, when you saw the treasury collecting money, why didn't you see the treasury spending a lot of money!" Mercis grunted and complained loudly: "The previous drought has already let The Treasury has spent a lot of savings. At the beginning of this war, the Sicilian fleet was almost wiped out. His Majesty and our senate decided to build hundreds of warships immediately! How much does it cost, do you know?! Thousands of soldiers and crew died in battle and drowned, and there were many citizens who became disabled after severe injuries. How much do you need to pay for the pension? Do you know? Eleven legions fight nearly 100,000 people, fighting in one battle How many javelins and arrows do you need to consume? How many javelins are broken? How many daggers, shields, and war horses are damaged? How much backup armor and armor do I have to buy to ensure that the soldiers can continue to fight? Don't need to spend money?... The loot sent by His Majesty and Alexis is just to smooth out the previous consumption of the Treasury, but the war is far from over, and the Treasury will continue to consume, so any benefit None of the fiscal revenue measures should be let go!"

Weisbagan laughed a few times: "It seems that the war has a great impact on the kingdom's trade and finances, but the autumn harvest is about to end. Once the citizens pay the land tax, the finance department should feel relaxed."

There were a few chuckles in the meeting place. It was that a few veterans felt that Wesbah didn't understand the kingdom's finances at all. The little land tax and the money for the war was nothing short of money.

Antaoris stood up and glanced around with dignity. He could not allow some people to defy the authority of the rotating chairman. Although he also disdained Weisba's incompetence in his heart, he also served as the rotating chairman. On this issue, they were together.

"Is there any objection?" Anta Oris said loudly: "If not, then hurry up to implement your majesty's decision, and in a few days it will be September 9th, we must start preparations immediately."

Quietness was restored in the venue.

Weissba nodded his thanks to Anta Oris and said aloud: "Since everyone agrees with His Majesty's decision, this year's rugby finals will continue!"

After he finished speaking, he raised a small hammer and knocked on the small clock on the table, making a clear sound, and then turned his attention to one of the five rotating chairs in the front row, Chief Executive of Turriy: "Master Lucias, This time you are still the person in charge of the rugby match, what difficulties do we need to solve?"

Lucias said with deep thought: "I also support this decision made by His Majesty. You also know that during this war, citizens of the Turiyi region have suffered a lot of deaths and injuries. The people's emotions are more depressed. Rugby matches are held. It will help them to release their emotions. And on the day of Hades celebration, I hope that the ceremony of worshiping the warriors in the Temple of Heroes and Spirits will be held more solemnly to appease their relatives!"

"This should have been the case, I will arrange it, Lord Lucias, you can rest assured!" Plesinas responded.

"In order to prevent accidents, I hope that the patrol department can send additional patrols to maintain the security in and around Turi... and the military department can send more soldiers to maintain the order of the squares and temples on the day of the celebration."

After receiving a positive response from Silos and others, Lucias continued: "And more importantly, because of the war, our senate has not affirmed whether to host the rugby finals this year. Answer, I am afraid that the cities are not ready, we must notify them as soon as possible, so that they can send the participating teams as soon as possible, otherwise the teams cannot arrive on time, the game schedule can only be postponed. And... Inviting friendly city-states to observe the ceremony, will this year still recruit old ones?"

"I think we should continue to invite them, as Lord Mariji said before, we need to show these allies and friendly city-states the confidence of Dionysia to win in order to get more support from them." Foreign Minister Ansitano Si seriously advised: "And in the Sicilian war report received yesterday, friendly city-states such as Agrigento, Gera, Minoa, etc. were all destroyed. We invited them to send envoys to participate in the festival. Dionysia does not give up their determination in order to appease their refugees."

"Master Ansitanos." Antaoris asked aloud: "Among the allies you said to be invited, did you include Egypt? When we suffered from drought and war, Egypt gave us great help to let We have survived the most difficult months."

"Yeah, yeah, although Egypt is an ally we just established diplomatic relations with, it has helped us the most. Why hasn't anyone mentioned inviting them before?"

"It was only then that I remembered to invite Egypt, I am afraid it was too late." Some elders said regretfully.

"Adults, don't worry. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just received news from the Eastern Mediterranean. The Egyptian pharaoh has sent a messenger to visit our Dionysia. It is estimated that he can reach Turri before the celebration." Ansitanos immediately Responded.

"Why don't you say such an important thing early?" Cornelius complained: "Master Ansitanos, Egypt is our important ally. Your Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for receiving the messengers of Egypt. What do we need of us? What the elders have done, despite the proposal, should make them feel satisfied! In addition, they should immediately tell His Majesty to let him know about it."

Anitas nodded.

After Cornellus finished his instructions, he said to Weisba in the center of the venue: "Since everyone agrees to host the rugby finals, then send a messenger to notify the chief executives of the cities to invite allies and friendly cities to participate as in previous years. Grand ceremony."

Weisba nodded and called the clerk who was in charge of recording the meeting next to them, and immediately began to write letters, stamped with the seal of the senate, and handed them to the messengers waiting at any time in the partial hall to send them to various places (because Dai The Onia House of Elders has meetings almost every day, and some proposals may be passed at any time, so the House of Elders has a fixedly assigned messenger to communicate the resolutions of the House of Elders to those who should communicate it in a timely and accurate manner).

After making these arrangements, Vespasin breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a routine manner: "Masters, do you have any new proposals?"

Secretary of State Hilos stood up and said solemnly: "The Ministry of Military Affairs has received information in recent days that Parchetti's former prince Vardarka is in Peloponnese calling for the escape to Mesapi, the Greek mainland, The remaining forces of Pucciti and Dawn are preparing to attack our Apulia region."

Everyone heard it and was taken aback.

Weissba also swept the previous carelessness and asked anxiously: "Is this news correct?"

"It has been confirmed by Aristilas." Silos simply replied, and everyone no longer expressed doubts. Although many veterans were far away from King Dave's intelligence director, he obtained intelligence. The ability is undoubted.

"Master Hilos, do you know how many enemies there are?" Weisba asked again.

"According to the information received last time, there are less than 4,000 people." Hilos said seriously: "It is estimated that they will land in Apulia in the near future."

"The dogs of these mourning families are very likely to choose the time. While Alexis led the army to expedite the Samone Mountains, the 4th Fleet left the Adriatic Sea and traveled to Sicily to defend the emptiness of the entire Apulian region. "