Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Speaking of which, Hippopolis raised his leg, tapped the negotiating table with his right hand, and said sarcastically: "The result? The Carthage army in Sicily suffered a fiasco, and the 100,000 army lost more than half, and the rest were also nearing destruction. Not far away. By this time, it would be inappropriate to use this condition for negotiations."

Okritton sank.

Henipolis said with a full face, and said sternly: "Since this time the main force of the attack on the city of Serinus is from the Iberian army, His Majesty is worried that even if the two countries reach a peace agreement, the Magonid family will rule. South Iberia will become the greatest threat to peace between the two countries, so we have added two more items to the original negotiation conditions—"

Hernipolis stretched out a finger and said aloud: "First, hand over the entire Carthage colony in southern Iberia to Dionysia."

He then extended his second finger: "Second, Carthage must return all the land that occupied Numbia, give the Numbians independence, and no longer invade the Numbian territory and interfere with his tribe’s Internal affairs."

After listening to Okreton, his face changed drastically. He didn’t expect that the Dionysians’ demands were so greedy and fierce, which had far exceeded the vision of the senate and promised Dionysians’ conditions. Shaking the foundation of the Carthaginians, he did not dare to negotiate the two newly added conditions without authorization. This trip came again in vain!

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"Senior Puglius, Turri is almost here!" Roman agricultural officer Tibrus pointed to the front, and was already panting for the former Roman aristocracy, the newly-promoted Dionysian veteran. Lius Manlius said.

In fact, without his reminding, through Puglius’ own observation, he has felt that Turri is not far ahead, because the road is getting wider and smoother, and the number of pedestrians has increased sharply. Many of them carry agricultural tools and mud. Farmer, the houses on both sides of the road are getting denser and taller...

"Admiral Pubrius, there are still 4 or 5 miles away from the city of Turijny. You still have to ride a horse first, save some physical strength, and then come down to the inner city gate." Tiburus saw Pubulius Panting, he kindly persuaded.

"There are still 4,5 miles?!" Puglius was a little surprised: Look at the density of houses on both sides of the road, and the crowds of people, which is not suitable for some Latin city-states. It is far from the real Turi. Ine city is so far away, how big is the central city of the Kingdom of Dionysia?!

Puglius used to think that the Roman city was the largest city-state on this land. Now he looks at the front with regret, feeling his own insignificance, which further strengthens his previous insistence: "Without riding, I can walk without problems , Just can slowly enjoy the scenery of Turi City."

Because after passing the Turiyi Barracks, I heard that the Roman officials who came back with him talked about that, except for special positions such as cavalry, Turijny is generally not allowed to ride horses. Although the outer city allows it, strangers will Interviewed by the inspection team and reminded, the main concern is to hurt pedestrians.In order to act in a low-key manner, Puliuius, who had just arrived at the beginning, quickly dismounted and walked. At that time, he was also explained in similar words.

Tybrus guessed his thoughts a little, and he didn't persuade him anymore.

"Tibulus?!" There was a shout suddenly behind him. Tibulus looked back. A young man dressed as a farmer hurried over and said excitedly: "Looking at the back is like you! I heard you heard before If you take the initiative to sign up for Latham, our group of people are still worried about you. Seeing how lean you are now, you must be very tired in Rome. Is it a vacation to return this time? Or business?"

"Official." Tibrus said simply, and then turned back to introduce: "This is the new veteran of the kingdom-Lord Publius from Rome."

The young man looked at him curiously, hesitantly, leaning into Tybrus' ear and whispering, "Will he understand our words?"

"Admiral Pulius is very fluent in Greek!" Tiburus said aloud, and then introduced to Pulius: "This is my former colleague, De Mo in the northern part of the outer city of Turij. Agricultural Officer Asicalus."

Puglius smiled and nodded, then: "Nice to meet you, Asikalus Agricultural Officer!"

Asikalus was slightly embarrassed and quickly squeezed out his smile. He took a step forward and saluted and said: "Master Pubulius, welcome you to Turui!"

"Tibulus and I are not only colleagues, but also neighbors since we were young. We have studied together at the Turiyi school, passed the exam together, and just happened to be distributed to the Ministry of Agriculture...You talk about whether this is the blessing of Hades, Our friendship is not so good!" Asikalus said, placing his arm on Tybrus's shoulder and patting excitedly.

Although Pubulius didn't quite understand the words of the Turri school and the exams in Asikalus's words, he nodded politely.

Tibrus opened his hand hard and scolded: "If your hand is dirty, wipe it on me!"

Asikalus immediately put an angry expression on his face: "Well, Tibulus, go to Latham for a while, and actually start to disgust us agricultural officers! What a dirty thing! This is my hard work. Work and guide the people of Turui to complete the testimony of the spring broadcast!"

Although he knew his friend's escaped personality, his words attracted Tibrus' attention, and he couldn't help but ask, "How is the spring broadcast this year?"

"It's needless to say, of course, it didn't go well!" Asikalus shrugged and sighed helplessly: "You should also be able to feel that this war has lasted so long and this scale is so large, we More than 40,000 young and middle-aged citizens have been taken out of the Turri region one after another, and all returned are wounded soldiers. Think about how much this has affected Turri’s agriculture. Now the labor here is very lacking!

Not to mention that it was sowed in the spring. Before the autumn harvest, our Turiyi agricultural officers had already scratched their heads. We applied to Chief Lucias to use a large number of kingdom slaves and shortened their promises to become citizens of the kingdom through promises. The deadline has attracted many freemen (the war between Sparta and Thebes and Athens has intensified, causing the people of Greece to begin to migrate to the Kingdom of Dionysia under the guidance of intentional people). Under the urging of the government, the autumn harvest in the Turiyi region was successfully completed, but there was no good breath, and it was time for the spring sowing. Fortunately, this time—"

Asikalus looked at Publius, lowering his voice specifically, and said to Tibrus: "Turii has another group of slaves from Latinum and Syracuse. Originally they were To be sent all to Sardinia, we Turi intercepted a part of these slaves are good hands to take care of the farmland! In addition to the enemies from the mainland of Greece captured in the Apulia region, figure The region of Liyi can ensure that there is no shortage of labor, and can also provide help to the surrounding area.

However, it is very laborious to supervise so much slave labor. Do you know why there is so much dirt on me?That's because I often have Shimoda to do demonstrations and teach them.If you come to the outskirts of Turiyi earlier today, you can see hundreds of reserve soldiers and cavalry patrolling in various villages and fields to prevent these slaves from escaping or other accidents. It is quite spectacular!..."

Although Asicalus referred to Roman slaves, which made Pulbius feel a little embarrassed, he listened very carefully and learned a lot about Dionysia.

After listening to Tiburus, he said with some anxiety: "Always use Kingdom slaves to solve the problem of labor shortage. It is not a way to continue in the future!"

"Of course this is only temporary." Asikalus immediately took the conversation and said in a mysterious whisper: "Last night, a fast boat from the south docked at the port, and a messenger galloped into the inner city senate, I got inside information early this morning. After our navy completely defeated the Carthage fleet in the waters of Carthage a few days ago, His Majesty Davis led the main army to completely defeat Carthage’s 10 in Serinus. Ten Thousand Army, the Carthaginians have suffered successive defeats, I am afraid this war will soon be over!"

Pulius was shocked when he heard this: Carthage, an ally of Rome, known as the richest and most powerful city-state in the Western Mediterranean, was defeated so quickly?!

Tibrus asked what he wanted to ask: "Is everything you said true?"

"Of course it is true, the news is absolutely reliable!" Asikalus said firmly: "However, today the Senate has not announced this good news to the outside, I guess...may be announced at the Kingdom Conference tomorrow. Good news! By the way, Master Publius, are you also here to attend the Kingdom Assembly?"

"Ah... yes." Puglius recovered.

"Hey, few of you!" There was a sudden shout in front.

Puglius looked at him in a trance, thinking that it was the Roman soldiers who came to Turui, and saw a team of red helmets and red armoured inspectors walking straight towards them (the inspector was originally a black helmet and black armor. The use of red helmets and red armor is mainly to distinguish them from the legionnaires of the kingdom. At the same time, the red is more eye-catching and is convenient for performing official duties in cities with a large number of people).

The headed team officer looked at their group of people and the horses behind them with suspicion, and then said seriously: "Did you not see a lot of pedestrians! Still blocking the road in the middle, blocking the traffic, Hurry up!"