Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Kingdom’s comment on his death was also tense, especially after his will was announced that he would donate most of the estate to the Kingdom, the elders no longer had any objection: the statue was stationed in the Pantheon. A statue of him was erected in front of the finance department and passed.

Even for his funeral, even the opening of the Greek Scholars Conference was postponed for a few days.

A few days later, the Senate once again issued an important message: the only governor of the Kingdom of Dionysia, Haka, who was appointed for more than 4 years, stepped down, and Elder Bagul took over the post of Governor of Southern Iberia. The Senate has created an additional rotating chairmanship, and Haka is transferred back to Turri to take over.

The important changes in the political arena of the Kingdom of Dionia have not attracted much attention from ordinary people. The most talked about in the streets and alleys of the cities of the Kingdom today is whether Dionyan citizens should pay more taxes to increase the military expenditure of the Kingdom. To solve border security issues.

From the beginning of the fierce debate (most of the registered free citizens and reserve citizens support paying more taxes, while the vast majority of citizens expressed opposition), to many citizens began to think that "as long as they can not be allowed to experience long-term pain, It’s worth paying more taxes”. Nowadays, the main topic of debate among the public has become the question of “how much more taxes should be paid”, and the entire evolution process has only gone through more than ten days.

Such rapid changes can be achieved on the one hand because of the full promotion of the intelligence services, and on the other hand, the main reason is that the vast majority of citizens are the first generation citizens of the Kingdom of Dionysia. They are all in the process of the establishment and rise of this kingdom Participants and founders, who used sweat and guns and spears to promote the growth of the Kingdom of Dionysia, and at the same time, under the long-term influence of Dionysia law and the Temple of Hades, they produced a strong feeling in their hearts. A sense of ownership, when the kingdom does encounter difficulties and needs them to sacrifice some self-interest and provide help, they can finally make a reasonable choice.

In the street tavern, diners are still arguing fiercely: "I hope that the direct tax paid by citizens should be 15%, since people like Athens, Corinth, Thebes... these traditional Greek city-state citizens can be for the city-state. Public interest, paying such high taxes, and even higher tax rates than this, the Dionysian citizens who claim to be the'most patriotic' have a large amount of land, and should accept this tax rate calmly."

"15% is a bit high, and it was originally only 1%, but now it is about 15%. This change is too big. I guess many people can't stand it. Seven or eight percent should be reasonable."

"I said that you are so happy to discuss the issue of tax payment here. Have you considered that the formal citizens will increase, we will also increase the same tax!"

"I am single and pay no amount of taxes. I can make up for my life. I have no worries about starting a family and starting a business, so I am not worried."

"Of course I have considered this issue. I think that the more taxes are paid, the more money the kingdom has, the better it is for us free citizens and reserve citizens, because after paying military expenses, the kingdom can be built with more surplus money. Better public facilities, buying more food to curb food prices, subsidizing hospitals to lower the cost of consultations... and these benefit us more than formal citizens, after all, they are already rich enough and don’t care much ."

"It makes sense, so I decided to change my mind and support a 15% tax."

...

A group of people were having a good time chatting, and heard the chef yelling, "Masims, you are here!"

"what……"

"Or a beer?"

"Correct."

The diners looked at it immediately, and someone with a good deed immediately asked, "Masims, how are you going to find a job today?"

"I said you are stupid, do you still need to ask, just look at him to know that there is no success."

Massim squeezed a bitter smile and reluctantly explained: "In fact, during the interview, the person in charge of the library already had the intention to hire me as a writer, but the people next to me said a few more words. Knowing that I was... the Roman liberated slave, he hesitated and said to me,'If I come again in a few months, when the incident subsides, he will definitely hire me'"

"I said Massims, don’t blame Turiri’s officials for not hiring you. The Roman conspiracy rebellion is not over yet. They want to assassinate the great King Davis. This is a big thing. The Turri City Hall is so close to the Senate and the Royal Palace, just in case...I mean, in case, they really hired you, and as a result, what happened to you, they will all be affected, so In order to be safe, of course they dare not take the risk of hiring you. The man said nicely,'After a few months'...Oh, I think the Turri City Hall may not dare to hire the Romans again within a year or two! "

The diners' words made Massim's face instantly ugly.

"Don't talk nonsense." Another diner comforted: "Massims, don't listen to him. It's not that serious. Everyone knows that Majesty Davers always treats all races in the kingdom equally and will never allow it. This kind of thing happened, so this kind of thing is only temporary, and you don’t even have to wait for a few months, you can watch it, and it will get better soon, because the new Chief Executive of Turui is about to take office, Man Lilius Pubrius, he is a real Roman, how could he allow the city hall to discriminate against his countrymen like this!"

"You don't understand this!" The former diner retorted: "Publius's appointment as the Chief Executive of Turii was originally controversial. In order to avoid suspicion and safety, on the contrary, he is likely to be in Turi in the early ruling period. Strict control of the Romans in Iraq..."

Massimus listened, and felt more and more disturbed in his heart: because the assassination of Davos also involved the eldest son of Puglius, whether he reported it or not, his previous colleagues were sure Once destroyed, not only can’t find him to help, I’m afraid I have to hide from him, so it seems that Turiyi City Hall can’t go, and he doesn’t want to go back to the slave camp. Is it really necessary to go to Turi? Is the port looking for something to do?But in this way, the chances of shortening the period of becoming a formal citizen as soon as possible will be much less..."

Massimos was pondering painfully, and another diner sighed: "These damn Romans! Oh, Massimos, I don’t mean you... they made such a big thing that led to this year’s scholar conference The security protection is much stricter than in previous years. In our capacity, it is much more difficult to listen to the lectures of scholars if we want to enter and leave the school freely."

"What's so nice about those speeches, we don't understand it. Rather than sitting there blindly, it is better to use this time to earn more money and come here to buy a few more drinks!"

"Yes! Yes!"

"You don't understand this, I don't understand most of the lectures of scholars, but you can see some celebrities that you usually can't see at this conference, such as Elder Anthanos, Martinique The veteran... wait, of course, and our great Majesty King Dapheus, many of you may not have seen our king once, but I can see it every year, and if I am lucky, I can enter him Listening to his speech at close quarters, it's really..."

The intoxicated look of this diner made other people feel a little itchy when they saw it. Someone asked anxiously: "Tell us about it, what does His Majesty say at the Scholars Conference?"

"Um... this... His Majesty the King is a descendant of the goddess Hades. He has been enlightened. Some scholars in private have called him an omniscient. His speech is so esoteric. How can I remember it, I just remember Before the speech, he was very humble to thank everyone for coming to listen to his speech..."

"Isn't all of our kingdom's speeches the same way at the beginning of the speech? How could your great king be like them? I think you're just talking blindly, in fact you have never heard your speech!" One diner questioned , Others also booed, they were dissatisfied with this person's smugness, and took the opportunity to coax.

The diner was anxious: "Of course I have heard His Majesty's speech! I tell you... I... I tell you... A very interesting thing happened at this year's academic conference! Not only did His Majesty give a speech, And Prince Apex came to the stage to give a speech—"

"Prince Apex? I remember that he was the second son of His Majesty Daveus. It should be under 18 this year." A diner clearly doubted this.

"You don't know this. Although Apox is underage, he is a descendant of Hades. He is favored by the gods and he has been very smart since childhood. He not only graduated from Turiyi school in advance, it is said that Dionia The various colleges in the academy are competing to ask him to come to his own college, and he has also fought for it. As a result, Apox has become an official student of the Mathematics College and the Liberal Arts College at the same time. "The diner said with pride: "He has been studying in the academy for several years, and now he is able to give a speech at the academic conference and give his own opinions. What's so strange!"

"We are just a little curious...after all, young..." said the diners who questioned before.

Seeing that the other party was already soft, the diner did not chase after the victory, but instead expressed his understanding: "In fact, not only do you think so, some scholars in the venue also think so, a few from the Tarantum Pythagorean School People also tried to make things difficult for Prince Apox. As a result, don’t look at Prince Apox’s young age, and his eloquence is also very sharp. Soon, the Tarantum people were dumb and speechless. Cheers for him! You haven't seen the dejected look of the Tarantum people, it is really depressing!"