Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At the residence of the other rotating chairman, Cipros was surprised when he saw that he was visiting Hiktas. He asked with a smile: "Why, did you come to elect the district chief?"

Hiktas shrugged helplessly: "Master Rotating President, since His Majesty announced this incident in the afternoon, the Senate is like boiled water, and I have not stopped arguing at the meeting. When I came here, I saw several The streets are full of carriages... Everyone is asking for help in the selection of the district chief. How can I stand by and watch."

"But you haven't even become the chief executive of the town, and the post of district chief is too early for you." The reason why Ciplos said so directly is that after Syracuse was conquered, As the wartime governor of Sicily, he was able to stabilize the order of this former Sicily's largest city-state in a short period of time. Hiktas contributed a lot.After that, the Chief Executive of Syracuse has not yet determined, and during his interim administration, he also received strong assistance from Hiktas, so the two sides established a good working relationship.Later, Hiktas transferred to Turiyi, and was also taken care of by Cipros many times, and the two became friends after two visits.

"Of course not for me, but for Syracuse." Hiktas said seriously: "You also know that since Lord Adrianx served as the chief executive of Syracuse, he has been tin La Cuzha’s governance is very good. My relatives and friends in Syracuse also praised him in the letter many times. I was thinking that now Syracuse’s development has just entered the right track, instead of choosing a Syracuse public A veteran who is unfamiliar and does not understand the situation in the Syracuse area is the chief executive of the area. It is better to choose Lord Adrians. He should make the development of this area better, so he came to visit you specially, I want your support."

"Hiktas, I have said you a few times. You are now the veteran of the Kingdom of Dionysia. Don’t just stare at Syracuse, only speak for the benefit of Syracuse, and you must look at it. Be broader and pay attention to other towns, so as to be recognized by His Majesty and other elders!" Sipunosi reminded with a serious expression.

"I heard what you said, and I have been slowly changing. This is not a few days ago about'whether to accept the Frentani's request, form an alliance with them, send the navy to help them patrol the coast, and expel pirates. 'Suggestion, I also have a speech... But Syracuse is my foundation. If I don't speak for its benefit, my hometown people will scold me!" Hiktas said earnestly.

Cipros had reached the point and saw that he understood, and he directly answered the question about the election he mentioned: "It is not necessary for you to worry about whether Adrianx can become the chief executive of the Syracuse region. One of the Dionysian princes, the seniority is older than me, and the network is deeper than me. Not to mention others, the veterans in the army will definitely support him fully. The key question now is whether he wants to become tin himself The Chief Executive of the Rakuza area, you might as well persuade me rather than convince me."

Seeing Hiktas want to speak, Cipros waved his hand and said, "You don’t have to worry. After the meeting, your majesty discussed with our five rotating chairmen. For the sake of fairness, I decided to postpone the final election to 10 days. After that, the veterans who served as chief executives in various cities and towns were able to come back in time to participate in this important meeting."

"Then I'm relieved." Hiktas breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's better to care about yourself than caring for others. After adding the regional chief executive this time, the position of the chief executive of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom will be open to intermediate officials of the Kingdom. By then, the competition for the position of the chief executive of the town will become very fierce. You are now Or is it the town's administrative lieutenant?" Cipros asked with concern.

"The administrative adjutant of Amendolara." When he mentioned his post, Hiktas complained: "The place of Amendolara, don't look at the small town area, there are many things, the most important thing is... …Most of the citizens there broke into the city hall directly and wanted to report the problem to us. What pavement slabs in front of the house cracked... What happened to the ditches in the fields of their family... Wait, all of them Irrelevant little things, you can't punish them for their rudeness, but also try to help them solve the problem, because they are all pinned to the small disc on Bolton—"

"Dionysian Order of the Alliance Founders." Ciplos nodded and expressed his understanding: "The status of the old citizens of Amendolara in the kingdom is special. Even if I arrived in Amendolara, the situation is better than you. Not much, but after these three years of special training in Amendolara, I believe that you are not only familiar with the laws of the Kingdom, but also able to handle all kinds of government affairs in the town. After this election by the district chief, the town chief There will be a lot of vacancies in your post. You must seize this opportunity and seek the position of chief executive of a town as soon as possible, which will be beneficial to your future development in the kingdom of politics!"

Cipros moved Hictas with his heartfelt words. He said sincerely: "Thank you for your reminder! I will definitely strive for promotion, and I hope you can give me more support!"

Cipros did not hesitate and promised immediately: "Of course I will speak for you, but in the end, the appointment of the chief executive of the town has to be decided, but you are doing well in Amendolara. I believe that as the chief executive of the town. The issue of occupation is not big."

"That would be great!" Hiktas looked excited.

"Oh, how is your nephew Samoratis now?" Cipros asked.

"He, as before, has no interest in becoming a government official of the Kingdom, but only wants to be an officer. Now he is serving as a firefighter in Amendolara and put his main energy on military training."

"Everyone has different ambitions. He can become a legionnaire. If he can be promoted to the head of the legion in the future, he will also have the opportunity to enter the senate. This is also a very good road..." Cipros said with a smile.

"But when the war happened, who knew what would happen...ah..." Hiktas sighed.

"Okay, it's not too early, please go back quickly, staying with me for too long, the impact on you and me is not very good." At this time, Cypress said softly.

Without hesitation, Hiktas stood up, saluted Cipros respectfully, and turned out of the mansion.

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That night, not only did the high-level officials of the Kingdom frequently communicate with each other, but ordinary people also gathered in restaurants and pubs to discuss the resolutions promulgated in the Senate.

After this night, when the news gradually spread throughout the country, this phenomenon also appeared in various towns.

The Ombudsman was worried about this and asked Daveus: "Your Majesty, do you want to temporarily issue a curfew order? To prevent accidents!"

After thinking about it, Davers didn't agree, he only said slowly: "No, trust the citizens of the kingdom."

Despite this statement by Davers, the inspection department did not dare to take it lightly and urgently notified the town inspection stations to send additional manpower patrols at night.

However, in the past few days, in addition to the increase in the number of people who drink and make trouble in the evening, the increase in port labor fights, and the protests of these resolutions by various local council members, the entire kingdom is basically stable.

As King Daveus said, "Believing Dionysia citizens!" Whether it is based on patriotism, a sense of responsibility, or fear that they will actually be sent to the border, or because this 6% tax is for wealth It’s really not worth mentioning to them... And Davos let the intelligence agencies plan and step-by-step pre-publicization in advance nationwide, so that citizens unconsciously reduce their aversion to tax increases, On the contrary, I am glad that the taxation is not too much.

In short, the citizens of the Kingdom accepted the new tax bill calmly.

Citizens did not rise up to protest, and those registered free citizens and reserve citizens did not dare to make trouble at this time, otherwise, once they had a criminal record, according to the new immigration bill, it would become very difficult to become a formal citizen.

The real dissatisfaction is the free people who want to join the Kingdom of Dionysia, but have not registered, but they are not enough to cause too much trouble to the kingdom, and the new immigration bill is not completely cut off, they become Dai The path of the citizens of Onia is only more difficult. Once they gradually recover their senses from disappointment, anger, alcoholism, and noise, and accept the reality, they have to make a choice: to join the newly formed border army and fight for an early date. Become a Dionysia citizen?Or is it safe to continue living in the kingdom and obtain citizenship in the longer wait?Or because it is too old to meet the recruitment requirements, but can also venture to settle in southern Iberia?...

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The quietness of the domestic situation also made Daveus, who seemed to be calm, secretly relieved, allowing him to receive his friend, Plato, a university student from Athens, in a more relaxed mood.

Davis hosted a banquet in the palace to treat Plato and his favorite disciple, Spicyps, and invited the Minister of Foreign Affairs and historian Ansitanos, the dean of the Dionysian Academy of Letters and the former Plato. Accompanied by Lucias, an old knowledge of Athens

"I didn't hear your keynote speech at the conference this time, which not only made me feel very sorry, but also made our entire conference a lot more shameful!" Davers said to Plato with a regretful expression.