Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After listening to Okritton, he was not surprised. According to the information he had learned, the Etruscan alliance suffered from the invasion of the Gauls in the north and had to rely on the assistance of the Dionysians last year. Dionysia sent troops exclusively to the northern border of the Iberian Union to ensure the security of his territory. For this reason, the Etruscans must express something, which is not surprising.

"What about the ships in front? Are they all Etruscans?" Okritton asked with interest as he looked at one of the ships in front of the ship with a taller side and a large ship building.

"I just observed it when I passed the boats by boat. Although most of their sailors were...Phoenicians, it seemed..." The entourage said with anger in annoyance: "The people on the boat are wearing Like the Numisbians and Mauritanians!"

Even if Okreton is nourished, it is also difficult to maintain peace at this moment, because the Carthaginians blamed the failure of that war on the Numibian rebellion, and after that, Numi, who was like a servant The Biya people, in turn, frequently invaded the Carthage lands, so whether in the past or now, the Numibians are the pain of the Carthage hearts.

Okreton quickly calmed down and asked Shen Sheng: "How come they have so many ships?"

"It seems that many ships carry horses." The entourage replied.

Okritun knew it: "The Numisbians can only get something like this."

"Sir," the follower said in a hesitant whisper: "They all gave Dionia gifts, but we didn't get anything, is this..."

Okreton will be greeted with the head: "We Carthage can send messengers to attend the celebration, and this is the best gift for Dionysia's Hades celebration!"

Although the words of Okreton said so, he knew clearly: Carthage’s status in the Western Mediterranean is already different from today, but many veterans of Carthage have not yet fully adapted to this new change, including Hano, so The other messengers have brought generous gifts, while the Carthaginian messengers are very cold, which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the subsequent negotiations with Dionia.

During the period of worries in Okritton, the Etruscan embassy had unloaded its items and left the pier. Then it was the turn of the ships of the Numibian emissary and the Mauritanian embassy to enter the inner city pier.

After a while, I heard the horse scream, and the dock became very lively.

Suddenly, a deafening cry came from the shore, and it lasted for a long time. Even Okreton outside the port could hear clearly: "God, what a monster is this! Such a huge one!"

"This may...maybe Lucania's giant bull..."

"Fool! Does the cow have such a long nose? And the horn of the cow is on the head, but its horn is on the mouth."

"Then tell me, what is it?"

"I haven't seen it before, how could I know, but we can ask these Mauritanians."

...

Hearing these exclamations, Okritton was surprised: Did the Mauritanians send the elephants living in the interior of Africa to Turri?!

Although he hadn’t seen it before, he had heard that there were many elephants further south of the West Nubian and Mauritanian territories, and most of the ivory traded in the market in Carthage came from there.

In fact, ivory is also a very popular thing in Turri, especially when it was acquired before the reconstruction of the Temple of Hades. But when the real owner of the ivory walked out of the cabin and came to the shore, he was shocked. The people who came to watch: "There are such giant beasts in this world! Wouldn't this be a descendant of an ancient monster?!......"

Compared with the people who yelled and pondered around, the Turi officials who came to greet the messenger were more shocked and worried that these giant beasts would be crazy and would cause much damage to the city because It seems that they are difficult to control. If the people in the inner city are either veterans, ministers, or ordinary citizens, their status is extraordinary. If they cause a lot of casualties, these small officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can’t bear it. Take this responsibility.

Even if the Mauritanian messenger repeatedly explained to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: This animal looks huge, but in fact it has a mild personality and will not hurt people easily.

At the same time, he also let the elephant command the elephant, kneel down to the officials, and use his long nose to make various funny gestures like waving and nodding. They did not completely dispel the doubts of the officials, but made the cheers of the people more heated. .

Fortunately, not long afterwards, hundreds of court guards arrived, and they ordered the elephants to be brought to the elephant circle on the King's Hill, specially built for elephants, at the order of King Dapheus.

So, under the careful command of the elephant husbands, this male, a mother, and a cub, the three elephants took a slow and heavy step, stepping on a flat and solid block road, following the triumphant army Go through the route to the west of the city.

People in the inner city who got the news came out of the house, including some veterans, standing on the side of the road, curiously watching this giant monster that had never been seen.

Under the court guard's efforts to maintain order, the excited people did not cause the elephants to panic, but allowed them to enjoy the honor of a triumphant soldier, and made the people look forward to this year's celebration.

By the time the Carthage Herald entered the dock by boat, the time was already in the afternoon. Okritton waited on the boat for nearly 4 hours, so as soon as he went ashore, he had no anger to the Dionysian officials who came to greet him. Complaining: "Turii is such a big city, but has such a small port, so that any visiting foreign messengers do not feel the momentum of Dionysia as the most powerful country in the Western Mediterranean, but it is a kind of fools. Bag of stingy!"

Dionysian officials did not get angry because of Okribton’s outspoken, but admitted frankly: “You’re right, we also found that this is a big problem. This inner city river port was built before the establishment of the kingdom. At that time, its capacity was sufficient, but the foreign envoys who visited in recent years were too frequent, and many envoys did not come empty-handed—"

Speaking of this, he looked at the lone passenger ship behind Ocreton intentionally or unintentionally: "So this river port is now out of use, and our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported this issue to His Majesty, although now both sides of the inner city It has been occupied by buildings, and there is no extra vacant space to build a new river port, but Your Majesty has already held several ministerial executive meetings on this issue. I believe it will take a long time to find a solution."

Okritun nodded and expressed his understanding. In fact, he just wanted to vent his grievances. He didn’t care if the Turri’s river port problem was not solved. He turned the subject around and asked directly: "I request to meet Dai King Firth, on behalf of the Carthage House of Elders, has important matters to discuss with him. You... well... Could the Ministry of Foreign Affairs relay my request to King Daveus?"

The official looked at him and said seriously: "According to the administrative regulations of the Kingdom, all foreign affairs are subject to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If you have any requirements, you can write a letter and submit it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After reading it, our Chief Ansitas judges whether it is important, and then decides whether it is for us to discuss, or for His Majesty...

However, there have been many messengers who have visited these days, and all of them have appeals. I heard that the letters in the office of Master Ansitanos have piled up in the mountains, and he usually has to go to the Dionysian Academy to attend classes. I'm too busy to come, even if you submit a letter, I'm afraid it will take some time to reply to you."

Okreton was dumbfounded. In his previous negotiations with Dionia, he was in the war. He went directly to the barracks to meet King Davers. He never expected to meet in Turui. On the side of King Davers, it would be so complicated and difficult, so he didn't know how to respond for a while.

Seeing that he was silent, the official suddenly said, "There is actually another way to better solve your problem."

"What's the solution?" Okritton asked immediately.

"Your Majesty saw a lot of foreign affairs during the celebration during this time. I was worried that Master Ansitanos would be too busy. I specially arranged a rotating chairperson of the senate to help him temporarily manage foreign affairs the day before yesterday. You may go directly to him, maybe He will take you to meet your majesty."

"Go directly to him? You don't need to submit the letter first, and then get his consent?" Okritton was puzzled.

"Other messengers may not work, but you may, because you are a Carthage." The official said with a meaningful smile.

With a move in his heart, Okritton asked with a trembling voice: "What is the name of this... rotating chairman?"

"Haka."

really!...Occleton smiled bitterly in his face, as if he had overturned the five-flavored bottle in his heart and could not tell what it was like.

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Early in the morning, at the Davies King’s mansion, after the morning exercise, Davis walked into the restaurant, only to find that there were only Christosia and Agnes in the restaurant: "What about the children?"

"They hurriedly ate breakfast and went to see the elephants. Younis and Briantes always loved to join in the fun, but for the first time I saw Apox, who was always calm, also behaved so eagerly." Kristoa complained.

"As long as the children are happy, it means that my decision to get these elephants up the mountain is correct." Dave said, sitting at the dining table.

Agnes immediately brought him a hot bowl of porridge, and said with a smile: "Iveya took me to see the elephant yesterday evening. When I came back, I was very excited. I had to sleep with me. After talking excitedly for a long time, I still saw her so much for the first time.