ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 111 Bagule

Daves and Christoya allocated a house to them. Its original owner belonged to Marcellis, the former consul of Amendolara, and Marcellis had two children: a six-year-old daughter Cynthia, a three-year-old son Adoris.

After Christoya learned the news in the afternoon, she immediately asked for a few slaves from Merces and hurried to Marcelis's house.By the time Davos returned to his new home, the house was basically clean.But he didn't have time to appreciate his new home. He even only took a few bites of bread in a hurry and met the two children he was about to adopt. The two children nervously hid behind Kristoya and peeked at him. Christia, who is only 21 years old, has already initially won the trust of the two orphans.

Before he could say anything, Asistes rushed over and said, "Bagule has been brought."

Davos hurriedly asked Asistes to take the person to the side room.

Bagul, who had been starved for a day, was taken to the side room with his hands tied behind his back, and he simply lay motionless on the ground. His physical weakness and spiritual despair made him no longer have any hope of being alive.

At this time, he heard a deep voice: "This is the son of the Lucanian leader Vesba, the warrior Bagul the Lucanians said?"

Another voice answered: "Yes, Archon."

"Why does he look like a dead dog?" Hearing the taunt from the visitor, Bagule remained motionless and didn't even blink.

"Fortunately, Andrea praised me as a warrior. Hehe, he didn't even dare to look at me." The visitor continued to mock.

This time, Bagule opened his eyes, and what came into his eyes was a man who was younger than the person who brought him here just now. He was a little surprised, because he clearly heard him being called a consul.

"An...how is Andrea?" His hoarse and weak voice was full of concern.

Davos stopped teasing him. Instead, he stepped forward and said seriously: "She is fine, but she has been begging me to let you out. She wants to be with you."

Bagule closed his eyes, his face stained with blood and black stains showed a look of extreme pain. He turned over suddenly, and his chest began to rise and fall rapidly...

After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at Davos with tearful eyes: "...Get out? Can you let us out?! Will you give us freedom?!"

"What do you think?" Davos sneered: "Think about everything you have done in Amendolara, massacring the citizens of Amendolara, insulting the women of Amendolara, and forcing the people of Amendolara to do heavy labor. , imprisoning them in a narrow space and giving them only a small amount of water... In less than half a year, the number of citizens in Amendolara dropped sharply from 500 to 500. This is all yours and yours. The crimes committed by the tribe! Amendolara, old and young, women and children, up and down, want to eat your flesh and drink your blood! Do you think you can escape this punishment!!"

Davos' words were like a gust of wind blowing out the candles in Bagule's eyes. He lay stiff on the ground like a puppet, with despair covering his face again.

"But -" Davos changed the subject: "I, Davos, the new lifelong governor of Amendolara will never agree to retaliate for killing with killing! Of course, the sins committed by the Lucanians must be repaid. , but I hope it’s another way.”

Bagule's eyes regained some vitality. He looked up at Davos and asked impatiently: "In what way?"

"All the men in your tribe have become slaves of the city-state of Amendolara! They are responsible for building roads, repairing city walls, digging canals, repairing farmland, herding cattle and sheep... During wartime, they serve as auxiliary soldiers and accompany the citizens on expeditions!" Davos stared at Holding Bakule.

Bagule was silent for a while. In fact, they treated the people of Amendolara in this way after they occupied Amendolara. God Asinu, this is really retribution!But what he is most worried about is not the men in the clan: "Where are the women?"

"Of course they are also city-state slaves. They can shear sheep, learn weaving, and beat olives... As for the underage girls and widows among them, my soldiers and the new citizens of Amendolara will marry them!" Dai! Firth added an emphasis to the last sentence.

Bagule was shocked when he heard this, turned over and sat up, and looked at Davos in disbelief: "Not a concubine?!"

"Yes, she is my wife!" Davos said with certainty: "This is my sincerity! I ask you and your tribe to sincerely serve as slaves for Amendolara for five years. Any citizen who insults you will You all must suffer in silence. Of course, if any city-state citizen attempts to attack you, he will be severely punished. But if your people flee or attack city-state citizens, then if one of your people escapes, I will execute ten Lucanians! If you injure a citizen, I will also execute ten of your tribesmen!" At this point, Davos's expression was a bit ferocious.

Bagule was silent for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "What about five years from now?"

"In five years, you will all become free citizens. If you want to become citizens of Amendolara, you can apply to the city-state. If you want to return to your hometown, we will not stop you. But I think at that time, you may not want to leave again. ." Davos said confidently: "In addition, if you perform well, such as helping citizens win the war, building a good road in a short time... etc., then the five-year period can be reduced... "

Bagule's expression at this time was much more lively than the lifeless look when he came in before. After all, from being doomed to death to having hope for freedom, one can imagine the joy in his heart, and he felt that the new consul was interested in The goodwill of the Lucanians, otherwise they would not let their soldiers marry Lucanian women, making them relatives with the captives.So, he said: "I personally agree with your proposal, and I have to go back to discuss it with the tribe, especially my father. After getting their consent, do we have to sign an agreement?"

"Agreement?" Davos sneered: "There is no agreement here, only an agreement."

"What!!" Bagule was taken aback. He could only rely on a few words from the other party for a major event related to the life and death of his tribe.

"Don't you know that all the citizens of Amendolara want you to be executed, and I am the only one who disagrees. (Actually, the new citizens have no ill feelings towards the Lucanians. After all, they are not victims, but victors and beneficiaries.) In this case, I can only slowly convince them that your good performance and time will wear away their hatred. You are not qualified to sign an agreement with me now. Either believe me, or go back and continue to be detained until you die! "Davos said sternly.

Bagule's face was ashen and he said in a hoarse voice: "You are too young...why should we..."

Davos said confidently: "Why? Just because I am the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces that defeated Lucania, the soldiers trust me because I always keep my promises! And as the lifelong governor of Amendolara, the people also Be willing to believe me, because I promise to bring safety to Amendolara so that it will never suffer disaster again!”

Bagule looked up at Davos blankly. The strength in Davos's eyes and the frankness in his words made Bagule choose to give in. He said in a deep voice: "I will go back to discuss with the tribe. If we agree, I hope you can keep your promise!"

"Of course! In fact, at a certain time, those citizens who have become relatives of your tribe will take the initiative to ask for your freedom." A smile appeared on Davos's face.

Bagule heard this, but said nothing. Relying on women to fight for their freedom was really a shame for these Lucanian warriors, but who told them to lose this war!

After Bagulu left, Davos said to Asistes, who was standing silently aside: "Tomorrow, you are responsible for taking Bagulu to the place where Lucalia women are detained, and let him choose to marry the soldiers. women, and then find someone to dress them up. At the same time, you ask your uncle Antonios and Cappus to incite the single soldiers to go to the Senate to make demands and marry Lucanian women. !”

"Are the soldiers willing to marry these indigenous wives?" Asistes asked curiously.

"So you are going to spread rumors that Lucanian women are tall, well-built, and able to endure hardships..."

"Are these... real?" Asistes expressed doubt.You must know that the Greeks advocate "human body beauty". Just the "toned body" can attract the attention of many Greek men.

"Of course it's true. If you think about it, the Lucanians live in the mountains, climbing up and down every day, and exercising all the time. Moreover, they are famous for their livestock in Magna Graecia, and the Lucanian beef cattle they produce are used by the city-states of Magna Graecia. The best offerings to the Temple of Zeus, they eat more meat, we eat more cereals, do you think who will grow taller?!..." Davos explained seriously.

Asistes recalled the captured Lucanians and nodded suddenly.

"In addition, marrying a Lucanian woman, and the preferential bill of the city-state (in fact, he came up with it on the spur of the moment, and has not yet submitted it to the Senate), 'If they occupy the land in the Lucanian region in the future, they will give priority to Allocate or allocate more land. Because they are the sons-in-law of the Lucanians, it is easier to get along with the locals'." Davers further increased his weight to attract soldiers.

"I will take care of this matter tomorrow." Hearing this, even Asistes was a little moved, but he was still a little confused: "Master Davos, I still don't understand, these Lucanians They have already become our captives, and making them slaves is a matter of course, why bother? What kind of promise should you discuss with them?"

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