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Chapter 1234 The establishment of the New Greek Alliance ([-])

On January 1th, the meeting of the New Greek Alliance was officially held, presided over by Clotokatax, assisted by Helos, and nearly 5 city-state envoys participated in the meeting. With the framework of the large alliance agreement established, the envoys still Small details were hotly debated.

By January 1, the final alliance agreement was established, its main contents are:
First of all, Article 1 is that Dionia, Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Argos... the Greek city-states voluntarily established the New Greek Alliance, and voluntarily elected Dionia as the permanent leader of the alliance;
After the establishment of the New Greek Union Parliament, each city-state recommends a citizen of the city-state to become a member of the alliance, which is changed every three years, but the member of Dionia will always serve as the chairman of the alliance;

Members within the alliance are not allowed to wage war against each other, otherwise the alliance will form an army, led by Dionia, to carry out a crusade against the initiators of the war;
Conflicts among members within the alliance must be submitted to the alliance parliament, and Dionia is responsible for forming an investigation team to discuss and resolve;
If members of the alliance encounter an invasion by a foreign enemy, the alliance will form an army, led by Dionia, until the foreign enemy is repelled to ensure the safety of all members of the alliance;

If members of the alliance want to launch a war, they can make a request to the alliance parliament. If the alliance discussion passes, they will be helped. If it fails and a war is forced, the alliance will not guarantee the security of its territory, and Dioni Asia has one vote of veto power;
If any other city-state wants to join the alliance, it must be discussed and approved by the parliament, but Dionia has a veto power;

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In addition, under Dionia's deterrence and strong insistence, the New Greek Alliance also confirmed the sphere of influence of the main members of the alliance:
Recognize the territory of Athens as the entire Attica peninsula, including Aegina and Salamis;

Recognize Sparta's territory as Lagnia, including the island of Kythera (due to the timely surrender of Argus at the end of the Greek War and actively sending troops to assist the Dionian army, Dionia occupied Sparta Taetia, which had been held for hundreds of years, was returned to Argos, and the Spartans, who were still worried about their own fate at the time, had no intention of objecting);
Confirmed that Thebes established the Boeotian League led by Thebes, which included the entire Boeotian region, including Oropus;

(Thebes was the only Greek power that did not oppose Dionia in the Greek war, and supported Dionia in the later stages of the war, which led to faster victory. Of course, Dionia must repay its allies and do its best It fulfilled the dream that Pelopidas, Ipamelonda and other Theban high-ranking officials had been pursuing.

However, the Athenian envoys led by Callistratus firmly opposed the transfer of Oropus to the jurisdiction of Thebes. They believed that the Oropians had always been close to Athens and regarded Thebes as their enemy. Oropus has always been considered a part of Attica, and it should be assigned to Attica, not Piotia...

As Pelopidas also argued vigorously, the issue was hotly debated during the drafting of the treaty, which ended with the intercession of Clotocathax, who offered to return the Dionian-held Aegina. to Athens, and Oropus to the Boeotian League.Aegina was obviously more important to Athens than Oropus, Callistratus finally agreed, and Pelopidas successfully fulfilled his wish.

For Dionia, now that Athens has become an ally, it is natural for Aegina to return to Athens, which is exactly the best of two birds with one stone. )
Confirmed that Mantinia established the Arcadian Alliance with Mantinia as the main body, and that the territory of the original Tegea belonged to Mantinia (this was the consistent support given by Clotocathax during the war) The biggest return of Mandinia in Dionia also fulfilled the promise he had made before. Hilos even threatened other Arcadian city-states that expressed opposition on this issue, claiming that "if they do not agree, Then Dionia will come to settle the account with them for betraying Dionia in the war, and Tegea will be their example." The envoys of the city-states in Arcadia finally dared not object);
It was confirmed that Olympia was under the jurisdiction of Elis, but Elis had no right to prevent the people of the city-states of the New Hellenic Alliance from coming to worship Zeus, or to cancel their right to participate in the games (it can be said that Elis was able to regain control of Olympia in the end, thanks to The intercession of other former Eleans citizens such as Ionicus, who had joined Messenia, and the full cooperation of the Eleans when Clotocathax sent troops to surround Olympia to threaten its priests);
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On January 1, the envoys of each city-state signed the covenant one after another. Then a famous Greek engraver engraved the covenant and its signatures on a copper pillar three meters high and one meter in diameter. Then the envoys of each city-state will in turn. Facing this copper pillar engraved with text, he solemnly swore in the name of the twelve main gods of Greece: his city-state will abide by the covenant and never betray!
Finally, the sacred copper pillar will be transported to Thurii and erected in front of the gate of the new Greek Union Parliament under construction.

On March 3, a grand triumphal ceremony was held in Thurii, the capital of the Sacred Kingdom of Dionia.

When the news of the "conquest of mainland Greece" spread to the territory of Dionia, the people of Greek origin were ecstatic. You must know that most of them are either refugees from the Eastern Mediterranean or descendants of immigrants from the mainland Greek city-states. Even though the country is now rich and the people are strong, there is still a hint of colonial humility deep in the heart, and now those Greek city-states that they once regarded as their mother-state have surrendered to Dionia, so the pride of being proud is beyond words.They scattered flowers, sang and danced to welcome the soldiers who had been waiting for this triumphal ceremony for several months.

On the platform in front of the Great Council Hall, Davos was as happy as the people, especially when he saw his son striding up, his eyes never stopped looking at him.

When Clotokatax came close to him, he "bang" his feet, gave an unusually powerful military salute, and shouted in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, Commander of the Greek Expeditionary Force, Clotokatax" Si, salute to you! "

At that moment, Hades Davers, who has experienced countless storms and has been in power for more than 20 years, was a little excited. His voice trembled and said: "My child...you have lost a lot of weight, but you look more energetic! What are you doing?" Well done, you lived up to my expectations for you!"

His father's kind words melted away the perseverance that Crotokatax had cultivated during more than half a year of fighting. His eyes suddenly turned red and he whispered guiltily: "Father, please forgive me, I didn't take good care of my eldest brother!"

Davos comforted him softly: "This is not your fault! Your mother and I did not blame you, and neither did Cynthia and Aidui! After the triumphal ceremony is over, we will go home together to Adoris's grave. Come and worship!”

He patted Crotokartax on the shoulder hard, handed the golden scepter into his hand, and said encouragingly: "But now you must cheer up, and join the people of the kingdom to celebrate the death of countless soldiers. A great victory bought with blood!”

Clotokatax nodded, tried his best to smile, and turned with Davos to face the thousands of soldiers and people in the square, raising the scepter in his hand high.

The cheers suddenly rose higher and higher like a raging ocean tide.

A month later, Davos appointed Clotokatax as the consul of the Holy Kingdom of Dionia, and he worked with the six auxiliary ministers to handle state affairs.

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There is Mount Aegalius in the territory of Attica in Athens. To the east is the city of Athens, and to the west is a small town called Selesia at the foot of the mountain. Because of the high-quality pottery clay on the nearby river bank, it is used for making The pottery industry is famous throughout Greece.

There are many pottery houses and kilns in the town. Every day, countless smoke pillars rise here, day and night, shrouding the entire town in smoke and dust.Outsiders often feel worried for the town residents when they see this situation, but at this time the Athenians will calmly tell them: This is a good thing, it means the prosperity of the Athenian pottery industry!

In fact, this is indeed the case. Even after the New Hellenic Alliance was established and Dionia became the new overlord of Greece, the worries of the Athenian pottery merchants did not appear. Not only did the Athenian pottery industry not decline, but the orders were far greater than before.

Early in the morning, Hesklaus set off from the suburbs of Athens with a pack team and rushed to Thresia.

A large house near the town gate in the west area of ​​the town was his pottery yard. As soon as he entered the yard, the foreman in charge of the entire pottery factory immediately came to report to him: the last batch of pottery was about to leave the kiln.

He immediately rushed to the kiln. The kiln had just been opened. In the hot air filled with black ash, pieces of red-burned pottery were displayed in front of everyone's eyes: their shapes were various, but they were all different from traditional ones. Athenian pottery style.

Everyone present was accustomed to this, because these pottery was customized by the buyer, and these styles were also provided by the buyer, who was a Turiyi merchant.

You must know that when Heskraus initially handed over the new patterns provided by the buyers to the potters who were responsible for making embryos and shapes, these skilled Athenian potters refused to make them, thinking that these styles were deviant and random designs.For this reason, Heskraus fired potters one after another. The potters' collective boycott once put his just-started pottery business into dire straits. But later, more than half of the pottery fields in Thracia received pottery from Dionia. orders, and the price was considerable, the potters who needed to be clothed and fed finally chose to give in.

While waiting for the temperature of the pottery to cool down, Hesklaus went to the vase painting room next to him. He wanted to express his gratitude to the painter Onesimus and his assistants who painted the patterns for these pottery works, and to give them generous remuneration. .

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