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Chapter 132 The Situation in Lucania

The people watching all this cheered and cheered, while the Lucanian slaves who participated in digging canals and erecting waterwheels were stunned and suspected that it was the work of ghosts and gods.

"Lord Davos, with the blessing of Zeus, this is so amazing! Great! With this... water... water wheel, our Amendolaraco has gained more than 300 acres of good farmland!" Korne Ruth was excited.

"Not only will the fields be increased, but it will also be more convenient for people to use water in the future!" Scombras also seemed very happy.

"Everyone, this is not the blessing of Zeus. This is thanks to Lord Davos! The waterwheel is a blueprint designed and provided by Lord Davos himself. If there is a god who really cares about it, it must be Hades!" Marij The unkind words made Cornelus and the others slightly embarrassed.

Davos neither stopped Mariji from being impolite nor showed humility. He needed to let these old citizens understand that under his leadership, Amendolara will bid farewell to the past and shine with dazzling light!

The cheers of the people were in stark contrast to the discomfort of several senior citizens.

Just then, Asistes came to tell him: Izam is back!

Davos immediately handed over the next task of hosting the celebration ceremony to Cornelus, who took over this glorious task with a complicated expression.

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Davos hurried back to his house with Asistes.

Izam was dressed in dusty clothes, with a dirty face, long unkempt hair and beard, wearing a tattered Lucanias leather robe, and barefoot. He stood in front of Davos, making Davos almost unrecognizable. himself.

It turned out that Yizam returned to the city and came directly to find Davos without going home first.As the superior, while praising Yizam’s work enthusiasm, Davos also had to express his concern, so he asked the female slave to take Yizam to take a bath, cut his hair, and trim his beard first (the Greeks were different from the Romans) , they are bearded), and at the same time arranged a sumptuous lunch, inviting Yizam to eat and talk.

In the relaxed atmosphere deliberately created by Davos and after drinking several glasses of wine, Izam gradually relaxed: "Master Davos... uh..." Izam burped and said, "I Following your order, I disguised myself and crossed the mountain roads in the western mountains of the Subali Plain. First I went to Laos. It is located at the mouth of a river that the locals call "La River". The city is not big, but it is a stone city. And there is a port, so the defense is not too strict. I sneaked in and worked at the dock, carrying goods every day, and got to know a few slaves at the dock. Can you guess who they are?" Yizam asked pretending to be mysterious.

"They should be Greeks." Davos was not surprised. The Lucanians have invaded the Thurii area many times and kidnapped many Greeks.

But Izam's next answer really surprised him: "To be precise, they are the descendants of the Sybarians, and Laos was built by the Sybarians. Listening to these people, the Sybarians built Laos." Laos was designed to become a transit port for Sybaris to trade with cities such as Naples, Etruria, and Massenia, so Laos was very prosperous at that time... But Sybaris After the city was destroyed, Laos had no backup and was quickly occupied by Niutum who moved south."

"Oh, that's right..." Davos did feel a little surprised. He asked: "So, the original Sybaris people have become slaves? How many Greek slaves are there in Laos now?"

"I don't know how many Greek slaves there are, but when the Lucanians attacked Laos, some Greeks surrendered and joined Lucania... Avinogis, one of the leaders of Laos, was The descendants of these people, the tribe he led are also the descendants of those Sybaris people. The Lucanians think that they are not pure-blooded Lucarians and do not trust them very much. They often insult them and suppress them. Although These Greek slaves also despised these people, believing that it was their betrayal that led to the fall of Laos, but they did not hate Avinogis too much. Most of them thought he was a good man because he often helped them... "

Izam took a few more sips of wine and said excitedly: "The city of Laos is not stable now because some Lucanian tribes led by Tula, the great leader of Laos, wanted to prevent Avinogis from letting go. He shared the spoils of war, so he only allowed his tribe to stay behind and did not participate in the invasion of Thurii. I didn’t expect that Sir, you would lead us to destroy almost all the Lucanians who invaded Thurii! Haha... Tula, the great leader of Laos He only fled back to the city with a few dozen warriors, but Avinogis became the most powerful leader in Laos City. As a result, sir, guess what happened?"

Yizam seemed to be a little drunk and spoke carelessly, but Davos didn't care. He was moved in his heart and said, "The extortion leader wants to annex the Avinogis tribe?"

Izam slapped the wooden chair and said, "Sir, you are so good, you can guess right!" He grabbed a piece of bread, tore a large piece, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed loudly.

Asistes raised his eyebrows and was about to reprimand, but Davos waved his hand to stop him.

"I heard from the slaves at the dock that one time Tula invited Avinogis to a banquet. I don't know what happened. When he came back, someone saw that several of his guards were injured. From that day on, Avinogis Guis hid at home and never went to the city to discuss affairs. I walked around his house and was surrounded by soldiers with weapons patrolling. I heard them say that the reason Avinogis did not raise an army to resist was because he was Observe the situation in Niutum.”

"Niutum?" Davos listened carefully.

"Yes, sir." Izam scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I was originally planning to go north and go deep into the hinterland of Lucalia to explore, but Niutum controls the northward passage in the upper reaches of the La River. Now it is heavily guarded and strangers cannot pass through. Laos originally obeyed Niutum's orders, but this time Niutum's soldiers who went on the expedition were all killed. I heard that Niutum's leader Udler also died. In our hands, our strength has been greatly reduced." At this point, Izam felt a little proud: "Several leaders in Niutum City are busy competing for the position of the big leader, and I heard that they almost started fighting."

Izam said, subconsciously picking up the wine glass, only to find that the wine in the glass was empty. Davos stood up and stepped forward to fill it up for him.

Izam sat still, and only thanked him. Davos didn't take it seriously, sat down and continued to listen to him: "My lord, I remember that after we annihilated the main force of the Lucanian coalition forces, we rushed to their camp. Didn’t you see that the camp had been burned to ashes, and there were still many corpses. At that time, everyone speculated that it was caused by internal strife among the Lucanians, and now I know who did it.”

"Who is it?" Davos leaned forward, expressing concern.

"Veggers!"

"Vig?"

"Sir, the city of Vege is south of Laos, not too far from Laos. It is a city of the Brutians. However, because of the strength of the Lucanians before, it was forced to join Lucalia. The tribal alliance, but because they are foreigners, they may often be oppressed, so..."

"Well, the Brutians..." Davos rubbed his chin. He knew even less about this aboriginal race that was also a neighbor of Turiyi. He only knew that due to geographical reasons, it was a great threat to Turiyi. It was small, but it was a big trouble for several Greek city-states in the south.

"After I heard that the Vig people fled back, they announced their separation from the Lucalia Tribal Alliance, built a city wall, sent many soldiers to patrol the border, and blocked the passage south from Laos." At this point, Izam added He raised his head and took a few sips of wine.

"You only know how to drink. After talking so much, is there any news about Grumentum?" Asistes said impatiently.

"Izam went to the unfamiliar Lucania alone to explore. He suffered a lot and brought back valuable information. Drinking a little wine is nothing, but you can't just drink. Eat more fruits. This is good for your health." Davos said with concern.

"Yes." Izam responded gratefully, immediately put down the wine glass, coughed a few times, and said seriously: "Although I was not able to go to Grumentum City for reconnaissance, I still got relatively accurate information about him. .”

Upon hearing this, Davos and Asistes both raised their spirits [-]%. After all, Grumentum was the culprit who launched the last war and was the leader of the Lucaria Alliance. Every move it makes is related to Divers' offensive plan.

"Pikosis is another port city in the Lucania region, and it is a powerful country in the Lucarian Alliance second only to Grumentum. I heard it is also a stone city." Izam did not He mentioned Grumentum first, but brought the topic to Picosis.

Stone City!When Davos heard this, his heart moved.According to what he has learned over the past six months, the Greeks like to use stones to build cities, while the mountain tribes mostly use wood to build cities. With the precedent of Laos, and it is a seaport city, he can't help but suspect that this Pikosis is also Lucali. which the Asians took from the Greeks.

"Pikosis and Laos have maritime trade, so some news spread to Laos from the merchants and sailors of Pikosis. It is said that most of the soldiers from Grumentum died in our hands. Although its leader Akpiru escaped, he remained unconscious. After the news spread, many tribes that were forcibly annexed by Grumentum began to break away from Grumentum's control, but Grumentum But Mu was unable to stop him, because the leaders in the city were busy competing for the position of the big leader. Akpilu's tribe was still the strongest among the tribes in the city, but his son Lusau met a A strong opponent, Genanet, the son of Xinsinag, the leader of Pikosis——" At this point, Izam picked up a dried fig and stuffed it into his mouth.

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