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Chapter 298 Henipolis (for Subscription)
After hearing this, Davos fell into deep thought: The custom for Greek city-state citizens to go out to fight is to bring three days of rations, no more than five days at most. I have never heard of someone having to pay so many days of rations. This is no different from making a direct donation.Citizens are obliged to fight for the city-state and sacrifice their blood and lives, but they are not obliged to donate their property for the city-state.Doing so may cause dissatisfaction among the citizens, dampen their passion for fighting, and set a bad precedent...

Seeing that Davos was hesitating, Merses continued to persuade: "Although the soldiers are required to bring more rations, they will not lose at all. After defeating Bruti, they can get more land!”

Davos pondered for a while, shook his head and said: "Dividing land according to military merit is a plan that Dionia has formulated before. We cannot use this bill to ask for additional benefits from citizens."

"Davos..." Merses wanted to persuade him again.

Davos interrupted him and said thoughtfully: "But... Merses, you reminded me. We can borrow a certain amount of grain from the citizens in the name of the Senate... and wait until the treasury is sufficient. The money is repaid with interest to the citizens who borrowed the food. What do you think of this method?"

"That's a good idea!" Mercy said loudly, "but the interest rate shouldn't be too high."

"It's up to you to decide the interest." Seeing that the ration problem was solved, Davos became lighter: "You are the best financial officer in South Italy! But you'd better work out a plan as soon as possible and propose it at the Senate meeting. "

"With your support, Daves, is there any bill that has not been passed!" Melsis was also in a good mood, and took the opportunity to flatter him, and then said: "I went to the Tino River the day before yesterday, and saw your... ...Under construction... Well, the hot spring bathhouse is about to be built, when are you planning to officially open it to the outside world? Don’t forget, let me know as soon as possible, I want to be the first citizen to enter the hot spring bathhouse!"

When he was in Persia, while enjoying a massage from a slave girl trained by Davos, Merses also heard Davos describe how the combination of massage and hot spring bath was not only more comfortable, but also more beneficial to the body, and he had long been yearning for it. .Since the construction of the hot spring bathhouse, he has gone to inspect it more times than Davos, the real owner.

Of course Davos knew this and readily agreed to him.

After Davos sent Melses away, he returned to the living room and thought hard about the map of the Bruti region drawn by the Xilu envoy: How to fight the Bruti people?Where would be the best place to break through to shorten the course of the war? …

After contemplating for a long time, he got up and went for a walk in the corridor to relax his brain and clear his mind.

"Father!" In the middle of the courtyard, Adoris, who was playing rugby and catch with his slaves, waved to him.

Davos smiled back and reminded him to pay attention to safety.The siblings adopted by Davos were strange and reserved at the beginning, but after more than a year of living together, they finally integrated into the family.According to Kristoya, Cynthia, in particular, has become very sensible and often helps her take care of little Chloe.After Davos came back, he had not yet met this smart and lovely adopted daughter. She should still be studying in school.

Davos thought as he walked around the corridor.As soon as they walked around, they met Henipolis who was coming back from outside.

As the son of Avinogis, the consul of Laos, when Henepolis first came to Tulii to study, Davos placed him in his home from the beginning. The win over is also the cultivation of Henipolis and his sense of identification with Dionia.Davos's approach was gradually promoted among the Senate elders, such as the leading figures of the allied city-states such as Castellon and Niutum, or the children of the leaders of the small Lucanian tribes who came to Tulii to play and study. , most of them did not stay in hotels, but were invited to live in the homes of senators in the Senate. For example, the children of Castellon's chief general Amicles lived in the home of Cunogorata.

"Sir, you are back!" Henipolis started shouting as soon as he saw Davos: "How about defeating those barbarians?!"

Davos smiled and said lightly: "Tarantum has signed a peace agreement with them." Then he changed the topic: "I heard that you are now studying with Lord Ansitanos."

When Henepolis first arrived, he was unstable.First, he went to the hospital and said he wanted to learn medical skills, but he stayed there for a while and gave up because he couldn't stand the wailing of the patients and the bloody scenes. Later, he went to the Institute of Mathematics, but he was overwhelmed by the tedious calculations. He also once Went to the arena for some time and practiced rugby.It was not until after the school was established that he applied to study with Ansitanos, a scholar who was already well-known in South Italy. At least he performed well after these few months.

"Sir, that old man Ansitanos is really too much. He uses me as a slave. Not only does he arrange a lot of scribe's work for me, but he also often runs errands for him..." Henipolis expressed his bitterness.

"In that case, I'll go talk to Ansitanos and find another teacher for you." Davos said seriously, looking very considerate of him.

Henepolis waved his hands quickly: "No! Don't go! If you say that, he won't know how to torture me again!"

He lowered his head and stammered: "...Actually...I actually learned a lot from studying with him, which made me interested in history...Today, he asked me to come back and write a book..." An article on 'Why Sybaris perished'."

"Oh." Davos became interested: "Why do you think Sybaris perished?"

"Of course it is because of the gap in commanding ability between Subaris and Crotone! Crotone can defeat Subaris because they have Pythagoras, just like today we Dionia can defeat Crotone. Rotone is because there are adults like you!" Henipolis answered without thinking, and flattered him along the way.

us!When Davos heard this word, his eyes flashed and he chuckled: "There is another more important reason. The long-term rich and luxurious life has not only corroded the bodies of the Sybaris people, but also corroded their minds, making them lose their Otherwise, even if Pythagoras used clever tricks to win the battle, Isubaris is a powerful national force. They can completely reorganize their army and use the abundant resources and sufficient population to continue the war with Crotone. Carry out a protracted battle so that the Crotones will not take advantage of the victory to pursue them and easily occupy their city-state!
The same goes for Crotone today.Having been overlords of Magna Gracia for so long, they grew proud and unguarded, and at the same time accustomed to peace.When our troops set foot on the Croton Fields they hastened for peace.If they choose to continue fighting with us Dionia, our alliance will not achieve today's status so quickly.So there is a good saying, 'A difficult environment makes the city-state strive to survive, and a comfortable life makes the country easy to perish! '"

Henipolis's eyes lit up, he repeated the last sentence repeatedly, and then said excitedly: "Sir, what you said is great! I will write it into my article and let the old man know how powerful I am! "

Davos said narrowly: "Don't say it was me who said it."

"Of course!"

There was a burst of laughter in the courtyard.

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A few days later, Antaoris returned to Thurii. When the Senate learned of what the Bruti people had done, they were all very angry and threatened to severely punish the Bruti.

One day later, Sipulos, the messenger of Trina, came to Tulii with a small number of Siru people who were lucky enough to escape the siege of the Bruti tribe alliance.

Davos met them personally and made a formal promise: Dionia will seek justice for them from the Bruti Tribal Alliance at the appropriate time.

Then, these Xilu people whose relatives were brutally slaughtered and lost their homes not only told their tragic experiences in the Senate, but also told the people of Dionysia in the square and at rallies, which aroused the sympathy of many citizens and expressed: We should help these poor Greeks and take revenge on the hateful Brutians!

For a time, there was a tense atmosphere of war in Dionia, but the Senate did not issue a war mobilization because the autumn harvest was coming...

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Corinth, a Greek city-state on the Peloponnese Peninsula, a city-state with as long a history as Sparta. Due to its central location in the geographical center of mainland Greece, the Isthmus of Corinth not only made it an ideal place for the Greek Alliance to gather Such as the Greco-Persian War decades ago, the Peloponnesian League troops often gathered here and set off. At the same time, the unique geographical location also brought convenience to trade.

As early as more than 100 years ago, Corinth was famous in Greece. Not only was it rich in the Mediterranean, but its culture was also very developed. For this reason, the strong and confident Corinthians created the Isthmian Games, which soon became one of the four major sports games in Greece.

This event, held every four years to celebrate Poseidon, the god of the sea, and held one year after the Olympiad, was supposed to be held this summer, but was postponed to September for some reasons.Even so, Greeks who came to participate in and watch the games still came to this isthmus city-state from all over the Mediterranean in an endless stream. Almost all the well-known Greek city-states sent athletes to participate, even though there were some conflicts with Corinth in recent years. Bada also sent a team to compete. Only the Athenians still held grudges. After the Peloponnesian War, when the city-states of the Peloponnesian League were discussing how to deal with Athens, the Corinthians strongly insisted on killing all the Athenians and sending Atti away. The Ka area became a wilderness, so no one was sent to compete.

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