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Chapter 621 Advice to Abenirum

Facing Gairni's expectant eyes, Davos did not hesitate. He nodded immediately and said firmly: "For allies who truly have friendly relations with our Dionia, Dionia will never let them be harmed. Grievance! Don’t worry, Garni, I will send an envoy to Beneventum to publicly declare my support for you. Any tribe that wants to harm you will be an enemy of Dionia! And I will also condemn Xi Erpini, Cavutini, and Pentney have secretly resisted the covenant in recent years!" Davers said while motioning to the clerk to record this matter.

Gearney was overjoyed and expressed his thanks repeatedly, the stone in his heart was finally put down.

But I heard Davos say again: "What I'm worried about now is that the Shilpini Tribal Alliance knows that your Abenirum has a good relationship with Dionia, and it is still unfavorable to you when the covenant is about to expire. Celebration, don’t worry about causing Dionia’s dissatisfaction and defense of you, doesn’t it mean that Lesguk no longer intends to renew his contract?”

Garni was shocked. He had also been worried about the problem Daves mentioned during this period, but he would rather let himself believe that this was a strategy of Lesguk. He wanted to use Abenirum's incident to Test pressure on Dionia in order to gain the initiative and modify some treaties when renewing the contract. After all, Dionia's power is obvious to all. Before any force offends it, it must first weigh its own weight and whether it can bear it. Can withstand Dionia's anger.

Seeing that Gailni looked a little nervous, Daves smiled and said: "Actually, for us in Dionia, whether Gilpini is willing to renew the contract has no impact or loss, but for the Samone people-" Firth showed a look of compassion and sighed: "You love to live in the mountains. This is a long-standing tradition. However, living in the mountains brings difficulties. There is not enough arable land to grow food. Although animal husbandry is feasible, you must be careful of wild beasts. We have to pray that the winter will not be too cold, otherwise it will be difficult for the livestock to survive. Just like the situation in the past two years, the winter in the mountainous areas is much colder than the coastal areas. As for hunting, it cannot feed many people at all, so Only ten years ago did your father unite with other Samnite tribes to launch an attack on Potentia, not only because of the instigation of the Syracuseans, but also because of your need to survive and obtain more land to support you. Your growing population..."

Davos's words made Gailni feel sad: Ten years ago, he was still a brave and fierce warrior, fighting under the protection of his father Viranni...

"But war is not the only way for the Samonite tribe to survive. Strengthening friendly trade with other forces will not only get more food, but you also don't have to worry about failure in the war and the sacrifice of the people. You Abenilum are the best. As an example, as far as I know, your current life is much better than that of other Shirpini tribes. Even more children have been born and survived in the past few years than other tribes. If this continues, in another ten years, Abelu Mu will once again become the largest town in Shilpini!…”

Garni's heart was surging, and Davos had said exactly what he was thinking. An important goal in his mind was to regain the position of the leader of the Shilpini who once belonged to Abenirum.

"Sufficient food and good medical skills are the most important conditions for the survival and growth of the tribe!" Daves said with emphasis: "In the past, the forces around the Samnites, Campania and Lucania, were afraid and did not want to fight with you. The exchanges have forced you to rely on robbery to solve the problem of survival. Now Dionia is the only country willing to have friendly exchanges with the Samnites, but the Samnites reject our good intentions. What are they saying to blaspheme the gods?! The priests of Hades ignored the hardship of life in the mountains and stayed in Abenirum for many years. They helped many sick Samnites for free! How many Samnites in need were helped! To you, Hades is a foreign god, so what! I can say that the main gods of the Greeks were once foreign gods. It was the Greeks who finally became foreign gods through long-term contact with Egypt, Persia and other surrounding forces. In addition to our own gods, some Campanians are even worshiping your god Savoni to protect their livestock. Moreover, the priesthood held by Hades is not the same as the current god of your Samnite people. There is no conflict. You didn’t have a god who controlled death and hell before! Why don’t you try to accept it?!..."

Daves' sincere words made Gearni very uneasy. In fact, he had no choice but to contact Dionia when he took the initiative to contact him. In fact, he had a conflict in his heart.At this moment, I benefited a lot from listening to Davos's words, and I felt a little guilty and wanted to explain.

Davos waved his hand and said: "Other Samoni tribes are actually unwilling to accept Dionia's kindness and we don't force it, but I have to worry about Abenirum!"

Garni was stunned for a moment, and soon his eyes widened: "Your Majesty the King, are you talking about Lesguk launching a war on Abenirum?!"

"Once Shilpini no longer renews the contract with Dionia, it is likely that he will retaliate against Abenirum who disobeys the decision of the tribal alliance. I don't need to say more about the ongoing conflict between you and Lesguk. Well." Davos looked at him and said solemnly: "When the time comes, if Dionia expresses its support for you again, it may cause a second war between the kingdom and Samonai! The war with Samonais is not What I hope is that it will be difficult for the Senate to make a decision to support you!"

When Gairni heard this, he was a little anxious: "Is Dionia going to let Lesguk lead his troops to attack my Abenirum? Don't forget that Abenirum has always been friendly with Dionia. Will be abandoned by other Shirpini tribes!”

Davos looked calm, ignoring Gailni's excited waving hands, and said slowly: "This is just a guess on our part. The Ghirpini Alliance headed by Beneventum may not want to risk losing Dai Vos." You choose to renew the contract due to the danger of Oniya, your ally. But no matter what, for your Abenirum, the danger is always there. There is a way... but it can make Abenirum completely safe - —" At this point, Davos stopped talking.

Gurney immediately asked: "What can we do?"

Davos did not answer directly, but asked unhurriedly: "You Abenirum should have had a lot of contact with Potentia. Do you think Potentia today is different from what it was ten years ago?" what is the difference?"

what is the difference? ... Garni's mind flashed through his past impressions of the Potentians: The biggest difference is probably their attitude towards the Samnites. In the past, the Potentians were afraid of the Samnites, but now they are not afraid of them. , instead took the initiative to contact the Samnites, just like the Potentian Genat they met when they came, who wanted to trade with Abenirum.In the past, Potentia was as poor and backward as Samona. If there were no major events, there would be very few interactions between tribes. However, when they passed Potentia some time ago, they saw a vibrant town with many tribes. There are temporary markets or permanent small markets between the settlements. The reason is that the Dionians helped build some roads, which made the travel between Potentia tribes quick and convenient...

Garni was silent for a while, with a bit of vigilance on his face, and hesitantly whispered: "Your Majesty the King, you want Abenirum... to become the 'free city' of Dionia..."

"Becoming a free city, apart from belonging to Dionia in name, nothing will change in Abenirum, and it will also get a lot of benefits, just like Potentia."

Davos spoke seductive words easily, while Gailni remained silent.

"Of course, this is just a suggestion from me." Davos smiled and did not press any further: "You can go back and think about it. In fact, Abenirum is not the only one who encounters such trouble. Laconia is also in trouble. We also gave them the same advice when they encountered the same problem."

Laconia?Garni felt that the name was quite familiar, and thought about it carefully: it seemed to be a town in Cavutini, which is located in the mountains to the north of Enona...

Gailney was surprised, but relaxed a little: it turned out that Abenirum was not alone in the dilemma of fighting against the Samnite tradition...

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In the Territory of Delnia in Sicily, although the Ministry of Military Affairs only organized one legion here (the Eighth Legion), there were two military camps: one in Tauromenian, which was usually used as a fortress because It could not accommodate too many soldiers; the other was located on the northern edge of the Catania plain, between the cities of Catana and Siculi, which was the real camp of the Eighth Army.

At this time, the Eighth Army's barracks was already bustling with people, and it was no longer the deserted scene of the past.

Galademos led the pack into the military camp. Although there were soldiers coming and going on the road, and soldier dormitories of similar sizes and styles were lined up on both sides, these did not prevent him from going where he wanted to go. After all, he was transferred Before Naxos, the Ministry of Military Affairs transferred his military affiliation to the Eighth Army. He has trained in this military camp many times and can be said to be very familiar with it, although he is only a reserve soldier.

Galademos was walking in the slightly crowded passage and seemed to hear someone calling his name. He looked around and saw a familiar figure.

Diocasis rushed to his side with a smile on his face: "With the blessing of the goddess of luck, I also see you here."

"If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have shipped the newly harvested wheat here." Galadmus complained.

"What does it have to do with me?" Diocasis looked back at the long pack team and asked in confusion.

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