Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 38: Daves’ proposal
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The flat and wide streets, the neatly divided blocks, the neat and orderly houses...all make people feel that the Dionians value hygiene and order. And the elevated water bridges that stand tall across the city, the slowly rotating huge water wheels, the uniquely shaped fountains, the gurgling water on both sides of the road... This shows that the Dionians, as Greeks, have a great influence on the architectural art and technology. It also has its own characteristics and pursuits.
The things that stopped the envoys most were the white and towering Arc de Triomphe, the magnificent Victory Square, and the grand and magnificent Senate Chamber, which obviously showed Dionia's ambition and pursuit. If they had seen this before, they might have secretly mocked Dioria’s overconfidence, but after experiencing the second Crotone War, they had to face this city-state alliance, and they had clearly noticed this emerging From the very beginning of its establishment, the city has shown its uniqueness and extraordinary ambitions from other Greek city-states.
Don’t say anything else, look at the temple of Hades on the hills that is about to be completed. With Hades as the patron saint of the city, the only one in Greece is Dionia.
As the envoys carefully observed the center of this emerging city-state alliance thoughtfully, while walking westward and rushing to the Senate, the people of Turii left their homes in droves, ecstatic To the east.
"What do I hear from them...Allocate the land?" The Sirittin envoy asked curiously.
"Yes, I heard it too." The messenger Terry asked more directly: "Are you going to allocate the newly occupied land to the citizens?"
"Everyone, the land that Dionia did not take over was obtained according to the covenant and legally!" Plycinus, who came to greet them, immediately corrected it seriously.
The messengers did not refute, but slandered in their hearts.
"According to the Dionian Military Law, the Dionian Citizenship Act, and the promises made by the pre-war Senate, all citizens who participated in the war and prospective citizens will get land." Plessing Nas continued without concealment: "According to the merits of the civil soldiers in the war and the actual conditions of the land in Asprostum, Crimea, and the northern plains of Croton... During this period of time the Senate The subordinate Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Military Affairs have done a lot of work. Today is the result of announcing the distribution of land. Not only the people of Turiyi, but also the people of Amendorara and Niutum will come. Because there are too many people, So it can only be held outside the city...If you are interested, you can go and see it when the meeting is over."
"Let’s go to the Senate first and get things done. The people of our city-state are still looking forward to our news!" Seeing the other envoys moved a little, Sisprotis reminded loudly, taking the opportunity to conceal his heart. Ashamed, after all, Dionia allocated the land that Crotone was forced to cede.
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Sisprotis knew that this mission would not be as easy as last time, but he did not expect that facing the request of the four city-state envoys, all the elders of the Dionian Senate were very resolute in opposing the sending of troops.
...what? "The war has just ended, and Dionia's losses are also great. There is not enough money and food to deal with another war immediately!"...
...what?" The citizens of Dionia just put down their shields and spears, and have just allocated land. They are all ready to rest. Before the end of spring, they can quickly plant wheat on the newly allocated land. Good harvest, so there is no desire to fight!"……
...what? "Dionia does not need to be an enemy of Lockley, so as to provoke Syracuse, this powerful city-state!"...
In short, a thousand words are summed up in one sentence: Dionia just wants to rest and rest, not to be nosy.
So, the envoys of Siritin, Trina, and Corenia expressed their willingness to sign the "Defensive Alliance Treaty" with Dioria, just like Crotone, and they were also attacked by the Diorian veterans. Strongly opposed, their reason is very simple: because with Dionian’s current strength, almost no power in southern Italy dares to provoke them, but Corenia, Trina, and Siriti are often confronted by Lorraine, The Brute invasion, if this treaty were signed, would mean that these three city-states had hired a powerful city-state alliance for free to protect their safety. It was obviously beneficial to them, but it was not good for Dionia.
The negotiations in the Senate are at a deadlock, and Sisprotis is anxious, but there is no way.
At this moment, the messenger of Trina said eagerly: "What if I request to join the League of Dionia?"
The messenger of Trina was not a whim. When passing by Castellon, Amiklis and others treated them with hospitality. At the banquet, Castro’s councillors consciously or unconsciously mentioned the many benefits Castro had gained after joining the League of Dionia. At the same time, they saw with their own eyes the stability and abundance of the people in Castellon, which touched the messengers somewhat.
Sisprotis heard this, suddenly startled, and subconsciously shouted: "Ciplos, do you know what you are talking about?!"
"Save Trina!" The messenger Cipros said frankly: "We Trina people have always abide by the covenant in the alliance, respond to your Crotone's call, pay the tribute every year on time, and which war We are not actively sending troops to deliver food! What is now being exchanged is the massive destruction of Trina Territory by the Lokri people. Trina is a small state, but lives in Hibernian (the city-state in the Lokri League. In the gap between the Lina and the Bruti, if you can’t repel Lokri as soon as possible, and if the Bruti cannot attack, the Trila will probably starve to death!"
Sisprotis wanted to say: Trina will have no food by then, Crotone can help.
But he immediately swallowed the words that Crotone experienced these two wars with Dionia, and suffered heavy losses, and because of the subsequent blockade of the Lockley Fleet, the entire city also faced a lack of food. Crisis, this is also the main reason why Crotone eagerly agreed to the three allies in his alliance to ask Dionia for help.
He warned loudly: "Don’t you know that joining the League of Dionia, you can no longer have any alliances with other city-states! If Trina leaves the League of Crotone, then Crotone will Immediately retreat the Crotone forces that helped defend in Trina, and if the enemy invades in the future, we will not give Trina any help!"
The words of Sisprotis were not only aimed at Trina, but also a reminder to Siritin, the Envoy of Corenia, and even the Senate of Dionian. After all, Crotone was the main force in the South to resist Lorry at this time. If it chooses not to do it, not only will the other city-states be unlucky, but it will also be an obstacle to Dionia's plan.
Therefore, the messengers of Siliting and Corenia who had some thoughts were silent, and the messenger of Trina, Ciplos, was also on the cusp at the moment.
Seeing this situation, Daves slowly said: "City-state envoys from the Crotone Alliance, if Dionia agrees to your request and sends troops to repel Locke, then Locke, even Syracuse is very likely to focus the anger of failure on us Dionia, and no sensible Dionia will allow us to make such a thing that is totally harmful to the interests of our alliance in order to help you. Stupid decision."
Daves' words made the messengers gloomy.
Daves then turned the conversation around: "But as you said just now, whether it is Dionia, Crotone, Ciriti... because of conflicts and conflicts of interest, and even wars, they will eventually be The matter between the city-states of our Great Greece. But colluding with Syracuse of Sicily like Lockley, intervening in the war of our great Greek city-state, undoubtedly attracted a hungry wolf to the flock, threatening For the safety of the entire Greek city-state, we must take advantage of Syracuse’s busy fighting with Carthage, and end the war with Lokri as soon as possible, and not give Syracuse an excuse to interfere. Therefore, we must send troops or not. We Dio The Nia Senate feels very embarrassed! The people need a good reason to make them feel that they are not fighting meaningless battles for outsiders, and Dioria does not want to be abandoned after helping you, and will be alone in the future. Face powerful enemies!"
The messengers fell silent, and the meaning of Davers's words has been very obvious.
Thesis Proteas was upset. He remembered Lycias’s warning before leaving: Dionia might not ask the city-states to give them the huge amount of money they promised to send troops. Yinhe Materials, and may not sign defense alliance treaties with various city-states, I am afraid they want more...
At this time, Daves said again: "I have a proposal for you to consider."
The moment he paused, each messenger pricked his ears.
"The five city-states of Dionia, Crotone, Siritin, Corenia, and Trina jointly formed an alliance to resist and attack enemies who dared to invade us. Infringement, conflicts can be resolved through negotiation!......"
Hearing this, the messengers had such a look as expected, except that the ugliness on Sisprotis's face was deeper, and the others were obviously a little moved, especially the messenger of Trina Cypros once again. Be active, and ask first: "Excuse me, Archon, who is the mainstay in this alliance?"
As soon as this problem came up, Sis Protiston became nervous.
Daves smiled slightly: "When the alliances, big or small, get along with each other as equals and encounter problems and it is difficult to reach agreement, they can be resolved by one city-state with one vote..."
Daves' answer was unexpected by the messengers. It was thought that Dionia proposed to form a new alliance in order to gain the dominance of this alliance. Except for Sisprotis, the eyes of the other messengers were bright. 89