Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 3: The drought hit and the news of Rome

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"Oh, that's right." Burkos reminded again: "Our Ministry of Agriculture has specially investigated the homes of urban residents such as Turriy, Crotone, Grumentum, Cosenza, Lokri, etc. The grain storage situation in China, their grain can last until November at most!"

"How is the situation in Sicily?" Antaolis asked.

"Sicily has had plenty of rain this year. There should be no problem with the grain harvest in cities like Katane and Naxos." Burcos replied.

"Where is Campania?"

"The farmland conditions in that area are pretty good." After Anta Oris reminded him, Burcos continued: "Carthage in Africa did not experience drought, only Central Greece and Peloponnese. The same situation as ours, but their situation is slightly lighter."

After listening to the report from his subordinates, Daves couldn't help tapping his fingers on the desk, his face also a little ugly. But soon, he stretched his brows again and said slowly: "The sky is cloudy and sunny, and people have misfortunes and blessings. The gods cannot take care of us Dionia forever. This upcoming drought is precisely for us. The kingdom’s test. But what is there to be afraid of! We were prepared, didn’t we! In the past at the Senate meeting, it was not always someone said, "The granaries we built were used most of the time except for occasional military battles. It is completely wasteful to be left there for nothing.' And this time, these seemingly wasted granaries will save the lives of millions of our Dionian people!"

Daves' words made Lycias, Merses and others ashamed.

With a small beating, Daves continued to ask: "Burcos, have you ever made any statistics. How long can the grains in these granaries in our kingdom last for the people in Southern Italy?"

Burkos was prepared for this. He said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, there are now nine granaries in our kingdom. They are located in Grumentum, Turriy, Cosenza, Crotone, Trina, Lokri, Katane, Udia, and Silvium (they correspond to the ten legions of the station), there are about 100,000 tons of food in total, and the population of Southern Italy is about 1.5 million. If per person Two meals a day, just to maintain food and clothing, about six months of food supply can be guaranteed."

"It's only six months! These grains will not be available for the people to eat until next year's autumn harvest!" Weisba sighed.

The other rotating chairmen glanced at him.

In order to prevent him from embarrassment, Mariji immediately explained: "In the past few years, citizens made a lot of money by selling food because of the bumper harvest. There are very few poor citizens. The grain in our granary is not supplied to them free of charge. Instead, it is sold on the market at a lower price, so that they can all afford it, so as to overcome this difficulty, so as to prevent food traders from taking this opportunity to frantically increase the price of food, which will cause panic among the people..."

Davers groaned: "100,000 tons of grain is still not enough. The challengers must have sufficient grain reserves to cope with the upcoming drought. And we have to reserve enough wheat for next year’s planting. Therefore, Melses, before the news spreads, use the treasury to send people to Carthage, Cyrenaica, and even Egypt to buy a large amount of grain."

"Okay, Your Majesty, I'll do it right away!" Merses replied simply, without hesitation or excuse, because he knew this was the first important matter of the kingdom.

"Maliji, your Ministry of Commerce must strictly control the markets in each city, and allow grain merchants who sell grain to sell grain at a suitable price. They must not arbitrarily disrupt the market and blindly raise prices... The grain merchants who came, allowed the joint court of the Ministry of Commerce to impose severe penalties on them!

At the same time, you have to work together with the chief executives of the cities. When selling grain in the granary, you must verify the identity of the purchaser. Each person is only allowed to buy a certain amount of grain per day, not exceeding it, to prevent people from reselling the granary in large quantities. Take this opportunity to make a fortune. People who act despicably like this find one and punish one severely! "

"I see, Your Majesty!" Mariji was also serious.

"Burcos!" Daves turned to the Minister of Agriculture again: "Now that the drought is coming, the river is becoming shallow, and the role of the waterwheel is greatly weakened. To solve the problem of people's draft, digging a well is a good solution. . You and the Ministry of Construction should work together to dig deep wells in various cities to solve the problem of people’s lack of water."

"Okay, Your Majesty, I'll rush to the Construction Department in a while!" Burcos looked slightly awkward.

Daves’ gaze finally fell on the five rotating chairpersons: “My elders, the Senate needs an urgent meeting to discuss a proposal to deal with the drought as soon as possible to remind the public to save food in the next time. Save water, and store more water at home...At the same time, we should also relieve them that they don’t need to panic and keep calm. With the blessing of Hades and the full assistance of the kingdom, they will surely overcome this difficulty!"

"Your Majesty, we will have a meeting in the afternoon." Cornelus replied immediately.

Davos nodded, his gaze swept over everyone present, and their solemn expressions revealed tension again, so he asked loudly, "Lysias, when there was a drought in Great Greece 25 years ago, How did you deal with it?"

"Your Majesty." Lucias recalled the situation, with a bit of pain on his face: "At that time, the people of Crotone raised gold and silver and went to Carthage to buy food. It was cunning. The Carthaginians knew that we had a drought and immediately doubled the price of cereals. So we could not buy more food. The council had no choice but to draw lots to send some people to Iberia to colonize. Later, these people who went out were killed by the Iberian natives..."

"Yes! The elementary school is weak. In such a natural disaster, you can only endure the pain of separation from relatives and friends and family destruction. But the Kingdom of Dionia has the ability to make every family in the kingdom not have to bear such suffering. We We must see that this drought is a bad thing, but it is also a good thing! It will allow those few people who are still fascinated by the long history of the city-state and delusioned about the independence of the city to see clearly and understand that they can only stay in such a powerful kingdom. Only by ensuring that they can survive every natural and man-made calamity safely, and their homes will be long-lasting peace!"

Daves’ words invigorated the spirits of the veterans present, and aroused their sympathy. After more than ten years of hard work in this kingdom with a unique political system, even the last member of Lycias has also increased. The more I recognize this powerful country.

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After Daves sent Cornelus away from them, before he could catch his breath, Alistairs walked in: "Your Majesty, the Intelligence Department has sent news about Rome from the north."

As soon as he heard of Rome, Daves immediately raised his spirits and hurriedly asked: "What's the situation?"

"The Wolsci (Wolsci) to the south of Rome unite with the Aequi (Aequi) to the east of Rome, and the Hernic? )’S invitation to invade the territory of Rome. It is reported that its military strength is about 20,000."

Prinister? Daves thought for a while, without any impression in his mind, he immediately turned around and said to the clerk Hernipolis? "Heni, go get the map of central Italy."

The map was placed on the desk, Daves looked down and finally found the location of this Latin city-state: Prinistere is a larger Latin city-state located more than 60 miles southeast of Rome and close to the mountains. , It happens to be the entrance to the lowlands between the mountains, guarding the access to the Aque and the Helniki. In turn, it means that its rebellion will allow the Aqués and the Helnikians to easily invade Rome’s Latin allies and threaten the city itself...

"Has the troops that Rome headed to the north and attacked Etruscans been transferred back?" Daves asked again.

"We haven't received any news yet." Alistairs replied.

Davers touched his chin, lost in thought.

In Dionia for three years (ie 390 BC), Celtic King Brunus, who was entrenched in the upper Po River basin in the north of Italy, united most of the Celtic tribes and invaded the south. Etruscans.

They destroyed the dead, defeated many Etruscan forces, and captured many cities and towns. When they began to besiege the city of Clusium, Rome, as an ally, sent troops to rescue. As a result, the Celts and the Roman army fought near the Aria River, and Rome was defeated.

What Davers didn’t know was that because there was no enchantment by Dionysius’s messengers in this life (Dionysius died at the hands of Phoebedas two years ago), the Celtics did not He did not leave the Etruscan towns along the way and did not attack, but swiftly advanced until he reached the Roman city. Instead, he continued to kill and looting all the way until he crossed the Tiber River more than two months later.

At this time, the walls of Rome were dilapidated, and the entire city of Rome had not even been completely surrounded. In addition, half of the city’s young and middle-aged people were killed or wounded in battle, and most of the civilians were killed or injured in battle in previous years. The conflicts among the civilians finally left the city of Rome angrily and went to settle in the city of Viais. Therefore, this is because the city of Rome does not have enough troops for defense. Except for a few elderly people who are weak and unwilling to leave their homeland, there are a few people who are willing to stick to the Acropolis of Capitoli. Most of the people have to evacuate from Rome. .

Some of them went to Wei Ai, and a few went to a Latin city in the south of Rome called Ardea. The famous Roman Camillos, who once attacked Victoria but was expelled because of false accusations, lives here in seclusion.

The Celtics easily occupied the city of Rome and slaughtered the old people in the city. However, they could not attack the dangerous Acropolis of Capitoli for a long time, so they had to surround it and send other troops to the surrounding area to collect grain and grass. The towns and villages of the Latham area were devastated.