Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 6: Wolsey’s request for help

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For the Romans mentioned by the Envoy of Wolsey, the Neapolitans have some understanding: In the past ten years, this fighting-based and resilient nation in the north of Campania has repeatedly victorious and expanded. Quickly, the surrounding forces were very disturbed. However, there are still many forces between Naples and Rome, such as Volsi, Oronchi, Sidicini, and even the Cautini tribe of Samone, so the Naples are not disturbed by Rome.

After discussion among the members of the council, the chief general Orosius apologized to Wolsey’s messenger Metepola: "We really want to help you Wolsey, but now Campania is still There are more important things for us to worry about, so that we dare not distract us, so we can only say sorry to you!"

What Orosius said is not perfunctory. In the past ten years, the Campania Alliance and the Samonais have had nothing to do with each other, but in the past two years, the Samonais have started frequent conflicts with the neighboring Campania Alliance city-states, although they have not yet led to major wars. But it made the Campania League highly tense, they are always on the alert and ready to deal with wars that may break out at any time.

The Wolsey's messenger has a disappointed expression on his face, and he is about to continue his pleading.

Aurosius changed his words: "Although we can't help you, in Italy, there is a powerful country. As long as they are willing to lend a helping hand, they can completely guarantee the safety of your Volsey!"

Envoy Wolsey's heart jumped, and a name immediately popped into his mind.

I heard Orosius say in a more accented tone: "Dionia! Only Dionia can prevent Rome from invading Wolsey!"

Sure enough! Metepola breathed a sigh of relief secretly. This is exactly what the Wolseys wanted to hear. Of course, they knew that the Kingdom of Dionian, which owned the entire southern Italy, was probably the strongest in Italy except the Celtics in the north. Of course, it is not a problem for the big forces to frighten Rome, but he pretends to say with difficulty: "But we Volsey and Dionia have never had any contact..."

Orosius said sincerely: "Naples and Dionia are allies. We would like to introduce you to Wolsey to King Dionia!"

The Envoy of Wolsey was overjoyed and immediately thanked the Napoli Council.

After a day's rest in the city, he followed the messenger Mitides sent by Naples and sailed south.

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At this time, at the end of September, a drought was raging in southern Italy. The southern Italian territory of the Kingdom of Dionian suffered a large-scale failure. The kingdom mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources and was busy with disaster relief.

In the Palace of Dionia, Daves has just approved an order to increase the punishment of several Carthage merchants.

After the Senate issued the decree that "any merchant must not drive up food prices in the country, disrupt market order, or severely punish not lending", these Carthage merchants joined the city in the market of Lockley. Some grain merchants spread rumors and run on the grain shops temporarily opened by the City Hall, causing panic among the people. In the end, they were arrested by the inspection team, and the others were severely punished, just because these Carthage merchants had an extraordinary background, one of them even came from the Hanno family, and the inspection department worried that punishing them would cause serious dissatisfaction among the Carthaginians. , So I asked Daves for instructions.

Daves himself is actually worried in this regard, but he knows: In this critical situation, if the prohibition is not done, then the Gentiles will behave unscrupulously, and domestic businessmen will also participate in it. Therefore, it is necessary to severely punish and not lend in order to curb the example.

So Daves signed the order and asked Aristius to send it immediately.

Davos leaned against the wooden chair and stretched.

During this period, due to the kingdom's handling of the drought, requests and letters from various cities piled up, leaving Daves with almost no enough rest time, and he was also tired, boasting that he was full of energy.

He closed his eyes, but was not resting, but conceiving: to recruit five rotating chairmen of the Senate, and establish a drought treatment committee, and they are responsible for the specific tasks of supervising and controlling the direction. In this way, not only will I save my energy, maybe the efficiency will be greatly improved......

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good way. He was about to send Alistairs to the Senate and called the five elders together, but he was informed by the guards: Foreign Secretary Ansitanos begged to see him.

Since the Senate passed the bill proposed by Davers to "give high salaries to the elders while prohibiting the senators from accepting gifts", Davers also proposed to establish the Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so that foreign envoys can directly The special reception provided by this department reduces their blind contact with other elders, and also ensures safety and avoids the elders from making mistakes. At the same time, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more professional and experienced diplomatic talents can be trained, creating a more favorable external environment for Dionia. And the first foreign secretary, Daves appointed Ansitanos to serve.

In the more than one year since Ancitanos took office, he has completed the administrative structure and personnel arrangements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the work has been fruitful.

What did he come to the palace for today? Daves guessed in his heart, but he didn't expect Ansitanos to give him a surprise.

"You mean the Wolsey people ask us for help?!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ansitanos said earnestly: "The Romans are invading Volsey's territory. They cannot resist. They have to ask us for help under the guidance of the Neapolitans."

"Then arrange an interview." Davers replied without hesitation. When he received the news that "the coalition of the Wolsi was defeated by the Roman army led by Camillos," he had already realized that the Wolsi would be in big trouble.

"Your Majesty, there is another happy event."

"Oh?"

Said it was a happy event, but Ansitanos did not have any joy on his face, but said with a serious face: "The Naples envoy who accompanied the Volsi people said,'We learned that we are suffering from a drought in Dionia, as an ally. The Campania League is willing to donate a large amount of grains free of charge to help us tide over the difficulties.'... However, he hopes that we can restrain the Samonais and stop intruding their people."

"Constrain the Samoneites?!" Daves showed a bit of annoyance: "The Neapolitans speak lightly, but how can the Samoneites be so restrained. Since we have firmly supported Abenirum After that, these Samona races became less and less obedient."

"Fortunately, they are afraid of our strength and don't dare to be too messy..." Ancitanos looked at Davers and asked softly: "Then...reject the request of the Neapolitans?"

"No! The Samoneites now think that their strength is restored..." Daves shook his head and sneered: "It's just because we have been busy stabilizing the situation in the Dawney area for the past two years, so we can't take any action for the time being. Now the situation in Downey is stable, so...Ansitanos agreed to the request of the envoy of Naples and sent someone to question the Samonais,'Why repeatedly violate the covenant and violate Dionia's allies?!' If they continue to teach and do not change , I don’t mind letting them taste the power of the Dionian Legion.

Also...Didn’t Quinduque, the leader of the city of Nuceria in Cautini, hinted that he would send a team to this year’s rugby game? Let Enona strengthen its ties to the tribes in the southwestern region of Kautini, and make them completely fall to our side! "

"Your Majesty, in this way, it is very likely that the Samonais will have a war with us!" Ansitanos said worriedly.

Daves said firmly: "Samonet, as our ally, has ignored our warnings and repeatedly infringed upon the people and land of our other ally. It has violated the covenant. This shows that they have long been there. Heart of rebellion! If this evil behavior is not stopped, if this continues, it will not only attack the prestige of the Kingdom of Dionian, but also reduce the trust of our allies in us, we must give a strong counterattack!"

"Your Majesty, but now we are facing a famine, I am afraid there is no extra food to support the army's expedition!" Ancitanos reminded.

Daves smiled slightly: "We don’t have it, but the Campania League does. We help the Campania League solve the problem of Samona. They should not begrudge their food, and they can help us. Alleviate a little bit of domestic food pressure. And I heard that the central and southern parts of Shirpini were also affected by the disaster, so I took this opportunity to completely weaken it!"

"Well, your majesty, I understand. I will go to discuss this with the messenger in Naples." Ansitanos replied helplessly.

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Meterbora, the envoy of Wolsey, followed the Neapolitans ashore at the port of Laos, and traveled all the way for three days to Turíy. He was immediately shocked by the city’s prosperity and immenseness, and he began to believe firmly in his heart. : Only such a powerful country can help them drive away the ferocious Romans.

When he was notified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that "King Daves is going to meet him", Metepola had been thinking about how to persuade the king of this powerful kingdom to lend a helping hand to Wolsey.

The next day, Metropole walked into the Palace of Dionia.

On both sides of the spacious hall of the palace, important officials of the kingdom are already standing, and King Davos wears a garnet crown made of pure gold, wearing a luxurious burton with a red pattern on a black background, sitting firmly on two steps In the leather chair, it is a lot taller than the people around it, showing the majesty of the king.

It is the first time that Metepola has faced such a solemn battle, and her heart will inevitably be tense. A little cramped before she came to the steps, after a respectful salute, she said in a slightly trembling voice: "Honorable...Dioni King Ya, I am Metepola, the messenger from Wolsey. I have brought... the most sincere greetings from the people of Wolsey to you and your people! I heard that your country is suffering from a drought. We Wolsey are willing Donate a batch of grains free of charge to express our friendly wishes!"