Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 15: The harassment of the Crotone Navy

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As a result, in this new village consisting of dozens of households with a majority of prepared citizens, Aguilas was elected without any dispute. Because he was one of the mercenaries who followed Daves to Turei, his left leg was severely injured during the siege of the Allied Forces of Lucania, and he became lame after he recovered from his illness. After the establishment of the Tua Alliance, when Daves came to condolences them to the wounded soldiers, he made a request: he hoped that the "allotment" allocated to him in Amendorara could be exchanged to the south bank of the Craty River. The purpose is just to stay away from his vigorous comrades as far as possible, so as not to touch the scene and hurt.

With the influx of population and the large-scale development of farmland on the Xubari Plain, new villages have sprung up like bamboo shoots on this flat and fertile plain. Originally, in the eyes of dozens of newcomers, Aguilas was an unsmiling and difficult to approach person, but under the supervision of a notary sent by the Senate, Aguilas was easily elected as the village chief, and everyone knew that This is a mercenary veteran who followed Hades's benefactor, benevolent consul, and undefeated famous general Daves, who was born to death. His eyes immediately became a little awed.

Aguilas is a serious person. Since he has become the head of a village, he must perform his duties: maintain order in the village, resolve disputes among the villagers, teach the morals and customs of the villagers, and inspect the farmland of the village. Planting, reminding the villagers to participate in military training on time, supervise their military service, pay taxes, record population growth, and beware of epidemics... everything is in charge.

Early every morning, he gets up, sticks his cane, walks around every corner of the village, sometimes even drags his leg, jumps into the silt and repairs the canal with the villagers...

A few months later, people in the whole village praised his performance. When they met him, they all showed respect from the heart, which allowed him to rediscover the meaning of his survival and struggle.

After the battle between Crotone and Dionia, all the adult men in the village went to war, and the spring was the time of planting, and the labor was obviously insufficient. Although every household has slaves, after all, agriculture is different from industry and commerce. There are not too many fields, and the output is not too large. There are too many slaves, which will only waste money and food. When labor is tight, you can also rent slaves. During the busy period, every household had one or two domestic slaves. Aguilast rushed to the Turiyi Senate, and after registration, he brought back 30 city-state slaves to help the village with farm work.

Except for the disabled man Aguilas, the whole village is not a woman, an old man, or a child. The rest are slaves. Most of them are mature male slaves. However, Aguilas is not worried that these slaves will cause trouble because of the alliance. The law stipulates that every year on the day of celebration of the establishment of the Dionian City-State Alliance (that is, October 30), a group of hard-working and well-behaved city-state slaves will be given freedom in front of the Temple of Hades. This It is a reward for them to keep their duty safe, and it also demonstrates Hades's kindness. Since the promulgation of this law, the enthusiasm of city-state slaves has become high, and the efficiency has doubled. For rural domestic slaves, it is not easy for farmers to own a slave, and they rely heavily on it, so naturally I cherish it very much. The slaves are often treated like family members. The longer the time, the closer the emotional connection between the two parties and the greater the freedom that domestic slaves have. As long as the master is rich and can afford the ransom money required by the alliance, there will be a lot of money. Domestic slaves can be free before the death of their master, and these slaves often return to the master's home after being free, and continue to help with the housework in the form of helpers.

With the help of slaves, the spring ploughing of the entire village was done well. Of course, when he is free, Aguilas will also comfort the women and old people in the village who are worried about their relatives who are leaving for the expedition.

On this day, because the waterwheel that draws water from the riverbank in the village broke down, Aguilas rushed to the city of Turiyi early in the morning to find someone to repair it, and finally made an appointment with a skilled carpenter. He hurried home again.

As soon as the door was opened, the female slave at home immediately met him and told him: "Madam is sleeping now, she did not vomit today."

Aguilas was relieved now. He fought on the battlefield for most of his life. He thought he would die in the wilderness or a life of loneliness, but he did not expect that after he followed Daves to Great Greece, he would become a citizen of the city, share the land, marry a wife, and start a family. Having children, this is really a favor of Hades!

At the time, when he heard the news from the doctor, he was so happy that he immediately used his savings to buy a female slave to take care of his pregnant wife.

"Master, please drink water." The female slave cleverly held up the wooden cup of water.

At this time, Aguilas, who felt thirsty and intolerable, didn’t drink it immediately. He asked, "Is it boiled?" In the past, Greeks were used to drinking raw water, but Help, who was highly skilled in medicine. Sri Lanka has repeatedly urged citizens to drink "heated and boiled water" in public, and insisted that this can reduce illness. In this regard, Aguilas is no stranger. When he was marching in Persia, Daves had strictly demanded his mercenaries in this way. For the unborn child, he needs to take good care of his body.

The slave girl nodded, and he drank it with confidence.

"Boom!" The door was pushed abruptly, and there was a loud noise, and a boy and a half years old rushed in.

Aguilas stared at him and was about to reprimand.

The boy said breathlessly: "Uncle Aguilas, I was just picking shells on the beach... I saw... I saw a big boat parked on the beach, and many people came down, and they all took them. Weapon!"

The enemy! ! Aguilas was immediately alert and turned around and said to the slave girl: "Go to the field and call Bomis (the male slave in the family) back, and then immediately help his wife to go north and wait for me in the square in the city of Turiyi!" /

"Got it, master!" The slave girl ran out of the yard quickly.

"Child." Aguilas remembered the boy named Patroclus, who was usually naughty and often beaten by his father, a strong Thasos: "When you see those people, Is there anyone else at the beach?"

"Just me."

Aguilas pondered for a while and asked: "Can you ride a mule?"

"Other people's cows and mules have been secretly ridden many times." The clever boy obviously realized that the situation was urgent, and he confided all his secrets without fear of being scolded.

"The village in the south that is very close to us, do you know?"

"I know, I also fought with children in that village."

"Uncle wants you to ride my mule, immediately rush to there to inform them, and say that I Aguilas said, ‘the enemy is coming, let them evacuate quickly!’ Can you do it?"

"I can!" The boy nodded vigorously.

"Good boy!" Aguilas stroked the boy's head complimentedly, and suddenly remembered something. He took out the village chief's seal issued by the chief executive of Turiyi city from his arms and put it into the boy's hand: "If they don't Believe it, just show them this."

"Hmm." The boy nodded again.

Aguilas immediately pulled out the green mule from the cattle pen in the yard, and the boy jumped on the mule's back easily.

"Kid remember, after passing the message, you will rush to the wooden bridge of the Klaty River to wait for us!" Aguilas exhorted.

"I see, uncle." The boy jerked the reins, and the green mule ran out of the courtyard.

Seeing the boy's proficient movements, Aguilas put down half of his heart. As an old group of mercenaries, he and most of his comrades have similar ideas. This alliance was created by them with blood and sweat. They Have this responsibility to defend this alliance, not just stare at your own village.

Aguilas looked at the house reluctantly, then strode out, limped to the village square, went to ring the bronze bell, and greeted the villagers to evacuate immediately.

Aguilas led the slaves to support the old and the young. Not long after he evacuated the village, thick smoke rose behind him...

The women exclaimed and cried for the burning village...

Aguilas was still able to remain calm. Based on his previous plundering experience, he judged that the enemy would not chase out of the village immediately, so he urged the villagers to speed up, but his fists were tightly clenched. : The first new home in the league was destroyed like this!

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"This morning, three villages in Turri were destroyed and fifteen people were killed, but we did not catch an enemy! Felicius, you have to find a way! If this continues, Victory Square will be destroyed. The people who have lost their homes are full, and the people of the whole alliance will be in panic! Are the civic soldiers in front still thinking about fighting?!" Kunogolata said anxiously, as the chief executive of Turei. , He couldn't helplessly watch Turiyi, who had finally recovered its prosperity, suffered another catastrophe.

"Don't worry, Master Kunogolata, sit down and discuss it slowly." Cornelus comforted him while explaining for Felicius: "To be honest, Crotone They are also very cunning. They used small warships to land on the coasts of Turriy and Castellon. They were all dozens of sailors holding bows and arrows and javelins. The young and middle-aged citizens of our villages went to war. Otherwise, how could they easily succeed in a sneak attack! These sailors immediately fled back to the ship when they found that our troops had arrived. Taking care of Amendorara, there is indeed not enough manpower!"

"But the problem must be solved as soon as possible!" Kunogolata snorted and said: "There are not enough manpower, you can consider using those free people!"

"It is indeed a good idea to use freedmen, Master Kunogorata!" At this time, Felicius, who had been meditating, said: "Tens of thousands of freemen have nothing to do in the port. It has been a long time. , Easy to cause chaos. Yesterday some freedmen ran to the barracks and said,'There is no food to eat, and I want the soldiers to give them what they eat.'"