Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 2: Confusion
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When Daves led the mercenaries to recapture the city of Amendorara, Galademos supported the family at the age of 15 because of the death of both his parents. He did not choose to be adopted by others and lost the opportunity to have a backing. . However, there are not many Amendorara men who survived the invasion of the Lucanians. The next generation of Amendorara citizens who hold public office and perform well as adults is even rarer. Out of fear of the future Amen. Dorara’s worries about losing influence in the kingdom, Amendora veterans like Stromboli, Scombras, and Cornelus have always deliberately cared for and cherished the next generation, like Alsinis (Unfortunately, he died young), Melisanda, Galladmus, etc. are all their focus.
It’s just the current city officials of the Kingdom. Although they have much more power than when the alliance was first established, there are two and a half system officials in each city that they cannot manage: tax officials, no matter whether they are junior or intermediate. , Are directly under the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Finance, and are directly responsible to the King; the other is a judge, appointed by the Supreme Court of the Kingdom to various cities, no matter whether it is trial or judgment, it is not interfered by other people and departments; The other half is a military training officer. He is appointed by the training stations of the various corps and is ultimately under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs. The local chief executive shall not intervene in military affairs. Laboring and leaving aside complicated official duties will inevitably create some chaos in local government affairs. The two sides must coordinate to solve the problem. Therefore, the training officer and the local chief executive are a cooperative relationship, which can only be regarded as a half.
Although Stromboli could not intervene in taxation, he dispatched a patrol team to arrest the most troubled people, and severely warned the head of the village Prosdemo: The troubles of the people in the village must be put down immediately, otherwise he will On the charge of "ineffective in doing things", forcibly removed the position of the village head of inaction.
At the same time, he also wrote a letter directly to the palace of Turriy, reporting the ins and outs of the incident to King Davers in detail.
After Daves read it, he didn't make much emotional reaction. He just called the Secretary of Finance Merses and forwarded the letter to him.
Meercis, who has guarded the treasury for Daves for more than ten years, is so easy to mess with. He immediately sent his confidant to Naxos to investigate the truth, collect evidence, and prepare for the Senate meeting. Charges against Laodisian.
As soon as Merses’ men got on the ship in the harbor, Raodixian received the news. He immediately rushed to the palace to see Daves, and sincerely said: I have been in Turri for a long time, and I don’t understand Na The situation in Xos' family is also not clear about the tax rules. Since the tax official pointed out the problems, he is willing to abide by the "Tax Law" and make double compensation.
Because of Lao Dixian’s timely service, the turmoil was quickly subdued: Merses asked Daves for instructions and removed the Naxos Intermediate Tax Officer on the charge of “malfeasance”. In addition, he strongly praised the Gallard model's "adherence to principles and loyalty to duty" and gave it generous rewards.
This incident spread in Naxos, which made many people think that Galladmus was favored by King Daves, and no one made things difficult for his work ever since.
At this moment, Galademus took the two tax collectors onto a gentle **** into the field of Laodixian's home.
It is now the end of August, and the wheat has basically matured, and half of the hillside has been dyed golden. The hot sun and heavy wheat ears did not squeeze the wheat stalks over, and the gurgling water in the field gave them the strength to stand upright. .
Seeing this situation, Galladmus can't help feeling happy: "This year seems to be another bumper year!"
"Since the reconstruction of Naxos, most of these ten years have been harvest years. Demeter and Persephone are really blessing us!" Cabanax exclaimed.
"This is the contribution of the great Majesty Daves! He is the descendant of Hades, so that these two gods will always bless our kingdom!" Gabrinus emphasized, as Naxos Young man, he has a stronger sense of identity with the Kingdom of Dionian.
Since the east-central coast of Sicily merged into the Kingdom of Dionia, the Hades faith spread. Because the Sicilian Greeks admired Demeter and Persephone, the priests of Hades went to the village to follow the customs and incorporated these two goddesses into Hades’s **** system (Persephone was originally the queen of the world. Demeter is both Hades’s sister and his mother-in-law). Therefore, there must be the Temple of Demeter next to the Temple of Hades built in the Sicilian Territory of Dionia, and Persephone was originally in the Temple of Hades.
After the Hades celebration in September, there was the Harvest Festival celebration. The people made sacrifices to the two goddesses and thanked them for their blessings. Later, the festival spread to Great Greece in turn.
Just as the two sighed, Galademus was carefully inspecting the boundary marker on the edge of the field and estimating the area of the field with the naked eye.
"Laodixian, 78 acres of good fields, good harvest..." Galademus finally confirmed.
Gabrinus was busy drawing a stroke on the papyrus papyrus.
Galadmus once again looked at the fields of Laodixian’s family, slightly surprised: most of the laborers in the fields are from West Kells!
The wheat harvest is about to be harvested, and someone needs to be guarded: one is to drive away the stolen birds; the second is to prevent wild beasts and man-made damage; the third is to encounter a continuous cold wind or other natural disasters, you must urgently rush in the harvest.
The Laodixian’s large farmland requires a lot of labor to guard, and the difference in the costumes of the Cykers and the Greeks can be distinguished at a glance.
"My lord, many families of Naxos citizens who have a lot of land hire Xikelians as laborers during the harvest season. Even the craftsmen in the city like to hire them, as well as the laborers from the port... Their salary is relatively cheap and they are not subject to the laws of the kingdom." Cabanax saw Galademus’s doubts and explained quickly that his family lives in another Dermo, located in the northwest of the Naxos territory. , Bordering the West Kells, so they understand this situation better: "Moreover, the West Kells are not like us. Their land is concentrated in the hands of the nobles and leaders. The ordinary people become their farm labourers and earn a year It’s more difficult to feed the family with rations. It’s better to come to Naxos as a hired worker. I heard that some West Kells also want to register at the Town Hall household registration office and want to become citizens of our kingdom. Unfortunately, West Kells are all The friendly agreement signed between the town and the kingdom stipulates that'Sikeers may not be accepted as Dionian citizens'..."
"This is not the case in all the towns of West Kiel. I heard that the city of Kefalóition in the middle of Sicily, like our Dionia, distributes land to the people, even Quite a few Sikerians from other city-states also rushed to seek refuge in Kefaluoitian." Gabrinus said.
Cabanacs retorted: "I heard that Kefa Roytian is a small mountain town. How much land can it have?! It would be good if it can solve the share of its own people. More Western Kerrs We are still working as laborers and hired laborers in Naxos, Siculli, Katane and Leontini. We must know that several civic officers in the city have repeatedly protested with Master Stromboli, thinking that these The Kyle took away the livelihoods of the free citizens registered in Naxos and demanded their deportation..."
"The defenders protested against the problems of the Seakers every year, and even heard that they also made suggestions to His Majesty Daves at the defenders' meeting in Turri, but they didn’t see much change. ——" Gabrinus' words were interrupted by Galademus: "We do our duty well and don't discuss these irrelevant things! "
"Yes, sir." The two woke up, not because they discussed the aloof King Davos, but because they were afraid that they would be heard by the guards of Naxos. These guards wanted to reflect their own Value, striving to protect the rights and interests of civilians, prepared citizens, and even free citizens, and quarreling with local councils and city halls from time to time, they don’t want to get into this group of "mad dogs."
"Let's go, go back." Galladmus turned around to descend the hillside.
At this moment, Gabrinus suddenly pointed to the front and said: "My lord, two slaves came out from behind the mountain."
Garadmus turned his head to look, and saw two almost naked, dark-skinned men hurriedly walking down on the top of the mountain, but when they reached halfway up the mountain, they saw standing in the field, wearing The three Galadmus of Bolton (the royal officials of Bolton have special colors and stripes, which can be distinguished at a glance), suddenly stopped, showing a panic on their faces, and finally turned and ran to the top of the mountain.
"Stop!" Galademos was suspicious, and immediately yelled.
Who knows that the two ran faster, how could the three officials wearing Bolton catch up? In a blink of an eye, the two slaves ran over the top of the mountain and disappeared without a trace.
"Damn it!" Gabrinus looked at the gloomy, continuous mountains behind the mountain, cursed, pulled the corner of his clothes, wiped the sweat from his face, and handed the water sac on his waist. To Galademus.
Galadmus unscrew the stopper, but did not drink immediately, but asked: "Whose slave is this?"
"It must be from the Laodixian family!" Cabanax analyzed: "My lord, you see, this mountainside to the foot of the mountain is full of Laodixian's fields, completely blocking the way up the mountain, if They are slaves from other families. They will not go here at all, but these two slaves walked directly towards the field before seeing us. They didn't worry about being blocked by the slaves of Laodixian at all."
Galadmus nodded, and asked in a deep voice, "Why did they see us running?"