Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 40: The arrival of the Spartans

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Everyone felt a little depressed when these words came out.

"This is the arrangement of the Goddess of Destiny. Why did we not follow Davers at the beginning!" Tolmid said with a sigh, "Davers is worthy of being a favored one, and he has set up such a big business in just six months. , It’s not too late for us to follow him!"

Listening to Tolmeide’s words, Zantiparis, who is already in his old age, looked up at the silent starry sky, and a sentimental flow came to his heart: "I don’t know how you feel? I’m old and tired. Wandering around and fighting ceaselessly, after living today, I am afraid that there will be no tomorrow. It would be nice to settle here..."

After saying this, everyone was a little silent.

"Well, everyone, don't think about the future, first think about how to successfully receive other companions in the next time, and prevent them from making trouble, otherwise we will have trouble!" Timathon reminded everyone worriedly .

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Tima Song's worries were fulfilled in the early morning of the next day.

Tima Song and the others before they arrived at the port, they learned that there were more than a dozen outsiders robbing the market, and they clashed with the management staff who arrived and injured people until the market patrols all came (a whole Fifty people, one team) only arrested them. Timathon rushed to see that it was indeed their mercenary. In the end, he invited Agarcia to lose money and guarantee. The mercenary who committed the crime was fined one month of hard labor, and the matter was over.

Tima Song, in order to prevent this from happening again, they simply rented a house in the port to guard.

Even so, the conflicts and disputes that occurred every day began to increase, and most of them were related to the mercenaries who arrived. Some elders even put forward suggestions at the meeting to expel these mercenaries from the alliance and restore peace to the alliance. Miscarriage under the opposition of Agarcia, Antonios, Capps and other people, but it also made Daves feel a little pressure.

Time flies quickly. At the end of November, the shipyard in En'anilus was completed. Daves and other veterans came to congratulate them and placed an order with the shipyard: three three-layer paddle warships.

The establishment of the Dionian fleet as soon as possible has been put on the agenda of the Senate to protect the Union’s increasingly prosperous ports and maritime trade, while also changing the fact that the Dionian Union does not have a fleet or is even less than it. The embarrassing facts of the two allies.

At the beginning of December, the General Assembly Hall of the Turiyi Senate was completed, finally allowing the senators to go to Amendorara whenever they have important meetings. It is neither confidential nor energy-consuming, and the sad reminders of the cheap coachmen are in vain. History is over.

At the same time, only the bridge over the Krati River on Turriy-Kastelun Avenue is still under construction, and the land part has been completed. The Turriy Athletic Plaza is also about to be completed.

When good news came from various construction sites, a small cargo ship with a large "∧" symbol embroidered on its sails entered the Gulf of Taranto in Great Greece. When the passing ships saw this sign, they all took the initiative to avoid Drive to make way for it.

Phoebidas, the Spartan general who was just over, took it for granted. He instructed the helmsman: Go straight to Turri Port without making any evasions.

In the Western Mediterranean, Sparta has the most dealings with Syracuse and therefore has some knowledge of Sicily. As for Greater Greece, most of the Spartans have little understanding. Except for seeing players from the great Greek city-states at the games, they have no contact with other aspects. The true Spartan citizens cannot do business. The city-states did not have trade relations... Therefore, after entering this sea area, Phoebe Das looked at everything around him with great interest.

After looking at the port of Turriy for a while, he said to his entourage Dorobicis: "There are really a lot of merchant ships here, I think it is similar to Corinth."

Dorobisis is from Piriasi. The Pilias are also Rassidians, but non-Spartan citizens. Most of them live on the border of Laconia. They have personal freedom and have the right to handle local affairs, but there is no politics in the Spartan city-state. Right, they used to be mainly engaged in commerce that Spartan citizens could not do. Now because of the long war, the number of Spartan citizens has decreased, and they have also begun to let these Piriasis join the army. Because of the different occupations he had previously engaged in, Dorobicis had a character that was rarely active in Spartans. He looked at the estuary of the Krati River where ships were passing by, and deliberately asked: "Corinth's current port trade is in depression, but There is no lively here. Phoebe Das, you should ask me,'How does it compare to Athens?'"

When it comes to Athens, Phoebedas's face sinks. Originally Athens was defeated, Lysander set up the "Council of Thirty" in Athens in an attempt to manipulate the political situation in Athens. Although some Athenians rebelled, if Sparta fully supported this puppet assembly, the rebellious Athenians would not become a climate. The elders led by Sonneas and Diopettis feuded with Lysander, not only depriving Lysander of military command, but also promoted the Council of Elders to negotiate peace with the Athenian Democrats. In the end, the Athenian Democrats overthrew the Thirty-member Parliament and established a new democratic regime, and the policies implemented by Athens, which had received a bitter lesson, became more flexible than before. On the one hand, they tried to please Sparta, while on the other they were exhausting all kinds of things. Ways to restore post-war trade and agriculture... Only a few years have passed, and trade in Athens has begun to prosper again.

Phoebe Das snorted and stopped talking.

At this moment, the Dionian patrol ship greeted us.

Phoebe Das said loudly: "I am the messenger of Sparta, I want to see the archons of your alliance!"

The patrol boat did not dare to neglect, and immediately drove back to the city of Turiyi.

Of course, diplomatic matters like the visit of Sparta are handled by the Senate. There are more than 50 senators in the Senate and it is impossible for them to stay in the Chamber every day, because it is not every day that there are major events that require a collective meeting of the senators in the Senate, and many of them have public positions, so Daves adopts a rotating system. , That is, every five elders are on duty for one day in the Chamber, and the other five are rotated the next day.

Just as the patrol boat rushed the news to the Chamber of Deputies, Daves had already received an emergency report from Alistairs in his courtyard.

Spartan messenger is visiting! Daves frowned, and immediately thought that Sparta might have come for Timathon and them.

Soon, the patrol ship returned to the mouth of the sea, signaling the Spartan warship to follow it.

Before coming, Phoebidas didn’t know Turriy. He didn’t know that Turriy and the port were not together. This was somewhat similar to Athens, but there was no wall connecting the port and the city. Therefore, once a war breaks out, the port is easily occupied. Phoebedas takes a military perspective to see everything in front of him.

"Athens does not have such a big river, and you see that the terrain is very flat, the soil should be very fertile, and the agriculture in Turii should be very good!" The entourage Dorobicis observed from an economic point of view.

After sailing for a few miles, Phoebe Das saw Turriy’s watchtowers on both banks and the iron chains hanging in the air across the Craty River. Phoebidas knew: Once a foreign enemy's fleet breaks through the mouth of the sea and the Shuo River rises, the chain will be lowered to block the ship's access to the city.

The patrol boat finally entered the dock on the north shore.

Phoebeidas found that no matter the pier, trestle bridge, or the houses on the shore were all clean and tidy, only the outermost pier was scorched, so Dorobicis asked the captain of the patrol ship curiously.

"It was reserved by our Archon Dafus. There are temples in all parts of the city. He wants every citizen to see these ruins no matter where they go. Remind ourselves that this city was burned down by the invaders. We must bear in mind this huge shame, and don’t let Turiyi be humiliated again, only victory can restore its former glory! Just a few days ago, we had repaired it. A ruin because we got Niutum!"

Looking at the captain's solemn and proud look, Phoebedas was disapproving on the surface, but was touched in his heart.

At this moment, a team of guards came.

Phoebedas observed their mental outlook and every move, and it can be seen that this is a team of well-trained soldiers with strong disciplines, and they must have a wealth of practical experience. To be honest, except for the citizens of Sparta, he has never seen a patrol in other city states that can maintain a good formation in his own city and be able to go into battle at any time. He is indeed a little surprised.

The captain and patrol captain Olivers made a handover and sailed away.

"Your soldiers must stay on the ship, please come with me to the Senate Chamber!" Olivers said to Phoebe Das solemnly: "The Alliance has regulations. No foreign soldiers are allowed in the city!" /

"They are Spartans! They can go in and out of any Greek city-state freely!" Phoebe Das said boldly and loudly. Although it is a bit exaggerated, the Spartans do have this privilege in many Greek city-states in the Eastern Mediterranean, so many city-states are dissatisfied with it.

Olivers glanced at him and said disapprovingly: "I know who you are. I don't care what you do in other city-states, but as long as you set foot on the land of the Dionian City-State Alliance, you must abide by our laws! "

Phoebedas was extremely angry, but the patrol captain Olivers did not give in, with a firm expression of "Either you comply with the alliance regulations, or you quit the alliance territory."

In the end, Dorobicis made a compromise and let these Spartans change into civilian clothes before they were allowed to pass.

Phoebidas suffocated and entered the city of Turriy. Before coming, he had heard that Turri had been burned down by the Crotone a few months ago, but it was almost invisible in the city: the streets were straight and wide, the new yards were well-spaced, and the roofs were everywhere. Visible flowers bloom. Looking in the distance, you can also see two long elevated diversion bridges extending from the two huge wheel-like devices on the river bank to the east and west urban centers. The river is covered by the towering water towers. Introduce several pools where children are playing. There are fountains and statues in the pools for people to draw water and rest. The water continues to flow through the drain holes in several directions below the pool, and flows along the ditch on the side of the street through the houses of thousands of households, washing away garbage and dust, making the whole city clean and tidy, and it is moisturized by water. , The whole city is full of vitality.