Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 5: Inspector and Guardian

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"Why?!" Diocasis said anxiously: "My lord, if we don't make surprise checks, and give Paphogrice enough time to prepare, it will be very difficult to catch him!"

"Why?! Just because he is the son of Laodixian and his brother-in-law is Antonios. You have been in Naxos for the past few years. It's not that you don't know how much influence Laodixian has here. And you are just guessing, and there is no evidence. Once the search fails, how much damage to the reputation of Laodixian and his son, do you know! You and I will all face Laodixian's anger and revenge at that time! "Stromboli said solemnly.

"As a senior veteran, I am about to leave Naxos again. Raodixian dare not do anything to me, but you and Galademus will stay here for two or three years (because of The rapid expansion of the kingdom of Dionia and frequent changes of officials in various cities are not conducive to regional stability. Therefore, the Senate passed a revised bill. The term of office of the city chief is three years, and the term of middle and low-level officials is generally five years.) , You don’t know if Galademus was suppressed and squeezed out of work because of taxes last year. This time if Raodixian is angered, your life here will become very difficult! As an elder, I I would rather you not to take care of this case, than you would be hurt in any way!"

Stromboli’s words were sincere and sincere, but Diocasis did not appreciate it. He shouted unconvincedly: "This is the land of the Kingdom of Dionian. It was His Majesty Daves who said After all, how can I allow a Raodixian to be so messy! I don't believe he dares to do anything to me!"

"Do you really want to check?"

"Yes, my lord, I must check this out! It doesn't matter whether it has anything to do with the Laodixian family!" Diogenes said firmly.

Stromboli looked to the other side noncommittal: "Garadamus, what do you think?"

"My lord, I support Diocasis!" Galademus paused and said, "I will try my best to help him, after all, I am familiar with that village."

"It's good to be young!" Stromboli looked at them and said with a sigh.

"My lord, when you used to be a senior judge, you were notoriously harsh and not personal. I didn't expect now..." Diocassis ran against him with words.

"Strictly speaking, I can't compare to Scombras, but unfortunately he has already gone to the Elysee..." Stromboli said with some exclamation: "Sicily is different from Greater Greece. There are many Dionian citizens who were born as free citizens. Most of them were exiles from the Sicilian city-state. They were too easy to get together. After the South-Italian War, most of his majesty’s energy was devoted to the governance and unity of South-Italy land. In order to ensure the stability of Sicily, the Senate has absorbed many leaders of Sicilian exiles..."

Stromboli turned the wine glass in his hand, with a faint light in his eyes: "...If you want to rectify the territory of Sicily, unless your majesty is determined. I don't want to prevent you from investigating this matter, but hope You have to act secretly, collect conclusive evidence, and don’t be caught by the people of Laodixian, so that I can directly report the matter to your majesty."

Diocasis's eyes lit up: "I see, my lord!"

"Even if this thing fails, it doesn't matter." Stromboli encouraged them: "You are citizens from Amendorara, with the'Amendorara City Builder Silver Buckle', but behind you With the support of Amendorala and many veterans in the army, no one dared to provoke you (because most of the mercenaries under Daves’s were married to women from Amendorara. The relationship between the original citizens is very deep)."

"Don't worry, I will figure out the truth!" Diocasis said confidently.

"My lord, are you going to step down soon?!" Galademus had the opportunity to ask now.

"Yes, it's three years since September. I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to serve again after my age"! Stromboli touched his gray beard and sighed, "According to the news I have received, it is likely that Master Asistes or Master Lacey Peratus will take over."

"According to the law introduced a few years ago, doesn't it stipulate that ‘the elder cannot be the chief executive of the city where he was born’?" Galladmus asked questioningly.

"You remembered wrong, Lacey Peratus is from Catanes, but they Sicilians always love to walk together... Besides, Asistes' uncle is Antonios, whoever it is Coming to serve as the chief executive of Naxos will take care of Laodixian's family, so I didn’t want you to make a big deal just now, so as not to detrimental to your future development!” Stromboli reminded. .

Galadmus and Diocasis looked at each other.

"Okay, I won't say more about this. Tonight was a farewell banquet that I held in advance for myself and for you, and it was almost destroyed by you, Diocasis. "Stromboli said here, raised the wine glass in his hand, and said loudly: "Children, come, let's drink tonight's party first!"

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This evening, in order to thank Stromboli for taking care of them over the past few years, the Diocassis and Galademus frequently toasted toasts, and ended up drunk.

At about noon the next day, Diocasis, after a hangover, rushed to the city hall. As a result, he got a message: The freedman cancelled the report and explained that he and his wife were busy with work, and they forgot His daughter had been taken to Katane by relatives yesterday afternoon to play.

At dusk, the guests of Christoya's restaurant in Naxos gradually increased.

A middle-aged man with a scar on his face walked in and walked straight to the waiter at the counter: "I have an appointment with Diocasis, may I ask—"

"Come with me, please." The waiter took him up to the second floor and pushed open a room in which Diocasis sat alone.

When he saw the person, Diocasis said dissatisfied: "Captain Celtics, how can you manage your soldiers if you are not on time."

Selicis didn't bother to talk to him, and sat down opposite him: "What are you asking me for dinner?"

Diocasis did not answer immediately, turning his head to look at the waiter: "Hurry up and bring all the dishes I ordered, I am hungry. Celsis, what do you drink?"

"Of course it's beer."

"Two more cans of beer, close the door when you go out."

"Okay, your wine and dishes will be delivered right away." The waiter walked out and brought him to the door.

Selicis looked at Diocassis and asked again: "What can I do if you come to me in such a hurry?"

Diocasis propped his right elbow on the dining table, and asked in a deep voice: "Guardian, don't you know what happened to Prosdemo where you are in the past two days?"

Celicis is the civic guard elected by the citizens of Prosdemore. According to the “Dionian Law”, the civic officer is elected every two years, and one civic officer is elected by a Demo region, and a city can only have ten civic officials at most. Therefore, in large cities like Turriy and Crotone, the number of demons is far more than ten, and even as high as 20 to 30. There must be 20 citizens randomly selected by each demo. The qualifiers selected in one round vote, and finally ten guards are elected. Naxos is not a big city at first, and it has only been established for less than ten years. There are only seven Dermo regions.

Selicis was an exile soldier ten years ago. He fought side by side with the First Corps and made a great contribution to repelling the Allied forces in Syracuse. Later, after the Catania Plain was fully vested in the Kingdom of Dionia, Daves ordered the Ministry of Military Affairs to establish the Eighth Army in the Sicilian Territory. Celesis, who had experience in combat and made military achievements, naturally became the Eighth Army. A low-level team officer of.

Ten years later, he has become a captain, but he has never wanted to develop in local government affairs. In the past few years, he has directly applied for the election of civil servants, completely cutting off his political future. It is precisely because he is quite prestigious in Prosdemo, and his own conditions for the election are too good (the scar on the face of the hero who recovered from Naxos is proof that the captain of the Eighth Legion paid taxes on time and has no illegal records) , So he was elected to Prosdemo's civic guard twice in a row.

At this moment, he thought about it carefully: Diocasis is the city inspector, who is doing the maintenance of law and order and catching the criminals. He is anxious to find himself, mostly for this matter, after all The two have cooperated with each other many times because of violations of laws and regulations in the city. And what happened in the past two days...

He said uncertainly: "You mean the freedmen who lost their daughter?"

"You seem to be a good civic officer." Diocasis teased.

"I heard that the freedman has found his daughter." Celsis said again.

Diocasis knocked on the table with his fist, and said in a deep voice, "Shit! He said that his daughter and her uncle went to Katane, but I asked the neighbors around him carefully, and no one saw it. Some guests have been to his house, and no one has seen his daughter go to the port. On the contrary, I went to the Christoja Bank to find out that he had deposited a silver coin of one thousand drachmas this morning..."

Kristia Bank’s background is too hard and there is a “no disclosure of customer deposit information to anyone” regulations, it is impossible for anyone to let the employees of this bank bow their heads. However, under Davers’s suggestion, Christoya later added a provision, “If it is related to the safety of the kingdom and the people of the city, it can be appropriately cooperated under the order of the local chief executive.” Diocassi But Stromboli was invited to check it out.