Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 57: North African Elephant

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Occleton was not surprised after listening. According to the information he learned, the Etruscan League has suffered from the invasion of the Gauls in the north over the past few years and has to rely on the Dionians. For aid, Dionians sent troops to the northern border of the Iberian Union last year to ensure the security of their territory. Of course, the Etruscans have to express themselves, which is not surprising.

"Where are these ships in front? They are all Etruscans?" Okriton looked at one of the ships in front of the ship with a taller ship and a large cargo ship with a building. He was interested. Asked.

"I made a special observation when I was passing those ships in a small boat. Although most of their sailors were... Phoenicians, it seemed..." The entourage said with anger in hesitation, "The boat rider People dress like Numibians and Mauritanians!"

Even if Okriton had any more restraint, it would be difficult to keep calm at this moment, because the Carthaginians attributed half of the failure of that war to the Numibian rebellion, and they were like slaves after that. However, the Numibians, on the other hand, frequently invaded the land of the Carthaginians. Therefore, the Numibians are the pain in the hearts of the Carthaginians no matter in the past or the present.

Okliton quickly calmed down, and asked in a deep voice, "Why did they come with so many ships?"

"It seems that many ships carry horses." The entourage replied.

Okri paused: "Numibians can only take out this little thing."

"My lord." The entourage whispered hesitantly: "They all gave Dionia gifts, but we didn't get anything. Is this..."

Oklidon will be uplifted: "We Carthage can send envoys to the celebration. This is the best gift for the Hades celebration of Dionia!"

Although Okriton said so, he knew clearly: Carthage’s position in the Western Mediterranean is different from what it used to be, but many Carthage elders have not yet fully adapted to this new change, including Han Connaught, so other messenger groups have brought rich gifts. In contrast, the Carthage messenger group looked very shabby, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of the next negotiation with Dionia.

During the time when Okriton was thinking about it, the Etruscan missions had unloaded their belongings and left the dock. Then it was the turn of the Numibian missions and the Mauritanian missions to enter the inner city dock. .

After a while, I heard Masi screaming, and the dock became extremely lively.

Suddenly, there was a deafening exclamation from the shore, and it was so persistent that even Okreton outside the port could hear clearly: "Oh my God, what kind of monster is this?! Such a huge one!"

"This may...maybe Lucania's giant..."

"Fool! Does a cow have such a long nose? And the horns of the cow are on the head, but the horns are on the mouth."

"Then tell me, what is it?"

"I haven't seen it before, how could I know, but we can ask these Mauritanians."

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Hearing these exclamations, Okriton was surprised: Did the Mauritanians send the elephants living in the interior of Africa to Turei? !

Although he has never seen it, he has heard that there are many elephants further south in the territory of the Sinumibians and Mauritanians, and most of the ivory bought and sold in the market in Carthage came from there.

In fact, ivory is also very popular in Turei, especially since it was purchased in large quantities when the Hades Temple was rebuilt before, but when the real owner of the ivory walked out of the cabin and came to the shore, it was still Shocked the people who came to watch: "There is such a behemoth in this world! Isn't this the descendant of a certain monster in the ancient times?!..."

Compared with the yelling and cranky people nearby, the Turiyi officials who came to greet the messenger group were shocked and more worried about how much the beasts' madness would cause to the city. Losses, because they seem to be very difficult to control. You must know that the people in the inner city are either veterans or ministers, and even ordinary citizens have extraordinary identities. If a large number of casualties are caused, they are small officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But can't bear this responsibility.

Even the messenger from Mauritania repeatedly explained to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: This animal looks huge, but in fact it has a gentle personality and does not easily hurt people.

At the same time, let the mahout command the elephant, kneel down to the officials, and make various funny gestures like waving and nodding with his long nose. It did not completely dispel the officials’ doubts, but made the people on the side cheer. The sound is more enthusiastic.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for hundreds of court guards to arrive. They were ordered by King Davos to bring these elephants to the elephant circle specially built for elephants on the King's Hill.

So, under the careful command of the elephants, the male, the female, and the cub, the three-headed elephants took slow and heavy steps, stepping on the flat and solid block roads, and triumphantly. The route that the Japanese army will go through is toward the west of the city.

The people in the inner city who received the news walked out of their homes, including some veterans, who stood by the roadside, curiously watching this behemoth that they had never seen before.

Under the efforts of the palace guards to maintain order, the excited people did not cause the elephants to panic. Instead, they let them enjoy the honor of a triumphal soldier. full of expectation.

When the Carthage envoys entered the dock by boat, it was already afternoon. Okriton waited on the boat for nearly 4 hours, so as soon as he landed ashore, he greeted Dio who came to greet him angrily. An official from Nia complained: “Turiy is a city as large as it has such a small port, so that any foreign envoy who visits will not feel the power of Dionia as the most powerful country in the Western Mediterranean. The kind of stinginess!"

Dionian officials did not get angry because of Okriton’s outspoken words, but frankly admitted: "You are right. We also found that this is a big problem. This inner city river port was built before the establishment of the kingdom. Yes, it had enough capacity at that time, but the foreign envoys that came to visit were too frequent in the past few years, and many envoys did not come empty-handed—"

Speaking of this, he deliberately or unintentionally looked at the lone passenger ship behind Okriton: "So this river port is no longer sufficient. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported this issue to your majesty, although now Both sides of the city have been occupied by buildings, and there is no extra space to build a new river port, but your Majesty has held several ministerial executive meetings on this issue. I believe that a solution will be found soon."

Oklidun nodded, expressing his understanding. In fact, he just wanted to vent his grievances. He didn’t care if Turri’s river port problem was solved. He changed the topic and asked sternly: "I beg Meet with King Daves, on behalf of the Carthage Senate, there are important things to discuss with him, you...um...Can the Ministry of Foreign Affairs convey my request to King Daves?"

The official looked at him and said seriously: "According to the Kingdom’s administrative regulations, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for all foreign affairs. If you have any requirements, you can write a letter and submit it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After reading the Ministry, our chief Ansitanos will judge whether it is important, and then decide whether to hand it over to us for negotiation or to hand it over to your majesty to decide...

However, many envoys have visited in the past few days, and all of them have appeals. I heard that the letters in the office of Lord Ansitanos have been piled up, and he usually goes to the Dionian Academy to attend classes. , I’m almost too busy, even if you submit the letter, I’m afraid it will take some time before I can give you a reply. "

Okliton was dumbfounded. His previous negotiations with Dionia were during the war, and he went directly to the barracks to meet King Daves. He never expected to be in Tury. It would be so complicated and difficult to meet King Davos, so he didn't know how to respond for a while.

The official saw him being silent and suddenly said: "In fact, there is another way to better solve your problem."

"Excuse me, what is the solution?" Okriton asked immediately.

"During this period, your Majesty saw that there were many foreign affairs during the celebration, and worried that Lord Ansitanos would be too busy. He specially arranged a rotating chairman of the Senate to assist him in temporarily managing foreign affairs the day before yesterday. You can go directly to him. , Maybe he will take you to meet your majesty."

"Go to him directly? You don't need Cheng to submit the letter first and then get his consent?" Okriton was a little puzzled.

"Other messengers may not work, but you may be able to, because you are from Carthage." The official said with a meaningful smile.

Okliton moved in his heart, and asked with a trembling voice: "This...what is the name of the rotating chairman?"

"Haka."

Sure enough! ...Okliton smiled bitterly, as if knocking over a five-flavored bottle in his heart, he couldn't tell what it was like.

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Early in the morning, at the residence of King Davers, Davers walked into the restaurant after the morning exercise ended, only to find that there were only two of Christia and Agnes in the restaurant: "Where are the children?"

"They hurriedly finished their breakfast and went to see the elephants. Eunice and Briantes have always liked to join in the fun, but this is the first time I have seen Apox, who has always been calm, also behaves like that. Urgent." Kristia complained.

"As long as the children are happy, it's okay. This shows that my decision to get these elephants up to the mountain was correct." Daves said, and sat down at the dining table.

Agnes immediately brought him a bowl of hot oatmeal, and said with a smile: "Last night Ivia took me to see the elephant. After coming back, I was very excited and insisted to join me. I was asleep, and I was excited to talk for a long time. It was the first time I saw her say so many things.