Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 8: Andrea
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"Don’t worry about that. There is a multitalent silver left by Menon in the camp; and on the way back to Greece, we obtained a lot of supplies through fighting and...snatching... Soldiers and others, there is almost one talent silver left; in addition, Mariji and Merses have also made a lot of money in the market they built before. Logically speaking, these should all belong to the mercenary leader. ...I will discuss with Melsis and ask him to give you all the money." Daves counted his savings over the past six months to her one by one.
"Bank lending is hateful. Few bankers can do what Luzion does. As the consul of Amendorara, I am afraid that others will be criticized or even opposed!" He didn't feel pleasantly surprised by Daves' rich net worth, but reminded him with concern.
Davers smiled comfortedly: "You can think of it this way, it seems that I did not do anything wrong when I asked you to open a bank!" He put his arms around Christoya's body, and said softly: "Why do you want to lend money? Jealous? That's because the interest rates demanded by Greek city-state lenders are generally too high! I heard that 20% of interest is considered low. Once the borrower cannot repay the money, the land will be taken to repay the debt. So that the family is destroyed, of course it won’t be what I want. As the life-long consul of Amendorara, I hope that every citizen of Amendorara can live a good life so that our city-state can be prosperous and powerful. The bank itself can promote the development of city-state trade, but the greedy behavior of bankers has spoiled its reputation, and the bank I want you to open--" Davers said in a deep voice, "The interest cannot exceed Five percent!"
"Only five percent!" Kristonia exclaimed in surprise.
"Only such a low interest rate can allow citizens with business talents to take loans with confidence to realize their ideals. Only in this way can citizens who are eager to spend money be rescued from the terrible loan sharks and restore their hope in life...I I believe that the bank you will build will accelerate the economic recovery of Amendorara after the war and promote the great development of the Amendorara trade!" Daves said confidently.
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The next day, these new citizens, who are usually busy fighting, not paying attention to appearances, fluffy hair, messy beards, and shabby clothes, cleared out the tents in the square early and took care of themselves as much as possible. Clean, replaced with Doria-style Heaton made of light linen cloth, so they all look tall and straight.
They waited in the square expectantly. When the whole square was shrouded in sunlight, the women of Amendorara appeared. Under the leadership of the old woman, they came to the square in twos and threes with shy faces. With curiosity on it. Although the clothes of Greek women are extremely simple, they still try their best to dress themselves: adjust the density of Heaton's drooping folds to make the long skirt look elegant and graceful, and at the same time use exquisite metal ornaments and Pin on the clothes button to increase attractiveness. They also comb the haircut according to their own situation, and apply dark or light makeup on their faces to make themselves look younger and more attractive.
The new citizens saw them, just like bees saw flowers, wherever they could care to maintain their demeanor, they all swarmed up, and used all means to strike up a conversation with the woman they liked, in order to attract her attention.
On the sidelines, Daves let several old citizens who are proficient in music play the harp and the piccolo, adding a romantic atmosphere to Amendorara's "large-scale dating event".
In fact, the situation in the square soon became less romantic and more popular. After all, good-looking women will always attract many suitors and even cause conflicts. At this time, Daves will show up in time with the patrol, warn the two parties in the conflict with his prestige, and then ask the heroine in the conflict about the will of the heroine...
When a team of men and women fancy each other, some will leave the venue, walk along the mountain road, continue to talk to enhance understanding; some will go directly to the household registration officer Raphaas who is waiting by the square , Both parties have to show him that they are willing to get married, so Raphias registered the names of both parties and allowed the woman to take the man home (in fact, the Greek tradition must be after the wedding before they can have sex. But Daves persuaded With Cornellus and the others, they have been confirmed and registered by the Amendorara official. Even if the man and woman are husband and wife, they just owe a wedding, and this wedding will be made up later).
It is not only men who take the initiative to pursue women. Some older or less-looking women will take the initiative to talk to the men they like and show their advantages, such as being good at textiles. , Good at making wine, good at making olive oil, or showing off his noble birth, rich family and so on.
In the afternoon, there were not many women left in the square, but there were still many men.
At this time, Daves found that many new citizens had formed a large circle in a corner of the square. He was busy looking for someone to ask about the situation: It turned out that there was a young lady of Amendorara in the circle who came up to talk to him. The men ignored her, but she was beautiful again, so the men still wanted to impress her, and so far no one has succeeded.
Daves was curious, and because dragging it down like this was not a solution, it would easily lead to conflict, so he called Raphaas and squeezed into the crowd together.
"Hey, girl, our leader Daves is here, if you don't see it anymore, I'm afraid you will have to find the gods to be your husband!" someone in the crowd said jokingly.
When the woman heard this, she raised her head and opened her fictitious eyes.
Davers took a look: This woman has snow-white skin, a delicate face, and her eyes are big and bright...
Raphaea recognized her immediately, and whispered to Daves: "Her name is Andrea. Her husband followed Turíy’s army to attack Lucania last year and died in Laos, leaving behind. She lives alone with a three-year-old son. She seems to be only twenty years old..."
Daves was listening, and Andrea stepped forward and said: "Are you the Archon Daves?"
"It's me."
"I have something to tell you." Andrea said directly.
Davers was taken aback: "You can tell me."
Andrea looked around and asked: "I want to tell you alone, can I?"
Davers immediately felt that things might not be easy, he hesitated, and saw the urgency in Andrea's eyes, nodded, and said, "Come with me."
Looking at Daves about to take Andrea, some new citizens reluctantly said: "Chief Daves, you already have a beautiful Christia, don’t grab us anymore. !"
Davers smiled and said: "Don't worry, brothers, she just wants to say a few words to me alone. You all know that I already have Kristia, if I mess around, Kristia Don’t let me go to bed tonight!"
Davos's words caused everyone to laugh, so everyone made way for them.
Daves took Andrea to a secluded place in the square, guarded by patrols all around.
"Go ahead, what's the matter?" Davers asked softly.
Andrea bit her lip, hesitated several times, and finally got the courage to ask in a low voice: "I want to know... Baggul... he... how is he now?" /
"Who is Bagul?" Davers asked suspiciously.
"It's... it's a Lucanian..." Andrea's voice was suddenly as thin as a mosquito: "I was in the temple and saw you knock him down, then grab him... He is now ......How's it going?"
Seeing Andrea’s blushing cheeks, and still don’t understand what’s going on, then he has been a white man in his previous life for more than 30 years: "You fell in love with a Lucanian, why? "
Daves' calm tone made Andrea panic: "I...I just..."
"Don't be nervous, I didn't blame you, tell me the truth, maybe I can help you." Daves felt a movement in his heart and immediately comforted her softly.
"Really?! Can you really help me?!" Andrea exclaimed excitedly as if she had found a straw.
Davers made a silent motion and said: "Tell me why you like him first."
Finally, Andrea twitched her story.
It turned out that Andrea was once hailed as the "Rose of Amendorara" by good deeds because of her beauty, and there were many suitors. He was later arranged by his father to marry a rich and handsome young aristocrat of Amendorara four years ago. Although there was no contact before marriage, Andrea was still satisfied with the marriage. Surprisingly, after the marriage, the two got along for a long time. She discovered that her husband was a jealous person and did not allow her to contact any men. For this reason, she executed two male slaves. He was only sixteen years old and full of youthful vitality. Andrea can only be claustrophobic at home. Her husband also has an even more terrible bad habit: alcoholism. He often hosts banquets at home or attends other people’s banquets. He often gets drunk and abuses her after returning home. Andrea, who has just become a young woman, finds it difficult. Endure, ran back to her parents’ house, but was forcibly sent back by her father, and warned her, “As a woman, treat her husband like a slave and serve her master. I hope she will not come back again, lest the family become the object of ridicule. . ’Andrea returned to her new home tremblingly and endured what her husband had done to her.
Fortunately, she became pregnant shortly afterwards. During the birth of the child, her husband stopped abusing her, but began to have **** with prostitutes and female slaves. This was originally a hobby of Greek male citizens, and Andrea reluctantly Can accept. What makes her intolerable is that sometimes when her husband has **** with a slave girl, she is forced to watch her. As a noble city-state woman, she is stared at with a strange look by the lowly slave girl who is usually controlled by herself, and Andrea is in the body. The dignity of the mother was ruthlessly trampled, so she began to clashed with her husband, and was beaten to a faint by her husband once. From then on, Andrea was terrified and hated her husband to the extreme, but for the sake of her young children, she Can only swallow tears silently.