Looking at the countless raised right arms in front of him, Archita said with both joy and regret: "Davers, your wish has come true, congratulations!"
Davers breathed a sigh of relief and said sincerely: "Thank you! I also sincerely hope that the Tarantum Senate can agree to my proposal in the future, then we can become allies!"
"A total of 1,382 people voted on this motion, 1,076 people agreed, 306 people opposed, the motion was passed! I declare—" Cornelus learned of the result , The mood was a little complicated at first, but he was relieved quickly. He used all his strength and shouted: "From now on, all mercenary soldiers become citizens of Amendolara!!!"
As soon as Cornelus finished speaking, the soldiers around Davos cheered, and Davos was embraced again and again by the excited team officers. Home!!!"
Hearing this, Davos was a little dazed: Home? ! …Unfortunately my real home is not in this world…
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At the same time as the Amendolara Citizens' Assembly was held, the Turii messenger, still led by Ancitanos, came to the gate of Amendolara.
"We are the messengers of Turii, we want to meet your leader, please open the door!" Burkes shouted to the sentry on the city.
Before the sentinel could answer, a man appeared beside the city and scolded the city: "Go back, Turii! Amendolara doesn't welcome you, go back!"
Hearing this, the envoys were a little angry, and even Ancitanos, who had always been gentle, shouted angrily: "Rude mercenaries, don't think that you can do whatever you want by defeating the Lucalia people, ignoring the Greek city-states. The prevailing law, forcibly occupying other people's cities!"
The man sneered: "Hum, what a just and selfless tone, as if he really cares about the life and death of the Amendola people! Open your eyes and see clearly, I am the Amendola who has lived here since I was a child. Citizen Lara!"
Ancitanos was stunned for a moment, but Burkes recognized it. After all, he was a businessman. He often came to Amendolara to trade, and knew a lot of people: "Is it you, Antikris?!"
"I didn't expect that I was still alive!" Antikris' words were full of resentment: "Thanks to you Turii, the Lucanians cut off my right hand, but luckily I survived. And I My neighbors, most of my comrades-in-arms are dead, because of your selfish demands and coercion, they are eager to relocate to the damned city of Turii, only to be attacked by the Lucanians unsuspecting, Amendo The suffering of Lara is caused by the Turii! From now on, the Turians are not welcome here! This is not my personal will, this is the common will of the surviving Amendolaras!"
Bulcos was stunned, Ancitanos was stunned, and the envoys were stunned. They did not expect that the citizens of Amendolara would treat them like this.
Although Amendolara and Turii are allies, their strengths are very different: Turii has more than 20,000 citizens, with a total population of about 100,000, plus nearly 140,000 free people, this is not counting those Slaves; Amendolara has a population of no more than 10,000 people at most. Therefore, Turiyi treated Amendolara more like his own subordinate city-state, and seldom considered the feelings of the other party. Amendolara was captured by the Lucanians, and the Turians received the news, in addition to expressing regret, that is, they were worried about whether they would threaten the northern part of the Sybari Plain. When the citizens of Amendolara who had just escaped asked Turri to recover the lost territory, Turii considered how to defend against the attack of the Lucanians and ignored it. Now, when they feel the resentment of the citizens of Amendolara is so deep, they are shocked, but shocked...
"Don't think about asking Amendolara for anything, and Amendolara will never listen again! Did you hear the cheers?!" Anticles laughed wildly, patted the sentry's shoulder with his left hand, and said: "All the people of Amendolara have voted to accept all mercenaries as citizens of Amendolara! Therefore, they did not take Amendolara by force, they became citizens of Amendolara legally! I heard that they defeated Turi twice. Iraq's Lucania coalition was annihilated by mercenaries, I think anyone who wants to invade Amendolara in the future must first taste the power of our new citizens' shield guns!" In the words of Antikris The threat of the messenger group made the face of the messenger not look good.
Amid the laughter of Antikris, the Turii messenger group came back again bitterly.
Antikris stopped laughing and turned his head to look at the sentinel next to him in a comfortable mood. When he saw the sentry's heart fluttering, he showed satisfaction and asked, "What's your name?"
"Trotidis."
"Where are you from?"
"Thessaly, fellow countryman of Chief Davos."
"how old?"
"Twenty-eight."
…
After asking a series of questions, Antikes said bluntly to the sentinel who was still a little puzzled: "I have two daughters. One is twenty-one years old, with good looks, her husband is dead, and there is a two-year-old son. The other daughter only has Sixteen years old, not engaged, you choose one and be my son-in-law. Make your choice tonight, and tomorrow I will take you to my house to get married."
When Trotty Diston was stupid, the other sentries stepped forward to congratulate him, and said directly with a cheeky face: "Anticores, you have two daughters, you might as well let me be your other son-in-law."
There was laughter on the wall.
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The Turii messenger group groaned again and again.
"Who is that Antikris?" Ancitanos asked in a low voice.
"A nobleman of Amendolara, who used to be the captain of the patrol and the captain of the fire brigade." Burkes replied.
Ancitanos said "oh" and said nothing.
"General, although the Amendolarans have opinions on Turui, I know Davos, the leader of the mercenary army. Although he is young, he is very stable in his work. He has a good opinion of Turui. Besides, we have an employment agreement with him. , will not be easily instigated by the Amendolara people. I believe that after a period of time, when the Amendolara people have calmed down, we can still have a good talk with Amendolara." Burkes comforted.
"I hope so." Ancitanos sighed: "The mercenaries are now legally citizens of Amendolara, and our protests are invalid. Given the current situation, we have to discuss new countermeasures when we go back. Alas! . . . Burkes, do you know what I'm thinking?"
"do not know."
"My teacher once said, 'After the Hippo War, Sparta treated its neighbors harshly and unkindly because of its superiority. Therefore, the Greek city-states stayed away from Sparta to deal with the more benign Athens, and eventually This led to the formation of the Tino Alliance.'" Ancitanos thought, and rebuked himself bitterly: "Is our Turiyi's approach really too domineering? We have to make a proud gesture without strong strength. , isn’t this a good phenomenon?!…”
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After the referendum, the women and children left the plaza, and Cornerus asked Achieta to leave, because what followed was the real civic assembly in Amendolara.
In addition to the sentries patrolling the city walls and the soldiers guarding the prisoners, there were 512 former citizens of Amendolara and 2,920 newly promoted citizens in the square (including one of the Davos mercenaries). 1,837 people, 1,083 other mercenaries), for a total of 3,432 citizens of Amendolara
Cornerus wanted to continue the following issue, but the cheers of the mercenaries kept on interrupting the meeting for a while, until the square returned to calm, and he said loudly: "Citizens of Amendolara, in view of the fact that Most of you are new citizens, it is necessary to first understand the political system of Amendolara, Amendolara is similar to Taran... similar to Athens." Cornerus originally wanted to say Tarantum, but changed his mind. After thinking about it, these mercenaries from Ionia may not know Tarantum, so they mentioned Athens, a well-known city-state, for comparison.