A few days later, Kunogolata, who was resting in bed, heard something: some of the slaves in the Turii quarry rioted, overthrew the guards guarding them, and fled Turii, and some of the slaves actually fled to Amen Dolara asked for protection, and the Turii messenger arrived later, asking Amendolara to send the slaves back.
At the moment in the Senate of Amendolara, the envoys of Turii and representatives of the fugitive slaves were glaring.
Plessinas, the new general of Turii, if Kunogolata was here, he would have recognized this man as one of the chief instigators of the people of Turii to expel him, and now he faces Amendor The elders of Lara scolded loudly: "Amendolara is an ally of Turii, is this how you treat the envoys of the allies?! Let a low-status slave stand with the noble general of Turui, this A humiliation to Turii! If Amendolara does not respond kindly to Turii's demands, Turii will reconsider her covenant with Amendolara!"
As soon as these words came out, the elders sitting on the wooden chairs in the venue were in an uproar.
At this time, Inspector Antonios stood up and said, "Dear Turii messenger, we haven't started discussing about Turiyi's request. I didn't expect that, as soon as you came in, you took the initiative to walk to the center of the venue. I forgot to remind you. , your position is here." Antonios pointed to a position on the side of the party in front of the venue: "I think the noble messenger from Turii should know the diplomatic etiquette of the city-state better than we do. The state envoy should be quiet."
The elders let out a roar of laughter.
Plessinas was not embarrassed at all, he pointed at the slave regardless, and continued to say loudly: "I have never heard of a slave being an observer when discussing major issues between city-states! Amendolara What a sacred place the senate of the city-state is, how could a lowly slave be desecrated!"
"This is because, as the representative of the fugitive slaves to Amendolara, the demands he made relate to Amendolara and Turii, and I think it is necessary to let him speak his demands again, and let us noble ones come A fair discussion to judge whether his request is reasonable. So, respectful envoy of Turii, are you going to stand there all the time, so that our meeting cannot officially start?!" Davos, who was sitting in the front and middle of the meeting, was calm There was a majesty in his tone, which made Plessinas sit down in his seat angrily.
"Slave, now you can say your request." The rotating chairman of the Senate - the city administrator Cornerus said loudly.
The slave saluted respectfully and said, "Dear lords, my name is Aristocrates. First of all, I would like to explain that I was not born lowly. My father was a nobleman in Cyrenaica, and he mainly dealt with western Elfion grass, with hundreds of slaves and a large farm. Eight years ago, my father took me on a boat to Olympia to watch the Games, and encountered pirates on the voyage... My father... My father was killed... I was sold to the picture Lee…”
Aristocrates took a deep breath, suppressed the sadness that surged in his heart, and continued: "Despite the misfortune, I do not complain too much, perhaps this is the punishment of the gods against me. In Turii, I dutifully completed the work assigned by the master and never slack off... Until two months ago, the city-state gathered us and escorted us to the mercenary camp. Your lord, you stood in front of us and called us to fight for Turii. "Aristocrates gave Davos another respectful salute: "You also said, 'As long as we win, we will be free!' For freedom, we who have never held weapons took up weapons! For freedom , we who have never killed a man fought against the wicked Lucanians! And it was these wicked Lucanians who defeated the Turii, but freedom made us fearless! We fought bravely, and the war was won At that time, we only had more than 1,000 slaves left over 2,000…”
Aristocrates sniffed lightly, causing the new citizens and senators to be in a trance, as if they were once again in that fierce battle.
"We waited for the exciting moment, but it was cold knives and guns! Turii was saved, and we were escorted back to the dark, damp mines to carry the heavy load of ore. We protested. , but we only ushered in beatings and fasting... Just when we were desperate, we heard the news that the mercenary slaves who fought with us are now free people, and may become citizens of the city in the future. Why are they both slaves and fought desperately for Turiyi, but there will be two completely different outcomes! So we attacked the guards of the mine and fled here because we were not reconciled. Does the oath made in the name count?!"
Aristocrat's affectionate narration moved the elders present, and the venue was silent for a while. Only Plessinas shouted, "He's lying! They're not the slaves who fought at all!!"
Antonios immediately got up and said: "We have a way to confirm whether they are slaves who participated in the battle. Because the free people of the city-state fought with them, spent one night and one day together, and got to know them better. I They have been sent to the slave house for identification, and I request that the representatives of the freedmen be admitted to the Senate to testify."
"agree!"
"agree!!"
The elders were in favor, and Plessinas' disapproval was completely drowned out.
Taking advantage of this free time, Davos looked at this man with a thick beard, a few scars on his face, dark skin, a little rickety, but still vaguely revealing the youthful face of Aristocrates, and asked. : "If you asked me just now, I will answer you in a moment. I want to ask you now, from what you said just now, you are obviously well educated, why did you become a slave of mining?" Like Aristocrates Well-educated slaves, generally priced very high, are never too wasteful to do the dirty and hard work that only ordinary slaves can do.
Aristocrates smiled bitterly: "I was originally bought by a wealthy businessman in Turui to help him manage his vineyard and winery. I did a good job and won his trust. He also said that he would give me freedom... It's a pity he died... His wife soon got married again, and my new master gave me free to the city-state of Turii, which was short of mining slaves at that time, so he took me away..."
There must be some complicated inside story here, but seeing Aristocrates' calm face, he clearly looked away, and Davos said with admiration: "I think the gods are not punishing you, but training you! "
When Aristocrates heard this, his heart suddenly became excited, and he obviously heard something from the words here.
At this time, the representatives of the freedmen entered the venue, and after swearing in the face of the gods, they said the answer: these fugitive slaves really participated in the battle!
Plessinas refused. He stood up and retorted: "It's a common thing for the city-state to let slaves participate in the battle! For example, Sparta often let Heroth fight with them, and the victories were countless. Did Da let Heroth be free? Apparently not! With the years of friendship between Turii and Amendolara and their busy trade during this time, I don't think Archon Davos could have done that either! Promise, this slave is clearly lying! It is the virtue of the Greeks to return lost property to its owner! I again ask the Senate of Amendolara to return these slaves who belonged to Turiel's property to Turiel!"
Aristocrates' expression changed slightly and looked at Davos.
Davos looked at the arrogant and tough Plesinas, and sneered in his heart: This Turian was actually threatening him and Amendolara in a subtle way just now!
He stood up and said to Aristocrates with a serious expression: "What you asked me just now, I can answer you. I am Davos. The lifelong consul of Amendolara, the promise made is like a burning hell. Like a fire, it will never go out! Yes, I promise to set you free when the battle is won! Because you are Turii slaves, I asked Burkes to bear witness and let him write my promise on paper , rush back to Turiyi City to ask the generals to sign. Before the battle, when Bulcos came to try to persuade us to return, I reiterated to Bulcos my original promise to you, but I did not expect that until today You are still in shackles!"
Davos looked sad, and he said loudly: "You saved Turiyi, Turiyi owes you! You helped the mercenaries, and Amendolara owes you! I ask the envoy of Turiyi, please give them freedom !"
As soon as Davos finished speaking, the elders shouted in unison: "Give them freedom! Since you swear to God, you should free these poor and honorable slaves, Turians!"
Plessinas looked flustered, and he joked: "Turiyi has never seen an agreement to give them freedom! I have never seen one! Lord Davos, you must be wrong! Yes, Must be remembering wrong!"
Note: Silphion grass, said to be a kind of pine herb, was rich in ancient times in the city-state of Cyrenaica, as a valuable fodder to promote livestock fertility, as well as food condiments, and most importantly, it is said to improve male fertility. Therefore, it was very popular in various countries in the ancient Mediterranean and became the pillar industry of Cyrenaica, earning a lot of money, so the coins minted in Cyrenaica even had its pattern printed on it. It is a pity that too many males in the Mediterranean needed it, which eventually led to its extinction, and the true silphion grass is no longer found.
Going to exercise tonight, update in advance!
I hope my brothers will also participate in sports regularly and stay healthy!
It is worth celebrating that the number of collections of this novel has finally surpassed the previous novel! Thanks to everyone's support! Of course, the number of collections at the peak of the last book is still 6,000, and we still need to continue to work hard!
The next small goal is to beat the word count of the last novel first! Coming soon!