"I will be like that in the future!" Secrian shouted confidently, full of longing for the future: "Untie the cable, let's go to the sea!"
Lysias was also looking at the patrol captain in front of him, and then asked, "Are you citizens of Amendolara?"
The captain glanced at him and said, "No, we are citizens of the Tua Union!"
"Oh, I'm sorry." Lysias asked politely, "I would like to ask how the Crotone soldiers who were captured by you are doing now?"
"I can't tell you where they are being held, because it's a military secret!" the captain said solemnly: "But I can tell you that they are all doing well now, and even Lord Davos asked the hospital to treat the wounded soldiers. , but if your negotiation fails, their situation may not be so good. I heard that the Turii senators of the Senate strongly recommend sending them to mine!"
Lysias was shocked: Letting the prisoners dig is absolutely dead and alive! He remembered that after the Athenian army failed to attack Sicily Syracuse, about 5,000 or 6,000 people were captured and finally sent to dig quarries. After a few years, almost all of them died! This made him feel a little nervous.
After a while, the soldier returned on horseback and whispered in the captain's ear: "Go the farthest way."
The captain immediately understood and said to the Crotone messenger group: "The Senate has agreed to meet with you, let's go."
The group of people passed through the ruined port and entered the city. The Crotone messenger group couldn't believe their eyes: compared to the deserted port just now, there were people everywhere and it was very noisy, both men, women and children were busy. Some are clearing ashes and carrying stones and rubble; some have begun to re-consolidate the land and lay down piles on the cleared land according to the instructions of the craftsmen; more people are setting up wooden frameworks beside the city walls and laying stones. Blocks, bricks; some people are making mortar, transporting bricks and wood, pushing water... The entire main city of Turii has become a big construction site, where people sweat like rain and rebuild their homes with enthusiasm. They are So focused that when the Crotone messenger group passed by, almost no one looked up to take a look.
Although thousands of people are working at the same time, it is noisy but not disorderly, they are well organized. Lycias noticed that some people with red ribbons on their heads played a major role in it. They directed and coordinated the operation of the construction site, and the real host was a dry and thin old man who was constantly patrolling around. , he stopped to compare the drawings when he found a problem, and then talked to the people who surrounded him, and soon someone rushed over to correct it...
"Who is he?" Someone in the Crotone messenger asked curiously.
"Heraklyde, a disciple of the former Greek architect Hippadamus," the captain replied.
Originally, after the construction of the warehouses and hotels in Amendolara, Heracled continued to direct the construction of the road from Amendolara to Turii. But after hearing that the Senate was going to rebuild Turii, he volunteered to design and preside over the rebuilding of Turii.
Davos readily agreed and put forward some of his own requirements for the construction of the new Turii city.
Heracled has mixed feelings about the city that recorded Heracled's glory and lived for twenty years. He is so familiar with it that he can walk all over the city smoothly with his eyes closed, and can count the height of the topography of every place, the curve of the river bank... He poured all his emotions into the pen, and completed the new work overnight. Design drawings of the city of Turii.
Davers admired it greatly. After that, Heracled spent every day on the construction site with great energy, and meticulously supervised the operation of the reconstruction work. His enthusiasm for the work also infected the people who were rebuilding their homes for themselves, and the reconstruction progress continued to accelerate.
The messengers of Crotone certainly did not know how revered the dry, thin old man was in Turii, and certainly did not remember who Hippodamos was. They responded politely and turned their attention elsewhere.
Lysias asked seemingly unintentionally, "I'm afraid there must be more than 40,000 people working here, right? There shouldn't be so many people in Turii. Could it be that the Amendolaras are among them?"
"There are indeed some people in Amendolara, but more of them are free people and slaves." The captain looked at Lycias, as if he knew what he was thinking, and said without concealing: "You must be wondering why? Will these freedmen and slaves work so hard? Not only because they may become residents of the city in the future, but also because Lord Davos, the consul, passed a temporary decree in the Senate, 'The widowed women of Turiyi are allowed to Freemen intermarry, but the woman must voluntarily.'"
"What?!" Lycias was taken aback.
"Crotone people, you must know that Turii does not count the citizens who were slaughtered by your Crotone occupation this time. More than 10,000 citizens died in the war with Lucania before. Turii Almost all the widows in the city, I heard that Turiyi was planning to issue a decree 'allowing citizens to marry multiple wives', which shows how much men are lacking in the city of Turiyi." The captain showed a faint smile. : "Well now, in order to earn performance in front of the Tuli women who are busy rebuilding their homes and gain their favor, these free people naturally work hard. You must know that once they are successful in the Tuli women's favor, not only can they marry a woman Wife, and can immediately become a reserve citizen of Tuli, and can be allocated a house. Although the land cannot be divided, as long as he joins the army and fights in the future, these will not be a problem. Speaking of which, these guys are really lucky. There are so many educated and beautiful pictures. Lie women can choose, think when we were in Amendolara—"
"Captain, don't complain. Your wife is a famous beauty in Amendolara, and she is also a Persian beauty. Don't you know how much other citizens envy you!" a soldier couldn't help saying.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!..." The captain laughed cheekily: "Of course! Of course! My wife is the most beautiful woman in Amendolara except for the consul's wife! She is beautiful and Upbringing! I'm complaining for you, not in good time!"
"My Lucalia woman is very good! Not only is she passionate, but she is tall and big..." A soldier patted his chest and said intoxicated: "Greek women can't compare at all!"
…
A group of soldiers began arguing about whose woman was beautiful, and the more vulgar they were, Lysias was not interested in listening.
These decrees issued by the Tua League were completely deviant for an orthodox Greek aristocrat like Lysias, and in Crotone, a city-state that had been established for hundreds of years, and the power of the clan and phratry had been extremely stable, it was not at all. may be implemented. However, he had to admit that for the Turian people who had lost their homes and a large number of strong citizens, it was a good way to quickly boost the strength of the city-state. It's just that Turiel, who can quickly regain his strength and prosper, and who is the enemy of life and death with Crotone is definitely not what Lysias wants to see!
Lysias thought of this, and followed the team out of the city worriedly. On the way to the camp, "just" saw a dozen groups of soldiers training: they seemed to be playing a game, with about fifty people on each side (actually a detachment), and they used long wooden heads wrapped in coarse cloth. The stick is used as a thorn gun, and the rough wooden board is used as a round shield. The two sides charge and stab like a real battle. The game is not over until one side is forced to retreat behind the white line drawn with lime powder. Squat behind and jump around the field (that is, leapfrog) as punishment.
The scene is quite hot and intense, and at a glance, you know that this game is simulating actual combat. Lysias saw with his own eyes that several soldiers were stabbed and wounded, and went off to receive bandage treatment. However, the enthusiasm of the soldiers did not diminish at all.
Someone in the messenger group asked curiously: "Do you usually train like this?"
The patrol captain chuckled: "We train every five days, and each training has many training items from early morning to evening. This is just one of the less intense training items."
The Crotones of the messenger group looked at each other in dismay. Obviously, the military training intensity of the Tua Alliance was significantly higher than that of the Crotone citizens who spent most of their time in the arena.
Lycias didn't completely believe the captain's words, but it could be seen from it that Amendolara's army was a strictly trained and battle-hardened army, otherwise it would not have been so easy to defeat Crotone's army. Defeat, albeit only by sneak attack.
Entering the camp, in front of the central tent, the patrol captain went in to report, and Lysias and his party were waiting outside the tent.
At this time, a person came out of the big tent. Lysias glanced at it and felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.
The man didn't expect to meet Lysias at this time, he was stunned for a moment, then returned to calm, smiled at Lysias, and immediately turned to leave.
Lycias stared at his back, trying to think who he was.
"Master Consul, please come in!" The patrol captain's voice came from behind.
Lysias made up his mind, opened the tent, and walked in.
…
The patrol captain took the soldiers out of the camp, and his serious expressions suddenly turned into smiles: "Brothers, how was my performance just now?"
"Captain Olivers, you are doing too well! Very serious and serious, it's just two people as usual!" a soldier praised.
"I think it's a little bit worse. There is a joke about a woman in the middle. It's too much of a loss of your identity!" Another soldier raised his objection.
"What?!" Olivers widened his eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "Xenotimes, you are very unserious in your mission today, and you must be punished!"
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