Third, Crotone does not interfere with Castellon becoming a Tua alliance, but Crimea must remain neutral. (After all, Crimea is very close to Crotone. Joining the Tua Alliance is like a sharp knife touching Crotone’s abdomen. Of course, Lycias couldn’t agree, and Marigui didn’t insist, because Tua’s alliance The Arab League did not have enough strength to help Crimea defend against the enemy's attack, but Davos still decided to release Crimea's captives after half a year in accordance with the redemption terms signed with Crotone. The messenger of Sa expressed his gratitude and promised: "No more enemies of the Tua Alliance!")
Fourth, the Tua Union shall not form an alliance with Locri and shall not enter into any agreement against Crotone. (This was a strong request from Lycias, and Marighi made it difficult. In fact, Davos told him privately: "At present, there is no plan to form an alliance with Locri in order to avoid angering Crotone and causing the negotiation to be aborted." Marighi used this as a bargaining chip to force Lycias to make concessions in other areas.)
Fifth, from the date of the signing of the agreement, Crotone and the Tua Union will maintain peace within three years, and will be renewed according to the situation after expiration.
…
The Crotone messenger group returned to the home country with the preliminary agreement, and after the confirmation of the council, they entered the city of Turii again.
The attentive Lycias noticed that the city walls of Turii had no traces of smoke and fire, and the collapsed places were also filled with newly built stone bricks and mortar, which could be seen from a distance. Like brand new. He was shocked by the high labor efficiency and enthusiasm of the Turii people. In fact, in his heart, he did not want to have any conflict with the Tua Alliance, but before leaving, Miron reminded him repeatedly: Even if a truce is to be signed, it cannot exceed two year.
Lycias understood: most of Crotone's generals and council members headed by Miron were not reconciled to this defeat, and they were ready to take revenge in the future! Crotone is well-known in Greece for sports competition, and the people's character is also marked with the unyielding athlete quality, which is somewhat similar to the Amendolaras in the Tua League he has been in contact with for more than two days.
Lysias sighed softly, and led the group into Turii's camp again.
Except for the revision of the period to "two years", no major changes have been made to other contents of the armistice agreement. Both sides sacrificed livestock to Apollo, each read the name of the god aloud, issued a sacred oath that "Crotone or the Tua alliance will never violate the armistice agreement", and finally signed their respective city-states and their own names. (Why sacrifice to Apollo? Because Crotone and the former Turii both regarded Apollo as the patron saint of the city-state, which would make both parties abide by the agreement.)
After the agreement was reached, Lysias was eager to return, and Davos and the others would not keep him. Before sending Lysias on board, Davos said sincerely: "I hope Crotone and the Tua alliance will never fight again. !"
Davos' sharp eyes made Lysias feel that Miron and his tricks had already been seen through by the young consul, and he immediately said, "Apollo is above, this is my sincere hope!"
Standing at the bow of the boat, looking at the still very noisy construction site of Turii City, and looking at the merchant ships passing by the sea entrance, Lysias left Turiel with full of worry...
Davos and his party watched Crotone's ships go away at the dock.
Cornerus sighed: "Now we are safe!"
"Yes, temporarily safe! I am afraid that in two years, Crotone will attack us!" Kunogolata said calmly.
"That's right, otherwise they wouldn't specifically ask to shorten the truce period. Therefore, we must make full use of the two years to make the Tua Alliance stronger as soon as possible, so that any forces that covet us will not dare to commit it!" Dai Firth encouraged everyone.
"That's right!" Everyone was also aroused.
"Lord Consul, look at the compensation money in this armistice agreement—" Marij immediately wanted to make a request.
Davos interrupted him and said, "All these reparations go to the treasury and are kept by Mersis."
Melsiston grinned.
“Its use is planned, managed and spent by the Reconstruction Committee. Like the previously recovered materials, it will be used for the daily expenses of the people, urban reconstruction and public construction. Any department that needs to spend money must report to the committee. Only after the application is approved can the funds be awarded, and the treasurer must take over the responsibility of oversight!”
After Davos finished speaking, Mersis winked at Marigi, so angry that Marigi turned around, not wanting to see him.
"In addition, on the first day of each month, Mersis, you must report the receipt and expenditure of the treasury in detail at the Senate meeting. If there is any mistake, you must take full responsibility!" Davers sternly said
"Yes." Mersis replied weakly.
"Alexis, you go and tell the prisoners the content of the agreement. The Crotones will not let these prisoners go to mine, so we will let them build roads. Build a connection between Heraclea, Amendolara, The Boulevard of Turii and Castellon, the son of Jean Heracled, the..."
"Little Heracled."
"Yes, that's him. Let him be the commander of the entire road project, and according to the previous drawings, lead a group of craftsmen to supervise and manage it."
"Okay, Lord Consul." Superintendent Alexis responded.
"Building a road to connect Heraclea, Amendolara and Turii, I can understand. Why connect Castro? Since in two years, Crotone may attack, Castro It’s impossible to stop it, isn’t it more convenient for the enemy to advance after building the avenue?” Ancitanos asked suspiciously, and the other Turii elders showed concern.
Davos explained earnestly: "By repairing the avenue to Castellon, we will have more frequent personnel exchanges and trade flows with Castellon, and the connection will be closer, and Castellon will be even more inseparable. Drive us. And with the road, our troops and baggage can reach Castellon faster. Castellon is also our ally now, we have the responsibility to maintain its safety, and Castellon will be We defend the enemy's front line to the south. Of course, roads will make it easier for the enemy to attack us, so we will try to keep the enemy out of their territory and make them unable to use our roads."
Ancitanos and Kunogorata were thoughtful, while others were greatly inspired, while others were dubious...
… … … …
After a busy day, he returned to his tent late at night. Davos found that there was another person waiting for him in the tent.
"Andrea, why are you here? Did something happen to Cristoia?!" Davos asked hurriedly.
Andrea bowed respectfully: "Dear consul, Madam, because she sees you busy rebuilding Turiyi City during this time, she doesn't want to disturb your work, but I think this matter should be told to you."
"What's the matter?!" Davos asked eagerly.
"My wife was always vomiting and couldn't eat a few days ago, so I wondered if I was pregnant, but I asked Lord Helps to check it, and it really did." As soon as Andrea finished speaking, Davos looked surprised. , and asked again: "Christoya is really pregnant?!"
It is true, my lord. "
"That's great! That's great!... " Davers hugged Andrea in excitement and turned around several times, ignoring the shyness on Andrea's face.
He called out loudly: "Martius! Martius!"
"My lord, what's the matter?" Martius came in.
"Go get the horse, I want to go back to Amendolara!" Davos said eagerly.
"Sir, it's too late now, the road will be unsafe, come back tomorrow." Martius advised.
"I can't wait! Cristoia is pregnant! I'm going to be a father! I'm going back to see her immediately! Immediately!!" Davos said firmly and excitedly.
"Sir, congratulations! This is Hera's gift! In that case, let's escort you back." Martius also said happily.
"it is good!"
A group of people ran out of the camp on horseback, and the rapid sound of hoofs woke up many people in the camp: "Who is still riding in the camp so late, this is against the rules!"
"I heard that the consul's wife is pregnant, and he is rushing home!"
"Really?! That's a big happy event!!"
In the middle of the night, there were bursts of cheers from the originally quiet camp.
…
Davos returned home in a hurry, went upstairs, and saw a small head sticking out of the door and looking out vigilantly.
"Cynthia!" He picked up his little daughter and gave him a heavy kiss: "It's so late, why don't you go to bed, you want to spank!"
"I was woken up by you." Cynthia wiped the saliva from her face with her small hand and complained with a pout.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I apologize to you." Davers touched her head with a smile and said, "Where's my brother?"
"Sleep in there."
"Where's mom?"
Cynthia hesitated, and pointed to the master bedroom.
Davos put her down and patted her butt lightly: "Go to sleep." With that, he strode towards the master bedroom.
Christoya was reading the ledger under the oil lamp when she heard footsteps and turned her head to look, not surprised: "Why are you back?"
"If I don't come back, you'll keep hiding it from me, right?!" Davers said pretending to be angry, sitting next to Christoya, putting one arm around her and one hand on her plump buttocks Shang tapped twice: "How dare you not tell me we have a child, do you think we should be punished!"
"You already know." Christoya put her arms around Davos' neck, "Did Andrea tell you?"
"Fortunately, she told me in time!" Davers pointed to the thick ledger on the table and blamed: "You don't take care of your body, and our children! In the future, I will leave these matters to Andrea and others. If you do it, you can take good care of your body at home, and let our children grow up healthily here!"
Thanks to book friend Tianshui family Gu Jiaming for the reward!
Davos is about to have a baby of his own, cheers for him!