At the venue, someone was still complaining: Are there too many 200 Drakhmas?

Some people also retorted: It is necessary to have more so that they can feel that it is not easy to become citizens of Amendorala and know how to cherish it.

As a result, the next day, news came from the household registration officer Raphayas: the wife of the consul Cristoya paid the money in advance for the ten free people, and at the same time, Melsis also paid the money in advance for the six free people.

Only then did everyone realize the preciousness of this group of free people. Not to mention that Melsis had a sharp vision, he searched for many talents who could write and calculate along the way in Persia, as well as craftsmen with excellent skills. Most of the ordinary slaves were strong, because they were laborers in the baggage camp and had many battles. After a little training, they could become qualified soldiers. What is more valuable is that they were mainly Persian farmers. In the Mediterranean region, farmers in three places were very experienced in growing crops: one was the Persians, and the fertile land cultivation of the Mesopotamia Basin

Excellent farmers were produced; second, the Egyptians, the Nile Basin, which surged every July, made the Egyptians only love to do two things in their lives - farming and respecting God; third, Carthage, two powerful magic weapons of Carthage - sea trade and agriculture, and they also specially compiled a farming book. As for the Greeks, because the land of Greece is barren, they are more about sailing trade, grazing cattle and sheep, growing olives and brewing wine, and handicrafts... and these new citizens have been running around everywhere, completely disgraceful to farming.

So, everyone rushed forward and the three hundred free people were quickly divided up. The citizens who did not hire free people had to go to the market in Tarantum to buy slaves (at that time, Tarantum had the largest slave market in Greece). Some citizens even had the idea of ​​the large number of free people in the neighbor Turiyi, and of course this was all a story.

After the Senate handled the proposal for slaves, it did not immediately disband because Mariji returned from Tarantum.

Take the sea route from Amendorala, not far from Tarantum, boarding the boat from Turiy port, and reaching in less than two hours with a wind. Davers made a mistake in asking Mariji to serve as an envoy to Tarantum, of course, he did not have any better talents to use at that time. As a Persian, Mariji was unable to enter Tarantum at the beginning. Fortunately, Achita expected this situation and wrote a letter to Mariji to bring to his father Histiavis. With Mariji's flattery and generous and novel gifts he brought, the senior veteran Histiavis actively mediated for him, which made Tarantum's Senate and the consuls show enthusiasm for Amendorala's initiative to demand an alliance with Tarantum.

Of course, it was not because of Histiavis and Tarantum that he became enthusiastic about the mercenary proposal. The actual reason is: Although Tarantum and Turiyi have been in a standstill for decades and have joined the defensive alliance, this is a loose alliance after all, and there is no binding force. Since this alliance was advocated and established by Tarantum, it also actively contributes, such as some city-states that accumulating hatred is relatively deep, and it is good not to destroy each other, such as Crotone and Locre. Including Tarantum, it is also a bit unbearable to Turiyi.

After all, Tarantum, as one of the best states in Great Greece, faced a newly built city-state, he lost twice in a row. In the end, although he signed a ceasefire agreement to peacefully build Heraclia, Tarantum was greatly disappointed in Great Greece. Amendorala, who was once a ally of Turiyi, is now going to form an alliance with Tarantum. The Senate of Tarantum suddenly felt very big, and the addition of Amendorala can also protect their affiliated city-state, Heraclia. How could he disagree?

But another request made by Mariji made them embarrassed: Mariji asked Tarantum to provide assistance on the grounds that Amendorala had just experienced war and was in a hurry to make ends meet. Originally, Tarantum was a wealthy city-state, and it was a slaughter to help some materials. However, the amount of materials required by Mariji was relatively large, and the veterans had to discuss the aid.

Until the next day, Achita led his troops back to Tarantum and reported to the Senate about his expedition, he focused on explaining the combat effectiveness of the mercenaries and the outstanding military talents of the leader Davers, and also emphasized that the current Amendolar was ruled by the new mercenaries, the mercenaries.

In fact, Mariji had already praised the mercenaries for the annihilation of the Lucanian coalition before, but it caused some dissatisfaction among some veterans, believing that they wanted to seize the credit of Tarantum. Now Achita, whom they trusted, also said this and praised Davers, which made them realize that this freshman Amendorala could do something else in addition to shielding Heraclia from the wind and rain. Therefore, not only did he not delete the number of supplies requested by Mariji, but he also added some additional things.

When Mariji read out the covenant with Tarantum at the venue, the old citizens heard it and did not feel much. They were all alliances, but the target was Turiyi and Tarantum, and the content did not change much. However, the Persian, now Amendorala citizen, attracted their attention. Not only was he fluent Greek, but he also remembered that the two bills he introduced made the old citizens feel complicated for a moment.

Then, Mariji read out Tarantum's list of aid supplies: one hundred tons of grain, one thousand kilograms of salted fish, two hundred sets of round shields and spears, one hundred linens...

Every time they heard the quantity of supplies, they had an extra surprise on their faces. In the end, before Mariji finished reading, everyone cheered: Tarantum is so generous! Not to mention anything else, but a hundred tons of grain is enough to keep the entire people of Amendolara alive for six months. By then, the wheat fields of Amendolara should be harvested. The biggest difficulty of Amendolara was easily solved, and the elders were as if they were in a dream.

"As all the above substances are too large, Tarantum will be divided into several times and transported to Heraclia by sea, and then transported here. The first batch will be delivered tomorrow!" As soon as Mariji finished speaking, everyone applauded.

At this time, Davers took advantage of the situation and said loudly: "Everyone, given the great achievements made by Mariji for Amendorala, I suggest that Mariji, a citizen of Amendorala and a city-state business officer, become a senator in the Senate!"

The proposal received warm support from the new citizens, and the old citizens reluctantly raised their hands.

Next, the Senate also decided: Chief Executive Cornerus and Ombudsman Antonios lead the envoy to visit Tarantum on the second day to express their gratitude to the allies and conduct further discussions on the details of the covenant.

After the Senate meeting ended, Marigi followed Davers out of the venue.

"Thank you for your help! But I have become a citizen of Amendorala, become a business officer, and become a noble veteran!" Mariji said gratefully.

"It seems that I didn't lie to you." Davers laughed.

"Sir, you keep your word, how can you lie?" Mariji seemed to have forgotten what he said when he came to Greater Greece.

"Marigi, remember that this is not my decision, it is because the elders thank you for your reward for Amendorala's contribution!" Davers said with a reminder even though he was modest.

Mariji looked around and whispered, "What Senate! I only know that if you were not a great man, I would not even be a citizen of Amendorala. Mariji will always be loyal to you, Lord Davers!"

Marigi said this with sincerity, and Davers smiled again and said, "It seems that you have to slowly adapt to your life as a citizen of the Greek city-state."

Marigi wanted to say something else, Davers patted his shoulder and asked again, "How about Tarantum?"

Mariji was a smart man. He didn't say anything more, but said seriously: "The time was too short, and I walked around in a hurry. I felt that the city of Tarantum was very big, with many people, and many wealthy people... There were many merchant ships in their ports, the market was prosperous, and the daily trading volume was probably not low..." Mariji looked envious.

Davers nodded and asked again, "I heard that the Mesapi people are invading Tarantum, how is the situation now?"

If Mariji had not been joined by the mercenaries, he would not care about these things, let alone one or two. As the mercenaries heard and witnessed, they also had some understanding of the military: "The Mesapi people have retreated. The troops they invaded were mainly composed of cavalry and light infantry, and they did not fight head-on with the heavy infantry of Tarantum at all. They could only invade the land outside Tarantum city, but Tarantum had no choice but to do anything to them, because they could not catch up with the Mesapi people at all."

"Caval? Are there many cavalrymen in the Mesapi?" Davers asked keenly.

"I don't know. But I heard that the terrain south of Tarantum does not have many tall mountains, few rivers, and most of them are flat grasslands, so the Mesapi people grazed a large number of cattle, sheep and horses there."

Davers felt aroused in his heart. He thought that except for the Gauls in the north, the northern Gauls raised horses because of the vast plains and swamps in the Po River Basin, the cavalry was strong; the forces in other places were mainly infantry, and a small number of cavalry were just to fill the facade. Unexpectedly, in the south, there were actually tribes dominated by cavalry on the "heel" of the "Italian leather boots" (in fact, this was the information of Marigi, and Mesapi's army was not mainly cavalry). Go back and forth, Antonios must visit Tarantum and investigate the Mesapi's force.

Note: Messapi, said to be a race that immigrated from Illyria (the location of today's Epirus and Albania) to southern Italy a long time ago. Because it was predated by the Great Colonial era in Greece, it was also regarded as a local indigenous.

Brothers, see you tomorrow night!
Chapter completed!