After the collective wedding, Davers did not go home immediately. He and the senators met with Metapontum and Heraclia in the Senate.

One is the alliance of Tarantum and the other is the affiliated city-state of Tarantum. Amendorala has also become an allied state of Tarantum, so the talks were friendly and smooth. Davers proposed that Amendorala was willing to get along with Metapontum and Heraclia and help each other. The envoys of the two cities readily accepted it. The three parties also negotiated on strengthening exchanges and strengthening trade...

It was busy until the afternoon when Davers finally returned home, but unexpectedly there was a guest waiting.

The sharp-eyed middle-aged messenger presented a generous gift and then politely introduced himself: "Hello, dear Consul Davers! I am from Syracuse, and I am the messenger of the Almighty General Dionysius."

"Syracuse" and "Dionisius" were shocked when they heard these two words.

In his previous life, when talking about Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse in history, all he could think of was the story of the sword of Damocles. This story told Daphne that it was very dangerous to be a tyrant in the Greek city-state. In addition, he had no deep impression of Dionysius and even Syracuse, just like other ordinary people. Everyone's eyes were focused on Athens, Sparta and Rome, and they knew that a little more was that the expeditionary army of Athens was completely destroyed in Syracuse during the Peloponnese War, and the philosopher Plato was staying in Syracuse, and the great mathematician Archimedes died in Syracuse... that's all.

However, when Davers came to this era, especially after coming to Great Greece, he often talked about the customs and customs of Great Greece after work, so he knew that Syracuse was not an ordinary great state. If the Greek city-states were headed by Athens and Sparta and successfully resisted the invasion of the Persian army, then the Greek city-states and Sicily could be said to have defeated the Carthage army south under the leadership of Syracuse (coincidentally, the day of victory was similar to the Battle of Salamis in the east), and at the same time, they helped the Greek city-states on the Apennine Peninsula to repel the attacks of the indigenous people. Therefore, decades ago, Syracuse was the overlord of the Greek city-states in the Mediterranean in the west, and its political system was tyrannical. This time, Syracuse once again implemented the tyranny system, and the person in power was the so-called almighty general Dionysius.

After Davers briefly learned Dionysius's experience of usurping power from others, he could see that this man not only used his power and acted ruthlessly, his military and political abilities were not weak, and his luck was also good (Carthy took advantage of the civil strife of Syracuse to attack Syracuse and its allies, and even began the city of Syracuse. As a result, the plague occurred and was repelled by Dionysius). He also knew the principle of "policy came from the barrel of a gun", vigorously cultivated and hired private troops to consolidate his power... Davers was already treating this person in his heart.

The tyrant of Syracuse was labeled as "dangerous". Although he did not know what the person's subsequent development in his previous life was like, he read a book in his previous life. One of the sentences in his memory made him deeply remembered, "The re-emerging country consciously or unconsciously wanted to hold the power and land that had been gained when the country was prosperous in the past.' In the past, Syracuse was the overlord of Sicily and the Great Greek city-states! What about Syracuse now? You should know that people with little ambitions dare not come out to be tyrants...

Davers thought a lot, but smiled: "Oh, I really didn't expect that the distinguished guests from Syracuse would come to our small hill city! Please sit down!"

After Herolis sat down, Davers asked, "May I ask Herolis, is there anything wrong with Syracuse sending you here?"

"When I received the order and set out for Turie, I didn't know that you had become the consul of Amendorara. The original order was no longer applicable, but I think it should be said first." Herrolis cleared his throat and said, "When Lord Daphs, you and your army defeated the more in Turie with less and annihilated the Lukari coalition forces, the Greek people in Sicily were very happy. They all said that this was a brilliant victory for the Great Greece over the years! After Master Dionysius learned about it, he immediately decided to hire you to Sicily with generous salaries to fight the great enemy of the Greek city-state, Carthage, the lackey of the Persians."

Davers felt a little relaxed and asked curiously: "Great salary?! How generous is it?"

"A soldier has four Dalik gold coins a month, and you - twenty Dalik gold coins a month." After Herolis said, he stared at Davs.

Davers showed a surprised expression: "Four Dalik gold coins are more than double the salary that Turiyi hired us! Is Syracuse so rich?!"

"It is the glory of Syracuse to be invited to invite heroes who have expeditioned Persia and annihilated the Lucanian coalition to help. It is worth spending no matter how much money it is!" said Gloris extremely seriously.

Now I have become a famous general! Davers rubbed his chin that had just been a little stubborn, and felt a little proud. He had a great impression of the messenger opposite him, but he said with regret: "It's a pity that we are no longer mercenaries, but citizens of Amendorala."

"Yes, I didn't expect that after you and your army eliminated the Lucanian coalition, they immediately took Amendolara without rest. This was another brilliant victory!" Gerolis praised sincerely. You must know that siege was indeed more difficult than field battles at that time. Of course, he would not know that Davers and the mercenaries caught the Lucanians off guard through night attacks. Therefore, he said sincerely: "It is their luck that Amendolara can invite you to be citizens! But it has to give up the order I accepted. Now I want to make a new request on behalf of the almighty general of Syracuse."

Davers made a "please say" gesture.

"I would like to invite you to lead the army of Amendolar and Syracuse to repel the invasion of Carthage and to give the Greek city-state a peace in Sicily! Of course, Syracuse will pay you and your army equally generous rewards. At the same time, I know that Amendolar has just experienced war, and Syracuse is willing to provide you with the supplies you need free of charge to help Amendolar recover soon!" Phylistus said seriously,

Davers asked without comment and said, "I heard that Syracuse and Carthage signed an armistice agreement the year before yesterday. Did Carthage tear up the agreement and start a war again?"

Herolis was a little embarrassed, but soon he made a heart-warming statement: "The reason why Carthage chose to truce was because his army was injured by the plague at that time, which was the punishment brought by Apollo! But Carthage still occupied many Greek city-states in Sicily, from the westernmost section of Selinus, to the great state of Agrigento in the middle of the south coast, to Jera and Kamanlina near Syracuse, and thousands of Greek people in Gatha

Under the enslavement of the Ki people, they lived a life worse than death. Moreover, Carthage's huge army was stationed in Kamanlina, threatening Syracuse at all times. Whether for the safety of Syracuse or the rescue of Jera and Agrigento, Syracuse must give Carthage a heavy blow, dispel the covetousness of the Greek city-state established by the Phoenicians for the Greek city-state of Sicily, and restore the former Sicily power territory!"

Davers pondered for a long time (actually he had already made a decision). Then he shook his head and said, "I really want to help the people of Sicily, but I am now the consul of Amendorala and must be responsible for the people of Amendorala. You see, I am busy all day long and have no time to rest, so I can't travel far away. The citizens of Amendorala are busy reorganizing their families, restoring the agriculture and order of the city-state, and also safe, and it is even more impossible to follow me to Sicily. So thank you and the almighty general Dionysius for your invitation, and I can only say sorry!"

Herolis had only had a glimmer of hope and received this answer. He was not disappointed. He just sighed and said, "That's a pity! I hope I will have the opportunity to cooperate with the consul in the future."

Davers said politely: "Transfer my apology and thanks to the Almighty General Dionysius for me!"

Then, Davers sent Herolis out.

As he approached the gate, Herolis stopped and turned around and said, "Sir Davers, please allow me to ask a private question."

"you say."

"As far as I know, when you took Amendolara back, the citizens of Amendolara were almost completely injured and killed. You could have naturally let your subordinates occupy Amendolara... What made you choose to let the people of Amendolara hold a civic conference to vote to decide whether you will stay or not?" Gloris asked seriously.

Davers faced the questing eyes of Herolis and thought secretly: Could this envoy be dissatisfied with Dionysius's use of mercenaries to usurp the Syracuse regime and achieve high-pressure rule?

The two looked at each other for a while, then Davers said: "We mercenaries are tired of war and death. They just want to live a peaceful and peaceful life, not to plunder wealth and gain power. If we do not want Amendorala to be a citizen of a city-state, each of us soldiers who want to become a citizen of a city-state should follow the laws of Amendorala and become citizens of a city-state in accordance with the legal procedures of the city-state. Then the original citizens will not complain about us, and we will also gain peace of mind and the entire city-state can remain stable..."

Herolis was silent for a moment, and there was a bit of respect in his eyes when he looked at Davers: "It is my honor to know you!"

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