Chapter 29 Amendolara welcomes you
On this day, the people robbed Kunogorata's home like thugs: one of his sons was beaten to death, another daughter was defiled and committed suicide, many tribe members and slaves were injured, and most of the property in the family was stolen.
The next day, the heartbroken Kunogorata was unable to go to the ground due to injuries, so she asked her slaves to send a letter to the city hall, expressing her willingness to resign as general. However, the people were still unhappy and were also worried that Kunogorata would retaliate against them in the future. So they continued to rallies in front of the city hall, demanding that the citizen meeting be held immediately. General Neoncis and others "helplessly" agree.
Subsequently, the Citizens' Congress was quickly held at noon. The first issue was: the people proposed to expel Kunogorata. Most citizens drew "Agree" on the pottery, and the proposal was passed. Therefore, Kunogorata, the chief general who served as the chief general for several years after the Peloponnese War, helped Turiyi, who had a clear label of Athenian alliance, escaped from the Greek new overlord Sparta and his alliance's liquidation, but was expelled from Turiyi by the "Clay Piece Exit Method" invented by the Athenians.
The second issue of the Citizens' Congress was to re-elect the "Nine Generals". In the end, Neonsis was elected as the chief general. Burcos was elected as the general because he successfully hired the Davers Expeditionary Force. Ansitanos defended Kunogorata a few words when the people surrounded the city hall, and was abandoned and rejected.
Kunogorata received news at home, was silent for a long time, and let out a faint sigh. Originally, according to the provisions of the "Porcelain Exit Law", he could return to the city after leaving for ten years, but he made up his mind to leave this sad city. After obtaining the consent of his wife, children and tribe members, he started packing his luggage that afternoon and sold the house and fields at an extremely low price. During this period, only Ansitanos visited him once.
A day later, Kunogorata took his family, part of his tribe members, and nearly a hundred slaves loyal to him, carrying packages and carrying carts, preparing to leave the city.
After hearing the news, the people of Turiyi rushed over, but not to see him off, but to insult and vent their resentment that had not yet dissipated. They even threw miscellaneous items at Kunogorata and their families. Everyone who accompanied them bowed their heads in fear. Only Kunogorata, who was lying in the carriage due to injuries, looked calm in the face of countless angry gazes: a few years ago, he also expelled the Athenian citizens of Turiyi in this way. Today, he fell into this situation.
He also remembered the Ashikurodoyax family who had been expelled from the defeat before, as well as the Sobaris natives who had just been expelled and even killed on a large scale shortly after the city was founded...
Could this be the Greek democracy? He suddenly had a doubt until his youngest son, Dica Okrat, woke him up: "Father, Neonsis is there!"
He looked in the direction of his son's finger: Neonsis was standing at the front of the city gate above the front of the city, looking down.
Kunogorata, who has been in politics for many years, knew who the real manipulator was when the incident happened. At this moment, when the eyes were facing each other, it did not arouse more hatred in his heart.
He watched quietly until he left the city gate, looking back at the mother country where he gave birth to him and raised him, with a sad face.
He suddenly said in a deep voice: "Neonsis's "people's opinion" beast is here to deal with me. This time I underestimated him, but with his ability, it may not be enough to control this beast. Sooner or later, something will happen..."
Dika Okrat said with a slight understanding: "Will this bad guy be kicked out of Turiyi?!"
"Who knows?" Kunogorata turned around, stroked his son's head with one hand, looked at the unpredictable north, and said nervously: "Let's go, as we discussed before, go to Amendolar first..."
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When Kunogorata and his group came to the Salachino River, they saw Amendolar consul Davers leading several senators and a team of guards waiting on the other side.
After hearing this, Kunogorata hurriedly asked the slave to drive the carriage to the front of the team.
Seeing Kunogorata lying on the carriage, Davers said loudly: "Mr. Kunogorata, I am very happy that you chose to come to Amendolara! After learning the news that you are coming, our Senate decided to grant you Amendolara citizenship after urgent consultations. Are you willing to accept it?"
After all, Kunogorata was only driven out of the city-state, but his citizenship of Turiyi was not deprived. He could return to Turiyi in ten years. In the past ten years, he only had to live in a foreign country. Amendorala's move may be just a self-indulgent act.
But when Kurograka heard this, his slightly uneasy mood finally calmed down. He immediately expressed his gratitude to Davers and said sincerely: "I am very happy to be a citizen of the same state as Lord Davers!"
The tribesmen also breathed a sigh of relief. Although Turiyi and Amendorala had just signed an alliance agreement, due to the bad relationship between the two cities, they were really afraid that Amendorala would refuse to accept them.
In fact, because of this problem, Davers did not welcome Kunogolata with great fanfare, for fear of arousing dissatisfaction among the old citizens. Davers had only contacted Kunogolata twice and did not know much, but the only two contacts made him feel that Kunogolata's political ability is not low. From the news that he learned that during his tenure as chief general, Turiyi was able to maintain political stability and trade prosperity, which shows that his political level is good. Unfortunately, due to the lack of military talent, he lost the chief general and was eventually driven out of Turiyi, but this was exactly in line with Davers' taste. Moreover, from the expulsion incident here, Davers vaguely felt something, so he actively welcomed Kunogolata.
On the way to Amendorara, both sides avoided talking about Turiyi.
"There are some empty houses in the city of Amendolar that can be loaned to you and your family. However, I suggest you buy them because the price is not high. As for your tribe, they can only rent them for the time being because they are not citizens of Amendolar." The financial officer Melsis ignored Kunogorata and was a new distinguished guest. He looked like his brothers were clear about the accounts and gave him some instructions.
Kunogorata expressed his understanding and said: "I heard that the city-state recently passed an Immigration Act. I wonder if they meet the requirements? Can they apply to become citizens of Amendorala?"
Has this incident started to spread in Turiyi? Davers was very happy to hear the news, and he immediately explained in detail: "Of course they can apply. This matter is responsible for Raphaelas, the household registration officer. I think there should be no problem with registering through the review. However, according to the Immigration Law, it takes a long period of inspection, usually two years. If you are familiar with the laws, customs and habits of Amendorah, you can become a preparatory citizen first. At this time, you can enjoy some of the rights of the city-state. You still need to become a formal citizen after two to three years..."
"That is to say, it will take five to six years to become a formal citizen of Amendorara's city-state?!" Kunogorata was a little surprised. After all, these tribesmen left Turiyi because of him, and he had to be responsible for their future lives.
Davers certainly heard that he had objections to this, so he emphasized: "Because according to the new laws of Amendorala, formal citizens of the city-state must be distributed to 'place', so we must be cautious!"
Kunogorata thought he had heard it wrong, so he looked at Davers in surprise, but saw that he looked serious, not like lying. You should know that "partitions" for citizens were only the right that they had when the city-state was first built. Turiyi's land was much larger than Amendorala. Since its establishment, no "partitions" was allocated to new citizens. Amendorala's city construction history was much longer than Turiyi, and the land was less than Turiyi. Where did the extra land be distributed to new citizens?! This was also listed as a city-state bill?! Kunogorata wanted to question Davers, but he wanted to come to the new city-state, so there was no need to be serious about this young consul at the beginning, making people feel that it was difficult to get along with these things. So he changed the topic: "I also heard that your city-state slaves can easily become free people, and they can also have the opportunity to become citizens of the city-state."
"It is true that such a thing is, but their situation is special. If you want your slaves to become citizens of Amendorala, the conditions to be met will probably be more difficult." Davers said truthfully.
"As long as you have the opportunity, I will do my best to make them citizens, in order to repay their loyalty to protect me and my family in Turiy!" Kunogorata finally said something about this matter, but his expression was very calm, as if he had seen through the world.
This is very different from the Kunogolataco that Davers knows. Could this incident be a rare lesson for him?! Some people grow up in setbacks, while others give up on themselves in setbacks. If Kunogolata is the former, then it would be a blessing for Amendorala. Thinking of this, Davers sighed: "It is really their luck to have you as their master!"
Kunogorata immediately responded: "Amendorala has you as the consul, and there has been unprecedented changes, and it is also the luck of the city-state!"
"It's not OK to remain unchanged!" Davers said in a firm manner without being modest, "In today's chaotic world, if it remains unchanged, it will perish, and if it changes, it will survive!"
After hearing this, Kunogorata thought about this sentence silently and walked to the foot of Mount Amendolar. Seeing the Lucanian slaves busy on the construction site, Kunogorata stopped, looked at it with a complicated expression for a while, and said in surprise: "I can't believe that these Lucanians are so obedient! There are probably more than a thousand people here, and there are not many soldiers guarding them, and they are actually doing so seriously!"
"Because the city-state did not cut off their life because of the crimes they committed, but gave them hope!" Davers said meaningfully.
"hope?!"
"Why did the Greeks and Lukari have to kill them to death? Why can't we live together peacefully in a city-state?!" Because seeing some gratifying changes in Kunogorata, Davers decided to reveal something in advance.
Chapter completed!