Chapter 31 The Situation in Lucania
The people who watched all this cheered and encouraged, while the Lucanian slaves who participated in digging the canal and setting up the water truck were stunned and suspected to be a work of ghosts and gods.
"Mr. Davers, Zeus's blessing, this is amazing! Great! With this...water...water wheel, we, Amendorara, have added more than 300 acres of good fields!" Cornerus was very excited.
"It's not only the increase in the fields, but it's also more convenient for the people to use water in the future!" Scomblas also seemed very happy.
"Everyone, this is not Zeus's blessing, thanks to Lord Davers! The waterwheel is a drawing designed and provided by Lord Davers himself. If it is really favored by the gods, it must be Hades!" Marigi's words made Cornerus and the others a little embarrassed.
Davers did not stop Mariji's impoliteness or show humility. He needed to let these old citizens understand that under his control, Amendorala will bid farewell to the past and shine with dazzling light!
The cheers of the people are in sharp contrast with the unease of several old citizens and elders.
At this moment, Yassitus came to tell him: Izam is back!
Davers immediately handed over the next task of presiding over the celebration ceremony to Cornerus, who took over this glorious task with a complicated expression.
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Davers hurried back to his house with Ascesters.
Izam was covered in dusty, dirty face, long messy hair and long beard, wearing a tattered Lucanias leather robe, and standing barefoot in front of Davers, making Davers almost unable to recognize him.
It turned out that Izam came to see Davers directly before he returned to the city. As a superior, Davers could not help but express concern while praising Izam's enthusiasm for work, so he asked the female slave to take Izam to take a shower, cut his hair, and repair his beards (the Greeks are different from the Romans, they have beards). At the same time, he arranged a sumptuous lunch and invited Izam to eat and talk.
In the relaxed atmosphere deliberately created by Davers, and after drinking several glasses of wine, Izam gradually relaxed: "Mr. Davers...uh..." Izam hiccupped and said, "I followed your order, disguised myself, crossed the mountain road in the western mountainous area of the Sobari Plain, and went to Laus first. It is located at the mouth of the river called "Ra River". The city is not big, but it is a stone city and has a port, so the defense is not too strict. I sneaked in, worked at the dock, transporting goods every day, and met several dock slaves. Guess who they are?" Izam asked in a mysterious way.
"They should be Greeks." Davers was not surprised. The Lucans invaded the Turi's area many times, and there were many Greeks who were abducted.
But Izam's answer next surprised him: "To be precise, they are descendants of the Sobaris, and Rauss was built by the Sobaris. He heard from these people that the Sobaris built Rauss to make it a transit port for Syrians to trade with cities such as Napoli, Etruscans, and Massinia, so Rauss was very prosperous at that time... But after Syrians were destroyed, Rauss had no support and was soon occupied by Niutum who went south."
"Oh, that's it..." Davers did feel a little surprised, and asked, "So, the original Sobaris people have become slaves? How many Greek slaves are there in Laus now?"
"I don't know how many Greek slaves were there, but when the Lucans attacked Laus, some Greeks surrendered and joined Lucania... Avenogis, a leader of Laus, was a descendant of these people. The tribes he led were also descendants of the Sobaris. The Lucans believed that they were not pure-blood Lukari, and did not trust them very much, often insulted and suppressed them. Although these Greek slaves also despised these people, believing that it was their betrayal that led to the fall of Laus, they did not hate Avenogis too much. Most of them thought he was a good person because he often helped them..."
Izam took a few more sips of wine and said excitedly: "Now the city of Laos is not stable, because in order not to allow Avinogis to share the spoils, some Lucanian tribes led by the great leader of Laos, only let their tribe stay behind, and did not participate in the invasion of Turiyi. Unexpectedly, you led us to almost eliminate all the Lucanians who invaded Turiyi! Haha... The great leader of Laos, Turiyi, only fled back to the city, and Avinogis became the strongest leader in Laos. As a result, sir, guess what happened?"
Izam seemed a little drunk and didn't pay attention to his proper speech, but Daphs didn't care at all. He felt aroused and said, "The blackmailed leader wants to annex the tribe of Avinogis?"
Izam slapped the wooden chair and said, "Sir, you are so amazing, you can guess it!" He grabbed a piece of bread, tore a large piece, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it soundly.
Ascesters raised his eyebrows and was about to scold him, but Davers waved his hand to stop him.
"I heard from the slaves at the dock that once Tula invited Avinogis to a banquet, and I didn't know what happened. When I came back, someone saw several of his guards injured. From that day on, Avinogis hid at home and never went to the city to discuss matters. I turned around near his house, and were patrolling the surroundings with weapons. They heard that the reason why Avinogis did not raise an army to resist was to observe the situation of Niutum."
"Niwutum?" Davers listened very seriously.
"Yes, sir." Yizam scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I was going north and went deep into the hinterland of Lukalia to explore, but Niwutum controlled the northward passage in the upper reaches of the La River. Now it is very vigilant and strangers cannot pass. Raus originally obeyed Niwutum's orders, but the soldiers who went to the war this time were all killed in battle. I heard that the great leader of Niwutum Udre died at our hands and suffered great losses in strength." Speaking of this, Yizam was a little satisfied: "Several leaders in Niwutum City are busy fighting for the position of the great leader, and I heard that they almost fought."
Izam said, subconsciously picking up the wine glass, but found that the wine in the glass was empty. Davers stood up and filled it with him.
Izam couldn't sit firmly and said thanks only. Davers didn't care and sat down and continued to listen to him, "Sir, I remember that after we annihilated the main force of the Lucanian coalition, we rushed to their camp. Didn't we see that the camp had been burned to ashes and there were many corpses? At that time, everyone guessed that it was caused by the internal strife of the Lucanians. I now know who did it."
"Who is it?" Davers leaned forward and expressed concern.
"Viger!"
"Vig?"
"Sir, Vig City is south of Laus, not too far from Laus, it is a city of Brutis. However, because of the strength of the Lucanians before, it was forced to join the Lukari tribal alliance, but because it is a foreigner, it may be bullied often, so..."
"Well, the Brutis..." Davers rubbed his chin. He knew less about this indigenous race that was also Turiyi's neighbor. He only knew that due to geographical reasons, it poses little threat to Turiyi, but it was a big trouble for several Greek city-states to the south.
"I heard that after the Vigs fled back, they announced that they had left the Lukari tribal alliance, built a city wall, and sent many soldiers to patrol the border, blocking the passage to Laus south." At this point, Izam raised his head and drank a few sips of wine.
"You only know how to drink and say so much, is there any news about Grummentum?" Yasserz said impatiently.
"Izam went to the strange Lucania alone to investigate, suffered a lot, and brought back valuable information. What is it to drink some wine, but you can't just drink alcohol and eat more fruits. This will be good for your health." Davers said with concern.
"Yes." Yizam responded gratefully, immediately put down his glass, coughed a few times, and said seriously: "Although I couldn't go to Grummentum City to reconnaise, I still got his more accurate news."
When he heard this, Davers and Asisters both mentioned a 200% spirit. After all, Grummentum was the culprit of the last war and the leader of the Lucaria League. Its every move was related to Davers' offensive plan.
"Picosis is another port city in the Lucania region, and it is a powerful country in the Lukari League that is second only to Grummentum. I heard that it is also a stone city." Izam did not mention Grummentum first, but instead brought the topic to Picosis.
Stone City! Davers felt aroused when he heard this. According to his knowledge over the past six months, the Greeks like to build cities with stones, while the mountain tribes often use wood to build cities. With the precedent of Laus and the harbor city, he could not help but suspect that Picossis was also taken by the Lukaris from the Greeks.
"Picosis and Rauss have maritime trade, so some news has been transmitted from Picosis's merchants and sailors to Rauss. It is said that most of the soldiers of Grumentum died in our hands. Although its great leader Akbiru escaped, he remained unconscious. After the news came out, many tribes that were forcibly annexed by Grumentum began to escape from Grumentum's control, but Grumentum was unable to stop it because the leaders in the city were busy fighting for the position of the great leader. Originally, Akbiru's tribe was still the most powerful among the tribes in the city, but his son Lusawu met a strong opponent, Gnanet, the son of the great leader Cincinnager of Picosis's great leader -" Speaking of this, Izam picked up a dried fig and stuffed it into his mouth.
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