Davers gently stroked Christoya's smooth and unbulged abdomen and said, "Until our child was born smoothly, did he hear it!"

Despite Davers' tone, Cristoya enjoyed his harsh attitude. She rested her head on Davers' chest and replied softly: "I understand..."

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Davers gently moved the sleeping Christoya away, carefully got out of the bed, tiptoed to the side room, and then groped to light the oil lamp in front of the niche beside the window. The flashing light illuminated a bronze statue of Hera who was twisting clothes and smiling.

Davers knelt down and prayed for the first time, with tears of excitement in his eyes, but what he said was not Hera's hymn: "Dear Mom and Dad, do you know? My son has his own children in this world. I hope you can bless him to come to this world smoothly, grow up healthily, continue my bloodline, and inherit my career..."

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In the palace on the island of Ortigia, Dionysius was discussing important matters with Phylistos and Leptines. At this time, his intelligence chief Hiparinus walked up to him and handed him a piece of intelligence.

Dionysius could not believe it after seeing it at first sight: "Is this true?!"

"When will the news I have confirmed go wrong!" Hiparinus said coldly.

Dionysius did not care about Hiparinus' attitude. After all, Hiparinus was his father-in-law, and in the process of gaining the power of Syracuse, he was one of his colleagues who firmly supported him. Dionysius exclaimed loudly: "It's so unbelievable that the young mercenary leader actually won again! And this time he defeated Crotone, who gave the Locre people a headache!"

"He's just a sneak attack." After seeing the information handed over by his brother, Leptinis obviously did not appreciate Davers's way of winning.

"My brother, you have to understand that whether it is a sneak attack or a head-on battle, as long as you can win, it should be worthy of praise! And he was able to win with less and more twice in a row. It seems that this man is indeed a powerful general!" Dionysius said seriously, and he suddenly sighed: "Davs...Davs...It's a pity..."

"Sir, do you still want to recruit him?" Felistos asked.

Dionysius shook his head: "He was obviously not satisfied with being a mercenary leader. He had successfully become the lifelong consul of Amendorala. Now after defeating Crotone, I'm afraid he is considering how to bring Turiyi under the rule... This young man is not simple. I underestimated him before. It seems that I will increase my attention to him in the future!" He said with a serious expression.

"I understand." Hiparinus replied.

Seeing Leptines' disapproval, Dionys sighed secretly: His brother is loyal and diligent, but because of this, he has given him the heavy responsibility, not to those who have dissatisfaction. The bloody lessons of his father-in-law Hermocrats must be kept in mind! (Hermocrats is Dionysus' former father-in-law, the leader of Syracuse, and the hero of the Athenian invasion. After the Syracuse democrats were worried about his dictatorship and inciting the people to expel him, he also led the Sicilian people to resist the attack of Carthage. In the end, the Syracuse democrats were extremely afraid because of his light shining too much, so they deceived him back to Syracuse and killed him)

"By the way, how is Girolis now?" Dionysius remembered the person who was idle.

"He has been quiet for the past few months," said Hiparinus.

So Dionysius said to Phylistos: "Gerolis has been resting for a long time. Philip, go and call him back and help you prepare for this war."

"Yes!" Phylistos looked happy.

Dionysius looked at Phylistos, and then at Hiparinus, thinking of Gerolis far away in Egypt: It was these people who firmly supported themselves in the most difficult times that they had their own today! Gerolis should be loyal to him, and this time it was just a small warning to him, so that he would not talk casually in the future.

After instructing Phylistos to do this, Dionysius felt much more relaxed. He turned his attention to the major matter he cared about: "How did the Leotinians move to Syracuse?"

"They have been resettled and they are busy adapting to the new environment and their performance is still stable at present," Felistos replied.

"That's good." Dionysius turned to look at Leptenes: "How is the thing the craftsmen made?"

"It has been successful!" Leptines was waiting for his brother to ask about this. He said excitedly: "Its power is so great! It is simply a weapon of the God of War! It can shoot a ten-pound stone a hundred meters away. If an ordinary city wall is smashed with more than a dozen stones, it will definitely collapse!"

"Very good! You reward the craftsmen for me and make them make more of this kind of thing, but be careful to keep it confidential. If anyone leaks it, I will kill his whole family!" Dionysius said viciously: "Next year I will surprise the Carthaginians!"

"Why don't you attack now?" Leptinez said in confusion: "We have conquered the Greek city-states in eastern Sicily outside Messina, and have huge armies and powerful siege weapons. The cities in western Sicily cannot resist our attack at all."

"We must be careful when dealing with Carthage, because they can transport thousands of soldiers from Asia and France at any time, and we must be very sure to start the war!" Dionysius said without doubt.

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During this period, Kunogorata has been busy with the reconstruction of Turiyi, staying in the camp every day and night, and it is rare to take a free time to go back to Amendora.

As soon as he finished dinner, his eldest son Sostatus rushed back when he heard the news. He shouted with a smile on his face: "Father, you are back!"

"Yeah." Kunogorata snorted: "I heard that you have been wandering around for a while and have not participated in the reconstruction of Turiyi. Are you still a citizen of the Tuah Alliance?!"

"It would be nice if I didn't applaud when Turiyi was destroyed. It was impossible to let me work with the murderers who killed my brother and bullied my sister!" Sostatus looked indignant, and he explained: "But I didn't wander around either. I participated in the military training organized by Amendolar four times. It's true that their military training in Amendolar was quite complicated and very heavy. Every time I trained, I almost exhausted me to death! No wonder, Amen... No, our civilians have such strong abilities. Also, the rugby game invented by the consul is quite interesting..."

When Sostatus mentioned his dead brother and sister, it was like a scar in Kunogorata's heart, making him look sad.

After discovering it, Sostatus immediately moved the topic away and said excitedly: "Except for military training, I have been helping with the business officer Maliji at other times. Father, you don't know that since we sent out the news that "the reconstruction of Tuliyi City requires a lot of supplies", a large number of merchant ships have come from all directions. In addition, our market tax rate is low, service is good, and management is strict, and merchants from all city-states have praised it. Now the merchants who have settled in have occupied our ports. The market that was originally built is not enough and needs to be expanded, but now everyone is with you. I guess that the day after tomorrow, Maliji will ask you for people."

"Is this true?!" Kunogorata has been staying in Turiyi for a while and has no time to go to the port for inspection. Unexpectedly, two months ago, Mariji led his men to roughly build ports and markets in the area of ​​the estuary of the sea and the Sobaris city site, and it was so prosperous in a short period of time.

"Of course it's true! I helped Lord Mariji keep the accounts and remember it very clearly. I spent about ten Talents every day to purchase the materials needed for urban reconstruction. At the same time, the tariffs collected and the profits sold also reached eight Talents. Otherwise, where do you think you came from except wood and stone in your city!" Sostatus talked happily.

"Davs can employ people! I didn't expect that Marigi, a Persian, is so capable in business!" Kunogorata sighed.

He glanced at his son and said lightly: "Tell me, what's the matter with me?" Kunogorata knew his son.

"Well... well... the warehouses and hotels at the foot of Mount Amendorala were burned by the Crotones. Now the Crotone prisoners are about to build them. I heard from Lord Mariji that he wants to auction these newly built warehouses and hotels and rent them to the people of the Tua Alliance to make money... Well... I want to participate, but the money is not enough, I want to find my father... you lend some."

"How much do you want?"

"Well...five...five tarants." Sostatus said with courage, which was almost half of Kunogorata's property.

"Are you going to rent them all?"

"Yes, father. Now Turiyi merchant ships are gathering, and our port has not been really built yet. A large number of merchants and sailors cannot find a place to eat, accommodation, and there is no place to store goods. There are ready-made warehouses and hotels in Amendorala. In addition, the roads between the two cities are being built. I think taking these warehouses and hotels will make our family a lot of money!" Sostatus said confidently.

Kunogorata pondered for a while, then looked at his son and said in a deep voice: "Child, since I was expelled from Turiyi, I have reflected on my previous actions and felt that I had been too radical in my past and often did not consider other people's feelings, so that when things happened, no one was willing to help us..."

Because the football game was changed tonight, it is updated in advance!
Chapter completed!