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Chapter 10 The Role of the Temple of Hades in the Future

Presinas obviously made sufficient preparations, and he said calmly: "Don't forget that Hades is in charge of the Elysees. It is a happy field that does not worry about death, wear, carefree, and sunny, which is a place that any Greek yearns for after his death! What's more, as the Lord of Hell, Hades controls the wealth underground and can bless our Alliance territory with richer minerals! As for it being gloomy and terrible, it is for the enemy, because what it brings to the enemy is death, and what it gives us is victory!"

"I'm right, I love Hades!" Amintas cheered.

"I agree to build the Temple of Hades! He has brought us victory, and he will bring us more!"

"Our consul is a descendant of Pluto. With Hades as the guardian god, the alliance will receive more blessings!"

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The former mercenary veterans expressed their agreement and created a great momentum.

Polyxis sat down angrily, and the others were not good at opposing it at this moment.

Davers patted his thigh with his left hand and looked at the scene calmly. He did not communicate with Presinus in advance, and because of the busy affairs during this period, he had never thought about this at all, but he did not expect Presinus to give him a huge surprise, making him realize that there are indeed many articles to do.

His brain quickly turned, thinking about the pros and cons of it, and then stood up, and the eyes of the people focused on him again: "Everyone, when we are helpless, we pray to God; when we are confused, we pray to God; not only do the gods have powerful divine power, but they can also give us enlightenment in wisdom and soul. Hades is a god who can give many help to the people. It can not only bring victory to our army and protect the peace of the city-state, but also educate the people.

You see, kind people can go to the Paradise of Elysee after death and live a happy life; but those who commit evil in their lives cannot escape the judgment of the three judges Milos, Ladamantos, and Ayago after death, and eventually suffer in hell. Hades is a fair and selfless god king. Once his temple is established in the city-state, he will always remind the people that even if the law is temporarily confiscated, the evil people will not escape the punishment of the underworld after death. This forces them to repent and do good when they are alive; and for those who do good, worshiping the Temple of Hades will also encourage them, and not give up their kind hearts because of temporary grievances, because the beautiful Paradise of Elysees will summon them... In this way, the morality of our alliance people will become better, the order of the city-state will be more stable, and the citizens will get along with each other more friendly! Are you right?"

"I agree! With the Temple of Hades, my work is much easier!" Inspector Antonios immediately echoed loudly.

Just as some people were still hesitating, Davers continued: "I have a suggestion for the construction of the Hades Temple, there can be two temples, one main and one auxiliary. The main temple uses bright and cheerful colors to draw a happy picture of the Elysé Park around. Hades should be gentle and kind; while the partial temple is dark and fearful, surrounded by hell, and Hades is majestic and selfless. In addition, a heroic temple can be built in the main temple. All citizens who died in battle for the alliance and city-state should be engraved on it and enjoy the admiration and worship of the people! I think their heroic souls must also be with Pluto in Elysé!"

Daves said his idea with some emotion, especially the last sentence touched the elders and finally decided to build the Temple of Hades.

Then, Davers proposed: the construction of the temple was handed over to Presinus and approved.

Letting Presinus be responsible for the most important public construction project of the alliance was not only Davers's good intentions to repay Presinus, but also because it was his proposal to build the Temple of Hades, which he was responsible for, and would naturally redouble his efforts to build it.

When Presinus privately thanked him after the meeting, Davers also reminded him to communicate with Heraclyde.

The next issue is the issue of "distribution of Turi's land". Originally, Melancius killed nobles and wealthy merchants in Turi's life, and among the remaining citizens, there were almost no big landlords left.

Since the original city of Turiyi was destroyed, everyone lost the proof of their own land. In order to avoid disputes and ensure fairness, the newly built Alliance Senate redistributed all the lands of all the original Turiyi citizens. Basically, each household guaranteed five acres of land, and most people had no objections. After all, those who lost their homes could get land again, which was already the blessing of the gods. Moreover, most Turiyi civilians had not had so many lands before, and only a very small number of people expressed their objections. Among them, Polyxis' opposition was the most powerful. His reason was very simple: As we all know, his family had more than 500 acres of land in the past, but now it was only divided into five acres, which was not enough. It was too unfair for the Senate to do so!

When he made a fuss, people like Orifis, Massacus and others also watched the show coldly.

Davers quietly asked Bulcos to stand up and take the lead in expressing his willingness to give up his original land and accept the newly allocated share.

At the same time, he secretly asked Amintas and the others to rise up, criticize Polyxis, and even warned him: the original Turiyi has been destroyed, and although the new city is being rebuilt, it has nothing to do with the former Turiyi. If someone insists on connecting the original city, then we must carefully settle the sins committed by some people in the destruction of Turiyi. I believe that the people will never just expel these accomplices who have ruined their families!

Polyxis was frightened and dared not stand up to object, so the others naturally had to agree. In fact, this was the greed in their hearts. They didn't think about it. In this war, what they lost was not only land and money, but also a large number of tribe members and slaves. Even if they were allocated more land, they did not have enough people to work in a short period of time, and they could not even support so many people.

After the bill was passed, the "place" assigned by some citizens of Amendorala were also supplemented this time.

The Sobari Plain is vast and fertile. After allocating the shares of the Union citizens, the Senate found that it only occupied less than one-tenth of the Sobari Plain and was also deserted. How could the Tua Alliance, which was in short supply of money and food, watch it be wasted?

After discussing with the elders, Davers promulgated the Land Rental Law: that is, all city-states in alliance can rent public land for city-states, with a land area of ​​no more than five acres, and the annual rent tax is one-tenth of the land income.

Melsis once proposed a tax burden of one fifth, but was rejected by Davers. He believed that since he had become a reserve citizen, of course, he had to enjoy the welfare of the alliance in advance, so that other free people would actively join the alliance.

At the same time, the Senate also declared that all preparatory citizens who actively farm and pay taxes can be successfully converted into formal citizens after the preparatory period is completed.

This is a suggestion from Kunogorata. He believes that farming can show whether a person is hard-working, persevering, and having a strong body. A good farmer is a good city-state citizen, so this is an assessment.

The elders all agreed with his opinion. Later, this became a convention. All prepared citizens had to rent land for two or three years for investigation.

There is a lot of land, and there are also many people who rent land. Davers proposed: establish the position of agricultural officer and centrally manage the distribution, leasing, farming and other matters of alliance land.

The proposal was passed and was nominated by Bulcos.

At the same time, the military officer Philicius's responsibility is also quite serious, because there is still three months left before the release of Crotone's prisoners. In order to prevent these prisoners from returning to their hometown, Crotone suddenly changed his face and broke the contract. The Tua Alliance must organize many reserve citizens to train, and give them certain combat capabilities in three months. Therefore, Philicius had to order more veterans to enter the recruit training camp as instructors on training day.

The next issue remains Davers' proposal: to give the league's lower-level public officials about two or three Opols a day to subsidize their living needs.

When he suggested that, Melsis stood up excitedly: "Mr. Davers, since every citizen owns land, the tax he pays per year is only one percent, and their income is more than enough to maintain daily life. Taking office is an obligation of city-state citizens and it is also a kind of honor. Why should they be paid?! If according to your proposal, a low-level public official will be paid about three Opols a day, and the treasury will pay him about sixteen.7 Drachma in a month. Now, the lowest-level public official in the Tua Alliance may need about 200, and it will cost one Talent this month, which is a considerable expense! We cannot learn from Athens, where there are Laurion silver mines, and we can produce three Talents every day, and we are still spending more than our profits now!"

"Don't worry, Melsis, let's talk slowly." Davers signaled to calm down and asked softly: "How many bookkeepers do you have?"

"Five, but they are all preparatory citizens."

"Do they work in the treasury every day?"

"No, our treasury had no income before. We just asked them to come and record and put them in the warehouse when they needed it occasionally. They rented land at citizens' homes for the rest of the time."

"What about now?"

"Now... now... with Tuliyi, with markets and ports, the tariffs alone make a lot of money every day. Of course, they have to follow me in the treasury, markets and ports every day."

"So do they still have time to farm now?"

"cannot."

"So what do they live on?"
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