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Chapter 40 The Arrival of the Spartans

As soon as these words were said, everyone felt a little depressed.

"This is the arrangement of the goddess of fate. Who told us not to follow Davers at the beginning?" Thormid sighed: "Davers is worthy of being a god-loving person. He has created such a big career in just half a year. It's not too late for us to follow him now!"

Listening to Thormid's words, Zantiparis, who had already entered the old age, looked up at the quiet starry sky, and a feeling of sadness surged in his heart: "I don't know what you feel like? I am old, tired of wandering around and fighting non-stop. I am afraid that there will be no life tomorrow. It's good to settle here..."

After saying this, everyone was silent.

"Okay, don't think about the future. First, think about how to successfully receive other companions in the next time and prevent them from causing trouble, otherwise we will have trouble!" Tima Song reminded everyone with concern.

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Timasong's worries were fulfilled the next morning.

Before Timasong and the others arrived at the port, they learned that more than a dozen outsiders were grabbing things in the market, and they had a conflict with the managers who rushed over, and injured people. They were not arrested until all the market patrol teams arrived (fifty people, one team). Timasong rushed over and saw that it was indeed their mercenary. Finally, he invited Agarcia, and paid money and made a guarantee that the mercenary was fined for one month of labor. The matter was settled.

In order to prevent such a thing from happening again, Timasong and others simply rented a house in the port to guard.

Even so, the number of conflicts and disputes that occurred every day began to increase, and most of them were related to the mercenaries who came. Some veterans even proposed to expel these mercenaries from the alliance to restore peace at the meeting. In the end, abortion was miscarried under the opposition of Aggarcia, Antonios, Capps and others, but it also made Davers feel a little pressure.

Time flies. At the end of November, the shipyard in N'anilus was completed. Davers and other veterans came to congratulate the shipyard and issued an order: three three-layer oar warships.

The establishment of the Dionys fleet as soon as possible has been put on the agenda by the Senate to protect the Union's increasingly prosperous ports and maritime trade, and at the same time change the embarrassing fact that the Dionys alliance has no fleet, not even as good as its two allies.

In early December, the Great Hall of the Senate of Turiyi was completed, and finally the elders had to run to Amendolar when there was an important meeting. It was not confidential, but also exhausted energy. The tragic history of the coachman was over.

At the same time, only the bridge on the Krati River remains under construction, and the land part has been completed. The Athletic Plaza in Turiyi is about to be completed.

When good news came from all construction sites, a small cargo ship embroidered with the big "∧" symbol on the sail entered the Gulf of Taranto, Greece. When passing ships saw this sign, they took the initiative to avoid giving up the waterway for it.

Phoebidas, the Spartan general who had just passed the thirty years, took it as a matter of course, and instructed the helmsman to drive straight towards the port of Turiyi without any evasion.

In the Western Mediterranean, Sparta deals with Syracuse the most, so he has some understanding of Sicily. Most Spartans have almost no knowledge of Great Greece. Except for seeing players from the Great Greek city-state at the sports meeting, they have no contact with them. Real Spartan citizens cannot do business and have no trade with the Great Greek city-state... Therefore, after entering this area, Phoebidas looked at everything around him with interest.

After looking at the port of Turiyi for a while, he said to his entourage Dorobissi, "There are quite a few merchant ships here, I think they are similar to Corinth."

Dorobisis is a Piriasi. The Piriasi are also Rasidimen, but they are not Spartan citizens. Most of them live on the border of Laconia, with personal freedom and the right to handle local affairs, but they have no political rights in the Spartan city-state. In the past, they mainly engaged in trade that Spartan citizens could not engage in. Now, due to years of war, the number of Spartan citizens has decreased, and these Piriasi people have begun to join the army. Because of the different occupations in the past, Dorobisis has the few active Spartans in his personality. He looked at the mouth of the Crati River, where ships were flying, and he deliberately asked: "The trade in the ports of Corinth is now in a depressed place, but there is no lively here. Phoebidas, you should ask me, 'How is it compared to Athens?'"

When it comes to Athens, Phoebidas's face sinks. Originally, Athens was defeated, and Lesander established a "Thirty-man Parliament" in Athens, trying to manipulate the political situation of Athens. Although some Athenians rose up to resist, if Sparta fully supported this puppet parliament, the rebellious Athenians would not be in a state of chaos. However, the disagreement of the elders led by King Paosunias and Diopetis not only deprived Lesander of military command, but also promoted the Elders' Council of Elders to negotiate peace with the Athenian democrats. In the end, the Athenian democrats overthrew the thirty-man Parliament and established a new democratic regime. The policies implemented by Athens, which had learned a painful lesson, became more flexible than before. On the one hand, they tried their best to please Sparta, but on the other hand, they were trying their best to restore post-war trade and agriculture... It was only a few years later that Athens' trade began to flourish again.

Phoebedas snorted and stopped talking.

At this time, the patrol ship of Dionia came up.

Phoebidas shouted: "I am the messenger of Sparta, and I want to see the consul of your alliance!"

The patrol boat did not dare to neglect and immediately rushed back to Tuliyi City.

Of course, the Senate handles major diplomatic affairs like Sparta's visit. It is impossible for the Senate to guard the Senate to stay in the Council Hall every day, because not every day there are major events that require the Senate to hold collective meetings to handle, and many of the veterans have public offices, so Davers adopts a rotating system, that is, every five veterans are on duty in the Council Hall for one day, and another five are rotated the next day.

Just as the patrol ship rushed to the meeting hall, Davers had already received an urgent report from Alistilas in his home yard.

The Spartan messenger came to visit! Davers frowned and immediately thought that Sparta might have come for Timason and the others.

Soon, the patrol ship returned to the estuary and signaled the Spartan warship to follow it.

Before coming, Phoebidas didn't know Turiyi. He didn't know that Turiyi was not together. This was somewhat similar to Athens, but the port was not connected with the city walls. Therefore, once a war broke out, the port would be easily occupied. Phoebidas looked at everything in front of him from a military perspective.

"There is no such a big river in Athens, and you see that the terrain is very flat, the soil should be very fertile, and Turi's agriculture should be very good!" The follower Dorobissi observed from an economic perspective.

After sailing for a few miles, Phoebidas saw the city towers on both sides of the shore and the iron chains hanging in the air across the Krati River. Phoebidas knew that once a fleet of foreign enemies broke through the estuary of the sea and the Shuo River went up, the iron chain between the river would be lowered and blocked the warships into the city's waterway.

The patrol boat finally entered the dock on the north shore.

Phoebidas found that both the pier, the pier, and the houses on the shore were neat and fresh, but the dock on the edge was charred, so Dorobiss asked the captain of the patrol ship curiously.

"That was reserved by our consul, Lord Davers, all parts of the city, including temples. He wants every citizen to see these ruins wherever he goes, and reminds us at all times that the city was burned by the invaders. We must keep this great shame in mind and not let Turi be bullied again. Only by victory can it restore its former glory! Just a few days ago, we had already built a ruin because we obtained Niutum!"

Looking at the captain's solemn and proud look, Phoebedas disagreed on the surface, but was touched inside.

At this time, a team of guards came.

Phoebedas observed their mental outlook and every move, and it could be seen that this was a team of soldiers who were well trained and had strong discipline and had rich practical experience. To be honest, besides Spartan citizens, he had never seen a patrol team in other city-states maintain a good formation and be able to fight at any time in his city. He was indeed a little surprised.

The captain and the patrol captain Olivers made a handover and drove away.

"Your soldiers must stay on the boat. Please go to the Senate House with me!" Olivers said seriously to Phoebedas: "The alliance has regulations, foreign soldiers are not allowed to enter in the city!"

"They are Spartan warriors! They can freely enter and exit any Greek city-state!" Phoebidas said loudly with confidence. Although it was a bit exaggerated, many Greek city-states in the Eastern Mediterranean did have this privilege, so many city-states were dissatisfied with it.

Olivers glanced at him and said disapprovingly: "I know who you are. I don't care what you do in other city-states, but as long as you step on the land of the Dionysian City-Constitutional Union, you must abide by our laws!"

Phoebedas was extremely angry, but patrol captain Olivers refused to give in, looking firm as if "either you comply with the league's rules or you quit the league's territory."

In the end, Dorobissis made a compromise and allowed these Spartan warriors to change into casual clothes before they were allowed to pass.

Phoebidas was breathing and entered the city of Turiyi. Before coming, he heard that Turiyi was burned by Crotones a few months ago, but it was almost impossible to see in the city: the streets were straight and wide, with brand new yards separated by orderly, and flowers could be seen everywhere on the roof. Looking from a distance, you can also see two long elevated water diversion bridges extending from two huge wheel-like devices on the river bank to the

In the center of the east and west urban areas, through the towering water tower, the river water is introduced into several pools with children playing. There are fountains and statues in the pool, which allow the people to draw water and rest. The water continues to pass through the water discharge holes in several directions below the pool, flowing through the ditch on the side of the street through the houses of thousands of households, washing away garbage and dust, making the whole city clean and tidy, and with the nourishment of water, the whole city is full of vitality.
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