Siphorus continued: "Niwutum and Grummentum, two towns that once belonged to the Lucanians, are already part of the Dionysian Alliance, and many Lucanians have become citizens of Dionys. So how can the Lucanians of other tribes really hate Dionys! On the contrary, with the help of you Elia, Dionys can take advantage of the weakening of the Lucanian tribe to occupy the entire Lucanian region, so that Dionys' power can be greatly enhanced. Therefore, how could Dionys not form an alliance with Elia!"

Canios fell silent, pondered every word Cipoulos said, and said for a long time: "Dionia has become strong. Don't the other city-states belonging to the Southern Italian League feel scared?"

Cyporus has not yet fully emerged from his excitement. He drank a big gulp and said without hesitation: "No matter what other city-states think, I think the strength of Dionya is a good thing for Elia. We are tired of the frequent wars between city-states and the invasion of the Brutis. The stronger Dionya is, the more peace it can bring to this land. After all, judging by Dionya's previous practices, it has always been friendly to its allies unless you take the initiative to invade it. It is far less cruel than Syracuse in the south!"

Canios understood what Cyprios meant by "brutality". After Dionysius captured the Greek city-state in Sicily, he sometimes massacred local residents and turned all the remaining prisoners into slaves. This has never been done in the history of the Western Mediterranean, which greatly shocked the Greeks in Sicily and Great Greece. So Canios could hear it even if he was far away in Elia. He looked at Cyprios opposite the table and thought maliciously: Is Dionysius' cruelty also one of the main reasons why these southern Italian city-states are willing to form an alliance with Dionyya?

He asked curiously: "Dionia's political system is so special. I believe that the Southern Italian city-state, including Trina, should have noticed it. Is there any city-state trying to implement these bills in Dionia that are beneficial to the expansion of the city-state?"

Cyporus was stunned and then smiled bitterly: "At today's celebration, I had briefly talked about this topic with several members of the Crotone Council I knew. This is basically impossible. Think about it, will all the citizens of the city-state agree?"

Once Kanios reminded him, he suddenly realized: How could conservative and xenophobic Greek city-state citizens allow outsiders to share the wealth and rights of the city-state? And the highest authority of the city-state, the Citizens' Congress, consists of most city-state citizens, and they cannot allow these proposals that are unfavorable to them to pass!

"Why can Dionia be implemented?" Canios raised his own question.

"This..." Siphorus patted the table lightly and said, "I can't explain the detailed reason clearly, but the great power and prestige that the consul of Dionia Davers possesses is undoubtedly the most important reason."

Canios also agrees with this, but it is impossible for a consul like Davers to appear in Elia.

"But..." Siphorus looked at Canios and said hesitantly: "There are still some problems in emerging city-confederate alliances like Dionia..."

"What's the problem?" Canios asked anxiously.

Siphorus looked back and saw that at some point the waiter of the restaurant was already standing behind him. He shook his head and stopped talking.

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The next morning, the celebration of the completion of the Hades Temple was still held.

This time, in front of the temple, Davers's high priest Davers, gave freedom to slaves in the alliance in the name of Hades.

Since this is the first time, not many slaves were released, mainly the alliance public servants who performed outstandingly in the past year, and most of the private slaves came from Davers's home.

With the expansion of the territory of the Dionysian Union, banks and restaurants opened by Cristoya are also expanding rapidly. At the same time, she is constantly opening up new commercial channels, such as Cristoya's shop, which mainly sells school supplies from the newly built Dionysian school, as well as rugby and football equipment. For this reason, she purchased a large number of slaves to ensure sufficient labor and at the same time give excellent slaves freedom. On the one hand, she wanted to take them as an example, give other slaves hope, and encourage them to work harder; on the other hand, Davers set an example as a consul, guiding the people to treat their slaves well, so as to alleviate the contradiction between slaves in the Dionysian Union against their masters and society.

Among the slaves released by Davers, there was Cristoya's personal maid - Asuna. Asuna had told Cristoya before that even though she was free, she was still willing to continue serving Cristoya as a hired worker. Cristoya was of course very welcome. In fact, apart from the change of identity, Asuna's lifestyle is not much different from before, including receiving salary, because Cristoya had given her close-knit slave a long time ago.

Since household slaves spend a long time with their masters, they often have feelings similar to relatives. Therefore, it is not uncommon for the master to release the slaves before their death or continue to serve the master's family after they die. However, for the liberation of slaves in Dionia, they had one more thing that they had to do as soon as possible, that is, to immediately submit an application for a prepared citizen to the Union's household registration official.

After the liberation of slaves, the beginning of the happy celebration.

The dramas paid by the league for free will be performed in the newly built theater in Turiyi City for three consecutive days. If it is in Athens, countless people will line up to compete for license plates and rush in to enjoy them. But in Dionia, especially in Turiyi, the people are more interested in the Dionia Rugby Games. Last year, the rugby competitions participated in the four cities of Amendolarah, Turiyi, Niutum and Laos attracted countless people's attention. This year, Crimesa, Castron, Asprostum, and even Grummentum, who had just been merged into the league, also participated in the team (it was mainly composed of soldiers who moved to Grummentum by the Third Legion). The expansion of the participating teams made the competition more intense, and the ceremony for the opening ceremony was more formal.

The Dionys and the VIPs of the city-states of the South Italian League received invitations. After the entire arena was full, the loud bronze horn resounded throughout the field, and players from various cities lined up to enter the field and circled around the field.

The people cheered enthusiastically, especially when they saw the players in their city, they were even more excited.

When Amicles saw Castellon's players lined up by the main stand, he clapped hard and said loudly to the people around him: "Look, that's our Castellon's players! Gorkis is walking in the front, look at them as strong as a group of Lucanian bulls!"

People around them laughed kindly.

Anta Oris, Orikpus, and Pulladers, three Crimesa veterans who had just entered the Senate did not understand why the chief general of Castellon was so excited. Kunogorata smiled and explained to them in a low voice: "When the rugby game was held last year, we also invited Castellon, but Castellon did not, so many people made fun of it, 'The Castellon people are timid and timid in nature, and they dare not participate in this fiercely impacted man game.' It seems that this is really exciting for them. This year, they specially formed a team to prove themselves, and even their general Gorkis came to the stage in person."

For the three who had never watched the game, they could not understand the enthusiasm and madness shown by the people of the Dionians, but the fanatical atmosphere around them also infected them, and like other city-state guests, they applauded the players on the field.

Then, they saw the team representing Crimesa. Because the wooden signs held high by the players in the lead were engraved with dazzling red letters of "Crimesa", most of the teams of more than 50 people were strangers.

Anta Oris knows: Over the past few months, citizens and preparatory citizens of Dionia have been moved to Crimesa due to the allocation of land. Therefore, even if you join the Dionia League for a short time, the team's skills may not be too bad.

Anta Oris also saw several familiar faces in the team. Like other players, their faces were full of excitement. While talking cordially with their teammates, they kept waving to the audience outside the court. These citizens who were once Crimesa have become citizens of Dionia, and only a few months have passed, but they have naturally integrated into the team.

Anta Oris was in a complicated mood for a moment.

"Sir Anta Oris, I'm looking forward to seeing the performance of the Crimisa player." Kunogorata's meaningful words brought Anta Oris to his senses.

"Don't worry, they must have performed better than Castron." Anta Oris said pretending to be relaxed, and several people laughed.

The eight teams finally settled in the center of the venue.

At this time, Davers stood up from the spectator table, and the originally boiling arena gradually quieted down.

The VIPs of the Southern Italian League were shocked and envious: Davers's great prestige among the people of Dionia can be seen!

Davers' voice sounded in the arena: "Hundreds of years ago, the great god Zeus created the Olympia Games. Since then, fierce competition has replaced bloody battles. War has been reduced among Greek city-states and increased peace! A year ago, the great Pluto Hades brought us rugby, and since then rugby has flourished in the Dionian League. People have gained health, happiness, learned to unite, and won friendship! Today, the Dionian League and the best players in the league gather here. In order to thank Hades for his gift, the most exciting and intense rugby competition will be held to compete for the only championship! Fight, players! Hades will bless you!"

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