"I said-" Diomeras was interrupted by Eumacas as soon as he said: "Let's hear the terms of the Mesapi people's peace talks."

Timogolas cleared his throat and said, "Tarantum, Mesapi, Pucheti immediately ceased the war, retreated to their respective territories, and returned each other's prisoners in the war. The two sides signed a peace agreement with a period of two years. They must not invade each other within two years. After the expiration, they will decide whether to continue to renew the contract depending on the situation..."

"What does it mean to return their respective territories?" Eumacas keenly noticed the problem with this sentence.

"Of course, we are back to the state before the war begins, and the occupied territory must be returned!" Timogo Las said with confidence.

Diomeras yelled a few swear words and shouted: "You want us to give up Manduria and have a beautiful dream! If you want to, fill in the life of the Mesapi people!"

The negotiations soon broke down, and Timoras was not in a hurry and threw a sentence: "I hope you will consider it carefully again. Mesapi's camp welcomes you at any time!" After saying that, he ignored Diomeras's curse and left. He saw that in addition to Tarantum's stubborn attitude, Dionys' consul Davers, Metapontum, and Heraclia's generals were all a little moved by the proposal of the peace talks. The Greek coalition was not a solid piece, and there was something to do.

What Timogolas could see, and of course Eumacas also saw it, so he explained to Davers: "We cannot agree to such a peace agreement, and even if we agree, it will not work, because the people of Tarantum will not agree to give up Manduria, who was exchanged for the blood of citizens, in vain!"

Davers smiled: "I understand, but negotiation is like buying and selling goods, and you can bargain. The Mesapi doesn't have to take Manduria back."

When Eumacas heard this, he was a little anxious: "The Mesapi people have no sincerity. The peace agreement he proposed is only two years. In two years, Tarantum can not restore his previous strength and cannot cope with the invasion they may start again!"

Davers pondered for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, the tent was lifted up, Thormeed walked in: "Sir, the Senate sent an urgent letter saying that the Brutis had something strange!"

Davers suddenly stood up and asked anxiously: "Where is the letter?!"

"The messenger is waiting for you in your military tent, sir!"

Davers looked anxious and walked out without saying a word.

The remaining four people looked at each other in a glance.

"Bruti?" Eumacas thought the name was very familiar, but he didn't remember it for a moment.

Diomilas had no impression of this.

"The Brutis are indigenous people living in the mountainous areas west of Dionya. They are close to Dionya. They used to go down the mountain to plunder the people and property of city-states such as Turiy and Castron..." Trifias said in detail.

"This... the Brutis shouldn't be powerful, right?" Eumacas asked with some luck.

Trifias thought seriously, and seemed to be serious, but he was deliberately exaggerating the facts: "The Brutis rarely interacted with the outside world because no other race could invade their land (Vig City was the Lucanian coalition that voluntarily surrendered. Strictly speaking, the Lucanians did not enter the Brutis land.). It is said that they had dozens of tribes and five or six big cities, and they were probably stronger than the Puchettis."

After hearing this, both Eumacas and Diomeras felt uneasy.

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After leaving the military tent, the anxiety on Davers's face disappeared without a trace. He still had the leisure to joke with Thormead: "I performed well just now."

Thormead also laughed. At the beginning, he was called the "First Mercenary Commander". One of the main reasons was that he was good at understanding the intentions and difficulties of the leaders and did his best to help realize or resolve them. It was because he felt the inner conflict in Davers that he took advantage of the opportunity of the Silu tribe to enter the tent and shouted. He was not sure whether Davers would accept his own self-righteous approach, because this was the first time he was the exclusive commander of Davers. Although the two sides had exchanges in Persia, Davers and him now had a huge gap in their identities. Davers's words dissolved his anxiety.

"What's the specific situation?" Davers asked leisurely. Through his understanding of Bruty during this period, even if this race is moving towards unification, he did not think Bruty could pose any major threat to the Dionian League now.

"I heard that a Greek tribe in Bruti sent people to our Senate for help because it refused to obey Cosenza's incorporation orders, and Cosenza wanted to send an army to destroy them. For details, you can ask Mariji, who is waiting for you in your military tent." Thormid said seriously.

"Oh, Marigi is here too." Davers' heart moved, and his steps still remained unchanged: The Greek tribe?...I'm talking about Silu... I was just about to be sleepy, but someone sent a pillow, which was just killing two birds with one stone!...

He thought about it all the way and soon arrived at his military tent.

After reading the urgent letter sent by Cornerus, the rotating Speaker of the Senate, and listening carefully to Mariji's narrative, a hint of a hint of smile appeared on his lips: "It was because of Polyxis that you, the highest business officer of the alliance, came to deliver the letter to me, wasn't it?"

"A Polyxis who only knows how to chirp in the Senate and has no power is nothing, and I need to pay attention!" Mariji raised his eyebrows: "I came to Tarantum, mainly to take this opportunity to come and learn about the situation in the port of Tarantum. However, Lord Davers, Polyxis has indeed been too active recently, which will cause some veterans to have other ideas..." He took a few steps closer, lowered his voice, as if he wanted to remind Davers.

Davers looked calm, but his heart turned a few times: Polyxis didn't care much about his dissatisfaction with him, because few other senators in the Senate would respond to him, and he also needed such an "opposition" to show that the Senate was not his one-man show. But if Polyxis thought that his indulgence on him was weak and bullied and too rampant, leading to some possible chain reactions, then he needed to alert him...

Seeing that Davers was a little lost, Mariji knew that his words had worked. He turned to another thing: "Sir, I heard from the reserve soldiers stationed in Tarantum's military camp, 'There have been many Tarantum people surrounding the camp gates in the past two days, not only insulting the soldiers of the Dionians loudly, but also demanding the punishment of criminals."

"What criminal? What happened?" Davers frowned and asked repeatedly. He was quite sensitive to violations of military discipline.

"It is said that... some soldiers in our army beat a Tarantum theater owner in the market outside the barracks."

"It's like this!" Davers became angry when he heard this and shouted, "Tormid!"

Thormid approached.

"You go and notify Capps and Dracos and ask them to send a military judge to thoroughly investigate who was involved in the battle in the market before going to war!" After saying that, his anger seemed to fade a little. After thinking about it, he added: "What else is the cause?"

After Thormid left, Davers temporarily threw the matter behind and turned around and asked Marigi: "What is the price of cereals in the Turiyi market now?"

"It's relatively high! Because the war in Sicily, as well as the war here, especially the war between Syracuse and Carthage lasted for a long time, there were too many people participating in the war, and the demand for grains was very high, which also affected the price of grains in the Turiyi market..." When talking about commerce, Mariji knew it well: "But this year the wheat in our Dionia has grown very well. In a dozen days, after the people harvested the wheat, the price of wheat in Turiyi should have a major decline..."

Davers stroked the few tender beards under his chin, paced back and forth, and finally said, "Then tell Melsis after you go back, let him use the treasury and quietly purchase the grains. At least four legions and two-month reserves should be guaranteed."

Marigi's eyes lit up. He didn't even think about whether Davers's use of the treasury without the consent of the Senate violated the laws of Dionia. The Persian, who was still following the king's system, thought it was justified. He was interested: "Sir, do you decide to support the Silu tribe and take action against the Brutis?"

Davers glanced at the excited Mariji, with a warning in his calm tone: "I'm just planning the worst, but I hope you can keep this secret and not do anything extra!"

This extra thing of course refers to Mariji using the news that he was going to start a war in advance to make a profit for private profit.

How shrewd was Mariji, he immediately made a solemn promise, and then asked: "Sir, what should we do if we have a war with the Brutis?"

Davers smiled faintly: "Tarantum can no longer fight, especially your arrival. I'm afraid the two consuls of Tarantum are discussing how to negotiate with the Mesapi."

Mariji's eyes lit up again, and he remembered: the people of Tarantum wearing black veil and sad expressions that he saw along the way from the city of Tarantum along the way. Tarantum's defeat was definitely a good thing for him, as a business officer in Dionia. He saw the hope of the port of Turiyi surpassing the most prosperous port of Tarantum in the Gulf of Taranto!

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In fact, the first person to propose peace talks with Mesapi was Tarantum's people. After learning the truth of the war from the wounded civilians, they hated Diomeras' recklessness while also disappointed with the prospects of the entire war. A few months ago, they pushed the Senate to launch a war against Mesapi, but several months later, Tarantum had obtained very little except for bleeding.
Chapter completed!