As for the west, there are vast seas and several large islands, such as Sardinia, Corsica, the Balearic Islands, etc., most of which are controlled by Carthage. Davers does not have the courage to offend another powerful force in the Western Mediterranean when facing the threat of Syracuse. As for occupying an enclave in the Gaul area, Davers has never considered it. Not to mention that the Dionian navy is not very capable, this long-distance cross-sea attack not only wastes national strength, but also does not necessarily prevent it.

Dionia's expansion is really limited, how to break the deadlock? Davers fell into deep thought...

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September is the favorite month for the Dionians. It is not only a season of harvest, but also the month when the birth of Hades, the patron lord of Dionia (that is, September 9). At that time, not only will there be lively celebrations, but the All-Dionian League Rugby Finals will also be held. This is a month for the whole Dionian national carnival, especially in Turiyi.

Therefore, in many Greek city-states led by Athens, they call September the month of Eraphaleon (the month of the Deer Shooting Festival, used to worship Artemis), while in Dionia, they make September the month of Pluto. Similarly, April is also set as the month of marriage to worship Hera, while in many Greek city-states, they make the month of marriage to July...

It can be seen that Dionia has gradually become different from the traditional Greek city-state in terms of life, customs, culture, etc.

On this day, a young man came to the port of Turiyi. His name was Megalis. He was of medium size and not very strong, but his body was well-proportioned and agile.

Obviously, it was his first time to come to Tuliyi. He didn't expect that there would be so many boats in the port. It took him a long time to get on the dock, and then he struggled to squeeze out the port. Outside the port, even the carriages and trucks he was riding on had long been called out, so he had to walk for more than an hour to outside Tuliyi, where there was a long queue.

McGalis was not in a hurry, waiting in line in order, listening to the people around him happily chatting, "What kind of large-scale performance will this year's Hades celebration be in Victory Square, or guessing which city team this year's rugby championship will be...", while walking along the flow of people, when he faced the city guards to investigate, it was already noon.

Although he was hungry and thirsty, he had to patiently answer the question from the city guard.

"Are you a citizen of Dionia? If not, please go back. In the past few days, Gentiles and free people are not allowed to enter in Turiyi!"

"I am a citizen of Dionia, named Megalis, and live in Crimesa, number 1356..." Megalis said fluently.

The city guard looked at him and said, "Show me the identity card." According to Davers' proposal, Dionya made a bronze medal the size of a palm for every official citizen since the previous year (Turiy has a copper mine, so it is more convenient). The front is engraved with the name of the citizen and the city's citizen number on the back. This is just a simple identity authentication, but it was a great innovation in this era, which facilitated Dionya's management of citizens' movements in the territory, especially for public officials in the Ministry of Household Registration. For example, a citizen living in Turio was in Asphorus.

Mucheng broke the law. After the city recorded his illegal matters, it transported the household registration office of Tuliyi City by mail. Public officials must first find the citizen's files to record the illegal matters. There are tens of thousands of citizens in Tuliyi, and many of them still have names. It is a very troublesome to find it. Now with the city citizen number, it is easy to find it. Moreover, although the identity bronze medal is simple to make, each city number is unique. It is easy to check whether it is forged. Once someone forged it, according to the law of Dionia, this is a serious crime. Who ordinary people dare to do fake it?

McGalis calmly took out a bronze medal from his arms and handed it to the city guard.

The city guard looked carefully and threw the bronze medal back to him. There were many people entering and leaving Turiyi City every day, so the city guards could not register. He pointed to the bulging package carried by Megalis and said, "What is inside?"

"It's all the coins you bring. You know, the rugby game will last for nearly a month, and it will definitely cost a lot," McGalis said.

"Open and take a look." Cheng Wei looked serious.

McGalis had no choice but to open it.

"Crazy..." The city guard reached in and fiddled with it twice. It was indeed coins. Then he nodded and said, "Go in."

McGalis carried the package and took just two steps.

"By the way." The city guard shouted from behind, and McGalis's heart suddenly jumped.

"You'd better deposit all the money in Cristoya's bank and withdraw it when you want it, so it's safe."

McGalis breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him repeatedly.

After entering the city, based on the map I had seen before, I asked people all the way, and finally found this hotel not far from the Grand Arena of Dionia.

There are already many people in the lobby.

McGalis squeezed to the counter, and the waiter inside looked at him and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, the housing here is full."

"I have a reservation." McGalis responded immediately.

The waiter was stunned and asked, "What room is? Who made the reservation?"

"Release reservation in Room 17." McGalis answered fluently.

The waiter immediately opened the registration book and read: "Yes, Room 17 was indeed booked for five days first, so your name is Megalis?"

McGalis showed him the bronze medal.

After confirming, the waiter nodded and said, "Please come with me." After that, he took McGalis upstairs.

"Lucky people." Someone muttered in the lobby. In fact, many of the people who came to attend the celebration lived directly into the homes of Tuliyi people. Only some new citizens or preparatory citizens had to stay in hotels because they had no friends or acquaintances in Tuliyi.

McGalis entered the house. After waiting for the waiter to leave, he quickly came to the door and carefully looked at the interior layout.

Then he walked to the edge of the bed, moved the bed a little hard, reached out to explore the bottom of the bed on the side of the wall, and quickly took out something tightly wrapped in linen.

He opened it carefully, and saw a blue dagger inside...

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In the next few days, McGalis walked through the streets and alleys in Turiyi, especially the Hades Temple, to observe the terrain. Except for the right-wing wing who carefully investigated the celebration situation with Turiyi, he was always alone and tried not to contact others.

But he got into a problem in the city of Turiyi and fell in love with the food at the Kristoya restaurant. Although he had been tested many deaths on the battlefield, this time the mission still put a lot of pressure on him. What is the best place to relieve stress in the city-state? Of course it is a restaurant (but in Dionia it is an arena).

As a mercenary, McGalis, who had always lived a simple life, was soon captured by the food of Cristoya Restaurant, including beef and mutton, beef shabu, fresh fish soup, honey bread, fried cod... Every food made him slander, so he quickly learned some of the "bad habits" of the rich Dionians - spending three meals a day in the restaurant.

But he forgot one thing. In order to be able to stay in the city of Turiyi in time, he came eight days before the celebration on September 9. The food in Cristoya restaurant is not cheap, not to mention that during the celebration, the city is full of people, and the prices of consumer goods in each city are rising, so the food is naturally even more so. A few days later, McGalis found that his "Hadis silver coins" were used up, so he had to use other city-state currencies to pay the bills, but the waiter at the restaurant refused to accept it and said that except for the silver coins issued by Dionia, no coins from other city-states were collected.

McGalis was helpless, and for convenience, he brought all the money in the package to Christoya Bank.

It was finally his turn, and the bank employee asked him from the counter through the iron window: "Do you save or withdraw money?"

"Exchange the Dionian silver coins." McGalis patted the bag on his shoulder.

The employee looked and handed out a piece of papyrus: "Write the name of the currency you want to exchange, and the quantity..."

McGalis looked embarrassed: "I...I can't read."

The employee obviously often encounters this situation. He continued in a constant tone: "So... tell me how much currency you want to exchange, and then stuff the money you want to exchange, and watch me confirm it for you, do you agree?"

McGalis hesitated for a moment, nodded in agreement, and then told the employee the type of currency he wanted to exchange, the number of currencies, etc.

The employee took notes while listening. When he heard the "Syracuse Four Drakma", the pen trembled slightly, but from time to time, Sicilian merchants would come to save money and exchange coins, which were not very rare.

After he finished recording, when McGalis stuffed his bags into the window, he called another employee to do the points and review.

When opening the bag and counting coins, the employee seemed careless, but actually inspected it very carefully. Among the coins of the bag, the "Syracuse Four Drakhma Silver Coins" accounted for the largest number, and some were brand new. His heart was beating involuntarily...

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"Mr. Ansitanos, you must persuade this child when you go to Laus this time! He had just become a consul, and before he could sit on the chair, he had to revise the laws of Laus to strictly control the illegal activities in Laus..." Davers said in a fury: "This is declaring war on the nobles of Laus (actually the former small tribe leaders), and threatening to give more rights to the civilians. Humph! He thought he was, and even his father dared not do this! What did he regard Laus as? Dionia, or Athens? No, he didn't know that Laus was not a real Greek city, it was just a replacement of an old tribal alliance..."
Chapter completed!