"Most of the laborers were slaves and Latins, some of the sailors were Etruscans, and some of them were Campanians..."

Davers was slightly surprised: "There are no Romans?"

"There were Roman merchants and some residents, but due to the short time, there was no search for laborers and sailors in the port yet..." Midorades defended.

Hearing this, Davers felt a glimmer of hope, because according to the information collected before, there were not many people living in poverty in Rome, and some even sold themselves as slaves, and the conflict with the nobles was more prominent.

But he thought again: Ostia is a small town, and there are not many Roman citizens. Perhaps Rome invaded Wolsey and attacked Helniki over the past year, gaining a lot of land, giving Roman civilians a new place...

Thinking of this, Davers asked again: "Where are those slaves? Who are they?"

"There are our allies, the Wolseys, the Helnikis, the Masi, the Equi, the Etruscans... basically all aliens captured after being defeated by Rome, so they welcomed us and were willing to pull the fibers for our warships because we promised to give them freedom." Midolades said excitedly.

Davers nodded, and then his attention was attracted by the noisy sound ahead: it was an open space illuminated by torches, with thousands of people gathering in the center of the open space under the care of the soldiers. March is still early spring, and the weather is cooler, but half of these people are still wearing thin and simple linen clothes, and some are even naked. The clothes and unclothed people gathered in two groups, which seemed to be clearly separated, but they were looking at the fully armed soldiers from time to time uneasy.

Martius led the guards into the clearing ground first, and their gorgeous outfits and neat and powerful steps immediately attracted their attention.

"Davers, King of Dionia, arrived!" Martius sang the name loudly, and the subsequent voice transmitter immediately repeated loudly in Latin.

Suddenly, there was a lot of commotion in the crowd in the space.

But the guards quickly lined up on both sides, and then two tall and strong guards walked into the open space, holding the kingdom flag and the golden scepter. Then they saw a middle-aged man wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, flying colorful feathers on his head, and walked in slowly surrounded by a group of Dionian officials wearing gorgeous Burtons.

The noise in the open space suddenly disappeared. People hunched over uneasily and retreated unconsciously, but glanced secretly with curious eyes. But when Davers's eyes touched them, they hurriedly lowered their heads like frightened rabbits.

"I am the King of Davers of Dionya!" After introducing himself in a simple sentence, Davers continued to shout: "For more than ten years, the Romans have continuously attacked the surrounding races and forces, plundered land, killed the people, and forced the prisoners to become slaves. They are extremely greedy and bloody! The Wolseys and the Helnikis are worried that they will be destroyed by the Roman country, so they have successively formed an alliance with us Dionia (before Davers led his army north, they have already formed an alliance with the Helnikis).

We sent envoys to negotiate with Rome, hoping that it could stop the invasion of Wolsey and Helniki and return the land it occupied. Unexpectedly, the Romans not only did not listen to their advice, but instead accelerated the invasion of the territories of these two races. Now the Helniki are surrounded by the Romans in the city of Ferentirum and may be destroyed at any time. Wolsey's soldiers were completely lost in the previous invasion against Rome, and they were unable to stop the next invasion of the Romans.

In order to avoid our Dionys from stopping its invasion, Rome even instigated its allies Carthage to tear down the peace agreement that Dionys had been abiding by many years, and declared war on Dionys! So—I led the Dionys army here to fulfill the alliance, protect Dionys' allies, Volsi and Helniki, punish Rome and its allies who dared to invade Dionys' majesty, and provoke war, and defeat them completely!"

The reason why Davers said this patiently to a group of low-ranking civilians and slaves was to show to all the forces and races in the Latinum region and even the surrounding areas why the Dionian army came here and what they were going here.

As soon as several vocalists spoke his words in Latin, they heard someone in the venue raising a burden and shouting: "Kill the Romans! Save Hilniki (Wolsey)! We want freedom!..."

Davers looked up and saw that the group of unclothed people looked excited, and some even shed tears, and even greater commotion appeared in the entire open space.

Martius immediately pressed his sword with his hand, took a step forward, and shouted: "Quiet!" The guards immediately let out a neat and unanimous roar.

People were silent again.

Davers looked around them and said sincerely: "The only enemies of Dionys are the Romans, and the Roman city-states that assisted the Romans in fighting us. Any city-state and people who remain neutral in this war and even provide help to Dionys will be regarded as friends by Dionys and gain the friendship of Dionys! You-" Davers pointed at the slaves: "There will be released in a few days. In order to ensure that you can return to your family safely, we will provide you with some rations. If you can help the army during this period of stay in Ostia, you will also receive some salary and rewards."

Davers's words made the slaves smile, and some even saluted Davers with their own etiquette to express their gratitude, and Davers immediately replied without regard for the humble gift.

His affinity not only won the favor of the slaves, but also made the workers no longer nervous.

At this time, Davers said loudly again with a serious expression: "Before coming to Latinum, I thought that only the Romans would destroy the peace of this area, but after I came, I realized that there was an equally terrible demon that made the people of this land suffer as if they were living in hell, that was-"

Davers saw that the workers' attention was attracted to him, and he said word by word: "Noble! The Roman nobles! The Latin city-state nobles! They are like vicious wolves, completely ignoring the friendship of their compatriots, shamelessly robbing the land of the people of their city-state with their power and money, and then forcing the people who lost their land to become their slaves, creating wealth for them endlessly like cattle and sheep, and finally died of exhaustion in the fields, and even their bones were reluctant to bury them! And those people who did not want to become slaves and serve the nobles were forced to escape from the city-state, but wandered around, life was difficult, and they were unable to support their wives and children..."

Davers said in a heavy tone, and after listening to the emotional translation of the voice transmitter, the workers were evoked to remember their tragic experiences, and some even sobbed in a low voice.

Seeing this, Davers took advantage of the situation and said to a voice transmitter: "What's your name? Where did you come from? How can you live now?"

The young voice transmitter immediately replied: My name is Adrius. I was originally a citizen of Gabii in Latin. More than ten years ago, the Gauls invaded Latin and not only occupied Rome, but also broke the city of Gabi not far from Rome. When the Gauls were repelled and we returned to our homes, we found that my family was occupied by the high land on the banks of the Anno River, a tributary of the Tiber River. Because the village was destroyed by the Gauls and the city hall was destroyed, so we could not provide evidence that the land belonged to my family. The noble bribed the judge... Not only did we lose the case, but our father was also sentenced to false accusation and was punished with a stick... My father dragged his unhealthy body and took his mother, me, and my brother to leave Gabi angrily..." When he said this, his eyes were already a little red.

"Oh my God, you are like me, I am also the land I occupied after the war!"

"I'm not. I borrowed money from the rich to treat my illness because my wife was sick. I thought I could pay off my debts by selling the food in the autumn harvest, but I didn't expect that he said that the money could only pay off the interest, and in the end my land was forcibly robbed by the rich!"

"What you borrowed was usury! Damn nobles! Damn rich people! The city-state senate will only help these rich people speak, and where can we live!"

...

The experience told by this dark-haired and dark-eyed Latin vocalist quickly resonated with the Latin workers who had been silent before.

After reading the information collected from the Latin American region in detail, Davers learned that the fierce conflict between the nobles and the civilians was not only in Rome, but also in other Latin city-states. The situation was even more serious. The nobles were insatiable and robbed, and the civilians were burdened with extremely heavy debts and could not survive. After all, Rome could gain more land and slaves through force expansion, which could give civilians a chance to breathe. Other city-states not only did not have this condition, but also because they rebelled against Rome and were defeated by Rome, they took some land away by Rome, which made their arable land tense, and land competition and annexation became more intense, which was exactly what Davers wanted to see.

"How did you live later?" a laborer couldn't help but ask loudly in curiosity.

So Adrius pointed at his feet and continued, "My father had worked here, but at that time the port of Ostia was not as busy as it is now. My father did not earn enough money for our family to live. He took us to Naples to the south--"

"Oh, that's the Campania region occupied by the Greeks, but their maritime trade is indeed much more prosperous than here!" someone exclaimed.

"But not long after, my father's old injury relapsed and he could hardly walk. Through the introduction of a kind person, we helped my father and arrived at Pompeii not far from Naples. We asked the priest of Hades Temple in the city for help. The kind old priest not only cured my father for free, but also allowed our family to live in the temple for a while and provided food for free. He also told us that not far south of Pompeii, there is a city in the Kingdom of Dionia, not only there are a large number of job opportunities, but also as long as we are willing to become a citizen of Dionia, we can apply to the city hall, which is easy to pass. As long as we abide by the law and work diligently in that city for a few years, we can successfully become a citizen of Dionia and share the land..."
Chapter completed!