"This is impossible!" Several workers showed surprised expressions and shouted in unison.

Others seemed to have forgotten the soldiers standing around, and there was a noise.

Martius once again hit the long shield with a short sword, which quickly restored peace to the field.

Adrius continued to say loudly: "Because this priest Hades is a Dionyanite, my father decided to believe the words of this savior, so he took us to Enona... It has been eight years since then. My father is a citizen of Dionyan. He not only owns his own land in Enona, but also holds a public office in the Kingdom. I studied at the Enona school for 4 years at a very low cost, learned to write in Greek, and when I became an adult, I was admitted to the public office in Enona, with a considerable monthly salary, and my younger brother is still studying in the school... Now our family lives a wealthy and respected life, and will never reappear in the past when they were bullied and hungry..."

After Adrius finished speaking, the venue fell into silence for a while. The workers looked at the young voice transmitter half-believingly: Although they were all black-haired and dark-eyed Latins, they had a well-proportioned figure, fair skin, and elegant temperament. They were obviously working at the dock every day, working hard and suffering from injuries, and they were completely incomparable. They were indeed a little moved.

Crotokataks listened to Adrius's story and looked at him carefully. He did not expect that this inconspicuous little official who had just followed them would have such an extraordinary experience, which made him curious about him.

Seeing that people were in silence, Davers struck while the iron was hot, and immediately pointed at several other voice transmitters and said loudly: "Except for Adrius, they are all Latins, but they are also citizens of Dionians. In recent years, many of you Latins have become citizens of Dionians. Why?

Because these city-states in Latin are controlled by nobles, they oppress the civilians and make it impossible for civilians to live. Our Kingdom of Dionys treats all citizens equally. Every citizen is assigned land, and every citizen's land is protected by the law! Anyone! No matter whether he is a rich man or a noble, as long as he dares to plunder the wealth of civilians, they will be severely punished by the court. Therefore, they live very peacefully in the Kingdom of Dionys. This kind of peace of food and worry-free life is something you cannot enjoy in the current city-states!"

When talking about this, the voice transmitters next to them nodded repeatedly, with sincere expressions.

In fact, Davers exaggerated the number of Latin citizens in the Kingdom of Dionia, the real number was no more than ten. This was the one that Davers specially asked the Minister of Household Registration Rafias to carefully search in the Kingdom before going to war. They were mainly concentrated in Enona. The main reason was that the Latin region was not adjacent to the Kingdom of Diona. In addition, the marine trade of the Latin city-state was underdeveloped and the ports were backward, so there was little information exchange with the outside world. Latin people were mostly farming, and farmers were all relocated. In addition, the language and cultural differences between Diona and Latin were large, so few people were willing to go to the south.

But now Davers saw the workers on the field listening carefully, each thinking, with a light flashing in his eyes, and he knew they were moved.

At this time, someone in the slave group shouted: "Can we become citizens of Dionia too?"

When Adrius translated the other party's words to Davers, he did not expect that the slaves would take the first action. He immediately said: "No matter what your origin or race you are, as long as you are willing to become citizens of Dionys, and are willing to abide by the laws of Dionys and fulfill the obligations that the Kingdom of Dionys require citizens to carry out, our Kingdom of Dionys welcomes you very much and will give you all the rights that Dionys should enjoy!"

After Davers finished speaking, he waved to the side.

Martius immediately asked the court guards around him to take off their helmets, and they could clearly see their hair color and their appearance characteristics were very different. As a unit with a long-term contact with King Davers and having a special status, the court guards were known for their complex racial composition in the Kingdom of Dionys in recent years because they needed to publicly show the kingdom's attitude of treating all races equally. Now this practice has played a good demonstration effect on the land of foreign races. In addition, with slaves competing, the laborers have become no longer reserved.

"How can we become a citizen of Dionia?" several workers asked almost in unison.

"This is my clerk, Henepolis, and he will explain in detail to you the procedures you need to go through to become a citizen of Dionia. You can ask him any questions, and he will answer them in detail." Davers pointed to Henepolis, who was holding a wooden board next to him and was nervously recording.

Heniporis hurriedly put away the wooden board and made a serious statement: "Your Majesty, I will satisfy them."

Finally, Davers asked loudly in front of everyone, "Who among you has been in Rome, and is very familiar with every neighborhood and corner of the city, and also knows about the various nobles of Rome? I want to invite him as my consultant. Of course, this is paid, and if he is willing to be a citizen of Dionia, it will help him shorten the years of becoming a citizen."

As soon as the voice-transmitter finished speaking, many people in the field immediately raised their hands.

After some inquiry, Davers picked a slave named Valquez because he was once a Roman citizen.

When Davers first came in, the slaves and laborers were full of fear; and when he left, these men watched him leave with respect.

Davers looked back at the scene of the people surrounding Heniporis in the clearings illuminated by the torches and asked anxiously, and felt that this was a good start, because in his plan, it was not just to turn these people into citizens of the Dionians, but to make them a fire and ignite a raging fire on this land full of Bratin city-states.

Of course, this is a long process, and now time is tight, and he still has a lot to do this night.

Davers strides back to the city, and happened to meet the staff officer Thormead who rushed over: "Your Majesty, Amintas's battle report has been delivered."

“How is the situation?”

"The Roman army was defeated, and Amintas led the entire army to pursue, especially the two cavalry corps desperately drove the Romans to the south, driving the Roman defeated soldiers to the south of Ravinim, and seized the small town. There were many Roman soldiers captured along the way. Amintas said he had no time to count, and was worried that these prisoners would drag down their military operations tomorrow, so he adopted the old method of ours in Persia." Thormeed's last words were much smaller.

Davers glanced at Crotokataks beside him and said quietly: "Let the messenger go back and tell Amintas, 'He won this battle cleanly and beautifully! But tonight, the soldiers must rest well, recover their strength, and find a way to solve the problem of the soldiers' rations. It is necessary to ensure that the energetic soldiers can set off at dawn tomorrow and meet with us in Rome, and it is best not to be late.'"

"yes!"

Crotokatax asked curiously: "Father, what is the old method of Persia?"

Thormid looked at Prince Dionia who had just grown up and had a childish look on his face, and was so tactful that he didn't speak.

Davers hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "It is to cut the prisoners' hands and feet into pieces, making them unable to move, and then abandon them on the battlefield... This was when we fled in Persia, we passed through some affiliated city-states in Persia and were constantly attacked by them. We took this method to deal with the prisoners we defeated, so that we did not have to kill the prisoners to completely anger the enemy, but also forced the enemy to distract themselves from taking care of these wounded soldiers..."

"But... isn't this too cruel..." Crotokatax was a little reluctant. Facing Davers's serious gaze, he plucked up the courage and said: "They have all surrendered. We should ensure their safety. This should be beneficial for us to win the favor of these Romans and conquer this land faster, Father!"

Davers was criticized and did not get angry, but laughed: "Croto, I am very happy that you can have your own opinion! But you must understand that the Romans are our enemies now, and even if we have just won two victories, our army far away from the kingdom is still in danger, and may suffer failure at any time under the attack of Rome and its allies far more than our army, die in this strange land, or become slaves to the enemy. Therefore, our primary goal now is to do everything possible to ensure that we can continue to win, and that our soldiers can reduce casualties, even if it is cruel, unless we have already gained an absolute advantage, we will consider the issue you just mentioned..."

Davers patiently taught his son, saw him thinking, then patted his shoulder with encouragement, turned around and asked Thormead: "Have the soldiers' accommodation arranged?"

"All have been arranged, there are many warehouses in the city. We simply modified them, which is much better than living in tents. In addition, we have locked up all the Ostians. In addition to the freed houses, there are some remaining ones—"

"Then arrange for the slaves and laborers to live. After all, some of them will act with us tomorrow and need a good rest. Besides, they can enjoy the benefits of joining our Kingdom of Dionia in advance."

"Yes, I'll make arrangements later."
Chapter completed!