v3 Chapter 12： Tarantum's assistance

At the meeting, some people still complained that there are not too many two hundred drachmas.

Some people also replied that it is more necessary to make them feel that it is not easy for them to become Aminora citizens, and they know how to cherish them.

On the second day, the message came from the household registration officer Rafias: the consul’s wife, Christovia, prepaid the money for the ten free people, while Melsis also prepaid for the six free people. Money.

Everyone realized the value of this group of free people. Not to mention that Mercy's eyes are sinister, and many people who can write and count on the Persian road, as well as skilled craftsmen, are those ordinary slaves who are mostly physically strong, because they are heavy laborers. I have experienced battles many times, and I can become qualified soldiers with a little training. What is more valuable is that they are mainly Persian farmers. In the Mediterranean region, farmers in three places have very experience in growing crops: First, the Persians, the fertile land of the two rivers has produced excellent farmers; the second is the Egyptians, who are soaring in the Nile Valley in July every year. I only love to do two things in my life - farming and worshipping God; third is Carthage, Carthage's powerful two magic weapons - sea trade and agriculture, for which they also specially compiled a farm book. As for the Greeks, because the native land of Greece is barren, they are more likely to go sailing, grazing cattle and sheep, planting olives and making wine, and hand-made works... and these new citizens have been fighting around, and they are completely blind to farming. A touch of black.

As a result, everyone swarmed, and 300 free people quickly divided up. Citizens who did not hire free people had to go to the market in Tarantum to buy slaves (at the time Tarantum had the largest slave market in Greece). Some citizens even played the idea of ​​the large number of free people in the neighboring Turui. Of course, this is all afterward.

The Senate did not disband immediately after processing the proposal on slaves, because Margit returned from Tarantum.

Take the sea from Amendola, not far from Tarantum, and take a boat from the port of Turui. In the case of a downwind, it can be reached in less than two hours. Davers asked Ma Liji to make Tarantum a mistake. Of course, he didn't have any better talents at the time. As a Persian, Mariji started to enter the city in Tarantum. In Achetta, this situation was expected, and a letter was written to let Mariji bring his father, Histativis, plus Marion’s kindness and the rich and novel gifts he brought, senior veteran Heath. Yavis was actively mediating for him, making Tarantum’s Senate and the consuls show enthusiasm for Amendorara’s initiative to form an alliance with Tarantum.

Of course, it is not because of Heathyavis, that Tarantum was enthusiastic about the mercenary proposal. The actual reason is that although Tarantum and Turui have been in custody for decades, they have now joined the defensive alliance. But this is a loose alliance after all, and there is no binding force. Since this alliance was initiated by Tarantum, it also actively exerted some strength. Like the accumulation of hatred between some city-states, it is not bad to disassemble each other, such as Crotone and Lockley. Including Tarantum, it is also a bit ridiculous to Turui. After all, Tarantum was one of the largest states in Greece. In the face of a newly built city-state, it was defeated twice. In the end, although the armistice agreement was signed, peace Built Heraclia, but Tarantum was greatly lost in the big Greek. The Amendola Lara, once a Turai ally, is now aligning with Tarantum. The Tarantum Senate has a long face and the addition of Amendola is also a good way to protect their affiliated city-states. - Heraklia, you will disagree!

However, another request made by Mariji made them embarrassed: Mariji asked Tarantum for assistance on the grounds that Amendola had just experienced war and lack of materials to support his livelihood. Originally, as an ally’s ally, Tarantum is a wealthy city-state, and aiding some substances is a matter of doing things. However, the amount of materials requested by Mariji is relatively large, and the veterans have to discuss the assistance.

Until the next day, Achta led the troops, returned to Tarantum, and reported to the Senate about his expedition, focusing on the mercenary’s combat effectiveness and the outstanding military abilities of the leader Davers, and also stressed: The Amendora Lara is under the control of a new group of mercenaries.

In fact, before Maliji had praised the performance of the mercenary in annihilating the Lukania coalition, it only caused some veteran dissatisfaction and thought it was to seek the merits of Tarantum. Now they trust Achesta to say this, and they are full of praise for Davers, let them realize that this new Amendola Lama can not only protect the wind from Heraclia, but also You can do something else. So not only did not cut down the number of materials that Mariji requested, but also added something extra.

When Mariji read the covenant with Tarantum at the venue, the old citizens listened to their ears, and they didn’t feel much. They were all allied, but the object was that there was Tualui replaced Tarantum. How much change. However, the Persian, now Amendora citizen Clinique, attracted their attention, not only his fluent Greek, but also because of the two bills he introduced, which made the old citizens feel complicated.

Then, Mariji read out Tarantum's list of aid supplies: one hundred tons of grain, one thousand pounds of salted fish, two hundred sets of round shields and stab guns, one hundred linens...

Every time they listened to the amount of a piece of material, they had a surprise on their faces. Finally, before Mariji finished, everyone cheered: Tarantum was so generous! Not to mention the other, but a hundred tons of grain is enough to keep the entire population of Amendolara for six months. By that time, the wheat fields of Amendola Lara should be harvested. The biggest difficulty of Amendola Lara was solved so easily, and the elders were like dreams.

"All the above substances are too large, Tarantum will be divided into several times, transported by sea to Heraklia, and then shipped here. The first batch will be delivered tomorrow!" Mariji voice just fell, everyone Raise your hand.

At this time, Daphus screamed out loudly: "You, in view of the great achievements made by Mariji for Amendola, I propose that the citizen of Amendola and the city-state business officer Mariji become the veterans of the Senate!"

The proposal was warmly supported by the new citizens, and the old citizens also barely raised their hands.

The Senate also decided that the Chief Executive, Cornelus, and the Ombudsman Antonios led the messenger group to visit Tarantum on the second sunrise to express their gratitude to the allies and to discuss the details of the Covenant. .

At the end of the Senate meeting, Mariji followed Davers out of the venue.

“Thank you for your help to me! But let me be a citizen of Amendola Lara, become a veteran veteran when I became a business official!” Marigi said gratefully.

"It seems that I have not lied to you." Daphus laughed.

"You adults always talk and count, how can you lie!" Marji seems to have forgotten what he said when he came to the Great Greece.

"Mariji, you have to remember that this is not my decision. This is because the elders thank you for your reward for the contribution of Amendola!" Daves said even if he was modest.

Mariji looked around and whispered, "What is the Senate! I only know that if you are not an adult, I am afraid that I am not even a citizen of Amendola. Marji is always loyal to Davers!"

The words of Mariji’s words were true, and Daves smiled again. “It seems that you have to adapt slowly to life as a Greek city-state citizen.”

Mariji also wanted to say that Davers patted him on the shoulder and asked: "How about Tarantum?"

Mariji is a wise man. He did not say anything more, but said seriously: "The time is too short, and I walked in a hurry. I feel that the city of Tarantum is very large, many people, and many people are rich... their There are a lot of merchants in the port, the market is prosperous, and the trading volume of one day is not low..." Mariji looked envious.

Daves nodded and asked: "I heard that the Mesapi people are invading Tarantum. How is the situation now?"

If he didn't join the mercenary, Mariji wouldn't care about it. He couldn't tell a one or two. He followed the mercenary and heard about it. He also had some understanding of the military: "The Mesapi people have retreated, they invaded. The troops are mainly composed of cavalry and light infantry They do not touch the heavy infantry of Tarantum at all. They can only invade the land outside Tarantum, but Tarantum also takes them. No way, because they can't catch up with the Mesapi."

"The Cavalry? Is there a lot of cavalry for the Mesapi?" Daves asked sharply.

"I don't know. But I heard that there are not many high mountains in the south of Tarantum, and there are few rivers, most of which are flat grasses, so the Mesapi people graze a lot of cattle and sheep."

In the heart of Daves, he thought that on the Apennine peninsula, except for the Gauls in the north, because of the vast plains and swamps in the Bo River, horses were raised, so the cavalry was strong; the forces in other places were mainly infantry, a small amount. The cavalry is just filling the facade. I did not expect that there were cavalry-based tribes in the south and in the "heel" of "Italian leather boots." In fact, this is that Mariji’s intelligence is wrong. Mesapi’s army is not dominated by cavalry. Let Antonios visit Tarantum and investigate this Mesapi power.

Note: Mesapi Messapi, said to have been immigrated to the "heel" race in southern Italy from Elyria (the location of today's Epirus and Albania), because it was earlier than the Greek colonial era, so it was also Considered as a local indigenous.