v8 Chapter 8： Daves' ambition

Cornelus hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, I am not opposed to forming an alliance with Wolsey and letting the Romans conquer Walsi. Instead, I feel that this is not a good time for this situation in Dionia this year. Not to mention that we are very strange to the situation in central Italy. We should be more careful and prepare more fully to ensure that we have full confidence in winning in the event of a war!"

The legend of Cornelus’s old-fashioned words led the minister headed by Lucias to nod.

"I also hope that when the kingdom soldiers have enough grain and no external troubles, they will interfere in Rome. But the good times are never waiting, and the enemy will not be stupid enough to stay in place, let us interfere. Daves said with deep emotions: "We still remember the war with Syracuse that year. Our original idea was to attack Rocky in the advanced stage and lure the army of Syracuse to the Great Greece. Onisius has tempted the Samonai to invade suddenly. We hope that the soldiers will defend themselves in the path of Caulenia-Trina, drag the Syracuse army, solve the Samonet first, and then wait for the main force. Coming back to the battle, Dionysius led the army to easily break through our southern defense...

These lessons have deeply warned me that the good time is not waiting, but by our courageous actions to win. And the Carthaginians also have the wisdom of not being weaker than Dionysius. They have long known that we will be the enemy of their future, so they not only support the Tanico tribe, but also early. I was supporting the Romans seven or eight years ago. ”

Cornelus and others were shocked. Lucias hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, is this true?!"

"Of course it is true. Because of the Taknikian tribe, I was wary of Carthage, so I increased my attention to the powers around the kingdom. As a result, the people I sent quickly collected some about Carthage and According to the information of Rome, there is evidence that Carthage has been supporting Rome again in these years, aiding food and weapons...” Daves said as he snarled to the recorded clerk Henipolis. nod.

Henipolis immediately left the Chamber of Deputies, and soon found a few documents from the restricted area of ​​the palace - the data room, and handed it to Davers, and Davers handed it to Cornelus.

Ministers such as Cornelus, Lucias, and Sedrum heard each other and looked more and more dignified.

"Before, I didn't talk about Carthage and Rome because we were busy managing the newly incorporated kingdom of the Domini area. There is no need to distract the Romans for the time being. But -" Davers suddenly stood up. Say loudly: "Now Worthy came to ask for help. This is a good time! Helping Wolsey and fighting the Romans will surely win the support of other forces in central Italy. Destroying the plot of Carthage will also help the future. When Carthage was in battle, it was not passive. In addition, defeating the Romans also helped us to enter the equally fertile land occupied by Rome in central Italy!"

Davers said that the ministers were surprised.

Davers looked at them and said in a deep voice: "The adults, this drought has covered the vast majority of the land of the Kingdom of Dionia, making our disasters so difficult, I believe that everyone of you will be Deep memory! Why? Because our country is not big enough, our national strength is not strong enough, we need to get more land, we can easily cope with every drought, every earthquake, every tsunami! In the south With Carthage blocking the way, we can only get the land in the north, so the Worthy messenger is a good opportunity to give us!"

Davers saw the ministers fall into silence for a moment, smiled slightly, and said with a gentle tone: "Of course this is a long-term strategy that I set for the kingdom. The war with Rome does not necessarily happen immediately. With us help Wall West, maybe the Romans will give up on this, so the bread should be eaten bit by bit. Let’s not worry, come slowly, let the Senate pass the proposal of 'and the alliance with Walsh' and then carefully with the Wolsey. After discussing the covenant, after everything was done, send messengers to test the reaction of the Romans..."

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Dionia quickly sent Foreign Minister Ansitanos and Worthy Messenger Metebola to talk about the alliance between the two countries.

The negotiation process went smoothly. It took only half a day to complete the drafting of the alliance. The main content is: Dionya and Wolsey form a friendly and equal military alliance; strengthen friendly exchanges, and not violate the law. Under the law, the people can freely stay on the ally land; they can give each other preferential and convenient trade, do not add extra taxes, and must not arbitrarily detain and arrest the merchants of the ally, and disputes should be settled by the two parties for arbitration; When a party is attacked by an enemy or has a war with a third party, the ally should try its best to provide military assistance and even send troops to the war at the request of the other party..."

Matt Pola took the draft and immediately returned to Wolsey.

Ten days later, he hurried with the Worthy Herald, which included the governors of several city-states in the Wolsey Alliance.

Davers and the Worthy people solemnly signed the alliance agreement.

After the agreement was signed, the Wolsey people could not wait to ask Dionia to send troops to help Wolsey. It turned out that the Romans had already captured Willitley and repelled Wolsey's reinforcements and began to attack Satricum. The Wolsey Alliance suffered a fiasco and there were not enough fighters to organize. The huge reinforcements to stop the attack of the Roman army, they face an unprecedented crisis.

Davers decided to send the messenger to Rome for mediation in accordance with the proposal of Anta Orris, and informed the Ministry of Military Affairs to prepare for the war.

After careful consideration and screening, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the final messenger to Tapirus.

More than a decade ago, Tapirus was a slave bought by Christopher. Because of his flexibility and hard work, he was promoted to the head of a restaurant in a few years and was given by the owner Daves. free. In the South Italian War, he participated in the most important Crotone conference as a reserve citizen. As a spearman, he and his companions resisted the impact of the Syracuse hiring cavalry and The defeat, while assisting other forces to defeat Syracuse's powerful right wing, played a key role in the ultimate victory of the entire battle.

After the war, their surviving spearmen became official citizens of Dionia. In the following years, Tapirus also participated in the war of conquering Mesapi and Puceti. Perhaps it was frequent fighting to exercise his courage and broaden his horizons. He was no longer satisfied with the head of the area who served only as a Clithista restaurant. Instead, he used his literacy and counts to pass the finance department. Assessment, became a tax official.

It was not until the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Ansitanos recruited public officials, and the work was done, but Tiapis, who was tired of such daily accounts and accounts, applied to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ansitanos knows that making Rome is not a simple task, the messenger needed not only to observe the words, but also to be arguing, but also to be courageous. Therefore, Tapirus, who has served as a restaurant waiter and has participated in many battles, has become the best candidate.

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In the 13th year of Dionya (ie November 1, 380 BC), the Dionysian messenger Tapirus took a passenger ship to Rome in the port of Laos.

The weather was fine on this day, and there was no cloud in the sky.

Tapirus sat in the cabin and was still fascinated by King Daves before leaving Turui.

It was said that he was interviewed. In fact, he was invited to the Duffus House for a feast. Since he is a private slave released by Daves, according to the current popular opinion of Dionia, Davers is his lord (a strange custom formed by the national conditions of Dionia, the slave released by the master) There is a special kind of family-like relationship with the owner. Without breaking the law, if the slave is released, if he has difficulty in life, he can ask his original owner for help, find a job or provide financial assistance; and the original owner has difficulties. At this time, these liberating slaves who have become full citizens will also help each other, or when the original owner is running for local councillors or security officials, they will join hands to cast a valuable vote for the original owner, which is recognized by the society. For these reasons, the wealthy citizens of Dionia will be keen to be kind to their slaves and give their slaves freedom in these years will turn a formal reception into a private feast. .

At the banquet, he was amazed by the great King Daves who was so concerned about such an indigenous city-state in central Italy, and was surprised by the demands of Daves...

At this time, the captain pushed in the door: "Adult, it is about to go to the port of Ostia."

Tapirus heard the words, let go of the thoughts in his heart, and left the cabin.

The seagulls soar in the sky ahead, and the large and small ships are all in one direction. It should be the estuary of the Tiber River and the colonial city of Ostia in Rome.

After receiving this appointment, Tapirus specifically learned about the Romans and knew that Ostia was originally a small town of Latin people. It was captured by Rome decades ago and migrated citizens to settle here. Ostia became the colonial city of Rome and later became the only port city in Rome to conduct maritime trade. It is because of these benefits that Ostia has always been loyal to Rome, even when Rome was captured by the Gauls. It is also not betrayed.

Tapirus landed in Ostia with his entourage of the messengers.