v9 Chapter 57： North African Elephant

After listening to Okreton, he was not surprised. According to the information he had learned, the Etruscan alliance suffered from the invasion of the Gauls in the north and had to rely on the assistance of the Dionysians last year. Dionysia sent troops specifically to the northern border of the Iberian Union to ensure the security of its territory. For this reason, the Etruscans must express something, which is not surprising.

"What about the ships in front? Are they all Etruscans?" Okritton asked with interest as he looked at one of the ships in front of the ship with a taller side and a large cargo ship.

"I just observed them while passing the boats by boat. Although most of their sailors are ... Phoenicians, it seems ..." The entourage said with anger, "The dress of the boatmen Like the Numisbians and Mauritanians! "

Even if Okreton is nourished, it is also difficult to maintain peace at this moment, because the Carthaginians blamed the failure of the war on the Numisbian rebellion, and after that, Numi, who was a slave The Biya people, in turn, frequently invaded the Carthage lands, so whether in the past or the present, the Numibians are the pain in the hearts of the Carthage.

Okreton calmed down quickly and asked Shen Sheng: "How come they have so many ships?"

"It seems that many ships carry horses." The entourage replied.

Okritan knew it: "The Numisbians can only get something like this."

"Sir," the follower said in a hesitant whisper: "They all gave Dionia gifts, but we didn't get anything, is this ..."

Okreton will be greeted with the head: "We Carthage can send messengers to the celebration, this is the best gift for Hades celebration of Dionysia!"

Although the words of Okreton said so, he knew clearly: Carthage's status in the Western Mediterranean is already different from today, but many Carthage veterans have not fully adapted to this new change, including Hano, so The other messengers have brought generous gifts, compared to the Carthage messengers, but it is very cold, which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the subsequent negotiations with Dionia.

During the period of worries in Okritton, the Etruscan missions had unloaded their items and left the pier, and then it was the turn of the ships of the Numibian missions and the Mauritanian missions to enter the inner city dock.

After a while, I heard the screams of the horses, and the dock became very lively.

Suddenly, a deafening cry came from the shore, and it lasted for a long time. Even Okreton outside the port could hear clearly: "God, what monster is this? Such a huge one!"

"This may ... maybe Lucania's giant bull ..."

"Fool! Does the cow have such a long nose? And the horn of the cow is on the head, but its horn is on the mouth."

"Then tell me, what is it?"

"I haven't seen it before, how could I know, but we can ask these Mauritanians."

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Hearing these exclamations, Okritton was surprised: Did the Mauritanians send the elephants living in the interior of Africa to Turri? !

Although he had n’t seen it before, he had heard that there were many elephants further south of the Sinomibian and Mauritanian territories, and most of the ivory traded in the market in Carthage came from there.

In fact, ivory is also a very popular thing in Turi, especially when it was acquired before the reconstruction of the Temple of Hades, but when the real owner of the ivory came out of the cabin and came to the shore, he was shocked. The people who came to watch: "There are such monsters in this world! Could this be a descendant of a monster from ancient times?! ......"

Compared with the people who yelled and pondered around, the Turi officials who came to greet the messenger were more shocked and worried that these giant beasts would be crazy and would cause much damage to the city because It seems that they are difficult to control. If the people in the inner city are either veterans, ministers, or ordinary citizens, their status is extraordinary. If they cause a lot of casualties, these small officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ca n’t bear it. Take this responsibility.

Even though the messenger of Mauritania repeatedly explained to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: This animal looks huge, but in fact it has a mild personality and will not hurt people easily.

At the same time, he also let the elephant command the elephant, kneel down to the officials, and use his long nose to make various funny actions like waving and nodding. They did not completely dispel the doubts of the officials, but made the cheers of the people more heated. .

Fortunately, not long after, hundreds of court guards arrived, and they ordered these elephants to be brought to the elephant circle on the King's Hill, specially built for elephants, at the order of King Dapheus.

So, under the careful command of the elephant husbands, this male, a mother, and a cub, the three elephants took a slow and heavy pace, stepping on a flat and solid block road, along the triumphant army Go through the route to the west of the city.

People in the inner city who got the news came out of the house, including some veterans, standing on the side of the road, curiously watching this beast that had never been seen before.

Under the court guard's efforts to maintain order, the excited people did not cause the elephants to panic, but allowed them to enjoy the honor of a triumphant soldier, and made the people look forward to this year's celebration.

By the time the Carthage Herald entered the dock by boat, the time was already in the afternoon. Okritton waited on the boat for nearly 4 hours, so as soon as he went ashore, he did not grumpily face the Dionyan officials who came to greet him. Complaining: "Turii is such a big city, but has such a small port, so that any visiting foreign messengers do not feel the dignity of Dionia as the most powerful country in the Western Mediterranean, but it is a kind of fools. Bag of stingy! "

Dionysian officials did not get angry because of Okritton ’s outspoken, but admitted frankly: “You ’re right, we also found that this is a big problem. This inner city river port was built before the establishment of the kingdom. At that time, its capacity was sufficient, but the foreign envoys who visited in recent years were too frequent, and many envoys did not come empty-handed— "

Speaking of this, he looked at the lone passenger ship behind Ocreton intentionally or unintentionally: "So this river port is now out of use, and our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported this issue to His Majesty, although now both sides of the inner city It has been occupied by buildings, and there is no extra vacant space to build a new river port, but Your Majesty has specially convened several ministerial executive meetings on this issue. I believe it will take a long time to find a solution. "

Okritun nodded and expressed his understanding. In fact, he just wanted to vent his grievances. He did n’t care if Turri ’s river port problem could not be solved. He turned the subject and asked directly: "I request to meet Dai King Firth, on behalf of the Carthage House of Elders, has important matters to discuss with him. You ... well ... Could the Ministry of Foreign Affairs relay my request to King Daveus? "

The official looked at him and said seriously: "According to the administrative regulations of the Kingdom, all foreign affairs are subject to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If you have any requirements, you can write a letter and submit it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After reading it, our Chief Ansitas judges whether it is important, and then decides whether it is for us to discuss or to pass to His Majesty ...

However, there have been many messengers visiting these days, and all of them have appeals. I heard that the letters in the office of Master Ansitanos have piled up in the mountains, and he usually has to go to the Dionysian Academy to attend classes. I'm too busy to come, even if you submit a letter, I'm afraid it will take some time to reply to you. "

Okreton was dumbfounded. In his previous negotiations with Dionia, he was in the war, and he went directly to the barracks to meet King Davers. He never expected to meet in Turui. On the side of King Davers, it would be so complicated and difficult, so he did not know how to respond for a while.

The official saw him silent ~ www.novelhall.com ~ suddenly said: "In fact there is another way to better solve your problem."

"What's the solution?" Okritton asked immediately.

"Your Majesty saw a lot of foreign affairs during the celebration during this time, and I was worried that Master Ansitanos would not be too busy. I specially arranged a rotating chairperson of the Senate to help him temporarily manage diplomatic affairs the day before yesterday. He will take you to meet your majesty. "

"Go directly to him? You don't need to submit the letter first and then get his consent?" Okritton was a little puzzled.

"Other messengers may not work, but you may, because you are a Carthage." The official said with a meaningful smile.

With a move in his heart, Okreton asked with a trembling voice, "What is the name of this ... rotating chairman?"

"Haka."

really! ... Occleton smiled bitterly in his face, as if he had overturned the five-flavor bottle in his heart and could not tell what it was like.

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Early in the morning, in the Davies King's mansion, after the morning exercise of Daphes, he walked into the restaurant, only to find that there were only Christosia and Agnes in the restaurant: "What about the children?"

"They ate breakfast in a hurry and went to see the elephants. Younis and Briantes always loved to join in the fun, but for the first time I saw Apex, who was always calm, also behaved so eagerly." Kristoa complained.

"As long as the children are happy, it shows that my decision to get these elephants up the mountain is correct." Davers said, sitting at the dining table.

Agnes immediately brought him a hot bowl of porridge, and said with a smile: "Iveya took me to see the elephant yesterday evening. When I came back, I was very excited. I had to sleep with me. After talking excitedly for a long time, I still saw her so much for the first time.