ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 149: Thurii in Reconstruction

"I will be like that in the future!" Sekerian shouted confidently, full of longing for the future: "Untie the cable, let's go to the estuary!"

Lysias was also looking at the patrol captain in front of him, and then asked: "Are you citizens of Amendolara?"

The captain glanced at him and said, "No, we are citizens of the Tua Union!"

"Oh, I'm sorry." Lysias asked politely: "I would like to ask how the Crotone soldiers who were captured by you are doing now?"

"I can't tell you exactly where they are being held, because it is a military secret!" the captain said seriously: "But I can tell you that they are all in good condition now, and Lord Davos even asked the hospital to treat the injured soldiers. , but if your negotiations fail, their situation may not be so good. I heard that the Turiyi senators in the Senate strongly suggested sending them to mine!"

Lysias was shocked: Letting the captives mine will definitely lead to death or life!He remembered that after the Athenian army failed to attack Syracuse in Sicily, about 6000 to [-] people were captured and eventually sent to dig quarries. After a few years, almost all of them died!This made him feel a little nervous.

After a while, the soldier returned on horseback and whispered in the captain's ear: "Take the farthest way."

The captain immediately understood and said to the Crotone envoy: "The Senate agrees to meet with you, let's set off."

After a group of people passed through the ruined port and entered the city, the Crotone envoys could not believe their eyes: compared to the extremely deserted port just now, there were people everywhere here, extremely noisy, and everyone, men, women, old and young, were busy.Some are cleaning up ashes and carrying stones and rubble; some have begun to re-consolidate the land and lay piles on the cleared land according to the instructions of the craftsmen; more people are building wooden frames and laying stones beside the city wall. blocks, laying bricks; some people are making mortar, transporting bricks and wood, pushing water... The entire main city of Turiyi has become a big construction site, where people sweat profusely and rebuild their homes with enthusiasm. They were so focused that when the Crotone envoy passed by, almost no one raised their heads to take a look.

Although thousands of people are working at the same time, it is noisy but not chaotic. They are organized in an orderly manner.Lysias noticed that some people with red ribbons tied around their heads played a major role in directing and coordinating the operations of the construction site, while the real person in charge was a skinny old man who was constantly inspecting the surroundings. , when he found a problem, he stopped to compare the drawings, and then talked with the people surrounding him, and soon someone rushed over to make corrections...

"Who is he?" someone from the Crotone envoy asked curiously.

"Heraclide, a disciple of Hippodamus, the former Greek architect." The captain answered.

After completing the construction of the warehouses and hotels in Amendolara, Heraclide continued to direct the construction of the highway from Amendolara to Thurii.But after hearing that the Senate was planning to rebuild Turiyi, he took the initiative to ask Ying to design and preside over the reconstruction work of Turiyi.

Davers readily agreed, and put forward some of his own requirements for the construction of New Thurii City.

Heraclide had mixed emotions about this city that recorded his glory and lived in it for 20 years.He is so familiar with it, he can walk around the whole city smoothly with his eyes closed, and he can count the height of the terrain in every place, the straightness of the river bank... He poured all his emotions into the pen, and finished it overnight Design drawings of the new city of Thurii.

Davos was greatly impressed after seeing it.After that, Heraclide stayed at the construction site every day, extremely energetic, and meticulously supervised the operation of the reconstruction work. His enthusiasm for the work also infected the people who were rebuilding their homes, and the reconstruction progress continued to be accelerated.

Of course, the envoys from Crotone would not know how respected this dry and thin old man was now in Thurii, and of course they would not remember who Hippodamus was.They responded politely and turned their attention elsewhere.

Lysias asked seemingly unintentionally: "There must be more than 4 people working here, right? There shouldn't be that many people in Turii. Are the Amendolara people among them?"

"There are indeed some people in Amendolara, but most of them are free people and slaves." The captain looked at Lysias, as if he knew what he was thinking, and said without hiding it: "You must be wondering, why Will these freemen and slaves work so hard? Not only because they may also become residents of this city in the future, but also because Lord Consul Davos passed a temporary decree in the Senate, 'allowing widowed women of Thurii to have sex with Free men may intermarry, but only if the woman consents.'"

"What?!" Lysias was shocked.

"People of Crotone, you must know that Thurii is not counting the citizens massacred by Crotone after your occupation. More than 1 citizens died in the previous war with Lucania. Thurii There are almost all widows in the city. I heard that Turiyi was planning to issue a decree to allow citizens to marry multiple wives. This shows that there is a shortage of men in Turiyi city." The captain showed a faint smile. : "It's better now. These free people naturally work hard to gain favor in front of the Thurii women who are busy rebuilding their homes. You must know that once you are successful and are favored by a Turii woman, you can not only marry a Wife, and can immediately become a reserve citizen of Tuli, and be assigned a house. Although the land cannot be divided yet, as long as he joins the army and fights in the future, these will not be a problem. Speaking of which, these guys are really lucky to have so many educated and beautiful Tuli. Lily women can choose, I think when we were in Amendolara—"

"Captain, please stop complaining. Your wife is a famous beauty in Amendolara, and she is also a Persian beauty. Don't you know how much other citizens envy you!" A soldier couldn't help but say.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!..." The captain laughed cheekily: "Of course! Of course! My wife is the most beautiful woman in Amendolara besides the wife of the consul! She is beautiful and beautiful. Be educated! I'm complaining for you, I didn't catch up with you at a good time!"

"My Lucalia women are quite good! Not only are they warm and tall, but they are also big here..." A soldier patted his chest and said intoxicatedly: "Greek women can't even compare!"

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A group of soldiers began to argue about whose woman was more beautiful, and the argument became more and more vulgar. Lysias was not interested in listening anymore.

These decrees promulgated by the Tua League were completely deviant for orthodox Greek nobles like Lysias. In Crotone, a city-state that has been established for hundreds of years and whose clan and phratry power has been extremely stable, it is fundamentally Impossible to implement.But he had to admit that for the people of Thurii who had lost their homes and a large number of strong citizens, it was a good way to quickly boost the strength of the city-state.It’s just that Thurii who can quickly regain strength and prosper again, and who is a life-and-death enemy of Crotone, is definitely not what Lysias wants to see!
Lysias thought of this and followed the team out of the city worriedly.On the way to the camp, I "happened" to see a dozen groups of soldiers training: they seemed to be playing a game. There were about 50 people on each side (actually a detachment). They used long wooden sticks with coarse cloth wrapped at the end. As stabbing spears and rough wooden boards as round shields, the two sides charged and stabbed like a real battle. The game was not over until one side was forced to retreat behind the white line drawn with lime powder. The losing side's soldiers had to put their hands behind their backs. Crouch down and jump around the field (a leapfrog) as punishment.

The scene is quite hot and intense, and you can tell at a glance that this game is simulating actual combat.Lysias saw with his own eyes that several soldiers were stabbed and went directly off the field to receive bandages and treatment. However, the enthusiasm of the soldiers did not diminish at all. They kept applauding and vying to get on the field. The bloodiness and desire to fight of the soldiers were evident.

Someone in the envoy asked curiously, "Do you usually train like this?"

The patrol leader chuckled and said: "We train every five days. Each training session has many training items from early morning to evening. This is just one of the less intense training items."

The Crotone people in the envoys looked at each other. It was obvious that the military training intensity of the Tua Alliance was obviously higher than that of the Crotone citizen soldiers who spent most of their time in the arena.

Lysias did not completely believe what the captain said, but it could also be seen from it that Amendolara's army was a strictly trained and battlefield-experienced force. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to defeat Crotone's army so easily. Defeated, albeit only by sneak attack.

Entering the camp and arriving at the central tent, the patrol captain went in to report. Lysias and his party were waiting outside the tent.

At this time, a person came out of the big tent. Lysias took a look and felt that he was very familiar. He couldn't remember who it was for a while.

The man did not expect to meet Lysias at this time. He was stunned for a moment, then regained his composure, smiled at Lysias, and immediately turned around and left.

Lysias stared at his back, trying to think who he was.

"Lord Consul, please come in!" The voice of the patrol captain came from behind.

Lysias composed himself, opened the tent, and walked in.

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The patrol leader led the soldiers out of the camp, and their serious expressions suddenly turned into smiles: "Brothers, how was my performance just now?"

"Captain Olivers, you performed so well! You are very serious and serious, you are completely the same person as usual!" a soldier praised.

"I think it's a little worse. There is a section in the middle where you make jokes about women, which is too disrespectful of your identity!" Another soldier raised his own objection.

"What?!" Olivers' eyes widened and he said dissatisfied: "Xenotimas, you were very careless in performing your mission today and you must accept the punishment!"

　Thanks to book friend Feng Yuzhi for the tip!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)