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Chapter 155 The future role of Hades Temple
Plessinas obviously made full preparations, and he said calmly: "Don't forget, Hades is still in charge of the Elysee Paradise, which is a place where you don't worry about death, don't worry about clothes, and carefree. , The sunny field of happiness is the place that any Greek would yearn for after death! What's more, Hades, as the lord of hell, controls the wealth underground, and can bless the minerals in our alliance territory to be more abundant! As for it's eerie , that is for the enemy, because it brings death to the enemy, but gives us victory!"

"You're right, I love Hades!" Amyntas cheered.

"I agree to build the Temple of Hades! He has already brought us victory, and he will bring us more!"

"Our Lord Archon is the descendant of Hades. With Hades as the protector, the alliance will receive more blessings!"

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Former mercenary veterans expressed their approval and created a lot of momentum.

Polyxes sat down angrily, and the others also objected at this moment.

Davos patted his thigh with his left hand and watched this scene calmly.It is true that he had not communicated with Plesinas beforehand, and because he was busy with affairs during this period, he had not thought about it at all, but he did not expect Plesinas to give him a huge surprise, which made him Realize that there is indeed a lot of writing that could be done.

His brain turned quickly, thinking about the pros and cons, then stood up, and everyone's eyes focused on him again: "Everyone, when we are helpless, we pray to God; Pray to the gods; the gods not only have powerful divine power, but also can give us wisdom and spiritual enlightenment. Hades is a god who can give people a lot of help, not only can bring victory to our army, but also protect the city-state Tranquility, and at the same time it can educate the people.

You see, kind-hearted people can go to the Elysee Paradise after death and live a happy life; but those who have done evil before death cannot escape the judgment of Milos, Rhadamantus, and Aiago, and end up in hell. suffer.Hades is a just and selfless god-king. Once his temple is established in a city-state, he will always remind the people that even if the wicked are temporarily confiscated by the law, they will not be able to escape the punishment of Hades after death, which forces them to live in the underworld. Try to repent and do good deeds; and for people who do good deeds, worshiping the Temple of Hades will also encourage them. Don’t give up your kind heart because of temporary grievances, because the beautiful Elysee Paradise will call to them... In this way Come, the morality of the people in our alliance will become better, the order of the city-state will be more orderly, and the citizens will get along more friendly!Are you right? "

"I agree! With the Temple of Hades, my job will be much easier!" Inspector Antonios immediately echoed loudly.

Just when some people were still hesitating, Davos continued: "For the construction of the Temple of Hades, I have a suggestion. There can be two temples, one main and one auxiliary. The main temple is painted in bright and cheerful colors. In the happy picture of the paradise, Hades should be gentle and kind; while the side temple is dark and fearful, surrounded by hellish images, Hades is majestic and selfless. In addition, the Hall of Valor can be built in the main hall, all fighting for the alliance and city-state Dead citizens, their names should be engraved on it, and enjoy the people's admiration and worship! I think their heroic souls must also accompany Pluto in Elysee!"

Daves talked about his idea with some emotion, especially the last sentence, which moved the elders, and they finally decided to build the Temple of Hades.

Then, Davos proposed that the construction of the temple be handed over to Plessinas, which was approved.

Putting Plessinas in charge of the most important public building project in the alliance was not only a way for Davos to repay Plesinas for his good intentions, but also because it was his proposal to build the Temple of Hades, and he was responsible for it. Naturally, we will work harder to build it.

When Plessinas came to thank him privately after the meeting, Davos also reminded him to communicate well with Heraclide.

The next topic is "about the distribution of Turiyi land."Originally, Melantheus massacred the nobles and wealthy merchants in Thurii. Among the remaining citizens, except for a few people such as Burchus, Polyxes, Orifes, Anilus, and Masissachus, There were few large landowners left.

Since the original city of Thurii was destroyed, everyone lost the certificate of their land. In order to avoid disputes and ensure fairness, the newly-established Senate of the Alliance redistributed the land of all the original citizens of Thurii. Basically, every year Each family is guaranteed five acres of land, and most people have no objection. After all, it is the blessing of the gods that those who have lost their homes can get land again. What's more, most Turiyi civilians have not had so much land before, and only a few People expressed objections, and among them Polyxes objected the most. His reason was simple: as we all know, his family used to have more than [-] acres of land, but now they have only been allocated five acres, which is not even a fraction. This is too much for the Senate to do. unfair!
When he made a fuss, people like Orpheus, Masissachus and others also watched the show with indifference.

Davos quietly asked Bulkos to stand up and take the lead in expressing his willingness to give up the original land and accept the newly allocated land.

At the same time, he secretly asked Amyntas and others to rise up one after another to criticize Polyxis, and even warned him: The original Thurii has been destroyed, and although the new city is being rebuilt, it has nothing to do with the former Thurii. If anyone If we insist on connecting the original cities, we must properly liquidate the crimes committed by some people in the destruction of Turiyi. I believe that the people will never just expel these accomplices who destroyed their families!
Polyxes was so frightened that he no longer dared to object, and others naturally had no choice but to agree.In fact, this is the greed in their hearts.They also didn't think about it. In this war, they lost not only land and money, but also a large number of tribesmen and slaves. Even if they were allocated more land, they would not have enough manpower to work in a short period of time. Even they cannot support such a large population.

After the passage of this bill, the insufficient "lots" allocated to some Amendolara citizens before were made up this time.

The Xubari Plain is vast and the soil is fertile. After allocating the land to the citizens of the alliance, the Senate found that it only occupied less than one-tenth of the area of ​​the Xubari Plain. There was still a large amount of land left uncultivated. How could the Tua Alliance watch it be wasted in terms of money and food?

After discussing with the senators, Davos promulgated the "Land Rent Law": citizens of all city-states in the alliance can rent public land in the city-state. The land area does not exceed five acres, and the annual rent tax is one-tenth of the land revenue. .

Melses once proposed that the tax burden be one-fifth, but was rejected by Davos. He believed that since he has become a prepared citizen, of course he must enjoy the benefits of the alliance in advance, so as to encourage other free people to actively join the alliance.

At the same time, the Senate's decree also announced that any preparatory citizen who actively engages in farming and paying taxes can successfully become a formal citizen after completing the preparatory period.

This is advice from Kunogolata. He believes that farming can tell whether a person is hard-working, perseverant and patient, and has a strong body. A good farmer is a good city-state citizen, so this is a kind of assessment.

The elders agreed with him.Later, this became a common practice. All prospective citizens had to rent land for two or three years for inspection.

There is a lot of land, and there are also many people renting and cultivating land.Davers proposed: establishing the position of agricultural officer to centrally manage the allocation, leasing, farming and other matters of the alliance's land.

The motion was passed, and Burcos, whom he nominated, was appointed.

At the same time, Military Officer Felicius also has a very heavy responsibility, because there are still three months to go before the prisoners of Crotone are released. In order to prevent Crotone from suddenly changing its attitude and breaking the contract after these prisoners return to their hometown, the Tua Alliance must A large number of reserve citizens were organized and trained, and after three months they were equipped with certain combat capabilities.Therefore, Felicius had to order more veterans to enter boot camp as instructors on training days.

The next topic is still Davers' proposal: giving the league's low-level public officials a salary of about two or three Obols a day to subsidize their living needs.

After the proposal was made, Merses stood up excitedly: "Lord Davos, since every citizen owns land and pays only one percent tax every year, their income is more than enough to maintain their daily life. Take up the post Public office is the obligation of city-state citizens and is also an honor. Why should they be paid?! If according to your proposal, a low-level public official will be paid about three Obols a day, and the treasury will pay him about sixteen Obols a month. Point to seven drachmas. Now, it is estimated that the lowest civil servant in the Tua League may need about 200, which will cost one talent a month. This is a big expense! We can't learn from this. Athens, there is a Laurian silver mine in Athens, which can produce three talents every day, and yet we are only spending more than we make profit!"

"Don't worry, Melses, let's talk slowly." Davos signaled Melses to calm down and asked softly: "How many bookkeepers do you have?"

"Five, but they're all prospective citizens."

"Do they work in the treasury every day?"

"No, our treasury didn't have much revenue in the past. We only asked them to come over and record the money and put it into the treasury occasionally when needed. The rest of the time, they rented land from citizens' homes."

"What about now?"

"Now... now that we have Turiyi, there is a market and a port, and just the customs duties alone bring in a lot of money every day. Of course they have to follow me back and forth between the treasury, the market and the port every day."

"So do they still have time to farm now?"

"No."

"Then what do they live on?"

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