ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 342 Murder

"She...she kicked again!" Christoya shouted, with a happy smile on her face.

Azuna hurriedly ran out of the garden, wiped the dust off her hands on her clothes, and helped Crystal sit down with Cynthia.

After the three women had a lot of fun, Kristoya felt a little hungry: "Cynthia, your brother is back and is playing with little Crow upstairs. You go up and tell them to come down and we are going to have dinner."

The "younger brother" that Christoya is talking about is Cynthia's biological brother Adonis, who is eight years old and is also studying at Turiyi School.

Cynthia said "Oh" and stood up to go upstairs. However, she saw a plate of dark things on the wooden table next to her and asked curiously: "What is this?"

"This is your Aunt Andrea. According to your father's suggestion, dried meat smoked with beef and salt was specially sent from Grumentum. Let us taste it first." Christoya said.

Cynthia grabbed a small piece and took a bite: "It's a little hard."

She chewed it vigorously for a while, swallowed it, and said, "After chewing it for a long time, it tastes pretty good, but it's a little salty. It's suitable for eating as a snack."

"Your father plans to use this dried meat as one of the soldiers' rations." Cynthia's unintentional words made Crystal's eyes light up. She only cared about the taste. As for using too much salt, she didn't care.Since Davos asked the people of Dionia Academy to come up with a way to improve the sun-salting method, the production of sea salt has greatly increased and the price of salt is extremely cheap.

Cynthia stuffed the whole piece of jerky into her mouth and walked around the garden.

There is a small altar on the other side of the garden. A stone statue of Arthenis is stroking its bow and smiling. The stone statue is just as tall as a person and the sculpture is lifelike.After Agnes, the pearl of Lijim, married Davos, she could not forget the years when she served as a priest of Artemis, the goddess of hunting, even though Davos asked her to change her position to the chief priest of the Temple of Hera.After obtaining her husband's consent, she built a small altar to Arthenis in the backyard. Unexpectedly, Cynthia became a believer in the goddess.Perhaps it is because the Greeks regard Arthenis as the moon goddess, and her world is the night, and the name "Cynthia" originally means the moon, so there is a natural sense of closeness to her.So Cynthia prayed devoutly to Arthenis before walking into the main building.

Seeing Cynthia enter the building, Azuna said hesitantly to Kristoya: "Madam, let's not wait...wait for Mrs. Agnes to come back and have dinner together?"

Kristoya was stunned, then smiled and said: "She has to prepare for tomorrow's Marriage Festival celebration. She will probably be busy in the temple until late at night. We don't have to wait for her. With her temperament, she won't care."

"What about the master?"

"Don't wait. The Senate has been meeting and discussing for the past two days, and I don't know when it will end. It's all the fault of those nobles and businessmen who made trouble in the square... and that damned Polyxis!" When this matter was mentioned, Ke Listoya was a little irritable.

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"Dear elders, not only in Turii, but also in Crimea, Picosis, Amendolara and other cities, many people came to the square to protest. Please open the door and listen to their voices - —Listen, they're shouting, 'Convene a citizens' meeting!'"

Pollux's passionate speech was immediately interrupted by Antonios: "As far as I know, only a small number of people are actually protesting in Thurii and Crimesa, not a 'majority' as you said! Moreover, Nothing like this happens at all in Amendolara and Picosis!”

"Yes, as a native of Amendolara, I can confirm that Antonios' words are true!" Scombbras said.

Polyxes had expected that someone would say this, and immediately sneered: "Just because there is no voice, it does not mean that no one has objections to it. The citizens just hide this dissatisfaction in their hearts and dare not vent it. It's really funny when I think about it. It’s funny. Their request can be said to be very simple and not excessive. Do we need to be so nervous? You know, as long as it is a city-state established by the Greeks, there will definitely be a citizens’ assembly! Even if the time goes back to the royal era hundreds of years ago , when there is a king, the citizens' assembly still exists! Only city-states under the rule of tyrants do not dare to have citizens' assemblies because they are afraid of the people and suppress the people, such as Syracuse."

As Polyxis said, he turned and faced Davos who was seated in front, and asked courageously, "My lord consul, are we... our alliance ruled by a tyrant?!"

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was shocked.

Davos looked calm, as if he didn't know that Polluxes' words were directed at him: "Of course not. The Dionysian Alliance is under the joint management of the senators." There was no trace of Davos's indifferent words. There is a hint of fireworks.

"So is there a provision in Dionia's law that prohibits convening of citizens' meetings?!" Polluxes became more courageous and continued to ask.

"Of course not." Davos still answered unhurriedly.

"In this case, it is reasonable for the people to call for a citizens' assembly. I hope the Senate will consider this matter carefully and not let the citizens down!" Seeing that Davos had fallen into the language trap he had set, Polluxes took the opportunity to speak loudly.

"Lord Polyxes, convening a citizens' assembly is not an easy task." Kunogorata stood up and said: "The situation of the Dionysian Union is very different from other Greek city-states. Our citizens are not concentrated in one city-state. , but are located in all the cities in the alliance. Just summoning them is a big problem that consumes time and energy! In addition, the citizens of Dionia are not only Greeks, Lucarians, Brutians, etc. A considerable number of people do not understand what a citizens' assembly is, and they have never participated in a citizens' assembly. Holding a citizens' assembly rashly will not only make them confused, but will also most likely cause the order of the citizens' assembly to fall into chaos and become a neighbor. A joke..."

Kunogorata enumerated the difficulties in convening a citizens' assembly in Dionia. In fact, he also had a private idea in his mind: As a powerful member of the Dionia Senate, he did not want the citizens' assembly to be convened because he was tired of it. In the past, in order to be elected as a general in Thurii, I had to please the citizens, criticize political opponents, etc. and do some things against my will. However, if I do anything after being elected, if I am not careful, my political opponents may incite the citizens and force them to do so. Stepping down is not as good as being able to do things in a down-to-earth manner now, and only need to be responsible to the alliance, to...Davos.

There are actually many people who have similar ideas to him, such as: Cornelus, Scombras...etc., some elders who have always been in charge of important matters in the alliance.

"Lord Cunogorata is right! We Brutists don't care about any citizen assembly, as long as we have something to eat, a woman to sleep with, and wine to drink!" Sedolum said loudly pretending to be rude : "We Brutians only believe in whoever has strong abilities and big fists, they will obey him!"

"We Lucarians are like this too. The Citizens' Assembly is too troublesome and we are not interested!" Hermon immediately responded.

The explicit opposition of Lucalia and Bruti, the other two major forces in the Senate, made Polluxes look a little ugly, but he still did not intend to give up and continued: "It is difficult to convene a citizens' assembly, but because of the difficulties we will We have to give up. Is this the way we Dionians do things! To build the Thurii-Laos Highway, we have to go over high mountains and there are many difficulties. After several years of hard work, didn't we finally build it!
The citizens have been looking forward to the convening of the citizens' meeting for a long time. If it is said that Dionysia faced the threat of survival at the beginning of its establishment, it had to unify the people's thinking and concentrate on defeating powerful enemies. Therefore, the citizens' meeting, which took a lot of time and energy, was temporarily suspended. This is completely understandable.But now Dionia is stable and prosperous, and the people are rich and leisurely. As Greeks who have always had a strong tradition of participating in city-state politics, the citizens of Dionia's request for holding a citizen assembly will only increase as time goes by. Getting stronger and stronger!As the most honorable representatives of the citizens of Dionia, the elders, I hope you can deeply understand this and make the right choice in time. Don't wait until the citizens' dissatisfaction has accumulated to a dangerous level, and then rush to make a decision. That would be detrimental to the Senate and the Dionysian Alliance! "

Polluxes' emotional and threatening words made many people present slightly change their expressions.

Davos looked at Polluxes thoughtfully.

"Now, it's up to everyone to vote to decide whether to pass this proposal to hold a citizens' assembly!" The rotating chairman Cornelous announced loudly.

As usual, the veterans of the legion department expressed their opposition, as did the veterans of the Lucanian department. Most of the senior veterans also disagreed. Most of the veterans who supported Poluxis were veterans who had not been reused. Most of them are elders.But among those who agreed, Davos saw Burkos, Petalu, and even the naval commander of Dionia, Enanilus...

Davos narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed through the slits of his eyes.

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After coming out of the Senate, it was already late, and the spring night was still cool, but the Bolton that Poluxis was wearing was basically drenched, which was the result of the cold sweat that was frightened when he questioned Davos.

Although his motion was again defeated, Polyxes now gained confidence as he saw support growing for him.

Davos is just like that, next time... he thought excitedly, the steps under his feet became stronger, and the words he spoke to the elders who were traveling with him became louder.

"I don't know why, but this cowardly guy is getting more and more aggressive now!" Marij stood on the steps outside the Senate, looking angrily at Polyxis who was chatting and laughing in the distance, and then said to Dai with some worry Firth said: "Sir, we cannot let him continue to be so arrogant!"

(End of this chapter)