ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 583 Doubt
When Davos led the mercenaries to retake the city of Amendolara, Galademos had to support the family at the age of 15 because both of his parents died. He did not choose to be adopted by others, and lost the opportunity to have a backer.However, there were not many Amendolara men who survived the Lucanian invasion, and even fewer of the next generation of Amendolara citizens who held public office and performed well as adults. Out of fear of the future, Amendolara Dorara is worried about losing influence in the kingdom. Amendolara senators like Stromboli, Scombras, and Cornerus have always intentionally cared and loved the next generation, like Alsinis. (Unfortunately, he died young), Melisander, Galademos, etc. are all the objects of their attention.

It’s just that the current city governors of the Kingdom, although much more powerful than when the alliance was first established, there are two and a half system officials in each city that are beyond their control: tax officials, whether they are junior or middle-level, are It is directly under the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom, under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Finance, and is directly responsible to the king; the other is a judge, who is appointed by the Supreme Court of the Kingdom to various cities, and is not subject to interference by other people and departments whether it is trial or judgment; One is a military trainer, who is appointed by each legion's training station, and finally falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs. The complicated public affairs will inevitably cause some disturbances in local government affairs, and the two parties must coordinate to solve them. Therefore, the training officer and the local chief executive are in a cooperative relationship, which can only be counted as half.

Although Stromboli could not intervene in taxation, he sent patrols to arrest the most troublesome people, and sternly warned the village chiefs of Prosdemo: the troubles of the people in the village must be quelled immediately, otherwise he will use "doing business" On the charge of "incompetence", the village head who failed to act was forcibly removed from his position.

At the same time, he also wrote directly to Thurii's palace, reporting the ins and outs of this incident to King Davos in detail.

After reading it, Davos didn't have much emotional reaction. He just called the Finance Minister Melses and forwarded the letter to him.

How could Melses, who had been guarding the treasury for Davos for more than ten years, be so easy to offend? He immediately sent his confidants to Naxos to thoroughly investigate the truth, collect evidence, and prepare to confront Rao at the Senate meeting. Dicean filed charges.

As soon as Melses' men boarded the ship at the port, Laodicean got the news. He immediately rushed to the palace and asked to see Davos. He sincerely expressed that he had been in Thurii for a long time and did not know Naxos. The situation at home is unclear, and the details of taxation are unclear. Now that the tax official has pointed out the problems, he is willing to abide by the "Tax Law" and make double compensation.

Due to Laodissian's timely submission, the storm was quickly calmed down: Melses asked Davos for instructions, dismissed the Naxos mid-level tax officer for "malfeasance", and praised him highly. He recognized the Garrard model of "adhering to principles and being loyal to his duties" and gave him generous rewards.

This incident spread in Naxos, making many people think that Galademos had gained the favor of King Davos, and no one made trouble for his work since then.

At this moment, Galademus led the two tax collectors onto the gentle slope and entered the fields of Laodicea's house.

It is now the end of August, and the wheat has basically matured, dyeing half of the hillside golden. The hot sunshine and the heavy ears of wheat have not bent the wheat stalks, and the gurgling water in the field has given them the strength to stand upright.

Seeing this situation, Galadmus couldn't help but feel happy: "This year seems to be another bumper harvest year!"

"Since the reconstruction of Naxos, most of the ten years have been harvest years. Demeter and Persephone are really blessing us!" Cabanax said with a sigh.

"This is all the credit of the great His Majesty Davos! He is a descendant of Hades, so these two gods have been protecting our kingdom!" Gabrinus emphasized, as a young man from Naxos , he has a stronger sense of identification with the Kingdom of Dionia.

Since the east-central coast of Sicily was merged into the Kingdom of Dionia, the faith of Hades has also spread.Since the Sicilian Greeks respected Demeter and Persephone, the priests of Hades followed the local customs and incorporated these two goddesses into the Hades pantheon (Persephone was originally the Queen of Hades, Demeter is both Hades's sister and his mother-in-law).Therefore, there must be a temple of Demeter built next to the Temple of Hades built in the Sicilian territory of Dionia, and Persephone was originally in the Temple of Hades.

After the Hades celebration in September, there was the Harvest Festival celebration, and people made sacrifices to the two goddesses to thank them for their blessings. Later, this festival in turn spread to Magna Greece.

While the two were sighing, Galademos was carefully checking the boundary markers on the edge of the field and estimating the area of ​​the field with the naked eye.

"Laodissian, 78 acres of good fields, good harvest..." Galadmus finally confirmed.

Gabrinus busily drew a line on a papyrus book.

Galademos looked at the fields of the Laodicean family again and was slightly surprised: most of the laborers in the fields were Sikelians!
The wheat harvest is about to be harvested, and someone needs to be guarded: first, to drive away the birds that steal food; second, to prevent wild animals and man-made damage; third, if there is a persistent cold wind or other natural disasters, the harvest must be urgent.

The large farmland area of ​​the Laodicean family requires a lot of labor to guard, and the difference in the attire of the Sikelians and the Greeks can be distinguished at a glance.

"Sir, many Naxos citizen families with large land hire Sikel people as laborers during the harvest season. Even the handicraft workshop owners in the city like to hire them, as well as the laborers at the port... Who is their salary? It's cheaper, and it's not subject to the laws of the kingdom." Cabanax saw Galademos' confusion and hurriedly explained that his family lived in another Demo, located in the northwest of Naxos territory, and west of They are bordering the Kells, so they understand this situation better: "And the West Kells are not like us. Their land is concentrated in the hands of nobles and chiefs, and ordinary people become their farm laborers. The rations they earn in a year cost less than It is more difficult to feed a family, so it is better to come to Naxos to work as a laborer. I heard that some people from West Kel want to register at the household registration office of the city hall and want to become citizens of our kingdom. Unfortunately, the towns and kingdoms of West Kel The signed friendship agreement stipulates that 'the Sikel people shall not be admitted as citizens of Dionia'..."

"Not all Sikel towns are like this. I have heard that the city of Kefaroitian in central Sicily also distributes land to its people like ours in Dionia. Even the people of other city-states Many Sikelians also rushed to join Kefalotion," Gabrinus said.

Cabanax retorted: "I heard that Kefaroitian is a small mountain town. How much land can it have?! It would be good if it can solve the problems of its own people. More Sikel people are still among us Naxos, Siculia, Catanai, and Leotini served as laborers and hired servants. You must know that several tribunes in the city protested to Lord Stromboli many times, thinking that these Sikelians Stealing the livelihood of the freedmen registered in Naxos and demanding their deportation..."

"Those tribunes protest against the issue of the West Kells every year, and I even heard that they made suggestions to His Majesty Davos at the tribune meeting in Thurii, but they haven't seen much change -" "Gabrinus's words were interrupted by Galadmus: "Let's do what we are responsible for and don't discuss these irrelevant things! "

"Yes, sir." The two of them became alert, not because they were discussing the superior King Davos, but because they were afraid of being heard by the tribunes of Naxos. In order to reflect their own value, these tribunes tried their best to show their worth. They safeguard the rights of civilians, reserve citizens, and even freedmen, and quarrel with local councils and city halls from time to time. They don't want to get into trouble with these "mad dogs."

"Let's go back." Galademos turned around and started to go down the hillside.

At this time, Gabrinus suddenly pointed forward and said: "Sir, two slaves came out from behind the mountain."

Galademos turned around and saw two almost naked, dark-skinned men on the top of the mountain hurriedly walking down. But halfway up the mountain, they saw a man wearing a Bolton standing in the field. The three Galademos (the Boltons of the kingdom officials had special colors and stripes, which could be distinguished at a glance), suddenly stopped, with panic on their faces, and finally turned around and ran towards the top of the mountain.

"Stop!" Galadmus immediately yelled suspiciously.

Unexpectedly, the two ran faster. How could the three officials wearing Bolton catch up? In the blink of an eye, the two slaves ran over the top of the mountain and disappeared without a trace.

"Damn it!" Gabrinus cursed as he looked at the lush green mountains behind the mountain. He picked up the corner of his clothes, wiped off the sweat on his face, and handed the water bag around his waist to Gala. Deimos.

Galademus unscrewed the cork, but did not drink immediately, but asked: "Whose slave is this?"

"It must belong to the Laodicean family!" Cabanax analyzed: "Sir, look, from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain are the fields of the Laodicean family, completely blocking the way up the mountain. If it belongs to another family, Slaves, they will not go here at all, but these two slaves walked directly towards the fields before they saw us, without worrying about being blocked by the slaves of the Laodicean family."

Galademos nodded and asked thoughtfully: "Why did they run away when they saw us?"

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