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Chapter 584 The Twin Cities of Naxos
"It's possible that they... they secretly felled trees... or secretly reclaimed fields in the mountains, or hunted in violation of regulations..." Gabrinus guessed.

According to the "Dionian Laws": Citizens must obtain permission from the local agricultural officer to cut down trees.Secretly opening up wasteland within the kingdom's territory is not allowed and must be approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.Even hunting is not allowed to overkill, especially young animals, otherwise you will be fined heavily by the Ministry of Agriculture.Of course, it is impossible for the Ministry of Agriculture to have so many manpower to supervise these illegal things. It relies more on reports from the public, especially the tribunes who are most keen on punishing these illegal people.

Karanax didn't say anything. He believed that it was completely unnecessary for his colleagues to talk nonsense and make random guesses in order to please their superiors, which would offend the powerful Laodicean family in Naxos.

Galahadmus was thoughtful, and his eyes swept across the mountainside, just in time to see the slaves of the Laodicean family standing at the edge of the field, supervising the work of the employees.The foreman who was quietly looking this way made contact with Galahadmus's eyes, and then hurriedly avoided them.

Galademos felt something in his heart and walked straight over.

The man immediately nodded and bowed to say hello to Galadmus, and also proactively promised that he would pay taxes at the tax office in time after the harvest.

Since the incident last year, the Laodicean family had obviously been warned, and they were very respectful every time they saw Galademos.

Reaching out without hitting the smiling man, Galadmus had no choice but to ask politely: "Are the two slaves who came down from the top of the mountain just now belong to your family?"

"Of course not. I was just about to summon the hired workers to arrest the two slaves who came from nowhere and tried to break into my field. I didn't expect that you, your lord, drove them away first. I have to thank you, lord." Help!" The foreman said gratefully: "The weather is so hot today. Sir, you have been busy for most of the day, so you must be tired and hungry. On behalf of my little master Paphos Grace, I invite you and your men to go to our house. Let’s have dinner together to express my family’s gratitude! Little master Pafo Grace knows that you are going, and he will definitely be very happy!”

Galademos quickly expressed his gratitude and declined politely. Then he looked at the Sikelians in the field and a few Greeks he did not know. He did not think that these temporary hirelings would know the two slaves. .Although he had doubts in his heart, after all, he was only a tax collector, not an inspector. It was not his responsibility to investigate violations of laws and disciplines. He would talk to the agricultural officer about this matter when he returned to Prosdemo's political hall, whether it was Illegal felling of trees, hunting, and clearing land are all their jobs.

Galademus went down the mountain and reached the foot of the mountain. He looked back at the golden wheat field. He vaguely felt that the foreman who had just spoken seemed to still be looking at him.

"That person should be Antrus." Gabrinus said uncertainly.

"Yes, he is Antrus, the most trusted slave butler of the Laodicean senator. I heard that even Paphogris listens to him." Cabanax said with certainty.

"No wonder Laodisian asked him to take charge of his home in Naxos. Paphgrass is not a good guy. I heard that he dared to moles the daughter of a senior minister when he was in Turui, so I decided Is it true that I was driven back to Naxos, sir?" Gabrinus asked curiously.

"Of course it's a rumor!" Galademos immediately denied it. He had no interest in spreading other people's gossip, but the conversation between his subordinates made him secretly pay attention. He did not expect that the smiling slave just now was Strombo. The Antruth mentioned in the book, who worked secretly in last year's turmoil, kept him in a difficult position for a while.

What a shame!Galadmus was secretly vigilant and decided to remind the agricultural officer to conduct a thorough investigation after returning to the Demo Government Hall.

It was already around 6 pm when we returned, but it was getting dark late on a summer night, and the sun was still slanting in the sky. The three Galademos walked east along the north bank of the Alcantara River.

On the right side there is the rushing river accompanied by the river, and the green grass is swaying to greet each other. On the left side is the continuous wheat field. The golden sunset shines on the golden wheat seedlings, on the farmers returning from the field, and on the front of the building. In the lively town...everything and everyone is enveloped in the joy of harvest.

Said to be a small town, the area of ​​Mayaro Town is even much larger than that of Sikuli City, and its population is also larger.Ten years ago, Naxos exiles rebuilt the old city near the Gulf of Naxos, but some people living in Mayaro were unwilling to move because their fields were on the banks of the Alcantara River. After moving back to the new city of Naxos, I had to spend a lot of time traveling back and forth to work every day. As a result, Naxos City and Mearo Town were almost half-populated, and both felt empty.

A year later, the Sikuli sent an envoy to Thurii, requesting to be incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionia.

Why did Sikuli, who originally only joined the Dionia Alliance, be so impatient to ask to completely become the territory of Dionia?The reason is simple: Sikuli has Naxos to the north and Catanai to the south. These are both cities in Dionia, and Sikuli is sandwiched on this seaside corridor between the two cities (with Egypt to the west). Tena Volcano), its territory is small, and the town of Mayaro that it originally occupied was also taken back by Naxos. Therefore, more than half of the citizens of Sikuli have no land, and they watch helplessly as the people of the two cities in the north and south are all allocated land. , life is prosperous, how can you not be greedy!As a result, the Sikuli people held a citizens' meeting and unanimously demanded to become Dionian citizens.

Many Sikuli people who became citizens of Dionia went to Catanai and got allotments, and some came to Mayaro, which they were familiar with, which actually made the population in the town of Mayaro not only far away. It surpassed Sikuli and surpassed the new city of Naxos.

Therefore, some senators once suggested that Mearo be upgraded to a city and a chief executive be dispatched to manage it.

This proposal was strongly opposed by the elders of Naxos. The reason for their opposition was simple: because Meyaro was originally in the territory of Naxos.

Antonios, who was the administrator of Naxos at the time, also expressed opposition. After all, if Mearo was separated, the tax money that Naxos could directly receive every year would be greatly reduced (the Kingdom of Dionia implements a tax-sharing system , a [-]-[-] split between the central government and each city).

It was not until the continuous influx of new citizens from Dionia that the population of the new city of Naxos caught up, making these disputes much smaller, but the people of Dionia still jokingly called Naxos "Naxos" Twin Cities".

Indeed, in order to better manage Mayaro, every Naxos administrator must send an administrative lieutenant to sit in Mayaro, specifically responsible for managing this town that is not a city but is better than a city.

The city administrative lieutenant is a new official position in the Kingdom of Dionia. Depending on the size of the city, a city chief executive is equipped with 1-3 administrative lieutenants. They assist the chief executive in managing city government affairs, and each has their own division of labor. When the chief executive is away for important matters Or taking on important responsibilities when one is seriously ill and unable to manage the government. This is a high-ranking official position.Mayaro has also become the place where the Dionysian Senate cultivates the political capabilities of senators with insufficient administrative experience, that is, appoints the senator to directly serve as the administrative lieutenant of Naxos and the manager of Mayaro.There is also a city known as the "Twin Cities" in the territory of the Kingdom of Dionia, and that is Crimesa, but the town built on the swamp plain is smaller than Mayaro.

The population of the new city of Naxos eventually grew, but Siculi never increased. Some veterans also suggested that Siculi City is too shabby because of its small population. Like Taromenian, it can also save a lot of administrative costs (Tauromenian was designated as a military fortress in Sicily by Davos because of the dangerous city and the land is too barren. One of the military camps where the Eighth Legion trained).

Of course, such a proposal was strongly opposed by the Sikuli elders. No one wanted to see their mother state be downgraded, so the matter was dropped.

Thinking of these anecdotes about Meyaro, Galademos walked into the town. His office was in the political hall in the center of the town. The five Demo public officials covering the entire middle and lower reaches of the Alcantara River were all Working here instead of in its own Demo area is another administrative feature of Naxos in the Kingdom of Dionia.

Ten years ago, the First Army held the square around the Mearo Government Hall. After a hard battle, it finally defeated the Syracuse coalition, laying the foundation for Dionia to finally possess the Catania Plain.To commemorate this great achievement, a memorial column was erected in the center of the small square next to the Government Hall. At the top is a statue of a legionnaire marching forward holding the flag of the First Legion.

Not far from the Political Hall, there are two small temples, one is the Temple of Hades and the other is the Temple of Demeter.You must know that there are already temples for these two gods in the city of Naxos, but the people living in Mayaro proposed to build two more temples in Mayaro on the grounds that "the temples are too far away and are inconvenient for worship." It was rejected by the Chief Executive and Parliament.As a result, the people of Mayaro collectively raised funds to build two small temples, which is another feature of Naxos.

Although it was already dusk, there were still many people going in and out of the two temples. Most of them were farmers who had just returned from the fields and were praying for the upcoming harvest.

Galademus entered the political hall. Most of the public officials had finished their work for the day and had left the building.Galademus looked around but couldn't find the agricultural officer, so he had to say goodbye to his two men and prepare to return to his residence.

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