Chapter 368 The Roman Senator Arrives at Turii

The latest website: Speaking of this, Henipolis raised one leg, tapped the negotiating table with his right hand, and said sarcastically: "What happened? The Carthaginian army in Sicily suffered a disastrous defeat, losing more than half of the 100,000 army, and the rest. It's not far from extinction. At this time, it would be inappropriate to negotiate with this condition. "

Okredon's heart sank.

With a straight face, Henipolis said sternly: "Since the main force of the attack on Serinus City this time is the army from Iberia, His Majesty is worried that even if the two countries reach a peace agreement, the Margonid family will rule. The southern part of Iberia will become the biggest threat to the peace between the two countries, so we have added two more to the original negotiating conditions-"

Henipolis stretched out a finger and said loudly: "First, hand over the entire Carthaginian colony in southern Iberia to Dionia's jurisdiction."

He then stretched out a second finger: "Second, Carthage must return all the lands it occupied in Numibia, grant independence to the Numibians, and must not invade the territory of the Numibians and interfere with their tribes. Internal affairs."

After hearing this, Okriton's face changed greatly. He did not expect that the Dionysian's demands were so greedy and vicious, which had far exceeded the senate's vision. Shaking the foundation of the Carthaginians, he did not dare to negotiate these two newly added conditions without authorization, and this trip was in vain!

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"Lord Publius, Turii is coming soon!" Tibrus, the Roman agricultural officer, pointed to the front, and said to Pubu, a former Roman nobleman who was already exhausted and a little breathless, and a newly promoted Dionian senator. Lius Manlius said.

In fact, there is no need for him to remind him. Through Publius' own observation, he already felt that Turii was not far ahead, because the road became more spacious and smooth, and the number of pedestrians increased sharply, many of whom were carrying agricultural tools and covered with dirt. Farmer, the houses on both sides of the road are getting denser and taller...

"Lord Publius, we are still 4 or 5 miles away from the inner city of Turien. You should get on your horse first, save some energy, and come down when you reach the inner city gate." Tibrus met Publius. Breathing heavily, he said kindly.

"There are still 4 or 5 miles to go?!" Publius was a little surprised: looking at the density of houses on both sides of the road, as well as the bustling flow of people, it is not appropriate to give more than the city of some Latin city-states, but it is actually far from the real Tuli. Ine City is still so far away, how huge is this central city of the Kingdom of Dionia? !

Publius had always thought that the city of Rome was the largest city-state on this land, but now he looked forward with a sense of loss, feeling his own insignificance,

This strengthened his previous insistence: "I don't need to ride a horse, I have no problem walking, just in time to enjoy the scenery of Turiyi City slowly."

Because after passing through the Turii military camp, I heard the Roman officials who came back with him talk about that, except for special duties such as cavalry, horseback riding is generally not allowed in the inner city of Turii. Although it is allowed in the outer city, strangers will He was questioned and reminded by the patrol team, mainly because he was worried about hurting pedestrians. In order to keep a low profile, Publius, who was new to the scene, quickly dismounted and walked, and explained it in similar words at the time.

Tibrus guessed a little bit of his thoughts, and did not persuade him any more.

"Tibrus?!" A voice suddenly came from behind, Tibrus looked back, a young man dressed as a farmer strode over, and said excitedly: "It looks like you from the back! I heard about you before. Take the initiative to sign up to go to Latam, our group is still worried about you, looking at your lean appearance, you must be very tired in Rome, is this time on vacation? Or is it official business?"

"Official business." Tibrus said simply, then turned around and introduced: "This is the newly promoted elder of the kingdom - Lord Publius from Rome."

The young man looked at him curiously, hesitated a bit, leaned into Tibrus' ear, and whispered, "Will he understand us?"

"Master Publius is very fluent in Greek!" Tibrus said loudly, and then introduced to Publius: "This is my former colleague, Demo from the northern district of the outer city of Turii. Farmer Asikalus."

Publius then smiled and nodded: "Nice to meet you, Asikalus Farmer!"

Asikalus was slightly embarrassed, and quickly squeezed out a smile, stepped forward, and saluted, "Lord Publius, welcome to Turii!"

"Tibules and I are not only colleagues, but we have been neighbors since we were young. We both studied together at Turii School, passed the exams together, and happened to be assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture together... Do you think this is the blessing of Hades? The friendship between the two of us is not ordinary!" Asikalus said, put his arm on Tiblos's shoulder, and patted excitedly.

Although Publius didn't quite understand what Asikalus said about the Turii school and exams, he nodded politely.

Tibrus opened his hand with force and scolded: "If your hands are dirty, just wipe them on me!"

Asikalus immediately put on an angry expression: "Okay, Tibrus, after staying in Ladium for a while, you actually start to dislike us farm officers! What's wrong with the dirty! This is my hard work. Witness to work and guide the people of Turiyi to complete the spring sowing!"

Although he knew about his friend's escaping personality, his words still caught Tibrus' attention, and he couldn't help asking, "How's this year's spring broadcast going?"

"Needless to say, of course it didn't go well!" Asikalus shrugged and sighed helplessly: "You should also be able to feel that this war lasted for such a long time and was so large in Latinum. We More than 40,000 young and middle-aged citizens have been removed from the Turui region one after another, and all those who have returned are wounded soldiers. Think about how much this has affected the agriculture of Turei. Now there is a huge shortage of labor here!

Let alone the spring sowing, the autumn harvest had already made our farm officers in Tuli’s brains scratched their heads. We applied to the chief of Lysias, used a large number of slaves in the kingdom, and shortened the period of becoming a citizen of the kingdom by promising. The deadline has attracted a lot of free people (the war between Sparta, Thebes, and Athens has become more and more fierce, causing the native Greek people to start to migrate to the Kingdom of Dionia under the guidance of people with a heart), in our Under the urging of the people, we finally managed to make the autumn harvest in the Turiyi region successfully completed, but I haven’t breathed a good breath, and it’s the turn of spring sowing, but fortunately this time—”

Asikalus looked at Publius, lowered his voice specially, and said to Tibrus: "Turiyi has another group of slaves from Latinum, and slaves from Syracuse, who were originally To be sent to Sardinia, we have intercepted some of them in Turii. These slaves are good hands who can take care of the farmland! In addition to the enemies from the Greek mainland captured in the Apulia region, figure The Riy region can ensure that there is no shortage of labor, but also to provide assistance to the surrounding areas.

Still, it's a lot of work to oversee so much slave labor, you know why there's so much dirt on me? That's because I often ask Shimoda to demonstrate and teach them. If you came to the outskirts of Turii earlier today, you could see hundreds of reserve soldiers and cavalry patrolling the villages and fields to prevent these slaves from escaping, or other accidents, that scene. It's quite spectacular! …”

Although Asikalus mentioned Roman slaves, which made Publius a little embarrassed, he listened carefully and learned a lot about Dionia from it.

After hearing this, Tibrus said with some worry: "It's not a solution to always use the kingdom's slaves to solve the problem of labor shortages!"

"Of course this is only temporary." Asikalus immediately took over the conversation, pretending to be mysterious and whispering: "Last night, a fast boat from the south docked at the port, and a messenger galloped into the inner city Senate. I got inside information this morning. After our navy completely defeated the Carthaginian fleet in the Carthaginian waters a few days ago, His Majesty Davos led the main army and completely defeated the Carthaginian 10 at Serinus. Thousands of armies, the Carthaginians have suffered repeated defeats, and I am afraid this war will end soon!"

When Publius heard this, he was shocked: Rome's ally, Carthage, known as the richest and most powerful city-state in the Western Mediterranean, was defeated so quickly? !

Tibrus asked what he wanted to ask: "Are all of what you said true?!"

"Of course it's true, the news is absolutely reliable!" Asikalus said firmly: "However, the Senate did not announce this good news to the public today, I guess... It may be announced at the Kingdom Assembly tomorrow. Good news! By the way, Lord Publius, are you also here for the Kingdom Assembly?"

"Ah... yes." Publius came back to his senses.

"Hey, you guys!" There was a sudden shout from the front.

Publius looked at it in a daze and thought it was Roman soldiers who came to Turii, and saw a team of patrol soldiers in red helmets and red armor walking straight towards them (the patrol team was originally black and black armor, but only in the past few years. The red helmet and red armor were changed to distinguish it from the legionnaires of the kingdom. At the same time, the red color is more eye-catching, which is convenient for performing official duties in a city with a large number of people).

The leader of the team looked at their group of people and the horses behind them with suspicion, and then said with a serious expression: "Don't you see a lot of pedestrians! Still blocking the middle of the road, blocking traffic, Go now!"