Chapter 117 The Savior of the Latin Civilians

"This is impossible!" Several workers shouted in unison with surprised expressions.

The others seemed to have forgotten the soldiers standing around, and there was a commotion.

Martius struck the long shield with his dagger again, and the field quickly returned to calm.

Adrius continued to speak loudly: "Because the priest of Hades is a Dionysian, my father decided to believe the words of the savior, so he took us to Enona... Up to now, it has passed For eight years, my father has been a citizen of Dionia, not only owning his own land in Enona, but also serving as a public official in the kingdom, and I studied at the Enona school for four years at a very low cost, and learned how to use it. Written in Greek, when he was an adult, he was admitted to the public office of Enona, with a good monthly salary, and my younger brother was still studying at school... Now our family is rich and respected, and we will never repeat the same old age. Oppression and starvation…”

After Adrius finished speaking, the venue fell silent for a while, and the workers looked at the young messenger with suspicion: Although he was also a black-haired and dark-eyed Latin man, he was well-proportioned, fair-skinned, with a hint of The elegant temperament is obviously incomparable to them who work at the dock every day, work hard and fall full of injuries. They are indeed a little moved.

Clotokatax listened to Adrius's remarks and looked at him carefully. He did not expect that this inconspicuous little official who had followed them just now would have such an extraordinary encounter. Made him curious about him.

Davos saw that the people fell into silence, so he struck while the iron was hot, and immediately pointed at the other voice transmitters, and said loudly: "Except for Adrius who is a Latin, all of them are Latin, but they are also Dio. Citizens of Dionia. Many of you Latinas have become citizens of Dionia over the years, why?

Because these city-states in Latin are controlled by the nobles, they oppress the common people and make it impossible for the common people to live, and our kingdom of Dionia treats all citizens equally, every citizen is allocated land, and every citizen's land is given Legal protection! anyone! Whether he is rich or noble, as long as he dares to plunder the wealth of the commoners, he will be severely punished by the court, so they live very peacefully in the kingdom of Dionia. What you can't enjoy in the city-state! "

When speaking of this, several of the speakers next to him nodded again and again with sincere expressions.

In fact, Davos exaggerated the number of Latin citizens in the Kingdom of Dionysian, and the real number was no more than ten. This is what Davos specially asked the Minister of Household Registration, Laphias, to search carefully in the kingdom before he set off on the expedition. Mainly concentrated in Enona, the main reason is that the Latinum area is not adjacent to the Kingdom of Dionia, coupled with the underdeveloped maritime trade of the Latin city-states and the backward ports, so there is less information exchange with the outside world, and more Latins are Farmers are mainly engaged in farming, and farmers are all relocated. In addition, the language and culture of Dionia and Latin are quite different, so it is not a last resort.

Few were willing to run to the South.

But now Davos saw that the workers on the field were listening carefully, all of them thoughtfully, with a twinkle in their eyes, and he knew that they were tempted.

At this time, someone in the slave group shouted: "Can we also become citizens of Dionia?!"

When Adrius translated the other party's words to Davos, he did not expect that the slaves would be the first to take action, and he immediately said: "No matter what origin or race you are, as long as you are willing to become Dionys Citizens of Dionia, and are willing to abide by the laws of Dionia and fulfill the obligations that the Kingdom of Dionia requires citizens to perform. We, the Kingdom of Dionia, welcome your participation and will give you what Dionia citizens deserve. All rights you have!"

After Davos finished speaking, he waved to the side.

Martius immediately asked the palace guards around him to take off their helmets, and it was obvious that their hair color and facial features were very different. As a troop with a long-term contact with King Davos and a special status, the Palace Guard has been known for its complex ethnic composition in the Kingdom of Dionysus over the years, because it needs to publicly demonstrate that the head of the kingdom treats all races equally. And now this practice has played a very good demonstration effect in the alien land. Coupled with the competition of slaves, the laborers became less reserved.

"How can I become a citizen of Dionia?" Several workers asked in unison.

"This is my clerk, Henepolis, and he will give you a detailed account of the procedures you need to go through to become a citizen of Dionia. You can ask him any questions you have, and he will answer you in detail. Davos said to them, pointing to Henepolis, who was holding a wooden board and nervously recording.

Henipolis hurriedly put away the wooden board and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I will satisfy them."

Finally, facing the crowd, Davos asked loudly: "Have any of you stayed in the city of Rome, and are very familiar with every block and every corner of the city, and also know something about the various nobles in Rome? I think Invite him to be my advisor. Of course, it's paid, and if he wants to become a citizen of Dionia, it will help him shorten the number of years he can become a citizen."

As soon as the speaker's voice fell, many people in the field immediately raised their hands.

After some questioning, Davos picked a slave named Valks because he had been a Roman citizen.

When Davos first entered, the slaves and laborers were full of fear; when he left, these people watched him go away with respectful eyes.

Davos looked back at the scene of the people around Henepolis eagerly asking questions in the open space illuminated by the torches, and felt that this was a good start, because in his plan, it was not only to turn these people into Dio The citizens of Nia are so simple, but let them become the kind of fire that burns in this land full of Latin city-states.

Of course, it's been a long process, and now that time is running out, he still has a lot to do this evening.

Davos strode back to the city, and happened to meet the staff officer Thormid hurried over: "Your Majesty, the battle report of Amyntas is here."

"How's it going?"

"The Roman army was defeated, and Amyntas led the whole army to pursue, especially the two cavalry corps desperately drove the Romans to the south, and drove the Roman rout to the south of Lavinium, and seized the small city. There were many Roman soldiers captured along the way. Amyntas said that he had no time to count them, and he was worried that these prisoners would drag down their military operations tomorrow, so he took the old way we did in Persia." The voice of Tolmid's last sentence Much smaller.

Davos glanced at Clotokatax beside him, and said calmly: "Let the messenger go back and tell Amintas, 'He won this battle cleanly and beautifully! But tonight, let the soldiers be good Rest, recover physical strength, and also find a way to solve the problem of the soldiers' rations, we must ensure that tomorrow morning can lead the energetic soldiers to join us in Rome, it is best not to be late.'"

"Yes!"

Clotokatax asked curiously: "Father, what is the old way of Persia?"

Thormid looked at Prince Dionia, who had just come of age and still had a childish face, and did not speak.

Davos hesitated for a moment, but still said in a deep voice: "It is to cut the hands and feet of the captives to make them unable to move, and then abandon them on the battlefield... This is when we fled in Persia and passed through some affiliated city-states of Persia. Continued to be attacked by them, we adopted this method to deal with our defeated prisoners, so as not to completely irritate the enemy by killing the prisoners, but also to force the enemy to have to take care of the wounded soldiers..."

"But...isn't this too cruel..." Clotokatax couldn't bear it, facing Davos' serious gaze, he gathered up his courage and said: "They have all surrendered, we should guarantee Their safety should be good for us to win the favor of these Romans and conquer this land faster, Father!"

Davos was accused, not angry, but smiled: "Clotto, I am glad that you have your own opinion! But you must understand that now the Romans are our enemies, even if we have just won two victories, Our armies far from the kingdom are still in danger, and at any moment may be defeated by Rome and its allies far outnumbering ours, die in this strange land, or become slaves of the enemy, so we now Our primary goal is to do everything possible to ensure that we can continue to win, to ensure that our soldiers can reduce casualties, even if it is cruel, unless we have an absolute advantage, will we consider the issues you just talked about..."

Davos patiently taught his son, saw that he was thinking, then patted his shoulder encouragingly, turned around and asked Thormid again, "Have the soldiers' accommodation been arranged?"

"It's all arranged. There are many warehouses in the city. We simply remodeled it, which is much better than living in tents. In addition, we have concentrated all Ostians and detained them, and the vacated houses are only for the officers and soldiers. In addition to our accommodation, there are some leftovers-"

"Then arrange for those slaves and laborers to live there. After all, some of them will move with us tomorrow and need a good rest. Besides, they can also enjoy the benefits of joining our kingdom of Dionia in advance."

"Yes, I'll make arrangements in a moment."

"How is the food situation?"