Thus, in the new village, which consisted of dozens of families with a majority of prospective citizens, Aguilas was elected without dispute. Because he was one of the mercenaries who followed Davers to Turriy, he was seriously wounded in the left leg during the siege of Lucania's coalition forces, and he recovered from his illness and became lame. When Davos came to comfort the wounded soldiers after the formation of the Tua Alliance, he made a request: he wanted to exchange the "land" that had been allocated to him in Amendora to the south bank of the Krati River, with the original intention of getting as far away as possible from his living comrades, so as not to touch the wounds.

With the influx of people, the farmland on the plains of Xubari has been greatly developed, and new villages have sprung up on this flat and fertile plain. Originally, in the eyes of the new dozens of people, Aguilas was a person who was not smiling and not easy to get close to, but under the supervision of the notary sent by the Senate, Aguilas was easily elected as the village head, and everyone knew that this was a mercenary veteran who followed the god of Hades, the benevolent consul, and the undefeated famous general Davos, and immediately looked at him with some awe.

Aguilas was a serious man, and since he had become the head of a village, he had to fulfill his duties: maintain order in the village, resolve disputes among the villagers, educate the villagers in their morals, inspect the village's farmland, remind the villagers to participate in military training on time, supervise their military service, pay taxes, keep a record of population growth, and prevent diseases...... No matter how big or small, everything is in charge.

Every morning, he would get up early in the morning, walk around the village with a cane, and sometimes even drag his injured leg and jump into the mud and repair the canal with the villagers......

As the months passed, the entire village complimented him on his performance, and when he met him, his face was filled with genuine respect, which made him rediscover the meaning of his existence and struggle.

After the battle between Crotone and Dionia, all the adult males in the village went to war, and in the spring, when the planting season was in season, there was a clear shortage of labor. Although every family has slaves, after all, agriculture is different from industry and commerce, there are not too many fields, the output is not too large, and if there are too many slaves, it will only consume money and food in vain. Aguilasti rushed to the Turiyi Senate, and after registering it, he brought back 30 slaves from the city-state to help the village with the farm work.

The whole village was full of slaves, mostly male slaves, mostly male slaves, except for Aguilas, a disabled man, either women, old men and children, but Aguilas was not worried that these slaves would make trouble, because the law of the alliance stipulated that every year on the day of the founding of the Dionian city-state alliance (i.e., October 30), a group of hard-working and well-behaved city-state slaves would be given freedom in front of the temple of Hades, which was a reward for their duty and showed Hades's benevolence. Since the enactment of this law, the work of the slaves of the city-state has become more enthusiastic and more efficient; For the rural domestic slaves, it is not easy for the peasants to own a slave, and they rely on it very much, so they naturally cherish it very much, and treat the slaves often as family members, the longer the time, the closer the emotional connection between the two sides, and the greater the freedom of the domestic slaves, and as long as the master is rich and can afford the ransom money required by the alliance, many domestic slaves can be free before the death of the master, and these slaves often return to the master's home after being free, and continue to help with the housework in the form of helpers.

With the help of the slaves, the spring ploughing of the whole village was done well. Of course, when he was not working, Aguilas would comfort the women and elderly people in the village who were worried about their relatives on the expedition.

On this day, when the village's waterwheel that drew water from the riverbank broke down, Aguilas rushed to the city of Turiyi early in the morning to find someone to repair it, and finally made an appointment with a skilled carpenter, and hurried home.

As soon as the door was opened, the slave girl of the family immediately greeted him and told him: "Madame is sleeping now, she has not vomited today." ”

Only then did Aguilas relent. He fought on the battlefield for most of his life, and thought that he would die in the wilderness or live a lonely life, but he did not expect that after following Davos to Great Greece, he would become a citizen of the city-state, get a share of the land, marry a wife, start a family, and now have children, which is really a blessing from Hades!

When the doctor heard the news, he danced with joy, and immediately used his savings to buy a slave girl to take care of his pregnant wife.

"Master, please drink water." The slave girl obediently held the wooden cup containing water.

Aguilas, who was feeling thirsty at this time, did not drink it immediately, and asked, "Is it boiled?" Greeks used to drink raw water, but Herps, a skilled doctor, repeatedly called on citizens to drink "boiled water" in public, insisting that it would reduce the number of diseases. Aguilas was no stranger to this, and when he was marching in Persia, Davers had been so strict with his mercenaries. For the sake of his unborn child, he needs to take care of his body.

The slave girl nodded, and he drank it with confidence.

"Boom!" The door slammed open, and with a loud bang, a half-grown boy rushed in.

Aguilas' eyes widened, and he was about to reprimand.

The boy breathlessly said, "Uncle Aguilas, I was just picking up shells by the sea...... See...... I saw a big boat parked on the beach, and quite a few people came down, all of them with weapons! ”

Enemy!! Aguilas was immediately alert, turned to the slave girl, and said, "Go to the field and call back Palmis (the male slave of the family), and then immediately help the lady to go north, and wait for me in the square of the city of Turiyi!" ”

"Got it, master!" The slave girl ran out of the yard as fast as she could.

"Kid." Aguilas remembered that the boy's name was Patroclus, and that he was mischievous and often beaten by his father, a stout Thassos: "When you saw those people, were there any others on the beach?" ”

"I'm the only one."

Aguilas thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know how to ride a mule?" ”

"I've secretly ridden other people's cows and mules many times." The clever boy apparently realized the urgency of the situation, confided all his secrets, and was not afraid of being scolded.

"That village to the south is so close to us, you know?"

"You know, I've had fights with kids from that village."

"Uncle wants you to ride my mule, and at once go there and inform them, and say that I, Aguilas, have said, 'The enemy is coming, let them evacuate quickly!' Can you do it? ”

"I can!" The boy nodded vigorously.

"Good boy!" Aguilas stroked the boy's head in praise, and suddenly remembered something, and took out the village chief's seal issued by the governor of the city of Turii from his bosom and stuffed it into the boy's hand: "If they don't believe it, show them this." ”

"Hmm." The boy nodded again.

Aguilas immediately took the green mule from the sheepfold in the yard, and the boy jumped on the mule's back with ease.

"Remember, child, after passing the message, you will rush to the wooden bridge of the Klatty River and wait for us!" Aguilas admonished.

"Got it, uncle." The boy shook the reins, and the green mule ran out of the courtyard.

Seeing the boy's skillful movements, Aguilas relieved half of his heart, as an old group of mercenaries, he and most of his comrades had similar thoughts, this alliance was created by them with blood and sweat, and they had this responsibility to defend this alliance, not just focus on their own village.

Aguilas looked at the house reluctantly, then strode out the door, limping to the village square, ringing the bronze bell and beckoning the villagers to evacuate immediately.

Aguilas led the slaves to help the old and the young, and not long after he left the village, smoke was rising behind him......

The women screamed and wept as the burning village burned......

Aguilas was still calm, and based on his previous experience of raiding, he judged that the enemy would not immediately go out of the village to chase after him, so he urged the villagers to speed up, but his fists were clenched: his first new home in the alliance was destroyed!

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"This morning, three villages were destroyed in Turii, fifteen people were killed, and yet we did not catch a single enemy! Pherisius, you've got to figure it out! If this continues, Victory Square will be filled with people who have lost their homes, and then the people of the whole Union will fall into panic! Do the citizen soldiers at the front still have the heart to fight?! Kunogorata said anxiously, as the administrator of Turii, he could not watch Turii, who had finally regained prosperity, suffer again.

"Don't worry, Master Kunogorata, sit down and discuss it slowly." While comforting him, Cornerus explained to Phellisius: "To tell the truth, the Crotone people are also very cunning, they scattered and landed on the shores of Turiy and Castelon with small warships, all dozens of sailors with bows and arrows and javelins, and the young and middle-aged citizens of our villages have gone to war, otherwise how could they easily let them sneak attack!" As soon as these sailors found out that our troops were arriving, they immediately fled back to the ship, and we couldn't catch up if we wanted to! There are only three brigades in the city, and there are indeed not enough people to defend the port of Turiyi and take care of Amendolara! ”

"But the problem must be solved as soon as possible!" Kunograta snorted and said, "If you don't have enough people, you can consider using those free people!" ”

"It's a good idea to use the Freedmen, Master Kunogorata!" At this time, Phellisius, who had been pondering, said: "Tens of thousands of free people have nothing to do in the port, and after a long time, they are prone to chaos. Yesterday there were freedmen who came to the barracks and said, 'There is no food to eat, and I want the soldiers to give them what they eat.' ’”