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Seeing Phoebidas reluctantly get on the ship and leave the port of Tarantum, Theomilus immediately changed his expression and said to Eumacus seriously: "The Spartans are right, if Tarantum doesn't cheer up, even a new city-state like Dionia, which has no historical tradition, will despise us!" ”

"Are you really going to war on Mesapi?!" Umacus hesitated.

"Haven't the Mesapi been waging war against us all the time!" Diamilas asked rhetorically, and he said bitterly: "It is precisely because we have been tolerant of the Mesapi that it will think more and more that we are weak in Tarantum, will increase its intrusion on us more and more, and will also make the other city-states of Greater Greece more and more ignore the existence of Tarantum!" We must fight back and solve the problem of Mesapi once and for all! ”

"Completely solved?! That's not what you told me last time! Eumakus said with a frown.

Deomilas said and hurriedly said: "I mean that we should first concentrate all our efforts to capture Manduria, which is the biggest threat to us, and then see if we have the opportunity to capture Brindisi, so that our strength will be greatly enhanced!" The other Mesapi city-states can slowly capture ......"

Yumacus was a little moved, but he was still a little hesitant: "Do we have the strength to defeat Mesapi's main force in one fell swoop?" ”

"Of course we have!" Deomilas said firmly, and in order to convince his colleagues, he added: "And we have a strong reserve!" ”

"What reserves?" Eumacus was stunned.

Theomilus pointed to the west of the sea: "Theonia, our ally, we have helped it for so long, and it is time for it to help!" ”

Eumacus finally said, "I will support your proposal in the Senate." ”

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"Damn, the city-states of Dionia, Castelón, and Tarantum are all in one group!" Phoebe Das said angrily on the boat.

"Why don't we go to Crotone?" Dorobises cautiously advised.

Phoebidas glared at him and said, "Go to Syracuse!" ”

Of course, Phoebidas knew that Crotone and Dionia had a bad relationship because of the previous war. But he could not go, because Crotone's enemies were not only Dionia, but Lockry's relations with it, and Lockry, Sparta's ally Syracuse, was an ally in Greater Greece. If he had gone to Crotone, he would have gone to Sparta to complain. Although he was bent on revenge on Dionia, he did not want to be exiled like Tibromi, and Syracuse was a better partner to work with than Crotone.

Just getting along with the Sicilian tyrant who had heard of some domineering, Phoebidas felt that he should learn the lesson of being too ostentatious in Great Greece, and achieve his goals in a different way and more subtly.

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Located in the southwestern part of the city near the marina, the new Kristooya restaurant in Turriy served high-end dishes such as shabu beef and mutton compared to the other Kristooya restaurant now next to the Turriyi market, which was mainly attended by Union citizens, foreign emissaries and wealthy merchants. For this reason, part of the restaurant is also divided into small open-air courtyards to allow smoke to escape during barbecues.

When Timason, Zantiparis, and Criano were invited into the courtyard by Agacia, they were no strangers to what they saw, after all, they had enjoyed it in Davers's mansion.

Interested in the price of shabu-shabu beef and mutton, Cleano asked the slave serving beside him as he ate, "How much does it cost to eat this once?" ”

The slave thought for a moment and said, "Distinguished guest, it depends on how much you have eaten?" Typically, a person needs about two to five drachmas. ”

"So expensive!" Cyano shouted in surprise, "I can't earn a drachma a day now!" ”

"It's a little more expensive than regular dishes, but it's worth the price!" The slave patiently explained: "First of all, the beef and mutton in our restaurant are all purchased from Niutum, Lucalya, which is famous throughout Greece, and the price is certainly not cheap. Secondly, the restaurant also needs to send people to the top of the high mountain to the west to collect the unmelted snow and ice to freeze the meat, which is a very risky thing! Then, there are some meat cutters who are very good at cutting out thick and even thick slices for you, and the restaurant has hired a chef from Egypt to make a variety of sauces for you. Finally, I am always there for you...... You see, there are so many complicated processes and so many people to make the shabu shabu mutton you like to eat, do you still think it is expensive?! ”

"You've got a clever mouth!" After hearing this, Criano couldn't help but sigh. Then he sighed again and said bluntly, "It's a pity to be a slave!" ”

"Although I am now a slave, my merciful master still pays me every day, and according to the slavery act enacted by the Union, 'a slave can become a free citizen if he has worked hard for his master for more than four years, has been able to raise enough money for his own life, and has the consent of his master.'" And our master, Christoya, is as merciful as Lord Davers, and she has made a sacred promise to the great god Hades in our presence! Therefore, I think that in ten years, I will definitely be able to become a Dionian citizen! The slave's eyes sparkled with gratitude and hope.

Davers, you're really good at buying people's hearts! Aren't you afraid that the slave owners will oppose it? Cleano looked at the slightly excited slave and didn't say it, and asked casually, "What's your name?" ”

"Tanarous."

"I hope your wish will come true." Crianno said against his will.

Tanarous happily responded: "Thank you for your blessings, kind guest!" ”

"You see, finally someone is in a good mood!" Timason quipped.

"Timasson, you're jealous, aren't you?!" Criano pretended to be angry and picked up the beer can: "Come, let's drink!" ”

"Ho, you want to pour me down with your drinking?!" Timasong stopped taking the wine glass, and picked up the wine jar: "Come, let's drink it in one gulp!" ”

"Drink it!" The two of them poured wine with their heads up.

Zantiparis shouted, "You two drink slowly, Agacia will spend a lot of money to invite us to dinner!" Then, he jokingly said to Agacia: "This restaurant should be considered Davers's property, and he should be charged less when he checks out." ”

"Uh...... Don't worry about Agathia. He was a senator of the Senate, how could he not even be able to take out dozens of drachmas! Cleano burped and said loudly, with a sour taste in his words.

"Criano is right, you don't have to worry about money, let's let go of eating and drinking tonight!" Agacia didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in Criano's words, and said loudly.

"Get me another can of beer!" Timasong said to Tanarus, "This wine is good, I love it!" ”

"Give me another can, too!" Criano shouted.

"Wait a minute." Tanarous hurried to the door, shouting to the waiter in the hallway what the guests needed.

The banquet lasted about half an hour, and everyone was slightly drunk.

"A year ago, we fought with the Persians every day, and every day we saw the stiff corpses of our comrades, and we didn't even have much hope of returning to Greece alive, let alone that we would be so happy to drink and eat meat today......," Zanti Paris said with emotion: "How difficult! We are so thankful to the gods for their protection! ”

"Cheers to us alive and alive!" Timason Raise a Glass Initiative.

"Thank you Zeus (Hades) for your protection!" Others echoed.

Zantiparis put down his glass and said, "Agacia, you didn't just let us drink and eat, did you?" He had long noticed that Agacia's expression was a little depressed.

Agacia stretched out the colander to scoop the meat, pausing in the air. After a moment, he put down the colander, wiped the wine stains from his mouth with his hand, looked at the three people who cast probing eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Today, the messenger of Sparta has come, asking the alliance to arrest you and hand you over to Sparta......"

The news of the arrival of the Spartan ships in Turiyi had spread in the port, and of course Timason knew about it, but they did not expect that the Spartan envoys had come specifically for them.

"How did you answer the Spartans?" Cleano asked urgently, and the other two looked nervous.

"Rest assured, even though the Spartans threatened with war, Davers still firmly rejected the Spartan messenger!" Agacia's answer made the three of them sigh out.

"Davers is worthy of being the leader who often wins battles, and he is not afraid of the threat of the Spartans at all!" At this moment, Criano praised Davers again.

"Actually, the Spartans are not terrible, we have followed them in Asia Minor for more than half a year, and we know Sparta quite well. Their generals do have a lot of combat experience, but there are too few Spartan citizens who can really be sent to the battlefield, and they mainly rely on the troops of the allies and us mercenaries to go out to fight, and the combat effectiveness is actually not too strong, just dealing with Persia has already made them feel very difficult, I don't think they still have the strength to come to the alliance to provoke! ......," Timasong also reassured.

These words didn't seem to have much effect on Agacia, he stared straight at the ground in front of him, and muttered apologetically on his face: "I forced Davers' consent to go to Asia Minor to bring you here...... In order to attract you all to come, I also randomly set some conditions that the alliance does not exist, I wanted you to live a peaceful life like us after you came, but I didn't expect it...... There will be so many conflicts and disputes, so much suffering and dissatisfaction from the citizens of the Union...... Alas, now Sparta is hostile to the Alliance! For this, Davers was also rebuked by the senators! I...... Did I really do something wrong?! ”