Vol 2 Chapter 283: Aaron League

Chapter 283: Aaron League
Solomon saluted at the entrance of the post and looked at Aesop's carriage. He didn't recognize the cloaked driver was Amon, and didn't know that it was the only he believed in. In fact, Solomon saw Amon and felt that the person was very familiar, but he didn't even think about it, because Amon came out of the Yunmeng Temple and had just sacrificed to the swamp goddess with a group of drivers.
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The caravan passing through the Black Fire Swamp is very lucky these two days. The weather is not cold or hot and always feels comfortable. Even the muddy pool in the swamp no longer emits the smell of corruption. The jungle The beasts that occasionally appeared there were no traces at this moment, and the annoying mosquitoes disappeared without trace.
Two days later, Amon drove out of the Black Swamp and came to the place where he had captured King Lucile. This is the other end of the post road, and now it has also developed into a large town. The town has a newly-built large temple of light, dedicated to the holy flame of light believed by the Boz people, and another swamp temple.
After the fall of Enril, the Enril temples in various parts of Hati were still there. When Hati was annexed by Poz, Cyrus and later Darius did not force the locals to demolish the Enril temple. It was only official in each province. The Great Bright Flame Temple was also built, and the official sacrifice object became the Great Bright God Mazda.
With the passage of time, Enril was gradually forgotten, the Hati Kingdom no longer exists, and a new generation of people under the administration of several new provinces divided by Poz grew up, and the Enril shrines in various places gradually became deserted. . Since the Enril Temple has lost its official status, some people have quietly demolished the stones and took them back to repair their own houses and courtyards.
To this day, there are not many Enril temples in the original Hati and Assyria, and the people often sacrifice. There are three main types of sacrifices to Enril. One is to worship Enli sincerely. The old man is second, the young man who inherited this faith because of family and other reasons. As for the third group of people, in fact, they did not believe in Enril and Anuna, and only expressed their nostalgic thoughts or certain wishes in this way.
On the contrary, the two temples of the swamp goddess Yunmeng. Today, the sacrifice is still endless, and she has become the legendary local deity.
Amon did not drive to the northwest of the original Hati territory, but drove all the way south to the sea. On the left was the endless yellow sand, and on the right was the gradually lush grassland. Here he led the An-La Army The battlefield against the Nannar Corps of Hatti is now silent, and the yellow sand of the grassland is still the same.
Amon and Medanzo don't need to rest, but Aesop is just a mortal and very old, so you need to pay attention to living and eating all the way. Although Aesop claimed to be tough and did not need the gods to take special care of him, Amon was like a servant in the world, and everything was arranged well on the road, so that Aesop would not feel the fatigue of the journey.
Aesop left his house in Salem and his fields to his friends, but he did not return home empty-handed, and took his savings with him. This was a huge sum of money. This decades-long career also allowed him Suo became very rich. As for the water and food needed on the road, Amon was brought in a space weapon, and no other supplies were needed along the way.
When this seemingly ordinary carriage came to the blue seashore, it finally revealed its extraordinaryness. The two horses pulling the carriage subconsciously wanted to stop before the surge on the coast, but the driver made a note. With the whip, the horse seemed to be motivated by some force and ran forward with its hoof.
Aesop picked up the drapery and looked out. The driver was Amon. No matter what miracles appeared, he was mentally prepared, but was still deeply shocked at this moment. The horse-drawn carriage ran on the tip of the rough sea, and the fresh sea breeze blew with a hint of salty smell, but it was very refreshing.
How many mortals in the world can have such enjoyment in their lifetime? Aesop looked at the sea for a long time, and then looked back at Amon's back, his eyes filled with indescribable gratitude. There is a more magical experience in the back. After the carriage rides on the sea surface, the speed is more than ten times faster than on land. It is like being wrapped in an invisible wind support and flying.
I don't know how long after that, a few dots appeared on the distant sea level line, followed by another one, which was an array of warships, and Medanzo had faintly heard the shouting and killing of Zhentian. With so many ships coming together, an unprecedented scale sea battle is erupting ahead. Before the warships noticed a carriage coming on the sea, Amon shook the reins, and the carriage had emptied and rushed into the sky. The steed horses galloped, and the clouds grew under the hoof.
Aesop's carriage passed over the battlefield, and a sea battle erupted at sea. Looking down from the clouds, the number of Poz warships clearly exceeds that of the Allied ships, but the Poz Navy comes from all provinces of the Great Empire. The soldiers are mixed in language and too many ships are not well commanded. The soldiers of the Heaton coalition mainly came from sailors who had been sailing for many years, commanding unified dispatch methods, breaking the queue of the Poz battleship.
This naval battle was called the Salami naval battle. In the end, Heaton's coalition victory was over, and the main force of the Poz navy suffered heavy losses. After that, it was no longer able to launch an attack from the sea. Shortly after the outbreak of the naval battle, the Heaton Army, which was dominated by Kibada fighters, also fought fiercely with the Army of Poz in Pradaya, and also achieved a great victory.
The victory of these two battles marked the complete repulsion of the Poz Empire by the United Kingdom of Heaton, and the city-states escaped under the rule of Poz. When Aesop arrived in the city of Aaron, people here shouted in regret and celebrated their victory.
Aesop's carriage crossed the battlefield and landed directly on the outskirts of Aaron. Medanzo also joked with Aesop: "You are really an auspicious sign. With your arrival, the army of Poz finally retreated completely."
Yalun is a beautiful city-state, and their patron saint is Yalena, the of wisdom in the Olympian system. On a hill close to the residential area, stands the beautiful Yalena Temple. . This city-state also carries the remnants of war. Some buildings have white smoke on the pillars of white marble, but they are very bustling and lively.
Medanzo said curiously: "I thought I would see a city state surrounded by broken walls and ruins. It had been embarrassed by the flames of war, but it was such a sight."
Aesop laughed: "I heard that the Army of Poz set fire to Yalun City. Now I know that the rumors may not be true. All the people in Yalun City were evacuated at that time. It is estimated that they set fire to a group that could not be taken away. "But the losses here are not small, do you not see the city walls and many buildings newly built?"
Medanzo nodded: "Of course I noticed that the small city of Aaron has a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. In a short time, the main city was rebuilt into this state."
Amon, who has not spoken, explained: "This war was not only a small gain for the city of Aaron. It was the organizer and leader of the coalition. Its navy played the most important role. The nearby city-states also depended on it. Aaron sent a large sum of war money. More city-state alliances are being discussed in the hall, and Aaron has become the leader. "
When Aesop entered the city of Aaron for investigation, he frankly revealed his identity and did not hide anything. He directly introduced that he was born in the Midurian city-state of Heaton, United Kingdom. His father was a businessman. When he was very young, he went to sea with a merchant ship and met pirates. The pirates hijacked them and sold them as slaves. Later, he gained freedom and became the owner of Salem in the Duke Plains. For example, this year he finally returned to his roots and took out documents that could prove his identity.
The readers were very surprised. Some people also faintly heard the legend of Salem and the name of Aesop. It was a message brought back by the sages who traveled the distant continent. I did not expect to see the legendary real person today. The arrival of Aesop even caused a small commotion. The sergeant of the city carefully examined his identity documents and the items he carried with him, and found no problems.
Aesop's carriage entered the city, and people around him cast surprise, envy, suspicion, and suspicion, talking in private, saying everything. Based on Aesop's age and experience, he no longer cares about these arguments, and calmly faces all kinds of eyes, and talks with Medanzo all the way to the past and present of this city of Aaron.
Why did Medanzo say it was "little Aaron"? This city-state is certainly not small in the Heaton United Kingdom, but compared with the famous city-state of the Tianshu continent he has seen, it is indeed not magnificent or prosperous. Medanzo grew up in Barron City, and later went to Monforth. According to the size of the city, Yaron City is less than one tenth of Barron City, which is far less than Monfort City. Magnificent.
The history of the nations of the Tianshu continent is more than a thousand years old, and civilization has a long history. The Heaton United Kingdom, like the Olympus, is a rising star on the edge of the continent. However, this city-state is full of vitality and vitality. It has absorbed the seeds and nutrients of the civilizations of the Tianshu continent and developed very fast.
Here, people are more free in thought, showing a state of blossoming flowers, and many great scholars and sages were born. Aristotle, whom Amon had seen, was one of them.
However, many ordinary people in this city-state have a complicated attitude toward the nations of Shi Tianshu. They used to be weak and learners. When facing powerful and rich countries such as Eju, Barron, and Hati, there was a kind of Subconscious worship and even inferiority. As they gradually became stronger and richer, and gradually became more arrogant and conceited, the sense of historical inferiority in the subconscious turned into an inexplicable sense of superiority and hostility towards alien civilizations.
This complex gradually began to appear after the Hittons repulsed the Boz army, so when people saw Aesop return, there would be various opinions with complex emotions that were difficult to describe. This is also a source of civilization. The precipitated bone marrow may affect many people subtly in the long time of thousands of years, and Amoncha arrived at the beginning of the Aaron city-state civilization.
Amon arrived in the United Kingdom of Heaton, which had just repelled the powerful Poz Empire. It was an era when all kinds of thoughts and ideas collided and sparkled from time to time. This is also different from the countries of the Tianshu continent. New country. As soon as Amon entered the city of Aaron, he narrowed his eyes and listened to the various sounds made in the city-state. Not only were people around him discussing Aesop's instructions, but also important matters being discussed in the city-state conference hall—
During the Hippo War, nearby city-states became dependent on Aaron, and the Aaron Alliance was established. This alliance originally had 35 city-states. According to the agreement, everyone jointly organized Heaton to join the Navy and pay alliance funds to be created by Aaron-city-states. Battleship. However, after the victory of the war, as many as two hundred large and small city-states who newly joined the alliance, the alliance payment has become a political tribute, with the nature of the alliance tax, or more directly It's the protection fee.
The allies with political contributions made by the city-states are an unprecedented huge sum for the city of Aaron. Originally, the coalition army used a military expenditure to fight the Poz Empire. After the victory of the war, the alliances paid by the city-states increased instead of decreasing. They were under the control of the Aaron city-state, used to strengthen their political and military forces, and built a more magnificent city of Aaron.
The city of Aaron is not a kingdom, but a city-state republic. An adult man with citizenship in a city-state established a civic assembly, which is an advisory body that discusses various issues, quarrels, chats, talks nonsense, and spreads all kinds of rumors. There is an aristocratic conference in addition to the civic conference. Only honorable aristocrats are eligible to participate. It is an important political institution. On the basis of the civic conference, the city of Aaron organized another five hundred people meeting, which is a daily deliberative organ.
Amon was the first time to come to such a city-state republic. When he entered the city, it was the day when the 500-person conference of Aaron City was held. Things.
The Conference of Five Hundreds passed a resolution with an absolute majority, deciding to increase the affiliation of the affiliated city-states, open trade and trade between the city-states, form the Yarens to unified command the army of the alliance, punish and suppress those who joined the alliance, and then regretted it. City-states that do not pay alliances or want to withdraw from the alliance.
The more Amon heard it, the more interesting it became. The system implemented by the Aaron people should be more popular and popular than the monarchy of the mainland nations, but the mentality of the people here is very interesting. Just then, he also heard Medanzo's conversation with Aesop, so he began to explain the recent war wealth of the city of Aaron.
Discussions in the city-state's parliamentary hall are continuing. The previous topic was about income and the second topic was about debt.
During the Hippo War, Aaron spent a lot of time building navies, and recently rebuilding the city-state was also a huge expenditure, so it was necessary to increase the city-state's alliance payment. Now there will be a huge income, and it should be said that the debt owed by the city of Aaron should be repaid first, which was mainly borrowed from states outside the Aaron alliance during the war.
The Aaron city-states did not want to repay, because their new alliance membership funds would have to build stronger armies, build more merchant ships, build stronger fortifications and grander temples. So they thought of a way, that is, whether the debt would be repaid by a vote of the citizen assembly? If the Citizens' Assembly decides not to repay, then the Aaron City-state will not repay, in popular terms, voting for the bill.
The reasons why the Aaron City-states do not want to repay their debts are clear. They borrowed this money to fight wars. Now they need more funds to enrich their power. The Aaron people ’s ideas and behaviors This kind of protection and care. The proposal was passed at a five-hundred-person meeting and awaits a referendum on the citizens.
The third topic of this meeting is still related to finances. Some people think that many of the wealthy merchants in the Aaron city-state who engage in maritime trade use various methods to evade taxes in various city-states and need to investigate and supplement them. However, this proposal was previously rejected by the aristocratic conference, and this time it was rejected at the 500-member conference. It will not be submitted to the Civic Assembly for discussion and voting.
The last issue of this conference is about military arrangements. The Hippo war is clearly over. Why did the Aaron City State increase such huge expenditures? Except for the construction of merchant ships and temples, the remaining major expenditures are for military use, because there is another good excuse at present, that is, the battle between Aaron and Kibada.
The Aaron City-state established the Aaron Alliance, and Kibada, which has a very strong military force, also took the opportunity to conquer many small states around it, and established the Kibada Alliance to oppose the Aaron Alliance in all aspects. The city of Aaron hopes that the city-states of the Kibada Alliance will be attached to it, so as to form a stronger Aaron Alliance.
Amon has been listening to the discussions in the city-state's parliamentary hall, relaying these issues and the results to Aesop, and finally said: "These people are really complicated. They vote and negotiate within the city-state. , But it ’s easier to get support than the emperor ’s order. But they are discussing how to blackmail other city-states so that the Aaron people get more wealth, and at the same time they decide not to repay their debts. The city states evaded taxes but refused to order a rigorous investigation. You are from the Kingdom of Heaton, what is your opinion on this? "
Aesop smiled bitterly: "When I was a teenager, Aaron was a city-state republic like today. If it is military, it is not better than Kibada. If it is rich, it may not be as good as my hometown Midori, but it is in this war China became strong and became the leader of the Aaron Alliance. I do n’t know if you heard it. A passer-by who just passed by accidentally said a word-'Aaron is a republic of the Aaron and a Heatonian empire.'"
Amon just smiled, didn't say much, and asked Aesop again: "You are a guide, where should I drive this car?"
Aesop replied, "Go forward. I'll show you the way. Let's find a hostel for a while."
Medanzo asked, wondering, "Isn't your hometown in Midoli? The city of Aaron is just passing by. Why stop here and hurry back?"