Looking at this place called the naval base by the Dionians, it is not the military port that the Greeks understand, it is simply a town. However, according to the captain of the Clippers, the base is full of the crew and family of the Dionian Navy...

Xenophon couldn't help but remember some news from the Western Mediterranean War that he had learned before: "In the several naval battles between Dionia and Carthage, the number of warships dispatched by both sides was about four or five hundred..." He had thought there was moisture in it before, but now it seems that this is very likely to be real...

At this time, Xenophon had realized that he had been making a mistake since yesterday: when he looked at Dionia with the eyes of his habitual view of Greek city-states, he would naturally feel that nothing was right, but in fact, Dionia is not an ordinary city-state, it is a kingdom, a country similar to Persia!

Although Xenophon adjusted his mindset, he continued to be shocked during the next trip.

The ship left the port of Tarantum and sailed into the "Gulf of Turiyi" named by the Dionians. However, in Xenophon and the others' eyes, this was not a bay, it was a sea area. However, three sides of this sea area were surrounded by the territory of Dionian, and became a convenient route for Linhai towns to communicate with each other. Therefore, a group of people from the Spartan emissary group kept seeing the continuous flow of ships shuttled from all directions around the passenger ship, as if they were in a prosperous port, but in fact they were on the vast sea, but the Dionians completely turned this sea area into their inland sea.

When the passenger ship arrived at the mouth of the Krati River, they were even more surprised by the prosperity and hustle and bustle of the port. They were shocked by the huge scale and large population of the city of Turiyi. Even the Spartans who were the least dissatisfied with this mission became uneasy, because even the stupidest people could realize that with such a prosperous trade and a large population, Dionia was fully capable of sending a large army, which brought great trouble to Sparta, who was in trouble at the moment.

So everyone in the messenger group became a little heavy and gradually disappeared from speaking.

The passenger ship entered the port of Turiine. Officials from the Dionian Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to greet him, but did not take the envoys to the Kingdom Hotel first, but took them directly to the palace, because King Davers wanted to receive the Spartan envoys immediately.

Walking in the inner city block, Xenophon saw the dazzling colossus of Hades on the hills in the distance, which made him feel like he was in the inner city of Athens, but in fact there were still big differences between the two: the inner city of Turiyan was obviously much quieter and cleaner than Athens, and there were many strange buildings, such as the rumored elevated water bridge, huge water wheels, automatic water squirting pool, the Arc de Triomphe representing the glory of Dionia, a different arena, a unique shape and profound meaning, and a grand hall of magnificent momentum... The people of the messenger group were overwhelmed.

Xenophon knew that Dionia had been established less than 30 years ago, but at this moment he had an illusion that the city of Turiyi had a profound and long-standing cultural heritage.

Finally, they came to the palace with the flag of Dionia high. Xenophon and another Spartan envoy (the elders and inspectors of Sparta finally agreed to Agsilous's suggestion, but they only let Xenophon serve as the deputy envoy, and the chief envoy was a Spartan general who made many military achievements. This not only allowed Xenophon to monitor Xenophon to prevent him from doing something wrong, but also minimized criticism from being criticized by the public) under the guidance of the etiquette officer, he walked into the palace.

Because of what he had seen and heard before, even the Spartan envoy, who was known for his domineering and arrogant, was a little nervous at the moment, let alone Xenophon, who had already thrown the joy of seeing his old friend out of the moment, and was full of thought: How to complete the tasks assigned to him by the Spartans, and at the same time, the powerful Dionians did not retaliate?

"Your Majesty, the Spartan Messenger is here!"

"Please come in."

The sound was calm and heavy, and there was almost no familiarity that it used to be... Xenophon calmed down, reorganized his clothes, and stepped into the hall.

In addition to the court guards and ministers of the main departments of the kingdom, there are also the six former rotating chairmen of the Senate. They did not happen to be here, but have been serving in the palace for several years, because they are now called the "Register of the Kingdom".

In the second year after Dionia conquered Gaul, at a Senate meeting, a newly promoted senate suddenly attacked and criticized that the current Senate system is flawed, and the rotating chairmen presided over the Senate meeting and participated in the administrative affairs of the Kingdom, which allowed them to obtain more important information in advance and use their rights to better help people close to each other, which is unfair to other senators.

His words immediately caused a stir in the Senate. The veterans who supported the rotating chairman criticized him one after another. The veterans who had long been dissatisfied with this were not to be outdone and helped the veteran refute it. They also cited many examples of the veterans who won the election with the help of the rotating chairman in recent years...

The two sides had a fierce quarrel on this matter, which did not calm down for several days, and there was even a trend of expansion. Finally, King Davers strongly intervened, which restored order to the Senate, but a new reform was carried out on the Senate: the rotating chairman of the Senate would be taken turns by the veterans, and no longer fixed a few people;

In addition to formulating and revising legal provisions, electing the chief executive of the region, and supervising the administrative performance of middle and senior officials, all administrative resolutions and diplomatic affairs of the kingdom will no longer be submitted to the Senate for review and approval, but will be directly decided by the Executive Office of the Kingdom;

The kingdom will establish the position of regent minister, with a total of 6 people, and the term of office is the same as that of ministers of each ministries. He will assist the king in managing the administrative affairs of the kingdom. After the term of office, the Senate can be elected and the king will be approved to take over...

After Davers took advantage of this Senate storm and reformed it, the rights of the Senate were reduced, the functions became more single, and more rights were taken to the Kingdom Administrative Office, making administrative efficiency faster and more efficient.

The reason why the Senate made such a big concession was because since Davers was named "Hades", the prestige of the kingdom was unprecedented, and ordinary veterans did not dare to fight against it. The rotating chairmen who were able to organize everyone to stand up and oppose it was caught and became the core of the storm. They were unable to take care of themselves. In addition, Davers gave them a way out with the position of Minister of Responsible, so his plan to collect power was successfully realized.

Of course, Xenophon did not understand the political changes in the Kingdom of Dionys, nor did he pay attention to the ministers standing on both sides. Since entering the hall, his eyes have been looking at the man sitting high on the throne.

But Davers, with the crown, stood up, walked off the throne with excitement, strode to Xenophon, and gave him a powerful hug.

Because the incident happened too quickly, the ministers and guards in the hall had no time to stop it, and they heard Davers' hearty laughter: "Xenophen, Xenophen, I thought I would never see you again in my life. Unexpectedly, Hades blessed us, we finally met again!"

Davers' sudden action was beyond Xenophon's expectations, which made him feel a little moved. He immediately put aside what he wanted to say when meeting when he had thought about it in advance and sighed: "Yes, we have not met for 27 years since Byzantium left!"

"You have a good memory. Davers attached his hands behind him, looked at him slightly, and asked with a smile: "Do you remember what I said at that time?"

Xenophon frowned and pondered for a while, shook his head: "I don't remember."

Davers raised his eyebrows slightly, pointed at the surroundings, and said slowly, "I said, 'I'm going to go to Greater Greece, I'm going to build a country of my own, and invite you to join, but you refused'... 27 years later, do you think what I said at that time has come true?"

"Dear King Diony, you have created countless miracles when you were in Persia, so I take it for granted that you will do anything amazing later." Xenophon replied calmly.

"Hahaha..." Davers smiled heartily again. He patted Xenophon's shoulder and said meaningfully: "I haven't seen you for so many years, but I have become very good at speaking. Is it because I have been with Spartan King Agsilous for a long time?"

"It is because everything I see in Dionia that I have to be in awe!" Xenophon said sincerely.

Davers looked at him, curled his smile and said seriously: "Every time I read the "Long March" you wrote, I will think of the difficult days we shared weal and woe in Persia. Our friendship should not disappear with the passage of time, just like Dionys will always treat friends sincerely, even if Dionys is strong. So over the years, I have specially asked the messenger to send you invitations and invite you to Dionys to attend the scholars' conference so that we can get together well, but we have never been able to do it..."

"..." Xenophon felt guilty and silent without responding.

"It seems that you are not doing well in Sparta!" Davers said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"This is wrong!" Someone next to him immediately retorted loudly: "Xenophon is highly respected in Sparta, otherwise he would not have been allowed to serve as an envoy to you, Dionya, this time!"

Davers' eyes immediately became sharp, and he pierced the man wearing a red cloak and his hair into a thick braid, and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
Chapter completed!