Chapter 184 The establishment of the new Greek alliance (2) (repair)
On January 5, the New Greek Union Conference was officially held, chaired by Crotokataks, assisted by Hilos, and nearly 200 city-state envoys attended the meeting. As the framework of the large alliance agreement was established, the envoys still had fierce debates on some small details.
By January 11, the final alliance agreement was established, and its main contents were:
First of all, the first article is Dionia, Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Agos... the Greek city-states voluntarily established a new Greek alliance and voluntarily elected Dionia as the permanent leader of the alliance;
After the establishment of the New Greek Union Parliament, a citizen of the city-state will be recommended by each city-state to become a member of the Union, which will be replaced every three years, but the members of Dionia will always serve as the chairman of the Union;
Members of the Alliance shall not wage war with each other, otherwise the Alliance will form an army, led by Dionya, to fight against the initiators of the war;
If there are conflicts and conflicts among members of the alliance, they must be submitted to the alliance parliament, and Dionya is responsible for forming an investigation team for discussion and resolution;
If the members of the alliance are invaded by foreign enemies, the alliance will form an army, led by Dionia until the foreign enemies are repelled to ensure the safety of the members of the alliance;
If the members of the alliance want to launch a war against the outside world, they can make a request to the alliance parliament. If the alliance discusses and passes, they will provide assistance. If it fails, they will also forcefully launch a war. The alliance will not guarantee the security of its territory, and Dionia has a veto power;
If there are other city-states who want to join the alliance, they must go through parliamentary discussions and consent, but Dionia has a veto;
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In addition, under the deterrence and tough insistence of Dionia, the New Greek League also confirmed the sphere of influence of the main members of the alliance:
Recognize the territory of Athens as the entire Attica Peninsula, including Aegina, Salamis;
Recognizing that Sparta's territory was Lagnia, including Kissilla Island (because Agus surrendered in time at the end of the Greek War and actively sent troops to assist the army of Dionys, Dionys returned the Tethia, which had been occupied by Sparta for hundreds of years to Agos. The Spartans, who were still worried about their destiny, had no intention of opposing it);
It was confirmed that Thebes established the Piosha League dominated by Thebes, which encompasses the entire Piosha area and also includes Oropus;
(Thebes was the only Greek powerhouse that did not oppose Dionia in the Greek War, and supported Dionia in the late stage of the war, resulting in a faster victory. Dionia certainly had to repay the allies and fully satisfy the dreams pursued by the senior executives of Thebes such as Pelopidas, Ipa Mironda, etc.
But the Athenian emissary group led by Kalistratus firmly opposed it. They believed that the Oropus people had always been close to Athens and regarded Thebes as their enemy. Oropus was also considered part of Attica and should be classified as Attica, not Piosha...
As Pelopidas also had a strong argument, the issue was debated endlessly during the process of formulating the covenant. In the end, Crotokataks mediated and proposed to return Aegina, occupied by Dionia, to Athens, and Oropus was assigned to the Piosha League. Aegina was obviously more important to Athens than Oropus, and Carlistratus finally agreed, and Pelopidas also fulfilled his wish.
For Dionia, since Athens has become an ally, it is natural that Aegina returns Athens, which is just a killing of two birds with one stone.)
Confirm that Mantiniya established the Arcadia alliance with Mantiniya, and that the territory of the original Tegaya belongs to Mantiniya (this is the greatest reward given by Crotokataks to Mantiniya, who always firmly supported Dionys in the war, and fulfilled his previous promises. Hilos even threatened other Arcadia city-states that expressed opposition to this issue, claiming that "if they disagree, then Dionys will come to calculate with them the accounts of betraying Dionys in the war, and Tegaya will be their role model." The envoys of Arcadia city-states in the end did not dare to object anymore);
It is confirmed that Olympia is under the jurisdiction of Elis, but Elis has no right to prevent the city-states of the New Greek Union from worshiping Zeus or to cancel his right to participate in the sports meeting (it can be said that Elis was able to regain control of Olympia in the end, thanks to the pleading of other former Elisian citizens such as Ionicus who had joined Mesenia, and the full cooperation of Crotokataks when he sent troops to surround Olympia to threaten his priests);
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On January 12, the envoys of the city-states signed their names on the covenant one after another, and then the famous Greek engraver engraved the covenant and its signatures on a three-meter-high copper pillar with a diameter of one meter. Then the envoys of the city-states will face this copper pillar engraved with words in turn, and solemnly swear in the name of the twelve Greek Lords: their city-states will abide by the covenant and will never betray!
Finally, this sacred copper pillar will be transported to Turi, erected in front of the gate of the New Greek Union Parliament under construction.
On March 1, a grand triumphal ceremony was held in Turiyi, the capital of the sacred kingdom of Dionia.
When the news of "conquering the Greek mainland" reached the territory of Dionys, the Greek people were ecstatic. You should know that most of them were either refugees from the Eastern Mediterranean or immigrant descendants of Greek city-states. Even if the country is rich and the people are strong, there is still a trace of colonial humility in their hearts. Now those Greek city-states that were once regarded as their mother states bowed to Dionys, so their proud pride was beyond words. They scattered flowers and sang and danced to welcome the soldiers who had been waiting for this triumphant reign for several months.
On the platform in front of the Grand Council, Davers was as happy as the people, especially when he saw his son strode up, his eyes never stopped looking at him.
When Crotokatax came near him, his feet "banged, and he saluted extremely strongly, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Crotokatax, the commander of the Greek Expeditionary Force, salute you!"
At that moment, after experiencing countless storms and waves, Hades Davers, who had been in power for more than 20 years, was actually a little excited. His voice trembled slightly: "Child... you have lost a lot, but you seem more energetic! You did a good job and did not disappoint my expectations for you!"
My father's kind words turned away the perseverance he had trained for more than half a year of fighting in Clotokatax. He suddenly turned red and said softly with guilt: "Father, please forgive me, I have not taken good care of my elder brother!"
Davers comforted softly: "It's not your fault! Your mother and I didn't blame you, nor did Cynthia and Eduyi! After the triumphal ceremony, we will go home together and worship at Adoris' grave!"
He patted Clotokataks on the shoulder, handed the golden scepter to him, and said encouragemently: "But now you must cheer up and celebrate this great victory with the blood of countless soldiers!"
Crotokatax nodded, tried hard to squeeze out his smile, and turned to face the thousands of soldiers and people in the square with Davers, raising the scepter in his hand high.
The cheers suddenly rose like a surging tide.
A month later, Davers appointed Crotokataks as the consul of the Holy Kingdom of Dionia and worked with six auxiliary ministers to handle the state affairs.
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In Attica territory in Athens, there is a Mount Egaleus. It is located on the east of the city of Athens and at the foot of the west of the mountain, there is a small town called Selesia. Because the nearby river bank has high-quality clay, it is famous throughout Greece for its pottery making industry.
There are many pottery houses and kilns in the town. Every day, countless smoke columns rise here, day and night, covering the entire town in smoke and dust. When outsiders see this situation, they often feel worried about the residents of the town, and every time at this time, Athenians will calmly tell them: This is a good thing, which means the prosperity of Athenian pottery industry!
In fact, this is true. Even after the establishment of the New Greek Alliance and Dionia became the new overlord of Greece, the concerns of Athenian pottery merchants did not appear. The Athenian pottery industry not only did not decline, but the orders were far better than before.
Early in the morning, Heschlaus took a team of packs from the suburbs of Athens and arrived in Selesia.
A large mansion near the town gate in the west district of the town is his pottery farm. As soon as he entered the yard, the foreman in charge of the entire pottery factory came to report to him immediately: the last batch of pottery will be out of the kiln soon.
He immediately rushed to the front of the kiln. The kiln had just opened. In the scorching black and gray air, pieces of pottery burned red were displayed before everyone's eyes: they were of various shapes, but they were all different from the traditional Athenian pottery.
Everyone present was used to this because the pottery was customized by the buyer and the styles were also provided by the buyer, who was the Turiyi merchant.
You should know that when Heschlaus initially handed over the new patterns provided by the buyer to potters who were responsible for making embryos and shaping, these skilled Athenian potters refused to make them, believing that these patterns were rebellious and randomly designed. Heschlaus fired one potter after another for this. The collective boycott of the potters once made his just-in-the-cup business fall into a desperate situation, but later more than half of the pottery farm in Selesia received orders from Dionia, and the prices were considerable. The potters who had to dress and eat finally chose to surrender.
While waiting for the pottery temperature to drop, Heschlaus went to the bottle painting room next to him. He wanted to express his gratitude to the painter Onehimos, who painted the patterns of the pottery works and his assistants, and gave him generous rewards.
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