At this time, Burkes was inquired by General Turiyi in the city hall.

The political system of Turiyi is similar to Athens. The administrative management of the city-state usually adopts the "ten generals' responsibility system" (after all, it is a city established under the leadership of Athens), but it is different from the generals in Athens that were elected at the Citizens' Congress, because when it was established, Turiyi's main immigrants came from ten regions of Greece, namely Arcadia, Achaia, Piosha, Ionia, Athens, Dorian... etc. Therefore, the annual election is made by citizens of Turiyi from these ten regions, each electing a general, and the chief general has always been the descendants of Athens.

However, after the Peloponnese War ended and Athens was defeated, in order to prevent the revenge of Sparta and the city-states that joined the Spartan alliance in the Great Greek region (such as Tarantum, Crotone, Syracuse, etc., all powerful states). Under the promotion of Kunogorata of the Arcadia tribe, all Athenian descendants were expelled in the city of Turiyi. At this point, there were only "nine generals" left in Turiyi, and the chief general was decided by the Council to elect nine generals elected by the tribe. Kunogorata had served as chief general for four consecutive years. It was not until last year that the Lucanian invasion and after Turiyi's defeat, the Citizens Congress voted most of the votes on Phiris, who they believed to have the most military talent. Although he lost the chief, Kunogorata was still elected as one of the nine generals, after all, his reputation among the Arcadia tribe was too high.

Now, he was holding the employment agreement signed by Bulcos and asked: "Bulcos, as the person in charge of recruiting soldiers this time, you should understand the price of mercenaries in the entire Greek region, about what is the approximate price?"

"It usually takes about half a Dalik gold coins per month." Burkos answered truthfully.

"Very well, it's roughly the same as what I know. I noticed that the first of these two employment agreements was indeed half a month for Dalik gold coins, but in the second agreement—" Kunogorata said loudly in front of the other generals: "The same two thousand mercenaries, the fee you give is two Dalik gold coins per month!"

Hearing this, the generals let out a surprise voice.

Before Bulcos could explain, Kunogolata held up the parchment with the agreement and continued, "Not only that, you also signed them for a half-year employment period. According to the above regulations, regardless of whether the war ended or not, they would have to pay two Dalik gold coins every month! Think about it, if the Lukari people suspended the attack, and according to this agreement, these mercenaries would be able to get nearly 25,000 gold coins in vain without any effort in the past six months!"

"Oh my God, this is too much! Amid the surprises made by everyone again, another general Neonsis said angrily: "Last year, in order to prepare military funds for the Turi's army to attack the Lukari people, the treasury took out 300 tarant silver. As a result... In order to pay tribute to the families of citizens who died in battle, fifty tarants were taken out; at the same time, in order to defend against the Lukari people's siege, they rushed to build weapons and repair the city walls, citizens and militias were called out and another 150 tarants were taken out; this year, in order to buy

Buying and supplying food for Tarantum reinforcements and mercenaries, as well as rebuilding destroyed villages, farmland and other facilities, one hundred and twenty tarant silver, which is not enough! The war has not yet begun, and the treasury is almost empty. We have discussed before whether to impose special war tax on citizens. This is the wealth accumulated over the years and the hard tax income of citizens. As a general in charge of city-state finance and taxation, I cannot tolerate such a ridiculous agreement, and I will refuse to pay their salaries!"

"Yes, we don't recognize this employment agreement!" Most generals then objected.

At this time, the chief general Ferris spoke: "Kunogolata, the Lucanians gathered troops in Laus. This news has been confirmed. We all know that, so there is no possibility that the Lukari people will not attack within half a year, because the army gathered together, and the food consumption is very huge. With the food production capacity of the Lucanian region, it is impossible to support it for half a year. If it is assembled and cancelled, it will only weaken the prestige of the great leader of the tribal alliance. Unless there is a special situation, the Lucanian attack will come soon! And in this critical time, we need more soldiers to help us resist the Lucanian attack!"

"Ferris, you don't rule out the accident. For example, everyone thought that the Lucanians would attack the city after a great victory, but they had a plague and were forced to retreat..." Kunogorata retorted: "Whether the enemy attack is not the key, the key is that this agreement makes the mercenaries benefit the party no matter what the situation is in, while Turiyi always suffers. This is the problem! The person in charge you recommended, Bulcos, I don't think he has done his best in this mission! Look at the treatment he gave to those mercenaries, not only salary, but also this... Look...

'The mercenaries led by Davers are only responsible for defending Turiyi and repelling the Lukari attack on Turiyi. If there are other tasks, they must be discussed and decided separately by both sides...'" Kunogorata read the terms of the employment agreement loudly, and then sneered at Bulcos, saying: "Are you sure you are recruiting only mercenaries, not Spartan soldiers?! We spend money, we are the masters. Now these mercenaries have become VIPs, and they have to ask for their consent in everything! I now seriously suspect that Bulcos has a private transaction with this mercenary, and I ask the financial officer to investigate him!"

"Enough, Kunogorata!" Ferris finally couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Although I recommended Bulcos, it was decided by all the generals. Don't forget that you are the second one to agree! It shows that his ability has been recognized by everyone. In such a short period of time, he ran around and worked tirelessly, and quickly recruited more than 4,000 soldiers for Turiyi, which solved the problem of shortage of Turiyi's soldiers, so that the safety of the city-state was guaranteed! He should have been rewarded by the city-state and thanked by the citizens, but he still had to accept your humiliation here. Is this the way Turiyi should treat a citizen who contributed to the city-state? If so, which citizen will voluntarily do things for Turiyi in the future!!" Ferris's words temporarily fell silent.

Bulcos took advantage of the situation and said, "I didn't expect the city-state's finances to be so embarrassing! However, the reason for signing this agreement to recruit these soldiers was, on the one hand, because the situation was urgent at the time, and on the other hand, because they were worthy of my doing so! Although they were not Spartans, they were not weaker than Spartans!"

This sentence immediately attracted everyone's attention. Neonsis obviously disbelief and said sarcastically: "Everyone knows that the Spartans were trained as soldiers since childhood, so they were so terrible when they grew up. Is there a second city-state in the world that adopts a similar system? Oh... By the way, there is also the Persian Immortal Guard mentioned in the book "History" written by Herodotus. Are they Persians?"

Bulcos looked at Neonsis coldly: "These soldiers really have something to do with the Persians!"

"Oh?!" Ferris asked with interest: "Is this mercenary of any special origin?"

Seeing that the generals were all focused on him, he glanced at Polyxis who had been silent and said calmly: "After receiving the mission assigned by the generals, I set off on a boat that day. As a result, when passing through the Adriatic Sea, I encountered two pirate ships and were almost captured by them. Fortunately, Poseton blessed, a strong wind blew. In the danger of the ship being overturned, I escaped and sailed all the way to Crete.

, and then went ashore to rest and repair the ship, and originally wanted to recruit some archers there. The locals told me, 'It is okay to recruit a few people. If there are many people, you must obtain the Spartan permission, because Crete is now part of the Spartan League.' He also told me that most of the mercenaries are gathered in Asia Minor and suggested that I go there to recruit, but it is best to obtain the Spartan recruitment permit. After thinking carefully, I decided to go to Sparta."

Several generals became nervous unconsciously. Although they drove away the citizens of Turiyi, descendants of Athens, in order to eliminate the revenge of the Spartan alliance city-state, and turned the main ten tribes in Turiyi into nine tribes, they did not know how Sparta's attitude towards Turiyi was.
Chapter completed!