I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 73 The Anomaly of the Gillies Federation
A few days later, Ipaminondas officially set off with the immigrants from Thebes and a large amount of supplies. Because most of the current troops of the Kingdom of Macedonia are deployed on the front line, the rear is still relatively safe, so Antigonus did not send any more immigrants. To protect the army, in his opinion, the elite Theban Holy Army was just qualified to fulfill the duty of protecting the army.In addition, the second batch of immigrants stranded behind the Hot Spring Pass also received the news when the Thebes immigrants were about to leave and began to pack their luggage, planning to join them when the Thebes arrived and leave the customs together.

Antigonus originally wanted to set off with the immigrants, but he couldn't get away from the affairs of Pella City. The disadvantage of Hephaestion, the chief clerical officer, was not here, and Antigonus had no one to help. Able to handle a lot of government affairs alone, although there is a mayor Attalos in Pella City who can assist in management, but he is only in charge of the municipal administration of Pella City after all, and can only help in certain aspects.

In desperation, Antigonus had no choice but to promote another talented young man from the nobles of Pella as his special clerk. After consideration, he chose Eucrates, the younger brother of the foreign minister Hioloomos. .Although Eucrates was the son of the first foreign minister like Hioloomos, he was different from his elder brother. He did not inherit his father's diplomatic skills, but specialized in management knowledge, while he Since my elder brother was raised as an heir from an early age, he inherited all of his father's diplomatic skills.

With the assistance of the new clerk Eucrates, Antigonus quickly resolved most of the accumulated government affairs. It is ridiculous to say that many of these government affairs were frictions between the tribes living outside the city. Contradictions, whether they are big or small, are not small.

The thorny issue left to Antigonus is mainly the report of the Royal Navy about the movement of the Gilis Federation across the sea. For some reason, the navy of the Gillis Federation is often patrolling in the Aegean Sea these days, intercepting the Merchant ships in the port of Pella, and clashes broke out with the Macedonian navy several times, causing several sailors on both sides to be injured. A warship of the Gilis Federation was hit and the ship's side was damaged.

The Kingdom of Macedonia has always adhered to the principle of friendly exchanges and mutual non-aggression with the Gilis city-state and even other civilized countries on the Musk continent. There has never been a similar conflict in the past 30 years, which made Antigonus raise his head. Be vigilant.As a stable trade partner of the kingdom, it is impossible for the Gillis Federation to decide to create conflicts and frictions inexplicably, because this is beneficial and harmless to the economic development of the two countries.

The government system used by the Gillis Federation is a plutocratic republic, which means that their country's attributes are to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Therefore, Antigonus does not believe that they will choose to fight against stable trading partners without a certain reason .Antigonus speculated that either someone paid a high price to hire the Gillis Federation to target Macedonia, or...

Either someone interfered, making the Gillis think they could take advantage of the Macedonian Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Antigonus couldn't help but thump in his heart. He suddenly thought of Euphemia, who had been missing for a long time. He hadn't heard about this woman for a long time, so Antigonus had forgotten her unconsciously. Looking back now, on the day of the coup d'état, Someone from Pera Port reported that several suspicious-looking women who wrapped themselves tightly boarded a merchant ship bound for the Gillis Federation. At first, he didn't pay much attention to it, but sent a few spies to track it down. Now it seems that those women are likely to be Euphemia and her attendants.

If Euphemia fled to the Gillis Federation and took refuge in someone in the Federation Council, and persuaded the Gillis Federation that the country had just suffered civil strife and emptiness, then everything would make sense.

"Euphemia's ghost is really lingering. She was forced to live in exile and she could still give me a living." Antigonus gritted his teeth and thought angrily.

Fortunately, the Gillis Federation is only making small moves in the Aegean Sea, instead of directly choosing a large-scale attack, otherwise Antigonus will be miserable. His main force is all on the front line, and the rear is empty, only the hundreds of city defenses guarding Pella City The Gillis Federation, on the other hand, can easily mobilize a large number of troops to attack across the sea. If the war really breaks out, the city of Pella will have already been captured before the frontline troops return to help.

This is the tragedy of a small country. Although the Kingdom of Macedonia has been farming for more than 30 years under the rule of King Philip and has accumulated a certain amount of national strength, it is still no match for a large indigenous country with a history of more than [-] years.

Rubbing his temples, Antigonus felt a little headache. The current situation of the kingdom does not allow him to go to war with civilized countries.Compared with barbarians, the armies of civilized countries are obviously more difficult to deal with. Not to mention that the weapons and equipment of the two armies are at the same level, the armies of civilized countries also have high discipline and high combat effectiveness. Go up, know how to line up to meet the enemy and use tactics.Therefore, Antigonus didn't want war to break out, and with his level of talking about war on paper, he might not be hanged and beaten.

In the end, Antigonus decided to send the chief of foreign affairs, Hieromos, to the Gilis Federation to negotiate with the other party, to test the attitude of the Gillis people, and in order to increase the success rate of this trip, Antigonus also asked Hieros After arriving in Gilis, Loomos spread the news that the kingdom had defeated the Ogrell barbarians, letting the Gilis council know that the Macedonian kingdom had recovered from civil strife and was still capable of defeating the menacing barbarians.

In addition, the number of naval fleets patrolling the Aegean Sea will also increase, and their attitude will be tougher than before. If they back down, the Gillis will think they are weak, and only being as tough as before can make them retreat.The Gillis have always sought advantages and avoided disadvantages. When they found out that it would take a huge price to conquer the Macedonian Kingdom to obtain those profitable technologies, they would give up the idea of ​​​​war.

Speaking of sending envoys, Antico suddenly remembered the huge sum of [-] that his cheap father had deposited in the Merchant Republic of Feron. There is no concept of interest in this world, let alone saving money to make money. That money is wasted in the bank, it is better to take it out and put it into construction. It just so happens that a lot of money is needed for immigration and construction of strongholds recently.

He originally wanted to withdraw the money himself, but now he couldn't get away, so he could only send a few people to withdraw the money with his token.Therefore, he asked the chief of the guard, Agnes, to take a few guards and cavalry to charter a merchant ship with public funds to the Merchant Republic of Feron after the war. Antigonus still sent a trireme to escort.

　Tomorrow at [-]:[-] noon, your first order determines how far the Kingdom of Macedonia can go, come on!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)