ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 243 Dionia's Troops

Geogris is considered a wealthy man in Amendolara (actually it belongs to his wife). He owns ten acres of mountainous land in Amendolara, where he plants olive trees that are over ten years old. He also has his own oil press to make olives. Oil, originally the family only had a simple carriage, which was mainly used to transport finished olive oil to the port of Turii. Since Dania married Georgris, considering that Georgris frequently traveled between Turiyi and Amen Dorara was conducting military training and handling some military affairs. In order to support her husband, she specially purchased a passenger carriage for her husband to ride on. In fact, Georgris mostly rode horses.

Although there were not many pedestrians on the road at this time, all the carriages set off in order.It has been almost a year since the Amendolara-Turiyi Avenue was built. People are using it. For safety and convenience, some agreed-upon rules have been formed under the guidance of the alliance.

Now that the Union's Road Bureau has been established, little Heracleide was successfully elected as the head of the department.According to the news, he is preparing to do two things immediately: First, submit a "Bill for the Maintenance and Use of Dionysian Roads" to the Senate, which is to prepare to transform these private road rules into universal ones for the alliance. Formal road laws to improve the efficiency of road use; second, he is preparing to propose a new avenue design plan and a plan to renovate old avenues to Archon Davos.

The driver drove the two horses to run at a constant speed, and the wooden wheels tied with iron sheets spun rapidly on the flat road.

While listening to his wife's chatter in the bumpy carriage, Geoglis thought about what he had heard about the new road department.

"I'm going to buy four more slaves tomorrow." His wife's words caught his attention.

"Aren't our slaves enough?" Georgris said doubtfully.

"I haven't seen the three acres of land you were newly allocated in Crimesa. I heard it is good land. According to the regulations of the Union Ministry of Agriculture, it can only be used to grow wheat. You are now busy with the Union. Military affairs, how can I go to Crimea to work in free time, of course I want to buy more slaves to take care of the farmland for us all the year round." Dania explained.

"There are only three acres of land, so we don't need so many slaves. It will cost a lot of money just to support them." Geogris was used to being poor before, and he still maintains the good habit of thrift.

"My dear, you don't know that ordinary citizen families in Dionia now have at least two or three slaves. Everyone understands that only by allowing the adult men in the family to free up time for military training can they achieve meritorious service and gain honor in the war. , to win more land and concessions. The slave market that was built in Thurii Port just half a year ago has now expanded several times. The price of ordinary slaves has increased from the initial 160 drachmas to 300 drachmas. Horses, I won’t buy more now. When I want to buy them again in the future, I’m afraid the price has already risen to [-].”

"Besides, the extra slaves can be used to go to Crimesa to speed up plowing our farmland, digging ditches, and planting wheat seedlings. After the farm work there is finished, a few of them can be sent back to Amendolara. Oil pressing workshop, assisting in transporting clay pots, taking care of our olive oil shop at the port... Wait until the busiest autumn, when more labor is needed to complete farm work such as harvesting wheat, beating olives, pressing oil, grinding flour... , Our slaves are enough, there is no need to hire temporary labor, which is a waste of money, and the efficiency is not high..." Danya explained to Georgris in detail.

Geogris didn't know much about these, but he trusted his wife's ability, so he nodded and said: "In that case, let's do as you say."

Dania happily snuggled into Georgris's arms.

The carriage stopped in front of the south gate of Thurii City. According to regulations, carriages were not allowed to enter the city, so the couple Georgris could only get out of the car and walk, followed by slaves carrying his weapons and equipment.

Along the way, you can see that many citizens are accompanied by their wives, and even the elderly and children come to see them off.

Since Davos took the lead (he often took Christia to appear in public) and the integration of a large number of Lucanians, the tradition of wives of Greek city-state citizens to stay at home and show less publicity has been established in Dionia. Few complied.

"Geogris! Geogris!"

Geogris heard someone calling him, and looked back quickly, but it was Olivers.

He came with his Persian wife Mitra.

After the four of them greeted each other, Olivers said excitedly: "I heard that you have returned to the First Army Corps this time!"

"Because Captain Hieros serves as the administrator of Asprostum, I am only temporarily here to fill his vacancy." Geogris still maintained the old habit of calling him Captain Hiros when he was in Persia.

"What's temporary! Davos will definitely let you stay in the First Legion!" Olivers curled his lips and smiled mysteriously.

"Why?" Georgris asked doubtfully.

"Because serving as the captain of the First Legion makes it easier to serve as the commander of other legions." Olivers came over and whispered: "I heard that Davos proposed a motion to the Senate yesterday and it has been passed, 'In the future , Anyone who has performed outstandingly as the head of the legion for five years can become a member of the Senate after being elected by the elders!"

Before Georgris spoke, Dania, who was listening carefully, said excitedly: "So my husband will become a senator in the Senate in the future!"

Olivers glanced at her and said with a smile: "Yes, but after me. To become a senator of the Senate, you don't just need to be able to fight, you also need to have administrative capabilities. To be like me, not only do you usually serve as Tuliyi's Patrol captain, he also hired a private teacher to teach me reading, arithmetic and speech. Next year, I am also planning to strive to serve as a junior agricultural officer and commercial officer..."

Danya looked at her silent husband and secretly made up her mind: In the future, she should urge him to strengthen his studies, engage in more local affairs, and stop training new recruits at the Ministry of Military Affairs... and so on.

Olivers looked over again, and he found it very interesting: it was quite appropriate for the honest Georgis to marry a wife who seemed to be shrewd.

He looked at Daniya carefully and suddenly looked strange: "Are you pregnant?"

Danya proudly touched her belly: "Five months!"

"My wife is also pregnant!" Olivers announced equally proudly, and Mitra lowered her head shyly.

"Among the comrades in our team, I am afraid that the only captains, Siros and Matonis, are not married now." Georgris said suddenly.

"You, the news is so limited! Kunogolata has taken a liking to Hilos and wants him to be his son-in-law. He also wants Davos to be a matchmaker. Davos has already agreed. With Davos coming forward, Can you agree to that piece of wood from Xilos! As for Matonis, didn’t you notice that he behaved a little strangely when we left Crimesa?” Olivers smiled narrowly and said: “I asked my men to go to him quietly. The brigade inquired, and it turned out that this big guy was obsessed with a girl in the city of Crimesa... Hahaha!"

"Really?!" Georgris looked surprised.

"Of course it's true! But don't ask him, or he'll beat you up and implicate me," Olivers reminded.

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Dionia sent troops in accordance with the covenant. Not only did it want to defeat Locri as soon as possible, but it was also an opportunity to demonstrate the power of the alliance in the southern Italian city-states to increase its influence in this area. Therefore, Dionia not only sent the most elite The first legion, and any company in the first legion that is short of strength due to injury or illness can be supplemented by experienced soldiers from other legions. Even the personnel responsible for transporting baggage are more than 1000 mercenaries led by Zantiparis This not only ensures the safety of the baggage, but also serves as a powerful supplement to the combat troops. Of course, Davos and Felicius also have selfish motives, hoping that these former comrades can make new contributions and become prepared citizens of Deolia as soon as possible.

The first legion of more than 7000 people, the baggage escort of 1500 people, a total of nearly 9000 troops, and baggage trucks composed of countless beasts of burden. After a huge team was reviewed by Davos and the Senate in Victory Square, Set off grandly to the south.

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The first time Lockry heard of the Dionian Alliance (it was not called this name at the time) was during the First Crotone War. Crotone's army was actually defeated by the Amendolara army, which was much smaller than them. Defeated and captured.

The Locri people were even more surprised and excited. They were happy to see an additional city-state to the north of Crotone that could cause trouble for Crotone. Based on the principle of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", Locri Send an envoy to contact Amendolara, hoping to establish an alliance with them to deal with Crotone together.As a result, the Amendolara people did not make any statement. Instead, they signed an armistice treaty with the Crotone people and returned thousands of captured Crotone soldiers to Crotone six months later.Moreover, during the negotiations, Locri even became a bargaining chip for the Amendolara people to threaten Crotone and achieve a truce, so the Locri people began to resent Amendolara.

Half a year later, the Second Crotone War broke out, and the Crotone army once again invaded the Dionian Alliance, which was mainly composed of Amendolara people. While Locri was angry, he did not forget their archenemy. It was Crotone who quickly sent an envoy to prepare to unite with Dionia again. Due to various factors, the envoy Metrophenis failed to contact Davos in time. However, Crotone's army was unable to contact Davos in a short time. A few days later, they suffered a disastrous defeat at the Trionto River, and only a few thousand people were left to retreat back to Crimesa to resist the counterattack of the Dionian army.

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