ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 480 Super Spear

Melisenda was not surprised by this. He knew that his mother actually preferred to live in the small city of Amendolara, and chose to live in the noisy city of Turui just to take care of Felicius.After Felicius went on an expedition, she felt very lonely, so she naturally chose to come to Amendolara to live with her daughter-in-law and grandson.

Melisander walked along the corridor.

"Brother! Brother!..." A little girl ran towards him.

"Little Doris!" Melisander stepped forward and picked up Doris, the three-year-old daughter born to her mother and Felixius.

"Brother! Brother!..." Then another child staggered towards him.

"Be careful, my baby." Melisanda hurriedly hugged him with her other hand, and then corrected him in a dumbfounded voice: "I'm not your brother, I'm your father. If you want to call me daddy, you know? dad!"

This boy was little Alsinis, the son of Alsinis and Hepna.Melisander took good care of Hepna during her pregnancy, so he regarded little Alsinis as his own.

It's also interesting to say that the daughter born to his stepfather and his mother is very different in age from Melisanda, but is about the same age as his two-year-old stepson Alsinis, and is more like a brother and sister.And little Alcinis also loves to play with this little aunt.

"No, just call me brother! Just call me brother!" the naughty Doris encouraged.

Little Alsinis looked at Doris in confusion, then at Melisander, and shouted again: "Brother! Brother!"

Melisander was angry and funny. She slapped Doris's butt twice and said in an evil tone: "If you teach little Al again, my brother will beat you!"

Doris immediately burst into tears.

"Melisanda, how old are you, and you still don't know how to give in to your sister!" A female voice came from the front that sounded more like relief than reproach.

"Mother!" Melisanda stood up and shouted kindly, then turned to the young and graceful figure next to Delia and said softly: "I'm back, Hepna."

Heppna stared at her husband who had long since lost his childishness and became more muscular and burly. She looked at him carefully until she confirmed that there were no scars. Then she gave up her worries and smiled at Melisander.

"Didn't His Majesty Davos give an order to let you go home and reunite only after the enemy is defeated?! Why are you back now!" Delia asked in surprise, calling Davos by his new name like this! It's smooth because it was these loyal followers of Hades who pushed Davos to the throne.

"Because His Majesty allows us to go home to participate in the donation and return to the military camp tomorrow." Melisander replied.

"Ah, I'll go back tomorrow!" Heppna blurted out. She didn't expect that the time together would be so short.

"When the war is over and peace is restored, you can keep Melisanda at home as long as you want, but now they must drive away all the enemies who are destroying our land!" Delia educated her daughter-in-law. She saw it with her own eyes. She saw her home land being ravaged by the Tarantums, so she didn't want it to happen again.

"You are right, mother." Heppna replied respectfully.

Melisanda gently pushed away her son's little hands that were scratching his face, and said: "Your Majesty will soon lead us south to repel the Syracuseans. The biggest problem now is that the food supply is somewhat insufficient -"

"I heard that the situation at your father's place (referring to Asprostum) is not very good..." Delia was very worried, not only because she heard that the soldiers on the front line were in short supply of food, but also because of the failure of the company in the battle. Even in the hinterland of Dionia, she could hear some bad words blaming her husband, such as poor command skills, etc. One can imagine how much pressure Felicius was on the front line: "Donate money and food. , Hepna and I have already prepared, you come back just in time, we will take you to Victory Square together in a while."

"That's great!" Melisander said happily, which saved him a lot of energy.

"Melisanda, my son, if you go to the south this time, you must help your father more!" Delia warned again.

How can I help him?My father is the commander of the south, and I am just the captain of a legion.Melisander thought in her heart, but she agreed with her words.

Heppna took little Alsinis from his arms, Delia held Doris in her arms, and the family entered the main building.

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"What did you say?! Lord... His Majesty can't go home yet?!" Azuna asked anxiously: "But I heard that all the soldiers in the military camp have been dismissed and gone home!"

Aristelas said calmly: "Your Majesty still has important things to do and will come back later, so let me tell my wife first."

"I know, we will wait for him to come back." Christoya responded with a smile.

Aristelas took his leave and left.

"Sister, will Davos not come back today?!" Disappointment and worry intertwined on Agnes' pretty face, making her look a little pitiful.Although she is already 24 years old, she has always been favored by her father before she got married. After marrying to Thurii, she was favored by Davos. She was usually either at home or in the temple, and she never suffered any major disturbances or setbacks.This time she was pregnant for the first time, and she was inevitably uneasy. She urgently needed someone to accompany her and comfort her (the rate of dystocia in this era is still very high, even in Dionia, which has relatively advanced medical treatment). However, Daves went on the expedition for more than a month. I haven't been around all this time. I finally heard that I was coming back, but in the next moment I was told that I would postpone it. Naturally, I was worried about gains and losses.

Although Kristoya was also feeling a little depressed, as the mistress who managed the entire house, she still cheered up and tried her best to comfort her: "Don't worry, sister, our husband, it's not like you don't understand him. He said today If he comes back, he will definitely come back today! Don’t worry, go to the bedroom to sleep for a while, lest you are so sleepy that you want to sleep when he comes back. "

"Okay... sister, don't forget to wake me up later." Agnes said softly, and she walked into the main building with the support of a female slave.

Kristoya let out a breath and felt bitter for a moment: Agnes has my comfort, but who will comfort me!
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At this moment, Davos was carefully looking at a weapon placed on the table in the big tent: it was a spear, the shape and style of which were no different from the bayonet used by the heavy infantry. The only difference was the length of the barrel. and diameter.It is four meters long, two meters longer than the spears usually used by soldiers, and the diameter of the barrel is also thicker.

As soon as Davos picked it up, the weapons merchant Theos shouted: "Your Majesty, be careful with your head!"

Davos's height and the length of the spear almost pierced the high roof. He had no choice but to lift it diagonally, shook the gun a few times, made a few thrusts, and then asked with satisfaction: "What's the point of this spear?" Not bad, is every shot like this?"

Theos said frankly: "Your Majesty, you asked me to build 6000 spears like this in such a short period of time. Of course, I can't make every spear like the one in your hand. The barrel of the spear is very polished." Smooth, but I can assure you that they will have no problem killing the enemy when used! And in terms of quality, these spears are stronger and more durable. Because of your Majesty’s approval, we felled the cedars in the Amendolara Mountains. , Use the wood used to build warships to find spears, so that you can ensure that after such a long spear shaft is connected to the iron spear head, there will be no big vibration when stabbing, and it will not be easy to break..."

Davos nodded: "Are they all finished?"

"I just found 1400 rods. Mr. Capps was in a hurry to use them, so I sent them over first."

Davos frowned and said: "We must hurry up. I am afraid that we will not be able to stay in Turi for a few days before we go to the battlefield again. Therefore, we must build all these spears as soon as possible and distribute them to every soldier. And we have to leave time for them to train, time is very tight!”

"Your Majesty, we have tried our best! We just have to chop down trees, carry them, cut them, and plan them..." Theos began to complain.

Davos interrupted him: "I asked Capps to allocate manpower from the supply camp to you to assist you in completing some less important processes, such as cutting down trees, transporting, etc., while your people will finally complete the spearhead, Is this okay for making gun barrels?!"

"If that's the case..." Theos calculated it carefully, and then said loudly: "I should... can guarantee that in three days... no, the day after tomorrow I will send you all the spears!"

"Then it's hard on you! As for the cost of this batch of weapons, the national treasury is tight with money now, so we can only pay it to you after the war is over. But don't worry, I will let Melses add 10% interest to you. .”

As soon as Davos finished speaking, Theos said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am willing to donate all these spears to the Alliance. I also donated three talents to the Alliance and asked my family to take them to Victory Square. .Your Majesty, you have taken the lead and set an example for us. As a citizen of the Alliance, although I cannot go to the battlefield, I am willing to dedicate my strength to the Alliance's victory in this war!"

"Okay! Well said!" Davos praised loudly: "Of course your efforts are recorded in the book. When the war is won, the Senate will reward you!"

Davos mentioned something vaguely, which cheered up Theos's spirit. He immediately took out a few pieces of papyrus from his arms and handed them to Davos.

Davos took it and glanced at it. It was covered with dense writing, and looked at Theos with some confusion.

"Your Majesty, these are the foreign businessmen in the Amendolara handicraft manufacturing area who heard that the alliance called on citizens to donate. They also expressed their hope to participate in donations and help the alliance tide over this difficulty." This is the donation material they drafted List,” Theos explained.

(End of this chapter)