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Chapter 596 Asistes Debriefing ([-])

All the senators stood up at this moment to show respect.This is not spontaneous, but a bill passed by the Senate of the Kingdom of Dionia in the past ten years. It stipulates that whenever the king participates in a Senate meeting, he must have this etiquette.If there are any elders who do not stand up or salute, the supreme censor can exercise their power to expel them from the meeting.

As for the entry of palace guards into the venue, it is due to the sudden increase in the number of senators after the South-Italian War. Although the guards guarding the Senate will search the senators before entering the venue to prevent anyone from carrying weapons, the new Some of the senators who joined Deolia had deep conflicts, such as the senators of Crotone and Locri, and the senators of Trina and Hibernian. During the debate on the bill, they often disagreed and often clashed. There were several times. It even threatened the safety of Davos, so Mariji and Plesinas proposed, with the consent of more than half of the senators in the venue, to allow the palace guards under Davos to enter the venue, not only to protect the king, but also to assist the censor. Maintain order in the venue.Of course, after ten years of hard work and some improvements to the Senate meeting system, the current Senate meetings have become much more orderly.

Davers sat firmly on the leather chair. Since there are two steps under the seat, his height can basically be at the same level as the back row of seats in the venue.

Davos stared at the nearly two hundred elders in front of him. Most of them were concentrated in the front center of the venue, so that they could hear the speaker's voice clearly.

In the front row are the senior veterans, and the seat in the middle belongs to Cunogorata. This is Daves' compliment for what he has done over the years, and the veterans also agree with his ability and prestige.But during this period of time, he has been bedridden, and hearing Hulls say that his condition is getting worse, Davos is a little worried.

The seat next to him should have been Cornelus, who was also a hard-working veteran, but today, as the rotating chairman, he stood in front of the wooden table in the middle of the venue to the right of Davers.Ten years later, he also has white beard and hair, and a stooped figure.

Davos sighed secretly in his heart. If it weren't for the long-term absence of Kunogorata and the Senate needed a prestigious senator to guard him, he might have considered letting Cornelus, who was almost 60 years old, not have to guard it for him. He is afraid that he will not be able to hold on to this heavy-duty rotating chairman position because it is too mentally draining.

Sitting in the center of the front row are the three permanent rotating presidents of the Senate, namely Vespa, Thedorum and Lysias.Although Lysias of Crotone was a late senator, on the one hand, he was out of respect for Crotone, a city that was once a powerful country in Magna Graecia. On the other hand, after all, Crotone was once the city of Cyril, Although the leaders of Trina and Colonia were in the past, they still had some influence, so Lysias, who was once the chief general of Crotone, became the rotating chairman of the Senate at the suggestion of Davos. .

Also seated in the first row were Tritodemus, Protesilaus, Laphias, Antaoris, Philisius, Melses, Marigy, and Plesinus. , Burcos...these senators who made great contributions to the kingdom before the South-Italian War.

In addition, the seating situation of the former mercenary veterans who always liked to sit together has also undergone some changes.For example, Antonios sat alone on one side, surrounded by most of the senators from Sicily; Hieros originally did not want to sit alone, but some of the senators from Locri and his allies who were conquered and surrendered by him preferred to sit next to him. As a result, some former mercenary elders were very dissatisfied, and in the end he had to stay away from the mercenary elders... Later, in order to avoid a situation like Antonios's again, after the battle of Brindisi, Davos Two or three legions were sent to attack the designated towns of Messape and Pucetti respectively. This not only allowed each soldier to obtain military exploits and get training, but also dispersed the influence of the commanders on the conquered areas.

But even so, there are still some Messapi and Pucetti senators who shamelessly crowd among the former mercenary senators, causing this largest group in the Senate to gradually become fragmented.Not only was Davos not worried, but he was happy to see this situation arise, because now he no longer needed to rely on this group of mercenaries to gain a foothold in the kingdom.

At this moment, Davos put his hands on the armrests of the chair, leaned against the back of the chair in a more comfortable posture, and then said to Cornelius: "Let's get started."

The first item on the agenda of this senate meeting is the report of Asestes, the chief executive of Enona, whose term of office has expired.

Debriefing, this is a procedure that every Dionysian senator who has resigned from public office must do.

On the one hand, it allows other elders to understand and evaluate their actions during their term of office.If you perform well, you will be more likely to take up a new position in the next election. If you perform poorly, you will have a reason to be idle next time. This also forces the elders to dare not slack off when holding public office, and will be regarded as incompetent by their colleagues. , no one can bear it.

On the other hand, it is convenient for other elders to understand the current situation and difficulties faced by this position or this region through the outgoing person, so that they will consider it carefully when deciding on relevant proposals or whether to take over this position. .

Asistes had briefed Enona three years ago, so this time he was familiar with the situation and spoke more briefly.

After he finished his speech, there was applause all around, and of course a lot of it was social.

At this time, the rotating chairman Cornelus said loudly: "My lords, now is the time to ask Lord Assistas."

Asisters suddenly felt nervous, and the most difficult moment of the debriefing had arrived!
As soon as Cornerus finished speaking, Felicius stood up immediately: "My lords, I remember Lord Asistes said three years ago, 'Enona will become the League of Campania and Dio A bridge between the kingdoms of Leah.’ I would like to ask Lord Asistes, what achievements has Enona made in this regard three years ago?”

Asistes breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Felicius gratefully: As expected of an old officer in the mercenary army, this was completely helping him.

In his previous report, Asistes has already mentioned this matter, and now he only needs a more detailed explanation: "Thank you Your Majesty and all your lords for their wise decision to let our Kingdom of Dionia and Campania Alliances form alliances, which is the basis for Enona to quickly develop relations with various city-states in Campania!

We all know that due to the Samnite invasion of Campania city-states in the past, some city-states have fallen into the hands of the Samnite, including the ancient city-state of Capusa.Although under our mediation, the Samnites and the Campania League reached a peace agreement, the land occupied by the Samnites cannot be returned. Therefore, there are a large number of people in the Campania region who have lost their homes and have no land. Paniyas.

In the past, most of them could only be mercenaries in order to survive.Since Enona became a new piece of land acquired by the kingdom, although the original residents, the Samonites, have all left, the growth of its urban population has been slow, because Greek immigrants from the Eastern Mediterranean prefer to come to the kingdom's large area. Settled in the Greek area, where it is closer to the mainland of Greece, and the customs and habits are the same and more familiar, but few people are willing to come to Enona in the middle of the west coast of Italy. In the past few years, the residents of Enona were mainly settled by the original Third Army. Soldiers and families——"

Speaking of this, Asistes nodded slightly to Vespa, Hermon and other Lucanian senators, because the soldiers of the Third Legion were mainly Lucanians: "Enona has a lot of wasteland, but There was a lack of labor, so Lord Alexis took some measures when he was in office to attract Campanians to come to Enona as hired workers. And while I insisted on Lord Alexis’s approach, due to the further improvement of the diplomatic environment , and proposed some new measures, such as allowing Campanians to rent five acres of land even if they do not want to become Dionian citizens. If they are reclaiming wasteland, they can rent more than ten acres at a time... Six Over the years, a large amount of wasteland in Enona has been developed into mature fields, which has greatly increased tax revenue.

At the same time, I provided low-cost accommodation for the Campanians in the city of Enona. All places where labor is needed, such as ports and markets, are open to them. They are basically treated equally with the registered free citizens and reserve citizens of Dionia. As a result, a large number of Campanians poured into Enona, which greatly promoted the rapid development of Enona Port. Enona Port, which had only a simple pier ten years ago, has now become an important port of the Kingdom in the central part of the west coast of Italy. One of the ports! "

Assistes became more and more excited as he talked: "The influx of Campanians into Enona also provides the basis for us to spread the culture of the kingdom. They like to eat our food, they also love to take a bath, and they prefer to watch Intense rugby and football matches, and even organized the team to practice by myself. After I knew this situation, I hired experienced players to teach them, and in the past few years I also allowed Campani The Asians form teams to participate in the city's rugby and football matches, and when they return to Campania, they spread these hobbies to their mother country. Last year, Enona held a special rugby match, inviting neighboring Pompeii, Naples, Sorrentum, Capreae... and other Campania city-states formed teams to participate. The competition was very successful, so in this year's Kingdom Rugby Finals, Pompeii actively requested to participate as our ally city-state and received His Majesty's approval...

(End of this chapter)