ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 848 The plan of the Ministry of Military Affairs
Agnes didn't take it seriously: "Sister, you think too much, I think it's fine as long as Eunice really likes it."

"You, to put it lightly, when Aviya becomes an adult, it will be your turn to worry." Kristoya rolled her eyes, stretched, and said, "I'll go to the bathroom and take a bath. Relax. When the children are back, it's dinner time. Do you want to go together? I also have several sets of underwear in other colors and shapes there. You can try them on to see if they suit you."

"Okay." Agnes stood up.

Nowadays, bathing has become a daily habit for Dionians, but after all, the hot spring bathhouse is a bit far away from the city of Thurii. It is impossible for the royal family to go there frequently, and it is not safe, so Davos directly lets people stay in the house. Bathrooms were built.

The two elegant middle-aged women walked out of the hall while chatting and laughing.

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As dusk fell, the meeting in the Dionia Senate Hall was over, and the senators walked out of the venue in twos and threes.

Today, the Senate received "The army led by King Davos has been victorious in the Latium region...Abenirum applied to become a free city in Dionia..." These good news are of course also mixed with "Samor The Naples army raided the Campania region, and Naples urgently asked for help from Dionia" bad news, but this did not affect the mood of the senators, who walked down the steps talking and laughing.

The five rotating presidents of the Senate who walked slowly behind were still discussing some issues.

"His Majesty said in the letter, 'Now that the situation in Rome has stabilized, the expeditionary army is expanding the territory it occupied and preparing to completely defeat the Romans.' He asked us to prepare in advance for the large-scale relocation of some Dionian people after the war. What suggestions do you have for traveling to the Roman area and making detailed plans to disperse the surrendered Roman nobles to other cities?" Cornelus asked.

"I noticed that His Majesty wrote in the letter 'relocating the people of Dionia' instead of letting reserve citizens and freedmen go to fill the newly occupied land as in the past. This shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to the Roman area and needs it. Quickly integrate Rome into the kingdom!" Lysias said in a deep voice.

"According to the news from the messenger, the area where Rome is located is a fertile plain. Its area is much larger than our Sybari Plain. The Tiber River is also wider than the Craty River. Its agriculture and livestock are quite prosperous. If we can completely possess Rome, not only can we solve the worries caused by the previous drought to His Majesty, but we can also greatly enhance our national strength..."

Antaoris thought about it and said: "However, that area is not bordered by our current territory. There are many other forces and races around it, and the Romans themselves are relatively strong. Maybe it is because of this that Your Majesty decided to It will require the migration of a large number of Dionian citizens so that they can quickly become the backbone of stabilizing the Roman region. If they are reserve citizens and freedmen, I am afraid that they will not be able to firmly defend the interests of the kingdom in that crisis-ridden area."

"Although I did not see with my own eyes the scene of our soldiers fighting the Romans, in the past few days, our Turiyi region alone has brought back nearly 2000 dead citizens and more than 2000 wounded, officials from the city hall said They assist the Ministry of Military Affairs and have been busy with providing care for the families of the deceased and arranging treatment for the wounded. I heard that the casualties in other areas are also large, which shows that the Romans are indeed more fierce!" Lysias said in a heavy tone.

"Do you still remember that His Majesty said some time ago that he would relocate citizens to the Campania region. At that time, he had already decided to relocate some young citizens from the Lucania region. Hermon and I had already made the plan, but unfortunately because of Carthage They were forced to stop due to Key's participation in the war, and this time they can just move to Rome." Weisba suggested from the side.

"I say Vespa, don't just focus on the Lucania region." After contradicting Vespa, Cedorum reminded: "How many citizens can be moved out of the Lucania region? I'm afraid there will be more. It may not reach 1 people, but your Majesty wrote a letter saying that in addition to the Roman civilians who have surrendered, the land of Rome alone can accommodate another 30 people, as well as Viai, Ostia, and Caislera Where are these towns! Moreover, His Majesty also said that the Roman nobles who will surrender in the future will be dispersed and resettled in other cities. How about we move some citizens of each city to Rome, and the free space can just be used to place these Romans. Isn't this right? Isn’t it very convenient?”

"What Sir Cedorum said is a good idea!" Antaoris took over: "However, considering that the Rome City Hall has just been established, its ability to handle government affairs is not strong yet, and the Romans still have to adapt to us. In the process, we can move to Rome several times, moving a small number of citizens each time to avoid big chaos. In addition, the citizens going to Rome cannot all be young, there must be middle-aged and elderly citizens, so that the community formed in this way can Stable. Also, Greek citizens should make up the majority among the citizens who went to Rome——"

At this point, Antaoris saw Vespa and Cedorum looking unhappy, and quickly explained: "I don't mean to discriminate against other ethnic groups. I just do this to allow the Roman civilians to integrate into the kingdom as soon as possible." …”

"These suggestions of Antaoris are very reasonable, and we need to seriously consider them." Cornelus praised the young colleague for a few words, and then said solemnly: "Everyone, this is our first A migration of formal citizens of the kingdom. You must know that they are not preliminary citizens and freemen. They have all the rights granted to them by the laws of the kingdom. They own their own land. They live very well in the existing towns. How can they be allowed to move? Are they willing to go to Rome? How to make them satisfied with their new place of residence?...These are the questions that trouble us the most!"

"I don't think this is a problem." Antaoris said disapprovingly: "The citizens of the kingdom are most worried about not leaving their hometown and settling in a strange place, but they are afraid of living too peacefully, because it means they cannot Through wars and adventures, they can gain opportunities to perform meritorious deeds to increase their wealth and gain rapid promotion in status. In Rome, they can be given many such opportunities. Before the war with Rome, so many officials took risks. Isn't that the reason why I went with His Majesty! Now that ordinary citizens have such an opportunity, I believe they will also participate enthusiastically."

What Antaoris said made the other three nods. Cornelus coughed slightly awkwardly: "Uh... What Antaoris said makes sense, but it needs to be implemented before the public can know it." Therefore, we must make more preparations in advance to reduce people’s resistance, such as making detailed arrangements for land replacement for relocated citizens, transportation of citizens’ belongings, allocation of new residences, and disposal of old homes...”

"It seems that next time we need to call Burcos (Minister of Agriculture) and Laphias (Minister of Household Registration) to discuss this matter, and then formulate a preliminary plan and then submit it to His Majesty for review." Lucia Si said.

"I think we can let the town halls of each town do publicity in advance to promote the benefits of settling in Rome -" Antaolis made a positive suggestion, but just before he finished speaking, Felicius's voice came from behind: "Co. Lord Ernerus! Lord Lysias!..."

Cornerus looked back and saw four veterans of the military department, Hilos, Felicius, Alps, and Hieronymus, walking towards him. He couldn't help but be a little surprised: "What do you want? ?"

Felicius looked at Heros.

Minister of Military Affairs Siros said: "The five rotating presidents, the Senate unanimously rejected the Samnite envoy's unreasonable request to exchange Campania prisoners for their prisoners at the meeting today. This is in line with His Majesty's decision in the GRU. The promise made after the Mu incident, but... I'm afraid just rejecting it is not enough, we also need to rescue the Campania Alliance, which is being attacked by the Samnites, after all, it is our ally."

"Rescuing Naples should be the main issue discussed at tomorrow's meeting." Cornerus frowned and said: "Now His Majesty is leading most of the army to attack Rome in the north, and we are at war with Carthage in the south. Alexis is stationed in the Apulian region to prevent the invasion of the Samnites and the covetousness of other forces. As far as I know, all the legions in the kingdom are already in a state of war. Even the Seventh Legion is ready to go south to Sicily at any time. , His Majesty has repeatedly warned not to move lightly. Now that you are talking about this matter, I would like to ask first how you plan to rescue Campania?"

"Is it necessary to mobilize the ninth or tenth legion?" Although Antaoris had a small dispute with Cornelus just now, he took over Cornelus's words and continued to ask: "From now on The distance from Apulia to Campania is long, transportation is difficult, and the pressure on military food transportation will increase. Moreover, who knows whether the cunning Samnites deliberately lured us to transfer the army away from Apulia, and then wanted to Raid the Daoni area again! After all, our army has to take a detour, but they can go straight through the mountains."

"It's not Apulia's troops." Hilos said with certainty: "We hope that the Senate can pass a resolution to allow the Free City of Potentia to immediately form an army to support the kingdom's war with the Samnites."

"Potentia?!" The five rotating presidents were all a little surprised. No wonder they didn't expect that the Potentia region has maintained stability for more than ten years and has close ties with the Lucania region. , trade, personnel exchanges, religious spread... everything is developing rapidly without hindrance, and the Potentians are never absent from various celebrations and competitions in the kingdom, so not only the ordinary people of Dionia , including most of the senators, subconsciously regard Potentia as part of the Lucania region, forgetting that it is actually just a free city of the kingdom.

At this time, Military Training Chief Hieronymus said: "According to statistics from our Ministry of Military Affairs, Potentia can form an army of about 2 people if it conducts a comprehensive recruitment. Therefore, Potentia can at least shoot 1 reinforcements.”

(End of this chapter)