Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 14: The Royal Family of Dionia (Part 2)
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Ivia, who was still confused before, immediately took a few bites of the meat bun, and asked Agnes to say hurriedly: "Don't worry, eat slowly, and be careful!" /
"Little Bout, how did your brother behave? He wanted to lie to his sister for breakfast." Cynthia criticized with a smile.
Faced with Cynthia, Briantes did not refute, but bowed his head and did not speak.
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Davers looked at all this with a smile, and this time of breakfast and dinner every day was the most relaxing moment for him.
"Cynthia, after having breakfast in a while, follow me to the bank in the port to listen to their financial report for the first half of the year." Kristia interrupted with a cloth towel as she said. Although Asuna left, Cynthia grew up, and she was her own family, and she was more knowledgeable. In the past few years, under the deliberate cultivation of Christoya, she became her right-hand man.
"Okay, mother." Cynthia replied.
"Ah..." After hearing this, Ivia said hurriedly: "I want to go with Sister Cynthia." Among these children, Ivia is not yet at school and usually stays at home. Kristia and Agnes have their own things to do, but Cynthia is leading her, so she is very clingy to Cynthia. And today Molina asked her to get up too fiercely, she didn't want to stay at home alone.
Cynthia understood a little bit of her psychology, so she said to Kristia: "Mother, shall I take Ivia with me?"
Christoia looked at Ivia.
Ivia blinked her big eyes and looked at her other mother pitifully.
"You must be obedient when you get there. Don't yell." To Ivia, Kristia was actually very relieved, because the child seemed very quiet everywhere.
"Hmm!" Ivia nodded vigorously.
Agnes thanked Kristia.
"Ivia, you can't live without your elder sister so much, what do you do when your elder sister gets married?" Eunice said.
When Ivia heard this, her eyes suddenly turned red.
"At that time, Ivia can still go to see her sister often, and her sister will come back often, she will not leave us..." Agnes was busy comforting her daughter.
At the same time, Cloto Kataks coughed repeatedly and sprayed milk on the dining table.
"I was choked just now." Cloto Kataks explained hurriedly.
Christoia immediately cast a vague look at Daves.
Davers felt relieved for the most part. From the time he entered the restaurant to the present, he has been observing. Apart from the gaffe just now, Davers has not noticed anything unusual about the child, which just shows that his self-control is very good. Strong, this makes Daves proud.
"Well, Crowe, you will be 16 years old soon and you will have formal military training. I am going to customize a set of heavy infantry equipment for you. Do you have any requirements?" Davers asked.
"Doesn’t the Dionian Military Law stipulate that citizens’ possession of army weapons and equipment must meet the requirements, and that size, color, and pattern must not be modified indiscriminately on their own terms?" Croto Kataks asked suspiciously.
"That means that the appearance, size, and color of weapons and equipment must be consistent with those of other soldiers in the legion, but where you can’t see, you can add or modify something to enhance their performance and increase the comfort of use. For example, adding a cloth pad to the helmet can quickly absorb sweat and slow the impact of external forces on the head. Another example is to reduce the number of linen glued on the linen breastplate and sew hippo leather on the lining to ensure uniform thickness, but its protective ability is greatly improved. The increase..." Daves explained in detail to his son some tips for customizing weapons and equipment.
Klotokatax listened carefully for a while, and said without hesitation: "Father, don't have to be so troublesome, you can customize it according to the routine, so that my armor, shield and spear are the same as those of other citizens."
"Kroe, you should—" Kristia listened in the sidelines, trying to persuade her.
Davers first said with satisfaction: "Child, you are doing the right thing! Only if you are not special, can you integrate with your teammates, and your team can quickly form a whole. When fighting, Your comrades-in-arms will not hesitate to resist the spears stabbed by the enemy in times of crisis..."
Clotokatax listened carefully to his father's teachings.
Seeing this scene, Kristia couldn't persuade her anymore.
"Dad, I also want to customize a set of shield spears like my second brother!" Briantes exclaimed.
"Didn't Dad make a set for you."
"But it's made of wood--"
"Because you are still young, you can't handle a real iron shield spear. Can you lift up the pair of big hammers that dad put in the courtyard?"
Briantes shook his head.
"When you reach the age of your brother Crowe, you will have enough strength to lift it, and then dad will also customize a set of real shield spears for you, okay?" Davers patiently persuaded the child .
"Good!"
"Bout, do you want to be a soldier or a general in command of soldiers in the future?" Daves continued to ask.
"Of course it is the general, how prestigious is that!"
"Then you must study well in school now. Only when you learn to read can you understand the commands issued by the commander; only when you learn how to count, can you know how to line up troops; when you learn how to debate, you can persuade The soldiers obey your orders. So after you arrive at school, you must study hard and don’t play around. You will definitely be a general in the future, okay?" Daves also took the opportunity to patiently persuade Briantes. Although the child is still young, he is too energetic and courageous. After going to school for half a year, the class is disturbed. The teacher has responded to Kristia several times.
Briantes nodded seemingly.
"Apo, don't patronize and snicker, you have to help your brother more. If the elementary tests in his school are not good in the end, I will ask you to settle the account!" Davers said solemnly.
"Ah?!" Apox was stunned, but the corners of his mouth were still stained with grease and flour, his appearance was rather funny, and his brothers and sisters suddenly laughed.
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After breakfast, Kristia took Cynthia, and Cynthia took Ivia, and went to the port in a carriage. And Agnes sat in another carriage and rushed to the Temple of Hera in Turi Ito City.
Crotokatax, Apox, Eunice, and Briantes were escorted by guards and slaves to the river delta of Turriy. But when they got there, the younger brother and sister went to Turíy School, while Croto Kataks had to split their way to Dionian Academy.
After sending away his wife and children, Daves went to the Dionian Senate under the protection of the court guard.
When the Dionian Senate was built more than ten years ago, it was only the highest authority of the Dionian people. Now it is the place that represents the most powerful kingdom power among the Greek forces in the Western Mediterranean. Look up. Of course, the Dionian Palace built later lost part of its glory.
When the Senate was built, although its magnificent appearance was amazing, it also made outsiders amused: a newly established alliance of less than two or three cities actually built a large scale that is not commensurate with its strength. Chamber!
Now no one dared to say such strange things anymore, but lamented the foresight of King Daves.
Although the territory is expanding, the number of Dionian elders is not always increasing. After the Pollux case and the losses of the South-Italian War, the number of veterans also dropped sharply. Even when the meeting was held, there were only a few people in the huge venue. Everyone was either on the battlefield or shouldering heavy responsibilities and was busy stabilizing the domestic order. ...It was the most difficult period for Dionia, and it was also a period when the elders played an important role. In the end, Dionia survived and ushered in another great development of the kingdom.
Led by Laos, the allied city-states of Trina, Castellon, Crotone, Corlenia, Heraclea, and Metapontum took the initiative to merge into the kingdom; Locke The three former Lokri League city-states, Li, Medema, and Hibernian, were forced to merge into the kingdom; Siritin, Enona, and Copsa were the territories occupied by Dionian; Naxos and Kata Nai, Sikuli, and Tauromegnan also became part of the kingdom.
In the following ten years, while the kingdom tried to restore the population, agriculture, and trade of newly acquired land, it also used Mesapi and Puchetti to tear up the agreement and attacked the free city of Taran in Dionia. Thum declared war on these two areas at the same time. In the Battle of Brindisi, Daves led five regiments and two cavalry regiments and successfully defeated the Maple Allied Forces. Taking advantage of the heavy losses of these two fierce races, the Kingdom of Dionia began to carry out a planned and step-by-step encroachment operation every year.
Until the beginning of last year, there were no independent towns in Mesapi and Puchetti. This also made the Great Chamber of the Dionian Senate no longer so empty. The number of senators exceeded two hundred, occupying 1/5 of all the seats in the venue. Therefore, the normal order of the Senate was maintained during the meeting, which became the highest. An important task for the Ombudsman and his staff.
"The king is here!" The order officer shouted, and the originally noisy meeting place suddenly became quiet.
After Dionia changed from an alliance to a kingdom, the biggest difference between the Grand Chamber and the past is that a cowhide chair was placed a little behind in the center of the venue surrounded by the semi-circular veteran seat—— That is the seat of King Dionia. Behind the wooden chair there is a gate, which is exclusively for King Davos to enter and exit.
Four court guards armed with shields and spears entered the venue at an orderly pace, standing on both sides in front of the leather chairs.
Then wore a clean white botton embroidered with black patterns, a crown made of gold that resembled willow branches and leaves (the symbol of Hades is a poplar tree), and a golden scepter that was half a human in hand Davers walked calmly into the venue.