Vol 4 Chapter 28: Daves's visit (1)

"I understand, I will discuss this with Melsis tomorrow." Felicius nodded.
"Mercis is a guy who is rather embarrassed. He may only want to draw more to the Treasury. You must stick to the principle." Daphus said half-jokingly and half-heartedly.
"I will bring Amintas and Matonis tomorrow." Felicius said in a serious way, both of them laughed.
With a good atmosphere, Felicius carefully put forward his own ideas: "Adults, who have a salary in public office, can take it, and when they have been in service for a long time, they can't go home. Should they pay a salary?"
"Well, your military officer began to learn to benefit from his own department." Davers pointed at him and smiled.
Felicius also smiled and replied: "If this is not the case, the soldiers will blame me that this military officer has not done his duty during his term of office."
"According to the truth, it should be given. I remember someone said, 'The sailors of Athens are two Opels a day, and the heavy infantry four Opels a day..." Daves recalled.
"It's true, adults."
Daves sighed: "But that is Athens, it is one of the richest city-states in the entire Mediterranean. It can afford this salary. The Dionysian League is still not working. The public officials are less than 200 people, and the national treasury is still barely Can pay. The number of soldiers in a single expedition is not a few thousand or tens of thousands. Even if the soldiers are one Opel per day, how much money they have to pay every day, you calculate! It’s just to rebuild Turui and pay the salary of public officials. I can't eat it anymore. If you mention this again, I guess he will fight with you."
Davers smiled and said with certainty: "When the alliance has money in the future, you can rest assured that I will not let the soldiers who have gone out to suffer!"
Although it was only the oral promise of Davers, Felicius had a bottom in mind. Not only because Daves has always been trustworthy, but also that Felicius has worked with Davis for a long time. He knows deeply that Davers is a man of great ambition, and an army that cannot fight for a long time cannot achieve him. Aspirational.
"How is the military's military discipline in Niutum?" Daphus asked again.
"Not bad, there is no conflict with the Ukrainian Lukania." Felicius smiled. "Of course, this is also related to the adults who want to hold a victory triumph for them. They are afraid of violating the military discipline. I can't attend the ceremony."
"A soldier with a sense of honor will be a good citizen!" Davers sighed, and the comrades who might come to expedition to Persia, who were about to come to the fore, hoped to get used to the looting, unconstrained Don't cause too much trouble in the Dionysian League.
Depressing the fear that just came out of his heart, he looked at Felicius: "Are you ready to accept the people's review?"
"I..." This gentle man who spent his half-life on the battlefield seemed nervous and shy.
"Hey, what's so nervous, it's not only you who are alone, but also Drax, Epidnis, and Jerónimos! Let's show our Union people our Dionia generals. The image, let them know that only the heroic battle for the Alliance can enjoy such a lofty honor!" Davers patted his shoulder and solemnly said.
Felicius understood the significance of this triumphal to the army, and therefore became more and more unable to make himself easier.
Davers had to turn the subject away: "Right, Bakule, their fourth team will also participate in this triumphal, so the first team must go to Niutum to replace them for a few days."
Daves thought and said: "The Brigant's fourth battalion soldiers will settle in Niutumm in the future. So they can defend Niutum near, we can also save on military spending... but the fourth brigade The military quality is still far from our requirements. It is necessary to send instructors in the past to conduct rigorous training..."
Davers said, seeing Felicius to stop and ask, doubts: "Why, are you worried about the fourth battalion?"
"No, I don't worry about the fourth brigade. Bagul is a good leader who knows right and wrong, and it will be the son-in-law of the Greeks. Most of his soldiers are convinced, and the sisters of these Lucania soldiers are basically married. Our citizens, so in our alliance, especially the Greek citizens of Amendola and their Lukaria citizens have been very close. Therefore, since the expedition, the fourth brigade has been very active and other teams. The cooperation is not bad!
Felicius praised:
I just want to ask the adults. The river fortress needs to have soldiers stationed for a long time. How can this problem be solved?
There is no professional soldier in the Union of Dionia, it is impossible to let the soldiers out. My own life, staying there for a long time.
In Filipius's view, this is a problem, but Davers has long had a solution: "Let the preparatory citizens take turns to be stationed, which is the assessment content they must make as a formal citizen of the league. At the same time, let the veterans serve as instructors. Go to the Lahe Fortress as a team officer, manage them, train them, and then use the Lahe Fortress as a military training base for the Alliance. First, train the reserve citizens to become qualified soldiers. Second, train the veterans to become qualified reserve officers. Third, you can stay in the river fortress for a long time..."
Devers talked, apparently after careful consideration: "The Lahe fortress is controlling the way to Turius and going to Lucania. I believe this road will soon increase because of the sharp increase in merchants. And busy, you think about it, the caravans can accept the exploitation of Messina and Lijim without going through the Strait of Messina, and directly by land, they can reach the port of Laos on the west coast of the Apennine peninsula, and Laos Or our alliance, there are concessions on tariffs, so it is very attractive to Greek businessmen. In addition, as long as we can stabilize the situation in Lukaria, then some goods in Lucania, such as Fur, cattle and sheep...etc. can also attract the attention of businessmen. Therefore, we impose a very small percentage of tariffs on the Lahe Fortress, without damaging the enthusiasm of the merchants, and let the Union use the money to buy the troops. The food supply, while the soldiers are unable to work for two or three months, pay a certain cost of living, it should be more than enough..."
At first, the business content that Daves talked about made Filipinos feel dizzy until he mentioned the troops stationed in the Lahe Fortress. Felicius understood that the food and salary of the stationed troops could pass the tariff. The way to get a solution is easy, and I can’t help but admire it.

It takes about three days from Turui to pass through the mountain road to Niutum?
Davers asked suddenly.
"Yes, adults. We marched faster when we set off, even if it took three days, the normal marching speed would be about four days." Felicius answered.
"If there is another squad to transport, I am afraid it will take more time." Daphus tapped his chair with his finger and muttered: "So you must build Turui - Nieuto as soon as possible." Mum - the road between Laos is put on the agenda. It is best to build the three cities at the same time, so that Tuli and Lucania can be connected, strengthen contacts and enhance integration..."
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Three days later, Davers proposed to go to Niutum.
Some veterans wanted to discourage him from going at this time because of the instability of Niutum’s political situation.
He replied firmly: "I went to be more stable to Niutum!" Finally, I persuaded the Senate to be able to make it.
The team that traveled included Vesiba, Scommbras, and Trito de Moss, and more than a dozen veterans without public positions, who were escorted by the first brigade’s officers, and the first brigade also temporarily replaced the station. Niutum's fourth battalion so that they can come back to participate in the triumphal. In addition, there are the families of the fourth battalion soldiers, a few alliances of businessmen.
Little Heraclitus has been busy thinking about how to build a wooden bridge on the Krati River~EbookFREE.me~ Finally, I have some eyebrows, I just want to start the construction test, and I was forced to pull it by Daves. In the travel team, he said that he was asked to see how to build Turiyi-Niutum-Laos Avenue.
Little Herakred did not have the temper of his father, and Davers had too much kindness to him. He had to put aside his work for a while and reluctantly traveled to Niutum with the team. But once he gets into work, his level of concentration allows him to ignore the bad surroundings and the identity of others.
"There are a lot of sharp stones on the ground in this mountain, which must be polished away. This will undoubtedly increase a lot of work, resulting in slower road construction!"
"You see, there are a lot of floating soil on this mountain wall. Once it rains, it may be washed down and blocked the road. Therefore, it must be fixed with mortar, and the small trees that grow on the cliffs must be cut off!"
"The mountain road in this section is too narrow. Even a brake can't pass. It has to be widened!... Well, I can see that we can bake this large protruding mountain wall and pour cold water to make it fried. Open. But be careful, don't burn the forest!"
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Davers and the veterans are surrounded by little Heraclitus like students. He listens to him and observes how to build the avenues in the mountains. The whole team will not travel too fast.
In the evening, the whole team can only sleep in the mountain road, the guard team and the first brigade set up the cordon and the guard post.
For the family of the fourth brigade, the mountains are their homes, and they return to this familiar land in a year, and their breathing has become much smoother. They lay naturally on the ground and soon fell into a dream.
Most of the soldiers in the first brigade had expedition to Persia, and camping in the wild was the most common.
The merchants are rushing to the west, and they can bear for the sake of profit.