Chapter 14 The Dionysian Royal Family (Part 2)

When Aviya, who was still in a daze before, heard this, she immediately held the meat bun and took a few bites, letting Agnes say hurriedly: "Don't worry, eat slowly, and be careful of scalding!"

"Little Bout, how did your brother act like you want to deceive your sister's breakfast." Cynthia criticized with a smile.

Facing Cynthia, Briantes did not refute, but lowered his head and did not speak.

...

Davos looked at all this with a smile on his face. This time of breakfast and dinner every day was his most relaxed moment.

"Cynthia, after breakfast, I'll go to the bank in the port with me, and listen to their financial report for the first half of the year." Kristoia said while interjecting with a cloth towel. Although Asuna left, Cynthia has grown up, and she is her own family, and she is more knowledgeable. In recent years, under the intentional training of Cristoia, she has become her right-hand man.

"Okay, mother," Cynthia replied.

"Ah..." After hearing Ivia, she hurriedly said, "I want to go with Sister Cynthia." Among these children, Ivia is not yet of school age and usually stays at home. Chris Toya and Agnes have their own things to do, and more is Cynthia taking her, so she is very sticky to Cynthia. And today Molina woke her up too fiercely, she didn't want to stay at home alone.

Cynthia understood a little bit of her psychology, so she said to Cristoia: "Mother, shall I take Ivia with me?"

Cristoia looked at Ivia.

Ivia blinked her big eyes and looked at her other mother pitifully.

"You have to be obedient when you get there, and you are not allowed to shout." To Aviya, Cristoia was actually very relieved, because the child seemed very quiet wherever she went.

"Yeah!" Ivia nodded vigorously.

Agnes thanked Cristoia.

"Aviya, you are so inseparable from eldest sister, what will you do when eldest sister is married?" Eunice said.

When Aviya heard this, her eyes turned slightly red.

"At that time, Ivia can still visit her sister often, and her sister will come back often, and she will not leave us..." Agnes hurriedly comforted her daughter.

At the same time, Clotokatax coughed repeatedly and sprayed milk on the table.

"I was choked just now." Clotokatax explained hurriedly.

Cristoia immediately threw a cryptic look at Davos.

Davers was more than half relieved. He has been observing since he entered the restaurant. Except for the gaffe just now, Davers basically didn't notice anything unusual about the child, which just showed that he had strong self-control. Make Davers proud.

"Well, Chloe, you will be 16 years old soon, and you are about to undergo formal military training. I am going to customize a set of heavy infantry equipment for you. Do you have any requirements?" Davers asked.

"Isn't the Dionysian military law stipulating that the legion weapons and equipment owned by citizens must meet the requirements, and they must not arbitrarily modify the size, color, and pattern on their own?" Crotokatax asked suspiciously.

"That means that the appearance, size and color of the weapons and equipment should be consistent with the other soldiers in the Legion, but in places that cannot be seen, you can add or modify some things to enhance their performance and increase the comfort of use, such as in helmets. Adding a cloth pad inside can quickly absorb sweat and slow down the impact of external forces on the head. Another example is to reduce the amount of linen gluing on the linen breastplate and sew hippo skin on the lining, which ensures the same thickness, but its protective ability is greatly increased. ..." Davos explained to his son some tips on customizing weapons and equipment in detail.

Clotokatax listened carefully for a while, and said without hesitation: "Father, don't be so troublesome, you can just customize it as usual, and make my armor, shield and spear the same as those of other citizens."

"Clo, you should—" Cristoia listened, busy trying to persuade.

Davos said with relief: "Son, you are doing the right thing! Only if you don't do anything special, can you get along with your teammates, and your team can quickly form a whole. During battles, your comrades-in-arms Will not hesitate to resist the enemy's spear for you in times of crisis..."

Clotokatax listened to his father's teaching seriously.

Seeing this scene, Cristoia couldn't persuade any more.

"Dad, I want to customize a set of spears like the second brother!" Briantes shouted loudly.

"Didn't Dad make a set for you?"

"But it's wood—"

"Because you're still young, you can't handle a real iron spear. Can you lift the pair of big hammers Dad kept in the courtyard?"

Briantes shook his head.

"When you reach the age of your brother Crow, you will have enough strength to lift it, and then Dad will also customize a set of real shields for you, okay?" Davers patiently persuaded the child.

"it is good!"

"Bout, do you want to be a soldier or a general who commands the soldiers in the future?" Davos continued to ask.

"Of course it's the general, how majestic that is!"

"Then you must study hard at school now. If you learn to read, you will be able to understand the orders given by the commander; if you have learned arithmetic, you will know how to arrange the troops; if you have learned debating, you will be able to persuade the soldiers to obey. Your order. So after you go to school, you must study hard and don't play around. You will be able to become a general in the future, okay?" Davos also took the opportunity to patiently persuade Briantes, although his child is young He was still young, but he was too energetic and courageous. He went to school for half a year and disturbed the rest of his class. The teacher had already responded to Cristoia several times.

Briantes nodded incredulously.

"Apo, don't patronize and snicker. You have to help your brother more. If his primary school tests are not good in the end, I will ask you to settle the account!" Davers said solemnly.

"Ah?!" Apox's face was stunned, but the corners of his mouth were still stained with oil stains and scum, and his appearance was quite funny, which immediately caused his brothers and sisters to laugh.

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After breakfast, Kristia took Cynthia, Cynthia took Ivia, and took the carriage to the port. Agnes, on the other hand, was riding in another carriage to the Temple of Hera, which was in the city of Turiid.

Krotokatax and Apox, Eunice, and Briantes, escorted by guards and slaves, head to the river delta in the city of Turii. But when they got there, the younger siblings went to Turii School, while Krotokatax was going to Dionia Academy.

After sending off his wife and children, Davos, under the protection of the palace guards, went to the Dionysian Senate.

When the Dionysian Senate was built more than ten years ago, it was only the highest authority of the Dionysians, but now it is the place that represents the most powerful kingdom in the entire Western Mediterranean Greek power, which is admirable. Of course, the Dionian Palace, which was built later, took away some of its glory.

Thinking back to when the Senate was built, its grand appearance was amazing, but it also made outsiders amused: a newly established alliance with less than two or three cities actually built a large council hall that was not commensurate with its strength!

No one dared to say such strange words anymore, but instead lamented the foresight of King Davos.

Although the territory is constantly expanding, the number of Dionian elders is not always increasing. After the Polyxis case and the loss of the South Italian War, the number of elders also dropped sharply. Even when the meeting was held, there were only a few people in the huge venue. Everyone either went to the battlefield or shouldered 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, Colonia, Heraklia, and Metapontum took the initiative to merge into the kingdom; Demar and Hibernian, the three former Lokri allied city-states, were forced to merge into the kingdom; Cilitin, Ainona, and Copsa were the territories occupied by Dionia; Naxos, Katanai, Western Cooley and Tauromenion also became part of the kingdom.

In the following ten years, while the kingdom worked hard to restore the population, agriculture and trade of the newly acquired land, it also used the Meshapi and Puchetti who had torn up the agreement and attacked the free city of Tarantum in Dionia. by declaring war on both regions at the same time. At the Battle of Brindisi, Davos led five legions and two cavalry legions to successfully defeat the Maple coalition. Taking advantage of the heavy losses of these two fierce races, the kingdom of Dionia began its annual planned and step-by-step encroachment operation.

Until the beginning of the previous year, there were no independent towns in the two regions of Mesapi and Puchetti. This also makes the Great Chamber of the Dionysian Senate no longer so empty, and the number of senators exceeds more than 200, occupying 1/5 of all the seats in the venue, so maintaining the normal order of the Senate during the meeting has become the highest An important task for the Ombudsman and his staff.

"The king is here!" The order officer shouted, and the originally noisy venue suddenly became quiet.

After Dionia was transformed from an alliance into a kingdom, the biggest difference between the Great Hall and the previous ones was that there was a cowhide chair in the center of the venue surrounded by the semi-circular senator seats. The Seat of King Onia. There is a gate behind the wooden chair, which is the passage for King Davos to enter and exit.

Four well-armed court guards armed with shields and spears entered the venue at a neat pace, standing on both sides in front of the leather chairs.

Then, wearing a white, black embroidered Bolton, wearing a crown made of gold similar to the shape of a willow branch (the symbol of Hades is the poplar), and holding a half-human-height golden scepter Diver Si walked into the venue calmly.