Chapter 27 Amintas' Invitation to Fight

The last sentence made Cristoia's eyes light up, and she smiled tenderly: "Your Majesty, I'm just kidding you, why are you so serious, every time you ask me, which time I didn't take it seriously! "

Having said that, she propped up her upper body with her hands and leaned towards Davos' couch, almost leaning on his chest, her eyes rolled, and she said softly, "In the past few months, you have been busy with the drought. , it's finally raining today, you should relax too, let me and my sister accompany you tonight..."

"Sister!..." Although Cristoia's voice was low, Agnes who was standing beside her could still hear her, and her face turned crimson.

Davos was quite moved when he heard it: the drought some time ago and the possible war that might happen next put him under a lot of pressure, and he really needs to relax!

He was about to tease the shy Agnes when a female slave hurried through the rain and fog: "Master, the guard is here to report, Elder Amyntas insists on coming to see you!"

It's so late, Amyntas is coming to see me? ! Davos moved in his heart, lightly rubbed Cristoia's fragrant shoulders, and said with a smile, "I'll go see Amyntas first, and you two will wait for me in the bedroom at night."

With that, he got up and went to the room.

Watching Davos leave, the charming smile on Cristoia's face disappeared, her expression became serious, and she said, "Agonis, don't you think it's strange?! It's raining for the first time in eight months, Your Majesty. I'm not very happy, and it's so late that Amintas has come to see him. Something important must have happened! I think it's probably a war!"

"War?!" Agnes was startled, showing a little worry at random.

Cristoia stood up from the couch and shouted outside: "Molina! Bring the children in, it's easy to catch cold after being exposed to the rain for a long time."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Agnes again and said without doubt, "Tonight, the two of us will accompany His Majesty well, so that he can relax and go to my bedroom."

"...Ok...Ok." In the end, her concern for Davos outweighed her shyness, and Agnes nodded hesitantly.

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"Your Majesty, I'm here to ask you to send our First Army to Volsi to help them repel the Romans!" In Davos' room, Amyntas bluntly stated his intentions.

Davos was not surprised. When he heard him coming to see him, he already had this speculation in his heart.

He said earnestly: "Amyntas, my old friend, Rome is just a small enemy to Dionia. You are the most experienced army commander, and the first army you led is also a small enemy. The most powerful legion, our real enemy is in the south, in Sicily, in Africa, once Carthage really declares war on us, your first legion will be the first to be sent to Sicily to face the self. The most powerful enemy since the founding of Dionia - Carthage! The First Legion is to be used on the blade, I hope you can understand!"

Hearing this, Amyntas looked slightly hesitant, but he quickly became firm again: "Your Majesty, the second army, fourth army, fifth army, and even sixth army are not weak now. As for the First Army, they can completely repel the attack of the Carthaginians. But going north to fight against Rome is a rare opportunity to lead an independent army. I hope Your Majesty can give me such a chance!" Amyntas said quite bluntly , but that's his style.

Davos saw the determination in Amyntas' eyes, and he suddenly understood in his heart: Over the years, this comrade-in-arms who has followed him from Persia to Great Greece has given him support many times, but he has never asked for anything in return, and has been sticking to the army. , resolutely implement his orders and become his sharp knife to attack the city and break the enemy, but it is not that he does not care.

Antonius led the army alone and conquered Syracuse in Sicily; Alexis led the army alone, conquered Kopsa, Enona, and later Downey; the lesser than him, Hiros Led the army alone and conquered the Lokri region; even Prosus (Leotizides), who became a citizen of Dionysus after the establishment of the Dionysian League, led the army alone and conquered Sikel Recently, Lizaru, a Lucanian, led the Third Army and the Campania coalition to defeat the Kautini people.

And Amintas, who thinks that his qualifications are older than them and has more battlefield experience than them, must have resentment. As a general, who does not want to lead the army alone, defeat the enemy, and win honor for himself.

It seems that he was negligent! Davos tapped the back of the chair with his fingers: Refuse Amyntas' request? This will undoubtedly hurt the old friend's heart, and it will make the former old comrades feel that they have alienated their concern after becoming kings; but agree with Amyntas' request? I am really worried that the brave Amintas who is already fighting will make the First Army in trouble because of his eagerness to do meritorious service! ... so what to do?

Davos pondered, his eyes gradually brightened, and he said slowly: "Amintas, I can notify the Military Affairs Department that the First Army will go to Wolsey instead, but you must agree to a request!"

Amintas saw Davos for a long time before speaking, and thought he would disagree. Hearing this, he was overjoyed and said quickly: "Don't say it's a request, I agree to all ten requests, just let me go. !"

Davos smiled and said, "It's not an embarrassing request, on the contrary, it's very helpful to you. Purtorins, you should know that he once assisted Alexis in capturing Kopsa and Enona, and he assisted Lily before. Zaru defeated the Cautinis, he knew the situation in the north very well, and I sent him to assist you, I believe it will be very helpful for you to defeat the Romans."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I am very happy to work with Purtorins, and I will definitely get along well with him!" Amyntas immediately promised.

Davos nodded and said, "Go back and have a good rest. Tomorrow you will be busy preparing for the expedition. It is best to lead the First Army to expedition the day after tomorrow."

"Yes!" Amintas stood up immediately, and after giving a solemn military salute, he still felt unable to express his excitement and gratitude, so he stepped forward and gave Davos a strong hug.

Davos watched him leave excitedly, and felt quite emotional: In the past few years, I have ignored the feelings of these old people. Do I need to think more about them next?

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Sending Amintas away, Davos was thinking: rush to Kristoa's bedroom immediately to see if his two wives are really waiting for him together, Kristoya's joking suggestion before Make him quite tempted.

At this moment, the servant came to report again: Sostatus asked to see him.

Davos was startled: What's the matter with this guy coming so late?

Kunogolata had mentioned his eldest son to Davos several times before his death, saying that he had an eccentric personality, liked indolence, and preferred fantasies.

But in fact, after Aristillas' investigation, Sostatus turned out to be very talented in business. Especially after the South-Italian War, Sostatus used the money he had earned before to build a larger fleet and seized the business opportunity that Dionia had acquired a lot of land, but lacked people and materials. Greek immigrants were continuously transported from the Eastern Mediterranean, and at the same time, they opened up the sea trade routes of Carthage and Egypt, which are rich in grain, and bought a large amount of low-priced grain. Contributed to the stabilization of new territories.

Since then, Sostatus has continued to open up new trade channels, such as the Celtic region north of the Iberian Peninsula, the Illyria region on the north side of the Adriatic Sea... Using Dionia's daily routine Merchants and wine exchanged for unique goods in these areas, such as gold, silver, iron, zinc... and other metal mines, amber, agate, fur... and other rare goods, which made his wealth soar again.

At the same time, he also loves to help other Dionian merchants, often subsidizing them, and also loves to join them in sea trade... Now, he is already a well-known big merchant in the kingdom, especially in Turii Great influence among businessmen in the region.

Therefore, even if Davos did not look at his father's sake, he would not be too condescending to him.

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"...Your Majesty, I know Aionis. He was born as a slave and has always been cautious. How dare he go to the forbidden area of ​​​​the Carthaginians and secretly buy silver ore. This is clearly a framed accusation by the Carthaginians! To kill them suddenly without going to trial with our officers must be a guilty conscience of the Carthaginians! It's a pity that Ionis and the 50 crew members died in vain, and now their family is crying It became a piece, and I was expecting them to earn money and return home to raise their parents, wives and children... Your Majesty, you must call the shots for them, clear their grievances, and let the Carthaginians make compensation!" Sostatus As soon as he entered the room, he complained to Davos that Aionis and others had been wronged.

"Ionis was your slave, right?" Davos asked instead without making a statement.

"Yes, Your Majesty. He was a farmer from Satsuma, and he was unable to pay his debts because of his huge debts. He sold himself as a slave and later sold it to my family. Because of his hard work, my father gave him freedom. Two years ago, He became a citizen of the kingdom and has been in charge of selling our wines from Turii to... the Celtic regions to the west, and to the Greek city-states on the Iberian peninsula, and business has been doing well. But no Thinking of this time...hey...Damn Carthaginians!" Sostatus sighed, wiping tears with his hands, his eyes full of regret and indignation.

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