Chapter 286 Clotokatax's Choice

"Therefore, the kingdom of Dionia can only have one center of power, and that is the king! Other centers of power cannot be allowed to appear, otherwise it will lead to unreasonable decrees, confusion among the people, and even civil strife! In order to ensure the stability and development of the kingdom, it must be To avoid concentrating power too much on one minister, but to decentralize it, this involves another ability that the king must have, and that is checks and balances!"

"Balance?!"

"Decentralize the power and let the ministers check each other, so as to form a balance of power..." Davers patiently taught: "If a king can be good at checks and balances, it can not only ensure the stability of the kingdom, but also maintain good relations with the ministers. friendship……"

For the first time, Clotokatax listened to Davos explaining in detail how to control his servants, completely refreshing his understanding of politics.

Davos patted his still immature shoulder lovingly, and said softly: "Clotto, don't think too much now, you will slowly experience it in the future administrative affairs... Next, you have important things. To do it, you can't go with me to Sicily."

"Why?" Clotokatax was surprised.

"In my heart, Rome is the most important city in the kingdom after Turii! There is a wider and more fertile land than the Xubari Plain, with a huge population, and a wealth of various metal resources nearby... Therefore, in the In the strategy of the kingdom's expansion to the north, Rome was even more important than Turii.

The Romans and Latins, as alien races, mainly engaged in agriculture. They were hard-working, brave in battle but obeyed discipline. They were one of the best sources of soldiers. But they have just been conquered, have not fully surrendered to the kingdom, and have less identification with our royal family. After Asisters ruled here for a few years, I am afraid that the Romans, Latins, Etruscans... and other races here identify with him more than our royal family, which is not good for Dionia The stability of the kingdom!

In order to avoid the drawbacks of Antonios's territory in Sicily, it is best to have people from our royal family do things here, on the one hand to supervise Asistes, on the other hand to win the hearts and minds of the people, this is a check and balance! You're almost 20 years old and it's time to take on the heavy lifting! "Davers said here, without going any further, looking at his son with anticipation.

Clotokatax hesitated for a while, and the expression on his face finally turned firm: "Father, I am willing to stay!"

"Very good!" Davos showed a relieved smile, and his hand patted his son's shoulder again: "Although this is your first official position in the kingdom, I am not going to give you an easy position. , I hope you will serve as a low-level construction officer in Rome, and assist the construction officer to complete the reconstruction of the Roman city, the construction of the temple on the Capitoline Hill, and the reconstruction of the Roman vertebral bridge... A series of public construction tasks,

The next time you will be very busy, are you willing to accept it? "

"Of course I do!" This time, instead of hesitating, Clotokatax was a little excited. After all, as an aspiring young man, he always hoped that he could take on heavy responsibilities.

For Davos, after much deliberation, he finally decided to let his son be the heavy-duty construction officer, because whether urban renovation, temple construction, or road and bridge construction, these public works will undoubtedly win the praise of the Roman people, and As the construction officer, Cloto Katax will undoubtedly share this honor and attract the attention of the public.

Moreover, these construction projects required a lot of manpower. Most of them came from the Roman people during the slack season. Clotocatacs had frequent contact with them, not only to understand the people's feelings, but also to promote their goodwill towards the Dionysian royal family. In this regard, Davos has no doubts about the charm of his son.

Of course, the only thing to consider is security.

After Clotokatax left, Davos remained in the living room.

Not long after, Amelius hurried in: "Your Majesty, I'm here!"

The slender intelligence leader was sweaty and looked a little tired, but his expression was a little excited.

Davos knew that since the conquest of the Latham region, in order to ensure the coverage of the supervision of the entire region and the collection of intelligence, with his permission, the team led by Amelius expanded rapidly, and his intelligence affairs became more and more. Busy, but energetic, he likes it.

Davos said bluntly: "Amelius, in view of your contribution to the kingdom's war with Rome, I appoint you as the kingdom's intelligence director in the Latinum region!"

Although Amelius has always been doing the work of this position, and now he is only officially getting this title, he still looks very excited: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! I will definitely continue to work hard!  …"

"There is one more important task, you must do your best to complete it!" Davos looked directly at him and said solemnly: "My son Clotokatax will stay in Rome as a junior construction officer, in While he's in Rome, you've got to do everything you can to keep him safe and to nip in the cradle all attempts to work against him if something goes wrong."

Davos said, his right hand clenched into a fist, and suddenly hit the wooden table hard, making a "bang" sound.

Amelius was shocked involuntarily, but he immediately raised his right hand high, his palm facing the sky, and said very solemnly: "Hades is above, I, Amelius, swear to you! I will do my best to protect Cloto. The safety of His Highness Katax! If there is a slight negligence, I am willing to send my soul to hell!"

Davos was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Amelius to be so decisive, because as far as he knew, Amelius was indeed a faithful believer of Hades. He coughed dryly and said, "Very good! Wait! Our whole family will thank you for Clotokatax's safe return to Turii!"

Amelius hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is my duty to protect the safety of you and Your Highness!"

Davos nodded, what Emilyus said was the truth. Although the salaries of the personnel of the kingdom's intelligence department have now been issued by the Ministry of Finance, they are still not under the official jurisdiction of the kingdom, but are directly subordinate to the king. Even Aristillas still bears the title of court herald and is engaged in intelligence. The work of the general manager, so it is accurate to say that the entire intelligence department personnel belong to Davos' private ministers, so Davos will not say much.

When Emirius walked out of the living room, he couldn't help clenching his fists excitedly: Although this task is indeed a heavy responsibility, it is a rare opportunity to be able to get closer to the future king!

Next, Davos called Martius again and asked him to arrange several loyal and reliable excellent guards for Clotokatax.

On the second day, Davos returned to the camp at Satnecum, summoned the senior generals, and issued an order to them "to march to Sicily".

At the same time, he also issued an order: let them break up the nearly 7,000 Roman soldiers who had surrendered and organize them into all troops except the mountain reconnaissance brigade, including the Roman reserve brigade.

Despite the objections of several legionnaires, they believed that the incorporation of these Roman soldiers who were completely unfamiliar with the tactics of the Dionian army, and even did not understand the language, would lead to a decrease in the combat effectiveness of the army.

But Davers stood his ground, and the order was finally carried out.

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In the humble hall of the chief mansion of Bovianum-vetus, the central town of Caracheni, the great chief Contruk sat gloomily by the fire pit.

The servant brought firewood, put it into the fire pit, and was lighting it.

Although it was still October, the temperature in the deep mountains had begun to get colder, and Kontruk's aging muscles and bones could not stand the cold, but the burning bonfire could not drive away the cold in his heart.

"Chief, now our tribe's food is very scarce, if we don't think of a way, I'm afraid we won't be able to survive this winter!" On the other side of the heated kang, Wanni, the chief in charge of the tribe's supplies, said with a worried face.

"Not only our tribe is short of food, but other tribes are also short of food!" Kontruk sighed helplessly, his two white eyebrows were twisted together, and he couldn't help but think: In this war, the Caracheni are Completely defeated! Not only many heroic soldiers were killed, but also many materials were lost. It was indeed because of the assistance of the Carthaginians that he was able to organize a large army at first, but since the failure of the attack on Downey, the changes in the Sicilian war situation, and the pressure of Dionysus on the Frentanis, there has been no assistance. Supplies pass through Frentani territory.

In order to continue the war, the four major tribes had to raise food and grass from their own tribes and turned to attack Campania. One of the reasons was to plunder more materials. If there was no obstruction from the Dionysian army, The Samonites were a huge success, but in the end they failed miserably. In order to lead the soldiers to safely escape back to the territory, Contruk abandoned all the looted materials in Beneventum, and finally let the Dionysians get them.

Today, the Karacheni tribe not only killed and wounded many soldiers, but also consumed a lot of materials. It can be said that it suffered heavy losses in this war.

Contruk rubbed his hands vigorously, then comforted him and said, "I have sent someone to Pentney to find their great leader, Badani, and ask him to help us with a batch of food."

"Cough!" Jonny, the high priest sitting beside him, coughed heavily.

Contruk glanced at him, but said with a more serious tone: "Although they surrendered to the Dionysians, they are also Samonais and have always been in close contact with us. I believe this time they will definitely lend a helping hand. ."