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Chapter 123 Izam the Dukyan

Tuliyi no longer had any anger at this moment, and they nodded helplessly in agreement.

On the way back to Turui City, Cunogorata rode far ahead alone, which made Neonsis who was following behind feel cold. He tried to call Cunogorata several times, but failed. They all held back.He was able to become General Turui because of the strong support of Cunogorata. Cunogorata also suggested that Neonsis was good at financial management and accounting, and suggested that he be in charge of the treasury and trade.However, today, without consulting with Cunogorata, he arbitrarily changed the decision that Cunogorata had discussed in advance. Based on his understanding of Cunogorata, this person who has always been relentless towards opponents The general must have hated him so much!what to do?Neonsis asked himself eagerly in his heart, he has already fallen in love with the position of city-state general, and he doesn't want to be kicked out.

Kunogorata really hated Neonsis. If he had been good at calculation in the past, he might have made the same choice as Neonsis, just like he opposed Pheres at the city hall last time. However, the failure of the battle caused The fear in his heart aroused, and he woke up many times in his dreams because of the ferocious faces of the Lucarians. After this battle, he discovered his vulnerability. War - it was a completely different world from politics. His political skills were completely unworkable on this bloody battlefield, and what was even more frightening was that he discovered that Tuliyi was strong on the outside and weak on the inside, so no matter how difficult the financial situation was, he would maintain this employment agreement, as long as he strengthened his relationship with Dai in the next six months. Thanks to the connection between Firth, a military genius, I believe that the alliance between Thurii and Amendolara will be stable, but Neonsis, the "traitor", ruined everything!
Cunogorata was furious: at the end of the meeting, this idiot who was once just a lowly employee of a big businessman actually said to Ansitanos, "We are all allies anyway, so why bother with hiring and wasting money." "He knows nothing!Can alliance and mercenary have the same binding force on Amendolara? !I didn't see that the shrewd young consul of Amendolara wished that we would abandon this agreement early, so not only did he not refute it at all, but he gave up on his own initiative!This idiot with no political acumen can no longer be in City Hall and needs to get out of here!
Ansitanos was still angry that Davos refused his request for an interview. He kept thinking: After the agreement was signed, how would he find a reason to come to Amendolara and learn about the situation from other new citizens of Amendolara who were on the expedition to Persia? .Therefore, he did not notice anything unusual about the two generals before and after him.

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When Davers returned home, he remembered a very important matter, pondered for a long time, but still couldn't do anything.

So, he called Asistes over and said: "Now, the alliance agreement with Thurii is about to be signed. The plan for Lucalia will begin to be pre-prepared. First we need to understand Lucalia. What is the current situation in the region? Only then can we formulate correct strategic plans and make targeted preparations based on the actual situation. But the problem is that the Lucanians rarely interact with Turui and Amendolara, and it is even less possible now. , we can only send people over to investigate. However, the Greeks definitely can't do it. The difference in appearance is too obvious. We send those captured Lucanians, and we are afraid that they will take the opportunity to escape and leak the situation here... Alas!... It’s difficult! Yaxi, do you have any suggestions?”

Asistes also thought hard for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Lord Archon, you have forgotten someone, I think he is quite suitable."

"Oh! Who is it?!" Davos was originally just a dead horse doctor, but he didn't expect that Asistes actually had a candidate.

"Izam!"

"...The son of the leader of Dukea!" Davos then remembered.When he was in Byzantium, Izam was in the camp of Timazon. At that time, the Dukyan people had no use value. Everyone just regarded him as an ordinary soldier. In addition, no one cared about his returning home and the unstable military morale. His movements.But Davos vaguely remembered someone telling him: Izam later joined his mercenaries and was in Hieronymus's company.Now that I think about it, Izam is very curious, clever, and has a strong ability to learn languages, which left a certain impression on Davos, not to mention that he also grew up in the mountains.

"Is he like Lucalia?" Davos asked uncertainly.

"Relatively similar!" Asistes said with certainty: "The height and body shape are relatively close, but the hair color is slightly different, but this can be made up. The most important thing is that he married a Lucarian woman as his wife. You can learn all your language and habits from his wife.”

"Oh, just like you!" Davos found a suitable candidate, and he relaxed and joked: "I didn't expect that you really married a Lucalia girl, and she was really Bagule's sister. !”

Now it was Asistes' turn to be shy and silent.

"What does she look like? She won't be like his brother, right?" Davos asked with a curious smile.

"It's...it's okay..." Asistes groaned sheepishly for a long time and managed to say something.

"It's okay?! That's very good!" Davos knew his herald better, and said with certainty: "Wesba is the leader of the entire tribe, and of course he will choose the most beautiful woman in the tribe to be his wife. The daughter she gave birth to will definitely be good, but as for Bagule... she is crooked."

Davos continued to tease: "However, your uncle is also very powerful. Just like this, the most beautiful woman in Amendolara still loves him and is willing to wait for him for five years."

Seeing that Asistes didn't speak and just smiled, Davos said again: "Asistes, let me give you a suggestion. You'd better have an understanding and tolerant attitude, learn from your wife, and understand her carefully. Lucanian. Maybe one day, when you have enough ability, I will really send you to Lucania."

"Lord Davos, can we really seize the Lucaria region?! I heard from my wife that there are five or six major towns in the Lucaria region, with hundreds of tribes, and a population of 10,000+..." Yasi Stace asked worriedly and doubtfully.

"As long as you dare to think, and have careful preparation and correct planning, everything is possible!" Davos encouraged him confidently.

Asistes mused.

Davos said: "Go and call Izam over."

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute!" Davos remembered something and stopped Asistes, who was about to walk out of the living room: "I'll give you an important task! I need to understand the trends of the surrounding city-states in a timely manner. Tarantum, Thurii, Heraclea, Crotone, etc., some new bills and changes they have made in trade, politics, and military, as well as the situation of the people in the city-state, etc., require dedicated people to organize manpower, collect intelligence, and make conclusions. Then report to me in time so that we can formulate corresponding bills and measures based on the situation of neighboring countries in a timely manner. You are responsible for doing this in advance. It requires money and manpower, and I will supplement it for you."

"Okay, Lord Davos." Asistes agreed without hesitation.

Davos saw that he was very enthusiastic and reminded him: "Doing such a city-state intelligence collection is a tedious and huge task that requires patience and care. If you don't have experience at the beginning, you can just do it from Turiyi. Starting..." Davos carefully told Asistes some of the principles and experiences of intelligence collection he had seen in books and on the Internet in his previous life.

Asistes listened carefully and memorized it. He was very excited because this was the first time that he was responsible for a specific thing independently. It was obviously more interesting and important than just calling people and conveying orders as a herald. Much.

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Izam and his Lucanian wife are working in the fields.

As a Dukyan mountaineer, Izam did not follow the traditional Greek custom of not allowing housewives to be in the public eye. When his new wife asked to go with him to do farm work, he not only agreed but was very happy.In Dukya, when manpower was scarce, women would go out hunting or even fighting with spears. His wife's initiative to ask to work with him showed that she had integrated into the new family, and Yizam was of course happy.Although the people in the city-states he met on the way to the fields gave them strange looks, he was still in high spirits and kept communicating with his wife in halting Lucarian.

Since Izam joined the mercenary army very late, the land he was assigned to the former dead citizen of Amendolara was not very good. Not only was it only five acres of land, but it was also far away from the river and closer to the mountains. The quality of the land was also poor. high.Fortunately, when he chose to be a guide for the Greeks, he expressed his willingness to go out and explore to his stern father Comoros. The leader of Dukiya gave him a considerable amount of money, which now can finally be put to use.On the advice of his close comrades-in-arms, he purchased three slaves from Tarantum in one go. Two Egyptian slaves were responsible for cultivating his fields, and a Greek slave was dedicated to herding cattle and sheep for him.After all, his land is close to the mountains, so it is more convenient for grazing (the mountains are the public property of the city of Amendolara, and anyone can go in and out for grazing. However, cutting down trees requires the consent of the city-state's financial officer, and a certain amount of money must be charged according to the situation. Fees, this was a bill proposed by Davos and approved by the Senate, mainly to prevent deforestation).In fact, if Kristoya hadn't opened a bank and provided loans at low interest rates, many comrades would have borrowed money from him.

Although he had never held a sickle or held a plow, Izam humbly asked the Egyptian slave for advice. His wife was pulling out weeds in the wheat field with her hands. Another Egyptian slave had already reached the Sinni River. Go to fetch water, while the Greek slaves drove up the hillside early in the morning a dozen cattle and sheep that they had just bought a few days ago.

(End of this chapter)