Chapter 597
When Olivia, who was still in a daze, heard this, she immediately took a few bites of the meat bun. Aegnis hurriedly said, "Don't rush, eat slowly, it's hot!"
"Little Bute, what kind of brother are you? You're actually trying to cheat your sister of her breakfast," Cynthia chuckled as she criticized.
Facing Cynthia, Briante didn't retort. He lowered his head and didn't say anything.
… …
Devers watched all this with a smile. Every day, this was the time when he was the most relaxed after breakfast.
"Cynthia, after breakfast, come with me to the bank at the port and listen to their financial report for the first half of the year," Christoya interrupted with a cloth napkin. Although Asuna had left, Cynthia had grown up. She was family and more knowledgeable. Over the past few years, under Christoya's intentional training, she had become her right-hand woman.
"Yes, Mother," Cynthia replied.
"Ah …" Olivia heard this and hurriedly said, "I want to go with Sister Cynthia." Among these children, Olivia wasn't old enough to go to school yet. She usually stayed at home, and Christoya and Aegnis had their own things to do. Cynthia took care of her most of the time, so she was very attached to Cynthia. And today, Molina had woken her up too fiercely. She didn't want to stay at home alone.
Cynthia more or less understood what she was thinking, so she said to Christoya, "Mother, should I bring Olivia with me?"
Christoya looked at Olivia.
Olivia blinked her large eyes and looked pitifully at her other mother.
"Be obedient when you're there, and don't shout." Christoya was actually quite at ease with Olivia, because this child was very gentle and quiet everywhere she went.
"Yes!" Olivia nodded vigorously.
Aegnis expressed her thanks to Christopha.
"Olivia, you can't leave Big Sister. What will you do when she gets married?" Eunice said.
Olivia's eyes immediately reddened when she heard this.
"When that happens, Olivia can still visit Big Sister often, and Big Sister will come back often. She won't leave us …" Aegnis hurriedly comforted her daughter.
At the same time, Cloto Catax coughed and spat out the milk on the table.
"I choked on water just now," Cloto Catax quickly explained.
Cristoya immediately cast a cryptic glance at the Devers.
The Devers were relieved. They had been observing him since he entered the restaurant. Other than the gaffe just now, the Devers did not find anything strange about the child. It showed that he had strong self-control, which made the Devers proud.
"Yes, Crowe. You're going to be sixteen soon and have formal military training. I'm going to customize a set of heavy infantry equipment for you. Do you have any requests?" asked the Devers.
"Doesn't Diónia's military law state that the army's weapons and equipment must meet certain requirements? You can't make arbitrary changes to the size, color, and patterns?" asked Cloto Catax, puzzled.
"That means that the appearance, size, and color of the weapons and equipment must be the same as the other soldiers in the army. However, you can add or modify some things to enhance their performance and increase their comfort. For example, you can add cloth pads in the helmet to quickly absorb sweat and reduce the impact of external forces on the head. Another example is to reduce the amount of linen glue in the linen breastplate and sew hippopotamus skin in the lining. This way, the thickness will be the same, but its defensive capabilities will be greatly increased …" The Devers explained some of the tricks of customizing weapons and equipment to his son in detail.
Cloto Catax listened attentively for a while and said without hesitation, "Father, there's no need to go through so much trouble. You can just customize it according to the norm. Make my armor, shield, and spear the same as the other citizens'."
"Crowe, you should …" Cristoya hurriedly tried to persuade him when she heard this.
The Devers said happily, "Child, you're doing the right thing! Only when you don't try to be special will you be able to get along well with your teammates. Only then will your team be able to quickly form a cohesive whole. When in battle, your teammates will not hesitate to block the enemy's spears for you in times of danger … "
Cloto Catax listened to his father's teachings seriously.
Cristoya saw this and didn't say anything else.
"Father, I want to customize a spear and shield like Bro!" Briantes said loudly.
"Didn't I make one for you?"
"But it's made of wood …"
"Because you're still young. You can't lift a real spear and shield made of real iron. Can you lift the pair of big iron hammers father left in the yard? "
Briantes shook his head.
"When you reach Crowe's age, you'll have enough strength to lift them. Then I'll customize a real spear and shield for you too, okay?" The Devers persuaded his son patiently.
"Okay!"
"Bute, do you want to be a soldier or a general in the future?" The Devers continued.
"Of course I want to be a general. That's awesome!"
"Then you should study hard in school first. Only by learning to read can you understand the orders given by your commander. Only by learning to count can you know how to arrange your troops. Only by learning to argue can you persuade your men to follow your orders. So when you get to school, you must study hard and don't play around. You'll definitely become a general in the future, okay? " The Devers also took the opportunity to persuade Briantes. Although he was still young, he was too energetic and brave. He had been at school for half a year and caused a lot of trouble in his class. The teacher had already reported it to Cristoya several times.
Briantes nodded, not really understanding.
"Ah Bo, don't just snicker. You have to help your brother more. If he doesn't do well in the school's elementary tests, I'm going to make you pay!" Dyvers said with a serious face.
"Ah?!" Apox was dumbfounded. The corners of his mouth were stained with grease and crumbs. He looked rather comical, causing his siblings to burst into laughter.
… …
After breakfast, Crystal, Cynthia, and Cynthia, and Ivia, rode in a carriage to the port. Aegnis, on the other hand, sat in another carriage and hurried towards the Temple of Hera in Turiidong City.
Crotocatax, Apox, Eunice and Briantes were escorted by guards and slaves to the Triangle of the River in Turín. However, when they got there, his siblings would go to the Turín Academy, while Crotocatax would go to the Diónia Academy separately.
After the Devers saw off their wives and children, they went to the Diónia Senate under the protection of the palace guards.
When the Diónia Senate was established more than ten years ago, it was only the highest authority of the Diónia people. Now, it represented the most powerful kingdom in the entire western Mediterranean Greece, and people looked up to it. Of course, the Diónia Palace that was built later took away part of its glory.
When the Senate was built, its grand appearance was amazing, but it also made outsiders laugh. A newly formed alliance of less than two or three cities actually built a grand hall that was not commensurate with its strength!
Now, no one dared to say such strange things. Instead, they sighed at the foresight of the King of Devers.
Although the territory was constantly expanding, the number of Diónia Senators did not always increase. After the Polyxis case and the losses of the Southern Italian War, the number of Senators declined sharply. When a meeting was held, there were only a few people in the huge hall. Everyone was either on the battlefield or shouldering heavy responsibilities to stabilize the country. It was the most difficult period for Diónia, and it was also the period when the Senators played an important role. In the end, Diónia survived and ushered in another great development of the kingdom.
With Laos taking the lead, the allied city-states of Triene, Castellón, Crotone, Corunna, Heraclea, and Metapontum took the initiative to join the kingdom. The three former allied city-states of Locri, Medma, and Hibernian were forced to join the kingdom. Siletina, Enona, and Kopsa were territories occupied by Diónia. Naxos, Catanai, Siculi, and Tauromenian also became part of the kingdom.
In the next ten years, while the kingdom worked hard to restore the population, agriculture, and trade of the newly acquired lands, it also declared war on the Meshapi and Puchetti, citing the fact that they had broken the treaty and attacked Tarentum, a free city in Dionia. In the great battle of Brindisi, the Devers led five legions and two cavalry legions to successfully defeat the allied forces of Meshapi and Puchetti. Taking advantage of the heavy losses of these two fierce races, the Kingdom of Diónia began to carry out annual planned and step-by-step encroachment operations.
Until the beginning of the year before last, there were no more independent towns in the two regions of Meshapi and Puchetti. This also made the Grand Hall of the Senate of Diónia not as empty as it used to be. The number of senators also exceeded two hundred, occupying one-fifth of all the seats in the hall. Therefore, maintaining the normal order of the Senate during meetings became an important task for the Supreme Censor and his subordinates.
"The King has arrived!" The disciplinary officer shouted, and the noisy hall suddenly became quiet.
After Diónia became a kingdom from an alliance, the biggest difference between the Grand Hall and the past was that the semicircular seats of the senators surrounded the center of the hall. A little behind the center of the hall was a cowhide chair, which was the seat of the King of Diónia. Behind the wooden chair was a door, which was a passage for the King of Devers to enter and exit.
Four fully armed palace guards with spears and shields entered the hall in neat steps and stood on both sides of the leather chair.
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