Chapter Twenty-Three: The Son
"That's our Dionian trophy, and it has nothing to do with Laos or Castron!" Butler immediately objected.
"Don't worry, Bagul. Do you know what the Covenant of the Dionian League says? Davers asked patiently.
Bagul shook his head, he had only been a citizen of Dionya for half a year, and he had not even fully figured out the laws of the Union, let alone the treaties.
"In the event of a war in the Dionian League, each of the allies is required to send troops to fight, and the spoils are ......distributed fairly," Asistes said.
"That's right, fair distribution!" "As an ally of Dionia," Davos emphasized: "As an ally of Dionia, Laos immediately sent 3,000 men to be led by the consul Avinogis himself, upon learning that we had declared war with Crotone; Castelon not only rejected Crotone's wooing, but also gave us great help in the battle. These two allies helped Dionya in the war, and if we Dionya were so stingy that we were reluctant to give them a share of the spoils, then which city-state would be willing to go to war with us in the future! I don't think it would matter if we gave them all the loot, because we had something more valuable—"
Davers slowly spat out a word in the face of Hieronymus, Bagul, and Assistes: "Land!" ”
The three of them quickly understood that the spoils of war could be shared, but the land won in the war belonged to Dionys, and that Dionys's use of the soldiers of the allies to expand his territory for himself was actually quite a good deal.
"Speaking of land, Commander. There is a situation that needs to be reported to you. "Many Lucarian soldiers of the Third Legion found the mountainous terrain around Asprarustum to be suitable for grazing, and the conditions for grazing were even better than those of Niutum, and they asked me for a share of the land. ”
Are you saying that they are asking for a "share of the land" for themselves? Davers reacted quickly, and immediately understood the meaning of Asistes' words.
"Yes." Assistes was embarrassed and said, "Because their tribe has already allocated a settlement in Niutum before, I don't know if they can personally get any more land?" ”
Instead of answering directly, Davers looked at Bagul and asked, "Do you know about this?" ”
"Yes." Bagula replied truthfully: "Assistes consulted with me, and most of these warriors who claimed 'land' for themselves came from the various tribes of what is now Niutum, and they saw that the Greek soldiers could own their own land, but they still had to share it with the tribe, so they asked to 'leave the tribe and live alone'. ”
Davers stared at him and continued to ask, "Do you think their request is justified?" ”
"I think it's very reasonable!" Bagul replied without thinking, without considering what Davers would feel when he heard this, which made Arcisstes a little worried: "The 'share' that the warriors fought desperately in exchange for should have been owned by themselves, and being independent would also be more conducive to their integration into the Dionian Alliance. ”
Davers smiled, "You can think so. I am happy! But what will the leaders of the Lucanian tribes think? ”
"I don't think they'll object." Bagul apparently thought about this issue as well, saying: "In the past, the tribes of Lucania recruited men to survive and strengthen themselves, but now they are under the protection of the Dionian League, and there is no longer a danger of survival. On the contrary, the departure of these soldiers will make the land in the hands of the tribe richer, which is a good thing. ”
"I've agreed to give it to these Lucanian warriors who are asking for independence." Davers's words made Bagul and Assistes happy, but Davos paced back and forth as he pondered: he was happy to see these tribes of Lucaria broken up and eventually merged into the alliance, but he was worried that the radical actions would arouse the disgust of these small tribal leaders, and would not be conducive to the penetration of Dionia into the Lucanian region north in the future, so he should be cautious: "But before that, after returning to Turiyi, I will first let your father and Hermon go to Niutum to test the attitude of those tribal leaders, Try to convince them. As a result, the allocation of 'land' for these soldiers may be delayed......"
Bagul and Assistes agreed.
"If some of the soldiers of the Third Legion also settle here, it will be very troublesome to train and assemble the entire Legion in the future!" At this time, Hieronymus raised objections.
Davers laughed: "Not only the Third Legion, but also the First and Second Legions, I am afraid that there will be many soldiers, who will settle in Asphorustum and Crimesa, who told us to acquire so much land so quickly, and not distribute these lands to the citizens of the Legion who have fought in battle, reserve citizens, and registered freemen, will the land be left idle so that the enemy can attack!" By the time the land has been allocated, I'm afraid there will be more than three legions...... I will gather with Pherisius (military officer), Rafias (household registration officer), Burkos (agricultural officer), you, Kapuz, Drax, and the captains to discuss a suitable plan......"
Hieronymus reluctantly agreed, while Bagul and Assistes were a little excited: the expansion of the team meant that they also had a chance to become the captain.
At this moment, Davers also realized that in less than a year after coming to Turiyi, he had experienced four wars, and in the case of successive victories, whether it was land, population, or army, all swelled so fast! Maybe it's time to stop and integrate the alliance!
"Hey, isn't that Aristocrates!" Izzam suddenly said loudly.
The crowd hurried to look down at the city, and sure enough, they saw that Aristocrates had hurried to the moat on horseback, and was about to wave to the door.
It was getting dark, and Aristocrates was still running to find him, there must be something important! Thinking of this, Davers hurried down to the city.
As soon as he arrived at the city gate, Aristocrates had already entered the city, and when he saw Davers, although he was tired, he smiled: "Lord Davers, there is good news from the letter from Turiyi today!" Congratulations, your wife gave birth to a son for you yesterday morning!! ”
Davers was ecstatic in his heart, and he immediately took a deep breath, but his excitement did not diminish in the slightest: "Child! I have a baby!! My baby!!! ......" Davers slammed Hieronymus beside him and shouted excitedly.
"Congratulations, sir! This is Hera's blessing!! ...... "Hieronymus, Bagul, Assistes and others, including the soldiers around who knew the news, congratulated Davers.
Davers smiled from ear to ear and hugged them warmly one by one to express his inner joy, and at the same time joked to them: they must work harder and not fall too far behind him.
Then he planned to rush back to Crimesa with his escort, quickly arrange everything, and then rush back to Turii at night, but was strongly stopped by Hieronymus and others, and even forced him to stay in Aspraustum City for the night against Davers's wishes. Because it was already dark, they would go back at this time, and there would be a lot of rivers going down the mountain, and the war had just ended, and they would not be able to explain it to the people of Dionya if something happened.
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The next afternoon, Christoya fed the baby and fell asleep.
Asuna had just been basking in the sun in the courtyard with her baby in her arms when she noticed that the child had pulled and had to go back to the outside of the bedroom, scrub it with warm water, put on a new diaper, and tell the other slave girls to take it and wash it.
Then, she put the child back in the small bed, lay on the side of the bed, and sang to the child, and gradually the child closed his eyes, and Asuna also took advantage of the free time to lie on the side of the bed and take a nap. In a daze, she felt someone tap her on the shoulder: "Asuna." ”
She immediately woke up, looked back, and couldn't believe her eyes: "Master, you're back!" ”
Davos made a silencing gesture: "How's Christoya's health?" He asked in a whisper.
"Master Herps says that she and the child are healthy, but Madame needs some time to recuperate, and she is asleep in the bedroom now." Asuna whispered, getting out of the way: "Master, come and see the little master, he is very cute!" ”
Davers tiptoed forward, looking at his child carefully with excitement and curiosity, in fact, the child who was just a few days old had red and wrinkled skin, which was not good-looking. But Davers was so fascinated by it that he couldn't help but stretch out a finger and gently touch the child's red face.
The sleeping child seemed to feel the itch and scratched his face with his little hands.
Davers was amused and touched him again.
While the child stretched out his hand to scratch his face, he opened his big and bright blue eyes, and the father and son looked at each other closely, and then the child pouted and cried "wow".
Whether it was in his previous life or in this life, Davers was a first-time father, completely inexperienced, and suddenly at a loss.
Asuna picked up the child unhurriedly and began to tease softly.
"Assuna, is the baby hungry again?" Christoia's soft voice came from the bedroom.
"No, it's the master who is back!" Asuna said excitedly.
"Ahh Christoya shouted in surprise.
Davers hurried into the bedroom and saw Christoya lying on the bed a little tired, but she looked good.
"You're back!" Her eyes sparkled with joy.
"I'm back!" Davers sat on the edge of the bed, leaned down, and kissed his wife.
"Thank you!" He said softly.
Christoya propped herself up and snuggled into Davers's arms, her face beaming with happiness: "See our kid?!" ”