Now, Davers gently lifted the quilt and watched Christoya's **, less than half a year after giving birth, she had already regained her former slender and seductive figure: snow-white and soft skin, slender legs, full and plump chest, firm and straight buttocks

Davers couldn't help but reach out again, stroking slowly upwards along her lovely toes, and then he felt a fire rise inside him again

"Alright, Davers let me sleep a little longer, I'm sleepy," Christoya said as she wriggled her body and was dazed.

Davers had no choice but to endure ** and cover his wife with a quilt.

"So, your brother went with him to Cosenza." Davers sat in his study and listened to Aristiras's report on what had happened in Dionia, in the surrounding area, during his time away from Turiyi.

"It's been six days since I went, and there's no news coming back for the time being." Aristias replied truthfully.

Davers heard something in his tone and asked, "Aren't you worried?" ”

Aristilas was silent.

"Don't worry, Bruti doesn't have the guts to harm our messenger yet! They may be on their way back, or they may have been imprisoned by the Brutis," Davers reassured him earnestly, saying, "If it is a few days from now, there will be no news." Dionya will threaten Bruti with war and force them to release them! ”

"Thank you, sir!" Aristias said with some worry and some gratitude.

Davers solemnly patted him on the shoulder and said, "A warrior who dares to risk his life for Dionia, Dionia will never treat him badly!" When your brother returns, he'll become a full citizen much sooner than you! But don't worry, I keep everything you do in mind! ”

Aristiras did not speak, but bowed respectfully.

Davers asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Aristiras adjusted his mood and said in a deep voice, "Yes, it's about Polyxis. ”

"Polyxis?" Davers blinked.

"We found out that Polyxis gave his family a free status to many of his slaves, and then these freed slaves applied to the Ministry of Agriculture for a lease of land with his help," said Aristiras, looking at Davers.

Davers listened quietly. There was nothing unusual about what Aristias now said of Polyxis, but Davers would probably have to praise him for setting an example by freeing many of his slaves.

But Davers knew it wasn't going to be that simple.

"These freed slaves used some of the proceeds from renting land for taxes and some for their own use, and most of the proceeds went to Polyxis."

Hearing this, Davers' eyes suddenly widened: "What is the benefit they gave to Polyxis?" ”

"The exact percentage is not clear, but I'm afraid it's not a small number. Because he had about 35 freed slaves who applied for about 180 acres of land. Aristiras said, looking at the record in his hand.

"These slaves should know about the law enacted by Dioonia regarding the lease of land, why didn't anyone report it?" Davers asked aloud.

"It is known that these slaves were all domestic slaves of Polyxis, who had lived in his home for at least 20 years and should have been loyal to him. Secondly, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Polyxis allowed these slaves to rent fertile land, and in addition to paying 20% of the rent and the money given to Polyxis, the surplus income far exceeded what they earned as slaves. Moreover, these rented farmlands were all next to each other, and the freed slaves lived in several large houses together, watching each other, and some were said to be 'their families' living together, but in fact they were probably overseers sent by Polyxis."

When Aristilas finished speaking, Davers's eyes narrowed into a slit, and a cold light flashed in the slit, and he asked sharply, "Does Bulkos know about this?" ”

"Judging by the signs now, he should not have been aware." Aristias replied earnestly.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

Davers stared at Aristiras's face for a long moment, feeling slightly relieved. He had a good impression of Bulkos, especially after Davers led the army to defeat Crotone and became the owner of Turiyi, Burkos took the initiative to cooperate and stabilize the political situation in Turiyi, and he also actively responded to the new policies promulgated by Davos. Although he and Polyxis were both well-known nobles in Turiy and owned a large amount of land, he voluntarily relinquished ownership of most of the land and freed some of his slaves

"It's good if you don't have it," Davers whispered, but he knew in his heart: only this time Bulkos was afraid that he would be dragged down by friendship.

"Is anyone else doing something like this?" Davers asked again with a gloomy face.

"We're still investigating, but there aren't enough people in so many cities," Aristias said embarrassed.

"How many people you need, make a plan. After I read it, if I think it is feasible, I will increase the funding for you. This matter must be seriously investigated for me! Check it out! Focus on all the senators of the Senate and the citizens who hold office in the Union! Davers's tone was stern, he didn't expect that Dionia had been established for less than two years, and there would be ** breeding, and he was very annoyed in his heart.

But as an archon, Davers also had to think about other issues, so he reminded: "The investigation must be carried out quietly, without alarming anyone, and report to me as soon as there is any situation!" ”

"Understood, sir!"

"Davers! Davers! Mersis shouted his name angrily and hurried into the living room.

Davers knew that the fat man must have something to ask of him, so he turned his face and said, "Merses, here you are going to call the Archon." ”

"Alright then, Lord Archon." Mersis came up to Davers, stretched out his hands, and said, "Please remove me from my position as Treasurer of the Alliance, this job cannot be done!" ”

"Why? You don't want to take a vacation and travel somewhere else. Davers first teased, then saw Mersis look serious, and then said in surprise: "Haven't you been doing a good job!" ”

"You asked Mariji to bring me a message and ask me to prepare four legions and two months' food reserves in advance, right?" Mersis asked.

Davers understood now, he nodded and said, "That's right, I told Marigi about it." ”

"I can't do that!" Mersis said indignantly: "The four legions are at least 30,000 people, and they consume nearly 60,000 catties of grain every day, which is nearly 4 million catties in two months!" Such a large amount of food, not counting the price increase in the future, we will have to pay at least that much money that is not in the treasury at the moment, even if we count the land tax revenues of the Union in September and October, and the usual commercial tax revenues, because we will have to pay the salaries of all public officials, the construction of the Castron-Crimesa Avenue and the Crimesa-Assprustum Avenue, the renovation of the Crimesa marsh area, and the application of Plesinas to be in Amendolara, Crimesa, Other cities such as Niutum build small temples of Hades, none of these projects cost money! Well! Spend a lot of money! ”

"Alright, Mercis. I know you've done everything you can to save Dionia, and it's been a hard work! But if you don't, I'll never find a better treasurer in the Alliance! Can you bear to watch our hard-built alliance collapse due to a lack of money for the lack of effective management of the treasury? Davers hurriedly complimented.

"Now that the alliance is getting bigger and bigger, there are quite a lot of income and expenses, and if you want to manage them well, it is really not something that ordinary people can do!" Mersis was praised by Davers, and immediately became energetic, and the previous bad emotions were also released, and he no longer vented his dissatisfaction, but thought about it and said: "Your Excellency, I can prepare up to three legions and a month's worth of grain. If you don't accept it, then change me! ”

One month! Davers rubbed his chin. In the past, he led his army to fight, and the battles mostly took place near the Dionian territory, the scope and scale of the battles were not large, and they ended quickly, and the second Crotone War, which lasted the longest, did not last more than fifteen days, so he did not feel the pressure of logistics. And this war with Bruti is to conquer a region, and to fight against the whole race, the difficulty will inevitably be greatly increased. Even if the war goes well, he expects it to end longer than usual, and two months is just a conservative estimate for him. Unexpectedly, this would already make Dionia feel overwhelmed and unable to provide full support.

War is a contest of national strength! A sentence came to Davers's mind, he was a little helpless, thinking that at the beginning of the year, it was Syracuse who led an army of 80,000 to attack Carthage, and the war had been going on for half a year, and it was not over yet. Dioonia is still rising too fast, the foundation is too thin, and the savings are insufficient!

"Davers, I have a solution to the problem of military rations." Mersis stepped forward, affectionately called Davers's name, and said slightly mysteriously.

"Oh, what's the solution?" Davers's heart moved.

"The autumn harvest is coming soon, and after the autumn harvest, almost all citizens have enough food in their homes, so that they can bring their own rations for 20 days or a month, isn't it solved!"