Lucias took over and replied, "It's just a little farther away and you need to take a boat, but the twin cities of Naxos and Crimesa already have a lot of experience in governing it. ”

Mentotik Els let out an "oh", no more doubts.

Davers continued: "In addition to Messina, the original Sicilian territory, plus the eastern mountains of Leotini, Sichael (in the Western Mediterranean War, the tribal settlements of the Sichaels were destroyed by the Carthaginians, grain was looted, and some tribes betrayed Theonia...... After the end of the war, Dionya won a great victory, some tribes were afraid of being liquidated, and some tribes, in order to survive, under the direct threat of the Dionian army and the goodwill mediation of diplomacy, successively chose to submit to the kingdom, thus causing a domino effect, which lasted for a year, and finally the entire Siker Mountains were completely incorporated into the Dionian Kingdom), merged into the East and West Sili region, and the seat of governance was Catanay;

The entire southeastern corner of the western Mediterranean, the entire southeastern corner of the western Mediterranean, and the entire southeastern corner of the western Mediterranean, were merged into the region of Syracuse, and the seat of governance was Syracuse;

Then there are the Germe, Minoa, Agrigento, Ecomus, Gera, and the central mountainous region of Sickel, including Enna to Kefaroition, which are merged into the region of South Sicily, with the seat of government in Agrigento;

The rest of the towns of Sicily, as well as the Sikan region (after the end of the war, the Sicans, fearing retribution from the Sichaels, voluntarily submitted to the Kingdom of Dionia), were merged into the western region of Sicily, with a seat of government in Lilipa;

With Salos as the dividing line, half of the island of Sardinia to the north is divided into the northern region of Sarhonia, and the seat of government is in Saros;

while the Southern Sardinian District is located in Calaris;

All the areas under the control of the original Carthage became Corsica, with Alenia as its seat;

The southern part of Iberia, which Carthage gave to us, became the southern part of Iberia, which became the kingdom, and governed in Sesi;

That's a total of nineteen districts. ”

Everyone listened attentively to Davers's account, pondering these new administrative divisions, and it was evident that King Davers had carefully divided them after repeated reflection for the sake of ease of management and the development of trade: some areas were large, but the population per unit area was not too large, such as the Lucania region and the southern Sicilian region; Some areas are small but densely populated, such as the Crotone region; Some areas are small in size and small in population, but they are very important to the kingdom, such as Corsica, which is rich in precious metals, especially tin ...... But even so, there are still some doubts.

"Your Majesty, you seem to have forgotten Hadru Mentum of Africa?" The attentive Anta Oris reminded.

"I have not forgotten that although Hadrumentum is not large, its location is very important, adjacent to Carthage and the East Numibians, and is temporarily under the direct jurisdiction of the kingdom, so that we can get the situation there in a timely and accurate manner, and respond in time." Davers's answer made sense, and no one objected.

"Your Majesty, the area of southern Iberia is too large, the area is the sum of many of our other regions, and it seems a little inappropriate to turn it into a single region." The steady Lucias was a little worried.

Davers explained with some reluctance: "Although the Carthaginians conquered southern Iberia, it was only a conquest, and it was still far from being completely their own. With the exception of the coastal towns, where the people were basically Carthaginians and Phoenicians, the inland areas were almost entirely governed by the tribes of Southern Iberia.

After we took over, there were very few people in the kingdom who colonized there, and the officials who were sent there were still familiar with the situation there, except for those mines that were run by the merchants of the kingdom, the political structure there had not changed much, and in the current situation where the land of the entire kingdom was greatly empty and the population was insufficient, it was impossible to change the composition of its population ratio by a large number of immigrants in the short term, so it was better to maintain the status quo for the time being, so as to ensure the stability of the region...... For now, at least, it seems that Haka, the governor of the region, was very cooperative with the kingdom's demands and acted strictly according to the decrees of Dionia......"

"Lord Haka is indeed very knowledgeable, but it is also against the laws of Dionya to rule in one region for a long time, and I have heard that he is not in very good health......" Sedorum said this, casting an inquiring glance at Herps, the Minister of Medicine.

Phelps responded truthfully: "According to the medical records sent back by the doctor we sent to treat him, his heart has not been very good since he was a child, and he cannot be cured, so he should not be too tired!" ”

"So it's better to be able to bring him back to Turii to a key position, and at the same time heal him better...... At the same time, it will also help our officials to take over Iberia sooner, so that it can integrate into the kingdom more quickly. Sedorum went on to make a suggestion.

Davers fell into deep thought.

Several ministers, such as Lucias and Sedorum, exchanged glances to each other, but none of them spoke.

After all, the identity of the Iberian governor Haka is too special, he is not only the patriarch of the Carthaginian Magonides family who submitted to Dionia (half a year after the end of the Western Mediterranean War, Margo, who had been in a coma, finally died, although it stands to reason that the patriarch of the Magonid family should be succeeded by Hasdruba, but most of his family members want to be held by Haka, who has a gentle personality and is more respected by King Davers, which is more beneficial to the family, and Hasdruba himself has no desire to take on this important responsibility, So despite his repeated refusals, Haka eventually took the position, but he modestly stated that "he was only acting for his brother as patriarch"), and because he had been in charge of government affairs in southern Iberia for a long time, he was more prestigious among the former officials and the local natives, not to mention that he was also a relative of King Davers.

Also considering these questions, Davers carefully considered it and replied more cautiously: "This matter...... I'll have to ask Haka himself for advice first. If he agrees to come to Turiyi, do you think Bagul will be able to take over the southern part of Iberia? ”

In order to stabilize the situation in southern Iberia, Daves promised not to remove the officials there in the short term, but he sent a group of administratively competent Dionian officials to the towns of southern Iberia to serve as deputies to the original officials, led by Bagul.

Letting a royal minister serve as the administrative lieutenant of the newly surrendered region seems to be undoubtedly a demotion, but Davers considered that Bagul had served as the administrator of the kingdom's large towns such as Grummentum, Cosenza, and Oudière, not only with outstanding political achievements and rich experience, but also especially good at handling local indigenous affairs, so he specially invited the Bagul family to participate in the royal family's family banquet, and had a heart-to-heart conversation with Bagule, after which Bagule gladly accepted the appointment, Went to the south of Iberia for assignment.

"Your Majesty, judging from the fact that Bagul made a special trip back to the Senate last year to report on the affairs of the government, he is not only familiar with the political situation in the southern region of Iberia, but also the local officials, some of whom are willing to cooperate with him, and he has also made friends with the leaders of the indigenous Iberian tribes in the territory and won their trust, I think the problem should not be very big, but he should be consulted first." Hmon first praised Bagul, and then cautiously expressed his opinion.

Davers pointed to Iberia's location on the map with a stick, and after a moment, asked aloud: "If Haka chooses to come to Turiyi, what position would it be more appropriate to appoint him?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

As mentioned before, Haka's status is too special, he is already a senator of the kingdom (although he rarely attends senate meetings), he is already a governor (the chief executive of the district, although it is only a compromise after the war), he is already an important minister of the kingdom, even the rotating chairman of the senate and the ministers of various departments are only at the same level as his current position, and now there are people in important positions in various departments and there is no vacancy, as for temporarily leaving him idle, I am afraid it will also take a considerable risk, This will cause the original people and officials in southern Iberia to misunderstand that the kingdom is about to start unloading and killing donkeys, which may cause unrest in southern Iberia......

While everyone was silent, some people also complained about Sedorum, thinking that he shouldn't do more, which made it difficult for everyone to ride the tiger now.

Davers's deep gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and then said slowly: "I see that it is better to set up an additional rotating chairman and let Haka serve as the chairman, what do you think?" ”

Everyone was stunned.

Sedorum, who had already sensed everyone's resentment, was the first to respond: "I support Your Majesty's decision, now that the number of senators has increased, 5 rotating presidents are not enough to represent all the senators, especially the senators from Phoenicia have exceeded 10, and Lord Haka's appointment as rotating president is exactly in line with the needs of the kingdom!" ”

Where did these 10 or so Phoenician veterans come from? More than half of them did not come from western Sicily or southern Iberia, but from the island of Sardinia, although some of the Phoenician city-states of Sardinia chose to surrender in the Western Mediterranean War, but Dionya did not allow them to choose autonomy like their Sicilian compatriots, in the past, Carthage could fully control the entire island of Sardinia for the sake of interests, so Dionya could of course also forcibly require these city-states to be incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionia. The people of Sardinia, who had long been ruled by the Carthaginians, did not have strong political demands, and as soon as Dionia was tough, they complied, but in order to appease the local people and make it easier to govern, the kingdom still selected some prominent figures on the island to enter the Senate.