Chapter 22: Izam the Dukya
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On the way back to the city of Turiyi, Kunogorata rode a horse far ahead, which made Neonsis chill after him, and he tried to call out to Kunograta several times, but he couldn't help it. He was able to become general of Turiyi because of the strong support of Cuno Gorata, who also proposed that he be in charge of the treasury and trade, on the grounds that Neonsis was good at finance and accounting. Today, however, he had changed the decision of Kunogorata without consulting him, and with his knowledge of Kunogorata, the general who had never been soft on his opponents must have hated him very much! What to do? Neosis asked himself eagerly in his heart that he had already taken the position of general of the city-state and did not want to be ousted.
Kunograta really hated Neoses, and if he had been calculating before, he might have made the same choice as Neoses, just like the last time he opposed Phereth at the town hall, but the defeat of the battle aroused fear in his heart, and how many times he woke up in his dreams because of the hideous face of the Lucalians, and after this battle, he found his own vulnerability, war, which is a completely different world from politics, and his political skills did not work at all on this bloody battlefield, And what's even more terrifying is that he found that Turii is strong in the outside, so even if the financial difficulties are, he still has to maintain this employment agreement, as long as he strengthens the connection with Davers, a military genius, in the next six months, I believe that the alliance between Turii and Amendolara will be stable, but the "traitor" of Neosis ruined all this!
Kunograta was furious: at the end of the talks, this fool, who had been nothing more than a lowly employee of a big businessman, actually said to Ansitanos, "It's all an alliance anyway, so why waste money by hiring any more." "He's a! Can an alliance and a mercenary be the same binding force on Amendora?! I didn't see that the shrewd young consul of Amendola wanted us to scrap this agreement sooner, so instead of refuting it at all, he took the initiative to give it up! This apolitically minded fool can't stay at the town hall anymore, so he's got to get out of here!
Ansitanos was still annoyed that Davers had refused his request for an interview, and he had been wondering how to find a reason to come to Amendora after the agreement was signed to learn about the situation from the other new citizens of Amendora who had gone on an expedition to Persia. As a result, he was completely unaware of the anomalies of the two generals before and after.
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When Davers returned home, he remembered something very important, and pondered for a long time, but he was still at a loss.
So, he called Assistes and said, "Now, the alliance agreement with Turiyi is about to be signed. Plans for Luccaria are about to begin. First of all, we need to understand what the current situation is in the Lucaglia region, so that we can formulate the right strategic plan and make targeted preparations according to the actual situation. But the problem is that the Lucanians have very little contact with Turii and Amendolara, and it is even more impossible now, so they can only send people to investigate. But the Greeks certainly can't, the difference in appearance is too obvious, and sending those captured Lucanians, for fear that they will take advantage of the opportunity to escape, will reveal what we are doing here...... Alas! …… It's hard! Yasi, do you have any suggestions? ”
Assistes also pondered for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Lord Archon, you have forgotten someone, I think he is quite suitable. ”
"Oh! Who is it?! "Davers was originally just a dead horse and a live horse doctor, but I didn't expect Arcistes to really have a candidate.
"Izzam!"
“…… The son of the leader of that Dukea! That's when Davers remembered. When he was in Byzantium, Izzam was in the camp of Temason, and at that time the Dukia people had no use value, and everyone just regarded him as an ordinary soldier, plus the people's hearts and military hearts fluctuated, and no one cared about his movements. It's just that Davers vaguely remembers someone telling him that Izzam had later joined his mercenaries, in Hieronymus' company. Now that I think about it, Izzam is curious, clever, and has a strong ability to learn languages, which left a certain impression on Davers, not to mention that he also grew up in the mountains.
"Is he like Lucaria?" Davers asked uncertainly.
"It's more like!" Assistes affirmed: "The size and body shape are relatively close, but the hair color is slightly different, but this one can be made up." The most important thing is that he married a Lucarian woman, and the language and habits can be learned from his wife. ”
"Oh, just like you!" With a suitable candidate, Davers relaxed and joked: "I didn't expect you to marry a Lucarian girl, and you are really Bagul's sister!" ”
Now it was Assistes' turn to be a little shy and not to speak.
"How's she looking? It won't be like his brother, right? Davers asked with a curious smile.
"Also...... You can also ......" Assistes snorted embarrassedly for a long time, squeezing out a sentence.
"Still?! That's pretty good! Davos knew himself well as the herald, and said with certainty: "Vespa is the leader of the entire tribe, and of course he will choose the most beautiful woman in the whole tribe as his wife, and the daughter he gives birth to will definitely not be bad, as for Bagul...... That's crooked. ”
Davers continued to tease: "However, your eldest brother is also very powerful, just like this, it still makes the first beauty of Amendolara fall in love with him to this day, and she is willing to wait for him for five years." ”
Seeing that Assies did not speak, but only smiled, Davers said again: "Yasi, give you a suggestion. It is better for you to be understanding and tolerant, learn from your wife, and get to know the Lucanians seriously. Maybe one day, when you have enough power, I will really send you to Lucania. ”
"Lord Davers, can we really take the Lucalya region?! I heard from my wife that there are five or six major towns in Lucania, with hundreds of tribes and a population of more than 100,000,......" asked Asistes, worried and confused.
"As long as you dare to think, and with careful preparation and proper planning, anything is possible!" Davers confidently encouraged him.
Arcistes thought thoughtfully.
Davers said, "Go and call Izzam here." ”
"Yes!"
"Wait a minute!" Davers remembered something and called out to Acestes, who was about to walk out of the living room: "I've got an important task for you!" I need to keep abreast of the movements of the surrounding city-states, Tarantum, Turiyi, Heraclia, Klotone, etc., some new laws and changes they have made in trade, politics, and military, as well as the situation of the people in the city-states, etc., and there must be special people to organize manpower, collect intelligence, make a summary, and report to me in time, so that we can formulate corresponding laws and measures in a timely manner according to the situation of the surrounding neighbors. You are in charge of this first, and you need money and manpower, and I will supplement it to you. ”
"Yes, Master Davers." Assistes did not hesitate to agree.
Seeing that he was very enthusiastic, Davers reminded him: "Doing this kind of city-state intelligence gathering affairs is a tedious but huge work that requires patience and care, and you have no experience at first, you can start with Turiyi...... "Davers told Arcisstes carefully about some of the principles and experiences of intelligence gathering that he had seen in books and the Internet in his previous life.
Assistes listened and remembered intently, and his heart was excited, for this was the first time he had been in charge of a specific matter on his own, and it was obviously much more interesting and important than the previous herald who had only called people and conveyed orders.
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Izzam and his Lucanian wife are working in the fields.
As a Dukyasan, Izzam had no Greek traditions - housewives were not allowed to show their faces, and when his new wife asked to go with him to the farm, he not only agreed but was happy. In Dukeya, when there was a shortage of manpower, women had to go out hunting and even fighting with spears, and the fact that his wife offered to work with him showed that she had integrated into the new home, and Izzam was of course happy. Despite the strange glances he met from the city-state's populaces on his way to the fields, he was in high spirits and kept communicating with his wife in stammering Lucalian.
Since Izzam joined the mercenaries very late, the land he was assigned to the former dead citizens of Amendolara was not very good, not only only five acres, but also far from the river, closer to the mountains, and the quality of the land was not high. Fortunately, when he chose to be a guide for the Greeks, he expressed his desire to go out to his stern father Commolero, and the chief of Ducoya gave him a considerable amount of money, which could now finally come in handy. At the suggestion of his close comrades-in-arms, he bought three slaves from Tarantum in one go, two Egyptian slaves were responsible for cultivating the fields for him, and one Greek slave was specially grazed for him. After all, his land is close to the mountains, which is more convenient for grazing (the mountains are the public property of the city of Amendolara, and anyone can go in and out to graze, but the cutting of trees must be approved by the city-state's treasurer, and a certain fee must be charged according to the situation, which is a bill proposed by Davers and discussed and passed by the Senate, mainly to prevent indiscriminate logging). In fact, if it weren't for Christopia who opened a bank and provided loans at low interest rates, many of his comrades-in-arms would have to borrow money from him.
Although he had never held a sickle or a plow, Izzam humbly asked the Egyptian slaves for advice, while his wife was pulling out the weeds in the wheat field with her hands, another Egyptian slave had gone to the Sini River to fetch water, and the Greek slaves were driving up the hill early in the morning with a dozen cattle and sheep that had just been bought for a few days.