Davers looked around, finally landing on Haka in the front row, a few smiles on his face in greeting, and then nodded at Antaorris.

"Bell!" Antaoris rang the small bronze bell on the table, followed by the ceremonial officer in front of him shouting, "The meeting begins!" (In the past, the rotating chairman was the one who shouted, but there were more and more veterans, and it was a very laborious and laborious thing to shout at them all day, and the five rotating chairmen were all older, and there were several cases where the rotating chairman shouted hoarsely and tired at the end of the meeting, so it was later replaced by a young ceremonial officer).

Antaouris cleared his throat and said loudly: "The bill proposed by His Majesty to divide the kingdom into nineteen regions has been passed, and the main topic today is for us to elect the administrators of these regions.

Since the Roman region, the southern Iberian region, and the western part of Sicily are located on the borders of the kingdom, and the situation is relatively complicated and the situation is relatively bad, for the sake of the kingdom's security, special candidates have been determined, with Arcises as the Roman prefect, Bagul as the prefect of southern Iberia, and Antonios as the prefect of western Sicily.

There was a slight commotion in the room, and Davers had not yet decided on the choice of the chief executive of the western region of Sicily, and some people might have hoped for it, but as soon as they heard that it was Antonios, they immediately lost their temper.

Although Antonios had made mistakes before, he served for many years as the administrator of important towns in the kingdom, and during the Western Mediterranean War, he served as the wartime governor of the Daoni region, which had just been conquered and was invaded by the Samonais, which was not an easy task, which shows his excellent governance ability. In addition, he was a high-ranking general in the army, with outstanding merits and high qualifications, so no one disputed this.

"The rest of the district executives are elected by the elders in accordance with the previous rules for selecting the chief executive." Antaoris paused and continued, "However, there is one principle that must be adhered to when recommending candidates, candidates for district chief executive must have at least four years of experience as a town administrator!" ”

This rule was negotiated by the senators at the last meeting, mainly to ensure that the senators elected as district administrators had sufficient administrative experience, although it also ruled out the possibility that those who had only become Dionian senators after the Western Mediterranean War wanted to become district administrators.

No matter how sorry some people feel, Antaoris raised his voice and continued: "I announce the start of the election of the district administrator! First of all, the first region to be selected is Corsica, do you have anyone to vote? ”

In fact, there is only one town in Alenia in Corsica, and there are eight or nine settlements with only a few hundred people, and in terms of population and land area, it is not only far inferior to the large cities of Crotone, Cosenza, and Catanay, and even the medium-sized towns of Siritin, Crimesa, and Oudière, but after it was divided into a region by Davers, this small half of the island is much more important in the eyes of some of the senators, after all, it is also a region.

The ceremonial officer glanced at the venue, and among the eight senators who raised their hands, he chose the oldest one (this is also a new rule implemented by the Senate in recent years, during the meeting, the senators cannot stand up and speak at will, they must raise their hands, and the ceremonial officer will call them up in turn according to their age and seniority, so as to avoid chaos in the venue to the greatest extent and improve efficiency): "Lord Strombori! ”

Strompori stood up and said slowly: "I recommend Philocrates, although he is younger, he has a lot of experience in government affairs, and he has served as a scribe of the Registry Department of the Kingdom, oh, that was when he was in the Dionian League, he should not be called the ...... of the Kingdom" Strompori deliberately emphasized the qualifications of the recommended candidate: "Court recorder, official of the Ministry of Construction...... Administrator of Castelón, Administrator of Santa Ibiña.

Although he had only been the governor of the town for five years, he was the only one in the kingdom who had governed a metal smelting center for a long time, and during the four years he ruled St. Ibinia, his metal production and quality increased year by year, and he was commended by His Majesty—"

As he said this, he also extended his left hand and led it towards Davers in the center of the field.

Davers neither denied nor nodded in confirmation, after all, he had promised not to interfere in the selection of the district administrator, so he had to try to remain calm and not let his casual actions mislead the elders in the audience.

"For a region like Corsica, which is also dominated by metal smelting, I think Philocrates is the best candidate!" Strompori looked around and finished his last sentence with great confidence.

Five of the seven senators who had raised their hands quietly lowered their arms, not because they felt that Philocrates was indeed the best candidate for the governor of Corsica, but because they sensed from Strombori's words his determination to support Philocrates.

Strompolis is the head of the Amendolara faction of the Senate after Cornerus, Amendolara is only a small city, the population is not large, but it occupies an important position in the Kingdom of Dionia, because it is the first town occupied by King Davos after the mercenaries came to Greater Greece, and the early citizens of Amendolara played an important role in the development of the entire Kingdom of Dionia, such as Cornerus, Rafias, Scombras, Strompori, Trito Demos, Plotsilaus all held an important place in the Senate.

Although Scombras, Cornerus, and Plotsilaus have all passed away one after another, the Amendolars were the first to devote themselves to the kingdom's politics, and Strompori and other senators loved to promote Amendolar's backwards, and among the people who really devoted themselves to the kingdom's politics at a young age and gradually promoted to the senators, the Amendolars accounted for a large proportion of those who had really devoted themselves to the kingdom's politics at a young age and gradually promoted to the senators.

What is more noteworthy is that more than half of the mercenaries settled in Amendolara, and many of them were united with Amendolara women, and even adopted many Amendolara orphans as adopted sons and daughters, so some military senators can also be said to be Amendolars, and they will resolutely support the proposal of the Amendolar senators without the conflict of interests and without the special instructions of Davers.

In addition, since the Amendolars were the first to join Dionia, they also had good relations with the elders of other factions after a long period of contact, especially the mild-mannered Corneros, who helped many people.

Therefore, these patriarchs felt that they could not compete with the powerful Amendolara faction, so they took the initiative to give up in order to avoid offending this old man who was protecting his shortcomings.

But Strompori was not relieved, for he heard the ceremonial officer shout: "Lord Vesbar! ”

This old guy! Strombori watched Veesbar, who was not far away, stand up tremblingly, and couldn't help but curse secretly.

Since his resignation as rotating chairman, Wesba has rarely attended the Senate meetings on the grounds of old age and infirmity, and this is when he reappeared at the meeting within six months, apparently prepared.

"I recommend Damapas, who, although he is the youngest of the senators, has a lot of experience in Dionian politics. Shortly after His Majesty's arrival in Italy, at the age of 17, he became a soldier under His Majesty's command, and had made great achievements in the capture of Niutum and the repulsion of Crotone, but he had to retire from the army due to wounds he was wounded in the capture of Grumentum and turned to administrative ......

As we all know, before Corsica, Sardinia, southern Iberia, and a small part of Etruria came under the kingdom, there were two main metal deposits in the kingdom - the copper mines of Turiyi and the iron mines of the mountains west of Grummentum.

Damapas had been the head of the iron mines for five years, a year longer than Philocrates, and had a wealth of experience in managing the mines, and under his management the iron mines continued to provide the kingdom with enough iron ore and iron ingots for initial smelting, ensuring that our army soldiers could have a large number of relatively cheap weapons, contributing to the expansion of the kingdom. ”

Speaking of this, Veespar coughed a few times and looked at Strompori, his expression calm, but his words were aggressive: "I think that to become the regional governor of Corsica, you must not only have the ability to manage the mines, but also have a strong ability to govern and assimilate aliens!" Considering that half of the city of Alenia is made up of Phoenicians, and a small half of Corsica to the north is occupied by Etruscans, it is up to a new district governor to be able to manage relations with our immediate neighbors and allies, the Etruscans.

And Damabas served as the governor of Poseidonia for three years, and the governor of Pompeii for three years, and his political achievements were recognized by the senators, and the people of these two towns were racially diverse, and they were also close to the allies (the territory of Poseidonia bordered the territory of Abenirum in the mountains of Samonai to the northeast, when Damapas first became its administrator, the war in the Western Mediterranean had just begun, and Abenirum was only an ally of Dionia, not a dominion), and Damapas handled it very well, So I think he's the best candidate for the governor of Corsica! ”

It sounds like Wesbah has listed more valid reasons, but his volume is not loud enough, and his words are not clear enough, which is his usual fault, and not only does it not change as he gets older, but it is more serious, so that the effect of his speech is much less.