Since no new successor has arrived since then, many soldiers believe that as long as Masims is in this position for one more year, he will be officially promoted to logistics officer after he has enough qualifications.

Masims himself thought so, but what he knew better was that the reason why he was able to obtain a very important military position in the border legion from an unknown and unbacked slave in just one or two years was likely to become an intermediate officer of the Kingdom of Dionia within a year or two, but it was more likely that the intelligence department played a role behind it. But no matter what, this would be of great benefit to him becoming a citizen of the Kingdom as soon as possible.

It is precisely because of this that he is no longer so upset about joining the intelligence department.

There are very few pedestrians on the streets in the military camp. They either have just finished their duty yesterday and are now resting today, wandering and chatting on the roadside with nothing to do; or the soldiers who are on the roadside are cleaned, transporting garbage, feeding livestock, etc. But no matter who sees Masims passing by, they will respectfully shout: "Good morning, Lord Masims!"

Of course, Masims would also politely reply to greet him.

The baggage officer has the power to purchase and distribute materials. He is the parent official of the soldiers' food and clothing. During the period when Masims was acting, he was not only fair and selfless, but also better improved in terms of supply of materials and meals a day. Therefore, although he was a free citizen, he won the respect of the soldiers.

Masims enjoyed this respect, which means his ability was recognized by the soldiers. He is no longer repelling his life in the military camp as he did at the beginning, and began to integrate into it. Of course, this is also the reason why he, as an officer, had more holidays within a year and could go back to Turi's reunion with his wife and children.

Masims greeted him all the way and came to the center of the camp.

In addition to the military command center, the most important building here is the granary. In order to preserve the food, the engineers of the construction department once racked their brains to design this public granary in Dionia: it is a narrow and long two-story building with few and small windows, which can prevent high temperatures or rain and moisture from causing food to rot. But in order to ensure that the granary is cool and breathable, multiple vents are built around the bottom of the granary, and the floor of the one-layer in the silo is laid on the vent, so that even if there are pests such as mice passing through

The vent drilled into the house, but could not pass through the floor and entered the granary to harm the grain. In order to prevent the accumulated grain or other items in the cabin from being squeezed too much and causing the wall to crack, buttresses were also built outside the walls of the granary. There are also many large dry wooden boxes placed in the granary, which are the raw materials used to store the soldiers' staple food - flour. When soldiers use it, they only need to open the outlet at the bottom of the wooden box, and the flour will flow out, so that the flour is basically in a closed state, and its shelf life will naturally be longer.

When Masims arrived at the granary, there were more than a dozen pack trucks parked here, loading with bags of flour.

The purchasing supervisor came forward and reported to him: "Mr. Masims, this time the Etruscans brought us 20 tons of flour. I sent 6 tons to Luca and Arretium each, leaving 8 tons here." (Note: The Etruscan Union allocated the land on the entire north and northwest borders to Dionia. According to the terrain and the invasion of the Gauls, the military affairs department established military camps near the three Etruscan border city-states Luca, Florentia and Arretium respectively.)

Masims carefully checked the records and signatures, then frowned and said, "The autumn harvest has just ended. I have not heard that the various city-states in Etruscans have failed to provide only such a little food."

"The Etruscans said, 'Wheat has just been harvested, and the time is too tight, they are not enough staff, and they don't grind much flour. If we are willing to grind the flour ourselves, they are willing to provide the wheat directly.'" said the procurement officer. "But I refused, because we are not enough staff and do not have enough stone mills, so the Etruscans can only promise to send us food in half a month."

"You made the right decision. Well, half a month later..." Masims made a brief estimate and immediately said: "Our food reserves are enough to last half a month later, but you have to keep an eye on it at any time and urge the Etruscans to avoid delaying."

"OK."

"Our transport ship is coming soon, right?"

"It should be in these few days."

"When you go to Pisae (Etruscan city-state near Luca, a coastal town) to load and unload supplies, don't forget to remind them to transport more lamb and wool clothes next time. The winter here is colder, and some soldiers were frostbite last year. I hope we can spend this year safely.

I heard that the prices of cattle and sheep in Turiyi's livestock market have dropped sharply this year. This is because these races in central Italy have also transported their tribes' livestock to Turiyi for sale. There are too many cattle and sheep in the livestock market... I believe that the Military Affairs Department can easily meet our requirements."

"I've written it down."

"When the laborers are allowed to transport flour in a while, try to empty half of the granary, then collect more hay and store it in the granary. Winter is coming soon, so we have to store more forage for livestock and war horses..."

"yes."

...

While reminding the purchasing manager, Masims watched the laborers remove bags of flour from the ox cart and carry it to the granary.

At the same time, his confidant statistician was also carefully checking whether the amount of flour was consistent with what the procurement supervisor said.

After the statistician confirmed it, Masims did not sign his name on the account book immediately. When the entire loading and unloading work is completed, he will come to the granary to check and confirm in the afternoon.

Now, he said goodbye first, and the next place he was going to was the armory. The baggage battalion was not just responsible for food reserves, but also the reserve of weapons and equipment was one of the important tasks he was responsible for. Yesterday, a company sent by the barracks repelled the Gauls who raided the Florentian territory. When he came back, because it was too late, he did not have time to learn more about the loss of weapons and equipment and the acquisition of spoils. According to Masims' habit, it was usually necessary to confirm the same day. Delaying to the second day was a bit delayed for him.

The armory was built not far from the camp gate, which was for the convenience of the army collecting equipment when going to war.

In fact, there are not many weapons and armors in the armory. They have long been distributed to the soldiers one by one, and the soldiers will maintain and maintain them themselves. During the rest period, these armors, long shields, spears, short swords, and javelins are placed in the soldiers' dormitories. If they cause damage or even in use during non-combat periods, compensation will even be required, because these weapons and equipment belong to the kingdom, and unlike soldiers of regular legions, individual weapons and equipment already belong to them.

The armory mainly stores military supplies such as tents, quilts, blankets, shovels, shovels, and some consumable weapons such as arrows, javelins, and a small number of armor weapons.

When Masims arrived at the armory, he learned that the custodian of the armory had transported a batch of javelins and arrows out of the city to the training ground.

A battle was just held yesterday, and military training is still underway. The commander from Carthage has always been strict with the soldiers!...Maximus thought about it and decided to go to the training ground.

In all military camps in Dionia, most of the training grounds are located in the military camps, and the training grounds can be changed to a football and football game field at any time. However, the three military camps located on the northern border of Etruscan do not set up the training grounds in the camps, mainly because the forces stationed in each military camp are not too large and it is not easy to reinforce in a short period of time. In order to facilitate defense, we must try our best to reduce the area of ​​the camps, so military facilities such as the training grounds can only be set outside the camps.

When he learned that Masims was leaving the city, his entourage soon came a horse from the stable.

Masims rode on his horse, passed the city guards' review and left the military camp.

It is covered by the entire trench system within 50 meters outside the military camp. From the city wall, it is: deer fort, trench, shallow trench, lily flower bushes (digging deep pits, burying pointed wooden piles), and hanging meat hooks...

When Masims left the city, he caught a glimpse of a team leader leading the soldiers and placing trees with many pointed branches into the shallow ditch.

It is precisely these defense facilities that although this area is often attacked by the Gauls, the barracks have never been plagued.

After passing the trap area, it is a civilian area. The families of the border legion soldiers are not allowed to accompany the army, but after the barracks are established, some Etruscans will naturally move to the vicinity of the barracks to settle down because they believe that the nearby protection of the Dionys soldiers would be safe. In fact, they are rarely attacked by the Gauls (The Dionysian Senate has passed a resolution long ago: allowing the Etruscans to settle in the new territory of the northern border of the Kingdom of Dionys, and can rent land, or apply to become citizens of Dionys in accordance with the new Immigration Act).

In addition, some Etruscan vendors opened shops here to earn money from the soldiers of the border legion. Clay pot shops, blacksmith shops, shoe shops, cloth shops, butchers... one after another is built next to the avenue. Of course, the taverns are the most popular among soldiers.

The soldiers who participated in the battle yesterday all received one day off today, and some of them asked the team officials for leave and went out of the camp and came to the tavern to drink.

I have to pay a can of wine mixed with water, a can of beer with lots of residue, a plate of stewed chickpeas, a plate of sliced ​​cured meat... The amount of wine I have to pay is not worth mentioning for these soldiers who are paid monthly, but they can let a small team of soldiers sit around a table, drink wine, and chat for most of the day.
Chapter completed!