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Chapter 22: Izam the Dukya

Turiyi was no longer angry at this moment, and they nodded helplessly to agree.

On the way back to Turiyi City, Kunogolata rode in front alone, making Neoncis who were following behind chill. He wanted to call Kunogolata several times, but he held back. He was able to become General Turiyi because he received strong support from Kunogolata. Kunogolata proposed that he be in charge of the treasury and trade on the grounds that Neoncis is good at managing finances and settlement of accounts. However, today, without discussing with Kunogolata, he changed the decision that Kunogolata had discussed in advance. Based on his understanding of Kunogolata, this general, who has never been ruthless to the opponents, must hate him very much! What should I do? Neoncis asked himself anxiously that he had already taken up the position of a city-state general and did not want to be kicked off.

Kunogorata did hate Neonsis. If he had been good at calculating in the past, he might have made the same choice for Neonsis, just like he opposed Phiris in the city hall last time, but the failure of the battle aroused the fear in his heart. He woke up many times in his dreams because of the hideous face of the Lukari people. After this battle, he discovered his fragility. War - a world completely different from politics. His political skills were completely unworkable on this bloody battlefield. What's even more terrifying is that he found that Turiyi was strong outside and the middle, so no matter how financially difficult it was, he would maintain this employment agreement. As long as he strengthened his connection with Davers, a military genius, in the next six months, I believe that the alliance between Turiyi and Amendorala will be stabilized, but Neonsis, the "traitor", ruined all this!

Kunogorata was so angry that at the end of the talks, this fool who was once a lowly employee of a big businessman actually said to Ansitanos, "Anyway, it's all alliances, why bother hiring or wasting money." He knew nothing! Can the alliance and employment have the same binding force on Amendolara?! I didn't see that smart young consul Amendolara wished we could abandon this agreement as soon as possible, so not only did not refute, but instead gave up! This fool without political mind cannot stay in the city hall, so he has to let him get out quickly!

Ansitanos was still angry that Davers refused his request for interview, and kept thinking in his heart: After the agreement was signed, how to find a reason to come to Amendolara to learn about the situation from other new citizens of Amendolara who were expeditioning to Persia. Therefore, he did not notice the abnormality of the two generals in front and back.

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When Davers returned home, he remembered something very important, and pondered for a long time, but still had no choice.

So, Asistes called and said, "Now, the alliance agreement with Turiyi is about to be signed. The plan for Lukalia is about to begin preparations. First of all, we need to understand the current situation in the Lukalia area, so that we can formulate a correct strategic plan and make targeted preparations based on the actual situation. But the problem is that the Lukanis rarely interact with Turiyi and Amendorara, and it is even more impossible now, so we can only send people to investigate. However, the Greeks are definitely not good, and the differences in appearance are too obvious. Send those captured Lukanis, but they are afraid that they will take the opportunity to escape, and instead reveal the situation here... Alas!... It's hard! Yasi, do you have any suggestions?"

Ascesters also thought for a while, and suddenly laughed: "Sir, you forgot someone, I think he is quite suitable."

"Oh! Who is it?!" Davers was just a dead man, but he didn't expect that there was someone to choose Assisters.

"Izam!"

"...The son of the leader of Dukeya!" Davers remembered. In Byzantine, Izam was in the camp of Timason. At that time, the Dukeya people had no value. Everyone just treated him as an ordinary soldier. In addition, people were homesick and the morale of the army was fluctuating. No one cared about his movements. But Davers vaguely remembered someone who said to him: Izam later joined his mercenary, and was in the company of Hironimus. Now that Izam thinks about it, Izam is curious, clever, and has a strong ability to learn language, which left a certain impression on Davers, not to mention that he also grew up in the mountains.

"Is he a portrait of Lucaria?" Davers asked uncertainly.

"It's more similar!" Ascestes said affirmatively: "They're both similar in size and body shape, but the hair color is slightly different, but this one can put on makeup. The most important thing is that he married a Lukari woman as his wife, and he can learn language habits from his wife."

"Oh, just like you!" Davers felt relaxed when he had the right candidate and started joking: "I didn't expect you to marry a Lukari girl, and she was really Bagule's sister!"

Now it was Ascesters' turn to be a little shy and stopped talking.

"How is she looking? She won't be the same as his brother, right?" Davers asked with a curious smile.

"It's okay..." Ascesters hummed for a long time and squeezed out a sentence.

"Okay?! That's pretty good!" Davers, who knew him better, said affirmatively: "Weisba is the leader of the entire tribe. Of course, he will choose the most beautiful woman in the entire tribe as his wife. The daughter he gave birth to must be good. As for Bagule... it's a crooked one."

Davers continued to tease: "But, your brother-in-law is also very powerful. In this way, Amendorala's first beauty still remains in love with him and is willing to wait for him for five years."

Seeing that Yassitus didn't speak and just laughed, Davers said again: "Yasi, I'll give you a suggestion. You'd better learn from your wife with an understanding and tolerance, and learn from the Lucans seriously. Maybe one day, when you have enough abilities, I will really send you to Lucania."

"Mr. Davers, can we really seize the Lukari region?! I heard from my wife that there are five or six major towns in the Lukari region, hundreds of tribes, and a population of more than 100,000..." Ascesters asked worriedly and puzzledly.

"As long as you dare to think about it, and have careful preparation and correct planning, everything is possible!" Davers encouraged him confidently.

Ascesters thoughtful.

Davers said, "You go and call Izam over."

"yes!"

"Wait a minute!" Davers remembered something and called out to Asistes who was about to walk out of the living room: "I will give you an important task! I need to keep abreast of the movements of the surrounding city-states, Tarantum, Turiyi, Heraclia, Clotone, etc., some new bills and changes they have made in trade, politics and military, as well as the situation of the people in the city-state, etc., and someone should organize manpower, collect intelligence, and report to me in a timely manner after making a summary, so that we can formulate corresponding bills and measures based on the situation of the surrounding neighboring states in a timely manner. You are responsible for this matter in advance, and you need money and manpower. I will supplement it."

"Okay, Lord Davers." Ascesters agreed without hesitation.

Seeing that he was very enthusiastic, Davers reminded him: "Doing such city-state intelligence gathering affairs is a cumbersome but requires patience and care. If you have no experience at the beginning, you can only start with Turiyi..." Davers said that he saw some of the principles and experiences of intelligence gathering in books and the Internet in his previous life, and told Asisters carefully.

Ascesters listened carefully, remembering that he was very excited because this was the first time he was responsible for a specific thing independently, which was obviously much more interesting and important than before, as a commemorative officer, just calling people and conveying orders.

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Izam and his Lucanian wife are working in the farmland.

As a Dukeya mountaineer, Izam does not have the traditional Greek customs - housewives are not allowed to show up. When his newlywed wife asks to do farm work with him, he not only agrees but is happy. In Dukeya, when the staff is short of people, women have to go out to hunt and even fight with spears. His wife can take the initiative to ask to work with him, which means that she has integrated into this new home. Izam is of course happy. Although on the way to the fields, the city-state people he met all looked at them, he is still very interested and constantly communicates with his wife in stuttering Lukari language.

Since Izam joined the mercenary very late, the land of the original dead citizens of Amendorala whom he was allocated was not very good. Not only was there only five acres of land, but also far from the rivers and closer to the mountains. The quality of the land was not high. Fortunately, when he chose to be a guide for the Greeks, he expressed his willingness to go out to his strict father, Conmoro. The leader of Dukeya gave him a lot of money, and now it can finally come in handy. At the suggestion of his good-know comrades, he bought three slaves from Tarantum in one breath, and two Egyptian slaves were responsible for it.

He was given a farming field, and a Greek slave specially grazed cattle and sheep for him. After all, his land was close to the mountains and was more convenient to grazing (the mountains were public property of the city of Amendorala, and anyone could go in and out to graz. However, cutting down trees had to be approved by the city-state finance officer, and a certain fee was charged according to the situation. This was a proposal proposed by Davers and was discussed and approved by the Senate, mainly to prevent random cuts and logging). In fact, if Cristoya had not opened a bank and provided loans at low interest rates, many comrades would have to borrow money from him.
Chapter completed!
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