Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 232

[Chapter 30 The post-war Senate meeting (3)]

Elders, you look at me, I look at you, and do not speak for a while.

WWW.SUIMENG. The former mercenary elders are proficient in land warfare, but not good at naval warfare; the Lucaria elders understand mountain battles and are full of fear of the sea; Amendolara has no ports and no warships, so its elders are naturally adept at naval warfare. No experience; only the elders of Turii…

Kunogolata looked at the others and said, “I recommend Enanilus, who was originally Turii’s admiral.”

Other pictures The elders of Liyi also expressed their approval. Davos also recognized Enanilus’ talent in this area, otherwise he would not have discussed with him about the preparation of the navy in advance. The only thing to worry about is that the Enanilus family owns shipbuilding. Factory, Davos is worried about his private use of public equipment.

But he thought about it, how could the shrewd and miserly Mersis be fooled.

Compared with the talented army, there are still too few people who know naval warfare!

Daves sighed in his heart.

In the end, Enanilus successfully became Dionia’s naval commander.

He said excitedly: “We Dionia have powerful heavy infantry, I no longer have to worry about the warship being burned in the port before it leaves the port!” It seems that Turii was captured by Crotone at the beginning. Later, the fact that the Turiyi warship was either destroyed or captured made him haunt him for a long time.

“Dionia’s army has already made a name for itself. All I can do is to lead the newly-built navy to actively cooperate with the army and create greater victories for the protection of the Dionysian alliance!” Enanilus finished. , All the elders, including Amintas, all smiled and applauded for the inauguration of Enanilus.

Polyxis stared at the back of Enanilus with a contemptuous smile on his face.

Davos’ second proposal was for the construction of the Castellon-Crimissa-Aspurustum boulevard.

As soon as this proposal came out, it was unanimously approved by all the elders.

The Dionysian Alliance has already enjoyed the benefits of building the Avenue, and even if Davos does not mention it, other elders will make similar proposals.

Up to now, the Dionysians had quite a bit of a difference in concept from other Greeks. They no longer believed that a city-state only needed convenient sea transportation, and there was no need to think about roads.

They are not only concerned with sea routes, but also believe that well-built roads are the necessary infrastructure for the development of a city-state.

But Davos’ second proposal didn’t end there.

He continued: “When we besieged Crimea, every day messengers passed messages between Turii and Crimea, traveling back and forth for more than a hundred miles, and the horses were exhausted a lot. Sometimes Important news could not be delivered in time. I was thinking about a question. As the territory of the Dionysian Alliance gradually expands, the border cities will only get farther and farther away from Turii in the center of the territory. How can we get it in time? Master the situation of other Dionia cities so that our Senate can respond to some unexpected events in time?”

Davos’ question aroused everyone’s thinking.

“We have merchant ships that come and go frequently,

so we can keep track of the situation in other cities.” Marigi suggested: “We can set up a special kind of small boat for delivering letters, which is fast and does not consume horses.”

“By sea There are several problems with delivering letters. First, ships cannot sail during storms at sea, especially in winter; second, this only applies to seaport cities, and inland cities like Neutum and Asprostum cannot be delivered; third Third, during the war, the delivery of letters by ship is easy to be intercepted, because the sea is too large to be completely defended, and the army is marching and fighting, it is impossible to always march along the coastline, so how can emergency orders and letters be delivered from the ship in time How about to the commander?”

Davos pointed out the drawbacks of using ships to deliver news, and Marigi was at a loss for words.

“It seems that we still have to travel by land. We are now building roads to connect the various cities of Dionia, so that it should be faster and more convenient to use mules and horses to deliver letters than before,” Cornerus said. .

“You’re right, we should use land routes as the main route, and sea routes as a supplement. I think what we should do now is to arrange for special public officials to be responsible for delivering letters and make it a daily city-state affair, so I propose that the alliance set up a Post Office.” Davers said confidently.

post Office?

!

Everyone felt unfamiliar when they heard the word Davers said, and it was obviously made by Davers himself.

“The main role of the post office is to receive letters and packages from the people of Dionia, and then deliver these things to the recipients…” Davers gestured with his hands and explained patiently: “We have set up post offices in every city. , equipped with public officials, they receive and deliver letters every day. At the same time, we will also set up post stations every 40 or 50 miles on the road, and also staffed with public officials. There are simple hotels and horses in the post stations. When the messenger arrives at the post station, they can go in to rest, drink water, and then continue to set off… In this way, while the post office usually serves the people, the news of other cities will be collected to the Senate every day through it, so that we can understand Dai What happened in the Aonia territory; and in wartime, the army’s messengers can go to each post station through our avenue system to replenish water, change horses, and quickly transmit the army’s orders…”

“This is a wonderful idea, as expected. It’s the favored one!” Kunogolata couldn’t help but praised: “Post… If the post office is established, it will not only facilitate the army and the people, but it will also strengthen the connection between the people of various cities. Dionia The cities of the alliance will become closer! I think… in the future, we can also set up post offices in our allies to strengthen our exchanges with them.” As a senior former consul, Kunogolata saw it at a glance. Then came the bright prospects that the establishment of the Post Office brought to the Dionysian Union.

“I hope the post office can be established as soon as possible! When I get to Crimesa, I won’t have to miss my children too much!” Scomblas said happily.

“I heard that you usually scolded ‘they are disobedient, you don’t want to live with them’?” Stromboli asked, pretending to be strange.

Scambloss raised his head: “Guys without children don’t understand, don’t talk nonsense.” This almost caused Stromboli to quarrel

with him, and everyone laughed and persuaded him.

Mersis stood up with a bitter face: “Master Consul, this is building a post office and a post office. The cost of these buildings, the salaries of civil servants, the cost of raising horses, and how much money has to be spent on the national treasury?!

Without Davos’s explanation, Marigi said first: “Mercis, don’t you understand! The post office delivers letters and parcels for the public, do you need to charge? There are hotels in the inn, so do pedestrians usually need to stay there?

”

Charges? I really don’t know how you became a financial officer!”

Marigi seized the opportunity and took the opportunity to run on Mersis.

Mersis didn’t care at this time, but asked Davos eagerly: “Is there a fee to deliver a letter? How much is the price?”

Davos nodded: “The post office was established mainly to deliver news and facilitate the public. So it shouldn’t be too expensive. I can just read a letter from Opol. The price of the package depends on the size and weight of the package. This will be discussed with Marigi and the person in charge of the post office in the future.

” A letter from Ball, I think the public will be happy to accept this price, I am afraid that the post office will be very busy in the future!” Cornerus laughed: “Because this time after we allocate the land, many citizens’ Allotments will be in different cities, and this post office is needed to pass the message to strengthen the management of the land.”

Cornerus’ words resonated with many elders, not only ordinary citizens, but also the land they allocated. , and therefore agreed with Davers’ proposal.

And Mersis was still calculating the income of the post office by default, and when he found that the income was considerable, he immediately asked: “Does the income of the post office turn over to the state treasury?”

“After deducting the salaries of public officials and various costs, the remaining income will of course be handed over to the treasury.” Davers’ words made Mersis smile: “In addition, I propose to establish a road bureau, which will be responsible for the planning and construction of all roads in the alliance. , maintenance, and management of roadside facilities.”

This proposal of Davos was also approved by the elders, who enjoyed the benefits of the avenue, and they also knew that a long-term professional maintenance was required after an avenue was built, otherwise it would use In a few years, it will become dilapidated.

“If you use the avenue in the future, UU will also charge for reading www.sonicmtl.com.” Mercis looked at Davos with hope.

“Free.” Davers spat out two words.

“Building a highway between cities will cost at least more than Talent (this does not include the cost of land use, because the road land is pre-planned before the land is allocated to citizens, it belongs to the alliance, no need to spend money, otherwise it counts as The price of buying land on the market will not be more than double the cost), and the subsequent maintenance costs will be spent at any time, even if you charge a little money, is it not enough?” Mersis asked.

“The roads are different from the postal service. If the charges are charged, most people can avoid the avenues we built. This does not affect their travel. On the contrary, the roads we built with great effort were originally designed to serve the people, but only a few people used them in the end. It is contrary to our original purpose of building the avenue.” Davos explained seriously.

“Your Excellency is right! We the citizens of the Dionysian Union can enjoy comfortable and flat avenues! High-tech, but low-cost medical care! Convenient and fast um… postal service! Our citizens only need to serve in the military. Can distribute land! Our citizens can hold public office and get paid as long as they pass the test! … Dionia has created so many benefits for the people. Can Athens, the most prosperous city-state in Greece, do this?!” Plessinas said enthusiastically.