Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Since no new successor has arrived since then, many soldiers believe that as long as Massim has been represented in this position for an additional year and waits for his qualifications, he will be officially promoted to the junior officer.

Massims thinks so, but he knows more clearly: the reason why he was able to obtain a very important military position in the Border Corps from an unknown slave with no background in just one year And it is likely to become a mid-level officer of the Kingdom of Dionysia in the next one or two years, which is related to his ability, but it is more likely that the intelligence department plays a role behind it.But in any case, it will benefit him as soon as possible to become a citizen of the kingdom.

Because of this, he is no longer so annoyed to join the intelligence service.

There are very few people walking on the streets of the military camp. They are either soldiers who just finished their duty yesterday and it is their turn to rest today. They are idle to hang out and chat on the roadside; or it is the soldiers who take charge of various debris to clean on the roadside. Hygiene, transporting garbage, feeding livestock, etc... But no matter who sees Massim passing by, they will shout respectfully: "Good morning, Master Massim!"

Of course, Maximus will also politely greet him.

The Chief Officer has the power to purchase materials and distribute materials. He is the soldier’s food and clothing parent officer. During the time that Massims is acting, he can not only be fair and selfless, but also whether it is the supply of materials or three meals a day. Both have improved better, so despite being a freeman, he won the respect of the soldiers.

Massim enjoyed this respect very much, which meant that his ability was recognized by the soldiers.He is no longer ostracizing life in the military barracks as he did at the beginning, and he has begun to integrate into it. Of course, this is also because he, as an officer, has more vacations in a year and can return to Turri to meet his wife and children.

Massimo greeted all the way to the center of the camp.

In addition to the barracks headquarters, the most important building here is the granary. In order to save food, the engineers of the construction department have worked hard to design this Dionysian public granary: it has two long and narrow layers. In buildings, there are few and small windows, which can avoid food spoilage caused by high temperature or rain and humidity.However, in order to ensure the coolness and ventilation of the granary, multiple vents are built around the bottom of the granary, but the floor of the first floor of the silo is laid on the vents, so that even if pests such as rats drill into the house through the vents, The inability to enter the granary through the floor harms the grain.In order to prevent the food or other objects accumulated in the cabin from being excessively squeezed and causing the wall to crack, a buttress is also built outside the wall of the granary.The granary also contains a number of large dry wooden boxes, which are used to store the raw materials of the soldiers' flour-flour. When the soldiers take it, they only need to open the outlet at the bottom of the wooden box, and the flour will churn out, making the flour Basically in a closed state, its shelf life will naturally be longer.

By the time Masim arrived at the granary, there were already a dozen or so pack cars, which were loaded with a bag of flour.

The purchasing director stepped forward and reported to him: "Master Masim, this time the Etruscans sent us 20 tons of flour. I sent them to Luca and Arretium. ) The army barracks each sent 6 tons, and 8 tons were left here.” (Note: The Etruscan Union allocated the entire north and northwest border land to Dionia, the Ministry of Military Affairs In the case of the invasion, military camps were established near the three Etruscan border cities of Lucca, Florentia, and Aretium.)

Massims carefully checked the account books and signatures of the records, then frowned and said, "The autumn harvest has just ended. I have not heard that the various Etruscan city-states have a poor harvest. They should not only provide such a little food."

"The Etruscans said,'The wheat has just been harvested, the time is too tight, they are understaffed, and there is not much flour. If we are willing to grind the flour ourselves, they are willing to provide wheat directly.'" The procurement officer said: "But I refused because we were understaffed and did not have enough stone mills, so the Etruscans could only promise to send us food after half a month."

"You made the right decision. Well, half a month later..." Masim made a small estimate and said immediately: "Our food reserves are enough to support after half a month, but you have to stare at any time. Try to urge the Etruscans to avoid delays."

"Ok."

"Are our shipping ships coming soon?"

"It should be in these few days."

"When loading and unloading goods in Pisae (the Etruscan city-state near Lucca), don't forget to remind them to ship more lamb and woolen knit clothes next time. The winter comparison here Cold, some soldiers were frostbitten last year, and I hope that we can spend the year safely.

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

"I got it."

"While letting laborers carry flour inside, try to empty half of the grain silo, and then collect some more hay and put it in the grain silo for storage. Winter is coming, we have to reserve some forage for livestock and warhorse..."

"Yes."

...

While Sims was instructing the purchasing supervisor, he watched the laborers unload a sack of flour from the bullock cart, and then carried it to the granary.

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

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

Now, he said goodbye to leave, and the next place to go was the armory.The yinying battalion is not only in charge of food reserves, but the storage of weapons and equipment is also one of the important tasks he is responsible for.Yesterday, a company sent by the barracks repulsed the Gauls who attacked Florentia. When he returned, it was too late, and he did not have time to learn more about the loss of weapons and equipment and the acquisition of loot.According to the habit of Massimus, it is usually necessary to confirm the day, and postponing to the second day is already a delay for him.

The armory is built not far from the barracks gate, this is for the convenience of collecting equipment when the army is on the expedition.

In fact, there are not many weapons and armor in the armory, they have been distributed to the soldiers one by one, and the soldiers will do their own maintenance and maintenance.During the break, the armor, long shield, bayonet, dagger, and javelin are placed in the soldier’s dormitory. If damage is caused during the non-combat period and it is unusable, even compensation will be paid, because these weapons and equipment are returned Owned by the kingdom, unlike the soldiers of the regular legion, the individual weapons and equipment are already owned by themselves.

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

When Maximus rushed to the armory, he learned that the armor's keeper had sent a batch of javelins and arrows out of the city to the training ground.

Yesterday, there was a battle. Today, military training is still being carried out. This commander from Carthage is always strict with the soldiers!...Maxims thought about it and decided to go to the training ground.

In various military camps in Dionyssia, the training ground is mostly located in the military camp, and the training ground can be changed to a football and football competition field at any time.However, the three military camps located on the northern border of Etruria did not set the training ground in the camp area, mainly considering that the strength of each military camp was not too large, and it was not easy to reinforce the troops in a short time. It is necessary to reduce the area of ​​the camp as much as possible, so military facilities with a large area, such as a military training ground, can only be installed outside the camp.

Learning that Massim was going out of town, his entourage soon came to a horse from the stable.

Massimus mounted the horse and passed the city guard's review before leaving the barracks.

It is covered by the entire trench system within 50 meters outside the military camp. From the city wall to the outside are: Luzhai, trench, shallow trench, lily bush (digging deep pits, burying pointed wooden piles), hanging meat hooks...

When Sims was out of the city, he also glimpsed a squad leader leading the soldiers, placing trees with many sharp branches into the shallow ditch.

It is with the existence of these defensive facilities that although the area is often attacked by Gauls, the military barracks have never been attacked.

After the trap area, it is the civilian area.The families of the soldiers of the Border Corps are not allowed to join the army, but after the establishment of the barracks, some Etruscan people will naturally move to the barracks to settle, because they think there are nearby protection groups of Dionysian soldiers. It’s safe, in fact they are rarely attacked by Gauls. (The Senate of Dionysia passed the resolution early on: allowing the Etruscan people to settle in the new territory of the northern border of Dionysia, And you can rent land, or you can apply to become a citizen of Dionysia in accordance with the new Immigration Act).

In addition, some Etruscan traders opened shops here to earn money from the soldiers of the Border Corps.Clay pot shops, blacksmith shops, shoe shops, cloth shops, butcher shops... are built one by one on the avenue, of course, the most popular among the soldiers is the tavern.

The soldiers who took part in the battle yesterday received a day off, and some of them asked the team officer to leave for the camp and went to the tavern to drink.

A pot of wine with water, a pot of beer with a lot of residue, a plate or two of stewed chickpeas, a plate of sliced ​​cured meat... The wine to be paid for these soldiers who are paid monthly They are not worth mentioning at all, but you can let a small group of soldiers sit around a table, drink wine, and chat for most of the day.