v9 Chapter 63： Dionysian barracks on the northern border

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 Chief 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 in a short year by an unknown slave with no background. 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 to be the role of the intelligence department 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 department.

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

Maximus will of course also give him a polite greeting.

The Chief Officer has the power to purchase materials and distribute materials. He is the soldier ’s food and clothing parents. During the time that Massims acted, he can not only be impartial, 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.

Masims enjoyed this respect very much, which meant that his ability was recognized by the soldiers. He is no longer repelling his life in the military camp as he originally did, and he began to integrate into it. Of course, this is also because he, as an officer, has more vacations in one year and can return to Turri to meet his wife and children.

Masims 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 preserve the food, the engineers of the construction department have worked hard to design this Dionysia 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 that the granary is cool and breathable, multiple vents are built around the bottom of the granary, and the floor of the first floor of the silo is laid on the vent, so that even if pests such as rats drill into the house through the vent, Unable to pass through the floor and enter the granary scourge food. In order to prevent excessive accumulation of food or other objects accumulated in the cabin and cause 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 soldiers ’staple food, flour. The soldiers only need to open the outlet at the bottom of the wooden box when taking it, and the flour will churn out, which makes the flour Basically in a closed state, its shelf life will naturally be longer.

While Masim arrived at the granary, there were already dozens of pack cars, and the pack carts were full of bags of flour.

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

Masims carefully checked the account book and signature of the record, then frowned and said, "The autumn harvest has just ended. I have not heard that the various Etruscan city-states have a bad 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 ..." Massim made a slight estimate, and then said: "Our food reserves are enough to support after half a month, but you have to stare at any time. Try to urge Etruscans to avoid delays. "

"Ok."

"Our transportation ship is 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 we can spend a safe year.

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

"I got it."

"When letting the laborers carry the flour inside, try to empty half of the grain silo as much as possible, and then collect more hay and store it in the grain silo. Winter is coming, we have to reserve more forage for livestock and warhorse ..."

"Yes."

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Maxims told the purchasing supervisor while watching the laborers unload a sack of flour from the oxcart, 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 leaves first, and then the place to go is 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 had harassed 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 camp gate, this is for the convenience of collecting equipment when the army is on the expedition.

Actually, 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 Owned by the kingdom, unlike the soldiers of the regular legion, the individual weapons and equipment already belong to them.

The armory mainly stores military materials 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 Masim arrived at the armory, he learned that the keeper of the armory had sent a batch of javelins and arrows out of the city to the training ground.

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

In the 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 football field at any time. However, the three military camps located on the northern border of Etruria did not set up 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.

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

Masims rode the horse, and after passing the city guard's review, he left the barracks.

Is covered by the entire trench system within 50 meters outside the barracks, from the city wall to the outside are: Luzhai, trench, shallow trench, lily bushes (digging deep pits, buried sharp wooden piles), meat hooks ...

Massimus also glimpsed a squad leader while leading a soldier ~ www.novelhall.com ~ placed trees with many sharp branches into the shallow ditch.

It is the existence of these defensive facilities. Although this area is often attacked by Gauls, the military camp has never been attacked.

After the trap area, it is a 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: allow 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 have 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 side of the avenue. Of course, the most popular among the soldiers is the tavern.

Yesterday, the soldiers who participated in the battle were given a day off today, and some of them took leave from the team officer and went to the tavern to drink.

You need a can of watered wine, a can of beer with a lot of residue, a plate or two of stewed chickpeas, a plate of sliced ​​bacon ... 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.