"The freemen are out of food?!" Kunogorata asked in surprise.
"The war broke out so suddenly, and many freemen didn't stock up on food beforehand. By the time they wanted to buy grain, it was already sold out on the market." Felixius glanced at the two of them. Wasn't the Alliance itself the culprit?
"Then use food as compensation and continue to let the freemen fight for the Alliance. Instead of always using shortened citizen probation periods as rewards, making Alliance citizenship less valuable! Felixius, the freemen were able to achieve great feats under the leadership of the Archon and defeat Crotone's regular army. So even without the Archon's leadership, they should have no problem dealing with the intrusion of ordinary sailors from the Crotone fleet, right?" Kunogorata asked Felixius in a stiff tone.
