ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1031 The authentic way to take a bath in Turiyi
The Kingdom Hotel is a hotel funded and built by the Kingdom of Dionia. As the name suggests, it is used to receive guests of the kingdom, such as visiting envoys or distinguished guests from other countries.

However, at this time, the Kingdom Hotel was mainly used to receive town councilors and tribunes who came to attend the Kingdom Conference. This was a huge number. The original building alone could not accommodate so many people, so earlier At that time, the Senate also specially recommended in a notice sent to various towns: Those who participated in the conference had relatives and friends in Turii City, and tried to stay in their homes.

In the past few years, the Construction Department has successively built three or four similar buildings and several separate villas to the south of the Kingdom Hotel, all collectively known as the Kingdom Hotel, which basically meets the needs.

It stands to reason that it is almost the opening time of the conference, and the hotel should be overcrowded. Even if there are still rooms left, the conditions will not be very good.However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs drafted an accommodation list in advance and sent it to the person in charge of the hotel based on the reply letter from the city hall of each town.Of course, Publius and Tibulus had specially reserved rooms with very good accommodation conditions, especially Publius, who was both a noble senator and a representative of the Romans who had just joined the kingdom. It is the best room in the entire hotel - a single-family villa.

This villa has three floors. The first floor is mainly the living room and kitchen, and the second and third floors are bedrooms. The reason why the Ministry of Foreign Affairs built these villas was to accommodate some distinguished guests who came with their families to stay for a long time.

The hotel attendant led Publius into the villa. After Publius briefly understood the situation of the villa, he immediately invited Tibulius, who had accompanied him here, to live with him.

Tibulus readily agreed and quickly vacated the original house.

It was still winter in January, and even though Turui was close to the ocean, the weather was still relatively cold, but Publius stepped on the smooth marble floor of the living room with bare feet, with a look of novelty on his face, because the floor turned out to be hot.

Tibrus did not answer his question immediately, but pointed to the door and said, "Sir, have you seen the big house next to it that is always steaming? That is a bathroom."

"It's the place you mentioned to me on the road where people can take a bath." Publius was a little curious.

Although Tibrutus had never stayed at the Kingdom Hotel before, he knew that there was a larger bathing place in the center of the Kingdom Hotel, so he explained based on common sense: "The reason why the floor is hot must be that they introduced the heat from the bathroom to Underneath the floor, it heated the floor.”

"Did you bring the heat down here?" Publius stepped on the floor and was even more surprised.

"The underground is not completely solid. When building this house, craftsmen created a lot of gaps under the floor, which is conducive to the flow of heat..." Today, the construction of bathrooms has become common sense in Thurii , Tibrus explained it fluently.

"After dinner, let's go to the bathhouse!" Publius said eagerly after listening to Tibulus' introduction.

"Two adults, you don't need to go to the bathhouse. There is a bathroom in this room." The waiter who had just brought dinner heard what the two said and immediately introduced them.

So, after finishing dinner, the two of them entered the bathroom connected to the villa. Although the bathroom was not big, it had all the facilities that a general bathhouse should have.In advance, the waiter had already greeted the central bathhouse, and the hot water and heat channels leading to the small bathroom had been opened. By the time the two took off their clothes in the dressing room and changed into wooden slippers, the bathroom was already ready. appropriate.

The two of them passed through the dressing room and entered the first small room. The room was relatively cool. This place was supposed to allow people who came to take a bath to relax first and slowly transition into the bathing state.

But Publius was obviously more eager. He did not stay here longer, but pushed open the wooden door and entered the next small room.

The temperature in this room was a bit hot, and the temperature in the next room was even hotter... After passing three small rooms in a row, the temperature was higher than the last, and Publius began to sweat.

Pushing open the next wooden door, he saw a circular pool inside. He walked up the stone steps to the edge of the pool, stretched out his feet and tried it. It was warm water, and he immediately jumped in.

Publius immersed his whole body in the water and let the warm water wrap around his body to drive away the coldness he had suffered during the two days of trekking in the mountains.

After a while, he finally raised his head out of the water and shouted "Ha!", feeling energetic all over his body.

Then, he saw Tibulus soaking in the bathtub, leaning against the wall of the pool, holding the edge of the pool with his arms, looking comfortable.

Tibrus rubbed his body with his hands and said, "This bathtub is indeed good, but it's nothing special. It's just a little bigger than the usual bathtub at home."

Tibulus smiled and said, "Lord Publius, you have only walked half of the journey to the baths. Don't jump to conclusions."

"Is there more later?" Publius was a little surprised.

Tibrus said nothing and pointed to a wooden door on the side.

Publius stood up and walked out of the bath, and pushed open the wooden door hesitantly. He immediately felt a heat wave hit his face, and the room was filled with white mist, making it difficult to see clearly.

Publius was still hesitant to go in, but Tibulus walked in first, sat on a wooden bench in the room, and then said: "This room is called the fumigation room. It is the most important place in the entire bathhouse, and it is also the closest place to boiling water. They also sprinkled hot water on the floor near the stove, where the heat turned into mist, making it the hottest room.

However, according to doctors in Turiyi, moderately increasing the heat of the body will exercise various organs in our body, speed up the flow of blood, and eliminate waste from the body, which is very beneficial to ensuring physical health.I heard that most of the old senators like fumigation like this——"

Before Tibulus finished speaking, Publius immediately walked in and sat on the wooden bench.

He soon felt that the room was hot and humid, and even breathing became a little difficult. After a while, he began to sweat profusely, mixed with water mist, which tightly adhered to the skin, making his body extra heavy.

Publius wanted to get up and walk out of the room immediately, but when he saw Tibulus still sitting firmly opposite him, he remembered what he said, "The longer you persist, the better it will be for your health." So he endured it and leaned back. Press the back of the chair to make yourself more comfortable.

In such a quiet room, the surrounding water mist is so thick that you can't even see clearly the face of Tibrutus across from you. The heat makes you dizzy, and it feels like you are drunk, making you want to talk. impulse.

"Turii is really a huge city, more prosperous than I imagined! It's much better than Rome!" Publius exclaimed: "According to the requirements of the Senate, I will move to this city this year. It’s a city, but I see there are so many residents in Turiyi, it might not be easy to own a house.”

"That's true. The population of Turiyi has increased dramatically in recent years. I remember that last year, the population of the entire city plus the entire Subali Plain, excluding several other towns in the Turiyi region, was 49 , about 000 households, 23 people, not including freedmen, slaves and other floating populations... With such a large population, residential land is very tight. As you saw when we entered the city, the outer city is so big. The result of the city's continuous outward expansion over the years.

A lot of cultivated land is now covered with houses, and the rent that the people of Turui get from renting out their houses is several times what they earn from farming. Our Ministry of Agriculture has reported it several times, but His Majesty said, "As long as the strength of the kingdom grows If it is strong, the city of Turui will inevitably develop rapidly, so that it is in line with its status as the center of the kingdom. The people of Turui have paid a lot for the kingdom, and being able to earn money by renting out houses is also a benefit that the kingdom gives back to them. As long as they pay taxes normally, there is no need to forcibly stop them.As for the food issue, the entire kingdom is here to support Thurii, and the people are not short of money, so we don’t have to worry about them not being able to eat bread...'

Your Majesty is right!The kingdom has a vast territory, including the Catania plain, the Euphemia plain, the Capulia region, the Crotone region, and the newly acquired fertile lands of the eastern Campania plain and southern Sardinia. ,besides--"

Tibrus paused: "Latium Plains... In addition, we can also obtain a large amount of low-priced food from our ally Egypt, so we really don't have to worry too much about food problems. The people of Thurii have indeed paid a lot in these years, and every major war has , they are the main force in the battle, so the casualties are also the highest. Just like this war has not ended yet, the casualties of the citizen soldiers in the entire Turiyi region have exceeded 1... They really deserve more."

Tibrus has been working in the Department of Agriculture in Turiyi for many years. He couldn’t stop talking about the land and housing issues in this city: “Since Turiyi does not yet allow the sale of land, it is possible to do this here. Owning land is really like holding a golden chicken that can continuously lay golden eggs. You don’t have to worry about food and clothing in the future. However, the entire Subali Plain... no, the entire Turiyi Region was established as early as 10 years ago. The land has already been distributed. It is almost impossible for a new citizen to obtain the land of Thurii, unless he marries a widow of Thurii whose husband has died and has no children. Just like this war, I believe it will happen again. There will be many widows...sigh——"

Publius suddenly interrupted him: "I have a question. A citizen of Thurii died in the battle and has no children. Can't this land be inherited by his family or other relatives?"

　The bathing methods described in these chapters do not come from modern times, but are mostly borrowed from the bathhouses of ancient Rome. This shows that the Romans developed a relatively systematic, scientific and fitness-oriented bathing method.

　　
　
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