ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1269 Racing Competition ([-])

Davos ignored the noise of the women and children, looked down at the huge yellow arena paved with a mixture of fine sand and clay, and the long strip of isolation in the center of the arena, and asked: "Kloteau , How many car races are there today?"

As the leader of the preparatory group for the Games, Clotokatax knew the entire schedule of all competitions very well. He immediately replied: "There are three racing races today."

At this time, cheers rang out from the audience again. It turned out that the racers were driving their cars into their respective starting gates.

Davos looked at the row of starting gates at the south end of the field with interest and asked: "Which regions and city-states are there players from in the first game?"

"There are people from the Po River region of the Kingdom, West Numbia, Thebes, the Bruti region of the Kingdom, Macedonia, Cyrenaica...well, and our Thurii region..." Clotoka Tower There are so many treasures in the family.

"It seems that the competition in the first round is very fierce!" After hearing this, Davers said enthusiastically: "The racing drivers in the Po River area should be citizens of Gaul, and they are already good at battlefields with complex terrain. Driving a chariot to attack, it should be more comfortable to switch to the arena now. The Bruti area was originally a famous pastoral area in the kingdom. Although Bruti horses were short and good at climbing mountains in the past, they were more suitable as Thomas, but these years they never A group of Lusitanian horses were introduced to the Iberian Peninsula and bred in large quantities. I heard that they are not bad compared to the Gallic horses.

The bay horses of Cyrenaica are also very famous. It is said that they were sold in large quantities to the nobles of the Peloponnesian city-states; well... the Macedonian cavalry, I believe you have experienced their power in the Battle of Tegea a few years ago: There is also Western Lumibia, which is also a region rich in horses. Our light cavalry regiment is composed of Western Lumibians... These players all come from the famous horse-producing areas, whether they are horses or drivers. It should all be the result of selecting the best among the best. I believe the competition in the competition will be very fierce! "Davos commented with interest while touching his chin.

"Grandpa, what about Thebes?" Christode interjected from behind.

"Thebes... I don't think their car has the strength to compete with other players." Davers said firmly.

"Father, Thebes has won many racing championships in previous Greek games, and the owner of Thebes racing car this time is Pelopidas." Clotokatax reminded.

"The past is the past. In the past, the Greeks did not allow foreigners to participate in the games, and the Macedonians who were close to them did not have the opportunity to participate. But in our games today, the Greeks will see that the entire Mediterranean world is better at driving carriages than they are. There are so many races!" Davos still insisted on his judgment: "So whether it is an individual or a country, we must not rest on our laurels, but must face the world bravely and dare to compete with strong opponents, so that we can have greater success. Improve! Chris, are you right what grandpa said?"

"Grandpa is so right!" Christod nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.

Kristoya, who hugged him next to her, couldn't help laughing and scolded: "You little flatterer!"

Davos smiled kindly: "Chris, grandpa will ask you a question, who is Pelopidas?"

"Military commander of the Boeotian League!" Christode blurted out.

"Awesome!" Davos gave a thumbs up, and then patted the couch beside him: "Come to Grandpa to do it!"

Although Christod was eager to give it a try, he looked at his grandma first.

"Go, go." Kristoya waved her hand, and then reminded Davos: "You don't allow him to approach the railing in front!"

Davos nodded.

Christod excitedly rushed to sit next to Davos, and then asked: "Grandpa, you haven't mentioned the players from our Turiyi region yet?"

"Oh!" Davers slapped his forehead: "How could I have forgotten our own players! Cloto, who is our Turui's racing driver? Who is the owner of the racing car?"

"The driver's name is Procris, and he is the youngest son of the former cavalry hero Sobokos. He won the first place in the selection of racing events in the previous sports meeting held in the Turui area. The racing car he drives today should be the Turui carriage. Chamber of Commerce."

"Sobex..." Davos couldn't help feeling a little sad when he heard the name that had been buried for a long time: "I seem to remember the current president of the Tuliyi Carriage Chamber of Commerce... he should also be the son of Sobex, right? "

"Yes, father, the president of the Thurii Carriage Chamber of Commerce is called Pebarisius. He is the eldest son of Sobox. He once served as the officer of the First Cavalry Legion, but more than ten years ago, the kingdom rescued the ally Wo He was seriously injured in his leg during the battle with Rome, and finally had to retire and turn to run the carriage shop left by his father..." Crotokatax introduced.

"This family has made a lot of contributions to the kingdom!" Davos sighed.

"Uncle Clotho, I see there are 8 starting gates below, but why did you only mention 7 riders just now?" Apox's son Tisiphonus said suddenly. He was three years younger than Christode, but he was He inherited his father's intelligence and stability and excelled in school.

Clotokatax was stunned for a moment, quickly counted his fingers, and immediately said apologetically: "I missed one, there is another racing car that should be...from Egypt."

"Oh, Egypt!" Davos looked at Clotokatax calmly.

Five days after his conversation with his son that night, he received the definite news from Africa: Gehao had been found, and his ship was wrecked a hundred miles west of Cyrenaica after a storm. Under the seaside cliffs outside, the bodies of him and his entourage were also found among the reefs one after another. According to the chief executive of the African region, "all died of sea drowning."

For this reason, Daves also convened an emergency kingdom administrative meeting yesterday to convince the ministers to deal with this emergency according to his plan: On the one hand, Dionia sent envoys and fleets to Africa transported the bodies of Jie Hao and his entourage back to Egypt; on the other hand, it temporarily blocked the news that "the Egyptian envoy delegation was destroyed by the storm" in the kingdom, and at the same time asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to notify Chalcedis, who quietly gathered in Sicily Soldiers from several legions came to watch the development of the situation.

Therefore, although the Egyptian athletes' delegation in Thurii was confused as to why their country's envoys had not arrived yet, they were able to participate in various events with a calm mind.

"It is said that Egypt is the first country in the Mediterranean to use chariots. Chariot archers are still an important unit of Egypt. It seems that the competition in this first group will be really fierce!" Davos sighed, Then he complained to his eldest son: "You are not as attentive as our little Tixi! Tixi, come watch the game with grandpa!" As he said this, he patted the couch on the other side.

"Oh." Tisiphonus responded, stood up and walked forward.

"I want to sit with grandpa too!"

"I want to sit too!"

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Seeing this, the other children started shouting one after another, refusing to listen to their parents no matter how much they tried to dissuade them.

"Okay, okay, move a long couch next to me, and let the children sit over." Davos said with a smile.

After watching the children sit down again, he pretended to be serious and said: "If you want to watch the game with grandpa, you must agree to a few requests from grandpa. First, you must watch quietly and don't make noise; second, You must actively answer grandpa’s questions, and if you answer correctly, you will be rewarded when you go home!”

"Grandpa, what reward is it?"

"You will know when the time comes. Can you fulfill my request?!"

"can!!"

"Good boy, let's watch the game together."

Seeing Davos teasing the children with a smile, Crystal spat: "This old guy!"

I remembered Agnes's lingering voice: "It would be great if it could be like this every day!"

Kristoya was startled, and looking at the scene of Davos and the children enjoying themselves, she couldn't help but sigh: "Yes!"

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When Davos was enjoying family happiness in the royal stand, in the VIP seat not far below him, Sostatus, the president of the Thurii Chamber of Commerce, saw an acquaintance: "Hey, Pebarisius, no I thought you’d come to the racing event too!”

"Nonsense! If I don't come to watch this game, who will cheer for my brother!" Pebarisius is a soldier and speaks more directly.

"I know that your brother has won the qualification to participate in the sports racing competition in the Thurii region." Sostatus immediately asked curiously: "But is his competition today?"

"He is in the first game today. There is a schedule notice for the racing competition posted at the entrance of the arena. Didn't you read it?"

"How can I have time to watch!" Saustatus pointed at the group of people behind him and complained in a low voice: "Look, I have so many friends to take care of. I am so busy that I have no time to take care of other people. .”

Peparisius glanced at the crowd behind him, and said sarcastically: "Lord Sostatus, you really have a lot of friends. No wonder you can become one of the best businessmen in the kingdom. You should earn a lot during this sports meeting." .”

"Hey, let alone making money, it would be nice if you don't lose money!" Saustatus sighed: "It's not like you don't know that there was a riot in the big market outside the main port of Thurii the day before yesterday. Many people Because foreign merchants couldn't rent a shop, they banded together and put their goods directly on the road for sale. As a result, they blocked two entire streets. The patrols came to drive them away and even had conflicts with them... You know, these days Tutu Every market in Riyi was full of tourists, which almost caused a riot, causing tourists to be trampled in panic and injured or killed. Fortunately, a large group of legionnaires arrived in time and calmed the situation.

Afterwards, officials from the Ministry of Commerce came to me and hoped that the Turiyi Chamber of Commerce could set an example and temporarily give up some stores in the market and rent them to these foreign businessmen to ensure the smooth progress of the entire sports meeting. They also said, "This will also be beneficial to the future." The further expansion of the kingdom's trade to the Eastern Mediterranean will be beneficial to our merchants"...Humph, I am engaged in business in this area, so it is really unnecessary! "

(End of this chapter)