Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Out of the market, Tios saw that the roadside had set up a row of horses, and there was no such thing as the first time when he saw it and the dirty scene of horse manure.

Tios had a good impression of the old coachman, so he wanted to take his car and began to shout: "Sorikos! Soricos!..."

"The old man is getting rich now, no longer driving in person, take my car!" someone shouted.

"Do not talk nonsense, I'll punch you!" Heard out Suolikesi laughed a little.

Tios took his carriage and said his destination.

"Oh, you are also going to see the land to be rented?! There are so many people who have been there recently!" Sorikos said immediately.

Tios nodded and smiled: "I heard that you made a fortune?!"

"Listen to them, that is, paying off the loan and interest of the carriage. I bought a carriage and rented it to a free-handler. I believe that I can pay off the loan again soon! Then I will buy another carriage... Soriks said confidently.

"Congratulations!" Tios praised: "I see that after another year, you can become a coach."

After listening to Soricos, he laughed.

"I remember that you are a Diaonian citizen. The league should give you a 'share'. You come out to drive a horse to earn money. What about the land? I heard that you have a forestry officer in the alliance, which specializes in monitoring the land use of citizens. Situation." Tios asked curiously.

"I rented to the free people to cultivate, there will be no problems." Solikos replied.

He drove a horse-drawn carriage and went to Turui-Amendo Lala Avenue. The carriages ran on the plains of Sobari, and many houses were built between the fields on both sides of the avenue.

It’s time to build a village! Tios thought: New Turui is developing very fast, and has begun to gradually restore its former prosperity, and it is very different from the original, and even surpasses the great Greek powers of the past!

After crossing the wooden bridge of the Sobari River, the carriage passes through a grape plantation and winemaking workshop, which is a famous wine producing area in Greece.

After passing the Saraceno River, it entered the territory of Amendola Lara. The land to be rented is on the side of the avenue. It has been divided into pieces of land to be rented with a wooden stick. It is close to the avenue for easy transportation; close to the river, it is convenient to provide water for the workshop; near the forest, there are trees that can be harvested (of course the Dionysian Union has strict rules for felling trees). In addition, after the workshop is completed on the leased land, you can also build a house for yourself and the employees to live in, so that you can have a rest during the business in Dionia. There is a sea in front, a forest behind, a river on the side, and a convenient avenue for travel. It is also an ideal place to live! I believe that every foreign businessman who wants to rent a place here has the idea of ​​building a workshop and living at the same time. Twenty years is enough for them to double their investment money, of course, provided that the Union of Dionyas has always existed.

After Tios optimistic about several ideal plots, because the so-called "auction" will be held tomorrow, he would like to find a hotel to stay.

At this time, Solikos suggested: "Today you come right, the stadium of Turui has just been built yesterday. To celebrate, the Archon Darius said, 'Today's two days, the rugby match in the arena. !'. You are free in the afternoon, just to see, I heard that it is very beautiful, and it is more lively than the Olympic Games!"

"Rugby game?" Tios is both curious and confused.

"That was the game invented by Davers, and I heard that I got the **** of Pluto!" Sorikos said mysteriously.

"That is...that is...the two teams compete for a ball made of olive-like cowhide...well...and then score...Oh, I can’t tell, anyway, people who have seen this game say it’s very interesting. Very nice! You will know when you go to see it."

"Okay, let me see." Soricos's recommendation is to make Tios interested.

"Go early in the afternoon, because there are a lot of people, I heard that I am late, I can't get in!" Sorikos kindly reminded.

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The arena is located on the east side of the northern city of Turui, very close to the inner city pier and far from the main city. The construction here also takes into account the daily life of the Turif people.

Usually, the strict city guards are relatively slack today. As long as they do not carry weapons, they will basically be allowed to enter the number of people. However, if they exceed the prescribed number, they will be banned from entering the city.

Tios entered the city fortunately because of his early arrival. On the way to the city, I also met a Crete businessman, Dick Boris, who is engaged in the olive oil business. He also watched the rugby match, and he had seen it in the morning and was fascinated by this novel game. In his words: This is the best gift that Pluto gave to the Greeks. No competition can match it!

This has aroused the interest of Tios.

At the entrance to the arena, there have been long queues. Although there are many people, they are still obeying the order under the supervision of a team of soldiers.

At this time, Dick Boris let Tios occupy the position, and he went to the next store with a "beer" brand and took two cans of beer and two bags of dried fruit and distributed it to Tios.

Tios was embarrassed to thank you and asked: "How much?"

Dick Boris said: "You can meet you here and watch the rugby match together. It is the arrangement of the goddess of fate! If you pay, you don't like to give us Cretan friends!"

Tios had to accept that Dick Boris's boldness and liveliness made him feel good. At the same time, he also noticed that many people ran to buy beer, pulp and snacks.

Dick Boris told him: "Because of the long game time, we watched the game in the sun, it is easy to be thirsty, and it is easy to be hungry. In addition, there are many audiences entering the venue. If you want to pee, you can't find a place, and this one - —” He raised the wine can in his hand and smiled slyly: “Drink it, you can be a urinal...”

The guards at the entrance of the arena released a group of people to go in, and then put a group of people into it later. When they were in Dick Polis, it was obvious that they were not filled in the arena. The guards indicated that they could enter, and walked along the channel on his right hand side, and there was a passage on the left hand side. They could not go. That is the way to the VIP seats, almost all the arenas are designed like this.

The Turai Arena is not too big. All the stone benches on the side of the field can sit up to about 4,000 people, but in fact more than 4,500 people have entered the market, and half of them are free and outside. State people. Like other arenas, its sports field is surrounded by a runway, but inside the runway is a flat rectangular sand land divided into dozens of white lines into multiple areas.

Dickpolis patiently explained the rules of the game to Tios and told him why he called the Four City Football Match: "The four cities are Amendola, Tuli, Niutum and Raos. Listen to me. Nia’s friends said that the game was first played by the governor Daves as a military training project, starting with the mercenaries who became citizens of Amendora. Later, Turui and Amendola The establishment of the alliance, the military training of the Turui citizens and the reserve citizens, naturally let them learn the game... Later, they seized Niutum, the first batch of Lucania soldiers again The game was handed over to the Lukanians of Niutum... As for Laos, they sent a lot of labor to build the road, and the Diaonians served as supervisors, and they taught the Laos to play after the rest. This kind of game to prevent them from being too tired to complete...

Maybe the Romas just started playing, not skilled, and it seems that the cooperation is not very good, so the morning is against Turui, the result is easily won by Turui. This afternoon is Amendola Lama to Niutum, I heard that the strength of the two sides is not much different, and it is worth seeing! ”

"You know so much!" Tios said with emotion.

"I am interested in it~www.readwn.com~ I naturally want to understand." Diopolit said with pride: "I have been here for a long time and I have met several Dionysian alliances. Citizens are friends, and one of them is also the squad leader of their so-called legion. He told me..."

"Why is there no Castellon?" A voice came from the side.

Dick Polis turned his head and didn't know when the two people had surrounded some people.

"Maybe because they have less contact with the alliance citizens and have no chance to learn..." Dickpolis shrugged: "But, this morning I saw some Castron people watching the game at the venue. I believe this time. After the four-city competition, the next time you hold it again, I am afraid it will become a five-city match."

"The Cretan, you are right, we will definitely participate in Castron next year!" someone in the crowd shouted.

"Yes, let us go to the council to give advice when we go back!" Another person echoed.

Dick Polit squinted at Tios and whispered, "You see, I am right."

At this time, the bronze number rang and the athletes began to enter.

At this time, the players are not as rudimentary as they were when they first played football in the military camp. They all have a soft leather cap that covers the entire head and neck, and a thickened protective coat with wool and linen. It is dyed in red and blue to distinguish it. The back of the protective clothing is also embroidered with strange symbols (actually Arabic numerals, because the Greek numbers are complicated to write, which is not conducive to use), for the referee to identify the participating players.

At the same time as the players from both sides entered the stadium, a strong, rhythmic drum sounded.

The red team immediately arranged into a neat square, with the rhythm, with a strong, uniform and uniform action jumped up to praise the dance of Ares on the battlefield victory... The audience cheered enthusiastically.