Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1034

[Chapter 372 About the Dionysian Slaves]

The latest website: Pressing and pressing, Publius began to adapt gradually, his voice became smaller and smaller, and he felt a kind of comfortable fatigue after exercise, so he couldn’t help but want to fall asleep.

At this moment, the servant began to pat him on the back with both hands, which brought him back to his senses immediately.

After a while, he turned to massaging his head, and Publius closed his eyes slightly, intoxicated again.

When the man stopped massaging, he had an unfulfilled feeling.

“Sir, I’ll rub your back next.” After the servant finished speaking, he spread a clean cloth on his back and began to push and rub hard.

This is a completely different feeling from the previous massage and slapping. While Publius felt it carefully, the dirt on his body was also rubbed off his skin one by one.

The servant turned to the wall and took off the copper pot, opened the lid, and poured the liquid inside on Publius little by little.

Publius smelled the familiar smell and asked: “Is this olive oil?”

“Yes, my lord.” The servant explained to him: “Because you have just soaked in hot water and fumigated, Although it helps blood flow and removes dirt, it also causes a lot of water loss in the body. Applying olive oil will protect your skin…”

After listening to Publius, he sighed greatly: “It really doesn’t matter. Thinking that every step in this bathroom is very knowledgeable?!”

“It has been almost 20 years since His Majesty established the hot spring bath, and taking a bath has become a part of the life of the Turii people, and it is still getting Development and improvement…” Tibrus said proudly: “Take their previous massages as an example, they were not just random massages, they were all trained by the Turii Hospital, and only after passing the assessment can they be sent here.”

“Oh?” Publius’ original judgment was shaken by Tiburius’ words: “Aren’t they slaves?”

“They are slaves, but not ordinary slaves.” Uth was even more curious.

Before he could ask, the servant who massaged him took the initiative to answer: “Sir, we are from Egypt, descendants of the combination of Egyptians and Greeks…” The

servant said while giving Pubu another clean cloth. Lius pushed and kneaded so that the olive oil could spread all over the body as soon as possible and penetrate into the skin. Since the movement was much gentler than before, it did not affect their speech.

Although I have never been to Egypt,

But Publius knew about this far-flung country, and had heard that people there were dark-skinned, but the two were fairly normal in skin tones, apparently because of mixed blood. At this time, Rome had not yet left the Western Mediterranean, even if it was like Pubu The patriarch of a large clan like Lius had never owned Egyptian slaves, so he did not understand: Why are Egyptian slaves not common?

But if he goes to the big slave market, which is bustling every day, in the east of the outer city of Turiyi, he will know that the price of ordinary Egyptian slaves is much higher than that of slaves of other races, which is caused by demand: First of all, Egyptian male slaves are excellent farmers and herdsmen, while female slaves are smart and well-behaved, and know how to teach people how to dress up; secondly, Egyptian slaves are extremely worshipful of gods, have a gentle personality, and can be submissive, which is relatively safe; The two are far apart, and there has never been a conflict between the two. Naturally, there is no hatred. The Egyptian slaves have nothing to do with the races and forces around Dionia. It is a foreign VIP, and safety is the most important; secondly, you need to be able to speak Greek, and your skin should not be too dark, so as not to scare some mountain race messengers who have never seen the world, so they chose the mixed blood of Egypt and Greece. slave.

“How many years have you been in Turii?” Tibrus asked again casually.

“It’s been more than 4 years!” The younger slave said with a bit of resentment: “According to our past performance, we would be free after last year’s Hattis celebration, but officials from the slave management office told us that due to The war has led to a shortage of labor, and the release of slaves in the kingdom will be suspended once. By this year’s festival, the number of free slaves will be doubled, and we will also be given some compensation. But if it comes to October, the war is still going on-”

“Wennu Fu, don’t talk too much, get a good massage!” The slave who massaged Publius interrupted him, and asked softly: “Two adults, his daughter had a fever yesterday and is being treated in the hospital, and his mood is affected. I hope you don’t take these influences to heart.”

Tibrus looked up at the slave standing beside him, until he became frightened, and then slowly said: “Since you have been in Turii for four years, For more than a year, and in this Kingdom Hotel, you should know what our Dionysian Kingdom most praises these messengers?”

The servant was a little nervous and didn’t know what to say for a while, but the older servant hurriedly replied, “It’s keeping promises.

” Don’t worry, you will definitely be freed by this year’s celebration, and you will definitely be compensated. In addition, your massage skills are very good, and we have nothing to dislike.” The

two slaves were grateful after hearing this. , thank you.

The young slave also said excitedly: “My lord, I’ll give you another massage!”

Tibrus waved his hand and said, “No, it’s time to shave me.” The

young slave had no choice but to turn around and take off the curved blunt blade from the wall. , aiming it at Tiblos’s back.

Publius was startled and shouted urgently: “Stop, what do you want to do?!”

Tibrus laughed and said, “Don’t be nervous, Lord Publius, this thing is used to scrape off your body. Oil stains and dirt, this is the last step of a bathroom massage.”

“Is it?” Publius was skeptical, but soon he experienced that scratching his body lightly with such a dull blade not only did not hurt, but instead felt a sense of comfort. a feeling of.

After the massage was over, the slave helped the two of them stand up and opened the wooden door on the side.

When leaving the room, Tibrus also specifically said to the young servant: “May Hades bless your daughter and recover soon!”

The servant was immediately excited and thanked Tibrus again.

Leaving the sight of the slaves, Publius couldn’t help but sigh in a low voice: “Tibrus, you are too kind to these slaves!”

Tibrus said sternly: “Lord Publius, I know You Romans are stricter towards slaves, but I advise you to change your attitude towards slaves in the future, because in Dionia, the safety of slaves’ lives is protected by law, and the kingdom has established a special department to manage them—”

“Slave Administration?” Publius blurted out the new term he had just heard.

“Yes, both kingdom slaves and private slaves must be registered at the slave management office and subject to supervision. Not only that, if you abuse slaves, you will be condemned by the people, and your political agenda will also be affected, because you pay attention to fairness. The just god Hades blesses them.

In addition, the kingdom is not like Rome, slaves will not be slaves forever, as long as slaves have ambition, work hard, become free, become citizens of Dionia, pass exams, hold public office, and finally Becoming a minister of the kingdom… It’s all possible. Several of the officials who came to Rome this time were slaves, and Marigi, the minister of commerce who was trusted by His Majesty in the Senate, was also a slave, so don’t arbitrarily humiliating slaves!…”

Publius was quite touched.

“By the way, my lord, how did you feel after the massage?” Tibrus asked.

“My whole body is sore…” Publius moved his hands and feet and said, “But… it’s really comfortable. I almost fell asleep just now, and now my whole body feels much lighter!”

” Listening to you, according to the doctors, you have a rigid body and lack of exercise, so you will have to massage regularly in the future to ensure your health…” Tibrus said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Publius listened, but asked seriously: “Is it expensive to go to a bath in Turui?”

“The public bath is not expensive, the ticket is about 1-2 obor, but a special massage is required. , the cost will be much higher, about 10~15 Obor at a time… However, some elders, ministers and wealthy businessmen of the kingdom specially spend money to let their slaves go to the hospital and bath to study, and then come back to massage themselves, this has become It

‘s a trend.”

Publius listened, greatly moved, and then asked a little reluctantly: “Our bath is over, right?”

“There is one last item—” Tibrus pushed Open the wooden door, UU read www.sonicmtl.

com The room is another pool: “Cold bath.” Cold water!

If it was before entering the bathroom, Publius would have retreated, but at this time, after being fumigated and massaged, not only was his body hot, but his skin was also red, like steamed shrimp, so he heard ” With the word “cold water”, he strode into the pool without hesitation. The cold pool water immediately drove away the scorching heat from his body, and the pores of his body were rapidly tightening, making him feel indescribably comfortable.

He couldn’t help but said, “It would be great to have a glass of wine at this time!”

Tibrus then walked into the pool and said, “Today is in a hurry, I’d better bring your lord a can of Turii tomorrow night. Let’s drink in the bathroom.”

“That’s great!” Publius exclaimed while rubbing the remaining oil stains on his body with clean water: “The baths in Turii are better than you say. , Turii is also much more prosperous than Rome, so I can’t help but want to move here soon!”

Tibrus smiled slightly, and it seemed that his efforts were not in vain.

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