Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1109

[Chapter 58 Haka Meets Okredon]

“Seriously, the creation of the gods is really amazing! You see that the two elephants are so huge and mighty, but they are very docile in character, especially the baby elephant, whose little trunk is pulling the tail of the mother elephant, and has never been Ken let go, the mother elephant was not angry, but kept sucking leaves with her nose and feeding the baby elephant… This reminded me of Aviya when I was a child, she was not like that, she was always close to me, She was afraid that I would leave her…” Agnes said, sighing with a smile.

Davos looked at Agnes, who had become so active, and said with a smile: “Look at you, I seem to be fascinated by these elephants too!”

“Isn’t it!” Knowing the bosom friend, he complained loudly: “Just now Agnes told me that she won’t go to the Temple of Hera today, she wants to watch the elephants at home for a day, and let me accompany her! Tell me, we are almost 50. How can you be like a child at the age of 2! Besides, I’m so busy now, I don’t have any spare time to watch the elephants…”

“I see, today we all put other things aside and spend time with the children. Go see the elephants and enjoy the family together!” Davos suggested loudly.

“Okay!” Agnes smiled and immediately clapped her hands in agreement.

Cristoia frowned slightly. Just as she was about to speak out, Davos lightly held her hand and said softly, “You are busy every day, so let yourself relax today.”

Davos The concerned eyes softened Cristoia’s heart: “Okay, today we will be at home with the children and will not go anywhere. But… it is not a good idea to place the elephant next to the mansion. That guy Although they seem docile, they are so big after all. If they go crazy one day, they will cause danger to us!

Also… After all, this elephant is a rare animal that the people of the kingdom have never seen before. It was delivered yesterday. After coming up the mountain, many people wanted to come in to watch, including some veterans. This morning, the children let their friends pass the checkpoint and also went up the mountain to watch the elephants… If things go on like this, it will be hard to get security here. Guarantee!…”

“I have already thought about this matter.” Davers said calmly: “Cristoia, we will have another business next.”

“What is it?!” Cristoia immediately became energized.

“Build a zoo.”

“Zoo?” “We’ve heard stories of Hercules strangling the

Nemean

lion from our childhood, but have you ever seen a real lion?”

Shaking his head (actually in this era, there were lions in the interior of Asia Minor and the Mesopotamia, but Miley was a seaside city-state, and Greek women were not allowed to travel far, so Cristoia had no chance to see it) .

“We’ve heard the story of Apollo shooting the python to death. You may have seen snakes, but have you ever seen a real python?” The

two shook their heads again.

“We have all heard that there are hippos and crocodiles in the Nile River in Egypt, but what do hippos and crocodiles look like? I am afraid that there are not many Dionians who have really seen them. Davos tapped his fingers on the dining table, and said confidently. : “Then why don’t we build a zoo?

Keeping these strange animals in this zoo, let them live in a certain area of the park, and create their own suitable living environment for them, so do you think there will be people watching?

”

“Of course there will be!”

Agnes replied immediately: “Just one elephant makes the people so crazy. When I came back yesterday, I heard the captain of the palace guard at the foot of the mountain complaining that the people wanted to break in just to see the elephants.” almost conflict with them.

”

Crystoya has been in business for many years, and immediately understood the meaning of Davos’s words,

and asked uncertainly: “What do you mean, it’s like charging the people watching the game when the football and football games are held in the arena. Same ticket?

”

“That’s right.” Davers praised his wife’s quick thinking and continued to explain: “After all, it takes money to raise these animals, and a large number of people need to be hired to maintain the entire zoo… The money collected through tickets can just make up for these costs. .As for where the rare animals in the zoo come from? We don’t have to worry at all, those city-states and forces that are friendly with Dionysian and want to befriend Dionia are learning that I have built a zoo and are collecting After rare animals, they will take the initiative to send them to me in order to strengthen friendship with me…

With the expansion of the kingdom’s territory, our zoo will only get bigger and bigger and raise more and more rare animals. Li Yi can not only eat food, watch games, soak in hot springs, enjoy festivals… but also watch the zoo, whether ordinary people, school students, or academic scholars can understand and study the world without taking risks to travel abroad. Most of the rare animals, this is a very lucky thing! At the same time, let them know how great the gods are, he not only created us humans, but also created so many wonderful animals, we are not alone… …”

Davers talked eloquently about the prospect of the zoo, but his heart was full of emotion: when he learned from Ancitanos that the Mauritanian messenger had sent some elephants, he was the first The reaction is – this must be a branch of the legendary North African elephant and African elephant in the previous life!

Pyrrhus used it to defeat the Roman army several times, and Hannibal once incorporated it into the army and threatened the Romans, but unfortunately it was extinct in Roman times, not because of war, but Because of the gladiatorial games that the Romans were fanatical about.

The Romans captured all kinds of beasts from all over the Mediterranean, and then transported them to the Colosseum, where they were killed by gladiators to earn money, while also giving the audience a thrill…

Davos read an article in a previous life, A Roman emperor held grand gladiatorial contests to please the people of Rome, killing thousands of beasts of all kinds during the entire gladiatorial contest.

In the continuous killing of the Romans, let alone North African elephants, there are no lions, leopards and other beasts to be seen in the entire Mediterranean area. If it is not for the terrifying Sahara Desert, which is difficult to cross, allowing animals south of the desert to survive, I am afraid that in previous lives The modern people can only know African elephants and lions and other wild animals in the literature.

It can be said that the Westerners in the previous life have been pursuing a crazy way of plundering nature from ancient times to the present.

In this life, Davos wants to change them, so let’s start with the zoo to cultivate the good habits of children and animals.

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Okriton asked the Dionysian Foreign Office officials to submit his request to meet King Davos, but he did not receive it for two days. The news, seeing that the celebration was about to start, he was anxious and had to choose to follow the other idea given by the foreign ministry official.

During the celebration, not only many foreign envoys and VIPs came to Turii, but also the chief executives and important officials of various towns would try their best to spare time to come back to participate.

At the same time, visits to important officials of the kingdom will also become frequent. Generally speaking, the residences of the five rotating chairmen and ministers of various ministries will become crowded.

It stands to reason that Hakkar’s mansion will be more like this, because since their brothers came to Turii last year, Hasdrubal became the commander of the army directly, and soon went north to serve, and Hakkar became the official rotating chairman of the Senate. , although he is still recovering, Davos can’t wait to let him take charge of some government affairs, so as to get familiar with the operation of the kingdom’s political system as soon as possible, plus another important member of the Margonid family, Dido, became a prince and concubine, and gave birth to The two little princes… The Margonid family is very popular in the political arena of the kingdom. It is conceivable that the officials of the kingdom who go to visit should be like crucian carp crossing the river, but the actual situation is sparse.

Because Haka once publicly declared: “He is very sick and needs to rest, so officials are not welcome to visit his home.”

And Helps also endorsed him.

At first, the officials of the kingdom were still skeptical, and since several Phoenician elders were rejected, they finally determined that what Haka said was true.

After Okriton arrived in Turii, UU read www.

sonicmtl.com specially learned about the situation in this regard, and coupled with the grievances between the Margonid family and the Hanno faction for many years, he has been hesitant, but now there is no way, he can only visit the door boldly, but unexpectedly Consent was obtained.

Of course, the former Carthaginian nobleman and today’s high-ranking minister of the Kingdom of Dionia received guests from his hometown in a very special way – soaking in the bathroom.

The bath was invented by the Dionysians, but it was soon introduced to Carthage after the first peace agreement was signed between the two countries more than ten years ago. It already belongs to the kingdom of Dionia.

Although Okriton was surprised by this request, it was a surprise that Haka was willing to meet him, so how could he dare to refuse.

The bathroom of Hakka’s house was built strictly according to the traditional bathroom pattern of Dionia.

Okleton had never seen Haka before, but he had long heard that the head of the Margonid family, Similko, had a second son who was very intelligent since he was a child. Unfortunately, he was born with a disease and he had been treated. The doctor made a diagnosis: the child will not live to be 20 years old.

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But now Haka, who was in front of Okriton, was a little thin, but his face was ruddy and his eyes were piercing.

Haka looked at him and said in a flat tone: “After I came to Turii, Dr. Dionia suggested that people like me who can’t exercise vigorously should take more baths, which is good for health. I obeyed. I have a suggestion to take a bath every day, I happened to be taking a bath when you came, so I invite you to meet here.”