Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1270

[Chapter 219 Racing Competition (2)]

Ignoring the clamor of the women and children, Davos looked down at the huge yellow arena paved with fine sand and clay, and the long strip in the center of the arena, and asked, “Kloto , how many races are there today?” As the team leader of the preparatory team for the Games, Cloto Katax can be said to know the entire schedule of all the races well, and he immediately replied: ”

There

are three races today.”

At that time, the audience cheered again, and it turned out that the racers were driving the racing cars into their respective starting gates.

Davers looked at the row of starting gates at the southern end of the arena with interest and asked, “Which regions and city-states are

there players from in the first game?”

Asia, Thebes, the kingdom of Bruti, Macedonia, Cyrenaica… er, and our region of Turii…” Klotokatax is familiar.

“It seems that the competition in the first round is very fierce!” Davos said excitedly after listening to it: “The racers in the Po River region should be citizens of Gaul, they are good at battlefields with complex terrain. Driving a chariot to attack should now be more comfortable in the arena. 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 for horses. A batch of Lusitania horses was introduced from the Iberian Peninsula and they were bred in large quantities. I heard that they are not bad compared to Gallum horses.

The bay horses of Cyrenaica are also famous, and it is said that they were sold in large quantities to the Peloponnese before. The city-state aristocracy; um… Macedonian cavalry, I believe you have experienced their power in the battle of Tygea a few years ago: and West Lumibia, which is also a region rich in horses, our light cavalry regiment It is composed of West Lumbian people… These players are all from famous horse producing areas, whether it is a horse or a driver, it should be the result of the best of the best, I believe the competition in the competition must be very fierce!” Dai Firth commented with interest as he touched his chin.

“Grandpa, what about Thebes?” Christopher interjected.

“Thebes… I don’t think their cars have the strength to compete with other players.” Davos said firmly.

“Father, Thebes has won many racing championships in the previous Greek Games, and the owner of the Thebes car this time is Peropidas.” Clotokatax reminded.

“The past is the past, in the past the Greeks did not allow aliens 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 can drive a carriage better than them. There are many races!” Davos still insisted on his own 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 players, so

that we can achieve greater success. Improve! Chris, are you saying what Grandpa said is right?”

“Grandpa is so right!” Christopher nodded again and again like a chicken pecking at rice.

Cristoia, who held him beside him, couldn’t help but

scolded with a smile: “Little sycophant!” Davos smiled kindly: “Chris, grandpa will ask you a question, who is Pelopidas? ”

The military commander of the Pioxia Union!” Christopher blurted out.

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

Although Christopher was eager to try, he still looked at his grandma first.

“Go, go.” Cristoia waved her hand, and then reminded Davos: “You can’t let him get close to the railing in front!”

Davos nodded.

Christopher rushed to Davos excitedly and sat down, and then asked: “Grandpa, you haven’t said about our players in the Turii area?”

“Oh!” Davos slapped his forehead: “I How could we forget our own racers! Cloto, who is our racer in Turui? Who is the owner of the race car?”

“The driver’s name is Procris, the youngest son of the former cavalry hero Sobokos, who won the first place in the trials for the sports competition held in the Turii region. The provider of the racing car he drives today should be the Turii carriage. Chamber of Commerce.”

“Sorbox…” Davos couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed when he heard the long-held name: “I seem to remember the current president of the Turiyi Carriage Chamber of Commerce…should also belong to Sorbox. Son?”

“Yes, father, the president of the Turii Carriage Chamber is Pebalisius, the eldest son of Soboks, who once served as an officer of the First Cavalry Corps, but more than ten years ago The kingdom rescued Volsi, an ally, and suffered a serious leg injury in the battle with Rome, and finally had to retire to run the carriage shop left by his father…” Clotokatax introduced.

“This family has made a lot of contributions to the kingdom!” Davers sighed quite a bit.

“Uncle Cloto, I think there are 8 starting gates below, but why did you just say 7 drivers?” said Apox’s son Tisifonus suddenly, who was three years younger than Christopher, but Inherited his father’s smart and steady, excellent grades in school.

Clotokatax was stunned for a moment, hurriedly pinched his fingers, and immediately said apologetically: “I missed one, and the other car should be… from Egypt.”

“Oh, Egypt!” Davos He glanced at Klotokatax calmly.

On the fifth day after he had spoken to his son that night, he received the definitive news from Africa: Jay Hao had been found, and his ship had been wrecked a hundred miles west of Cyrenaica after a storm had struck him. Under the cliffs outside the sea, the bodies of him and his entourage were also found among the reefs one after another. According to the governor of the African region, “all died of drowning in the sea.”

For this reason, Davos also urgently convened an executive meeting of the kingdom yesterday, and persuaded the ministers to deal with this emergency according to his plan: on the one hand, Dionia sent envoys and fleets to Africa, transported the corpses of Jie Hao and his followers back to Egypt; on the other hand, temporarily blocked the news that “the delegation of the Egyptian envoy was destroyed by the storm” in the kingdom, and at the same time asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to notify Karsidis, quietly assembled in Sicily of several legionnaires to watch events unfold.

Therefore, although the Egyptian athlete delegation in Turei wondered why the envoys from their country had not arrived yet, they were still able to participate in various events in a calm mood.

“It is said that Egypt is the first country to use chariots among the Mediterranean countries. The chariot archers are still an important force in Egypt. It seems that this first group of games will really be very intense!” Davos sighed, Then he complained to the eldest son: “You, we are not as careful as our little Tissi! Tissi, watch the game with grandpa!” He patted the couch on the other side.

“Oh.” Tisifonus responded, getting up and walking forward.

“I want to sit with Grandpa too!”

“I want to sit too!”

… When

the other children saw this, they all shouted one after another, letting their parents dissuade them but not listening.

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

After watching the children all 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 requirements of grandpa. First, watch quietly and not make noise; second, You must also actively answer Grandpa’s questions. If you answer correctly, you will be rewarded when you go home!”

“Grandpa, what is the reward?”

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

“Yes!! ”

Good boy, let’s watch the game together.”

Seeing Davos teasing the children with a smile, Cristoia spat lightly: “This old guy!”

Thinking of Agnes’ long voice in her ear: “It would be nice if it was like this every day!”

Cristoia was stunned, looking at the happy picture of Davos and the children, she couldn’t help but sigh: “Yeah!”

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When Davos was enjoying his family in the royal stand, in the VIP seat not far below, Sostatus, the president of the Turii Chamber of Commerce, saw an acquaintance: “Hey , Pebarithius, I didn’t expect you to come to the car race too!”

“Nonsense! I don’t watch this race, who cheers for my brother!” Pebarithius was a soldier and spoke more directly.

“I know that your brother has won the qualification to participate in the sports car race in the Turui region.” Sostatus asked curiously: “But is his race today?”

“Today’s first race has He, there is a schedule notice posted at the entrance of the arena, haven’t you watched it?”

“I don’t have time to watch it!” Sostatus pointed to a group of people behind him, and complained in a low voice. Said

: “Look, I have to take care of so many friends, I can’t be too busy, how can I take care of others.”

Pebalius glanced at the crowd behind him, and said slightly mockingly: “Sosta Lord Tusi, you really have a wide range of friends, no wonder you can become one of the largest businessmen in the kingdom, you should earn a lot during this games.”

“Hey, don’t talk about making money, it’s not bad if you don’t lose money!” Sostatus sighed: “It’s not like you don’t know that there was a riot in the big market outside the main port of Turiyi the day before yesterday. The foreign merchants, because they couldn’t rent the pavement, united and put the goods directly on the roadside for sale, which blocked two streets, and the patrols went to drive them away, and they also clashed with them… You know, these days Every market in Liy was full of tourists. At that time, it almost caused a riot, causing tourists to be trampled and injured in panic. Fortunately, a large group of legionnaires arrived in time to calm the situation.

After the incident, officials from the Ministry of Commerce came to me and hoped that the Turiyi Chamber of Commerce Being able to set an example, temporarily letting out some of the storefronts in the market and renting them to these foreign merchants, to ensure the smooth progress of the entire Games, and what to say, “This is also conducive to the further expansion of the kingdom’s trade to the Eastern Mediterranean in the future, which will be beneficial to our merchants. Beneficial”… Hmph, I’m doing business in this area myself, it’s really superfluous!”

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