Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 309

[Chapter 107 Turiyi Cheers]

The Cristoia restaurant in the market is still full every day. Dionia’s prospective citizens, free people, merchants and sailors from all over the world are here to taste delicious food, drink wine, talk about current affairs, and of course there are some gossip topics. For example: Rumors that Davos’ mother had sex with Hades in a dream, and then became pregnant with Davos, and the love-hate-it-all Turiyi Patrol Captain Olivers and his Persian wife were having sex Whether to take a Greek pose, or a Persian pose…etc.

Of course, the most discussed period during this period was the Brutian War.

Both the reserve citizens and the freedmen had participated in military training and had seen the strength of the Dionysian Legionnaires, and they believed that Dionysus would win.

Many foreign sailors and businessmen expressed doubts because the war lasted for more than ten days and there was no progress.

In the end, the two sides either quarreled or fought, and the restaurant became the most frequented place for market patrols.

Dickpolis and Theos sat in the corner eating mutton and drinking beer, listening to the next table talking loudly about the war going on.

Dickpolis sighed: “In the Dionysian Union, there is one thing that’s not good, there are too many wars. There have been three wars so far this year, and my business has also been affected.”

Theos comforted He said: “There is no war in this world now! Even in Corinth, as the conflict with Sparta is getting deeper and deeper, the people are worried about when a war will break out with Sparta. Dai Onia is not bad, at least it has not lost a battle so far, it has always been attacking other city-states…” There was an envious look on Tios’ face.

“You are running a weapons workshop now, and you are buying and selling weapons. Of course, you hope that the more wars, the better! I heard that the Dionysian Archon also visited your workshop some time ago.” Dickpolis also expressed envy. look.

“That’s right.” Theos was quite complacent. He leaned forward and whispered, “You are my friend, and I’m not afraid to tell you that Dionia is improving their weapons and equipment, and their civic soldiers are huge in number. , the output of their own weapons shop is too low, even five years of production can not give each soldier new weapons and armor, and my weapons workshop is the only large weapons workshop in Dionia, of course it will be A consul who likes war!”

“I’m afraid… it’s worth tens of thousands of sets of weapons and armor, you’re going to make a fortune!” Dickpolis was very envious.

“It doesn’t make much money.” Theos shook his head and said, “Consul Davos doesn’t look young, but he is a shrewd man. He proposed to replace the old weapons and armor with new ones, and at most pay a little more for the production cost.”

“Old weapons? Rusty, you mean?”

“No, the civic soldiers of Dionia no longer used the traditional Corinthian helmets, copper shields and greaves of the Greek city-state, but designed a leather-encrusted iron The

shield is made of cowhide and clad wood, but it is half human height and has to be curved. The production of this kind of shield is a little difficult, I don’t know why they designed it this way…” Theo Si described his doubts and complaints.

“Consul Dionia is a famous general in Great Greece. He naturally has his reasons for designing this way. You can just do as he says, do whatever you want. And from what you’re saying, those traditional Greek weapons. Equipment, you can resell it to other city-states, and you will also make money.” Dickpolis reminded him.

“But you didn’t count the shipping costs, the taxes paid to other city-states, and the time it took…” Tios took a sip of wine with a confused expression on his face: “I don’t really care about these things. , I made some money, and I also got a good relationship with the consul. This is a rare opportunity! But Davos said something to me when he left the weapon workshop, which made me sleep all the time. I do

n’t feel well…”

“What?” Dickpolis asked curiously.

“He said, ‘It’s a pity you’re not a Dionysian citizen, otherwise we would have worked with you further.'”

Dickpolis was stunned after hearing this, pondered the sentence carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up: “He meant to make you a citizen of Dionia.”

“I think so too.” Theos sighed: ” But according to the Dionysian Law, if I were to become a Dionysian citizen, I would cease to be a Corinthian citizen, and it would take too long to become a Dionysian citizen.”

“When Corinthians What good does a citizen have to have land for you?”

“I have no land in Corinth.”

“According to what you just said, Corinth is likely to go to war with Sparta, can Corinth defeat Sparta?”

” You can’t.”

“It’s better to prepare now than to break down when the time comes. You’re not too old, and it’s not a big deal to wait a few years in Dionysian. And become a citizen of Dionia, and you can own your own land. , and can make your business go further, such a good thing, it is really lucky that Goddess of Fortune is protecting you, what are you hesitating about!”

Dickpolis’s remarks woke the dreamer, Theos pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind : “My dear friend, thank you for your reminder! You are right, I should have made a decision earlier!”

Dickpolis laughed: “Actually, I also have the idea of becoming a citizen of Dionia. In Dio The longer I lived in Nia, the less I wanted to go back to small, barren and boring Crete, where I could watch great football, football games, have delicious food to eat, get sick, and have smart Doctor treatment… If you have nothing to do, you can go hunting in the mountains, fishing in Lake Senise, where the political situation is stable, Dionia is a vibrant city-state alliance, it is already powerful, but it is still getting stronger, nothing else The city-state dares to invade it, only it can bully other countries!”

After hearing Dickpolis’s emotion, Theos raised his glass and said, “How about we go to the registrar in Turui to register together? Dickpolis

was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: “Okay, let’s go together!” The

two of them drank and wiped away the blocks in their hearts, chatting and laughing, and feeling more joyful.

The guests at the next table quarreled. Dickpolis listened carefully, but it was because of the Isthmus Games, so he joked: “Theos, you have to be careful, don’t mention that you are a Corinthian here.”

Speaking of this, Theos scolded angrily: “Most of the idiots in the Council of Corinth, most of them have heard the name Dionia for the first time, so they don’t look down on it at all. Dionia is a new city-state alliance, but they don’t know that the strength of this emerging city-state alliance is several times stronger than that of Corinth. Offending it will do no good to Corinth!”

Dickpolis felt the same way: “It’s not just Corinth. , many city-state citizens in mainland Greece have a contempt for the city-states in the Western Mediterranean, always think that the city-states in the Western Mediterranean are colonies, and treat them as hillbillies from the backcountry. In fact, they do not know at all, not only tin Rakuza, Dionia’s strength is comparable to that of Sparta and Athens, and the great Greek city-states of Tarantum and Crotone are among the best in mainland Greece.”

“Yeah, offending one would still be a problem.

In the ever-growing Dionia, Corinth’s future may have some trouble…” Tios said with some concern.

“Why are you still worried about these, anyway, you have already decided to become a citizen of Dionia.”

“But I still have a lot of relatives and friends in Corinth!” The

two were talking, and suddenly there was a huge cheer in the market. Deafening.

People in the restaurant didn’t know what was going on and were asking each other curiously.

A patrolman walked in and said excitedly: “Cheers, Dionysians! Our heroic soldiers, under the leadership of the great consul Davos, have captured the city of Bisinia in Bruti!”

“That’s great! We’ve won again!”

“Isn’t Bisinia a small town on the south bank of the Krati River next to our Turii! No Greek has ever been there before, and I heard that the terrain is very difficult, we You actually captured it?!! It’s only been a few days since the battle!”

“Attack, brave soldiers! Keep attacking and try to take Cosenza as soon as possible!!”

…

The restaurant was full of cheers.

At this time, the waiter of the restaurant came out and said: “In order to celebrate this victory, my master has decided that all the food and drinks that everyone here wants are free!

” Toya!” The guests danced and cheered loudly.

“This is really nice, please bring me a glass of wine too!” the patrolman said happily.

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“Wine or beer?” the waiter asked.

“You see I’m sweating, of course I’m drinking beer to quench my thirst.” When a full glass of beer was handed to him, the patrolman raised it high and said loudly: “Everyone, respect our omnipotent Consul Diver. Lord

Sri Lanka! To our heroic citizens who participated in the war!”

Everyone in the restaurant, including Dickpolis and Theos, raised their glasses, and the guests at the adjacent table came to toast them and said, “Congratulations to you two. Join the ranks of the citizens of Dionia! This is undoubtedly the right decision!”

Dickpolis looked at him in surprise: “You heard that?”

The man blinked: “Otherwise, why do you think I scold the Corinthians. ”

Theos said with a relieved smile at the moment: “After we made the decision, we ushered in such good news. This is the arrangement of the goddess of fate!”

“That’s right.” Dickpolis nodded in agreement.

“Cheers!” Several wooden cups touched together, and the wine splashed.