ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1238 Aviya’s Marriage
"Without your help, my lord, I wouldn't be where I am today!" Heskraus quickly expressed his stance: "I am willing to serve you, your lord!"

"Hey, we are mutually beneficial and help each other. No one has to serve anyone." Saustatus said simply: "If one day you want to develop independently, no problem, just tell me directly. My father once told me There is a saying, 'The more friends, the wider the road.' I have always kept it in mind and implemented it, so I am where I am today. Even if you want to be independent in the future, I will still support you. We are still friends, just the same. We can help each other.”

"Don't dare! Don't dare!" Heskraus said repeatedly, but he kept Saustatus' words in mind.

"Let me tell you something serious." Saustatus suddenly became serious: "It is precisely because my pottery shop in the inner city is very famous that His Majesty Davos knew about it, so he ordered a batch from me. Pottery, the order I sent you 7 days ago is what he wants! You must use the best clay, the best potter, and the best vase painter. According to the requirements I mentioned before, use the shortest possible time. Time to make the most exquisite pottery and send it to Thurii. If it can satisfy His Majesty... Think about it, we may become pottery merchants specializing in supplying to the royal family. By then, the entire kingdom and the kingdom's The people of the allied countries will definitely be proud to own our pottery! More importantly, to satisfy His Majesty, if I mention that you are from Peleus and come from his hometown, then he will definitely look at you differently, don't you think so? ?!”

Heskraus opened his mouth wide and was stunned on the spot. He had no idea that the previous order was so important to him. He had paid enough attention to it, but now it seemed that it was not enough. He immediately said: "I will rush it tomorrow." Go back to Athens and personally urge the workers to produce the best of the best!"

Saustatus nodded and comforted: "You don't have to worry. The sports meeting will not be held until a month later. There is enough time. I will have bought the tickets for the opening ceremony and some important games by then, so you don't have to worry. , focus on doing this well!...Oh, and this little guy——"

Saustatus patted Lylias on the head: "Don't let him go back and forth, just stay at my house, and I will let people take good care of her!"

"Okay!" Hesklaus agreed without hesitation.

Lilrias looked up at the two of them blankly. He was just playing with the statue and didn't know what was going on.

At this time, a young man ran over and said, "Father, why did you call me here?"

"You came just in time." Saustatus waved: "This is Uncle Heskraus, my partner."

"Hello, Uncle Hesklaus!" The young man immediately came forward to say hello politely.

At the same time Saustatus pointed at him and introduced: "This is my second son Sosikles."

Heskraus was a little embarrassed because he had no special gifts for the children of Sostatos.

Of course Saustatus didn't care about this. He pointed to the son of Heskraus and said: "This is your uncle's son Lyrias. He will stay at home for a while. As the young master, you have to be responsible." Take care of her and let him have fun in Thurii, okay?”

"I understand, father." Sosikles stepped forward and quickly pulled Lyrias and ran into the inner courtyard together.

"Sir, this... is really troublesome for you!" Heskraus said with some emotion.

"I have three children. One of them got sick and died when he was young..." Saustatus casually talked about his family life: "There are only two sons left. The eldest was influenced by his brother-in-law. , unwilling to do business, willing to be a soldier, and now serves as an officer in the Border Corps stationed in Thessaly (there was a riot in the Border Corps in the Po River area, and the Ministry of Military Affairs learned a lesson and stipulated: the Border Corps was divided into Officers above the captain and squad leader must be regular Dionian officers to ensure the absolute loyalty of the entire legion to the kingdom). I went to Thessaly 4 years ago mainly to visit him, and it turned out that Hades blessed him. , let me discover you, a very capable businessman——"

"My lord, you are too proud." Hesklaus was a little embarrassed, but of course he didn't know that Sostatus went to Thessaly to visit his son, which was only one of the reasons. Heros is his brother-in-law, and it is convenient for him to do things in Thessaly. It was just a coincidence that he met the potter, Heskerlaus. Although he did have some abilities, Sosta Tus paid more attention to his origin, because he was a Peleus.

"...So I have no choice but to place my hopes on Sosikles, hoping that he can inherit my family business in the future..." Sostatus said, and took Heskraus into the restaurant in the front yard. , this restaurant is very large, with many tables set up, but there are only a few people chatting.

"Come, let me introduce you." Saustatus said with a smile: "This is Heskraus from Thessaly! This is Iscalas from Messenia! This is This is Ionidas from New Sparta! This is Andokides from the Arcadian League!..."

After Sostatus finished the introduction, the four people immediately discovered what they had in common: they all came from the regions and allies that joined Dionia after the Greek War, and they all joined the huge business trade established by Sostatus. Being new to the Internet, no wonder I came so early, and I immediately felt familiar.

Just as everyone was shaking hands and saying hello, Saustatus's trusted servant hurried in and whispered a few words in his master's ear. Saustatus immediately said goodbye and left, striding towards the courtyard gate.

At this time, his housekeeper had already respectfully welcomed in an old man who was thin but energetic.

"Lord Theos, I didn't expect you to be the first distinguished guest to arrive!" Saustatus smiled so much that his whole fat face seemed to be blooming: "Welcome, your arrival makes me glow. ah!"

"Businessmen, the most important thing is to be punctual and trustworthy." Tios said seriously: "It is agreed that it will be dusk when it is dusk, and after a while, everyone who is late at night should be punished with alcohol!"

"The order given by Lord Theos, I will definitely carry it out!" Sostatus said with a smile: "If the latecomers are not allowed to drink tonight, the banquet will not end! But Lord Laos, you Should I also be fined with alcohol?”

"Why am I being fined for being drunk when I come so early?" Theos pretended to be confused.

"Your son Axikus married Princess Ivia. This is a great joy!" Saustatus said angrily: "You actually held the wedding quietly and didn't hold a banquet to invite us. To celebrate, even during this period of time, you have not been able to come out to see anyone. Is it because you are now His Majesty's relative and feel that your status is high, so you look down on us old brothers!"

"Don't talk nonsense! Last time I made it clear to you, it's not that I don't want to celebrate, it's because Princess Agnes and Princess Avia don't want to make a big fuss about their marriage, so His Majesty specially gave me I was instructed to do that. I am also very depressed. After the two of them participated in the marriage festival, they hid directly in the palace mansion. When the wedding was held on the hill of kings, only our family was allowed to go up. Until now Many of my relatives are still complaining about me!"

"Hahaha..." Sostatus said with a hearty smile: "I heard that Princess Agnes and Princess Avia are both very quiet people, so it's not surprising that they can make such an arrangement. But Ai Princess Wei Ya is beautiful and virtuous, so many young men in the Kingdom wanted to marry her, and in the end your son succeeded, which fully proves that Axikus is very good!"

Theos was very proud of himself, but said modestly: "It's not outstanding, but it just happened to be shot by Eros' golden arrow. Princess Avia is the director of the zoo, and Axikus also likes it." Animals, you know that the iron cages for animals in the zoo are all made by my iron workshop. Every time I want to build an iron cage, Axikus personally takes people to the site to survey and make it... It’s been a long time like this For a long time, when Axikus suddenly told me that he was going to marry Avia, I was taken aback, and I had no idea how they got married?"

"Okay, Sir Theos, don't be complacent! Tonight's banquet is just for us, old friends, to celebrate you. You have to get drunk before you can go home!"

"Okay!" Theos nodded simply: "But you have to get drunk with me!"

"why?"

"Because you also have something happy to celebrate!" Theos blinked: "Don't think I don't know, your brother Dikaokrat has become the legion commander!"

"This is not a happy event." Saustatus disagreed: "There are dozens of legion commanders in the whole kingdom, and my brother only became the legion commander at this age. It is nothing at all."

"Legion commander is nothing, but becoming a veteran's legion commander is nothing." Theos said calmly.

"He has just become the head of the legion, and it is impossible to be elected as a veteran in a short time. There are many legion leaders in front of him..." Sostatus did not have hope for this, although the rights of the elders are now gone. It is not as good as before, but it is still noble, and it also has the power to elect ministers, elect regional chief executives, listen to and evaluate the reports of local officials, etc. It is also the main force for revising and enacting laws at the beginning of each year at the Kingdom Assembly, so no matter Whether it is administrative officials or military generals who are still eager to enter the Senate.

Sostatus was talking, when he suddenly thought of something, looked at Theos with a mysterious smile on his face, and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any inside information?"

(End of this chapter)