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Chapter 309 Turui cheers (for subscription)

The Christoya restaurant in the market is still full every day. Dionia's reserve citizens, freedmen, as well as merchants and sailors from all over the world come here to taste delicious food, drink wine, talk about current affairs, and of course some gossip topics are spread. For example: the rumor that Davos’ mother had sex with Hades in her dream to become pregnant with Davos, and the fact that the Turiyi Patrol Captain Olivers and his Persian wife were having sex, which everyone loves to hate. Whether to adopt the Greek posture or the Persian posture...etc.

Of course, the most discussed thing during this period was the Bruti War.The reserve citizens and freedmen have participated in military training and have seen the power of the soldiers of the Dionia Legion. They firmly believe that Dionia will 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, there were either quarrels or fights between the two parties, and the restaurant became the most frequented place by the market patrol team.

Dickpolis and Theos were sitting in the corner eating hotpot, drinking beer, and listening to the neighboring table talking loudly about the ongoing war.

Dickpolis sighed: "In the Dionia Alliance, this is 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 him and said: "There is no war anywhere in the world now! Even in Corinth, due to the deepening conflicts with Sparta, the people are worried about when a war will break out with Sparta. A war. Dionia is pretty good, at least it has not lost a battle so far, it has always been attacking other city-states..." There was an envious look on Theos's face.

"You are now running a weapons workshop, buying and selling weapons. Of course, you hope that the more wars, the better! I heard that the Dionia Archon even visited your workshop some time ago." Dick Boris also expressed envy. look.

"That's right." Theos was quite proud. He leaned forward and whispered: "You are my friend, and I am not afraid to tell you that Dionia is improving their weapons and equipment, and they have a huge number of citizen soldiers. , the output of their own weapons shop is too low, and even if it is produced for five years, it will not be able to replace each soldier with new weapons and armor. And my weapons workshop is the only large weapons workshop in Dionia, and of course it will be used by that A consul who likes war has taken his fancy!"

"I'm afraid...this must be worth tens of thousands of sets of weapons and armor. You are going to make a fortune!" Dickpolis was extremely envious.

"You can't make much money from this." Theos shook his head and said, "Although Archon Davos is young, he is a shrewd man. He proposed to use the old weapons and armor to replace them with new ones, and at most he would pay some production costs."

"Old weapons? You mean rusty ones?"

"No, the citizen soldiers of Dionysia no longer use the traditional Corinthian helmets, copper shields and greaves of the Greek city-states. Instead, they designed a leather helmet with iron plates and a jaw guard. The shield is a cowhide bag. It's wooden, but it's half a person tall, and it has to be curved. It's a bit difficult to make this kind of shield. I don't know why they designed it like this..." Theos said his doubts and complaints.

"The Archon of Dionia is a famous general in Magna Graecia. He naturally has his reasons for designing this way. Just do what he says. Why do you think so much? And to hear you say it, those traditional Greek weapons You can resell the equipment to other city-states and still make a profit." Dickpolis reminded him.

"But you didn't include the shipping costs, taxes and fees paid in other city-states, and the time spent..." Theos took a sip of wine, with a confused expression on his face: "Actually, I don't really care about these. , I made some money, and I also had a good relationship with the consul. What a rare opportunity! But Davos said something to me when he left the weapons workshop, which made me sleep all the time. Not sleeping well..."

"What?" Dickpolis asked curiously.

"He said, 'It's a pity that you are not a citizen of Dionia, otherwise we would have further cooperation with you.'"

Dickpolis was stunned after hearing this. He thought about this sentence carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "He means to make you a citizen of Dionia."

"I think so too." Theos sighed: "But according to the provisions of the "Dionian Laws", if I want to become a citizen of Dionia, I will no longer be a citizen of Corinth, and become a citizen of Dionia. It takes too long for citizens.”

"What's the benefit of being a citizen of Corinth? Does it allow you to own land?"

"I have no land in Corinth."

"Based on what you just said, Corinth is likely to have a war with Sparta. Can Corinth defeat Sparta?"

"No."

"Instead of having your family ruined by then, it is better to prepare now. You are not too old. It is no big deal to wait for a few years in Dionia. And becoming a citizen of Dionia, you can own your own land, and you can Let your business take a step forward, such a good thing, the goddess of luck is really blessing you, why are you hesitating!"

Dickpolis' words awakened the dreamer. Theos pondered for a while and finally made up his mind: "My dear friend, thank you for the reminder! You are right, I should have made a decision earlier!"

Dickpolis smiled and said: "Actually, I also have the idea of ​​becoming a citizen of Dionia. The longer I live in Dionia, the less I want to return to Crete, which is small, barren and boring. Here. , I can watch exciting rugby and football games, have delicious food to eat, and get treatment from skilled doctors when I get sick... If nothing happens, I can also go hunting in the mountains and fish in Lake Senisei. The political situation here is stable, Dionia It is a vibrant alliance of city-states. It is already very powerful, but it is still getting stronger. No other city-state dares to invade it, only it bullies other countries!"

After hearing Dickpolis's emotion, Theos raised his glass and said, "How about we go to the household registration officer in Turiyi to register together?"

Dickpolis was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Okay, let's go together!"

The two drank it all in one gulp, wiping away the blockages in their hearts, talking and laughing, and feeling even happier.

The guests at the next table started to quarrel. When Dickpolis listened carefully, he found out that it was because of the Isthmian Games, so he joked: "Theos, you have to be careful. Don't mention that you are a Corinthian here."

Speaking of this, Theos cursed angrily: "The idiots at the Corinth Council, most of them probably heard the name Dionia for the first time, so they didn't look down on it at all. Dionia is an emerging city-state alliance, but they don’t know that this emerging city-state alliance is several times stronger than Corinth. Offending it will not do Corinth any good!”

Dickpolis felt the same way: "Not only Corinth, but many city-state citizens in mainland Greece have a contemptuous attitude towards the city-states in the Western Mediterranean. They always think that the city-states in the Western Mediterranean are colonies and regard them as country bumpkins from remote areas. In fact, they have no idea that not only Syracuse, but Dionia is also powerful enough to rival Sparta and Athens. The large Greek city-states of Tarantum and Crotone are among the best even in mainland Greece. Dabang."

"Yes, offending a Dionia that is still growing stronger, there may be some trouble in Corinth's future..." Theos said with some worry.

"Why are you still worried about this? Anyway, you have decided to become a citizen of Dionia."

"But I still have many relatives and friends in Corinth!"

While the two were talking, a huge cheer suddenly sounded in the market, which was deafening.

People in the restaurant didn't know what was going on and were asking each other curiously.A patrol member walked in and said excitedly: "Cheer, Dionians! Our heroic soldiers, under the leadership of the great consul Davos, captured the city of Bithynia in Bruti!"

"Great! We win again!"

"Isn't Bithynia a small city on the south bank of the Craty River next to our Thurii! No Greek has ever been there before. I heard that the terrain is very difficult and dangerous, but we actually captured it?! That's when The war has been going on for several days!”

"Attack, brave soldiers! Continue to attack and strive to capture Cosenza as soon as possible!!"

……

There were cheers in the restaurant.

At this time, the waiter in the restaurant came out and said: "To celebrate this victory, my master has decided that all the food and drinks for everyone here today will be free!"

"Victory! The generous consul's wife, the beautiful Christoya!" The guests danced and cheered loudly.

"This is really great, please give me a glass of wine too!" the patrol member said happily.

"Wine or beer?" the waiter asked.

"You see I'm sweating all over. Of course I drink beer to quench my thirst." When a full glass of beer was handed to him, the patrolman raised it high and said loudly: "Everyone, here's to our omnipotent Archon Dave Lord Si! We also pay tribute to our brave citizens who participated in the war!"

Everyone in the restaurant, including Dickpolis and Theos, raised their glasses, and the guests at the next table came over to clink glasses with them and said: "Congratulations to you two for joining the ranks of Dionia citizens! This is undoubtedly a Correct decision!"

Dickpolis looked at him in surprise: "Did you hear everything?"

The man blinked: "Otherwise, why do you think I scolded the Corinthians?"

Theos smiled with relief at this moment: "After we made the decision, we received such good news. This is the arrangement of the goddess of fate!"

"That's right." Dickpolis nodded in agreement.

"Cheers!" Several wooden cups clinked together, and wine splashed everywhere.

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(End of this chapter)