Chapter 370 The Authentic Way of Taking a Bath in Turiyi

The latest website: The Kingdom Hotel is a hotel funded by the Kingdom of Dionia. As the name suggests, it is used to receive guests from the Kingdom, such as envoys or VIPs from other countries.

However, at this time, the Kingdom Hotel was mainly used to receive town councillors and tribunes who came to participate in the Kingdom Assembly. This was a huge number, and it was impossible to accommodate so many people just by relying on the original building, so earlier At that time, the Senate also specially suggested in the announcement sent to the towns that those who participated in the conference had relatives and friends in Turiyi City, try to borrow them at their homes.

In recent years, the construction department has successively built three or four similar buildings and several separate villas in the south adjacent to the Kingdom Hotel, which are collectively referred to as the Kingdom Hotel, which basically meets the needs.

It stands to reason that the opening time of the conference is approaching. The hotel should be overcrowded. Even if there are remaining rooms, the conditions will not be very good. However, according to the replies from the city halls of various towns, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has drawn up a list of accommodation in advance and sent it to the person in charge of the hotel. Of course, Publius and Tibrus had specially reserved rooms with very good accommodation conditions, especially Publius, who was both a noble elder and a representative of the Romans who had just joined the kingdom, assigned him It is the best room in the whole hotel - a single-family villa.

This villa has three floors. The first floor is mainly the living room and kitchen, and the second and third floors are bedrooms. The reason why these villas are built is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers that some VIPs who bring their families to visit live for a long time.

The hotel attendant led Publius into the villa. After Publius briefly understood the situation of the villa, he immediately invited Tibrus, who accompanied him, to live with him.

Tiblos readily agreed, and quickly moved out of the house.

It was still winter in January, and even though Turii was close to the ocean, the weather was still relatively cold, but Publius stepped on the smooth marble floor of the living room with his bare feet, with a novel look on his face, because the floor turned out to be hot.

Tibrus didn't immediately answer his question, but pointed to the door and said, "Sir, have you seen the big house next to it that has been steaming? It's a bathroom."

"It's the place you mentioned to me on the road where people can take a bath." Publius was a little curious.

Although Tibrus had never lived in the Kingdom Hotel before, he knew that there was a larger bath in the center of the Kingdom Hotel, so he explained according to common sense: "The reason why the floor is hot must be that they have drawn the heat from the bathroom to the bathroom. Under the floor, the floor is heated."

"Did the heat get here?" Publius stepped on the floor, even more surprised.

"This underground is not entirely real,

When building this house, the craftsmen created a lot of voids under the floor to facilitate the flow of heat..." Today, the construction of bathrooms has become common knowledge in Turii, as Tibures explains fluently.

"After dinner, let's go to the baths!" Publius said eagerly after hearing Tibrus' introduction.

"Two adults, you don't need to go to the bath, there is a bathroom in this room." The waiter who had just brought dinner heard the two and immediately introduced them to them.

So, after dinner, the two entered the bathroom connected to the villa. Although this bathroom is not big, it has all the facilities that a general bath should have. Beforehand, the waiter had already greeted the central bath, and the hot water and hot air passages leading to this small bathroom had been opened. When the two took off their clothes in the dressing room and changed into wooden slippers, the bathroom was already prepared. appropriate.

The two passed through the dressing room and entered the first small room. The room was relatively cool. This place was originally intended for people who came to take a bath to relax first and slowly transition to the bathing state.

But Publius was obviously more anxious, he did not stay here, but pushed open the wooden door and entered the next small room.

The temperature in this room was a bit hot, and then the temperature in the next room was even hotter... Passing through three small rooms in a row, the temperature became higher and higher, and Publius began to sweat.

Pushing open the next wooden door, he saw a circular pool inside. He stepped on the stone steps, walked to the edge of the pool, stretched his feet and tried it. It was warm water, so he jumped in immediately.

Publius immersed his entire body in the water and wrapped his body in warm water to drive away the cold weather he had suffered from trekking in the mountains for the past two days.

After a while, he raised his head above the water and shouted "Ha!", feeling his whole body full of energy.

Then, he saw Tibrus soaking in the bathtub, leaning against the pool wall, with his arms around the edge of the pool, looking comfortable.

Tibrus said while rubbing his body with his hands: "This bath is really good, but it's not too special, it's just a bit bigger than the usual tub at home."

Tibrus smiled and said, "Lord Publius, you have only finished half the way to the bath, so don't jump to conclusions."

"Is there any more?" Publius was a little surprised.

Tiblos didn't speak, and pointed to a wooden door on the side.

Publius got up and walked out of the bath, and opened the wooden door suspiciously. Immediately, he felt a wave of heat coming towards his face, and the room was filled with white mist, which was vaguely indistinguishable.

Publius was still hesitating whether to go in or not. Tibrus walked in first, sat on the wooden bench in the house, and said, "This room is called the fumigation room, it is the most important place in the entire bath, and it is also the distance from boiling water. Near the stove, they also sprinkled hot water on the ground, which turned into mist, making it the hottest room.

However, according to the doctors of Turii, moderately intensifying the heating of the body will exercise various organs in our body, speed up the flow of blood, and eliminate wastes in the body, which is very beneficial to protect our health. I heard that most of the old veterans like to fumigate like this—"

Before Tibrus could finish speaking, Publius immediately walked in and sat on the wooden bench.

He soon felt that the room was hot and humid, even breathing became a little difficult, and soon he began to sweat profusely, mixed with water mist, and adhered tightly to the skin together, making his body extra heavy.

Publius wanted to get up and walk out of the room immediately, but when he saw the figure of Tibrus sitting firmly across from him, he remembered what he said, "The longer you hold on, the better your body will be." So he endured it again and leaned back. Make yourself more comfortable with the back of the chair.

In such a quiet room, the surrounding water mist was so thick that even the face of Tibrus on the opposite side could not be seen. impulse.

"Turii is really a huge city, more prosperous than I imagined! It is much stronger than Rome!" Publius said with a sigh: "According to the requirements of the Senate, I will move to this city this year. In the city, but I see that there are so many people in the city of Turii that it may not be easy to own a house."

"It's true. The population of Turii has increased dramatically over the years. I remember that last year the entire city plus the entire Subari plain, excluding several other towns in the Turii region, had a population of 49. , 000 households, 238,600 people, this does not include those freedmen, slaves and other floating population... The population is so large, so the residential land is very tight, you can also see when we enter the city, the outer city is so big The result of the continuous outward expansion of the urban area over the years.

A lot of cultivated land is now covered with houses, and the rent paid by the people of Turii from renting out houses is several times what they get from farming. Our Ministry of Agriculture has reported it several times, but His Majesty said, 'As long as the strength of the kingdom becomes more and more powerful. Strong, the city of Turii will inevitably develop rapidly, which is in line with its status as the center of the kingdom. The people of Turii have paid a lot for the kingdom, and they can earn money by renting houses, which is also a benefit given back to them by the kingdom. As long as they pay their taxes normally, there is no need to force them to stop. As for the issue of food, the whole kingdom is there to support Turii, and the people are not short of money, so we don’t have to worry about their lack of bread…’

Your Majesty is right! The kingdom has a vast territory, including the plains of Catania, Euphemia, the regions of Capglia, the regions of Crotone, and the newly acquired eastern plains of Campania and the fertile lands of southern Sardinia. ,and also--"

Tibrus paused: "Latin Plain... In addition, we can also get a lot of cheap food from our ally Egypt, so we really don't have to worry too much about the food problem. The people of Tulii have paid a lot over the years, every major war. , They are the main force in the battle, so the casualties are also the largest. Just like this war has not ended, the casualties of the citizens of the entire Turii region have exceeded 10,000 ... They really deserve more."

Tibrus has been in the agricultural department of Turui for many years, and when he talks about the land and housing issues in the city, he can't stop talking: "Since Turui does not allow the sale of land, it is possible to be here here. Owning land is really like holding a golden rooster that can keep laying golden eggs, so you don't have to worry about food and clothing in the future. However, the entire Sybari Plain... No, the entire Turii region was as early as 10 years ago The land has already been allocated, and it is almost impossible for a new citizen to acquire the land of Turii unless he marries a widow of Turii who has a dead husband and no children, like this war, I believe again. There will be a lot of widows... alas-"

Publius suddenly interrupted him: "I have a question. The citizens of Turii have died in battle and have no children. Can this land not be inherited by his family or other relatives?"

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