Chapter 58 Haka Meets Okriton

"Seriously, the creation of the gods is really amazing! You see that the two elephants are so huge and mighty, but they are very docile in character, especially the baby elephant, whose little trunk is pulling the tail of the mother elephant, and has never been Ken let go, the mother elephant was not angry, but kept sucking leaves with her nose and feeding the baby elephant... This reminded me of Aviya when I was a child, she was not like that, she was always close to me, She was afraid that I would leave her..." Agnes said, sighing with a smile.

Davos looked at Agnes, who had become so active, and said with a smile, "Look at you, you seem to be fascinated by these elephants too!"

"Isn't that right?" Cristoia finally found her bosom friend and complained loudly, "Just now Agnes told me that she won't go to the Temple of Hera today, she will spend a day watching elephants at home, Let me accompany her! You tell me, we are almost 50 years old, how can we be like children! Besides, I am so busy now, how can I have spare time to watch the elephants..."

"I see, today we all put other things aside, go to see the elephants with the children, and have a good time with the whole family!" Davers suggested loudly.

"Okay!" Agnes smiled and immediately clapped her hands in agreement.

Cristoia frowned slightly. Just as she was about to speak out, Davos lightly held her hand and said softly, "You are busy every day, so let yourself relax today."

Davos' concerned eyes softened Cristoia's heart: "Okay, today we will be at home with the children, and we will not go anywhere. But... It is not a good idea to place the elephant next to the mansion. Although that guy looks docile, but they are so big after all, if one day they become mad, they will cause danger to us!

Also... After all, this elephant is a rare animal that the people of the kingdom have never seen before. After it was transported to the mountain yesterday, many people wanted to come in and watch it, including some elders. This morning, the children also let their friends pass the checkpoint and go up the mountain to watch the elephants... If things go on like this, it will be difficult to guarantee the safety here! …”

"I have already thought about this matter." Davers said calmly: "Cristoia, we will have another business next."

"What is it?!" Cristoia immediately became energized.

"Build a zoo."

"zoo?"

"We've heard stories of Hercules strangling the Nemean lion from our childhood, but have you ever seen a real lion?"

The two Cristoia sisters shook their heads (in fact, in this era, the inland areas of Asia Minor and the Mesopotamia still had lion habitats, but Miley was a seaside city-state, and Greek women were not allowed to go out, so Klee Stoya has no chance to meet).

"We've heard the story of Apollo shooting the python, you may have seen snakes, but have you ever seen a real python?"

The two shook their heads again.

"We have all heard that there are hippos and crocodiles in the Nile River in Egypt, but what do hippos and crocodiles look like? I am afraid that there are not many Dionians who have really seen them. Davos tapped his fingers on the dining table, and said confidently. : "Then why don't we build a zoo? Keeping these strange animals in this zoo, let them live in a certain area of ​​the park, and create their own suitable living environment for them, so do you think there will be people watching? "

"Of course there will be!" Agnes replied immediately, "Just one elephant makes the people so crazy. When I came back yesterday, I heard the captain of the palace guard at the foot of the mountain complaining, saying that the people wanted to watch the elephants. If you want to push hard, you almost have a conflict with them."

Cristoia has been in business for many years, and immediately understood the meaning of Davos's words,

Asked uncertainly: "You mean, it's like charging spectators for a rugby and football game in an arena?"

"That's right." Davers praised his wife's quick thinking and continued to explain: "After all, it takes money to raise these animals, and a large number of people need to be hired to maintain the entire zoo... The money collected through tickets can just make up for these costs. .As for where the rare animals in the zoo come from? We don't have to worry at all, those city-states and forces that are friendly with Dionysian and want to befriend Dionia are learning that I have built a zoo and are collecting After rare animals, they will take the initiative to send them to me in order to strengthen friendship with me...

As the kingdom's territory expands, our zoo will only grow larger and house more and more rare animals. At that time, Turiyi can not only eat food, watch games, soak in hot springs, enjoy celebrations... but also watch the zoo, whether it is ordinary people, school students, or academics who don't have to take risks to travel abroad, they can understand And to study most of the rare animals in this world, this is a very lucky thing! At the same time, let them know how great the god is, he not only created us humans, but also created so many wonderful animals, we are not alone..."

Davos talked eloquently about the prospect of the zoo, but his heart was full of emotion: when he learned from Ancitanos that the Mauritanian messenger had sent several elephants, his first reaction at that time was ——This must be a branch of the North African elephant and African elephant in the legend of the previous life! Pyrrhus used it to defeat the Roman army several times, and Hannibal once incorporated it into the army and threatened the Romans, but unfortunately it was extinct in Roman times, not because of war, but Because of the gladiatorial games that the Romans were crazy about. The Romans captured all kinds of beasts from all over the Mediterranean, transported them to the Colosseum, and let the gladiators slaughter them, earning money, and giving the audience a thrill...

Davos read an article in a previous life, a Roman emperor held a grand gladiatorial competition to please the Roman people, and killed thousands of wild beasts during the entire gladiatorial competition. In the continuous killing of the Romans, let alone North African elephants, there are no lions, leopards and other beasts to be seen in the entire Mediterranean region. If it is not for the terrifying Sahara Desert, which is difficult to cross, allowing animals south of the desert to survive, I am afraid that in previous lives The modern people can only know African elephants and lions and other wild animals in the literature.

It can be said that the Westerners in the previous life have been pursuing a crazy way of plundering nature from ancient times to the present. In this life, Davos wants to change them, so let's start with the zoo to cultivate the good habits of children and animals.

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Okriton asked Dionia's foreign ministry officials to submit his request to meet King Davos, but there was no news for two days in a row. Seeing that the celebration was about to start, he was anxious and had to Choose to follow the other advice given by the foreign ministry official.

During the celebration, not only many foreign envoys and VIPs came to Turii, but also the chief executives and important officials of various towns would try their best to spare time to come back to participate. At the same time, visits to important officials of the kingdom will also become frequent, and generally speaking, the residences of the five rotating chairmen and ministers will become crowded.

It stands to reason that Hakkar's mansion will be more like this, because since their brothers came to Turii last year, Hasdrubal became the commander of the army directly, and soon went north to serve, and Hakkar became the official rotating chairman of the Senate. , although he is still recovering, Davos can't wait to let him take charge of some government affairs, so as to get familiar with the operation of the kingdom's political system as soon as possible, plus another important member of the Margonid family, Dido, became a prince and concubine, and gave birth to The two little princes... The Margonid family is very popular in the political arena of the kingdom. It is conceivable that the officials of the kingdom who go to visit should be like crucian carp crossing the river, but the actual situation is sparse.

Because Haka has publicly declared: "He is very sick and needs to rest, so officials are not welcome to visit his home."

And, Helps also endorsed him.

At first, the officials of the kingdom were still skeptical. After several Phoenician elders were rejected, they finally determined that what Haka said was true.

After Okriton arrived in Turii, he specially learned about the situation in this regard. Coupled with the grievances between the Margonid family and the Hanoi faction for many years, he has been hesitant, but now there is no way, he can only be courageous I came to visit, but I didn't expect to get permission.

Of course, the former Carthaginian nobleman and today's important minister of the Dionysian Kingdom received guests from his hometown in a very special way - taking a bath.

The bath was invented by the Dionysians, but it was soon introduced to Carthage after the first peace agreement was signed between the two countries more than ten years ago. It already belonged to the kingdom of Dionia.

Although Okriton was surprised by this request, it was a pleasant surprise that Haka was willing to meet him, so how could he dare to refuse.

The bathroom of Hakka's house was built strictly according to the traditional bathroom pattern of Dionia.

Okleton had never seen Haka before, but he had long heard that the head of the Margonid family, Similko, had a second son who was very intelligent since he was a child. Unfortunately, he was born with a disease and he had been treated. The doctor made a diagnosis: the child will not live to be 20 years old. .

But now Haka, who was in front of Okriton, was a little thin, but his face was ruddy and his eyes were piercing.

Haka looked at him and said in a flat tone: "After I came to Turii, Dr. Dionia suggested that people like me who can't exercise vigorously should take more baths, which is good for health. I obeyed. I have a suggestion to take a bath every day, I happened to be taking a bath when you came, so I invite you to meet here."