Chapter 219 Racing Competition (2)

Ignoring the clamor of the women and children, Davos looked down at the huge yellow arena paved with fine sand and clay, and the long strip in the center of the arena, and asked, "Kloto , how many races are there today?"

As the team leader of the preparatory team for the Games, Cloto Katax can be said to know the entire schedule of all the competitions well, and he immediately replied: "There are three racing competitions today."

At this time, cheers broke out from the audience again. It turned out that the racers were driving the racing cars into their respective starting gates.

Davers looked at the row of starting gates at the southern end of the arena with interest, and asked, "Which regions and city-states are the players from in the first game?"

"There are from the Po region of the kingdom, Western Numibia, Thebes, the kingdom of Bruti, Macedonia, Cyrenaica... uh, and our region of Turii..." Klotokata Cox is a treasure.

"It seems that the competition in the first round is very fierce!" Davos said excitedly after listening to it: "The racers in the Po River region should be citizens of Gaul, they are good at battlefields with complex terrain. Driving a chariot to attack should now be more comfortable in the arena. The Bruti area was originally a famous pastoral area in the kingdom. Although Bruti horses were short and good at climbing mountains in the past, they were more suitable for horses. A batch of Lusitania horses were introduced in the Iberian Peninsula, and they were reared in large quantities.

The bay horses of Cyrenaica are also famous, and it is said that they were sold in large quantities to the city-state nobles of Peloponnesian; um... Macedonian cavalry, I believe you have experienced their power in the Battle of Tigea a few years ago: There is also West Lumibia, which is also a region rich in horses. Our light cavalry regiment is composed of West Lumibians... These players are all from famous horse producing areas, whether they are horses or drivers. It should be the result of choosing the best among the best. I believe that the competition in the game must be very fierce! "Davers commented with interest, rubbing his chin.

"Grandpa, what about Thebes?" Christopher interjected.

"Thebes... I don't think their cars have the strength to compete with other players." Davos said firmly.

"Father, Thebes has won many racing championships in the previous Greek Games, and the owner of the Thebes car this time is Peropidas." Clotokatax reminded.

"The past is the past, in the past the Greeks did not allow aliens to participate in the Games, and the Macedonians who were close to them did not have the opportunity to participate. But in our Games today, the Greeks will see that the entire Mediterranean world can drive a carriage better than them. There are many races!" Davos still insisted on his own judgment: "So whether it is an individual or a country, we must not rest on our laurels, but we must face the world bravely and dare to compete with strong players.

Only then can there be greater improvement! Chris, you said what Grandpa said, right? "

"Grandpa is so right!" Christopher nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.

Cristoia, who hugged him beside him, couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Little sycophant!"

Davos smiled kindly: "Chris, grandpa has a question for you, who is Pelopidas?"

"The military commander of the Pioxia Union!" Christopher blurted out.

"Awesome!" Davos gave a thumbs up, then patted the couch beside him: "Come to Grandpa to do it!"

Christopher, eager to try, looked at his grandmother first.

"Go, go." Cristoia waved, and then reminded Davos: "You can't let him get close to the railing in front!"

Davers nodded.

Christopher rushed over to Davos and sat down excitedly, and then asked, "Grandpa, you haven't said about our players in the Tuurii area?"

"Oops!" Davos slapped his forehead: "How could I forget our own runners! Cloto, who is our Turii racer? Who is the owner of the race car?"

"The driver's name is Procris, the youngest son of the former cavalry hero Sobokos, who won the first place in the previous sports competitions held in the Turui region. The provider of the racing car he drives today should be the Turui carriage Chamber of Commerce."

"Soboks..." Davos couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard the dusty name for a long time: "I seem to remember the current president of the Turiyi Carriage Chamber of Commerce... should also be Soboks' son? "

"Yes, father, the president of the Turii Carriage Chamber is Pebalisius. He is the eldest son of Soboks. He used to be the officer of the First Cavalry Corps. Ercy, suffered a serious leg injury in the battle with Rome, and finally had to retire to run the carriage shop left by his father..." Clotokatax introduced.

"This family has made a lot of contributions to the kingdom!" Davers sighed quite a bit.

"Uncle Cloto, I think there are 8 starting gates below, but why did you just say 7 drivers?" said Apox's son Tisifonus suddenly, who was three years younger than Christopher, but Inherited his father's smart and steady, excellent grades in school.

Clotokatax was stunned for a moment, hurriedly pinched his fingers, and immediately said apologetically: "I missed one, and the other car should be... from Egypt."

"Oh, Egypt!" Davos and Clotokatax glanced at each other calmly.

On the fifth day after he had spoken to his son that night, he had received the definitive news from Africa: Jay Hao had been found, and his ship had been wrecked a hundred miles west of Cyrenaica after a storm had struck him. Under the cliffs outside the sea, the bodies of him and his entourage were also found among the reefs one after another. According to the governor of Africa, "all died of drowning in the sea."

For this reason, Davos also urgently convened an executive meeting of the kingdom yesterday, and persuaded the ministers to deal with this emergency according to his plan: on the one hand, Dionia sent envoys and fleets to Africa, transported the corpses of Jie Hao and his followers back to Egypt; on the other hand, temporarily blocked the news that "the delegation of the Egyptian messenger was destroyed by the storm" in the kingdom, and at the same time asked the Ministry of War to notify Karsidis, quietly assembled in Sicily of several legionnaires to watch events unfold.

Therefore, although the Egyptian athlete delegation in Turei wondered why the envoys from the country had not arrived yet, they were still able to participate in various events in a calm mood.

"It is said that Egypt is the first country to use chariots among the Mediterranean countries. The chariot archers are still an important force in Egypt. It seems that this first group of games will really be very intense!" Davos sighed, Then he complained to his eldest son: "You, we are not as careful as our little Tissi! Tissi, watch the game with grandpa!" He patted the couch on the other side.

"Oh." Tisifonus responded, getting up and walking forward.

"I want to sit with grandpa too!"

"I want to sit too!"

...

When the other children saw this, they all shouted, letting their parents dissuade them but not listening.

"Okay, okay, move a long couch next to me and let the children sit over." Davers said with a smile.

After watching the children all sit down again, he pretended to be serious and said, "If you want to watch the game with grandpa, you must agree to a few requirements of grandpa. First, watch quietly and not make noise; second, You must also actively answer grandpa's questions, if you answer correctly, you will be rewarded when you go home!"

"Grandpa, what is the reward?"

"You'll know when the time comes. Can you fulfill my request?!"

"can!!"

"Good boy, let's watch the game together."

Seeing Davos teasing the children with a smile, Cristoia spat lightly: "This old guy!"

I thought of Agnes' long voice in my ears: "It would be great if it was like this every day!"

Cristoia was stunned, looking at the happy picture of Davos and the children, she couldn't help but sigh, "Yeah!"

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When Davos was enjoying his family's happiness in the royal stand, in the VIP seat not far below, Sostatus, president of the Turii Chamber of Commerce, saw an acquaintance: "Hey, Pebalius, no Thinking of you coming to the car race too!"

"Nonsense! I'm not going to watch this game, who cheers for my brother!" Pebalius was born in the military and spoke more directly.

"I know that your brother has won the qualification to participate in the sports competition in the Turii region." Sostatus immediately asked curiously: "But is his competition today?"

"Today's first game has him, and there is a schedule notice posted at the entrance of the arena, haven't you seen it?"

"I don't have time to watch!" Sostatus pointed to a group of people behind him and complained in a low voice, "Look, I have to take care of so many friends, I can't be too busy, and I don't have time to take care of others. ."

Pebalius glanced at the crowd behind him, and said slightly mockingly: "Master Sostatus, you really have a wide range of friends, no wonder you can become one of the top businessmen in the kingdom, you should earn a lot during this games. ."

"Oh, let's not talk about making money, it's not bad if you don't lose money!" Sostatus sighed: "It's not like you don't know that there was a riot in the big market outside the main port of Turiyi the day before yesterday. The foreign merchants, because they couldn't rent the pavement, banded together and put their goods on the side of the road for sale. As a result, they blocked two streets. Patrols went to drive them away, and they clashed with them... You know, these days Every market in Liy was full of tourists, which almost caused a riot at that time, causing tourists to be trampled and injured in panic. Fortunately, a large group of legionnaires arrived in time to calm the situation.

After the incident, officials from the Ministry of Commerce approached me, hoping that the Turii Chamber of Commerce could set an example and temporarily vacate some of the storefronts in the market and lease them to these foreign businessmen to ensure the smooth progress of the entire Games. The further expansion of the kingdom's trade to the Eastern Mediterranean will be beneficial to our merchants"... Hmph, I am doing business in this area myself, it's really superfluous! "

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