Chapter 107 Turiyi Cheers

The Cristoia restaurant in the market is still full every day. Dionia’s prospective citizens, free people, merchants and sailors from all over the world taste delicious food, drink wine, talk about current affairs, and of course there are some gossip topics. For example: Rumors that Davos' mother had sex with Hades in a dream, and then became pregnant with Davos, and the love-hate-it-all Turiyi Patrol Captain Olivers and his Persian wife were having sex Whether to take a Greek pose, or a Persian pose...etc.

Of course, the most discussed thing during this period was the Brutian War. Both the reserve citizens and the freedmen had participated in military training and had seen the strength of the Dionysian Legionnaires, and they believed that Dionysus would 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, the two sides either quarreled or fought, and the restaurant became the most frequented place for market patrols.

Dickpolis and Theos sat in the corner eating mutton and drinking beer, listening to the next table talking loudly about the war going on.

Dickpolis sighed: "In the Dionysian Union, that's not good, there are too many wars. There have been three wars so far this year, and my business has been affected."

Theos comforted him and said: "There is no war in this world now! Even in Corinth, as the conflict with Sparta is getting deeper and deeper, the people are worried about when a war with Sparta will break out. A war. Dionia is not bad, at least it has not lost a battle so far, and it has always been attacking other city-states..." Tios showed an envious look on his face.

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

"That's right." Theos was quite complacent. He leaned forward and whispered, "You are my friend, and I'm not afraid to tell you that Dionia is improving their weapons and equipment, and their civic soldiers are huge in number. , the output of their own weapons shop is too low, even five years of production cannot give each soldier new weapons and armor, and my weapons workshop is the only large weapons workshop in Dionia, of course it will be A consul who likes war, let's take a look!"

"I'm afraid...you need tens of thousands of sets of weapons and armor. You're going to make a fortune!" Dickpolis was very envious.

"It doesn't make much money." Theos shook his head and said, "Consul Davos doesn't look young, but he is a shrewd person. He proposed to replace the old weapons and armor with new ones, and at most pay a little more for the production cost."

"Old weapon? You mean rusted?"

"No, the civic soldiers of Dionia no longer used the traditional Corinthian helmets, copper shields and greaves of the Greek city-states, but designed a leather helmet with iron plates and a jaw guard,

The shield is made of cowhide and clad wood, but it is half a person high and has to be curved. It is difficult to make this kind of shield. I don’t know why they designed it this way…” Theos described his doubts and complaints.

"Consul Dionia is a famous general in Great Greece. He naturally has his reasons for designing this way. You can just do as he says, do whatever you want. And from what you're saying, those traditional Greek weapons. Equipment, you can resell it to other city-states, and you will also make money." Dickpolis reminded him.

"But you didn't count the shipping fee, the taxes paid to other city-states, and the time it took..." Tios took a sip of wine with a confused expression on his face: "I don't really care about these things. , I made some money, and I also had a good relationship with the consul. This is a rare opportunity! But Davos said something to me when he left the weapon workshop, which made me sleep all the time. feel bad..."

"What?" Dickpolis asked curiously.

"He said, 'It's a pity you're not a Dionysian citizen, otherwise we'd have further cooperation with you.'"

Dickpolis was stunned for a moment, pondered the sentence carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "He meant to make you a citizen of Dionia."

"I think so too." Theos sighed: "But according to the "law of Dionia", if I want to become a citizen of Dionia, I will no longer be a citizen of Corinth, and become a citizen of Dionia. Citizens are taking too long."

"What's good about being a Corinthian citizen, that allows you to own land?"

"I have no land in Corinth."

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

"cannot."

"It's better to prepare now than to be broken when the time comes. You're not too old, and it's not a big deal to wait a few years in Dionia. And to become a citizen of Dionia, you can own your own land, and you can also Let your business go further, such a good thing is really blessed by the goddess of luck, why are you hesitating!"

What Dickpolis said woke the dreamer, Theos thought for a while, and finally made up his mind: "My dear friend, thank you for your 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 go back to Crete, where the area is small, the land is poor, and life is boring. Here , I can watch wonderful football and football games, have delicious food to eat, get sick, and be treated by smart doctors... If I have nothing to do, I can go hunting in the mountains, fishing in Lake Senise, the political situation here is stable, Dionia It is a vibrant city-state alliance, it is already very powerful, but it is still getting stronger, no other city-state dares to invade it, only it can bully other countries!"

After listening to Dickpolis expressing his emotion, Theos raised his glass and said, "How about we go to the registration officer in Turii together?"

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

The two drank all at once, wiped away the block in their hearts, talked and laughed, and felt more joyful.

The guests at the next table quarreled. Dickpolis listened carefully, but it was because of the Isthmus Games, so he joked: "Theos, you have to be careful, don't mention that you are a Corinthian here."

Speaking of this, Theos scolded angrily: "Most of the idiots in the Council of Corinth, most of them have heard the name Dionia for the first time, so they don't look down on it at all. The emerging city-state alliance of Dionia, but they do not know that the strength of this emerging city-state alliance is several times stronger than that of Corinth, and offending it will do no good to Corinth!"

Dickpolis felt the same way: "Not only Corinth, but many city-state citizens in mainland Greece hold a contemptuous attitude towards the city-states of the Western Mediterranean, always thinking that the city-states in the Western Mediterranean are colonies, and treat them as hillbillies from the backcountry. In fact, they don't know that not only Syracuse, but also Dionia's strength is comparable to that of Sparta and Athens. The great Greek city-states of Tarantum and Crotone are among the best even in mainland Greece. Big Bang."

"Yeah, offending a still-strong Dionia, Corinth's future may be in trouble..." Tios said with some concern.

"Why are you worrying about this, you've already decided to become a Dionysian citizen anyway."

"But I still have quite a few relatives and friends in Corinth!"

As 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 patrolman walked in and said excitedly: "Cheers, Dionysians! Our heroic soldiers, under the leadership of the great consul Davos, have captured the city of Bisinia in Bruti!"

"Great! We've won again!"

"Isn't Bisinia a small town next to our Turii, on the south bank of the Krati River! No Greek has ever been there before. I heard that the terrain is very difficult, and we actually captured it?!! It's been a few days of fighting!"

"Attack, brave soldiers! Keep attacking and try to take Cosenza as soon as possible!!"

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There was cheers in the restaurant.

At this time, the waiter of the restaurant came out and said, "In order to celebrate this victory, my master has decided that all the food and drinks you want here today are free!"

"Wan Sheng! Generous consul's wife, beautiful Cristoia!" The guests danced and cheered loudly.

"This is really nice, please bring me a glass of wine too!" the patrolman said happily.

"Wine or beer?" the waiter asked.

"You see I'm sweating, of course I'm drinking beer to quench my thirst." When a full glass of beer was handed to him, the patrolman raised it high and said loudly: "Everyone, respect our omnipotent Consul Diver. Sir Si! Respect to our heroic citizens who participated in the war!"

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

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

The man blinked: "Otherwise, why do you think I scold the Corinthians."

Tios smiled relievedly at the moment: "After we made the decision, we ushered in such good news. This is the arrangement of the goddess of fate!"

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

"Cheers!" Several wooden cups touched together, and the wine splashed.