Chapter 272 New Changes in the City of Rome

The pavement of the block was filled and compacted, sewers were dug on both sides, and the road was widened, enough for two carriages to drive side by side. Walking on the road, there was a sense of steadiness that was not there before. And the houses in the block are being gradually demolished (the reason why the houses here are demolished with great fanfare is because the civilians living in Raventine are basically allocated houses close to the city center, except for the Temple of Diana, It is basically empty, so it is easy to renovate), after cleaning up these gravel tiles, the houses here will be planned and built, and there will be no more crowded and mixed scenes.

Stolo's eyes swept across this unrecognizable neighborhood and looked at the brand-new road. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The slum in the west of the city that has tortured the Romans for 10 years, every year the Senate has many debates about transforming it, but 10 It has not changed at all in the past year, but under the rule of the Dionysians, it has completely changed in a month. Although they took advantage of the war, it has to be said that Dionysian Human decision-making and execution are really strong, and they really want to improve the lives of the Romans...

Thinking of what Myinas said, Stolo's heart no longer seemed to be so entangled. Walking through the slum, he saw some people gathered in front of the arena in front of him, most of them were Dionys who had migrated. Asian citizens, and a few Romans, were busy under the command of two white-robed priests.

Stolo knows what they are busy with. It is said that the birthday of Hades, the Greek god of law and the underworld, is the protector of the kingdom of Dionia, and the Greek god of law and the realm of the underworld is coming soon. Dynia is at this time every year. A big celebration was held for him.

10 days ago, Rome's chief executive, Asisters, announced that Rome would also hold a Hades celebration. Stolo didn't feel much about it. Rome used to be a city-state that believed in many gods, and foreign gods did not. Few, Etruscan, Sabine, Wolsey... There are even many new ones. But this incident not only cheered the Dionian citizens who newly moved to Rome, but also received positive responses from the Temple of Diana and many Roman civilians, which is a bit strange.

However, after careful analysis, Stolo felt that this was also reasonable: as far as he knew, after the priest Hades came to Rome, he treated the Roman civilians mildly and friendly, often providing free medical consultations for them, and actively contributing to life. Difficult people provide help... Therefore, although the Temple of Hades has not been built in the city of Rome, there is only a simple altar of Hades, but more and more people come to worship him, so when I heard Ha The Diss celebration is about to take place, and these Roman people are also very active.

According to the announcement issued by the city hall, on the day of the celebration, not only did the believers solemnly worship Hades, but also according to tradition, some slaves in the kingdom who performed well in normal times were given freedom, and more importantly, they joined Dio in this war. The Roman soldiers who died in the war on the side of Nia will be engraved on stone tablets and enshrined in the Temple of Hades, and their souls after death will be blessed by Hades... These practices naturally won the majority of Roman people and slaves. great concern.

What's more, there will be a rugby match after the celebration: according to the announcement, each Demo in Rome must send a team to participate, in addition to Viai, Gabi, Phedina... and other towns directly controlled by Dionia , will send a team to participate, it is conceivable that it will be a grand game. Although most of the participants in the game were citizens of Dionia who had migrated to the Latium area, there were also some Roman civilians who liked novelty and excitement, so the square in Mars was very lively these days. Active training is taking place there.

To be honest, even Stolo himself was a little moved. He wanted to come to the arena to watch the game, and wanted to see what the rugby game, which was popular in the Kingdom of Dionia, would be like in the official game?

Stolo stood in the distance,

Watching the group make concerted efforts to erect a tall statue in front of the entrance to the arena, and then start fixing the pedestal.

The statue is a man with thick black hair and an extremely strong body. He holds a football in his hand and makes a throwing action. The gold leaf attached to his body gleams in the sunlight.

Is this the Hades believed in by the Dionysians? ! Although Stolo was a little curious, he didn't look closely. He squinted for a while, then turned and left.

Going further, the street becomes a bit crowded, because most of the traffic is carts, and the ones going east are full of wheat that has just been harvested and has basically husked, and those going south are already full. with bags of flour.

September came, and the farmland was harvested. The Roman people who had joined the Kingdom of Dionia, according to the previous agreement with the city hall, harvested the wheat in their newly allocated land, handed in 2/3 of the harvest, and left the rest. For his own use (since the Dionian army occupied Rome before, these farmlands are logically the spoils of the army, but Asistes considered to win the hearts and minds of the Romans, stabilize the order, and at the same time to alleviate the city hall's continued arrogance. These Roman people, who already belonged to the kingdom, provided food and material assistance. After careful consideration, this decision was made. This would ensure that the Roman people could not only be self-sufficient in food before the next bumper harvest, but also saved a sum of money to buy wheat seeds. This proposal was approved by Davos), these Roman commoners could not only get all the harvests of their original fields (if he ever had fields), but also get this extra income in vain. Naturally, they were overjoyed and even more excited The good news is that the fertile land is then entirely his own, requiring only a tiny annual land tax, so these days Rome and the nearby towns occupied by Dionysus are shrouded in the joy of the harvest.

A few days later, the city hall once again surprised the Roman civilians. The announcement posted clearly told them that the city hall was funded by the city hall, and they specially found a few water mills designed and built by Dionia engineers day and night. Completed and free to grind flour for Dionysian citizens.

In fact, making the water mill is far less time-consuming and labor-intensive than the announcement said: the materials are ready-made, so many siege equipment was abandoned after the attack on the city of Rome; engineers and carpenters are also ready-made, and Davos brought more than 500 people. The engineering battalion of each legion is not included; the technology is ready-made, and the water mill was developed more than 10 years ago by the Deputy Dean of the Mathematics School of Dionia Academy, Mattikris, and has become a The large-scale public facilities that are very common in the cities of the kingdom; all that is needed is whether the administrative officials can take into account these in time for the people. Asiskes not only considered them, but also immediately started to implement them. Finally, just in time for the harvest, it was completed. Construction of a water mill.

Asisters had served as the chief executive of many cities in the kingdom. He understood the people's sentiments and knew that although a good harvest was a joy, it was a time-consuming, laborious, and torturous task for husking and grinding wheat.

Before the water mill appeared, the Greek people used stone mills to grind flour, and the thick stone rollers had to be pulled by horses or donkeys. And they have to send someone to take care of them. The "crunching" sound made by the continuous friction between the stone roll and the stone mill can not only be unbearable for people, but also unbearable for livestock. They will refuse to work, and sometimes they will go crazy, causing injuries. So for the slaves of the big families, guarding the mill was the greatest punishment. Therefore, Asisters believed that the introduction of the water mill would make the Roman people more deeply identify with the Kingdom of Dionia.

What is a water mill? When the Roman people saw this announcement for the first time, they were surprised. After all, Rome was an inland city-state with agriculture as its mainstay and underdeveloped commerce. It used to have little contact with the kingdom of Dionia in the south, and the commoners had little contact with the outside world. The world knows less, and it is normal not to know that this new invention, already popular with the people of southern Italy.

But since the Dionysians entered Rome, they gradually won the trust of Roman civilians through a series of practical actions, so many Romans really drove carts full of wheat to the riverside in Mars Square (Dio Nia engineers inspected the river near the city of Rome and found that the Tiber River on the island of Tiberina, due to the diversion of the island in the middle of the river, has a faster water flow and can better promote the water mill, so several water mills were built in the Here), they were pleasantly surprised to find that this magical device can keep turning round and round, not only can grind flour, but also has high efficiency, and the quality of the flour produced is also good, and it does not need people to stay there all the time to take care of it. You don't need to worry about exhausting the animals, so soon after passing ten or ten, the Roman people in the whole city are either carrying burdens or driving carts, lining up by the river in Mars Square every day, just like Same now.

The people who had just returned from the river in Mars Square were loudly bragging about the magic of the water mill to those who were about to go, and some people even opened their dough bags to show them the fruits of their labor, which made those people even more impatient. I want to go to the river.

Hearing these civilians sigh from time to time: "No wonder Dionia is so powerful, and even the grinding tools can be designed so magically!" Sorrow: I'm afraid it won't be long before the Rome that raised them will be completely forgotten by them!

Stolo accelerated his pace home and came to the hills of Sirio, and his mood improved again, because people kept greeting him friendly: "Stolo, come back so early today!"

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