The Kingdom Hotel is an inn built at the expense of the Kingdom of Dionya, as the name suggests, to receive guests of the kingdom, such as envoys or dignitaries from other countries.

However, at this time, the Kingdom Hotel was mainly used to receive the councillors and tribunes of the towns who came to attend the Kingdom Convention, which was a huge number, and it was impossible to accommodate so many people by relying on the original building alone, so the Senate had also specially issued a notice to the towns earlier: If the participants had relatives and friends in the city of Turiyi, they should borrow them in their homes as much as possible.

In recent years, the Ministry of Construction has successively built three or four similar buildings and several individual villas in the south of the Kingdom Hotel, all of which are collectively known as the Kingdom Hotel, which basically meets the needs.

It stands to reason that it is almost time for the opening of the conference, and the hotel should be overcrowded, and even if there are still rooms, the conditions will not be too good. However, on the basis of the reply from the town halls, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs drew up a list of accommodations in advance and sent it to the person in charge of the hotel. Publius and Tybrus certainly had rooms reserved for good accommodation, especially Publius, who was both a noble senator and a representative of the Romans who had just joined the kingdom, and assigned him the best room in the whole hotel - a single-family villa.

The villa has three floors, the first floor is mainly the living room and kitchen, and the second and third floors are bedrooms, and the reason why these villas were built by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to receive some VIPs who come with their families to stay for a longer period of time.

The hotel attendant led Publius into the villa, and after a brief understanding of the villa, Publius immediately invited Tyblous, who had accompanied him, to live with him.

Tyblos readily agreed, and quickly vacated his original home.

It was still winter in January, and even though it was close to the ocean, the weather was still relatively cold, but Publius stepped barefoot on the smooth marble floor of the living room, looking curious, because the floor was actually hot.

Tyblous didn't answer his question immediately, but pointed out the door and said, "My lord, do you see the big house next to it that is steaming all the time?" It was a bathroom. ”

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

Although Tyblos had never stayed at the Kingdom Hotel before, he knew that there was a large bathhouse in the center of the Kingdom Hotel, so he explained based on common sense: "The reason why the floor is hot is that they must have channeled the heat of the bathroom under the floor and heated the floor." ”

"Draw the heat down here?" Publius stepped on the floor, even more surprised.

"It's not entirely subterranean, and when building the house, the craftsmen created a lot of gaps under the floor to facilitate the flow of heat...... "Nowadays, the construction of the baths is common knowledge in Turiyi, and Tyblos explains it fluently.

"After dinner, let's go to the baths!" After listening to Tyblos's introduction, Publius said eagerly.

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

So, after dinner, the two entered the bathroom connected to the villa, although this bathroom is not large, but it has all the facilities that a general bath should have. The waiter had already greeted the central bath, the hot water and hot air passage leading to the small bathroom had been opened, and by the time the two of them took off their clothes in the dressing room and changed into wooden slippers, the bathroom was ready.

The two of them walked through the locker room and entered the first small room, which was relatively cool, and it was supposed to allow people to relax and slowly transition to the bathing state.

But Publius was evidently anxious, and instead of lingering there, he pushed open the wooden door and entered the next small room.

The temperature in this room is a little hot, and the temperature is even hotter in the next room...... After passing through three small rooms in a row, each warmer than the other, Publius began to sweat.

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

Publius enveloped his whole body in the water, enveloping his body in warm water, driving away the cold that he had suffered during his two days of trekking in the mountains.

It took a while for him to put his head out of the water, "Hah! I shouted, and I felt refreshed.

Then, he saw Tyblous soaking in the bath, leaning against the wall of the pool, his arms on the edge of the pool, looking pleasant.

Tyblous rubbed his hands together and said, "This bath is really good, but it's not too special, it's just bigger than the usual tub at home." ”

Tyblous smiled and said, "Lord Publius, you're only halfway through the baths, don't jump to conclusions. ”

"Is there anything else in the back?" Publius was a little surprised.

Tyblos didn't speak, but gestured to a wooden door on the side.

Publius got up and walked out of the bath, and pushed open the wooden door in disbelief, and immediately felt a wave of heat rushing over his face, and the room was filled with white mist, faintly invisible.

Publius was still hesitant to go in, but Tyblous went in first, sat down on the wooden bench in the room, and said, "This room is called the fumigation room, and it is the most important place in the whole bath, and it is also the closest place to the stove, and they also sprinkle hot water on the ground, and turn it into mist, making it the hottest room."

However, according to Dr. Turiyi, moderate exposure to heat will exercise various organs in our body, speed up blood flow, and eliminate waste products from the body, which is very beneficial to the health of the body. I've heard that most of the old patriarchs like to fumigate like this—"

Before Tyblos could finish his sentence, Publius immediately walked in and sat down on a wooden bench.

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

Publius wanted to get up and walk out of the room immediately, but seeing that Tyblos's figure was still sitting across from him, he remembered what he said, "The longer you hold on, the better it will be for your body." So I endured it again and leaned back in my chair to make myself more comfortable.

In such a quiet room, the surrounding water mist was so thick that even the face of Tyblos opposite could not be seen, and the heat made people groggy, and it felt like they were drunk, and it made people feel as if they were drunk, and it made people feel the urge to speak.

"Turii is such a huge city, even more prosperous than I imagined! Much stronger than Rome! Publius sighed and said, "According to the requirements of the Senate, I will move to this city this year, but I see that there are so many residents in the city of Turiyi, I am afraid it is not easy to own a house." ”

"That's true. The population of Turij has increased dramatically over the years, and I remember that last year the population of the whole city plus the entire plain of Cybari, excluding the other towns of the Turij region, was about 49,000 households, 238,600 people, not counting the freedmen, slaves and other migrants...... With such a large population, there is a very tight supply of residential land, and as you can see when we go into the city, the size of the outer city is the result of the continuous expansion of the urban area over the years.

A lot of arable land is now covered with houses, and the rent of the people of Turii for renting out their houses is several times that of their farming, and our Ministry of Agriculture has reported it upwards several times, but His Majesty said, 'As long as the kingdom becomes stronger and stronger, the city of Turii will inevitably develop rapidly, so as to conform to its status as the center of the kingdom, and the people of Turii have paid a lot for the kingdom, and being able to earn money from renting out their houses is also a benefit that the kingdom gives back to them, as long as they pay taxes normally, there is no need to forcibly stop it.' As for food, with the whole kingdom to feed the Turiyi, and the people are not short of money, we don't have to worry about them not being able to eat bread......

Your Majesty is right! The kingdom is vast, with the plains of Catania, Euferia, Capria, Crotone, the newly acquired eastern plains of Campania, the fertile lands of southern Sardinia, and—"

Tyblous paused: "Latin Plain...... In addition, we can also get a lot of cheap food from our ally Egypt, and we really don't have to worry too much about food. The people of Turii have indeed paid a lot over the years, and in every major war, they have been the main force of the battle, so the casualties are also the greatest. Just as this war is not over, the casualties of the citizen soldiers in the entire Turii region exceeded 10,000...... They really deserve more. ”

Tyblos has been in the Ministry of Agriculture for many years, and when he talks about the city's land and housing problems, he can't stop talking: "Since Turii does not allow the sale of land now, being able to own land here is really like holding a golden rooster that can continue to lay golden eggs, and you don't have to worry about food and clothing in the future." However, the entire Shabari plain ...... No, the entire region of Turiyi had already distributed the land 10 years ago, and it was almost impossible for a new citizen to get the land of Turiyi, unless he married a widow who had a dead husband and no children...... Alas—"

Publius interrupted him suddenly: "I have a question, if the citizens of Turiy are dead in battle and have no children, can't this land be inherited by his family or other relatives?" ”

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