Later, some shrewd private homeowners ran to negotiate with the Ministry of Household Registration, and finally reached an agreement: these homeowners can also put the information of the rental house in the household registration office, and the household registration staff will recommend it, but the price must be supervised by the Ministry of Commerce, and the tax must be paid on time, and at the same time accept the supervision of the rental housing by the construction office, although the homeowner has paid a certain price, but there is the endorsement of the public sector of the kingdom, which is naturally favored by those in need, and then other homeowners have to join in, otherwise there will be no business to come to the door, As a result, the chaotic housing rental market in the kingdom has gradually become standardized.

Of course, the recommendation of public rental housing and private rental housing is a big fat difference, especially in Turiyi, it is inevitable that there will be corruption and bribery, and has been reported by the tribune many times, which aroused the anger of Davers, and ordered the inspector to be personally supervised by the superintendent Sesta, and a group of household registration officials were vigorously arrested before this evil spirit was suppressed, and this area is still the target of the tribunes.

The reason why the official of the household registration office is happy to see someone want to rent a private house is because once the rent is successful, some owners will thank him, such as inviting him to a meal, giving him a basket of fruits, etc., which is so trivial that the supervision department will hardly care.

The household registration staff recommended him a better private rental house, but Massimus only regarded it as a deaf ear, after all, he was literate, and he already had his own requirements for rental housing: first, the house area should be large enough, because his family of 4 people; Secondly, the rent should be cheaper, because he does not have enough savings, and he intends to spend most of the money on his children's studies in the future, because according to his understanding, it will take him at least five or six years to become a citizen of Dionia, and during this time the children are not eligible to go to Dionian schools, so they can only go to private schools, although the tuition fees are expensive and the quality is poor, but he must not let the children waste this time.

Massimus read all the dense rental information on the wall, roughly locked on five or six targets, and then took out 10 opol, bought a small piece of papyrus (the original price of a piece of paper was less than 10 opol, but it included the service fee of the household registration office), copied down the address on it, and after expressing his gratitude to the household registration staff, he left the household registration office, took his family, and went to find the owner according to the address on the paper.

The first owner of the house was a widow, her husband was a soldier of the First Legion, died in the battle in Ladinm, she did not remarry, she was alone with three children, relying on the 30 acres of land left by her husband in the plains of Xubari, while letting her slaves take charge of farming and renting houses, life was quite good.

But when she saw that it was a Roman who had come to rent the house, she immediately refused to rent it, because her husband had died at the hands of the Romans, and she still resented it.

Massimus had no choice but to leave.

The second owner he found was a disabled man, but a soldier of the Second Legion, who had been seriously wounded in the war with the Romans and had his feet amputated, and he saw at a glance that Massimus was a Roman, and without giving him a chance to speak, he threw him out of the house.

Massimus had been to the city of Turriy several times before, but he had entered in a hurry, returned in a hurry after finishing his work, and did not have as much contact with the inhabitants of Turriy as he did today, this time he deeply experienced the impact of that war on the Turriy, many of whom were afraid that they had a very bad opinion of the Romans, which made Massimus more vigilant.

He managed to find a third owner, a middle-aged man, who had a bad feeling in his left leg judging from the awkward way he walked.

Sure enough, as soon as the middle-aged man saw him, he said, "You must be a Roman!" ”

Massimus' heart tightened, but he also had to say truthfully: "...... Yes, I'm a Roman, just freed and ready to live in Turiyi, so want to rent your house. ”

The owner did not reply directly, but looked at him, and then continued with emotion: "Although many people think that Romans and Latins are the same race, they both look the same, and they can't tell the difference. But in reality, the Romans were very different from the Latins, they were more confident and imposing.

Five years ago, I was a company commander in the First Legion, and I fought in a war of great scale, fighting against many races, and in my memory, the battle against the Romans was the most difficult to fight, much more difficult than the Carthaginians!

Among them, the defensive battle of Ostia is something that I still remember to this day, and I still remember when your Roman army launched a strong attack on the city of Ostia, and we finally repelled a wave, and then another wave...... The soldiers were too tired to stand up until the end of the night, and when they saw the corpses of your Romans lying under the city, many people thought that you had suffered heavy casualties, and that you should rest on the second day and not attack again. Who knew that as soon as the second day dawned, you sounded the trumpet of attack, and in this way you attacked for three days in a row!

…… That's when I injured my left leg...... Seeing that some of my familiar comrades-in-arms had died in battle, I really thought that I would follow them to the underworld, but I didn't expect His Majesty to order us to evacuate and burn Osti...... At that time, many people in our army were very unwilling! For this is the first time since the establishment of our First Army that it has retreated in the face of an enemy attack, although it was an order of His Majesty...... But we also have to admit that if we stick to the defense, the First Army is likely to suffer heavy casualties......"

Hearing the houseowner's exclamation, Massimus was silent for a while before he whispered, "...... At that time, I was the squadron leader in the siege team, and it was the fighting of those days that knocked down our confidence...... Leads to the final defeat ......"

"Fortunately, now we all belong to the same kingdom, and there is no need for war!" The landlord comforted him, and then said, "You're here to rent a house, it's fine." How much do you want to rent? ”

Massimus thought the house would be out of play, but the landlord surprised him by his words, and he immediately said, "I would like to be able to rent a room in the building near the Athenu-Amara Arena for eight drachmas per month." ”

The owner of the house was about to speak, when the servant standing next to him stepped forward and whispered a few words, and he was slightly surprised, and asked, "You live with your wife and two children?" ”

Massimus nodded, "They're waiting outside the door." ”

The homeowner thought for a while and said, "The house on the top floor is cheap and has a larger area, but it is wooden, and it is in a high place, so it can't block the wind at night, and it will be colder, especially in winter, when your children are still young, I am afraid that they are easy to get sick...... In this way, it is still that building, there is an empty room on the third floor that has not been rented out, and the area is not small, the original rental price is 25 drachmas, I rent it to you, only 13 drachmas per month, what do you think? ”

Surprised by Massimus, he did not immediately accept it, but asked cautiously, "May I ask why you would give such a great benefit to a stranger?" ”

The landlord was not displeased by his hesitation, but said solemnly: "Because you are a Roman, and a Roman who fought with us, your bravery has won my admiration, and you have come to seek my help, but you have the courage to admit that you were once my enemy, and this honest act reassures me." Plus-"

The owner of the house looked at him carefully, and then said firmly: "You should have served in a slave camp before, and it stands to reason that you could not be free before the Hades celebration, but you did it, and you must have performed very well to get the pardon!" Although I lost a little money, I thought it was worth it to meet a Roman! ”

The landlord's words were frank, and Massimus was moved, and he saluted solemnly and said, "Thank you for your trust, I am willing to rent that three-story room, my name is Marcy...... My name is Brutus. Massimus. ”

"Nisiddamas, now the chief of the village south of the slave camp, is glad to meet you." The homeowner was just as serious about returning the gift.

Massimus was not a little dissatisfied because the owner only said one name, as far as he knew, many Dionian citizens were formerly exiles or slaves, and now became the first citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia, and they did not want to use their lowly father's name as their own surname, but wanted to use their own name as the surname of their descendants, so they still maintained only a name and no sex, which was allowed by King Davers.

Nisiddamas had his servants take the Massimus family to the rental building.

The building is located not far north of the Asinou-Amara Arena, just off the main road, and is surrounded by a lot of traffic, which also makes the rent of housing here skyrocket.

The rental building is the most common "back" building in the outer city of Turii, which was first designed by engineers from the Ministry of Construction for public rental housing, and because it can maximize the use of space, provide more housing, and at the same time take into account commercial and security, it quickly became popular in the densely populated outer city of Turii.

The main body of the building is made of stone, about 13 meters high, and has a total of 5 floors, the bottom floor is used for shops and offices, and the upper 4 floors are used for housing, and the roof can be used for storage. The center of the paper building is an open space, which ensures that both sides of the floor are exposed to sunlight and air circulation.

Massimus followed the servant into the building, and at a glance he saw a square pool of water in the open space in the center of the building, with clear water gushing out of the mouth of a statue that might have been a Greek god (Poseidon), and in the middle of the pool stood a statue of another Greek god, with whom he was familiar - Hades, the protector of the kingdom of Dionia.