The Christo's Restaurant in the market is still full every day, where the prospective citizens of Dionia, freemen, and merchants and sailors from all over the world enjoy food, wine, and current affairs, and of course gossip about Davers's mother having sex with Hades in a dream before becoming pregnant with Davers, and whether Patrol Captain Oliver and his Persian wife, who everyone loves and hates, have sex in Greek or Persian positions...... Wait a minute.

Of course, the most discussed during this period was the Bruti War. The Reserve Citizens and Freedmen had participated in military training and had seen the strength of the Ionian legionnaires, and they were convinced that Dionysa would win. Many foreign sailors and merchants expressed doubts because the war lasted for more than ten days and there was no progress. Eventually, there was either a quarrel or a fight, and the restaurant became the most frequented spot by the market patrol.

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

Dickpolis sighed: "In the Dionian League, it's not good to have this, there are too many wars. So far this year, there have been three wars, and my business has been affected. ”

Theos comforted him and said, "Where in this world is there no war!" Even in Corinth, as the conflict with Sparta deepened, the people were worried about when a war would break out with Sparta. Dionia is not bad, at least it hasn't lost a battle so far, it's always been attacking other city-states......" Theos had a look of envy on his face.

"You are now running a weapons workshop, buying and selling weapons, and of course I hope that the more wars there are, the better! I heard that some time ago the Archon of Ionia visited your workshop. Dick Polis also looked envious.

"That's right." Theos was quite complacent, he leaned over and whispered: "You are my friend, and I am not afraid to tell you that Dionya is improving their weapons and equipment, their citizen soldiers are huge, and their own weapon shop production is too low, even if it is produced for five years, it will not be able to replace every soldier with new weapons and armor, and my weapon workshop is the only large weapon workshop in Dionia, of course, it will be favored by the consul who likes war!" ”

"I'm afraid...... Get 10,000 sets of weapons and armor, you're going to make a fortune! Dick Polis was envious.

"It doesn't make much money." Theos shook his head and said, "Don't look young, Archon Davers is a shrewd man. He offered to trade in the old weapons and armor for new ones, and at most pay a little more for the production costs. ”

"Old weapons? You mean rusty? ”

"No, instead of using the Corinthian helmets, brass shields, and shin armor traditional of the Greek city-states, the citizen soldiers of Dionya designed a helmet with leather inlaid with iron plates and jaw guards, and the shield was made of cowhide wood, but half a man tall and curved, and it was a bit more difficult to make such a shield, I wonder why they designed it this way......" Theos recounted his doubts and complaints.

"The Archon of Dionya is a famous general in Great Greece, and he naturally has a reason for this design, you just do what he says, why do you want so much. And to hear you say this, those traditional Greek-style weapons and equipment, which you can resell to other city-states, are also profitable. Dick Polis reminded him.

"But you didn't take into account the shipping costs, the taxes paid to buy and sell in other city-states, and the time consumed......" Theos took a sip of wine, and a confused expression appeared on his face: "Actually, I don't care too much about this, I have made some money, and I have a good relationship with that archon, what a rare opportunity!" But Davers said something to me when he left the weapons workshop and I couldn't sleep well all this time......"

"What?" Dick Polis asked curiously.

"He said, 'It's a pity that you are not a citizen of Dionia, otherwise we would have cooperated with you further.'" ”

Dick Polis was stunned for a moment after hearing this, pondered this sentence, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "He means to make you a citizen of Dionia." ”

"I think so too." Theos sighed, "But according to the laws of Dionia, if I become a citizen of Ionia, I will cease to be a citizen of Corinth, and it will take too long to become a citizen of Dionia. ”

"What's so good about being a Corinthian citizen that will allow you to own land?"

"I don't have land in Corinth."

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

"I can't."

"It's better to prepare early now than to be ruined by then, you're not too old, it's not a big deal to wait a few years in Dionia. And becoming a citizen of Dionia, being able to own your own land, and making your business go further, such a good thing, it is really Lady Luck who blesses you, what are you hesitating about! ”

Dickpolis's words woke up the dreamer, and Theos pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind: "My dear friend, thank you for the reminder! You're right, I really should have made a decision earlier! ”

Dickpolis laughed, "Actually, I also want to be a citizen of Dionia." The longer I lived in Dionia, the less I wanted to go back to Crete, where the land was small, the land was barren, and life was boring. Here, I can watch good rugby, football games, have delicious food to eat, get sick and be treated by a clever doctor...... If you have nothing to do, you can go hunting in the mountains, fishing in Lake Senise, the political situation here is stable, Dioonia is a vibrant alliance of city-states, it is already strong, but it is still getting stronger, no other city-state dares to invade it, only it bullies other countries! ”

After listening to Dickpolis's emotion, Theos raised his glass and said, "Why don't we go to the registrar of Turiyi to register together?" ”

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

The two of them drank it all, wiped off the blocks in their hearts, talked and laughed, and their mood was even happier.

The guests at the next table quarreled, but Dickpolis listened carefully, but because of the Isthmus Games, he quipped: "Be careful, Theos, and don't mention you here that you are Corinthian." ”

Speaking of this, Theos scolded angrily: "Those fools of the Council of Corinth, most of them are probably the first time they have heard the name Dionia, so they don't look down on the emerging city-state alliance of Dionys, but they don't know that the strength of this emerging city-state alliance is several times stronger than Corinth, and offending it will not do Corinth any good!" ”

Dickpolis felt the same way: "Not only Corinth, but also many citizens of the city-states of Greece have a contempt for the city-states of the Western Mediterranean, and always regard them as colonies, and regard them as hillbillies from the poor countryside. In fact, they didn't know that not only Syracuse, but also Dionya was comparable in strength to Sparta and Athens, and the great Greek city-states of Tarantum and Crotone were among the best in Greece itself. ”

"Yes, offending a still powerful Ionia may cause Corinth's future to be in trouble......" Theos said with some concern.

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

"But I still have a lot of relatives and friends in Corinth!"

As the two were talking, there was a sudden loud cheer in the market, which was deafening.

The people in the restaurant didn't know what was going on and were curious to ask each other. A patrol member walked in and excitedly said, "Rejoice, Dionians!" Our valiant soldiers, under the leadership of the great consul Davers, have captured the city of Bresinia in Bruti! ”

"Great! We've won again! ”

"Isn't Bissinia the little town next to us, on the south bank of the Klatty! No Greek had ever been there before, and we had heard that the terrain was so difficult that we had taken it?!! It's only been a few days since the war began! ”

"Attack, brave soldiers! Keep on the offensive and try to take Cosenza as soon as possible!! ”

……

The restaurant was filled with cheers.

At this time, the waiter of the restaurant came out and said, "In order to celebrate this victory, my host has decided that the food and drinks that everyone here wants today will be free!" ”

"Wan Sheng! Generous Archon Lady, beautiful Christoya! The guests danced and cheered loudly.

"It's so nice, please bring me a glass of wine too!" The patrol member said happily.

"Wine or beer?" The waiter asked.

"You can see I'm sweating, drinking beer to quench my thirst, of course." When a full glass of beer was handed to him, the patrolman raised it high and said in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, to our all-powerful Archon Davers! To our brave citizens who participated in the war! ”

Everyone in the restaurant, including Dickpolis and Theos, raised their glasses, and the guests at the next table clinked glasses with them and said, "Congratulations on joining the ranks of the citizens of Dionia!" This is undoubtedly the right decision! ”

Dickpolis looked at him in surprise: "Did you hear it all?" ”

The man blinked, "Otherwise, why do you think I scolded the Corinthians?" ”

Theos smiled with relief at this moment: "After we made our decision, we ushered in such good news, this is the arrangement of the goddess of fate!" ”

"That's right." Dick Polis nodded approvingly.

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