Ignoring the clamor of women and children, Davers looked down at the huge yellow arena paved with fine sand and clay, and the long strip in the middle of the arena, and asked, "Cloto, how many cars are there today?" ”

As the head of the Games Organising Group, Klotocataques knows the entire schedule of all the races and immediately replied: "There are three cars today. ”

At this time, cheers rang out from the spectators, and it turned out that the racers were driving their cars into their respective starting gates.

Davers looked with interest at the row of starting gates at the south end of the arena and asked, "What regions and city-states are there for Race 1?" ”

"From the Po region of the kingdom, Sinumbia, Thebes, the kingdom of Bruti, Macedonia, Cyrenaica...... Well, and there's our Turiyi region...... "Crotocatax."

"It seems that the first round of competition is very competitive!" After listening to this, Davers said with great interest: "The racing players in the Po River region should be Gallic citizens, they are originally good at driving chariots on the battlefield with complex terrain to attack, and now they should be more comfortable in the arena." The Bruti region was originally a famous pastoral area of the kingdom, although in the past, Bruti horses were more suitable for being horses because they were short and good at climbing, but in recent years they have introduced a group of Lusitanian horses from the Iberian Peninsula and bred them in large quantities, and I heard that they are not worse than Gaulic horses.

Cyrenaica's bay horses are also famous, and are said to have been sold in large quantities to the city-state nobility of the Peloponnese; Well...... The Macedonian cavalry, I'm sure you experienced their prowess in the Battle of Tigya a few years ago: and Silumibia, which is also a region rich in horses, and our light cavalry corps is made up of Silumibians...... These runners are all from the famous horse producing areas, whether it is a horse or a rider, it should be the best of the best, I believe that the competition in the race must be very fierce! Davers commented with interest as he touched his chin.

"Grandpa, what about Thebes?" Christopod chimed in from behind.

Thebes...... I don't think their cars have the strength to compete with the other racers. Davers said firmly.

"Father, Thebes has won many motorsport championships in previous Greek Games, and this time the owner of the Theban car is Peropidas." Klotockataks reminded.

"The past is the past, in the past, the Greeks did not allow people of different races to participate in the games, and Macedonians who were close to them did not have the opportunity to participate. But today at our Games, the Greeks will meet the whole Mediterranean world where there are many races that are better at driving the carriage than they are! Davers still insisted on his judgment: "Therefore, whether it is an individual or a country, we must not rest on our laurels, but must face the world bravely and dare to compete with strong opponents in order to achieve greater improvement!" Chris, are you right about what Grandpa said? ”

"Grandpa is so right!" Christold's chick nodded as if he were pecking rice.

Christoya, who held him by her side, couldn't help but laugh and scold: "Little pony! ”

Davers smiled kindly: "Chris, grandpa asked you a question, who is Pelopidas?" ”

"Military Governor of the Piosia Alliance!" Christopod blurted out.

"Awesome!" Davers gave a thumbs up, then patted the couch next to him: "Come to Grandpa!" ”

Christold, though eager to try, looked at his grandmother first.

"Go, go." Christoya waved her hand, then reminded Davers, "You don't allow him to go near the railing in front of you!" ”

Davers nodded.

Christopher excitedly rushed to Davers and sat down, and then asked, "Grandpa, you haven't said anything about our players in the Turiyi region?" ”

"Oops!" Davers slapped his head: "How did I forget our own players!" Klotto, who are our Turiyi racers? Who owns the car? ”

"The driver's name is Procles, the youngest son of the former cavalry hero Sobercos, who won first place in the sports event trials held in the Turriyi region before, and the car he is driving today should be the Turriyi Carriage Association."

"Sabex......" Davers couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this long-sealed name: "I seem to remember the current president of the Turriyi Carriage Chamber of Commerce...... Probably Sobox's son, right? ”

"Yes, father, the president of the Turriyi Carriage Chamber is called Pebaricius, the eldest son of Sobex, who once served as an officer in the 1st Cavalry Regiment, but was seriously wounded in the leg in the battle between the kingdom and the Vorsey and Rome more than ten years ago, and finally had to retire and run the carriage ......business left by his father," Klotocátáx said.

"This family has made a lot of contributions to the kingdom!" Davers sighed.

"Uncle Cloto, I see there are 8 starting gates down there, but why did you just say 7 drivers?" Apox's son, Tisiphonus, suddenly says that he is three years younger than Christopod, but he has inherited his father's intelligence and stability, and has excellent grades in school.

Klotocatax was stunned for a moment, hurriedly pinched his fingers, and immediately said apologetically: "I said one less, and there should be a car...... From Egypt. ”

"Oh, Egypt!" Davers quietly glanced at Klotocatax.

On the fifth day after he spoke with his son that night, he received definite news from the African region: Jeho had found his boat, which had been struck by a storm and wrecked under a seaside cliff hundreds of miles west of Cyrenaica, and that the bodies of him and his entourage had been found among the reefs, and that, according to the Governor of Africa, "all had died of drowning".

To this end, yesterday Davers also urgently convened a council of the kingdom's administration, and persuaded the ministers to deal with this contingency according to his plan: on the one hand, Dionya sent emissaries and fleets to Africa to transport the bodies of Jaho and his retinue back to Egypt; On the other hand, the news of the "destruction of the Egyptian envoy delegation by the storm" was temporarily blocked in the kingdom, and at the same time the Ministry of War informed Calcides that the soldiers of several legions in Sicily had quietly assembled to observe the development of the situation.

As a result, the delegation of Egyptian athletes in Turiy was able to participate in the events with peace of mind, although they wondered why their country's envoys had not yet arrived.

"It is said that Egypt was the first country in the Mediterranean to use chariots, and chariot archers are still an important part of Egypt's army, and it seems that the competition in this first group will be really fierce!" Davos sighed, and then complained to his eldest son: "You, you are not as attentive as our little Tisse! Tissy, come and watch the game with Grandpa! As he spoke, he patted the couch on the other side.

"Oh." Tisiphonus answered, got up and stepped forward.

"I'm going to sit with my grandfather too!"

"I'm going to sit too!"

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When the other children saw this, they all shouted one after another, telling their parents to dissuade them no matter how much they dissuaded.

"Alright, alright, move a couch next to me and let the children sit over." Davers said with a smile.

After watching the children sit down again, he pretended to be serious and said: "If you want to watch the game with grandpa, you must agree to several requests from grandpa." First, watch quietly, not noisy; Second, you should also actively answer grandpa's questions, answer correctly, and there will be a reward for going home! ”

"Grandpa, what's the reward?"

"You'll know when the time comes. Can you do what I ask?! ”

"Yes!!"

"Good boy, let's watch the game together."

Seeing Davers grinning and teasing the children, Christoya spat lightly: "This old fellow! ”

I remembered Agnes's melodious voice: "It would be nice to be like this every day!" ”

Christoya was stunned, looking at the picture of Davers and the children having fun, and couldn't help but sigh: "Yes! ”

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While Davers was enjoying his family in the royal stands, in the VIP seat not far below him, Sostatus, the president of the Turriyi Chamber of Commerce, saw an acquaintance: "Hey, Pebarichius, I didn't expect you to come to see the car race!" ”

"Nonsense! I'm not here to watch this game, who's going to cheer for my brother! "Pebaricius was a soldier and spoke more directly.

"I know that your brother has won the qualification of the Turriyi region to participate in the sports car competition." Sostatus immediately asked curiously, "But is his match today?" ”

"There was him in the first race today, and there was a notice of the schedule of the racing race posted at the entrance of the arena, didn't you see it?"

"I don't have time to watch!" Sostatus pointed to the group of people behind him and whispered, "You see, I have to take care of so many friends, I can't keep myself busy, how can I have time to take care of anything else." ”

Pebariceus glanced at the crowd behind him and said with a slight sneer: "Lord Sostatus, you really have a wide range of friends, no wonder you can become one of the top businessmen in the kingdom, you should earn a lot during this games." ”

"Alas, don't talk about making money, it's good if you don't lose money!" "You don't know that the day before yesterday there was a riot in the big market outside the main port of Turiyi," said Sostatus, "and many foreign merchants banded together to sell their goods on the side of the road because they could not rent shops, and as a result, two whole streets were blocked, and the patrols went to drive them away, and they clashed with them...... You know, these days the markets in Turiyi are full of tourists, and there was almost a riot that caused a panic and trampling of tourists and casualties, but fortunately a large group of legionnaires arrived in time to quell the situation.

Afterwards, the officials of the Ministry of Commerce approached me, hoping that the Turiyi Chamber of Commerce would set an example by temporarily relinquishing part of the market and leasing them to these foreign merchants to ensure the smooth running of the whole games...... Hmph, I'm doing this kind of business myself, what a big deal! ”