"That's because there's only a small pier here!" Bulkos was so angry that his chest rose and fell sharply. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info He had noticed it just now, and after walking through the market, he finally understood: the reason why there was such a wide variety of buying and selling here was not the needs of mercenaries, but the needs of merchants and the surrounding residents. No matter how wide the Klatty River is, it is not as wide as the sea, and when there are too many merchant ships, it takes time to enter the port of Turiyi, and after entering the market, there is a tax on transactions. Now it is good that the mercenaries have built a bazaar directly near the coast, and as soon as the ships reach the wharf on the coast, they can unload their goods, and enter the market for only one opol (yes or no), and there is no need to pay taxes, and as for the buyers, Turrey is not far from it, a large number of sailors, fishermen...... Wait, they were mostly freedmen, not citizens of Turiyi, willing to go the extra mile and buy cheaper items than in the Turiyi market (which was cheaper because they didn't pay taxes), not to mention the merchants of the city-states who were attracted by the exotic nature of mercenaries selling things.

Seeing Marigi with his head down and looking willing to be criticized, although Burkos was angry, he didn't want to say more: "Forget it, I'll go and tell Davers about this!" You can't be a master, you're just a Persian slave. ”

When Mariji heard this, he trembled and almost scolded: You are the Persian slave! Your whole family is a Persian slave! You Greek barbarian have no eyesight! I was a merchant of the Persian royal family!!

Fortunately, he finally held back, but did not want to say any more, and fell behind Bulkos and them.

Approaching the west gate of the market, Burkos found that there was a half-man-high earthen wall separating an area, with a large wooden shack inside, which was quieter than the noisy stalls in front of it, but there was a long queue at the entrance......

"Is this ......," Burkos asked, confused.

Although Marigi was slandered in his heart, for the sake of publicity, he also had to explain: "This is a clinic. The doctors in our barracks have studied with the chief of Davos for a long time, and they are highly skilled, and many of the people of Turiyi, who have been suffering from long-term diseases, have improved after their treatment, so they are now very popular. Often at dusk, when the market is closing, the patients still refuse to leave. ”

"Is it so powerful?!" Burgos was a little surprised, and Moras whispered in his ear: "Master, the old lady's illness can be visited here, maybe they can really be cured." ”

Bulkos looked at the "long line" in front of the shack, nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "You said that these doctors learned medical skills from Davers?" Will Davers still see a doctor?! ”

"Of course! The leader was favored by Hades, and of course knew something about the mysteries of diseases that could bring death. Mariji said proudly.

Bulkos was noncommittal, and after leaving the market, and after bidding farewell to Marigi, Moras asked: "Master, is there really a person in this world who is good at commanding battles, good at business, and good at seeing diseases?" ”

"Isn't that what Davers is? He was also a deity of Hades. Burkos said indifferently.

A few hundred meters to the west, Davers's camp came into view, and it was more accurate to say that it was a camp than a camp: a trench three meters wide and three meters deep, and a two-meter-high wooden fence on top of the three-meter-high earthen rampart. Sentinels can be seen patrolling behind the wooden wall, so it can be judged that there is a walkway on the wooden wall. Inside the wall are several watchtowers, six meters high, that look down on the ditches and dead ends under the wooden walls. The exit in the middle of the wooden wall is equipped with a wooden gate, and a rudimentary castle tower is built above it......

Burcos and Mauras cautiously walked along the straight road in front of the camp gate, because there were several large wooden signs on the side of the road: "There is a trap, please take the avenue!" ”

Moras observed the faintly metallic luster reflected in the half-human-tall barren grass on the side of the road, guessing what traps might be, and said with a sigh: "Master, our Turiyi's defenses don't seem to be as complicated as here. ”

Burkos, on the other hand, looked a little gloomy, and he had been worried about the fact that the mercenaries had built it like a city, and what would the Crotone people think when they saw it?

The guard at the camp gate asked the two men for their intentions, and immediately sent someone in to report it.

After a while, Assistes came out and led the two in.

The grass and rubble in the camp were all cleared, the ground was flat and clean, and behind the wooden wall, a wooden walkway was laid so that the wooden wall beyond the walkway was just enough to block the soldiers' chests, and there were several wide wooden ladders to go up to the walkway. The tents are also set up in a neat and orderly manner, there is a wide open space between the tents and the wooden wall, and there is a wide passage between four or five tents, which leads to the center of the camp, and a circular wooden fence is actually built in the center of the camp.

Seeing that Burcos was puzzled, Assistes explained: "It is usually the garrison of the baggage battalion and the medical battalion, as well as the leaders and officers. And when it comes to battle, once the perimeter is breached by the enemy, we can retreat inside and continue to defend. ”

"This is the most complex and well-thought-out military camp I've ever seen!" Even if he has some opinions about the mercenaries, at this moment Burkos cannot help but sigh.

Assistes smiled smugly, "Chief Davos said that this is still the most basic camp construction, and it is more complicated, and we don't need it now. He said: 'There is no such thing as an invincible war, and a strong camp can provide protection for the soldiers, reduce casualties, and restore morale in the event of defeat.' So no matter how hard it is, you must be patient and careful to build it, sweat more in peacetime, and shed less blood in wartime......"

"Sweat more in peacetime, shed less blood in wartime......" Bulkos whispered these two sentences, and he suddenly realized that he was about to meet a mercenary leader with a lot of experience in warfare, and that it was appropriate that the generals of Turiyi had planned in advance and asked him to follow it without consulting Davers and them.

At this time, Morath asked suspiciously, "Why?" Only a handful of soldiers were seen in the camp? ”

"The brothers are all in the back for a 'tug-of-war' competition."

"Tug of war?" When both of them heard this unfamiliar word, they were both curious.

In fact, there was already a loud shout ahead, and Assistes simply led the two of them, bypassing the central circular wooden fence, and walked forward into a wide field, revealing a dense crowd of people in front of them. Thousands of soldiers formed a large circle of five or six soldiers, all of whom were flushed and excited, and shouted with fists in the circle.

"One company and two detachments, come on!"

"Come on, the fourth detachment of the fifth company!"

"Come on! Come on! Go harder! ”

"Oh oh, win!!"

……

Such a hot and exciting scene, Bulkos has only seen it at the sports meeting, and now he has not seen the real scene, just listening to the shouts, he is already enthusiastic.

Seeing the two of them's thoughts, Assistes squeezed into a circle and let them go in to watch, while he went to call the chief first.

On the ground in the center of the circle lay a rope forty meters long, presumably made up of several boat cables twisted together, the thickness of a fist.

At this time, a person in the central open space shouted: "In the next round, the third team of the second company VS the first team of the seventh company, please enter the two sides!" ”

Soon, more than a hundred strong men walked into the circle, and after confirming the number and name, the man said, "Please prepare on both sides." ”

So, both sides picked up the ropes.

Only then did Brokos discover that there was a red rope tied in the center of the rope, and a weight was hung from the end of the rope, pointing directly to a white line on the ground, and there was a white line on each side of the white line.

The referee, whom Burkos considered similar to the referee of the Games, loudly announced: "The game is on!" ”

The hundred strong men on both sides tried their best to pull the rope on their side. The surrounding cheers and cheers also sounded like a tsunami......

Just look at the red rope to the left for a while, to the right for a while, constantly swinging back and forth...... It took a while to move to the left ...... The cheering reached its peak.

Finally, the red rope reaches the white line on the left.

The referee waved: The game is over!

Cheers and sighs rang out at the same time......

The two of Bulks were watching with relish, when Assistes found them, and they reluctantly left.