As soon as Theos finished speaking, Dickpolis continued: "Although the actions of Your Majesty and the Ministry of Commerce are harsh on our Turiyi Chamber of Commerce, their fundamental purpose is to show the kingdom to the people of other countries in the Mediterranean, to show us Turiyi, and to promote the prosperity of Turiyi's commerce.

In the long run, the prosperity and growth of Turii commerce and trade is more conducive to the development of our Turii businessmen, which is a great thing, I think we should be happy, and fully assist the Ministry of Commerce to do a good job in the business and trade of this sports meeting! ”

Sostatus looked at Dickpolis: Dickpolis had offered to speak for him, and had actually shown him that he was willing to return friendship with him.

The rest of the party was also thoughtful after listening to Theos and Dickpolis.

Sostatus laughed and said loudly: "Everyone, after we are done talking, let's not be stunned, come!" Come! Hurry up and eat the dishes, this is the dish I urge my chefs to carefully make, and now it's almost cold, don't waste it! ”

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The banquet in the hall of the backyard had just begun, and the banquet in the living room of the forecourt, under the auspices of the butler of Sostatus, was already staggered and lively.

Hesklaus was already a little red and hot, and next to him, a Carthaginian merchant who was still a stranger, was now affectionately pulling him and saying non-stop: "You just said that you brought the child to Turriy, how old is he?" ”

"Nine."

"Looks like you're going to send him to school in Turiyi, right?"

"No, no, you're mistaken, I'm just taking my kids to see the games. The kingdom has also built schools in Larissa and Philae, and I plan to send my son back to Thessaly next year. ”

"I advise you." As if he hadn't heard Hesklaus's response, the Carthaginian merchant burped and continued: "It's best to let your child go to school in Turiy, it will be of great help to him in the future when he grows up, whether he is in business or politics, after all, you Thessaly are now also incorporated into Dionia, and you are a citizen of Dioria, which is your luck......"

Hesklaus listened, and was moved.

At this moment, a head suddenly appeared from behind him, startling him, and he saw that it was a merchant of Massilia (i.e., Marseille) that he had just met.

The businessman apparently heard the conversation between the two and asked curiously, "I heard that there are more than 10 Ionian schools in Turiy?" ”

"Of course, you don't see how many people Turiy has, it is said that it is more than 400,000 people, which is several times the population of our Carthage!" The Carthaginian merchant said with some sighs: "So where is one or two schools enough, I heard that now it is almost a school in a neighborhood-"

The merchant of Massilia took over with some excitement: "I have heard that the school in the city of Turiine is the best, and the children and grandchildren of His Majesty the King, the children of the senators, and the children of the important ministers of the kingdom all study there, and I heard that they also recruit students from outside, if our children can study in this school, it will definitely be of great help to his future development!" ”

"Don't dream about it!" The Carthaginian merchant spat the grape seed on the table and sneered: "The inner city school has the children of the royal family and the important ministers of the kingdom studying in it, can it not be guarded!" It does admit students as well, but only in two categories, the children of soldiers who died in battle in the Turii region, and the children of the heads of the races and city-states attached to the Kingdom of Dionia......

However, it doesn't matter if you can't get into the inner city school, these schools in the outer city are also very good, and some of the children of the patriarchs and kingdom officials also study in it, and my eldest son studied in the school in the east outer city not far from here——"

"Do these schools accept children like us who are not Ionian citizens?" The Massilian merchant asked in surprise.

"Of course it can't be, but there's another way—" The Carthaginian merchant smiled strangely and pointed to the wine on the table, "I'll tell you after you finish three glasses." ”

Without saying a word, the merchant of Massilia picked up his glass and drank three glasses in a row.

Massilia, the only Greek colonial city-state established within the sphere of influence of the Gauls, except for the invitation of Greek city-states such as Cumai in Campania in the early colonial period to jointly defend against the Carthaginians who expanded northward at sea, since then it has not participated in any power disputes on the Italian peninsula, and has been buried in development.

Because it is close to the Tellerian Sea, backed by the foothills of the Alps, located at the mouth of the Rhône, next to another famous mountain pass connecting the Gallic region with Italy, the Massilian built tall and strong walls, so that the armed backward Gauls had no way to take them, on the contrary, Massilia took advantage of its own sea and land routes, and developed itself into a famous port for Mediterranean trade in the Mediterranean region of the Gallic region outside the mountains.

Although they were attacked by the Gauls from time to time, the Massilians, who benefited greatly from it, were content with their transcendent status, and it was not until Dionysa conquered Rome and became the overlord of Italy that Massilia adapted to the situation and formed an alliance with Dionia. To this day, the entire Western Mediterranean, even the former overlord Carthage, is dependent on the Divine Kingdom of Dionia, not to mention some Dionian allies who have taken the initiative to ask to be incorporated into the kingdom, but Massilia still maintains the same former covenant, and has frequent contacts with Dioonia in trade, but has always maintained a distance not far away politically.

But in fact, many Massilian merchants saw the growing strength of the Dioonian Kingdom, and they became more and more uneasy, and repeatedly proposed at the council to "establish closer diplomatic relations with the Dioonian Holy Kingdom", but this proposal was never passed in the citizens' assembly, because the ordinary Massilian people were accustomed to this kind of closed and isolated comfort, and did not want this situation to change, so some Massilian merchants could only find ways to make their family's relationship with the Dioonian Kingdom more intimate. to ensure the safety and development of the family, as the Massilian merchant did.

He slapped the empty glass on the table and said, "Three...... After three cups, you ...... You can say it! ”

The Carthaginian merchant looked straight at it, how dare he sell it again, and hurriedly said, "Uh...... Okay, I said...... This one...... Although Ionia has a law that only allows children of Ionian citizens to attend Dionian schools, it is not without loopholes.

You should know that many of the citizens of Dionya are displaced people from the Eastern Mediterranean, they wander around Dionya alone, and finally become full citizens and settle down permanently, but some of them die on the battlefield after they get married and have no children......" The Carthaginian merchant smiled: "The adopted son and daughter of a Dionian citizen is legally valid, if you can get the widow of a citizen who died in battle to agree to recognize your child as an adopted son, and register it with the local household register, Then your child will be able to enter school as a future Ionian citizen! I think it was in this way that Master Sostatus helped my child get into the school in Tourii......"

"Oh...... So that's it! When the merchant of Massilia heard this, his mind raced and he thought about how he could ask Sostatus to help his children do the same.

"It doesn't work now!" A deep voice came from behind the Carthaginian merchant.

Hesklaus and the Malarian merchant immediately said respectfully, "Lord Kaunus! ”

As soon as the Carthaginian merchant turned around, he saw Kaunus, the butler of Sostatus, standing behind him, and quickly got up to say hello.

Kaunus was originally a henchman slave of Kunogorata, who was freed many years ago and became a citizen of Dionia, but he was also willing to continue to serve Kunogorata, and later became Sostatus's right-hand man, and the huge commercial sales network established by Sostatus was mainly implemented by him, and many downstream merchants dealt with him more than Sostatus, which is why he was able to host this banquet and merchants were willing to gather around him.

At this moment, he looked at the Carthaginian merchant with a somewhat deep look, which made the Carthaginians shudder, realizing that he had lost his words.

Kaunus quickly changed his smile and said loudly to the people around him: "The method he said worked 10 years ago, but after the report of the Turiyi tribunes, the Senate issued a decree on this purpose, 'Unless one of his or her biological parents is a citizen of Dionia, he or she can enjoy the rights of a minor citizen of the kingdom if he or she is adopted by another citizen of Dionia.'" So today, when a Gentile child is adopted by a Dionian citizen, he still cannot go to a Dionian school! But—"

Kaunus looked at the dejected Massilian merchant and said seriously, "There are other ways for your children to study in schools in the kingdom. For example, in the small population towns of Capusa and Galaguso, the kingdom also has schools and teachers in these towns, and because of the small number of students, it is actually a bit wasteful, if you go to the school department in Turiyi and are willing to pay a high entrance fee to let your children study in the schools in these towns, there is no problem at all. ”

"But...... What's the point of letting children learn in these remote places? The Massilian merchant seemed a little disappointed by this.

"First of all, even in the current kingdom, the teachers who teach in schools in remote towns have graduated from Dionian schools and even school parks, passed the examination of the Ministry of Education, and after more than a year of professional training, they have obtained teaching qualifications before they can serve as school teachers, and their teaching ability is guaranteed."