Every time people get busy, time rushes away like flowing water, and there is no stopping for a moment. By the time the new festival came, all the gladiators had been recruited. From the messy beginning, to the orderly order of everything step by step, it only took a month and a half.

In the team of one hundred and eleven gladiators, four female gladiators were assigned to Li Ji, not counting, and the Bulgarian Olki was left by Lao Luo as a liaison officer. The rest of the one hundred and six were divided into several parts, and Stan asked for twelve men, who would be in charge of logistics with him, taking care of the weapons and armor of the entire team, food rations, etc.

The other ninety people, all of whom were of all ethnicity, were scattered and divided into nine groups according to their strengths, with Siddeck Nord asking for a group dedicated to discipline, and Alg asking for a group to collect information, and Gonzas had the most people in charge, with seven groups.

Lao Luo also sent a few young boys around him to the team, Naga was sent to Gonzas, Mnaki was given to Stan, and Choi Shibashi Lang and Nurarman were given to Alker. Most of these gladiators themselves came from the army, and they were all around thirty years old on average, which is the age of rich experience and strong strength, and letting these young boys follow will definitely cultivate some outstanding specialties, and they will not be helpless when they need to stand alone in the future.

As for saying that the four young boys are not all Chinese, what is not my race and their hearts must be different, it is all nonsense, the most rebellious during the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is often the internal thief, but those Hu generals who are absorbed rarely rebel, the most typical example is Fugu Huai'en, Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi, Li Guangbi, etc. are all famous generals who fought for the Tang Dynasty, although there are also scum such as An Lushan Shi Siming, but there are more people of their own clan who betray the ethnic group for the sake of interests, It can be seen that what kind of skin and blood is left in the blood vessels on the outside does not prove anything.

In other words, the Chinese have never been a blood nation, but a cultural nation, and there has never been a shortage of foreigners among the generals who fought for the Chinese. What we really need to pay attention to is the internal rejection of dissidents, and all those who evaluate others in a dignified tone are likely to have ulterior motives, and they may be motivated by their own selfish interests. Therefore, there is an ancient saying of the Chinese people, which is called the sea is tolerant of all rivers, and tolerance is great.

This theory dominates in Lao Luo's heart, he tolerates everyone who comes to him, of course, he is not worried that they will betray him, he is a person who believes in strength, wisdom has always been dependent on the existence of power, without power, wisdom is just water without a source and a tree without roots.

There are also more than 100 gladiators who also believe in strength, if at the beginning, they obeyed because Lao Luo promised them freedom, then with the beginning of settling down step by step and training plus personnel, Lao Luo's combat power has become the target of their worship.

It is also necessary to say that Lao Luo deliberately selected some simple-minded people from the beginning of selecting people from Soratinok. Of course, people who become gladiators don't have much intrigue and intrigue themselves, and they are reduced to expecting to fight in the gladiatorial arena in pursuit of freedom, and most of them are either discordant losers or unlucky ghosts in the journey of life.

So the integration of manpower is much simpler than imagined, the problem Lao Luo faced is just a few of them have a little personal contradictions, and there are quarrels about some religious differences, the more people at the bottom of the hierarchy have more respect for the gods on top, but all of these in Lao Luo's method of training in the later generations of squads has become unnoticed.

Everyone needs to be trained, and Naga is no exception to the retinue of a few original Lao Luo, and the group competition of nine squads makes everyone have to share a share of the pressure for their partners, and the losing team makes way for the winners, and also helps to clean the dirty clothes. Once such things became the norm, the trivial matters of mothers-in-law and mothers were no longer cared about, and gladiators began to shift again in the direction of professional soldiers.

In a month and a half, yes, in just a month and a half, these originally somewhat unruly gladiators became monolithic, along with the four boys of Naga, Mnaqi, Cui Eighteen, and Nuralman. During this time, Li Zhan, Zhang Lu, and Al Heisien were amazed.

As for Li Ji, the four muscular girls assigned to her also began to have a bit of a woman's taste, and they were no longer the image of a female man at the beginning. However, Li Ji was also a little assimilated by muscle women, she asked Lao Luo for a bow and arrow, and learned archery, this skill is also the ability to survive, Lao Luo did not object.

Max Odd and Li Zhan Zhang Lu began to be busy with the new festival with a few retinues, and this traditional festival in the East also attracted the attention of Al Hessin, and he rarely put down the research project in his hand, and several people made red lanterns together, which no one had ever seen in the entire West in this era.

Coupled with Lao Luo's occasional counting, and Li Ji led a few women to help, Stan, a big man, also participated, in just half a month, they made all kinds of lanterns ninety-nine, candles This thing is in ancient Greece, but the cost is very high, the first to appear and put into practical use is beeswax, and Lao Luo lived in this era, many candles are made of animal fat, even so, the common class can not afford to use it.

Of course, it was not enough to light some candles during the festival, so on the day of the New Festival, when the sky was just beginning to darken, Mesodh commanded everyone to hang all the lanterns and light the huge candles in them, and the courtyard on the two half-hills became the most beautiful sight near the Athenian coast.

According to Li Zhan and Zhang Lu, it should be during the Shangyuan Festival to light candles and hang lanterns, but it is estimated that by that time, everyone has already begun to run on the road, so this project of spending an oriental festival together has been advanced.

As the night grew darker, the bright stars in the sky, the bright lanterns around the ground, and the noisy people in the courtyard attracted the attention of many Athenian residents, and of course Captain Mussos and the old merchant Soratinok. This kind of strong exoticism that has never been seen before in the eyes of Westerners deeply intoxicates all those who experience the customs of the East for the first time.

After seeing this scene, the gladiators or Lao Luo's war slaves couldn't help but be full of yearning for the oriental world in Lao Luo's mouth, and Mussos couldn't help but have a strong interest in Lao Luo's home country, "Bartol, if it weren't for me to lead my group, maybe after the festival, I would have followed you to the East to have a look." ”

"There will be a chance," Lao Luo blinked, "This world is very big, in fact, this world is also very small, it is only ten thousand miles from east to west, and it won't take long to walk every day." Maybe I'll come back sometime. ”

"Yes, Bartol, you are a magical man, and maybe one day I will take my steering wheel to the East." Mussos was convinced of Lao Luo's words, and the man in front of him never seemed to have said a word of lie, he was always outspoken, no matter who he was talking to.

"Bartol, your kingdom is truly amazing, and these lanterns are truly beautiful." The one who interjected was the fat man next to him, Soratinok, and the word lantern in his mouth was spoken in Mandarin, and the tone was very strange, but this old guy was a businessman after all, and he didn't leave his profession, because he continued: "Can I ask my people to learn how to make this lantern?" This kind of thing should be a good commodity. ”

This old guy's vision is really keen, Lao Luo couldn't help but sneer, but he is not a craftsman or businessman who lives on this kind of thing, and it is not without benefit to promote the culture of the East, but it is not okay to give away technology for nothing, and Lao Luo does not want Westerners to treat him as a fool who does not know interests in the future, "Of course, Soratinok you know that I am not a businessman, and I don't rely on this for a living." But ......"

"But what?" Soratinok followed up with a whimsical and promised, "As long as the price of this technology is not too high, I will take it." ”

"Hehe, it's easy to say, it's rare for Soratinok to be so generous. You can help me feed two hundred people for two months, and I don't think that price is much for you. "Old Luo, a crappy businessman, is never polite when dealing with the cunning old Soratinok.

"Okay, that's it." The food supply for two hundred people for two months is only some wheat flour and bacon, which is not much profit in the eyes of Soratinok, and the technical skills of this lantern in front of him can at least completely monopolize the Byzantine market, and this old guy's business skills are of the highest level.

Not to mention the two unhappy guys talking about business here, the war slaves next to them were already getting excited in front of the wine and abundant food provided by the festival, and Stan, the big man, looked at the lanterns that had been busy for many days, and after being full of wine and food, he was happy, and slowly sang the pirate song of his hometown from low to high, although the Norse language was not well understood, but the vastness and bravery in the song inspired many men next to him.

Amid the clamor of the crowd, several Thracians walked in the open field, singing and dancing their unique Thracian warrior dance, and then the Bulgarians joined in. In the midst of the sensation of the crowd, Gonzas and several Thracians also sang their traditional ballads, at this time the song has no function of language, it is just an expression of emotions, you can not understand the content of the lyrics, but this native taste of the song is the most infectious.

The always calm El Hesian also took out his traditional Arabic instrument, the oud, and sang the traditional songs of the desert people while playing, and together with Max Ode, who was always busy, he pinched the long beard on his chin and smiled.

Of course, such a lively scene is indispensable for the participation of women, Li Ji also took Ge Rina to sing a Central Asian folk ballad, and the four muscular women performed the dances they could do, the only disadvantage is that their dances do not have much feminine softness, but the taste of female men.

By the end of the new festival, everyone, including the guests Mussos and Soratinok, was drunk, even though they were of different ethnicities, different faiths, and perhaps even had fights.