"Misdemeanors deserve to be put to death, and for greater sins, if you cannot find a heavier punishment than the death penalty, then become a slave."

"Dragu's laws are not written in ink, but in the blood of debt slaves".

——— the Athenian Citizens' Assembly, the debate on the abolition of the Code of Dragul. Eloquent Demosthenes.

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In the summer of 1980, Yubari City, Yangquan Restaurant.

【Ding! Dolphin level section! Amateur の Chateaubriand steak】

Nobunaga finished cooking the steak in his hand, poured out a bunch of Sapporo loose beer, and handed it to the middle-aged man in Himashen who was sitting in the corner.

Himasin is a type of clothing worn by ancient Greek men and is suitable for outdoor wear.

The ancient Greeks deliberately dragged the hem very long, the long side of which was greater than the height of the wearer, and twice as wide as the straight arm and the fingertips to the fingertips.

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The Greek diner's family is in good condition.

His Himasin was made of soft sheepskin, and there were more than one set, sometimes purple, sometimes red or blue, with checks, wavy lines, stripes and floral motifs.

This mystery diner has been dining at Yangquan Restaurant for three weeks in a row.

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"Can we talk?" The middle-aged man, holding a half-draft beer, came to the counter seat.

"May I ask who you are?" Nobunaga Hato, looking at the man from before, asked.

"My name is Zeno, I'm from the city-state of Elia, and I'm a scholar." The man introduced.

"My name is Nobunaga Hato, and it's a pleasure to meet you. You love the Chateaubriand steak. Nobunaga said.

"yes, that's the best steak I've ever had." Zeno praised.

"Thank you." Nobunaga lights a handmade cigarette.

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After the upgrade of Yangquan Restaurant, the quality of the food has been greatly improved, and Nobunaga no longer has to worry about the problem of diners running amok because the quality of the food is too poor.

To know......

According to the latest rating of insects, dolphins, wolves, tigers, lin, phoenixes, dragons, and gods.

Even if it is [Vulnerable] proficiency, it can be classified to [Insect Level] to obtain the [Color, Fragrance] general effect.

【One-Star Color】The color and flavor of food are increased by 100%.

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Chateaubriand steak.

The proficiency level of this dish is [fledgling], and the level is [dolphin level].

Hidden attribute: three-star color fragrance. One-star Internet celebrity popularity.

【Three-star color fragrance】The taste, color, and aroma of this steak have been increased by 500%;

[One-star Internet celebrity popularity] makes the popularity of this dish increase by 100%;

There is no Awakening effect.

According to the menu of Yangquan Restaurant, this porpoise-level dish is not particularly outstanding.

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Zeno took a sip of beer, and Nobunaga handed him a plate of sliced cabbage.

"I've heard some of your deeds. Listening to other diners, Yangquan Restaurant has the ability to interfere across time and space......"

Zeno, with a piece of chopped cabbage, took a big sip of Sapporo beer, wiped the mayonnaise at the corner of his mouth with a tissue, and said, "My hometown is the city-state of Elia, and I need your help. ”

"The city-state of Elia?"

Nobunaga scrambled a cigarette and struggled to remember the history of ancient Greece.

There were more than 200 city-states in Greece, and the main city-states were Sparta, Athens, Thrace, Corinth, Thebes, etc.

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Nobunaga and Zeno exchanged ideas for a while, and learned that the city-state of Elia was a small city-state in the southern part of the Italian peninsula, where the Elian school was founded.

Nobunaga Hato, who spat out a smoke ring, said, "Elia city-state, what happened?" ”

Compared with famous super city-states such as Athens and Sparta, the city-state of Elia, Zeno's hometown, is really relatively unpopular.

Zeno ate two large bites of the thousand-cut cabbage, drank the loose Sapporo beer in his cup, and said, "The city-state of Elia needs your intervention, and this city-state is facing civil war and disintegration......"

Nobunaga Hatoshi also made pickled plums, mentaiko, salmon flakes, mustard vegetables, and edan beans as side dishes.

This kind of mysterious eater, telling the events of a parallel universe, Nobunaga Hato, has always been very interested.

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Judging from the upgrading trend of [Yangquan Restaurant], Nobunaga Hato, whether he wants to get rid of the repulsion of the plane, or realize the grand dream of "building a welfare home system covering all mankind".

The key point to break the game is not on the plane, but in the multiverse.

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According to Zeno's description, the city-state of Elia was a group of citizens and citizens who formed an autonomous state in urban units, which was typical of Greek city-states.

Such a group of countries is organized in three parts:

[Free persons] have the right of citizenship and are therefore able to participate in political activities;

[Free persons without citizenship] who are either in an unequal position in the collective of citizens, such as "border residents", or those who have lost their citizenship due to poverty, such as "bankrupt citizens";

[Exploited and enslaved slaves] Slaves were mostly non-Greeks, such as the "black laborers" of Sparta;

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In the eyes of ancient Greek scholars represented by Zeno, this is a wonderful separation of powers and checks and balances, and it is the supreme and beautiful ecology of political and metallurgical art.

However, a new business model first appeared like a virus in Athens, and then spread to the Greek city-states in the Aegean Sea and throughout the Mediterranean.

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The origin of this new business model was the adoption of the Code of Dragus by the nobles of the city-state of Athens, through the Senate, where the nobles held the majority of seats.

In this code, the relationship between "creditors, debts, and slaves" is clarified in the form of written law.

As a result, a new business model of slave society was born:

Debt slavery.

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Debt slavery, breaking through the lower limit of the "bankrupt citizen" group.

Originally, if a citizen went bankrupt, he would at most be deprived of his citizenship and become a [free man without citizenship] like the inhabitants of the border areas, foreigners, and criminals.

Now, if a citizen goes bankrupt because of debt, he will suddenly be reduced to the lowest level of society, [slaves in an exploited and enslaved position].

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Ninety percent of the Athenian usurers were nobles, and the other ten percent were foreign nobles.

The aristocracy constantly seized the land of the peasants through privileges.

Many peasants went bankrupt and were forced to borrow money from the aristocracy, using the land as collateral.

They themselves paid five-sixths of their output to the nobility, while they only paid one-sixth of their own, hence the name "Liuyi Han".

The "June 1 Han" were unable to repay their debts and eventually became "debt slaves".

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Debt slavery, as the most advanced institution of its time, was all the rage throughout the Mediterranean.

Initially, the city-states of Elia were controversial about the adoption of debt slavery.

However, when there were aristocratic nobles of the city-state of Elia, with galleons full of debt slaves, returned from Athens......

The citizens found that the price of these debt slaves was only half that of non-Greek slaves on the market.

The slave trading market is like ushering in a big bull market in stocks, and the whole people participate in the rush to buy.

The direction of public opinion in the entire city-state of Elia changed rapidly.

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First, the debt slaves of the Athenian city-state were imported.

Then there were the debt slaves of the Aegean city-states of Mycenae, Attica, and Thebes.

Later, the nobles of the city-state of Elia discovered a problem.

"Why do we use the precious silver Aegina tortoise coins to import debt slaves in large quantities?"

"We also have a lot of peasant IOUs in our hands, if they go bankrupt......"

"So...... The interest rate is increased by a few points......"

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Worse......

Athens still has at least the written law of the Code of Dragus.

The city-state of Elia used customary law, not even written laws, and everything was decided verbally.

If a dispute arises, it is the noble senate of the city-state that adjudicates.

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The nobles of the city-state of Elia have found the code of wealth.

In just two years, the city-state of Elia went from being the largest importer of debt slaves in southern Italy to the largest exporting of debt slaves in the entire Mediterranean.

Now, the city-state of Elia has been divided into three factions:

First, it is the aristocracy who occupies most of the creditor's rights and the land and clan aristocracy. They wanted to continue the autocracy of the aristocratic senate, restricting civil rights, and expanding the size of debt slaves;

2. The freedmen of the city, composed of craftsmen. They advocated moderate reforms to expand citizenship. At the same time, they oppose the expansion of the civic base;

Third, it is the homesteaders who have lost their land and fled to the mountainous areas and the residents of the border areas, those "June 1 Han". They advocated the overthrow of the aristocracy, the right of citizenship, and the abolition of debt slavery;

The demands of these three factions are completely contradictory, and they are on the same page, and they are almost tearing the city-state of Elia apart.

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"You know, interfering across the multiverse is a huge cost to me. I'm going to use philanthropy to counteract the repulsion of the plane. And philanthropy is very expensive......"

Nobunaga extinguished the hand-rolled cigarette, puffed a cigarette in his nose, and said:

"When I was traveling in various city-states in the Mediterranean, I found this ...... in an abandoned temple of Eris"

Under his robe, Zeno took out a wooden rattan box covered with olive leaves, and inside was an apple.