Then the snare drum beat died down, followed by the long, majestic sound of bull horns.

The BLU players also began to dance enthusiastically in a loose formation, their movements strange and unrestrained, and when they were excited, they also let out "Ah! Yes! The scream, full of a primitive wildness, makes people's blood rush......

When the horn stopped and the two teams lined up and saluted the spectators around them, the cheers of the arena lasted for a long time......

Theos was so captivated by this novel, never-before-seen opening that he didn't hear Dickpolis.

"Theos, which team do you want to win?"

"BLU!" Theos replied without thinking, and the BLU team's wild war dance caught his eye.

"You want the Lucanians to win!" Dick Polis was a little surprised.

"The blue team is Niutum's team?!" It dawned on Theos that it was no wonder that the dance moves were different.

"There's a game information posted at the entrance to the arena, haven't you read it?" Dikpolis emphasized: "I support Amendolara! Many of its citizens were from Crete, including a few of my friends (referring to the soldiers of the 7th Regiment of the 1st Legion). ”

At this time, the players of both sides turned around and faced the VIP seats. In the midst of the commotion, Theos saw a man standing in the VIP seat.

"That's Davers, the only lifetime consul of the Ionian Alliance!" Dickpolis's tone was filled with awe and jealousy.

Theos, too, had a strong urge to meet the legendary deity in person.

Davers waved his right hand downward.

The rapid and sharp brass horn sounded continuously, and the race began.

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"Lord Davers, there are more people watching the game this afternoon than in the morning, and according to the report of the guards at the entrance, many of them are merchants from foreign countries." Mariji said excitedly: "It seems that the plan you said to attract the rich people in the surrounding city-states to spend in Turiyi with wonderful competitive competitions is completely possible!" ”

Mersis was equally excited: "I just went around the arena and almost sold out of beer, syrup, dried fruit, even hats for shade and cushions woven from linen!" ”

"The main thing is that the rugby game is so attractive!" As the administrator of Turiyi, he was also one of the leaders of the match, and he participated in the preparation of all aspects of the organization, publicity, security, and competition according to Davers's instructions, and personally developed the planned rugby game into the current hot situation, and he was also full of surprises: "Master Davers, I think that in the future, rugby games can be held regularly, and they can be charged, just like watching a play. ”

"Does the money from the sale of tickets go to the treasury?" Merses asked urgently.

"Of course, it will go back to the national treasury, but the players will be paid and the injured players will be paid to encourage more people to get involved in the sport, and the rest of the money will be used to build more arenas, in Amendolara, in Niutum...... The five of you, Kunograta, Cornerus, Marigi, Alexis and Mersis, form a rugby competition committee to discuss how to further promote rugby and attract more gentiles to watch, formulate a more detailed and perfect plan, and speed up the implementation, and when this sport becomes popular in Greater Greece in the future, we can also hold the Greater Greek Rugby Games, inviting the city-states of Greater Greece to send teams to participate! ……”

The words of Davers inspired them in Kunogorata: there were four games that had great influence among the Greek city-states of this era, the oldest and most sacred Olympian Games held by the city-state of Alice in the Peloponnese, mainly dedicated to Zeus, and the temple of Zeus in Olympia was a sacred place for the Greeks (one of the seven ancient miracles); the Isthmus Games held in Corinth, which was dedicated to Poseidon; The Piocia Games, which are held in the Piosia region with the famous temple of Delphi throughout Greece, celebrates the sun god Apollo; There is also the Nemean Games, which are led by the Argos, who boasted to be the blood of the most noble kings in the ancient era, and it also commemorated Zeus. In addition, the Panathena Festival, which commemorates Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom, is also very powerful, and it not only has sports competitions, but also competitions for music, poetry, and drama. Whenever these celebrations take place locally, celebrities from all over Greece gather there, and all the eyes of all Greeks are focused there, earning the host city great fame. If the game of rugby develops, holding a large-scale pan-Greek rugby match to commemorate Hades, the king of Hades, will not only expand the influence of the Dionian League, but also allow Kunograta to go down in history and be favored by the gods.

Seeing that several of them were in a trance and short of breath, Davers vaguely guessed what they were thinking, and his heart was also full of thoughts: the gladiator competitions of the Romans in the past life were famous in the Mediterranean, and his Dionian League did not need such bloody, cruel, and inhumane barbarism, it could still entertain the masses, inspire the martial spirit of the citizens, and do better! In addition to rugby, basketball will also be held in the future...... Basketball doesn't seem to work, the requirements for the ball are too high, can the current craft do it? …… Soccer maybe, go back and let the leatherman Tolikas try to do it......

"Score! A touchdown is scored! Tegatinos is good! Amintas and Mattonis, who were watching the game, shouted excitedly as they clinked glasses to each other in celebration.

"Go buy me another can of beer." Amintas said to the Slave Squire.

"Master, the beer outside has been sold out, and there are none."

"Nothing?!" Amintas immediately turned around and shouted dissatisfiedly, "Lord Davers, your beer is delicious, but the production is too small!" ”

Davers smiled wryly, it seemed that the brewery should be expanded again, and when he thought of this, he remembered another thing.

"Everyone!" He exclaimed, "You all know, my wife recently bought the land in the hot spring swamp north of Turiyi. ”

Bulkos was the first to nod, as an agricultural officer, he handled the formalities of selling the land himself, and at that time he also advised Christoya: that place is infested with mosquitoes, except for a few hot springs, neither farming nor building houses, do not waste money to buy.

"I was going to build a large thermal bath there to attract the merchants of Great Greece and the Ionian people to bathe and relax, because it involved the draining and filling of the swamps, the storage of the hot springs, the diversion of the Tino River, and the construction of baths...... It takes a lot of capital investment, is there anyone willing to cooperate with me to invest in this hot spring bath? Davers cordially extended an invitation to the senators.

Bath?! The Greeks of this era did not have the good habit of bathing in the ancient Romans in the previous life, they lived a simple life, did not like to bathe, if the body was too dirty, they would smear the whole body with olive oil, scrape it with a special tool, and then rinse it with water. Therefore, many elders are a little hesitant about this new thing.

Mariji, who had enjoyed the luxurious life of Persia, was the first to shout: "I! I want to invest! Marigi often consulted with Davers about the development of the alliance's trade, and of course knew the young consul's talent for business, and if nothing else, Davers was responsible for the prosperity of Christoa's banks, restaurants, and breweries.

"Me! And me! Mersis was also someone who knew Davers' business talents.

"I'm going to invest some money too." Kunograta and Cornerus said that as the two administrators who often discussed the management of the city-state with Davers, they certainly knew something about Davers's abilities.

"We're on board, too." The leaders of the former mercenaries, such as Shiros, Matonis, Amintas, Antonios, and Alexis, are even more blindly trusted.

In addition to several Turriyi senators such as Burks and Ansitanos, who were willing to invest a small amount of money to show their support, other Turriyi senators such as Polyxis and Enanilus made it clear that they were not optimistic about this hot spring bath.

Amendora patriarchs such as Scombras and Strompori, who also did not believe that hot springs could make money, supported Davers, who they regarded as Amendolars, because of the disapproval of the Turiyi.

Wesbah didn't understand any of this, but he understood that he had to follow Davers closely, who was absolutely weak in the Senate.

Originally, Davers was just raising money from the senators for commercial purposes, tying their interests together and promoting harmony in the senate, and it turned out to be a demonstration of the senators' attitude towards him.

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Tios stared intently on the field, and the game was indeed very exciting, beyond his imagination.

Originally, he wondered whether this ball game was similar to a game of throwing stone balls in Sparta, which now seemed completely incomparable.

Dikpolis supported Amendolara, but he somehow hoped that Niutum would win, but now the score is 3:0 and Niutum is behind.

Tios was a little anxious and secretly cheered for Niutum.

It was now Niutum's turn to attack, and Amendolara was clearly in good working together and tactical, cutting off the ball carrier and forcing him to the touchline, where two RED players pounced. The BLU team handler had no space to dodge and had to struggle to pass the ball from his crotch to the back before being knocked down, and the BLU quarterback was quick to catch the ball, and two more RED players immediately formed a trap on him......

Just as Theos yelled "Oops! At that moment, the BLU quarterback took an arrow step and used his strong body to knock away the unstable RED team player who was rushing forward and threw the football hard.