Patrick couldn't help laughing even if he tried his best, it wasn't funny, but when the athlete stretched Patrick after a day's work, his body was itchy and indescribable, and the whole person just couldn't help but laugh. also felt too ashamed to laugh like this, Patrick looked at his cousin-in-law Su Lun, who was at the mercy of the athlete in a strange posture, and Su Lun, who was at the mercy of the athlete, did not say a word, but just enjoyed accepting the stretch of his body.

By the time the stretch was over, Patrick felt much more comfortable. Thanking the athletes, Patrick and Suren went to the living room to rest. Duchess Barden and Suren's newlywed lady sat together in the drawing-room, and when they saw the two entering, the duchess asked, "What is so funny, I am so embarrassed to hear it." ”

Patrick hurriedly explained in the words of his fiancée Sheila: "I want to laugh because my body feels itchy, not because I want to laugh." ”

"Hold back next time." Duchess Bardon said unhappily.

Suren helped Patrick and said, "Auntie, I'm afraid I can't help this." That's how I laughed at first. ”

The uncle of the Bardon family spoke, and the duchess had to give some face. She shook her head slightly, and said no more about it. Mrs. Suren asked curiously, "Wouldn't it hurt to make that kind of action?" ”

"No, the athlete said that it was stretching the muscles, and according to Da Song, it was to let the acid flow out of the muscles along the blood." Suren explained. He didn't quite understand this explanation himself, so he said: "They are going to participate in the Olympic Games, and we don't understand that statement." ”

"Shall we go to Athens then?" Patrick asked Suren expectantly.

Su Lun nodded, "Let's go together then." ”

Duchess Bardon didn't say anything about the excitement of the two boys, but picked up a copy of the "Legion Cookbook" and read it. The Legion Cookbook has been devoted to the Olympiad in three consecutive issues, and Duchess Bardon has decided to see it.

The reopening of the Olympic Games was ordered by the Great Song Emperor Zhao Jiaren. The province of Europa occupies central and southern Greece, and the city of Athens is the capital of the province of Europa, and they are certainly the most qualified to do this. According to the article "Legion Cookbook", children in the Spartan city-state were raised by the state from the age of 7 and were engaged in sports, military training, and military life. War needs soldiers, soldiers need to be physically strong, and sports are a powerful means of cultivating soldiers who can fight well. The war promoted sports in the Hellenic Republic, and the events of the ancient Olympic Games also bear a clear military imprint. The incessant fighting has disgusted the people and there is a general desire for a peaceful environment in which to recuperate. Later, the kings of Sparta and Elise signed the treaty of the "Holy Truce Month". As a result, military training and sports competitions in preparation for the supply of soldiers gradually turned into games for peace and friendship.

During the Olympic Games, wars were forbidden between all the Greek city-states, and if they disobeyed, they would be suspended until they repented, and this ungodly behavior would be a reason for the other city-states to crusade.

After Greece was annexed by Rome, the Olympics did not end, and Rome continued to do it. It was not until 393 AD that the Roman Emperor Theodosius I declared Christianity the state religion, believing that the ancient Olympic Games were contrary to Christian doctrine and pagan activities, and announced the abolition of the ancient Olympic Games the following year.

From 776 BC to 394 AD, the ancient Olympic Games were held in 1168 years and 293 times. It is also an event with a long history. Now the province of Europa is carrying the banner of civilization rejuvenation and reopening the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games in ancient Greece were held every four years, and since the first year was 0, 1299 was the year when the Olympic Games should be held. The province of Europa not only did it itself, but also invited the Eastern Romans, Western Romans, the Yuan Kingdom, and the 'Baghdad Dynasty Mongols' under Hao Kang, who took over the edict from Timur Khan. Even the countries of the European Department of Europe have received invitations.

The Olympics began on the summer solstice, and Duchess Bardon was full of anticipation when she thought that a large number of physically strong athletes and nobles from all over the world would gather in Athens, the capital of the most powerful province in Europa, on the summer solstice.

After resting for a while, Patrick felt hungry, and he got up and said he was hungry. The family sat down in the restaurant, and the food began to be served. The first dish is chicken thigh per person, the main dish is a large piece of roasted pork ribs per person, and the final dish is corn soup with a lot of diced meat. The dessert is naturally a pumpkin pie.

The men gobbled up, the women ate more elegantly, and they also ate their share. Drinking tea, the Duchess of Bardon said to Suren, "Those nobles want you to talk to them before you go back to the east. ”

"There's nothing to talk about, what should have been said has been said a long time ago." Su Lun replied bluntly: "They want me to guarantee the harvest, and I can't guarantee such things at all. ”

Looking at the stubborn Su Lun, the duchess sighed, "Can't you coax them? ”

"It's no use coaxing them. What they want is to make a lot of money by lying in the geography, and if there was such a good thing, I would have done it a long time ago. Engaging in these operations depends on the weather and your own preparations. They also said that I didn't let them plant good seeds, and that our seeds were local seeds that had been selected through many tests, and some of the seeds looked good but had very low yields. There are too many things to be sure of......" Su Lun couldn't stop when he opened the conversation, Patrick listened carefully, and couldn't help but nod slightly. Duchess Balden smiled bitterly in her heart, she understood more and more why Suren was also considered a weirdo in the east, others avoided talking about these terrible things, but Suren always put it in front and said it very loudly. That is, everyone thinks that Su Lun is the person who is the elder of Sheila, and Su Lun himself does have very amazing achievements, so everyone has to endure Su Lun.

In the end, Duchess Bardon was not willing to entangle with Suren, and after interrupting Suren's words, she asked Suren when she would be able to return to the west. Su Lun said decisively: "I'll come back when I'm done in the east." ”

This is something that Duchess Baldon appreciates very much, at least Suren will not put on a score like other nobles, and will not make things difficult. It is not common for people with such a nature to be found in the aristocratic group, and it is for this reason that the Duchess decided to marry a woman from the Barden family to Suren and marry this little nobleman who had never heard of it before. Other great nobles can cooperate with the Balden family in other places, and the only ones who can strengthen the Balden family and the nobles around the Balden family are Suren and others. This time, the duchess also blocked the future and handed over more than 20,000 Yugram's land to Suren to command. If they fail, if not the Barr family, it will take a long time to recover, if not collapse.

The next day Suren took his wife back to the east, and the duchess urged her son to hurry to Constantinople as well. Patrick replied, "Mother, it's already March, and the winter wheat harvest will be two months away at most." Sheila wants me to at least go out into the field and finish the season. ”

The duchess couldn't help but roll her eyes in her heart, saying that girls are outgoing, and their sons are no better, and they forget their mothers when they have a fiancée. The Duchess also once asked Patrick to do something more long-lasting, and every time she saw Patrick so willingly persevering. These can only be thought of in the heart, Duchess Bardon agrees with Sheila's opinion, Patrick really needs such a temper. Su Lun, the strange man, is just to blame for that unusual enthusiasm, and he really has a hand in arranging farming.

Particularly strange was the way in which Suren arranged the workload according to the physical condition of the tenant farmers, which Duchess Balden took great care of in private, for she and the nobles thought that the peasants would be lazy because of this. They never expected that those tasks that they originally looked impossible to complete would be completed under Su Lun's arrangement. Not only is the amount of work completed, but the quality of the work is also quite high. Some of the angry nobles privately scolded the tenant farmers for deceiving the nobles before.

If his son can reach the level of Suren, or even just be able to understand how Suren runs, the future of the Balden family will be safe. According to Suren's prediction, this year's harvest of the Balden family and the surrounding nobles is likely to be close to that of the eastern Suren family. That meant that the Bardens could meet a large part of the food needs of the Western Theater of the Eastern Roman Empire. Sheila said that what the court and the legion needed were collaborators, collaborators who provided cheap food steadily. Once the big nobles such as the Barr family fully cooperate with the imperial court and the legion, they can really have stability for a long time. How far we can go depends on this year's harvest.

When her son went to the ground, Duchess Bardon wrote a letter to Sheila's mother, asking her if she was interested in the Olympic Games, and if she did, she could go to Greece with Duchess Bardon to watch the games.

The letter was delivered to Constantinople, and after reading it, Sheila's mother asked Sheila if she wanted to go to the Olympics. Sheila frowned slightly, she had been so busy flying up lately that she wasn't sure if she had time. The overall situation in the Eastern Roman Empire has improved since last year, and things have come out in a thousand ways. Originally, the grain quota system, which was originally only intended as an intention, was recently taken out by the House of the People to question the Senate, and the distribution was originally intended to make the agricultural products on the counted land marketable, and in the situation of Eastern Rome, no one wanted their own land to be counted, and once it was registered, it meant that the state had mastered the family fund, and the tax revenue could not run.

The Lok Sabha is elected on the basis of the head of the citizens of the district, and having citizenship means paying taxes. Now that the process of granting citizenship is going very well, and the legion and its families have completed the count, a considerable number of members of the Lok Sabha have begun to toss around various issues when they find that they may not be re-elected, hoping that they will make a deeper impression on the people so that they can be re-elected.

Sheila thought for a while, and then said to her mother in embarrassment, "Mother, you can go." I've sponsored some female athletes, and you're really going to have to cheer them on. I'll go as much as I can. ”