Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 32: Turiyi’s knowledge (2)
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In the days of Turiyi, Guerny often couldn't sleep at night, and often thought: In order to survive, the people were busy herding cattle and sheep and hunting wild animals, but the Dionians had time and Energetic often conducts planned and orderly military training, even if his Samona army can really compete with the Dionian Army, it will definitely not be its opponent!
Later, he learned that there were as many as seven or eight military camps like this in Dionia, and it was hit hard, making it one of the reasons why his attitude towards Dionia began to change.
The Samonais suddenly became silent a lot, and at the same time they were more full of expectations for the city of Turri that they were about to see.
Going further, the terrain becomes more flat and open, and houses and villages gradually increase.
Not far ahead, there is a plain road connecting the stone bridge across the Koseni River. Bustling pedestrians come from the opposite bank of the Koseni River and finally gather on this main road, letting the already crowded flow of people. Become even bigger.
In fact, the main objects of this road are the trucks and kingdom slaves transporting stone and copper ore. In this lively September, for the safety of traffic, these are temporarily stopped. Instead, they come from Bruti. The Dionian people from the region to Turiyi to participate in the festival increased the utilization rate of this road.
The roiling of the carriage, the neighing of cattle and sheep, the conversation of pedestrians, the crying of children... The flow of people on the avenue is a huge source of moving noise, and it is also a garbage maker, pedestrian and livestock excrement. , Leftover food residues are all over the floor, pedestrians are caught accidentally, and there is an unpleasant smell in the air.
Samonets and Potentians who have suffered a lot are making a fuss about it.
The youth explained to this: "The cleaning of the roads and sides in Turiy is the responsibility of the various demons in Turiy. Usually these roads are cleaned very clean by them, but they are only in this period of time. There are too many pedestrians, and the people of De Mo want to watch the celebrations and competitions, so they can only do simple cleaning in the dusk and early morning... After this busy time, the road will become clean."
"What is Demo?" someone asked curiously.
"Simply put, Demo is a small town formed by the merging of several villages. In Turiyi, there are now 68 Demos, and they are still increasing."
The young man's casual explanation made the Samonais speechless. In the Samona Mountains, it’s hard to see a village (that is, a tribal settlement) after a long mountain trail, and there are hundreds of villages in the central city of Dionia, which really shocked them: How many people? !
Samonets use their brains that are not very bright to think hard. In fact, after they passed Niutum, these Samonas, who have always been used to grazing and hunting in the mountains and forests with a few people, began to feel a little bit I'm not used to it, because there are too many pedestrians along the way, I am afraid that they have exceeded the population of Abenirum.
"Let's go from here!" At this time, the young man shouted loudly, leading the Samoneites to turn right towards a branch road.
"Leader Gherney, may God Savoni bless you (Savoni, the **** of war worshiped by the Samonais) and win the game!" Seeing that the slave leading the way did not follow, Jinat had no choice but to Waved goodbye to them.
"Jinat, thank you for your care along the way, and welcome you to Abeni Rum as a guest!" Gelney also responded kindly, and this is exactly what Jinat wants to hear, this The daring Potentian businessman has long been trying to make neighbors’ ideas, but in the past, although the Samonais and Potentians no longer fight, but the relationship is strange, he dare not enter the mountains of Samona to trade. Now there is With Gellney's friendship, he has confidence.
"Crotokes, thank you very much for your selfless help! When I sell cattle and sheep, I will definitely invite you to the Christoya restaurant for a drink!" Genat then expressed his gratitude to the young man.
The youth smiled and declined: "Thank you for your invitation, but these days I will be busy with celebrations and competitions. There is really no time."
After bidding farewell to Ginat, the young man led the Samoneites to the east along the north bank of the Koseni River. The houses on both sides of the road gradually became dense, and most of them were two or three-story buildings, and the main entrance of the usual Greek houses. Facing the road is different, they are all facing away from the road, so tall buildings stand next to each other and stand directly beside the sidewalk. Although this branch road is also wide, there are drainage ditches and sidewalks on both sides, it is not narrow, but the line of sight Being obstructed still gives people a sense of depression.
"Why haven't you reached Turriy City yet?!" Tartoni yelled a little annoyedly.
The young man said with a smile: "In fact, we have already entered the city of Turiyi."
"Already entered the city of Turiyi?!" Tartoni thought he was joking: "We didn't see the wall at all."
"Only the inner city of Turiyi has a city wall, and no other city has a wall..." the young man explained.
It turned out that after the South-Italian War, many freedmen and foreigners flocked to Turiyi every year, wanting to become citizens of the kingdom. The skyrocketing population led to the continuous expansion of Turiyi's urban area.
"...The place where we are now is already on the edge of the city of Turiyi, at least four miles away from the inner city."
Sili? ! All the Samonais took a breath: What a big city this must be!
Gerney was also deeply shocked. Although he spent half a year in Turiyi eight years ago, the city of Turiyi at that time was not as big as it is now. It can only be said that the development of Turiyi is too rapid. !
"Turiyi City has no walls, is it not afraid of foreign enemies?!" The quarterback of the Samona team participating in this rugby match asked Majori defiantly, as the group of Sa The second soldier among the Monetites who had participated in the previous war, he was both awed and unwilling to Dionia.
The young man glanced at him and said loudly: "The Dionian Senate once asked the king at the time a similar question, hoping to build an outer wall, but King Daves said--" The young man straightened his chest: "'Turiy is located in the center of the Kingdom of Dionia, with mountains as barriers, seas as barriers, strong legionary defenses, and powerful fleet escorts. If so, the enemy invades Turiy territory, then There is no need for the Kingdom of Dionia!'"
Actually, there is another important reason why Turiyi City did not build the outer wall, that is, the city of Turiyi is very large. Although the construction of the outer wall is a huge project, Turiyi is still expanding. After a few years, this outer city wall might have become an inner city wall again... Such a mobilization of teachers and a waste of the national treasury, but in the end it will not have much effect, it is better not to build it.
Of course, the Samonais didn't know this. After listening to the youth, they became silent.
The number of pedestrians on the branch road is decreasing. Many pedestrians who have been to Turye know that at this time, Turye’s food and lodging are very short, and the farther to the inner city, the higher the price, so they will choose to walk into this house. The owner negotiated about renting the house, which is why the owner built the house so tall.
As for why it is necessary to face away from the road, it is because although this is only a branch road, there are people coming and going every day, and the sound is noisy. The practice of facing away from the road, using small windows, and thickening the wall can reduce noise and allow residents There is no need to see annoying street scenes, and there is a barely passable living environment.
Walking a little further, the houses that stood on both sides of the road like city walls disappeared. After passing by the two Hermes statues on the side of the road with smiling faces, flying boots, and fingers in front of them, the front His field of vision widened again, and what caught everyone's eyes was the familiar traditional Greek house.
Without waiting for the enquiries, the youth took the initiative to explain: "When we Dionians rebuilt the city of Turiyi, His Majesty Daves and the elders had imagined that the city of Turiyi would prosper in the future. Therefore, a lot of public land has been prepared around the city, which is not allocated to citizens, but used for future expansion of the city. From here onwards are the originally envisaged Tuliyi city area. Alas, I just didn’t expect Tuliyi city. The expansion will be so rapid that it has already expanded to the "participation" of the citizens of Turiyi.
Fortunately, the Ministry of Agriculture has regulations, ‘It’s not allowed to convert cultivated land for other purposes. 'And the construction supervisor will also regularly check the quality of newly built houses and limit the height. Otherwise, the citizens behind will not only have two or three-storey houses built on the side of the road, but all over them. The five or six-story buildings on the ground are then rented out to prospective citizens and free citizens to obtain high profits instead of farming! "When the young man said this, his face showed a trace of disgust.
The Samonais had no more feelings except for once again marveling at the large population of Turiyi. But between these neatly arranged houses and criss-cross streets, they saw temples or altars mixed in from time to time.
From the mouths of the youth, they learned that these temples not only enshrine the Greek gods, but there are also temples enshrining the **** Asinu of Lucania and the plateau goddess Amma of the Bruti people. Ra, Brutus, Mesapi, and Puchetti’s racial patron god-Lykaon... The gods of aliens were enshrined in the city dominated by Greeks. The believers did their own things, but it didn’t happen. There is any conflict, which surprised the Samonais.
At this time, the youth pointed forward and said: "Look, that is the arena where you will compete next."
A huge building stands by the road several hundred meters away, it is the Asinu-Amara Arena.
After the South-Italian War, Dionia owned all the land in South Italy, and more towns were merged into the kingdom. Naturally, the number of teams participating in the rugby and football finals also increased several times. Two arenas were not enough to use, so three new arenas were built one after another, half of which was allocated to the national treasury and half came from donations from the wealthy of the kingdom.