Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 18: Turiyi Hot Spring Baths

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Stacipus asked the owner: "How much does it cost to buy a set of this surgical instrument?"

"A set?!" The shopkeeper curled his lips: "You are a doctor from a foreign country. I don't know that the doctors who perform operations in Dionia will use different tools because of the different types of operations they perform. Moreover, From time to time, the Dionian Medical School has new surgical tool designs sent in. Now these surgical instruments in the store can be combined to perform at least five or six different types of operations."

"Even if you can buy--" the shopkeeper looked at the three of them, then rolled his eyes: "You can't afford it either."

"We can't afford it?! Tell me, how much does it cost?" At this moment, Nick Stratus also came over and said in dissatisfaction.

The shopkeeper glanced at him, pointed to the shop, and said: "Just the few things you picked up just now are probably worth 30 minutes."

"30 minutes?! Just those small things, worth 30 minutes?! You are robbing!" Lycasus shouted with a look of surprise.

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" The shopkeeper was obviously arguing with a mouthful and frothy mouth: "Do you know how difficult those things are? How high are the requirements? I tell you, The time it takes to make a knife like that is enough for us to make 30 copper shields, and we have to be made by the best foundry in order to make surgical tools that meet the requirements of those doctors. They said it is good. , "Of course, the tools used to move a knife on a person must be very delicate, otherwise it is not a life-saving, but a life-saving!" So you said that the price can not be high! And these tools can not be made by any iron workshop Yes, only our Tios Weapon Workshop in Turyi has this ability!"

The three of them were speechless.

"Also, what I just said was the previous price, and their current price is 40 min."

"Why?"

"Because our workshop will not produce these surgical instruments for some time to come."

"Why is this again?"

"Because our workshop received a big task from the Dionian Ministry of Roads and Transportation. They wanted to build a stone bridge. They needed a huge iron fence to be put into the river, and the river water was drained to facilitate the use of boulders and stone slurry inside ( It's actually'Davers Cement') pouring the bridge piers, so our workshop must concentrate all the foundries and collect all the high-quality iron ore to make these big guys..."

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While the three of Nicstratus were walking around the port market with enthusiasm, Efiart and his wife rode a carriage northward to the hot spring marshes of the Delos, a tributary of the Koseni River.

Davos became famous in this battle and annihilated the Lucanian tribal coalition forces, thus laying the cornerstone of the establishment of the Dionian Alliance. A white memorial column with a height of 20 meters and a diameter of 2 meters was erected on the big river beach where the corpses were covered at that time. The scene of the war was carved on it, and the top was a bronze statue of Daves holding a shield and a spear.

This commemorative pillar for the victory of the Great River Beach Battle was originally called the "pillar of miracle" by the people. The big win. Later, students from various city schools in the alliance were often brought here by teachers, making them feel the hardships at the beginning of the establishment of Dionia and the greatness of Davers, and they were also nicknamed "Pillars of Young Children" by citizens, both as children. The place where we are educated has its deep meaning. Since this battle, the Alliance of Dionia has started to grow up healthily like a juvenile who fell to the ground...Of course this is something later.

Not far from the memorial column, there is a large circular tomb. The tombstone is engraved with "The Tomb of the Warriors Who Died in the Battle of the Great River Beach." There is also Daves' inscription below: "The war is over. The blood is integrated."

Bronze statues of two men are erected in front of the tomb. Looking at the costumes, one can tell that one is a Lucanian and the other is a Greek. They are smiling, their strong arms are held together, and the Greek man’s left hand is even more Pointing at Turiyi, 20 miles away from the east, and making an inviting gesture, the meaning is self-evident.

In the tomb, there were no bones. In those days, the Turyi people cremated the bones of thousands of Lucanian warriors. It is said that they burned for three days and nights, and then poured the ashes into the river. Here, I was fed fish and shrimps. Later, the Alliance of Dionians was established. For political purposes, this tomb was built under the strong suggestion of Davers. Every year, people come here to pay tribute to the cemetery, mostly Lucanians.

Of course, this is not the main reason why this once desolate area has become lively today, but the opposite bank of the Delos River pointed to by the spear of the statue of Davos, which was once full of deserted beach ponds and hot springs where snakes and insects were rampant. The swamp is now replaced by a huge building. Dozens of diversion canals built with'Daves Cement' introduced the hot spring water emerging from the cracks in the rocks into this building, and finally a large water channel led the hot spring water flowing into the building into the river again. It is the famous Turii Thermal Baths in Greece.

The Greeks don’t like to take a bath, but the Dionians have developed a hygienic habit of bathing under the long-term education of doctors headed by Helps in the hospital. More beneficial. So, on the day the large bath was opened, almost all the men in Turii came to the hot spring swamp, wanting to try it.

As a result, the baths are overcrowded. Later, the large public bath also revised the rules for this purpose, setting a time period and limiting the number of people entering the venue.

After taking hot spring baths and enjoying various novel services, the Turiyi men reluctantly returned to the city and began to preach "how wonderful it is to take a bath in a large public bath." They even praised: this is the consul An Elysee Paradise built by adults in the world!

And soon, the people also learned that this bathing place actually allowed women to enter.

Since then, the people of Turiyi have come to the large baths every day, taking this as an indispensable enjoyment in their lives, and the people of other Dionia cities also come to enjoy it from time to time.

At the same time, the Turiyi people have even regarded the "hot spring bath" as one of the three major entertainments for entertaining guests from afar (the other two are tasting Turiyi food and going to the arena to watch ball games), which has since made the "picture The reputation of "Liyi Hot Spring Baths" has spread far and wide.

On some special days in Dionia, the hot spring baths will also be free for the public, making the large baths with cheap tickets (only one opal) more popular. For example, these days, because of the arrival of the marriage festival, the large bath is free for all couples who come to take a bath. This is also the reason why Aifeiart came here with his wife.

Many couples came to the bathhouse today. Everyone consciously lined up and moved to the entrance of the bathhouse little by little.

At this moment, there was a commotion behind the team, and Afa turned his forehead to see.

"What happened?" his wife asked curiously.

"It's nothing, it seems that the two senators from the Senate have also come." Effiart said dismissively. There are nearly a hundred senators in the Senate. Except for the Turiyi people, all the Dionian citizens of other cities only know the chief senator Daves, the senators who served as the chief executive of the city, and the people who held important positions in the legion. Elders. This is not surprising. Whether it is training or fighting, the citizens who serve will naturally remember those officers deeply.

Finally crossed the Tirol River wooden bridge and stood at the entrance. After taking a glance at Aifiart and his wife, the administrator asked: "Are you a husband and wife?"

The two nodded.

"Citizen of Dionia?"

Effiart nodded again, and said, "We are still the couple who participated in the marriage festival this year. Is there a private room with a small bath?" Then, he stretched out his left hand, and his wife stretched out his right hand, wearing on his ring finger. An iron ring with Hera's emblem "Peacock" engraved on it. Because of Davers’s suggestion, the Hera Temple that Agnes is responsible for not only presides over the celebration, but also presents the rings blessed by the Hera goddess to the newlyweds participating in the celebration (of course, a small processing fee will be charged). Encourage and supervise the stability of their marriage.

"Congratulations!" After the administrator confirmed, he turned and looked at the wooden wall with many spikes, only one of which had a key hung. He took it down and put it in Aifiart's hands: "Hera, bless you, and the last one. The room number is written on the wooden sign. After entering the room, bolt the door so that no one will be disturbed. By noon When the time comes, return the key again."

"Okay, thank you!" Aifeiart led his wife into the middle passage, and the left and right passages lead to the male and female baths respectively.

As time goes by, the long queue at the entrance has almost reached the end.

The bath administrator saw the two people in front of him, and he was taken aback, and immediately smiled again: "Master Pollux, Master Enanilus!"

"Is there a private room?" Pollux asked bluntly.

The administrator pointed to the wooden wall with only iron nails behind him, and said apologetically: "Because of the marriage festival, the room is full."

Polyxis's dissatisfied corner of his mouth curled, ignoring that the administrator was a hired worker of Daves, and said slightly ironically: "Look at our consul, but he will really take care of the people of Dionia. !"

En'anilus didn't answer the conversation, and asked the slave behind him to take out four opals and pay for himself, Pollux and the two accompanying slaves.

After they entered, the administrator walked into the back room under the pretext of urinating, and quickly found the supervisor of the large bath: "Polyxis and Enanilus come to take a bath!"

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Walking for a short distance along the passage on the left, a vast area appeared in front of me. There was a large pool in the middle, and there were several small pools next to it, all of which were steaming and misty.

Many men soak in the pool, enjoying the nourishment of the hot spring water; some people lie on the wooden benches by the pool to receive the scrubbing of their own slaves or the massage of the slaves specially trained in the baths; a few people rely on On the wooden benches by the wall, chatting with each other... They all have one thing in common-being naked.