Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 370: The authentic way of bathing in Turiyi

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The Kingdom Hotel is a hotel funded by the Kingdom of Dionian. As the name suggests, it is used to receive guests from the Kingdom, such as envoys or VIPs from other countries.

At this time, however, the Kingdom Hotel was mainly used to receive town councillors and civic guards who came to the Kingdom Assembly. This is a huge number, and the building that was originally built cannot accommodate so many people. Therefore, earlier, the Senate specifically suggested in the announcement to the towns: if the participants of the conference have relatives and friends in the city of Turiyi, try to live in their homes.

In the past few years, the Ministry of Construction has successively built three or four similar buildings and several separate villas on the south side of the Kingdom Hotel, which are collectively referred to as the Kingdom Hotel, which basically meets the needs.

Accordingly, it's almost the opening time of the conference. The hotel should be overcrowded. Even if there are rooms left, the conditions will not be too good. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs drafted a list of accommodation in advance based on the reply letter from the city halls of each town and sent it to the person in charge of the hotel. Of course, Publius and Tibulus have specially reserved rooms with very good accommodation conditions, especially Publius, who is not only a valuable senator, but also represents a Roman who has just joined the kingdom, and assigned him It is the best room in the entire hotel-a single-family villa.

This villa has three floors, the first floor is mainly the living room and kitchen, and the second and third floors are the bedrooms. The reason for the construction of these villas is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers to receive some VIPs who come with their families to live for a long time.

The hotel attendant led Publius into the villa. After briefly understanding the situation of the villa, Publius immediately invited the accompanying Tibulus to live with him.

Tiberus readily agreed, and soon returned the original house.

January is still winter. Even though Turíy is close to the ocean, the weather is still relatively cold, but Publius stepped on the smooth marble floor of the living room with his bare feet, a face of novelty, because the floor turned out to be hot.

Tiblus did not immediately answer his question, but pointed to the door and said, "My lord, have you seen the big steaming house next to it? It's a bathroom."

"It's the place you mentioned to me on the road where people can take a bath." Publius was a little curious.

Although Tibulus had never stayed in the Kingdom Hotel before, he knew that there was a large bathing area in the center of the Kingdom Hotel, so he explained based on common sense: "The reason why the floor is hot is that they must have used the bathroom. The heat is drawn under the floor and heats the floor."

"Bring the heat down here?" Publius stepped on the floor, even more surprised.

"This underground is not entirely real. When building this house, the craftsmen created a lot of voids under the floor, which is conducive to the flow of heat..." Nowadays, the construction of the bathroom has been It became common sense, and Tiberius explained fluently.

"After dinner, let's go to the bath!" Publius said eagerly after listening to Tiberius' introduction.

"Two adults, you don't need to go to the bath, there is a bathroom in this house." The waiter who had just delivered the dinner heard the two of them and immediately introduced them.

So, after eating dinner, the two entered the bathroom connected to the villa. Although this bathroom is not big, it has all the facilities that should be available in a general bathing area. Beforehand, the waiter had already greeted the central bathing area, and the hot water and hot air passages leading to this small bathroom had been opened. When the two of them took off their clothes in the dressing room and changed their wooden slippers, the bathroom was ready. appropriate.

The two passed through the dressing room and entered the first small room. The room was cooler. It was supposed to let the people who came to take a bath relax and slowly transition to the bathing state.

But Publius was obviously more anxious. Instead of staying here, he opened the wooden door and entered the next small room.

The temperature in this room is a bit hotter, and when you enter the next room, the temperature will be even hotter...After passing through the three small rooms, the temperature of one is higher than the other, and Publius started to sweat.

Pushing open the next wooden door, he saw a circular pool inside, stepped on the stone steps, walked to the edge of the pool, stretched out his feet and tried it. It was warm water, and immediately jumped in.

Pubulius invaded the whole person in the water, covered his whole body with warm water, and drove away the cold weather he had suffered during these two days of trekking in the mountains.

After a while, he put his head out of the water and shouted "Ha!", feeling full of energy all over his body.

Then, he saw Tiberius soaking in the bath, leaning against the wall, and holding the edge of the pool with his arms, looking comfortable.

Tiblus rubbed his body with his hands, and said: "This bath is really good, but it's not too special. It's just a little bigger than the usual tub at home."

Tiblus smiled and said, "Master Publius, you have only finished half of the bath, so don't jump to conclusions."

"Are there any more?" Publius was a little surprised.

Tiberus didn't speak, and pointed to a wooden door on the side.

Pubulius got up and walked out of the bath, half-believingly opened the wooden door, and immediately felt a wave of heat rushing over his face, and the white mist in the room was vaguely indistinct.

Pubulius was still hesitating whether to go in. Tibulus first walked in, sat on the wooden bench in the house, and said, "This room is called the fumigation room. It is the most important place in the entire bath. They also sprinkled hot water on the ground at the place closest to the water-burning stove, which turned into mist when heated, making it the hottest room.

But according to the doctors of Turiyi, moderately increasing the body's heat will exercise all organs in our body, speed up the flow of blood, and remove waste from the body, which is very beneficial to safeguarding our health. I heard that most of the elderly veterans like this fumigation——"

Before Tiberius finished speaking, Publius immediately walked in and sat on the wooden bench.

He soon felt that the room was hot and humid, and even breathing became a bit difficult. After a while, he began to sweat a lot, mixed with water mist, and adhered to the skin tightly together, making the body extra heavy. .

Pubulius wanted to get up and walk out of the room immediately, but saw the figure of Tiberius sitting steadily opposite, remembering what he said, "The longer you persist, the better for your body." So he endured it again. Lean back in your chair to make yourself more comfortable.

In such a quiet room, the surrounding water mist is thick, and even the face of Tiblos opposite is not real. The heat makes people groggy, and it feels like drunk, which makes people think The urge to speak.

"Turiy is really a huge city, more prosperous than I thought! It's so much better than Rome!" Publius exclaimed: "According to the requirements of the Senate, I will move this year. Going to this city, but I think there are so many residents in Turiyi, it might not be easy to own a house."

"It’s true. The population of Turiyi has increased dramatically over the years. I remember the entire city and the entire Subari Plain last year, excluding several other towns in the Turiyi region. The number is about 49,000 households with 238,600 people. This does not include those freedmen, slaves and other floating population... The population is so large, so the residential land is very tight. You saw it when we entered the city. Such a big city is the result of the continuous outward expansion of the city over the years.

Many arable land is now covered with houses. The people in Turiyi get rents that are several times that of their farming. Our Ministry of Agriculture has reported this to the top several times, but your Majesty said, "As long as the kingdom is strong As it becomes stronger and stronger, the city of Turiyi will inevitably develop rapidly. This is in line with its status as the center of the kingdom. The people of Turiyi have paid a lot for the kingdom. They can earn money by renting out houses, which is also a reward from the kingdom. As long as they pay taxes normally, there is no need to forcibly stop them. As for the food issue, the whole kingdom comes to feed Turyi, and the people don’t lack money, so we don’t have to worry that they won’t be able to eat bread...’

Your Majesty is right! The kingdom has a vast territory, including the plains of Catania, Eufemia, Capulia, Crotone, and the newly acquired eastern plains of Campania and the fertile land of southern Sardinia. , And—"

Tiberus paused: "The Latham Plain... In addition, we can also obtain a large amount of low-cost food from the allied state Egypt, so we really don’t have to worry too much about the food problem. The Turian people have indeed paid a lot over the years. In a major war, they are the main forces in the battle, so the casualties are also the greatest. Just like this war has not ended, the civilian soldiers of the entire Turiyi region have more than 10,000 casualties... They really deserve more. "

Tiberus spent many years in the Ministry of Agriculture in Turri, and talked about the land and housing issues in the city, and he couldn’t stop talking: “Because Turri does not allow the sale of land, so Being able to own land here is really like holding a golden rooster that can continue to lay golden eggs. You don’t have to worry about food and clothing in the future. However, the entire Xubari Plain... No, the entire Turiyi region has been there as early as The land was allocated 10 years ago. It is almost impossible for a new citizen to acquire Turrii’s land unless he marries a Turri widow who has a dead husband and no children, just like this war , I believe that there will be many widows... Well——"

Pubulius suddenly interrupted him: "I have a question. The citizens of Turíy died in battle and they have no children. Can't this land be inherited by his family or other relatives?"