Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 6: The riots in Crimea

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"But Hades didn’t rob him casually. Parsephone possessed the earthly powers of his mother Demeter, which could help Hades control the underground properties, and Parsephone was beautiful and kind, able to appease hell. The restless soul...Facts have also proved that Hades and his wife Parsephone have always loved each other, far better than Zeus and Hera, Poseidon and his queen. They ruled **** justly and strictly. Good punishes evil, because people in the world are afraid of punishment after death, and do not indulge too much in front of them, our city-state society becomes stable! Therefore, Hades is the **** who helps us humanity the most!" Cardi Asi said piously.

Cardias’s words completely reversed Lycasus’s knowledge of the gods. He wanted to refute, but he felt that Cardias’s words had some truth, and he murmured after a long while: "You are Hardy. Priest of Si?"

"I hope I am, but unfortunately I am not!" Cardias said regretfully.

"I'm a businessman. A year ago, when I went to Turiyi to do business, I became seriously ill and almost unconscious. My despicable slave stole my wallet. I thought I would be like this. Quietly went to **** in a foreign land..." Cardias was immersed in the memories of the past: "...but when I woke up, I found myself on the warm bed in the side hall of the Hades Temple. The saint in white robe served me to eat and take medicine. The kind priest came to visit and comfort me from time to time. I quickly recovered my health. Instead of asking me for money, the priest of Hades gave me travel expenses... ...It was the great Hades who saved my life!" Cardias choked, his eyes moist: "Later I learned that the temple of Hades is not only for me, but for every crisis. Greeks, they are all the same kind! Tell me about any other god’s temple that treats the people as well as the temple of Hades?!"

"...No." After hearing Cardias' words, Lycasus couldn't help but yearn for the Temple of Hades in Turei.

"So this time I decided to go to Turei and serve Hades!" Cardias said with a firm expression: "I will return to the Sirittin in the future and build a temple for Hades!"

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At dusk, Nick Stratus and his party arrived at the southern bank of the Umbria River, passed the wooden bridge over the river, and entered the city of Crimea.

"I've asked about all the hotels here, and they are all fully occupied. How is the situation on your side?" Nick Stratus saw the approaching Stasipus with a frustrated expression and felt bad. , But asked with a hint of luck.

Stasipus shook his head: "The same is true in the hotel in the north city. There are no rooms available. I heard that it is because the marriage festival of Dionia is approaching. Many engaged men and women in Asprestum have to rush. I went to the Hera Temple in Turiyi to participate in the marriage celebration, so the hotel rooms are fully booked by them..."

It's getting dark, and the two of them are in a hurry, but they are helpless.

Are you going to sleep on the street tonight? ! When Nick Stratus thought of this, he unconsciously hugged his thin body.

"I have a way." At this moment, a voice rang from behind him, and Nick Stratus saw that the person speaking was the Siritian he didn't like, and he didn't care about being reserved, and asked:" What method?"

"You come with me." Cardias smiled mysteriously and led them to a place.

"This is the temple?" Nick Stratus looked at the building in front of him in confusion. Its shape was somewhat similar to the temple that Nick Stratus had seen, but it was somewhat different, and it had no walls. .

"This is the Temple of Hades." Stasipus had been in Turei after all.

"What are we doing here?" Nick Stratus suddenly felt nervous, that terrifying, terrifying Pluto is the master of the night.

"Stay." Cardias finished speaking and went straight in.

Lykasus followed closely behind with excitement and curiosity.

After learning about the situation, the priest of the temple readily agreed to let them rest in the temple, but the spare room in the side hall was full, and the priest took them to the main hall.

Nick Stratus and they are also a little frightened: Will it disturb Hades, Hades?

The priest smiled and said: "Hades is kind and willing to help people in difficulty, as long as you don't defile the environment in the temple."

In fact, some people in the main hall were laying on the floor to rest. Nick Stratus and the others were relieved. The priest even asked the believers to provide them with blankets and hot water, so that the previous ones like Nick Stratus Greeks who have never had contact with the temple of Hades even claimed the kindness of "Hades".

They slept fairly well this night. Of course, the hall where they slept was painted on one side of the Elysee Paradise, and no one dared to sleep in the hall on the other side of hell.

Early the next morning, after thanking the priest, a group of people left the Temple of Hades.

Since Nick Stratus' back pain was still not healed, Stasipus suggested riding a carriage, so the group came to the carriage.

Unexpectedly, the business here is also very hot, and there has been no empty car until four people got off a carriage from Asprostum before they were able to pay to board the car.

There was a pair of young men and women in the car. The woman held the man's arm intimately, and did not let go when the stranger came up.

The conservative Nick Stratus was greatly stimulated and cursed: Dionians were barbaric and unfamiliar with traditional Greek etiquette.

Cardias often walks in Dionian territory, and is used to seeing Dionian women appearing in public. Instead, he takes the initiative to talk to them. After exchanging greetings with each other, I learned that the man’s name is Efiart, who only became an official Dionian citizen last year and lives in Asprostum; while the woman is a native of Asprostum, who was born and bred at the time. When Onia and Crotone signed the peace agreement, her family was one of the few who chose to stay, and now it seems to be doing pretty well.

This made the Crotone people in the car feel a little uncomfortable.

The carriage just walked a short distance before it stopped, and a loud noise could be heard from outside the carriage.

Stacipus lifted the tarp in front of the carriage and asked the driver what happened.

"The square is in front. Those **** rich and nobles gathered some people to make trouble there, blocking the road!" The coachman said angrily: "We can only make a detour!"

After Stasipus sat down and talked about the situation, Nick Stratus became interested: "Why are the Crimean people making trouble?"

"I know a little bit." Cardias thought for a while and said, "Since last fall, a small number of people in Crimea have begun to protest outside the town hall near the square, demanding that the citizens' assembly be reconvened. , To give citizens the right to participate in politics... I didn’t expect so many people to protest outside the square this year!"

"Citizens of Dionia should have done this a long time ago! Which of the Greek city-states does not hold a citizen assembly, except Dionia!" Nick Stratus said flatly.

Lykasus ghostly inserted a sentence: "Neither is there in Syracuse."

"Shut up!" Nick Stratus gave him a fierce look, and then loudly expressed his opinion: "A city-state does not have a citizen assembly, and the people do not have the right to participate in politics. That is a dictatorship! A dictatorship cannot be ruled. In the long run, citizens of course will rise up to resist, even overthrow..."

Stasipus pulled him with a hand to stop him from continuing. After all, they were only here to participate in the forum to exchange medical skills. They should not talk nonsense and were involved in the internal disputes of Dionia.

Effiart has already turned red and retorted loudly, "Only stupid Crimea can do such stupid things! No one in Aspresum, no one in Amendorara. , No one in Turiyi made trouble, not even Grumentum! It is precisely because of the rule of Lord Davos that we can become citizens from refugees, own land, and have peace! Priests of Hades That’s right, we must know how to be grateful! The same goes for Crotone. I heard that the war in Greece has been going on for a year, and the people’s lives are very difficult. The reason why our Great Greece can enjoy such a long period of peace, Is it because of what?! Not because of our great commander, Hades’s goddess Daves!!!"

Effiart’s words from the heart are impassioned. Although Nick Stratus speaks harshly, he is only a doctor, not a speaker, and he is not good at arguing with others. With a menacing look, he persuaded him instead, and murmured: "...another Dionysius..."

At this point, the atmosphere in the carriage has become silent.

The carriage went around the square, exited from the south gate, and drove back onto the avenue.

The public carriage that Nick Stratus rides in is a two-horse four-wheeled carriage, which can seat up to six people. The carriage is covered with a leather hood, and a small window is opened on the left and right sides. , So there is plenty of light. The wooden seats are padded with softer cloth and fur, which can slightly relieve the vibrations that are constantly transmitted when the wheels rub against the ground. Even if the roads built by Dionia are far better than other Greek city-states, the bumps of the carriages Still unavoidable. The noise that disturbs passengers the most is the noise. To prevent the wooden wheels from breaking after being used for a long time, they are tightened with iron rings on the outside. When the wheels rotate, the iron rings contact the stones on the road surface and the noise is quite loud.

Of course, in the eyes of the engineers who made the carriage, this is because Daves is too demanding on the carriage, and even picky. For the people, the emergence and popularization of public carriages has greatly facilitated their travel.