The Cristoya restaurant in the market is still full of every day. The preparatory citizens, free people, and merchants from all over the world, sailors taste delicious food, drink wine, and talk about current affairs. Of course, some gossip topics are also circulated, such as: rumors about Davers' mother having sex with Hades in her dream and getting pregnant with Davers, and there are also rumors about the Turiyi patrol captain Olivers and his Persian wife who love and hate when they are having sex... and so on.

Of course, the most discussed during this period was the Bruti War. The preparatory citizens and the free people participated in military training and saw the strength of the soldiers of the Dionian Legion. They firmly believed that Dionia would win. Many foreign sailors and merchants expressed their doubts because the war lasted for more than ten days and had no progress. In the end, the two sides had either quarrel or had a fight, and the restaurants became the most frequently visited places for market patrols.

Dick Poris and Theos sat in the corner eating mutton sauté, drinking beer, and listening to the adjacent table talking loudly about the war that was going on.

Dick Poris sighed: "It's not good in the Dionian League, there are too many wars. Three wars have happened so far this year, and my business has also been affected."

Theos comforted him and said, "There is no war in this world now! Even in Corinth, as the conflict with Sparta became increasingly deeper, the people were worried that a war would break out between them and Sparta. Dionia is pretty good, at least it has not been defeated so far, and it has always been attacking other city-states..." Theos showed an envious look on his face.

"You are now running a weapon workshop, and you are buying and selling weapons. Of course, I hope that the more wars the better! I heard that the consul of Dionia visited your workshop some time ago." Dick Poris also showed an envious look.

"That's right." Thios was quite contented. He leaned over and whispered: "You are my friend. I'm not afraid to tell you that Dionia is improving their weapons and equipment. Their civilians are huge. Their own weapons shops are too low. Even if they have been produced for five years, they cannot replace each soldier with new weapons and armor. My weapons workshop is the only large weapons workshop in Dionia. Of course, I will be attracted by the consul who likes war!"

"I'm afraid... I need tens of thousands of sets of weapons and armor. You're going to make a fortune!" Dick Poris was very envious.

"This won't make much money." Theos said, shaking his head, "Consul Davers is not young, but a smart man. He proposed to exchange the old weapon armor for a new one, and at most he would pay a little more production fee."

"Old weapon? Are you saying rusty?"

"No, the civilians of Dionia no longer use the traditional Corinthian helmets, copper shields and granites of Greek city-states. Instead, they designed a leather helmet with iron sheets and jaw protection. The shield is made of cowhide, but it is half a person tall and has an arc shape. The production of this shield is a bit difficult. I don't know why they designed it like this..." Theoes said of his doubts and complaints.

"The Consul Dionia is a famous Greek general. His design is of course reasonable. You just do what he said. Why do you think so much? And if you say that, you can sell those traditional Greek weapons and equipment to other city-states, which is also profitable." Dick Polis reminded him.

"But you didn't count the shipping fee, the taxes and time spent in other city-states, and the time spent..." Thios drank a sip of wine, with a confused expression on his face: "I don't care much about these things, I have made some money, and I have also established a relationship with the consul. This is a rare opportunity! But when Davers left the weapon workshop, he said something to me, which made me unable to sleep well during this period..."

"What do you mean?" Dick Poris asked curiously.

“He said, ‘It’s a pity that you are not a Dionian citizen, otherwise we will work with you further.”

After hearing this, Dick Poris was stunned. He thought about this sentence carefully and suddenly his eyes lit up: "He means to make you a citizen of Dionia."

"I think so too." Thios sighed: "But according to the provisions of the Dionys Law, if I want to be a Dionys citizen, I will no longer be a Collins citizen, and it will take too long to be a Dionys citizen."

“What’s good about being a Corinthian citizen, can you own the land?”

“I don’t have land in Collins.”

"According to what you just said, Corinth is likely to have a war with Sparta. Can Corinth defeat Sparta?"

"cannot."

"Instead of being destroyed by the time the family is destroyed, it is better to prepare early now. You are not too old, and it is no big deal to wait in Dionia for a few years. And becoming a citizen of Dionia, owning your own land can make your business go further. Such a good thing is really a blessing for the goddess of luck, so why are you hesitating about!"

Dick Poris' words woke up the dreamer. Theoz pondered for a while and finally made up his mind: "My best friend, thank you for your reminder! You are right, I should have made a decision early!"

Dick Poris smiled and said, "Actually, I also have the idea of ​​becoming a citizen of Dionys. The longer I live in Dionys, the less I want to return to Crete, which is small, poor in land and boring in life. Here, I can watch wonderful rugby and football games, have delicious food to eat, get sick, and have a skilled doctor to treat... I can also go to the mountains to hunt and fish in Lake Senise. The political situation here is stable. Dionys is an energetic city-confederate alliance. It is already very powerful, but it is still becoming stronger. No other city-state dares to invade it, only it can bully other countries!"

After hearing Dick Poris's sigh, Thios raised his wine glass and said, "Why do we go to the household registration officer of Turiyi together to register?"

Dick Poris was stunned, then laughed and said, "Okay, let's go together!"

The two of them drank it all, wiped away the tide in their hearts, talking and laughing, and their mood became even more joyful.

The guest at the next table started arguing, and Dick Polis heard it carefully, but it was because of the Isthmus Games, so he joked: "Tios, be careful, don't mention that you are a Corinthian here."

Speaking of this, Theos scolded in anger: "It was probably the first time that most of them heard the name Dionyya by those idiots in the Corinthian Council, so they looked down on the emerging city-confederate alliance of Dionyya, but they did not know that the strength of this emerging city-confederate alliance was several times stronger than that of Corinth. If they offended it, it would be of no benefit to Corinth!"

Dickpolis deeply felt: "Not only Corinth, many Greek city-state citizens have a contempt for the Western Mediterranean city-states. They always think that the Western Mediterranean city-states are colonies and regard them as rural gays from remote areas. In fact, they don't know that not only Syracuse, but also Dionia's strength is comparable to Sparta, Athens, Tarantum, and Crotone, which are the largest Greek city-states even in Greece."

"Yes, if you offend a growing stronger Dionia, Corinth's future may have some trouble..." Theos said with some concern.

"Why are you still worried about this? You have decided to become a citizen of Dionia anyway."

"But I have many relatives and friends in Collins!"

As the two were talking, a huge cheer suddenly sounded in the market, deafening.

The people in the restaurant didn't know what was going on, and were curiously asking each other. A patrolman walked in and said excitedly: "Cheer, Dionians! Our heroic soldiers captured the city of Bissinia in Bruty under the leadership of the great consul Davers!"

"Great! We win again!"

"Isn't Bissinia just next to our Turii, the small town on the south bank of the Krati River? No Greek has ever been there before. I heard that the terrain is very difficult, so we actually captured it?!! The war has only started for a few days!"

"Occurrence, brave soldiers! Continue to attack and strive to take Kosenza as soon as possible!!"

...

There was a lot of cheers in the restaurant.

At this time, the waiter of the restaurant came out and said, "To celebrate this victory, my host decided that the food and wine you all here today would be free!"

"Wan Sheng! The generous wife of the ruling lord, the beautiful Cristoya!" The guests danced and cheered loudly.

"This is so good. Please give me a glass of wine!" said the patrol team happily.

"Wine or beer?" asked the waiter.

"You see I was sweating all over, of course I was drinking beer to quench my thirst." When a full glass of beer was handed to his hands, the patrolman raised it high and said loudly: "Everyone, respect our omnipotent consul, Mr. Davers! We also respect our heroic citizens who participated in the war!"

Everyone in the restaurant, including Dick Poris and Theos, raised their glasses, and the guests at the next table came to clink their glasses with them, and said, "Congratulations on joining the ranks of Dionian citizens! This is undoubtedly a correct decision!"

Dick Poris looked at him in surprise: "Did you hear it?"

The man blinked: "Or why do you think I scolded the Collins."

Theos smiled relievedly at this moment, "After we made the decision, we received such good news. This is the arrangement of the goddess of fate!"

"That's right." Dick Poris nodded in agreement.

"Cheers!" Several wooden cups clinked together, and the wine splashed everywhere.
Chapter completed!