Feng Yu led a group of people to pass through the paved bluestone. There were avenues with flower beds on both sides. He saw the sign of the Xiongshi University Bathroom at a glance.

As the name means, Xiongshida Bathroom only entertains male guests but not female guests, and it is free to all Romans with citizenship. Everyone in Feng Yu spent a bathing room with silver corners, including Feng Yu himself. Because Feng Yu did not bring out his citizenship certificate in order to save this silver corner.

The rest of the people entering and leaving only need to say hello to the old man who was guarding the door. Their Latin words with a local Roman accent are the best proof of identity. Some regular customers don’t even need to say hello, and walk inside like shopping.

When paying, Feng Yu asked the old man: "Do you have private rooms here? How many levels are there for the bathhouse?"

The old man was curious about his appearance, and when he heard Feng Yu ask, he laughed and said, "This foreign friend, you may have just come to our Rome City. Our Xiongshida Bathroom is a public place run by the state, non-commercial. So there are no private rooms here, there are only one type of bathhouse, no grade. Of course, if you regard the bathhouse for guests' slaves as the same grade, then there are two."

When the old man said this, he stopped. He thought Feng Yu was not happy with many mixed places. He thought for a while and continued, "If you don't want to get mixed with all kinds of people, you can walk along this street. There is a private commercial bathhouse, which has many grades of consumption content, and even provides women to serve guests to bathe. Most foreign businessmen like to go there. But..."

The old man paused and continued, "But, you may see people you cannot meet in our daily life."

Simmons asked with a smile, "Can you meet His Majesty Alexander?"

The old man said disapprovingly: "Although His Majesty has come a few, the commanders of several major legions, the highest civil guardian, the highest supervisor, the Supreme Court justice, and the most experienced veterans of the Senate often come."

Feng Yu asked a little doubt: "With their status as well as having a luxurious commercial bathhouse, why do you have to go to such a mixed place where people of all kinds can come? They won't save so much money."

The old man had a strange smile on his lips and said, "Of course not. These people have private baths in their mansions. If you just want to enjoy the pleasure of bathing, it would be best to let beautiful female slaves take care of the bath in the mansion? Why do you have to come out? As for why they come to the public bathhouse to take a bath, this..., this is a long way to say it. Old man, I don't have the time to explain these to you, a foreigner. You can understand it after you go in and experience it a few times."

Feng Yu was not talking nonsense with the old man, and after paying the money, he walked straight in.

After Feng Yu entered, he found that the bathing ground was completely different from what he imagined. In his imagination, the public bathing ground in Rome was probably similar to the modern large bathing ground. But when he walked through a three-width front garden and actually entered the lobby, he realized that it was not a bathing ground, but an indoor park. Stone pillars two or three battles tall supported a huge space with an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters.

There are several large baths and showers along the walls in the lobby. The shower does not have a human faucet and thermostat like Feng Yu's suite in the hotel, but an animal skin hose with copper water pipes at the end. When not in use, hang the copper pipe on the high iron hook, and the water will be good. When you step on a small stool to remove the copper pipe, the mixed warm water will flow out. Obviously, there is a sink behind the wall for storing warm water.

The sunlight from the hollowed-out dome and a light that does not produce obvious smoke make the lobby shine brightly. In the mist, you can see the exquisite murals behind the bathhouse. There are hundreds of wooden beds in the middle of the lobby, which are obviously for rubbing the back and massage.

Feng Yu and others were shaking their eyes, their bodies with their chests and belly exposed, but they didn't know where to change clothes. Just when they were at a loss, a person from the bathhouse ran over and said, "Why are you staying here? Go to the changing place to take off your clothes and take a bath."

Under the guidance of this person, Feng Yu and others found a place to change clothes. It turned out that the door opened on the walls around the lobby was opened, and there was a different sky behind it. There was a place to change clothes, a place to rest and chat, and even an open-air sports field for practicing javelins, discus, and an open-air garden. There was also a place to wash the body for slaves and only showers.

The man was about to leave, but an interpreter grabbed him and asked, "Wait, where are our valuables stored?"

The other party rolled his eyes and shook his sleeves and said impatiently: "This is a public place. Who cares about where your valuables are stored? Do you have valuables without slaves? Let your slaves look at them!"

Dian Qing, who was standing beside him, saw that although he couldn't understand what they said, he could understand their expressions and their tone. He muttered, "How strange. This guy in the bathhouse is a low-ranking livelihood for us, but he is awesome here. This Roman country is so strange. The emperor does not look like an emperor, and the servants do not look like servants."

Feng Yu was also surprised, but now he figured out the truth and explained to Dian Qing and the others who were also confused on their faces, "Actually, there is nothing strange about this. He was not a bathhouse clerk, and his actual identity should be a Roman official. Maybe the grade is higher than the gatekeeper we met at the city gate today. Because this bathhouse is not a private or even a profitable one, but a public service institution that relies on finance. Similar to our official post station, grain market, salt market, etc.."

Simmons answered from the side: "They pay so much attention to bathing should be to inherit the habits of our Greeks. According to the sayings handed down by my elders, in Greece more than 300 years ago, people from all cities and counties in Greece had the custom of bathing and entertaining guests, and public baths had become an important social public place. More than 300 years ago, Athens had a free open-air hot spring bath running 24 hours a day."

Dian Qing expressed his opinion on the side: "It is a waste to spend money on this yamen. It is not good to use this money in some places."

But no one paid attention to him anymore. After each changed his clothes silently, he temporarily left a few people to take care of valuables. The group only surrounded the bath towel on his butt and walked back into the lobby naked. Unexpectedly, those who took a bath and rubbed their backs all looked at them, making Feng Yu feel uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!