Chapter 24 The Piper's Will (1)
“Where you live, you will abide by the laws wherever you live.
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When the various phalanxes passed through the stands one after another, not only the monitors, but also all the enthusiastic audiences began to give friendly comments and encouragement to the contestants they were aiming for.
When Milidu's team entered the field, the Gaul soldiers in Libida's army cheered up, "What a small city-state, thanks to their reputation as the most powerful place for love in Asia, but the beds there are only five Roman footers. Yes, you heard it right, only five Roman footers. Every time I go to have fun, my brother puts my words on the bed, and my sister has no place to lie down."
When the Virginia team entered the court, many spectators shouted, "Look at the iconic double-eared hat they wore, I can bet five small silver coins of Oppo, betting that this country will win in the heavy infantry race, because when they run, there is nothing to sway around the underside, because the most abundant thing in this country is the eunuch, hahaha!" This is true, Virginia, a small country of Asia, has always exported eunuchs to the East and Egyptian Empires.
After Galasha entered the team, the audience and soldiers shouted the slogan "Repay money, pay back money" because the kingdom owes a lot of foreign debts, because the old king Diotalus has many children and the royal family spends extravagant pomp.
When Ubertnia's team entered the field, the onlookers sang together, "We rode horses, and the cavalry commander also rode horses. His horse is the most beautiful horse in the world..."
Then the lively competition began in various places. At the foot of Asimanus Mountain, there were parasols surging everywhere, and slaves with hats and nameplates "flying around" like birds. The discus rose and fell in a perfect parabola in the screams of the ladies. There were the most people watching the style in the wrestling and boxing rings, and people were fiercely arguing about whether Thracians or Nubians were the strongest.
The most spectacular one is the heavy infantry race event of various states. There is no grouping in this competition, so hundreds of "light pigs" with only a simple bronze helmet. They have light yellow skin, red skin, white skin and black skin. When they run and walk, a torrent of violent shaking of hips and lower body, which makes the women who come to watch scream.
All day, Li Bida respectfully guided Adianna's sedan chair and watched the competitive events everywhere. "After the celebration, the contestants from various countries will gather on the campus again. They will offer generous sacrifices to the Heavenly Father, the God of Heaven, the God of Venus, the God of War, and others." Li Bida pointed to a row of obelisks in the middle of the campus and said.
Just then, the two saw a group of dark-skinned competitive representatives wearing pure white linen shorts and skirts, sweating profusely. Each of them held a narrow wooden board in their hands, playing white balls filled with feathers and kapok trolls. They also set up a narrow wooden door made of three pillars and two beams at both ends. It seemed that the ball was hit into the opponent's door was considered a victory, but these competitive representatives seemed to come from the same race? So Li Bida asked the reporter around him which country he came from. The reporter shrugged and said, "This country is not from Asia Minor, but from the Indian merchants from the Red Sea and Bactricia. Those who came here to do myrout business, also volunteered to join the competition this time."
Adiana looked around and continued to ask strangely, "It seems they are not involved in other competitive projects?"
"Yes, they only participated in this weird wooden ball project, and they asked us to set it up temporarily before the game. Ha, in fact, they only participated in this project in the General Assembly, and only they themselves participated in this project." The broadcaster's explanation was kind and sarcastic.
When he saw the noble cavalry commander and the beautiful Queen Ubertnia coming to the field, the group of Indian players immediately surrounded him enthusiastically, and spoke loudly in fluent but untuned Latin language, praising all the gods of the nation. Then the leader held a gorgeous water bottle and shouted loudly, "This is the water of the sacred river of our country, transported from very far and far places. Now please allow it to be given to the commander of the cavalry and the Queen." Li Bida suddenly thought of something, but felt dizzy, and hurriedly took the water bottle and the water, and replied politely, "Can I sacrifice this water to the gods after the event?"
The answer I got was of course possible, that was our honor.
Li Bida finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he saw Adiana pointing at him with a strange look, and said in his heart, "Fortunately, I have learned it, otherwise I would have received it if I really drank the water of this sacred river."
As a result, the token officer from Ephesus arrived in vain and handed over the latest Caesar command. Li Bida avoided the noisy crowd and checked under a parasol. Sure enough, the information on it was not much different from what he had collected during this period.
"Caesar is waiting for the flute player to die, and the flute player Ptolemy is really going to die." Li Bida slowly put the command board and said.
"I heard that when Ptolemy of Egypt was alive, he made a will to give the entire Egyptian kingdom to Rome." Adiana took the board and recalled.
"Well, the flute blower wrote me a letter in his personal capacity, and I can be sure that he had the disease that Egyptian Pharaoh had often suffered, that is, scurvy, which was determined by the environment of the entire Nile River. The flute blower's gums were swollen, his body was enlarged, and his ears were often bleeded and his nose was bleeding. He complained. Now his days should be short, and Caesar, who was stationed in Ephesus, and so many legions he had, were staring at Egypt, preparing to wait for the flute blower to die, and then formally annex the rich granary of Egypt according to this will."
"This is not possible. You must know that Karabis, you spent so much energy before, to help the flute player restore the restoration and monopolize the commission of Egypt's materials to the world, and to provide you with hundreds of Tarent's financial income every year. Now, can you hand it over to Caesar?" Adianna said hurriedly.
"Of course I won't give in. What I am thinking about now is how to protect my own rights and interests and not let Caesar pay too much attention to this. So you have to understand that Adiana, Caesar's bald man is very smart, at least as smart as you and me - our war target may be him from now on." Li Bida said involuntarily with contemplation.
Chapter completed!