Kaunus looked at the merchant of Massilia and said seriously: "Secondly, the teaching content of each school in the kingdom is the same now. There are fixed teaching materials for the three learning stages of junior, middle and high school. Don't worry about children in big towns. what has been learned less;
The most important thing is that your child can apply to the kingdom to become a citizen of Dionia when he enters school, even if he does not pay taxes to the kingdom, but as long as he graduates with good grades, there is no illegal or criminal behavior. , then all his time at school will be counted in the years of 'becoming a Dionian citizen'.
In this way, he only needs to live in the kingdom and pay taxes for a few years after graduation, and then he can successfully become a full citizen of Dionia. Since he studied and lived in Dionia since he was a child, he has completely adapted to the laws and customs of the kingdom. It can be smoothly integrated into the Kingdom of Dionia. "
After the Massilia businessman heard it, he was immediately delighted. He believed that this method was completely tailor-made for him.
"I haven't heard of this decree before, was it only enacted this year?" Someone asked Kaunus tactfully.
"You guessed right, it was proposed and revised at the Kingdom Conference at the beginning of the year, and it was officially announced last month." Kaunus looked at the crowd and reminded with a smile, "So if you have children, you are willing to leave. This way, now is a good time to catch up!"
Some people really had a positive discussion on the matter, and Cornus introduced Hesklaus to some Allied merchants who had cooperated with Sostatus in the early days, and everyone had a good conversation under his guidance.
Half an hour later, Sostatus came to the banquet.
He first apologized to everyone, and then expressed his sincere thanks to all the businessmen present for their help during this time. Then he focused on the upcoming sports meeting, hoping that they will all actively participate, not to miss business opportunities, and He will try his best to help them.
The banquet in the front yard has now reached its climax. The clinking of glasses and laughter continued until late at night...
Originally, Sostatus wanted Hesklaus, who was a little drunk, to stay at home, but Hesklaus politely declined, considering that he would be back to Athens early tomorrow morning.
Because Hesklaus's pottery shop was far away, and there were patrols patrolling in the middle of the night, Sostatus was not at ease, and specifically let Hesklaus and his son leave in their sedan chairs.
Lirias, who was originally reluctant to come to the banquet, was very unwilling to leave with his father at this time, so he kept complaining in the sedan chair.
Hesklaus leaned on the couch, looked at his petty son, and remembered the Dionian allied merchants he had met at the banquet: they had cooperated with Sostatus far longer than he had, and had a lot of money. , is more familiar with the market of the Kingdom of Dionia, but is full of envy of himself, just because he is from Thessaly, lucky to become a citizen of Dionia.
Thinking of the efforts they had made for their children, Hesklaus deeply felt that he should also make plans for Lirias' future, and he asked softly, "Son, Dad has an urgent matter to rush back to Athens tomorrow, It will take more than 20 days to come back here to watch the sports meeting. During this time, I want you to temporarily stay at Uncle Sostatus' house, can you see it?"
Liriaston was happy: "Okay! Okay! Dad, you know what? Brother Chris said he wanted to take me to the Turiyi Zoo! He said there were terrifying beasts and strange animals there. …”
Hesklaus listened to his son with a smile and kept talking, but he was thinking about the advice that Kaunus gave him at the banquet: Carraguso is a small mountain town not far from the Turii area, but due to the population Very few (the most conservative and traditional tribes of Lucania were once inhabited here, but due to its location in the most prosperous part of the kingdom centered on the Gulf of Turii, it has been under its influence for decades, many of the Galago Suo people are no longer willing to be poor, and they have migrated out for a better life), and it is easy to get permission from the Ministry of Education to let their children go to study there. When the child graduates in the future, whether it is business or politics in the kingdom, he will have an advantage over his peers in Thessaly.
Hesklaus made up his mind: when the games are over, he will ask Cornus to help him run this!
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Early the next morning, Lirias was sent to Sostatus' house.
It turned out that Sosikles was not just talking casually last night. He really took Lirias to the zoo. Of course, he was accompanied by the children of other merchants and the servants of Sostatus' house.
Considering the continuous influx of foreign tourists into Turii during this period, the population of Turii City and its surroundings has become denser. In order to reach the destination faster, Sosiklis chose to take the waterway.
They came to the quay along the river and hired a passenger boat.
The passenger ship hoisted its sails, slid its wooden oars, and flowed up the river. It crossed the three large stone bridges across the Krati River one after another, entered the Koseni River, a tributary of the Krati River, and finally landed at the pier on the south bank of the delta in the middle of the river.
In fact, the river traffic is also very busy, and it took more than an hour for them to set foot on the road leading to the mountains south of the delta.
This road leading to the mountain has been rebuilt and upgraded many times: in the period of the city-state of Turii, the road was built because copper mines and stone mines were successively discovered in the mountains, but it was a dirt road at that time. It is often crushed by heavy trucks, and it is even more difficult to move in the event of rain; after the establishment of Dionia, in order to improve the transportation efficiency of ore, it was converted into a stone road; but it was really converted into the top of the kingdom. After the establishment of the zoo, there are more and more tourists visiting the zoo. Pedestrians and mine trucks are mixed on the same road, which is both crowded and dangerous. There are accidents from time to time. The road was expanded into a boulevard again, so that the road became wider, and the pedestrians walked on the sidewalk and the pack trucks on the main road, without interfering with each other, and the traffic became smooth.
The establishment of the Turii Zoo is nothing new in the entire Mediterranean. The Persian royal family built a royal garden very early in Babylon, which not only has all kinds of rare animals, but also all kinds of precious plants. The former king of Xerxes (the one who suffered a disastrous defeat in the battle of Salamis) was An outstanding gardener. In Memphis, Egypt, the pharaoh built a beautiful garden in the backyard of his palace, in which all kinds of rare and exotic animals were raised for him and his concubines to watch. But like the Kingdom of Dionia, it is truly unprecedented to open the entire zoo to the general public.
The Greeks like to travel, as do the wealthy citizens of Dionia, but no matter how daring they are, it is impossible to risk their lives to explore the mysterious animals hidden in the deep mountains and forests, rivers and rivers, but the Turii Zoo can completely Satisfy their curiosity, you can even see the appearance of the monsters that have appeared in myths and legends, such as: Pitong (that is, a big python) shot to death by Apollo, the lion who fought with Hercules … .
Not to mention the attraction of the zoo to children, plus its relatively cheap tickets, so since its establishment, it has been widely spread among the people of the kingdom, and even citizens of allied countries are attracted, and there is an endless stream every day. A great number of tourists come to visit, making it one of the most famous tourist attractions in Turii.
Although there are usually many tourists visiting the zoo, it is extremely rare for the sidewalks to be full of people and it is difficult to even walk like today. This is obviously because the sports meeting is about to be held, which has led to a sharp increase in tourists.
Sosikles secretly complained, he did not expect the situation to be so bad.
By the time they arrived at the foot of the mountain where the zoo was located, there was already a long queue at the gate, and countless tourists were anxiously waiting to pay for their entry into the park under the scorching sun.
Some people didn't want to queue or leave, so they cursed in the crowd: "Has the head of this zoo's owner been struck by lightning? He deliberately made fun of us travelers who have traveled all the way! My neighbors even boasted to me. How good is this place, shit!…”
"Hi! Hi!" Someone next to him patted the speaker's shoulder in dissatisfaction: "Aren't you a citizen of Dionia? Don't you know that the director of this zoo is the daughter of His Majesty King Davos, Princess Avia. If you scold you a few more times, the people of Turii will hear it, and you will be beaten so much that your parents don't even recognize you!"
The man was startled, and was so frightened that he quickly closed his mouth. He saw several soldiers patrolling in front of him, and felt even more guilty, and even slipped away quietly.
Sosiklis didn't have the heart to watch these farces. He asked Lirias and the others to wait, and he walked along the long line. He actually let him see an acquaintance at the front of the line.
"Brother Pekestas! Brother Stas!..." He shouted happily while waving.
The young man named Pekestas heard the shout, turned his head quickly, and then said in surprise, "Chris, why are you here?!"
"My dad asked me to come to the zoo with some of his business partner's children, how about you?"
"Similar to you, several Thessaly officials brought their families to watch the games in Turui. My father arranged for them to live in my house and let me be in charge of reception. I brought them to the zoo today. I didn't expect so many people!"
"If I had known this was the case, I should have asked you, eldest brother, to help me take care of these children."
"You can't be lazy if you want to be lazy. Be careful, I will go back and report to my uncle." Pekestas made a joke first, and then whispered: "Today's situation is not very good! It may be that Princess Ivia saw the tourists who came here. Too many, I was afraid of scaring the animals, so I posted a notice at the door before, 'Only 1,000 people are allowed to enter the park at a time, and after some of them leave the park, people will be let in.' A group of people have entered the park just now, I It is estimated that we won't be able to go in until the afternoon."
"Wait for so long?! How can those children bear it!" Sosiklis turned to look at Lirias and the others who were standing beside him, looking around, rolled his eyes, and whispered, "Brother, wait here. No way, I'll try to figure it out."
After hearing what he said, Pekestas knew what he wanted to do, and immediately pulled him and whispered: "Don't go! I know Ivia, and she won't agree."