As soon as Theos finished speaking, Dick Poris continued: "Although the practices of His Majesty and the Ministry of Commerce are a little harsh on our Turiyi Chamber of Commerce, its fundamental purpose is to show the kingdom to the people of other countries in the Mediterranean, to show us Turiyi, and to promote the prosperity of Turiyi's trade.

In the long run, the prosperity and growth of Tuliyi trade will be more conducive to the development of our Tuliyi merchants. This is a great thing. I think we should be happy and fully assist the Ministry of Commerce in organizing the commerce of this sports meet!"

Sostatus looked at Dickpolis: Dickpolis took the initiative to help him speak, and in fact he had shown him that he would be willing to regain friendship with him.

The others at the banquet were also thoughtful after hearing the words of Theos and Dick Poris.

Sostatus laughed and said loudly: "Everyone, after the main business, let's not be stunned. Come! Come! Come and eat the dishes quickly. This is the dish carefully prepared by the chefs I urged under my command. It's almost cold now, so don't waste it!"

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The banquet in the backyard lobby had just begun. The banquet in the front yard living room was already full of cysts and bustling under the auspices of Butler Sostatus.

Heschlaus was already a little blushing and hot-eared. A Carthage merchant next to him, who was originally unfamiliar, pulled him affectionately and kept saying: "You just said that you brought the child to Turiyi, how old is he?"

"Nine years old."

"It seems you are going to let him go to Turiyi to school, right?"

"No, no, you're wrong. I'm just taking my kids to the sports meet. The Kingdom has also built schools in Larissa and Philae. I'm going to let my son go back to Thesali to school next year."

"I advise you." The Carthage merchant seemed not to hear Heschlaus' response, and continued, hiccup, "It is best to let the child go to school in Turiyi, which will be of great help to him in business and politics when he grows up. After all, you Thessali is now incorporated into Dionya. You are a citizen of Dionya. This is your luck..."

Heschlaus was very moved when he heard this.

At this time, a head suddenly appeared from behind him, which scared him. He saw that he had just met Marcilia (i.e. Marseille) businessman.

The businessman obviously heard the conversation between the two and asked curiously: "I heard that there are more than 10 schools in Dionia in Turiy?"

"That's of course, you didn't look at how many people Turiyi have. It is said that it has exceeded 400,000, several times that of our Carthage!" The Carthage merchant said with some sigh: "So one or two schools are not enough. I heard that it is almost a block and a school--"

The Masilia merchant took the conversation excitedly: "I heard that the school in Turiyan City is the best, and the descendants of His Majesty the King, the children of the elders, and the children of the kingdom are all studying there. I heard that they also recruit students from the outside world. If our children can study in this school, it will definitely be of great help to his future development!"

"Don't dream!" The Carthage merchant spitted the grape seeds on the table and sneered: "There are children of the royal family and important officials in the inner city schools studying in it. How can their guard be not tight? It does recruit students from the outside, but only two types of people are recruited, one is the children of soldiers who died in battle in the Turiyi area, and the other is the children of the race leaders and city-state leaders who depend on the Kingdom of Dionia. It is impossible for children to enter that school like you and me...

However, it doesn’t matter if you can’t enter the inner city school. These schools in the outer city are also very good. Some children of veterans and kingdom officials are also studying there. My eldest son was studying at the Dongwaicheng School not far from here—”

"Does these schools accept children like us who are not citizens of Dionia?" asked the Masilia businessman in surprise.

"Of course it's impossible, but there's another way-" The Carthage merchant smiled strangely and pointed at the wine on the dining table: "I'll tell you after you drink three glasses."

The Masilia merchant took up the wine glass without saying a word and drank three glasses in a row.

Marsilia, the only Greek colonial city-state established within the sphere of influence of the Gauls, except for the invitation of Greek city-states such as Kumai in Campania in the early days of the colonial period to resist the Carthaginians who expanded northward on the sea. Since then, it has not participated in any disputes between forces on the Italian Peninsula and has been working hard to develop.

Because it is frequently approached by the Tyrelian Sea, leaning against the foothills of the Alps, it is located at the mouth of the Rhone River, next to it is another famous mountain pass connected to Italy in the outer Gaul area. The Marcilians built tall and solid city walls, leaving the backward Gaul people with no choice but to deal with them. On the contrary, Marcilians used their sea and land convenience to develop themselves into a famous port for the Mediterranean trade in the outer Gaul area.

Although they were attacked by the Gauls from time to time, the Masilians who gained great benefits from it were satisfied with their transcendent status. It was not until Dionia conquered Rome and became the overlord of Italy that Masilia adapted to the situation and formed an alliance with Dionia. Until today, the entire Western Mediterranean, even the former overlord Carthage, was attached to the sacred kingdom of Dionia, not to mention that some Dionian allies took the initiative to request annexation into the kingdom. However, Masilia still maintained the unchanged former covenant and had frequent trade relations with Dionia, but politically, it always maintained a distance of not far or near.

But in fact, many Masilian merchants became more and more uneasy when they saw the increasing national strength of the Kingdom of Dionys. They repeatedly proposed in the parliamentary meetings to "establish closer diplomatic relations with the Holy Kingdom of Dionys." However, this proposal was never passed at the citizen meeting because ordinary Masilian people were accustomed to this kind of closed and isolated comfort and did not want this situation to change. Therefore, some Masilian merchants could only find ways to make their family's relationship closer to the Kingdom of Dionys to ensure the safety and development of the family, just like this Masilian merchant did.

He slapped the empty wine glass on the dining table and said, "Three...three drinks are finished, you...you can say it!"

The Carthage merchant looked straight and didn't dare to keep it in hiding again. He quickly said, "Uh... OK, I say... this... Although there is a law in Dionia that only children of Dionian citizens are allowed to enter Dionia school, there is no loophole to take advantage of.

You should know that many of the citizens of Dionia are refugees from the Eastern Mediterranean. They traveled alone in Dionia and finally became official citizens and settled forever. However, some of them died on the battlefield after getting married without children..." The Carthage merchant smiled and said, "The adopted son and daughter of Dionia citizens are legally effective. If you can ask the widow of the death-dead citizen to agree to recognize your child as an adopted son and register at the local household registration office, then your child can enter the school as a citizen of Dionia in the future! I remember that in the beginning, Lord Sostatus helped my child into Turi's school through this method..."

"Oh...so that's how it is!" The Masilia merchant heard this and changed his mind, thinking about how to ask Sostatus to help his child do this.

"This method won't work now!" A heavy voice came from behind the Carthage merchant.

Heschlaus and the Malayan businessman immediately said respectfully: "Mr. Kaunus!"

The Carthage merchant turned around and saw that Konus, the housekeeper of Sostatus, was standing behind him, and quickly stood up to say hello.

Kaunus was originally a confidant slave of Kunogolata. He gained freedom many years ago and became a citizen of Dionia, but he was willing to continue to serve Kunogolata. Later, he became a right-hand man of Sostatus. The huge commercial sales network established by Sostatus was mainly implemented by him. Many downstream merchants deal with him more than Sostatus, which is why he was able to host this banquet and merchants were willing to gather around him.

At this moment, his eyes looked at the Carthage merchants with a deep look, which made the Carthages tremble and realized that they had made them feel a little confused.

Kaunus quickly changed into a smile and shouted to the people around him: "The method he said worked 10 years ago, but after the reports of Turi's civil servants, the Senate issued a special decree, 'Unless one of his biological parents is a Dionysian citizen, he (she) is adopted by other Dionysian citizens, he or she can enjoy the rights that the kingdom should have.' So today, the children of Gentiles are still not allowed to go to Dionysian schools to study! But-"

Kaunus looked at the frustrated Masilia businessman and said seriously: "There are other ways to let your children study in schools within the Kingdom. For example, in Capsa and Galaguso, the kingdom also built schools in these towns and sent teachers. Because there are few students, it is actually a waste. If you apply to the Academic Affairs Department of Turiyi, you are willing to pay high admission fees and let your children study in schools in these towns, there is no problem."

"But... what's the point of letting children learn in these remote places?" The Masilia businessman seemed a little disappointed.

"First of all, even the teachers who teach in schools in remote towns in the Kingdom now graduated from the Dionys School and even the academy, passed the examination of the Ministry of Academic Affairs, and after more than a year of professional training, they obtained the qualifications of teachers, and their teaching ability is guaranteed."

Thanks to assistant Novalu for his reward! Your support is my motivation for writing!
Chapter completed!