"I think you hope to be attracted by a certain princess of Dionya and become the son-in-law of the Dionya." His teammates snorted dissatisfied.

Not only did Silitios not refute, but instead whispered seriously: "It's a pity that according to the news I found out, the princesses of the Dionian royal family have been married and have no chance! But it would be nice if they could be taken by the daughter of a minister in Dionian! I said you should work hard and strive to stay in the Kingdom of Dionian!"

Although women were forbidden to watch games in previous Greek sports games, anecdotes of choosing husbands through sports games still happen occasionally and are well-known. For example, Pisstratu, the former Athenian tyrant, once asked his daughter to disguise herself as a sports venue and choose her ideal husband. And Cilitios is handsome and tall and well-proportioned, and is indeed very likely to be favored by Dionys women.

The people next to him were also a little moved and fell into fantasy for a moment.

"It seems you are going to perform well in tomorrow's game." Mecca Kiddes placed the plate on the dining table and sat opposite Cilitios.

"It is certain to perform well, but I am not sure whether I can advance." Cilicetheos said despairingly, but his expression was very calm: "I have observed it in the training room these days. The traditional racing powers of Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Elis are all very strong this time. Fortunately, this time Dionia completely changed the way of racing, and no one is very adaptable, so I still have some chance.

And even if I was eliminated in the 100m race, I still have 200m and 400m races, and I will show up a few times on the field, and there will be more opportunities to be attracted by the precious girls of Dionia."

Mecca Kiddes was a little dissatisfied with Cialiteos' attitude of not striving for victory but focusing on how to win the hearts of the Dionian woman. However, Cialiteos was a noble after all, and he did not dare to blame him, so he had to devote himself to his head.

"I heard from the managers of the stadium that Dionia will hold a grand ceremony tomorrow, which is completely different from the opening of previous sports meetings. I really want to see it earlier!" Cilitios's sigh made Mecca Kiddes stunned: Yes, what kind of surprise will Dionia provide athletes with such comfortable accommodation and rich diet to all athletes and city-state representatives at tomorrow's ceremony?!

Mecca Kiddes is also full of longing.

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Hades Main Arena is the first arena since the establishment of Dionia. It is located in the east-central center of the city of Turiyin. It is the venue for the final finals of the Kingdom Rugby and Football Finals every year. In order to meet the needs of the growing audience, it has undergone several large-scale reconstructions and expansions. The most recent one happened in the past two years after King Davers announced the hosting of the Games. Now its architectural structure and appearance have been very different when it was first built decades ago.

The entire venue is almost a huge circle, with a height of about 42 meters and an area of ​​more than 15,000 square meters. It can usually accommodate nearly 60,000 spectators. It is not only a holy place for players and fans to watch, but also one of the architectural wonders in the Turiy area.

In the early morning of July 2, 365 BC (29th year of the Kingdom of Dionia), bustling crowds gathered from all directions to the Hades Main Arena. At the same time, the 69 entrances of the Hades Main Arena opened at the same time, and only one entrance was temporarily closed, which was a passage for royal members to enter and exit.

The ticket inspectors and the inspection team were in their respective positions. The Turiyi City Hall even applied to the Military Affairs Department and transferred the four reserve brigades of the Turiyi military camp in advance to assist in maintaining order outside the arena.

Under the guidance of volunteers and guides, tens of thousands of spectators turned into a trickle of streams leading to every entrance. Many spectators from all over Greece handed the tickets in their hands to the ticket inspectors with a little nervous mood. Because in the past, they never had to pay for the games to watch the games. This was their first time buying tickets. They felt novel and nervous: Is such a strange piece of paper useful?

But for the Dionian audience, buying tickets to watch the competition is natural. They have been in practice for decades. Every year, Turiyi and other areas of the Kingdom only rely on ticket money to bring a lot of income to the city hall. The tickets for this sports meeting were made of a thick paper with fine blue paper newly developed by the Cristoya Chamber of Commerce. It was almost impossible for anyone to forge it. Just writing all the competitions, locations, dates, seat numbers, and dozens of scribes of the Chamber of Commerce took nearly a month.

The ticket inspector mainly checks the authenticity of the ticket and whether the information on the ticket has been changed. After everything is confirmed, he will invite the audience to enter with a smile.

After the audience passes the entrance, they must reach the specified number of floors on the ticket, and then hand the ticket to the ticket inspector at the entrance of the floor again before entering the audience (The Hades main arena has 4 floors in total, and the prices on each floor are different. The first floor is mainly provided to the elders, ministers, VIPs, and citizens and heroes who have made outstanding contributions to the kingdom. There are no seats on the fourth floor, which are all station tickets, and the prices are also the cheapest).

"It's so troublesome to enter the arena!" Efikratus found his seat according to the seat number on the license plate, and began to complain as soon as he sat down: "I think we Athenians are already calculating enough. I didn't expect that the Dionians are more stingy than us and charge even more for watching sports games. It's really unheard of!"

Kalistratus, who sat next to him, said a few fair words for Dionia: "It's understandable. They provided free accommodation and plenty of food for all the messengers and athletes, which cost a lot of money, so it's understandable to earn some money by collecting tickets. When I entered the venue, I asked the ticket seller that the ticket price was not high, the cheapest one was only three Dracma, and the most expensive one was only 10 Dracma (the tickets for each messenger group were given by the Turiyi City Hall, and there was no need to pay for it). Even the poor should be able to afford it."

"Cheap is cheap, but look at how many people can sit here! After this game, Dionia can get at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of Drakma, and how many games they have to play in the entire Olympics... Dionia can earn a huge fortune by holding a sports meeting!" Efikratus estimated the benefits of Dionia's sports meeting with his fingers.

"Why, are you moved?" Kalistratus said jokingly: "Do you want to make suggestions at the council meeting and learn from Dionia, and start charging at future Pan Athena Games?"

Ifikratus really thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "This may not work. Don't say that the Pan-Athena Games does not have a charge tradition, and the people cannot accept it. Not to mention that our arena is open, and it is difficult to restrict people from entering and leaving at will."

"If we want to build such a huge and complex arena in Athens, the funds and manpower alone are already unbearable, not to mention that the construction technology it requires is probably what we do not have now."

Kalistratus glanced at the entire venue with a cautious look, and finally said with sigh: "Even if we build such an arena, the number of spectators it can accommodate is far more than the number of citizens of Athens (the number of citizens in Athens is generally maintained between 4,000 and 5,000). It may take a long time to make a profit. So, such a huge building, such a charging method... can only be implemented by a large country like Dionia with strong national strength and a huge population!"

Ifikratus was silent. He was dissatisfied with Dionia before. As the adopted son of former Macedonian king Amintas, he wanted to lead troops to rescue during the Macedonian rebellion four years ago, but was dissuaded by the Executive Committee of the General Athenian, and had to ask for help from the leader of the Greek Alliance. As a result, by the time Dionia sent troops, his righteous brother Alexander had already died in battle. Moreover, after quelling the rebellion, Dionia did not allow Macedonia to join the Greek alliance, but instead formed an alliance with Macedonia alone... Ifikratus believed that the Dionians were selfish.

Neither he nor Kalistraps came to Turie. This time, as a member of the Athenian emissary, he truly witnessed the powerful prosperity of Dionia, which was far from comparable to Athens. Some other thoughts hidden in his heart were basically dispelled. At this moment, he still said with some dissatisfaction: "The key is whether Dionia can organize the sports meeting well, otherwise it will be useless no matter how well the arena is repaired!"

Kalistratus knew a little about the psychology of his colleague. He was also unwilling to accept it for a period of time after the end of the Greek War. However, as Dionia's hegemony in Greece became more and more stable, more and more Ionian city-states (the islands on the Aegean Sea) joined the Greek alliance, Athens's path to expansion from maritime has been blocked. Because he became an alliance with Dionia, Athens's trade channels have been greatly expanded, the domestic market has become more prosperous, the trade tax has increased significantly, the treasury has become rich, and citizens have enjoyed this peace and comfort more. The situation has changed, and Calistratus has also lost his mind to oppose Dionia.
Chapter completed!