The road surface of the block was filled and compacted, sewers were dug on both sides, and the road was widened, enough for two carriages to drive side by side. Walking on the road, there was a sense of peace that was not before. The houses in the block were gradually being demolished (the reason for demolishing the houses here was that the civilians living in Laventing were basically allocated to the center of the city. Except for the Diana Temple, this city was basically empty, so it was easy to renovate). After cleaning up these gravel tiles, the houses here will be planned and built, and there will be no scenes of the past crowding and mixed appearances.

Storlo's eyes swept across this unrecognizable neighborhood. Looking at the new road, he couldn't help but sigh: The slum in the west that tortured the Romans for 10 years, the Senate has debated many times on the transformation of it every year, but it has not changed at all in 10 years. However, under the rule of the Dionians, it has completely changed within a month. Although they have taken advantage of the war, it has to be said that the Dionians have indeed strong determination and execution, and they really want to improve the lives of the Romans...

Thinking of what Meinas said, Storo no longer seemed so entangled. Walking through the slums, he saw some people gathering in front of the arena ahead, most of them migrated Dionian citizens, and a small number of Romans, who were busy under the command of two priests in white robes.

Storo knew what they were busy with. It was said that he was the patron god of the Kingdom of Dionia. The birth date of Hades, the Greek god who controls the law and the underworld, was about to arrive. Dernia held a grand celebration for him every year at this time.

Ten days ago, Rome Chief Executive Ascistes announced that Rome would also hold Hades celebrations. Storlo did not have much feeling about this. Rome was a city-state that believed in polytheism, and there were many foreign gods, including Etruscan, Sabin, Wolsey, and even many new creations. However, this incident not only made the citizens of Dionian who moved to Rome cheer and received positive responses from the Temple of Diana and many Roman civilians. This is a bit strange.

However, after careful analysis, Storo found that this was reasonable: as far as he knew, after the priest Hades came to Rome, he treated the Roman civilians with gentle and friendly manner, often treated them for free, and actively provided help to the people in difficult life... Therefore, although the Temple of Hades has not been built in the city of Rome, there were only a simple Altar of Hades, but more and more people went to worship him, so when they heard that the Hades celebration was about to be held, these Roman people were also very active.

According to the announcement issued by the Town Hall, on the day of the celebration, not only will the believers solemnly worship Hades, but according to tradition, they will also give some Kingdom slaves who are usually outstanding in their daily lives. More importantly, the Roman soldiers who were killed in the battle on the side of Dionia were added in this war. Their names will be engraved on stone tablets and enshrined in the Temple of Hades. Their souls after death will be blessed by the Pluto... These practices naturally attracted great concern from the Roman people and slaves.

What's more, there will be a rugby match after the celebration: According to the announcement, each Demo in Rome must send a team to participate. In addition, Viagra, Gabi, Fidene... and other towns directly controlled by Dionys will send a team to participate. It can be imagined that it will be a grand game. Although most of the participating contests are citizens of Dionys who moved to the Latin American region, there are also some Roman civilians who like novelty and excitement. So the square in Mars these days is very lively, and the rugby teams formed by the Roman Demo region are actively training there.

To be honest, even Storlo himself was a little moved. He wanted to come to the arena to watch the game and see what this rugby sport that was popular in the Kingdom of Dionia will be like in the official match?

Storlo stood in the distance, watching the group of people working together to erect a tall statue in front of the entrance to the arena, and then began to fix the base.

The statue was a man with thick black hair and extremely strong body, holding a rugby in his hand and doing throwing movements. The gold foil attached to his body shone brightly under the sunlight.

This is what the Dionians believe in?!Storo, although he was a little curious, did not get close to look closely. He squinted his eyes for a while, turned around and left.

Walking further forward, the streets became a little crowded, because most of the people coming and going, the ones heading east were loaded with wheat that had just been harvested and had basically peeled off, while the ones heading south were loaded with bags of flour.

September came, and the farmland was harvested. The Roman people who had joined the Kingdom of Dionys, and according to the previous agreement with the city hall, they harvested the wheat in their newly allocated fields, handed over 2/3 of the harvest, and left the rest for their own use (because the army of Dionys occupied Rome before, these farmlands were reasonably trophy of the army. However, Asistes considered to win the hearts of the Romans and stabilize the order, and also to reduce the city hall's continued food and material assistance to these Roman people who had already belonged to the kingdom. After careful consideration, this decision was made.

This ensures that the Roman people can not only be self-sufficiency in food before the next harvest, but also save the cost of purchasing wheat seeds. This suggestion was approved by Davers. These Roman civilians not only could obtain all the harvests of their original fields (if he had fields), but also gained the extra income for vain. What made them look forward to was that the fertile land would belong entirely to themselves in the future and only had to pay a very small land tax every year. Therefore, these days, Rome and its nearby towns occupied by Dionys were shrouded in the joy of harvest.

A few days later, the city hall once again surprised the Roman civilians. The announcement posted clearly told them: the city hall invested and specially found the Dionian engineers day and night to speed up the design and construction of several water mills that were completed, and the flour can be ground for the Dionian citizens for free.

In fact, the production of water mills is not as time-consuming and labor-intensive as mentioned in the announcement: the materials are ready-made, and so many siege equipment were abandoned after the attack on Rome; engineers and carpenters were also ready-made, and Davers brought a team of more than 500 engineers, which did not include the engineering battalions of the various legions; the technology is ready-made, water mills were developed by Marty Cris, deputy dean of the School of Mathematics of the Dionia Academy more than 10 years ago, and have become a common large public facility in various cities in the Kingdom; all that is needed is whether administrative officials can consider these in time for the people. Yassquez not only considered it, but also immediately started to implement it, and finally completed the construction of the water mill just as the harvest was over.

Ascesters served as the chief executive of many cities in the kingdom. He understood the people's sentiments and knew that although the harvest was joyful, grinding flour for wheat was a time-consuming and laborious and tormenting hard work.

Before the water mill appeared, Greek people used stone mills to grind flour, and the coarse stone rollers were pulled by horses or donkeys. In order to prevent wind and rain or birds from pecking, they had to be carried out in a relatively closed hut, and special people were also sent to take care of them. The "crunching" sound made by the uninterrupted stone rolls and stone mills, not only could people not bear it after hearing it for a long time, but also livestock could not bear it. They would refuse to work, and sometimes they would go crazy, causing injuries. Therefore, for slaves from wealthy families, guarding the mill was the greatest punishment. Therefore, Asistes believed that the introduction of the water mill would make the Roman people more recognized the Kingdom of Dionia.

What is a water mill? When the Roman people first saw this announcement, they were surprised. After all, Rome was an inland city-state, mainly agriculture, and trade was not well developed. They had little contact with the Kingdom of Dionia in the south before, and civilians knew less about the outside world. It was normal not to know that this new invention, which was widely popular among the people of southern Italy.

However, since the Dionians entered Rome, they gradually won the trust of Roman civilians through a series of practical actions. Therefore, many Romans rushed to the riverside of Mars Square (Dionian engineers inspected the river section near the city of Rome and found that the Tiber River on the island of Tiberina was relatively rapid due to the diversion of the river in the heart of the river, which could better promote the water mill, so they built several water mills here). As a result, they were surprised to find that this magical device could rotate continuously, not only to grind the surface, but also to be very efficient. The flour mills were of good quality. There was no need for people to stay there to take care of them, nor to worry about tiring the animals. So they quickly spread from ten to ten, ten to hundreds. The Roman people in the city were either carrying loads or driving the carts, queuing long queues by the river in Mars Square every day, just like now.

The people who had just returned from the riverside of Mars Square were loudly waving the magic of water mills to those who were about to rush to the people. Some even opened the dough bags to let the other party see the fruits of their labor, which made those people even more eager to rush to the river.

Hearing these civilians sighed from time to time: "No wonder Dionia is so powerful, even the tools for grinding noodles can be designed so magically!" Everyone looked like Rong Yan, Storlo felt sad: I'm afraid that in no time, the Rome that raised them will be completely forgotten by them!
Chapter completed!