Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Lucasus closed the door and hung a wooden sign saying "out of office, no consultation".

"Hey, Nicostratus, are you going out?!" the owner of the butcher shop across the street shouted with a sharp meat knife.

Nick Stratus grunted and didn't want to care about the butcher.He always believed that it was this butcher who was shouting and yelling across the street every day, so that the rich did not want to go to his clinic to see a doctor. He had thought of moving the clinic several times. The price of housing in Crotone was not low. The house he can afford is not as good as here, so he has not had a good face for this rude neighbor.

"How long are you going to go out?" The butcher's owner was used to the doctor's attitude. Seeing that he did not answer, he continued to ask aloud.

The well-behaved Lucasus saw the teacher's complexion gradually gloomy, and said quickly to him, "Uncle Kus will go out for about 20 days."

"For so long!" The butcher's owner exclaimed: "We are sick, what are you going to do?"

Nick Stratus twitched his face a few times and couldn't help but turn around and shouted: "Then you don't have to be sick before I come back!"

"It's not up to me to decide whether I'm sick or not, it's all pranks of the gods!" the owner of the butcher shop complained.

Nick Stratus didn't want to care about him anymore and strode forward.

"Dr. Nick Stratus, where are you going for so long?" another person asked.

This time, Nicostratus stopped, because the person in question was a businessman at the bakery, a rare important customer for him, and he received a lot of consultation every time he came to see the doctor.

"Go to Turui." He answered seriously.

"Turii? Are you invited to heal?" The businessman saw Lucasus carrying a medical kit and proudly said: "Our Crotone medical skills are in the whole of Greece. Famous! Dionysia has a larger territory and can fight. It is far worse than Crotone with a long history in other respects!"

His words resonated with the owner of the butcher's shop: "You are right! Those people in the north are actually refugees, what culture and city-state tradition!"

Dionysia’s influence in Greater Greece is getting bigger every year, which makes the ordinary people in the former strong state Crotone feel very lost. Out of the sour grape psychology, they always like to take advantage of their city-state Compare with Dionia, and then sarcasm Dionysians to get some kind of psychological satisfaction.

Nick Stratus perfunctoryly walked out of his neighborhood.

"Ignorance." Only then did he spit out lightly in his mouth.

The rise of Crotone's internal medicine originated from the Democracy Days one hundred years ago.This Crotonian was determined to be the best doctor in the Mediterranean when he was young. He traveled around the countries, studied medicine, and then practiced medicine in Athens after he finished. Because of the good medicine, he made a lot of money.Later, he went to Samos Island to treat the tyrant. As a result, when Persia attacked Asia Minor, Samos was captured, he became a prisoner, and was escorted to Susah, coincided with the king of kings Darius sick, he was cured, He was released from prison and served the royal family, but was restricted from returning to Greece.

He lived in Persia for five or six years, and he missed his hometown thousands of miles away.

One day, the queen of Darius, Atosha, daughter of Cyrus, the founder of the Persian founder, grew a lump, and no one was able to heal and suffered.Atosa heard that Demokedays had a superb medical skill, and with a reluctant try, let the Greek go to the inner court to cure the disease, and promised that as long as the disease was cured, the queen would promise any request from him.

As a result, Demokades restored the health of Queen Atosa. At his request, Atosa suggested to Darius that he could allow Demokades to travel around Greece with Persian spies to gather intelligence. Prepare for the conquest of Greece in the future.

Darius agreed, and Demoques Days also vowed to return to Susa.

When he left Persia, he found a chance to get rid of the Persian surveillance and fled back to Crotone.

At that time, although Persia was powerful, it had not yet fought against the Greek mainland, and it could not affect the Western Mediterranean, thousands of miles away.

Demokades opened a clinic in his hometown, widely apprenticeship, and imparted his many years of medical experience and the selflessness of Greek and Persian medical skills, so that the medical level of Crotone city has been greatly improved, and the achievement of Gram Dr. Rotone's position has been second to none in Greater Greece for 100 years.

However, in recent years, Dionysia’s medical skills have improved rapidly like its alliance strength. It is said that some incurable diseases that Dr. Crotone cannot solve, but Dionysia’s doctors can miraculously cure or Fortunately, some terminally ill Greeks who were not in the Dionysian Union tried to go to Dionysian hospital to see a doctor, and most of them returned to their homes in joy.In this way, the reputation of "Dionian doctor is superb and taught by Pluto" gradually spread...

As far as Nick Stratus knows, there are a lot of wealthy citizens in Crotone who have been to the center of Dionya in Turiyi in recent years, and the doctor of Dionysia also got a name called Nanyi The organization of the Medical Forum is held every spring, and invites the doctors of the Dionysian Union and its allies to gather in Turiri to discuss new medical discoveries and exchanges in medical techniques.Last year was the first, the conservative Nicostratus did not go, but in the chat with the returned peers, they only spit out a few words about the medical theory and method of learning from the novelty of Dionysia, but let Nicolas Stratus thought again after he was surprised.

Therefore, at the beginning of this year, when the Turiyi Hospital sent invitations to various allies, he could not wait to prepare to leave.

Originally taking a boat from the port and sailing downwind, it took only half a day to reach Turui, but the tragic Nick Stratus has a seasickness problem and can only take the land.

Arriving at the North Gate, another doctor, Stacips, was already waiting there. The three of them left Crotone City, stepping on the soft dirt road and heading north.

The three came to the boardwalk of the Neto River.

At the time of the second war in Crotone, the pontoon was burned in order to prevent the Dionysians from intruding under Crotone.When rebuilding, I don't know what the reason is. The bridge deck is not only narrow, but also smoother than before.

Stasipus couldn't help but spit on the way across the bridge: "The Turi Ikrati River is a real wooden bridge, which is not only wide and flat, but also can cross the boat under the bridge. Compared with them, our pontoon is more Built by indigenous people!"

Nick Stratus did not speak. He remembered that Crotone held a civic conference last year, devoted to discussing whether to invite the Dionysians to help them build a wooden bridge over the Nento River. The majority of the people in Rotone expressed their opposition, making this proposal unacceptable. Nick Stratus himself was one of them. His thoughts are the same as most people. Facilities such as roads and bridges can be used. The Treasury’s The money should be used to repair public facilities such as theaters, arenas and temples, and even provide extra benefits for citizens at special celebrations.

Because of the blessings of the gods, in recent years, the weather in Great Greece has been smooth and the crops have been harvested continuously. It also coincides with the frequent wars in the surrounding two years. The price of cereals has risen. .So early this spring, the hardworking citizens brought their own slaves to plant wheat seedlings in the farmland early.

Walking on the Croton Plain, at a glance, the green wheat fields are endless.The slaves worked hard among the fields.

There is more rain in spring and the road becomes muddy.In order to prevent a fall, Nick Stratus and his party walked slowly. They did not leave Crotone's territory until the afternoon.

When they walked deep and shallow in the wet mud, and their feet began to swell, what appeared to them was a flat, solid and spacious road, and everyone was relieved.

"Teacher Stacipus." Lucasus shouted excitedly since he was little: "This is what you said about the Crimea built by Dionysia-Asprostu" Avenue?!"

"Yes." Stacipus glanced at Nick Stratus: "Old friend, what do you think of this path?"

Nick Stratus grunted, didn't speak, and walked straight forward. He came to a vacant stone pier and sat down among some pedestrians outside the sidewalk. He had a problem with his waist. He walked down the road just now. , I feel the waist is about to break.

Lucasus was young and energetic. He saw the cars on the avenue and was very lively. He even crossed the gutter. He thought of trying to walk on the avenue, but he was almost hit by a piggyback. Suddenly scolded and retreated to the sidewalk awkwardly.

Nick Stratus talked about him before he became quieter.But after a while, he pulled Stacips again and asked, "What is that car for?"

Looking in the direction of his finger, a double-horse drawn caravan headed north at a faster speed, with the Dionysia logo "double-stranded fork and three-headed dog" drawn on both sides of the tarpaulin, The vehicles on the avenue are intentionally avoiding to both sides.

"That's the mail truck."

"Postman?"

"The Dionysians are so called. It is specifically responsible for delivering letters and parcels to the people between the two places. It is said that Dionysian has a department dedicated to this matter." Stacipus said.

"This method is not bad, it is convenient for the people of the city-state." Nick Stratus interjected.

"We also have a mail truck in Crotone. How good it is! At least to give the patient medicine, it is not used to run back, wasting time." Lucasus said with some envy.

"Young man, that costs money." Stacips sighed.