Vol 9 Chapter 194: Preparation for the Games (1)

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Aksikus greeted the guard standing at the door of the wooden house, and then gently opened the door. An unpleasant stench came out. He just sniffed his nose without any uncomfortable expression.
Ivia in the house is also unaffected by the smell. She is wearing clothes specially made for animal trainers, her hair is tied into a ball, firmly tied behind her head, holding a fat black cat in one hand and the other. He was holding the animal pen and staring at the animal pen with a slightly nervous expression.
"Ivia... Ivia..." Maybe because Ivia was too focused, Aksikus yelled a few softly, but she didn't respond, but the black cat turned over and stared at the door with big eyes Aksikus, then "meow" twice.
Ivia saw Aksicus who was waving at the door. She walked over unhappily and whispered, "Why have you talked with brother-in-law for so long? Nana (a female antelope) is about to give birth. Up!"
"Just now, Pekestas, the son of Lord Hiros, sent someone to come to see me, saying that he and his cousin brought some guests to the zoo. They have been waiting in a long line outside. The weather is too hot and there are too many people. I am afraid that the children cannot bear it. , I want to come in early.
Aksikus lied and changed the person who asked him for help to Pekestas.
This trick worked as expected, and Ivia immediately said, "Ah, Brother Pekestus is here, let them in quickly! I'll—" At this point, she looked back a little bit reluctantly. The animal circle changed again and said, "After Nana gives birth, I will go to see him immediately."
In the past, Daves called to the king’s residence for family banquets, including the Henipolis family, Aristotles and Azuna’s family, Bagul and Andrea’s family, and the Hilos family... So Ivy Ya is more familiar with the children of Silos.
"Then I'll go and greet them first." Aksikus finished speaking, turned and left.
At this moment, the trainer's voice came from the house: "Princess, Nana is born!"
As soon as Avia heard this, she became excited and ran in, holding her husband's hand: "Nana finally gave birth to a lamb! Pray with me, I hope Hades blesses, this time the little guy can survive smoothly. !"
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While the Sosiklis brothers took their guests to the zoo, there was an executive meeting of the ministers of the kingdom in the palace hall of Turíy.
The commander of the palace guard, Martius, saw that the ministers and the chief officials of the various departments had arrived on time and had sat down as usual. They immediately reported to Daves who was resting in the side hall. The court clerk Hernipolis walked calmly into the hall from the side door and walked onto the throne.
The ministers all stood up and bowed respectfully.
"Sit all." Daves smiled and waved his hands. The ministers sat down. Then he looked at the crowd, speaking slowly, but his voice was thick and clear: "Everyone, today is the last administration of this month. For the regular meeting, Turey will hold a sports meeting next month, so the focus of our discussion today is the sports meeting."
Having said that, he turned his gaze to Croto Kataks, who was sitting at the lower end on the right: "Consultant, you are the main person in charge of organizing the Games. First, please give us a detailed introduction to the organization of the Games. ."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cloto Kataks, who has served as the Archon of the Kingdom for more than four years, stood up calmly and said loudly, "My lords, since your Majesty announced that the Games will be held in June of the previous year. Two years and one month have passed so far. Our preparations have been basically completed. Now I will give you a specific report on the overall preparations."
Over the past two years, Croto Kataks has devoted most of his energy to the preparation of the Games, and he has done most of the things by himself, so he has a good grasp of the whole situation and has not prepared a speech beforehand. He coughed lightly. , Sorted out his thoughts, and then said loudly: "According to your Majesty’s suggestion, Turye’s sports meets are not only traditional running, wrestling, boxing, racing, horse racing, five sports (including running, long jump, discus throwing, javelin, Wrestling) these six major events, and also added archery, iron ball, high jump, pole vault, marathon, swimming—"
"I can understand everything else, but what is this marathon?" The new Minister Baggul couldn't help asking. (In early March, Hermon requested to resign as Minister of State for his old age, Dave With the support of the Lucanian elders headed by Hermon, the Senate elected Bagul, the chief administrator of the Roman region, to take over the post. Daves approved the result of this election. Officially perform their duties in the month).
Although Croto Catacs explained this problem several times in previous executive meetings, he still patiently explained to Baggul: "I think everyone should know that after the Athens army defeated the Persians in a marathon a hundred years ago. The legendary story of the soldier Fitipitz running back to the city of Athens from the marathon non-stop, and then falling to the ground after announcing the good news to the people. In order to commemorate this historical event, your Majesty specially suggested that we set up this competition. Therefore, the marathon is a special long-distance race. Its running distance is the distance from the marathon to the city of Athens, a total of 84 miles."
"Eighty-four miles?!" Baggul exclaimed: "Who can run down such a long distance! Even if it can run down, I am afraid I will be exhausted!"
"We have specifically tested it. As long as you don't run too fast, you can run down." Croto Kataks replied seriously: "Up to now, only the players in our kingdom who have signed up to participate in this event are There are 10 people."
"Oh, as long as you can run." Bagul nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Your Majesty, I have always had a question to ask." Military Secretary Olivers couldn't help saying. (The year before last, Alexis also resigned from the post of Minister of Military Affairs on the grounds of his old age. Daves had planned several replacement candidates, Leotichides, Matonis, Lizaru, and Oliver. , But the other three refused to leave the army, hoping that the youngest Oliver would become the Minister of Military Affairs instead.)
"You speak up."
"The marathon is just an ultra-long distance race. Why do we have to use the name of the Marathon in commemoration of the Athenians? Instead of using the famous battles of our kingdom's army in the past? For example, the First Army in Wall? The West rushed to the Roman army, and our army landed on Peleus Beach and raided Larissa five years ago... Isn't it better to use these battles in the name?" Olivers put forward his own opinion euphemistically.
"Of course not!" Daves vetoed it without hesitation: "Whether it is a Roman or a Sesari, they are now citizens of the kingdom. In the name of these battles, they are disrespectful and will cause disrespect. Good influence. And the marathon is a battle of the Greeks against the Persians. Not only does it have no worries in this regard, but also shows our respect for the native Greek people, especially the Athenians, and it helps strengthen the Greek natives’ recognition of us. , At least it can make them participate in this sports meeting more actively."
"Your Majesty is right. In the reply from Athens, there are 5 Athens runners who signed up for the marathon." Cloto Kataks answered.
Olivers was puzzled, nodded and said, "Now I have no opinion."
"Everyone, in order not to waste time, after the consul has finished his report, let him focus on answering any questions you ask." Davers reminded him calmly.
The hall immediately became very quiet, Cloto Catacs continued: "...Marathon, swimming, clipper racing, sailing competition, military tetraathlon (including heavy-duty racing, javelin throwing, horse riding, swimming) , UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is a total of 15 major events. At present, all the venues and equipment required for the competition have been prepared. All regions of the kingdom and all city states that have received the invitation letter are all except Persia. Promises to send players to participate. According to their reply, the total number of players who will participate in the competition is 1982, and the number of participants in each event exceeds 50...
According to the preliminary schedule, the games will last for 15 days. Therefore, we are going to vacate all the hotels around the arena in the Turiyi area and the rooms in the Kingdom Hotel in the inner city to provide free accommodation for the players and officials sent by each region and city-state And food to ensure that the players participating in the games can play in a better state (initially, because of the Kingdom Rugby Finals and Football Finals held every year, Turiyi Town Hall temporarily set up athletes camps near each arena. Later, hotels managed by the city hall were built on these temporary camps. While providing accommodation for the players who participated in the two ball games each year, they also provided convenience to the tourists. As a result, the rooms were often full, and the city hall earned money. Take a lot of profits).
At the same time, we have also reached an agreement with the Turiyi Carriage Association, who will be responsible for transporting the athletes to the competition venue during the competition to avoid being late.
The priest referee team from various temples led by the Temple of Hades has been trained for several months and has basically mastered the judging standards of various competitions. I believe that by then the entire referee team will be able to judge the competition fairly. To avoid the ugly phenomenon of cheating.
Master Stacy Kodas has provided us with great help. During the game, the medical department will send medical teams with rich medical experience to each stadium to treat injured players and spectators. (Helps has retired in old age. The minister was succeeded by Stacy Kdas). "