Vol 9 Chapter 201: Cretan players participating in sports games

"By the way, what did Ptolemy, the regent of Macedonia, who married the widow of Amintas (Alexander, Padicas, and Philip's stepmother), have done recently?"
"Your Majesty, I'm about to report to you. The spy in Eguy discovered that in the past six months or so, businessmen from Asia Minor have come and go to Ptolemy's residence from time to time.
"Businessmen in Asia Minor..." Daves asked musingly, "You mean Ptolemy might be in collusion with Persia?"
Alistairs said cautiously: "In order to fear Ptolemy's alertness, the Intelligence Department did not conduct further investigations on the Asian Minor businessman. However, the relationship between Padicas and Ptolemy during this period was very different. Nervous, Padicas once publicly accused Ptolemy of taking too much power to be king, and Ptolemy also publicly retorted,
Padicas is childish and unfair in rewards and punishments. Without his supervision, Macedonia would not Know what the chaos is like'...
It is reported that when Philip came to Turrii secretly, Patekus once suspected that his younger brother was being held hostage by Ptolemy, and sent a guard to ask him. I think if it weren't for our Dionian asylum, the powerful Ptolemy might have rebelled. "
"You are right. A few years ago, after our army helped Macedonia put down the rebels, the Intelligence Department did not find evidence of collusion between Ptolemy and the rebels. This shows that he had long been ambitious for the Macedonian throne. Because he was afraid of us Dionia, he has been able to endure it all the time. Now he dared to clashed with Padicas and is no longer afraid of our Dionia’s interference. Who gave him the courage? Only Persia!" After speaking confidently, he emphatically reminded: "But your intelligence department only needs to send someone to monitor him, and don't care about the others."
Davers said this, but he was thinking: If the kingdom's only powerful enemy and potential hidden dangers can be solved at the same time, wouldn't it be right!
"Yes..." After Aristilas responded, he still didn't mean to leave. Daves couldn't help asking, "Do you have anything else?"
Alistairs hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Your Majesty... I have a request!"
"You said." Daves was very curious: the intelligence director, who has always been cautious in his words and deeds, rarely asked him.
"Your Majesty, since I have worked for you, I have never left Turye! This time I hope to be able to follow you and go on an expedition to Persia!" Aristilas said earnestly.
Daves looked at him and was silent for a while. He didn't know if the main purpose of Aristilas' request was to resign as the head of the intelligence department in a disguised form, especially when he had just rejected his resignation.
"Your Majesty, this is my little selfishness. If I can follow you and share a little bit of the glory of conquering Persia, the power of the East, I will be able to speak proudly in the face of inquiries from my children in the future. And I can move to Persia more conveniently and quickly The personnel of the Ministry of Intelligence spy on Persian intelligence and disrupt the domestic order..."
Alistairs once again said sincerely: "You don't have to worry about domestic security. In fact, I have basically let go of it for more than half a year. The specific affairs of the Intelligence Department are specifically responsible for the specific affairs of the Ministry of Intelligence. With the full assistance of the clerk Maximus, the work efficiency of the Intelligence Department will only be stronger than before!"
Daves stared at him and suddenly laughed: "Oh, you Aristilas, it's rare to see you say so much to your heart! In order to go out and relax, you don't hesitate to belittle yourself! You have achieved this point, I Can you still disagree? But during the time when the Games are held, you have to arrange the affairs of the Intelligence Department, oh, and... after the plan of the Persian expedition is made public to the public, you have to admit it to Asuna, You are going to go by yourself, not my request, hahaha..."
Looking at the back of Aristiras leaving, Daves thoughtfully: It seems that Aristiras has already seen his desire to exchange veterans and pave the way for Cloto Kataks. If he agrees to go to Persia, then the important departments of the kingdom have basically been taken over by young and powerful ministers... Oh, there is also Sedorum who has always been in love with him. It seems that I have to find a suitable person to do it at the right time Wake him up...
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Perhaps it is because most of the residents of Crete are immigrants from Laconia, causing the city-states on Crete to be somewhat similar to the government of Sparta. For example, they all have councils of elders and citizens' assemblies. All have an ombudsman system, and the boys of the Cretan city-state have to learn (mainly for military training) from an early age...
Of course, due to the small terrain of Crete, the lack of materials, and the failure to unify Laconia like Sparta, the city-states have established alliances, but still maintain their own independence. Therefore, they do not have enough financial and material resources to develop the city. Infantry, but according to the actual situation of the island, focus on training archers.
After the Greek war broke out five years ago and Sparta was conquered by Dionia, all the Cretan city-states that received the news were shocked, and a few months later, when Dionia’s huge fleet circled Kerry When sailing offshore on the island of Crete, the councils of elders of the various city-states in Crete quickly made a decision: join the new Greek alliance and express surrender to Dionia.
After the establishment of the New Hellenic Alliance, peace and tranquility have finally been restored in Greece in the past few years. The citizens of Crete have never been conscripted by the city-states and are involved in wars on the Greek mainland. Many Cretan citizens still have a heart for Dionia. grateful.
In the previous year, King Dionian announced that "a grand sports meeting would be held" and sent invitations to the Mediterranean city-states and countries. When the Cretan city-states also received the invitation letter, the Cretans were surprised to find Among the competitions listed in the letter, there was archery.
In the past, Cretans also participated in sports games held in Greece, but more of them were played by the children of nobles, because their wealthy families could provide enough money for them to receive professional training in public gymnasiums. The level of competition of civilians was obvious. It was a far cry from them, but this time it was different. Archery was a skill that Cretan civilians were good at.
Since Dioria only gave a total of 5 archery entries from all the city-states of Crete, for this reason, the Crete League also held a grand archery competition, and finally selected the 5 best performers. The players who participated in other events formed the team of Crete. In early June, they took a boat to Turei. Because this time the Games will implement some new rules, they need to adapt first.
Mecca Kiddes, a 20-year-old young man from the city of Heraklion, Crete, won the championship in this archery competition across the island of Crete. The people of Crete hugged him. With great expectations, he himself is full of confidence.
But when he got to Turey and started to adapt to the venue, he realized that the target used in the archery competition of the Dionian Games was not a human head target, but a novel circular target with 5 concentric circles and arrows drawn on the target. The closer the shot is to the center of the target, the higher the score. This requires players who want to win the championship to further improve their archery accuracy.
At the beginning of practice, McGahn Kiddes's score was not high, and he was a little flustered, but with the continuous practice of these 20 days, he has begun to adapt.
At this moment, he drew an arrow from the quiver, draped it on the bowstring, hooked the string with the of his right hand, and slowly pulled it back, while holding the bow with his left hand, slowly raising it, his eyes always watching the 50 meters ahead. The target, until the bowstring was half full, his arms were still, and his breathing was steady, did he unconsciously release his fingers and the arrows flew out.
"Nine Rings!" The target reporter shouted from the front.
McGades shook his head slightly dissatisfied, and rubbed his aching right arm with his left hand.
"This time, the three arrows shot a total of 26 rings. After four rounds of shooting, I can still have such training results. It is already very good!"
Hearing the praise from the target announcer, McGades was not happy, he turned his head unconsciously to look at the contestants who were training seriously on other target positions. U U Reading www.uukanshu.com
Originally, he participated in this sports meeting with a certain mentality. However, after practicing these days, he learned that many archery players have high archery skills, and most of them are from Dai All regions of Onia. As far as he knows, these Dionian players have also participated in military training since they were young. Those who have performed well in archery will have special teachers to help them strengthen their training in this area. When they become adults, the military camps in various regions of Dionian will meet They conduct archery tests. The best performers will be given priority to be selected into the light infantry brigade, and those who are almost the ones will become members of the reserve team. Then they will continue to carry out military training year after year, day after day, and sometimes rush with the army Battlefield, join the battle...
He once asked a player from the East Sicily region of Dioria. The player told him: the East Sicily region had an archery trial two months ago. Since there is no age limit for the archery competition, the number of people who signed up for the competition There were more than 5,000 people, and the whole trial lasted for 10 days. In the end, three players were selected through a playoff (only three archery places in Dionia)...
The number of people participating in archery trials in Dionia exceeds that of Crete, and there are dozens of regions in Dionia. The contestants selected from such a large number are naturally outstanding. They are training. The performance on the court also really made McGahn Kiddes feel the pressure.
"One more round!" he said in a deep voice.
The reporter did not hand him an arrow, but looked up at the sky, and then warmly persuaded: "You have shot five rounds, and if you continue to practice, you will easily strain your arm and you will not be able to compete by then. Let me explain that the sports meeting will be held on the next day. Go back early and have a good rest. You will have the energy to attend the ceremony held by the Kingdom for the sports meeting tomorrow...