Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"No Greek prince was more enthusiastic about founding cities than Seleucus I. He built 9 Seleucia, 16 Antioch, and 6 Laodicia."

——Historians comment on Seleucus

The two walked along the central axis avenue under construction and passed through the Arc de Triomphe of Lamia.

"The construction funds for the outer city come from public bonds issued by the Lamia Municipal Government, with the land in the city as collateral; the inner city belongs to Lamia Academy, and the funds mainly come from donations, including land, shares and cash donations."

Entering the inner city, Antigonus encountered an unforgettable sight.

Within the huge rhombus-shaped city outline, eight avenues converge in the center, surrounded by a circle of wooden longhouses.Countless children, led by older women, lined up and walked around the city.

"My mansion hasn't been built yet, so I have to force you to eat in the cafeteria of the academy."

Little Antigonus was very interested when he heard this, "Canteen? Is it a canteen like the Spartans who had public meals?"

"I haven't seen how Sparta eats, but it should be similar." Pyrrhus smiled and then said:

"I've heard that Spartans would abandon weak or defective newborns and leave them to fend for themselves. If given the chance, I hope your father can exert influence to urge Sparta to correct its bad habits, or at least make them Children have the opportunity to come to Lamia Academy.”

Little Antigonus hurriedly patted his chest: "I will definitely persuade my father to make this happen!"

"Then let me first thank you and King Demetrius on behalf of the children."

The children passing by, led by their teachers, raised their hands to greet the two, and the two also raised their hands to return the favor.

Although he knew that he was looking towards Pyrrhus, little Antigonus also felt honored.

Along the way, Pyrrhus introduced the facilities of the academy to the guests:

"It is an open-air lecture hall that can accommodate [-] students attending classes at the same time. However, there are only four seats now, which is not enough; it is a nursery, and it also accepts expectant women from outside..."

"What are those?" Little Antigonus pointed to two parallel wooden strips on the ground, which should be some kind of road, and workers drove carriages across them.There are several more, converging all the way forward.

"They are specially delivering supplies to the canteen. The thing below is a track facility that can reduce the burden on the carriage, because there is no condition to pave the stone road yet. But it is not perfect yet. If there is a chance, I hope to put the track and The wheels were replaced with metal ones.”

"Oh...what is being repaired over there?"

Pyrrhus took a look and saw that he was referring to the northwest corner of the inner city where the Arc de Triomphe Avenue leads directly.

There is no city gate there, because it has reached the remnants of Mount Othrys. It is an independent flat-topped hill. It was originally the location of the acropolis of Lamia, which was called Acrolamia. However, the acropolis had been destroyed in the war. Destroyed, now there are construction sites high and low in the ruins.

This hill, which is several stadia high, is so crowded with people that it is difficult not to notice.

"Uh... that..." Pyrrhus blushed and began to hesitate:

"That's the mansion given to me by the Lamia Municipal Council...it's still being repaired, so I can't receive you..."

Oh……

I thought you were totally unworldly!

"But there are hot springs on this mountain, and the public bathhouse below has been repaired. We can go there after dinner."

Soon the two arrived at the large canteen on the north side.

Little Antigonus simply felt like he had arrived in a dreamland - it was true that he had seen hundreds of thousands of troops cooking, but he never dreamed that cooking would use so many machines!

All the grain bags are sent to the two-story high place on a leather conveyor belt, where they are opened and poured into a mixing tank with a large fan blade. Workers use wooden shovels to take out large pieces of dough, and the dough is then It is fed into a large tilted oven made of soil. One side of the oven is deep into the ground, and the dough has turned into bread when it comes out from the bottom end...

There is also a large stove like a tall chimney, with a higher tower next to it. Buckets of milk are poured from the tower into copper pipes and poured into the bottom side of the stove. There should be a large pot inside, with the mouth of the pot above it. The milk has been heated to boiling and flows out from another tube...

There are also many children, big and small, who help cook under the leadership of the teacher. Their main task is to pick up vegetables and wash them. The prepared vegetables are put into a row of large pots in turn, and the big pots are taken off from the stove in turn. Delivered to the dining table on a trolley...

In addition, there are also things like tracks, conveyor belts, elevated water channels, drainage ditches, etc. Needless to say...

The loud noise made by wooden machinery was mixed with the laughter of children.

Seeing the shocked expression of little Antigonus, Pyrrhus felt very uncomfortable and soothed!

If no one appreciates the fruits of farming, wouldn’t it be half the fun?

Although it is more than enough to meet the needs of tens of thousands of students purely relying on labor, Pyrrhus predicts that there will be tens of millions of people in the inner city in the future.

These large machines are not only to meet the dietary needs of so many people, but also to subtly cultivate the "sons of Lamia" into the people Pyrrhus needs!

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Pyrrhus took the earthenware plates and cutlery, and took little Antigonus to line up for the meal.

The bread was a bit hard, the milk was a bit hot, the vegetable soup was a bit salty, the grilled fish was a bit small, the roasted meat was a bit lacking, and there were other weird animal offal that I really wasn’t used to eating... But little Antico still ate it with ease. After finishing, he wiped his mouth and sighed to Pyrrhus:

I really wish I had spent my childhood here!

That's right!I think so too!You should take a look at the super invincible water, land and air slide and the planned zoological and botanical garden I prepared for them!

Then Pyrrhus tentatively asked little Antigonus if he wanted to take over all his younger brothers and sisters.

——Of course, it is definitely not for the purpose of developing a future wife!

Little Antigonus almost agreed with his words, but he soon realized that such behavior was tantamount to sending hostages to Pyrrhus - although no one in the entire Hellenistic world except Cassander would really do this. The cards are stacked against the hostages.

He could only politely refuse: "Based on my understanding of my grandfather Antigonus, after he learned of the great things you did in Lamia, he would definitely follow suit in his Antigonia, and he would Make it bigger.”

Antigonia was a new capital built by Antigonus in Cilicia at the junction of Asia Minor and Syria, named after himself.

This is also a trend among the successors. Cassander built a Cassanderos and a Thessalonica for his wife; Ptolemy built a Ptolemais-Hermione. ; The poor Lysimachus also built a Lysimachia; Seleucus was the richest and had the most fun. His capital near Babylon was called Seleucia the Great. In addition, there were also people named after his father, Dozens of cities built in his mother’s name and his own name…

Ugh!

Although he was prepared to be rejected, Pyrrhus still had some regrets.

If he could really succeed and deceive the children of the successors, he would immediately hand over the ownership of the academy and let the nobles from all walks of life jointly supervise it to make it completely neutral.

——Anyway, Pyrrhus will always maintain the greatest influence on the academy. After batches of young successors graduate from here, they will be closer to their classmates and Principal Pi than their biological fathers and mothers. What nonsense will happen then? The Diadochi War was fought back and forth, but the ones who finally came to power were his students, and he would control the entire Hellenistic world without any bloodshed!

What a pity... Even if he is King Pi, he can't object to his grandfather building a kindergarten for his children and grandchildren, right?