Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"We have to rummage through every stone in case some orator is hiding underneath and stabs you unexpectedly."

—— Aristophanes

The refined purified cream is fully whipped; the fine flour base is carefully baked and cut into shape; the exotic fruits are arranged in a modified knife arrangement... There is also the unprecedented mounting technology, and the nitrate cooling method that transcends the times...

This is the cream ice cream cake.

It was a waste of time and money to make. After Pyrrhus made it, he thought it would be better not to promote it, so he only tasted it once.

However, only such sugar-coated bullets that transcend worldly imagination can attack the virgins who do not eat the fireworks of the world - of course, they are nominally sacrifices to the God King Zeus.

Not to mention the gifts given to the virgins before, especially the five unplanned cakes, made the already poor financial situation of the legal royal family of Epirus in exile even worse.

Fortunately, we now have these six thousand drachmas.

Of course, no matter how difficult it is, Pyrrhus has no intention of breaking the contract.

As the saying goes, the boss is often empty-handed.

Every day when he opens his eyes, hundreds of people are waiting for him to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate. How many mouthfuls will actually fall into his mouth?No matter how much gold or silver you have, you have to put it in your pocket and spend it immediately before it warms up.

In the end, only intangible and qualityless credit was the real wealth of the kings of the ancient world.

——It's just a pity that the advanced process he proposed of "biting the gold medal and kissing the virgin" was ruthlessly rejected.

Back to the subject, now that he is having a heated fight with the virgin sisters, Pyrrhus originally wanted to take advantage of the cake delivery to make some further excessive demands... ahem... this... is of course forward-looking, sustainable, and win-win. serious request.

But considering his current popularity, it wouldn't be great if someone accidentally recognized him.

Although the championship is won based on strength, he does have a shady deal with others!

Since he couldn't make a breakthrough in Ellis and get the cake done, he no longer lingered and immediately found a merchant fleet heading to Athens.

Whether it was based on the history he knew or based on the actual situation, Demetrius would most likely go to Athens first after returning.He wanted to go there as soon as possible to join Dmitri.

On the other hand, there are some things that are only easy to do in Athens.

Although his mother said that he would give him money every month, he did not intend to make a fortune just by chewing his old age.

First of all, the papermaking workshop must be re-established.

Since he couldn't make paper in Epirus, he didn't intend to keep it to himself. He could just start it somewhere else.Anyway, the entire Mediterranean is now in a prosperous stage, and there is no need to worry about selling as many of these good things as there are.When I return to China one day in the future, Epirus’ market share will be indispensable.

And if you want to open the situation quickly, it is best to go to Athens.

If there is any place in the Mediterranean in this era that can gather the most achievements of civilization, one is Athens and the other is Alexandria.

But Alexandria is Ptolemy's territory. Although this is a good old man who will not embarrass him because he is Dmitry's future brother-in-law, he is not familiar with him after all.

So I can only go to Athens.

There are both excellent craftsmen and a huge market there - there are speakers giving speeches every day, and it will definitely take a lot of paper to write down what they say!

It had not yet sailed, and Pylos was sitting on the bow of the boat thinking about the future, when he suddenly heard a noise on the shore.

Looking over there, I saw a bearded old man dressed as a scribe talking to the shipowner. I could only faintly hear Greek scriptures coming out from under his beard, telling what the shipowner said. He was stunned for a moment.

Pyrrhus's friend ran over and reported:

"The man claimed to be a speaker and said that he was going to Athens and wanted to take a boat. The ship owner explained to him that the boat had been chartered by us, but it seemed that he couldn't be persuaded..."

It was the first time Pyrrhus had seen a living orator - Epirus did not produce such good things - and he could not help but be very interested.

So let your friends quickly invite this elder to get on the boat.

After all, sailing in this era can only go along the coast and have to dock at night. It takes at least ten days to go from Ellis on the west coast to Athens on the east coast.

Although Pyrrhus's friends were a little confused under his pressure, they had too little experience after all, so chatting with them could only be Pyrrhus's unilateral way, which was like extracurricular tutoring.And this bearded old man looked very smart at first glance. It would be nice to have someone to chat with on the road.

When the wise old man got on the boat, Pyrrhus realized that he was not an old man.

He just has a bigger beard and a bit bald head, but his face is still relatively young, so he looks dignified.Although he looks dirty and embarrassed, his temperament shows that he is a cultured person at first glance.

Pyrrhus greeted him expectantly.

As a result, the orator who had just spit on the shipowner's face turned out to be a gourd, and just bowed in return without introducing himself.

Pyrrhus had no choice but to retreat.

You can't take out a knife and force someone to "come and chat with the uncle for ten dollars", right?

So the man took the bundle into the cabin and was never seen coming out again.

Several days passed in this way, and we were already close to Aegina and the Attica Peninsula. Just when Pyrrhus was wondering if the orator had died of seasickness and vomiting in his cabin, the man finally came out to the deck for some fresh air. Got it!

Pyrrhus was overjoyed. He had been holding it in for many days - it was a bit hard to talk to his friends these two days. He had already finished talking about the return of the king and the war of gods. If he continued, he would spoil the history.

The bearded man was blowing the sea breeze on the side of the ship. When he saw Pyrrhus approaching, he smiled and greeted him.

Pyrrhus also smiled back, and then he didn't know what to say.

While the situation was a bit embarrassing, he found that no one actually recognized him as the "triple laurel winner", and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.So he asked casually:

"Um...were you there for the Olympic Games a few days ago?"

The scribe was startled for a moment, and then he said:

"Uh... I'm sorry, I don't pay much attention to sports events... and... and I'm here on a different ship."

Pyrrhus didn't pay attention to the other person's hesitation, but when he heard that he had "no interest in sports", he couldn't help but have a good impression of this person.

"There was also a speech contest at that time. I heard that you were also a speaker, and I thought you were going to participate in the contest."

"Hi! The standards of the Olympia speech contest are not high. They are just for amateurs to join in the fun." This man was really talkative, and he suddenly started talking:

"A truly high-quality speech still has to go to Attica, even if it is an ordinary lawyer balabalabala..."

"You must know many other speakers? What famous speakers are there now?" Pyrrhus was still most eager to know information about some user groups.

"Of course, let me tell you, there is deep water in giving speeches..."

When Pyrrhus saw that the other party was making a tirade, he quickly called his friends to get some wine to moisten the big man's mouth.

——Although Pyrrhus forbade his friends to pair their meals with wine, he made an exception when sailing. This was because fresh water on the ship could not be preserved in this era, so it could only be replaced by light wine...