Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Mercis glanced at Daveus timidly and said truthfully: "I...I also gave them a copy of the food and supplies we distributed to the citizens of the Tua Alliance every day..."

He was busy and explained: "But these are all recorded in the account, you can check."

Daveus said calmly: "Is the food and supplies worth money?"

"Of course..."

Dave Si smiled: "You see you have realized the difficulties of the lowest-level public officials, before our bill is introduced, they are the first to pay them."

The veterans laughed.

Mercy stopper.

Davers said while ironing: "These bookkeepers were all our slave slaves who followed us in Persia. Now the "Land Lease Law" is about to be promulgated, and a large number of reserve citizens will come to Burcos to apply for rent. Planting land, and your bookkeeper can only silently contribute to the city-state. One year later, when other reserve citizens have food, clothing, and wealth, they can only rely on your charity to survive What would they think at this time? What would their family members think? Do they still think it a glory to hold public office?"

"In the future we can use... formal citizens." Mercis whispered.

"Using citizens as the lowest-ranking public officials of the Union?! You mean that the land of the citizens' homes is under the care of slaves anyway, he can work with confidence, right?"

Mercis nodded.

"Does the family of ordinary citizens in our alliance generally have only one slave, and citizens also need to lead slaves to work?" Daveus asked Cornelius.

"That's the case, the governor. Some families don't even have slaves." Cornelius replied.

"If a citizen goes to work for the alliance, his family's labor will be reduced by half, and will his family's income also be reduced?! In the long run, wouldn't public office become a burden for him! And our alliance can function normally, just like Lafayette. The scribes of Yass, the firemen, sentries, jailers, jurors, Cornelius, the navigators and market administrators of Marigi... The hard work of these lowest-level public officials! We can’t just let the horses Run, don’t let the horses eat grass. We should not only make them feel that it is a glory to serve the city-state, but also a kind of welfare, let them take the money home every day, and make their families happy, so as to promote more and better Of our citizens are willing to contribute to the city-state! Of course, everyone here will have no pay, and we cannot let money corrode the honor of our elders!" Daveus’s words resonated with everyone.

"that's right!"

"aweason!"

The veterans straightened their chests and agreed.

Daveus patted Merseys's shoulder, which was a bit frustrating, and relieved him: "And paying public officials also helps you receive more taxes."

"Really?!" Mercis suddenly raised his head.

Daveus looked around and was surprised when he saw Kunogolata, so he said aloud: "When a citizen has money, he will have the desire to buy things, a copper pot, a clay pot, a pot of olive oil. , A set of tables and chairs... even more luxury, wine, spices... When citizens have money to buy things, the market will prosper, and you will receive more commercial taxes..."

Mercis came to the spirit: "But most of the money made the Gentiles earn away."

"This is currently the case. But soon, our commodities will be produced. In this regard, Mariji will introduce."

Mariji stood up and said excitedly: "As of yesterday, there was already a pottery workshop, an olive oil workshop, a masonry workshop, a mill, two carpenter's shops, a paint shop, and a stone carving shop in Turiri Market. Construction has started one after another, and a large-scale wine workshop is also under planning.

"That's the wine workshop of Orpheus. The wines produced by his family have been famous throughout Great Greece for decades!" Kunogolata pointed to a veteran and interjected.

"It's much more thanks to the bank of Christolya Bank for giving me and my family to rebuild the vineyard and wine workshop!" Orifis nodded his thanks to Daveus, and the people of the Union now know that this is Turiri Who is the real owner behind the bank that has contributed a lot to the reconstruction?

"We should impose high taxes on the same types of foreign goods to protect our own business that our alliance has just started," Kunogolata suggested.

"You are right!" Daveus nodded and said: "Now, our commercial officer Mariji is preparing to implement some new measures in the Turri market. The time when the gentiles are earning us money is almost over. We want Strongly support our coalition’s own industry. If it is the same product on the Turi market, we levy a low tax on our businessmen and a high tax on foreign businessmen; we still need to use low commodities that we need urgently Taxes, prompting them to actively transport these materials to Turiyi for sale; we can produce very important commodities, but we are temporarily unable to compete with foreign countries, and the alliance will provide subsidies; for foreign luxury goods, given the current pockets of citizens Money is limited, and we have to impose heavy taxes for the time being, so that susceptible citizens can use their money on the blade. In this way, guide them to buy our own goods. Only in this way can our own business prosper!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Daveus said loudly again: "Masters, we need to understand that silver coins are not used in the treasury, it is not money, but just a pile of metal. Only when it flows, will it generate huge profits and enable our citizens to live. Better, make our business more prosperous, and at the same time make our treasury more abundant!"

"Agree! Agree!..." The veterans headed by Kunogolata and Cornelius all agreed, and some applauded.

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Tíos, a Corinthian businessman, wandering around in the noisy and crowded Turiri market. He saw the excited Turiri talking excitedly with each other. "What Tua Union has promulgated the "Public Law". Any citizen of the Tua Union You can apply for public office, start from the bottom and perform well, and you can also take up a senior position. The league is even preparing to pay these public officials one to four Opol a day..."

Zeus is on, does the Tua Alliance want to learn Athens?Are they rich in Athens?!Tíos didn't care to listen to the talks of the citizens of Tua. Although he didn't think that Tua could do as Athens did, he felt jealous in the heart.

As an ordinary citizen of Corinth, although Dios is very wealthy, he can only serve as a middle- and low-level official of the city-state. Because members of the city-state council can only be served by nobles (Corinth is a noble system), he chose to join the business.This time I came to Turri because of the tension between Collins and Sparta and the danger of war breaking out at any time. Therefore, we need to store food in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Two hundred years ago, the Corinthian trade was developed, and weapons, pottery, and other commodities were sold to various city-states along the Mediterranean coast.Later, Athens was catching up, competing with Collins in all aspects of business, especially in the pottery industry that Collins was proud of, which gave Collins a heavy blow and has since collapsed.Now Corinthian business is not as good as before, but it is still a big state on the Peloponnesian peninsula and still rich.As a city-state that is not rich in food, Collins always buys food from foreign countries. Their food is generally imported from the sea of ​​Yokexing, but now the Spartan fleet is rampant in the Aegean Sea. To prevent accidents, Tios chose to come Western Mediterranean.

Sicily is his primary choice, but unfortunately the food prices of the Greek city-states of Sicily, which are famous for their rich wheat, have risen. It is said that Syracuse is buying food arbitrarily. It seems that there will be something big happening in Sicily.When Tios was sensitive to this, he hesitated whether to go to Carthage.It was at this time that he heard that Turri was being rebuilt, that he was in urgent need of large amounts of supplies, and that the tariffs were very low.

Tios was so moved that he asked the insider Tuliy about the food situation, because he knew that the Subari Plain was famous for its wine, wheat, livestock and beeswax during the Turiyi period. , He decided to divert to Turri (at the end of summer, Amendolara’s wheat had been harvested, and Turri’s wheat was forcibly harvested by the Crotonians in advance, and finally fell into the hands of Davis, so The Tua Union has ample food, and in addition to satisfying the rations of the people, there are enough surplus grains to sell).

When his merchant ship finally squeezed into the port, people boarded the terminal and found the rumored so-called "market management office". The first sentence when he saw the administrator was complaining: "Your port needs to be expanded, it is too small!" Very time-consuming!"

The administrator politely replied: "Yes, you are right. We are also expanding the port. I apologize for the difficulties this temporary port has caused you! Is there anything you can do for me?"

The administrator's apology dispelled most of Tios' grievances. He originally wanted to go to the market first, but the attitude of the administrator won his favor, so he directly said his request.

The administrator immediately checked the transaction log of the day, and then introduced him to a seller.In fact, the seller Nicol Bros is the subordinate of the agricultural officer Burcos responsible for the sale of agricultural products of Amendola.

After looking at the samples and after negotiating to determine the price, Tios decided to buy five ships of wheat.

However, the Ministry of Nicolas told him that there are a lot of wheat in the five ships, and there is not so much stock in the market. It needs to be mobilized in Amendolara and will not be delivered until tomorrow.

Tios expressed his understanding.

Out of apologies, Nicoblos told him: Now that the hotels in the port area are full, it is best to go to Amendolara. There is a special commercial hotel area, the accommodation is comfortable, the price is cheap, and it is quiet.