Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Hernipolis smiled even more brilliantly: "It is my honor to be praised by Lord Haka! I will definitely have a chat with you in the future... Uh, Your Majesty and the elders are still waiting at the pier, please also Lord Hakkar and I boarded the boat with me and hurried to the inner city!"

"Good!" Haka responded very simply.

Henipolis glanced at his rear and asked, "How about Lord Hasdruba?"

Haka said calmly: "He drank too much along the way and is now sleeping soundly in the cabin. It is estimated that it is more difficult to wake up in the inner city."

"Oh..." Noblepolis nodded, just about to speak.

At this time, the river official came together and whispered in his ear. He immediately showed an understanding expression and said, "Then let Master Hudders Druba take a good rest, I will not disturb him."

Hippopolis led Haka on the ship and boarded the wooden building. Haka was high in sight and suddenly felt that his field of vision was much wider. He was able to cross the pier on the shore and see the overlapping houses and bustling buildings on the back. Flow of people.

Just when the surrounding ships came together intentionally or unintentionally, and wanted to take a curious look at the nobles who could let the king's ship come out to meet, the double-headed dragon had turned the bow, and the two fast ships opened the road in front. Under the full-strength beating of hundreds of sailors, the river began to flow upwards, and the passenger boat that Haka originally used to follow was also close behind.

The city of Turiri is different from the city of Rome. The city of Rome is tens of miles from the estuary. The river channel is tortuous. Boats that flow upstream from the estuary must rely on the fiber to reach the river port outside the city, while the city of Tuturi is only five or six from the estuary. Here, the main body of the city is located downstream of the Crati River and the Koseni River. The river channel is wide and the water flow is gentle. Usually, ships do not need to rely on fiber-drawing to reach the city of Turri.

Haka stood on the ship's wooden building, and saw the situation on both sides of the river more clearly: indeed, as the river officials said, the Turiris will be converted into piers along both sides of the river. Not only all the river beaches are sturdy slate Covered, and every 10 meters or so, there is a trapezoidal stone platform up to 5 meters high on the shore.There is a stone ring at each end of each stone platform. A wooden instrument is parked on the stone platform. It extends a long wooden arm to the river. The wooden arm is hung with pulleys and ropes, and hangs down. An iron hook is made, the end of the wooden arm is clamped by two huge wooden wheels, and the other end of the rope is tightly tied to the ground, looking like a huge snail...

Haka knew that this was the crane invented by the Dionysians. It has long been known in the Western Mediterranean, but it has not yet spread to the port towns of southern Iberia.

Hakkar carefully observed the whole process of unloading the cargo ship: the cargo ship slowly docked on the river in front of Shitai, and there was labor on the shore, and the cables at both ends of the cargo ship were tied to the stone holes at both ends of the Shitai. The incoming cargo ship will be close to the dock.The person operating the crane lowered the wooden arm, loosened the rope, and the hook hung down.The crew hung a basket of cargo on the iron hook, and then the slaves in the wooden wheel of the crane stepped on the wooden wheel with great effort. The wooden wheel quickly turned to tighten the rope, and the iron hook pulled the cargo up and out of the cargo ship.At this time, the personnel on both sides of the crane pulled the rope again, controlled the wooden arm, and slowly parked the cargo on the flat ground in front of the stone platform... The whole process was quick, labor-saving and efficient, and the full load of cargo was unloaded in a short time. After half of it, both the crew and the workers on the shore still seemed very relaxed.

Haka also noticed that there was a semi-open warehouse not far behind these stone platforms, and the goods unloaded from the ship were transported by workers to these warehouses for parking.

At the back of this simple warehouse, there are huge rectangular, closed warehouses side by side, each of which is about 6 meters high roof, 4 meters high multi-opening arch, the area is not less than two arenas .And through the small window at the top, you can see that the warehouse wall is quite thick.Only such a high-quality warehouse can let the cargo owner rest assured of the safety of the goods, at the same time, it can store more goods and facilitate the shipment of goods...

For the process of the cargo ship entering the port, Haka, which has dominated government affairs in southern Iberia for many years, is very clear: after the workers at the terminal unload the goods, they will park them in a temporary warehouse, and the owner will immediately go to the port to rent a warehouse. The storage room, then spend money to let the workers transfer his goods to the warehouse for storage, and then go to the market in the city to contact the buyer... This process usually takes two or three days, of course, if the buyer is contacted in advance , Then the situation will be much better.

But like Turui, the unloading terminal, temporary warehouse, and warehouse are close together, which is undoubtedly much more convenient.And Hakkar judged according to this: With the practice of the Turiris, the famous Turiri market in the entire Western Mediterranean is probably not far away (this is indeed the case).

He couldn't help sighing, but ushered in the curiosity of Hernipolis: "Master Haka, what do you think of coming to Turri?"

Haka pointed at the pier on the shore and sighed heartily: "Look at these stone docks, temporary warehouses and cargo warehouses where cranes are placed. They are lined up neatly on the banks of the Krati River like an army. I can’t see my head, how spectacular it is! I think any outsider who sees such a scene has to admire the power of the Dionysian kingdom and dare not have any thoughts against it!"

Henipolis looked at him and turned his head to the shore: "Tell you a real anecdote. There is a famous scholar Lucias in the Kingdom. Once he was going to write an article describing the wharf on the Krati River, he Decided to go to the riverside pier to investigate first, and then returned shortly afterwards.

Friends asked him'Why is it so fast?'

He said,'I went to the river and found that the pier was full of people, too busy to communicate, the noise was extremely noisy and harsh, the crane creaked, the cows and donkeys kept calling, and the grumpy porters shouted loudly ...And the air is terrible, mixed with the smell of wine, olive oil, sweat from people... I stood there for a while, and my head swelled uncomfortably. With the help of the servants, I pushed them away. Those who are in the way are not easy to come out.In the process, I stepped on the donkey dung twice...'"

Haka could not help laughing when he heard this.

Henripolis sighed, looking at the distance faintly, and muttered, "I still miss Turri, more than ten years ago, especially the Crati River, clear and quiet, inviting revelation... Alas, but Now, not only is the river crowded and noisy, but the river is also muddy, and there are still a lot of boats at night..."

Haka sighed aside: "But any city-state and country all want their city to be such a picture, because it means prosperity and strength."

Henripolis patted the boat bar with both hands, and smiled again: "That's why I'm just a clerk and you are the governor! But I suggest that after you stay in Turiri, it is best to go Buy a piece of land in the mountains to the north, build a villa, and stay a few times a month, where the air is fresh and quiet, which is good for your body..."

The two were talking and laughing. A huge building in the distance broke into Haka’s eyes: a hundred-meter-long stone bridge lay on the wide Krati River, like a giant beast overlooking the passing ships.

This should be the Big Stone Bridge in Turi, which is said to be the first stone bridge built in the Western Mediterranean. It is indeed very spectacular!...Haka looked at the front, but heard Hippopolis say: "We are about to enter the inner city pier."

In the direction of Henripolis's finger, Haka saw the wall between the overlapping buildings.

"Originally, there was a chain linking the river..." Henipolis pointed to the tower on the bank of the river in front of him, but his eyes looked at Haka next to him, seemingly casually said: "Abandoned a decade ago. Used, but and... Carthage was urged to use it when the war broke out. But now it has been completely abandoned because no more enemies will threaten the kingdom from the sea."

Haka nodded calmly.

"Seniors have proposed over the years,'Remove the entire inner wall.' Fortunately, most of the seniors have expressed opposition and failed to pass, otherwise this city of Turiyi really can't stay!"

Haka waited for a while and understood why Henipolis said so. He had seen that the blocks inside the city wall were far less dense than outside the city wall, and the house was neat and spacious, and the pedestrians were also relatively sparse, but it seemed to be laid back, as if the city was different. A world...

But there is only one place that is more lively, that is, the inner city pier ahead of which the ship is heading.

Compared with the river wharves that have been arranged like a long dragon before, the inner city wharf is too small, with only six trestles, but each berth is extremely spacious. More than tens of meters of large ships are more than enough, and the trestles are all used. The stone slabs can accommodate two carriages running side by side, and are also equipped with several stone platforms and cranes...

At the back of the pier, there is a waiting area with a large area, which is specially equipped with a long colorful cloth shed, both for shading and beauty.Rows of comfortable seats lay under the tent, and now they are full of people.

Haka’s eyes quickly searched among the crowd on the shore. When he saw the man who was not much different from others, but wearing a small dazzling gold crown on his head, Haka was excited. I suddenly felt a little nervous.

When Davis in the waiting area saw the ship entering the dock, he immediately stood up and led the elders to the trestle.

After the wooden ladder to get off the boat was set up, this time Haka refused the help of the servant, slowly walked off the ship, came to Daveus, bowed deeply, and said, "Dear Dave Your Majesty, the former governor of southern Iberia and your loyal student, Haka, have reported to you!"