Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 43: Information about the Klaty River (continued)

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Henipolis smiled more brilliantly: "It is my honor to be praised by Master Haka! I have to have a chance to chat with you in the future... Uh, your majesty and the veterans are still waiting at the dock , Also invite Master Haka to board the boat with me and hurry to the inner city!"

"Okay!" Hakkar responded simply.

Henipolis glanced behind him and asked, "Where is Lord Hasdruba?"

Hakkar said calmly: "He drank too much on the way, and he is sleeping soundly in the cabin. It is estimated that it will be more difficult to wake up in the inner city."

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

At this moment, the river officials leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear. He immediately showed an expression of understanding and said, "Then let Master Hades Druba take a good rest, I won't bother him. "

Henipolis led Hakkar on board the ship and boarded the wooden building. Hakkar was looking far away, and suddenly felt that his vision was much wider. He was able to cross the pier on the shore and see the overlapping houses behind. And the bustling flow of people.

Just when the surrounding ships approached intentionally or unintentionally, and wanted to see with curiosity what kind of noble person could make the king’s ship come out to meet the nobleman, the double-headed dragon seated the ship had already turned the bow, and two ships in front The clippers cleared the way, and under the full pulverization of hundreds of sailors, they began to flow up, and the passenger ship that Haka used to take followed closely behind.

The city of Turrii is different from the city of Rome. The city of Rome is dozens of miles away from the mouth of the river, and the river is tortuous. Five or six miles, the main part of the city is located downstream after the confluence of the Krati River and the Koseni River. The river is wide and the flow is gentle. Under normal circumstances, ships do not need to rely on pulling fibers to move up the current to reach the city of Turiyi.

Haka stood on the wooden building on the ship, and saw the situation on both sides of the river more clearly: Indeed, as the river official said, the Turyi people converted both sides of the river into piers, and not only all the river beaches were Covered by sturdy stone slabs, and every 10 meters or so, there is a 5-meter-high trapezoidal stone platform standing on the shore. Each stone platform has a stone ring at each end. A wooden instrument is parked on the stone platform. It extends a long wooden arm toward the river. The wooden arm hangs pulleys and ropes and hangs downwards. An iron hook came out, the end of the wooden arm was clamped by two huge wooden wheels, and the other end of the rope was tightly tied to the ground, looking like a huge snail...

Haka knows that this is the crane invented by the Dionians. It has long been known in the Western Mediterranean, but it has not spread to the port towns of southern Iberia.

Haka carefully observed the entire process of unloading the cargo ship: the cargo ship slowly docked on the river bank in front of the stone platform, and the labor from the shore passed by and tied the cables at both ends of the cargo ship to the stone holes at both ends of the stone platform. , So that the cargo ship will be close to the dock. The crane operator lowered the wooden arm, loosened the rope, and the hook hung down. The crew hung a basket of goods on the iron hook, and then the slaves in the wooden wheel of the crane stepped on the wooden wheel with great effort. At this time, the personnel on both sides of the crane pulled the rope again, controlled the wooden boom, and slowly parked the goods on the flat ground in front of the stone platform... The whole process is fast, labor-saving, and efficient. The full ship of goods will be unloaded soon It's half lost, and both the crew and the laborers on the shore are still very relaxed.

Haka also noticed that there are semi-open warehouses not far behind these stone platforms, and the goods unloaded from the ships are transported by laborers to these warehouses to park.

Behind this kind of simple warehouse, there are large rectangular closed warehouses side by side, each with a 6-meter-high roof and 4-meter-high multi-opening arches, and the area is not less than two. Arenas. And through the small window at the top, you can see that the walls of the warehouse are quite thick. Only such a high-quality warehouse can make the cargo owner rest assured of the safety of the goods, and at the same time, it can store more goods and make it easier to transport the goods...

As for the process of cargo ships entering the port, Haka, who has led the government affairs in southern Iberia for many years, is very clear: After the workers at the dock unload the cargo, they will be parked in a temporary warehouse, and the ship owner will immediately go to the port to rent it out. In the storage room of a warehouse, pay for the labor to 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 you contact in advance Buyers, then the situation will be much better.

But like Turiyi, the docks, temporary warehouses, and warehouses for unloading are close together, which is undoubtedly much more convenient. And Haka judged based on this: With the way the Turyians acted like this, the famous Turye market in the entire Western Mediterranean is probably not far from here (it is true).

He couldn't help but let out a sigh, but he greeted Hernipolis' curiosity: "Master Haka, what do you think about coming to Turei?"

Haka pointed to the wharf on the shore and sighed sincerely: "Look at these stone docks, temporary warehouses, and cargo warehouses where cranes are placed. They are neatly lined up on both sides of the Krati River like an army. Extending, you can barely see the head, how spectacular it is! I think any outsider who sees such a sight will have to admire the power of the Kingdom of Dionia and dare not have any thoughts to fight against it!"

Henipolis looked at him, then turned to look at the shore: "Tell you a real and interesting fact. There is a famous scholar in the kingdom, Lycias, who once prepared to write an article describing the wharf on the shore of the Craty River. For the article, he decided to go to the riverside pier to inspect it first, and he returned soon afterwards.

My friend asked him, ‘why is it so fast? ’

He said,'When I reached the river, I found people everywhere on the wharf, very busy, the sound was extremely noisy and harsh, cranes creaked, bulls and donkeys kept barking, grumpy porters loudly Screamed... and the air was terrible, mixed with the smell of wine, olive oil, and people's sweat... I stood there for a while, and I felt my head swelled and uncomfortable. I was struggling with the help of the servants. Pushing away those who were in the way, it was hard to get out. In the process, I stepped on donkey dung twice...’"

Hakkar couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Henipolis sighed, looked into the distance dreamily, and murmured: "I still miss Turye more than ten years ago, especially the Craty River, which is clear and quiet, and it makes people think about it... Alas, but now, not only the river is crowded and noisy, but the river has also become muddy, and there are still a lot of boats at night..."

Haka sighed on the side: "However, any city-state and country hopes that their city is such a picture, because it means prosperity and strength."

Henipolis patted the boat fence with both hands and smiled again: "That's why I am just a clerk and you are the governor! But I suggest that you stay in Turei, It’s best to buy a piece of land in the mountains to the north, build a villa, and live in it several times a month. The air is fresh and quiet, which is good for your health..."

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

This should be the Turiyi Stone Bridge. It is said to be the first stone bridge built in the Western Mediterranean. It is indeed very spectacular! ...Haka looked ahead, but heard Hernipolis say: "We are about to enter the inner city dock."

Following the direction of Hernipolis' fingers, Hakkar saw the wall that lay between the overlapping buildings.

"Originally there was an iron chain here..." Hernipolis pointed to the tower on the bank of the river in front of him, but looked at Haka beside him, and said casually, "Ten years ago It was once abandoned, but when the war broke out with...Carthage, it was urgently activated. But now it has been completely abandoned, because there will be no more enemies threatening the kingdom from the sea."

Haka nodded calmly.

"In the past few years, there have been elders' proposals, "to demolish the entire inner wall." Fortunately, most of the elders expressed their opposition and failed to pass, otherwise the city of Turiyi would really not be able to stay!"

Haka waited for a while, and understood why Hernipolis said that. He had seen that the blocks inside the city wall were far less dense than those outside the city wall, and the houses were neat and spacious, and pedestrians were relatively sparse, but they seemed laid back and relaxed, as if The city is another world...

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

Compared with the previously seen river wharves arranged like long dragons, the inner city wharf is too small, with only six trestle bridges, but each berth is extremely spacious, more than enough for large ships tens of meters, and the trestle bridge They are all paved with stone slabs, can accommodate two carriages to pass side by side, and are also equipped with several stone platforms and cranes...

There is a large waiting area at the back of the pier, and a long colorful canopy is specially set up, not only for shading, but also for aesthetics. There are rows of comfortable seats under the canopy, which are now full of people.

Hakkar’s gaze searched quickly among the people on the shore. When he saw the man dressed not much differently from others, but with a small dazzling golden crown on his head, Hakkar was excited. Besides, I suddenly felt a little nervous.

Daves, who was in the waiting area, saw the ship entering the dock, and immediately stood up and led the elders to the trestle bridge.

After the wooden ladder for disembarkation was set up, this time Hakkar refused the help of his servants, and slowly walked off the ship, came to Daves, bowed deeply, and said, "Respect Your Majesty Daves, the former Governor of Southern Iberia and your loyal student Haka is here to report to you!"