Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 11: The Tua Alliance in the eyes of the Gentiles (1)
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Mercis glanced at Daves timidly, and said truthfully: "I... I also gave them a share of the rations and supplies we distribute to the citizens of the Tua League every day..."
He hurriedly explained again: "But these are all recorded in the account and can be checked."
Davers calmly said: "Do these food and supplies count as money?"
"Of course..."
Davers smiled: "You see that you have realized the difficulties of the lowest-level public officials. Before our bill was introduced, they were paid first."
The elders roared with laughter.
Mersis is speechless.
Davos said while the iron was hot: "Your bookkeepers are all emancipated slaves who followed us in Persia. Now the Land Lease Law is about to be promulgated, and a large number of prepared citizens will go to Burkos. , Apply for the lease of land, but your bookkeeper can only silently contribute to the city-state. One year later, when other prepared citizens have food and clothing, they are more prosperous, and they can only rely on you What do they think when they give alms? What do their family members think? Do they still feel that holding a public office is an honor?"
"In the future, we can use...official citizens." Melses whispered.
"Use a citizen as the lowest-level public official of the Union?! You mean, anyway, the citizen's land is taken care of by slaves, and he can work with confidence, right?"
Mercis nodded.
"Does the family of ordinary citizens in our alliance generally have only one slave, and the citizens also need to lead the slave to work?" Daves asked Cornellus.
"That's right, Archon. Some families don't even have slaves." Cornelus replied.
"When a citizen goes to work for the alliance, the labor at home will be cut in half, and the family income will also be reduced?! In the long run, will public office become a burden for him! And the normal operation of our alliance is just indispensable Like the scribes under Raphaas, firefighters under Cornelus, sentries, jailers, jurors, navigators under Mariji, market administrators...the hard work of these lowest-level public officials! We can’t! Only let the horse run, not let the horse eat the grass. We not only want to make them feel that serving the city-state is an honor, but also a kind of welfare. Let them go home with money every day and make their families happy. This will promote more , Better citizens are willing to contribute to the city-state! Of course, everyone here will have no salary, and money must not be allowed to corrupt the dignity of our senators!" Daves' words resonated with everyone.
"That's right!"
"That's great!"
The elders straightened their chests and all agreed.
Davers patted the somewhat frustrated Merses on the shoulder, and said, "And paying public officials will also help you receive more taxes."
"Really?!" Melses raised his head suddenly.
Daves looked around and saw Kunogolata also look surprised, so he said loudly: "If a citizen has money in his hand, he will have the desire to buy things, a copper pot, a clay pot, a A can of olive oil, a set of tables and chairs... Even more luxurious, wine, spices... When citizens have money to buy things, the market will prosper, and you will collect more business taxes..."
Mersis came to the spirit: "But most of the money was earned by the Gentiles."
"Currently this is the case. But soon, our products will be produced. Let Mariji introduce the situation in this regard."
Marigi stood up and said excitedly: "As of yesterday, there has been a pottery workshop, an olive oil workshop, a masonry workshop, a mill, two carpenters’ shops, a paint shop, and a Stone carving shops have started one after another, and a large-scale wine workshop is also under planning and will start soon."
"That's the wine workshop of Orifis. The wines made by his family have been famous throughout Greater Greece for decades!" Cunogorata interjected, pointing to a senior citizen.
"Thanks to the loan from Christoja Bank, so that my family and I can rebuild the vineyard and wine factory!" Orifis nodded to express his gratitude to Daves. The people of the alliance now know this Who is the real owner behind the bank that made a great contribution to Turrii’s reconstruction?
"We should impose high taxes on the same types of foreign goods in order to protect our alliance's newly emerging business." Kunogolata suggested.
"You are right!" Daves nodded and said, "Now, our commercial officer Mariji is preparing to implement some new measures in the Turíy market. The time when the Gentiles are making us money is almost over. , We must vigorously support the people’s own industries in our alliance. If the same goods are on the Turye market, low taxes will be levied on our merchants and high taxes will be levied on foreign merchants; the goods we urgently need but cannot be produced by ourselves will be Still use low taxes to encourage them to actively transport these materials to Turii for sale; for very important goods, we can produce, but temporarily unable to compete with the foreign countries, the alliance must give subsidies; for foreign luxury goods, in view of the current citizens The money in our pockets is limited. We have to impose heavy taxes temporarily so that tempted citizens can spend their money on the knife. In this way, we can guide them to buy our own goods. Only in this way can our own business prosper. !"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Davers said loudly again: "Masters, we have to understand that silver coins are not in the treasury. They are not money, but just a pile of metal. Only when it flows, it will generate huge profits and allow us Citizens live better, make our business more prosperous, and at the same time make our treasury more full!"
"Agree! Agree!..." The elders headed by Kunogolata and Cornelus all agreed, and some clapped.
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Tios, a Corinthian businessman, wandered in the noisy and crowded Turíy market. He saw excited Turíy people talking excitedly with each other. Citizens of the alliance can apply for public positions, starting from the bottom, with outstanding performance, and also being able to hold high-level positions. The alliance even plans to pay these public officials one to four opals a day..."
Zeus is here, does the Tua League want to learn from Athens? Are they rich in Athens? ! Theos had no intention of listening to the conversations of the citizens of the Tua Union. Although he did not think the Tua Union could do what Athens did, he felt jealous deep down.
As an ordinary citizen of Corinth, although Tios is very wealthy, he can only serve as a city-state middle and low-level official. Because the city-state council members can only serve as nobles (Corinth is a noble system), he chose to join the business world. I came to Turii this time because of the tense relations between Corinth and Sparta, and there is a danger of war at any time. Therefore, it is necessary to reserve food for emergencies.
Two hundred years ago, the trade in Corinth was developed. Weapons, pottery and other commodities were sold to cities along the Mediterranean Sea, making the world rich. Later, Athens caught up and competed with Corinth in all aspects of business, especially the pottery industry, which Corinth was proud of, dealt a heavy blow to Corinth and never recovered. Now Corinth’s business is not as good as before, but it is still a big country on the Peloponnese Peninsula, and it is still rich. As a city-state that is not rich in food, Corinth always buys food from the Gentiles. Their food is generally imported from the Yoke Xinghai, but now the Spartan fleet is rampant in the Aegean Sea. In order to prevent accidents, Tios chose to come. Western Mediterranean.
Sicily is his first choice. Unfortunately, the Greek city-states in Sicily, which are famous for their wheat production, have recently increased their food prices. It is said that Syracuse is buying food on a large scale. It seems that something big will happen in Sicily. When Theos was sensitive to this, he hesitated whether to go to Carthage. At this moment, he heard that Turri was rebuilding and that a large amount of supplies were urgently needed, and the tariffs were also very low.
Tios was very moved and hurriedly asked the insider about Turri’s food situation, because he knew that the Subari Plain was famous for its wine, wheat, livestock and beeswax during the Turri period, and it had a "good harvest". When he answered, he decided to diverge to Turri (at the end of the summer, the wheat in Amendorara had been harvested, while the wheat in Turri was forcibly harvested by the Crotones in advance, and finally all fell in Daves Therefore, the Tua Alliance has sufficient food, in addition to satisfying the people’s food rations, there is enough surplus food for sale).
When his merchant ship finally squeezed into the port, people got on the wharf and found the so-called "market management office" in the rumor. The first sentence when they saw the manager complained: "Your port needs to be expanded, It's small! It's a long time delay!"
The administrator answered politely: "Yes, you are right. We are also expanding the port. I apologize for the difficulties this temporary port has caused you! Do you have any help? "
The administrator’s apology helped most of Tios’ grievances. He wanted to go to the market first, but the administrator’s attitude won his favor, so he directly stated his request.
The administrator immediately checked the day’s transaction log and introduced him to a seller. In fact, the seller, Nicobulos, is the subordinate of the agricultural officer Burcos who is responsible for the sales of Amendorara’s agricultural products.
After seeing the samples and after negotiating to determine the price, Tios decided to buy five ships of wheat.
However, Nicolos told him: There are a lot of five-ship wheat, and there is not so much stock in the market. It needs to be mobilized in Amendola and can be delivered tomorrow.
Tios expressed his understanding.
Out of apology, Nicobulos told him: Now the port area is full of hotels, it is best to go to Amendorara, where there is a special business hotel area, where accommodation is comfortable, cheap, and quiet.