Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 187: Guest

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"Because the Dionian Games will be held soon. It is said that it is very large. Not only the various regions of the country, but all the allies of the kingdom are invited to participate, so this time is not only the Tuli All the restaurants, hotels, and the officials and people in Iraq are buying large quantities of pottery and preparing to receive a large number of guests during the Games." The owner said excitedly: "I originally planned to send people to Athens by boat, and tell you to hurry up. Time to make more pottery and bring it to Turii for sale..."

"Don't worry, I have received the news from Master Sostatus, and arrangements have been made, and more pottery will be shipped from Athens soon." Hesklaus put out a The assistant was confident and encouraged: "If the sales increase sharply in the next two months, I will double your salary."

Although Hesklaus is the owner and the shopkeeper is only his hired hand, he does not speak with condescending arrogance at all, and he is even a little flattering. There is no way anyone can call the shopkeeper a real Turian native, and Peleus It was Dionian’s Holy Kingdom that he joined only a few years ago. He paid a big price to hire him, but it played a very important role in his pottery shop's foothold in the Turri market.

The owner immediately expressed his thanks and reminded him: "Master Sostatus has sent people over several times to ask if the goods they want have arrived. Do you think we should send someone to notify them immediately? "

Hesklaus patted his forehead: "I was just happy and almost forgot about it!"

It is precisely because of Sostatus’ support that Hesclaus is here today. He also wants to continue to rely on Sostatus’ help to be among the top of the Dionian business community in the future. How dare you get half a mark? Slacking off, said quickly: "Yes! Yes! You send someone right away!"

After finishing speaking, regardless of fatigue, he personally took the batch of pottery items to be handed over to Sostatus out of the wooden box and placed it in the backyard of the pottery shop for the other party to send someone to inspect it.

Who knows, after noon, Sostatus had not sent anyone, and Hesklaus was afraid to leave. As a result, he planned to take his son to the nearby Christia restaurant for a good meal. Being able to make the soup, I had to let the clerk buy some bread to deal with it. For this reason, Lirias cried and made noises while holding the duck, and was reprimanded by him.

In the afternoon, Sostatus's men came over and brought him good news: Invite him to the banquet held by Sostatus in the evening.

Hesklaus danced with joy, and the little bit of resentment he had had before disappeared without a trace.

Of course, before this, both of them have to complete the formal procedures for this sale. The seller lists the price of the goods, the buyer pays, and then the seller takes out the payment slip received from the pottery market management office (said to receive In fact, it is also required to pay, but the price is not high. After all, it is made of paper, and now the entire Mediterranean can only be manufactured by the Kristonia Chamber of Commerce in the Holy Kingdom of Dionian), fill in the type, quantity and The price of the sale is signed by both parties in duplicate. The buyer takes one of them and submits it to the management office of the market to get a certain amount of tax refund, and the payment slip in his hand is left at the management office as a tax collection at the end of the month ’S credentials.

The Dionian Ministry of Commerce has adopted this method, so that when the Dionian people purchase goods, they will actively ask for a payment slip from the merchant and hand it to the market management office to obtain additional money, but in fact they get This part of the tax rebate has long been added to the price of the goods and returned to the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom when the tax was finally paid.

The Ministry of Commerce also stipulates that the public can report businesses that refuse to give payment slips, and the management office will impose heavy fines on them. Part of the fines will be rewarded to the people who report; in addition, the buyers and sellers did not carry out the report. The formal purchase procedure is a black-box operation. The public can make a report. Once it is proved to be true, the reporting public will also be rewarded.

Because of these severe measures of the Ministry of Commerce, most people doing business in Dionia will comply with the regulations. After all, for a small profit, if you violate the law, you will face minor fines and confiscation of property, and severe deprivation. The qualifications for doing business in Dionia, or even expelling from the kingdom, would be too much of a gain.

So, even if Hesklaus’s Athens pottery had shares in Sostatus, he followed the normal trading procedures to avoid being reported by unsuspecting people and making him ashamed.

However, compared with the traditional Greek tax collection method led by Athens, this tax collection method implemented by the Holy Kingdom of Dionian is obviously more beneficial to businessmen and can promote the good development of business. Therefore, when Dionian After the full-scale trade with Greece began, many Greek businessmen were more willing to settle and do business in Dionia. Of course, some Greek city-states tried to use this better tax collection method, but due to limited national power, it eventually disappeared.

Although Hesklaus has been opening a shop in Turíy for more than two years with the support of Sostatus, he was invited to his home for the first time. For the sake of being prudent, he decided to prepare ahead of time. Arrived to show respect.

After carefully dressing up, putting on brand-new clothes, buying good gifts, and taking Lirias, of course the duck stays in the shop and is ready to go.

Since the pottery market is a bit far from Sostatus, there is a crowd of people along the way, and it is early June, and the weather is hot. By the time the mansion, I’m afraid it’s already sweating and shameless, so Hesklaus adopted the owner. The suggestion, hire a sedan chair.

Sostatus’s mansion is in the east outer city, very close to the inner city of Turriy. At the beginning, he took the initiative to return the inner city mansion left by his father Kunogolata to the kingdom, so that the kingdom can be well The resettlement of the Haka brothers who came to Turiyi, Daves was very grateful for this, and specifically instructed Turiyi City Hall to "not let Kunogolata's son suffer a loss", according to the difference in land prices inside and outside the city at that time. , Sostatus eventually changed to a large piece of land in the outer city.

He built the whole land into two houses, one for himself and the other for his brother, each of which was twice the size of the senator’s house.

"Welcome! Welcome!" Sostatus heard the report from the servant and came to the door to greet him in person.

"Master Sostatus, this is the first time I went to your house for a banquet. I was afraid that I would be late without knowing the way, so I came a little earlier. Please forgive me!" Hesklaus said politely.

Actually, Sostatus is only the president of the Turíy Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Turíy City Council. He does not have any official positions. Strictly speaking, the term "adult" is not appropriate for him. However, in recent years, the Dionian people have gradually applied this official title to some respected celebrities, making the term secular.

"It's okay, several guests came earlier than you." Sostatus waved his hand, then saw Lirias behind Hesklaus, he immediately bent down and asked with a smile. Said: "Kid, what is your name?"

Lirias shyly hid behind Hesklaus.

Hesklaus quickly explained: "My lord, this is my son Lirias. This time he insists on coming to Turei with me, and I dare not leave him alone—"

"It's okay, I said I could bring my family." Sostatus said disapprovingly, and then lowered his head to tease Lirias: "Hey, kid, if you call me Uncle, I Here is a good thing for you."

Lirias heard this and shouted boldly: "...Hello, uncle!"

"Well, not bad!" Sostatus nodded in satisfaction, and quickly took out something from his arms. He had heard the servant say that Hesklaus had come to the door with a child, so he was prepared in advance: "Look, what is this?"

Lirias widened his eyes and looked at the object in Sostatus's hand: a gilt figure with a big palm. He has handsome features and a firm look. He is holding a football in one hand and swinging his arm in the other. In the forward sprinting posture, the entire statue is exquisitely portrayed and lifelike, giving people a sense of tension to watch the game.

Not only Lirias fell in love at a glance, but Hesklaus was also attracted.

"It's a rugby star statue." Lirias blurted out.

After Thessaly was incorporated into the Holy Kingdom of Dionian, the sport of rugby was also brought to the land of Thessaly by Dionian soldiers and immigrants, and it quickly became popular, and in With the strong support of Shiros, the chief executive of Thessaly region, rugby matches for the entire Thessaly region have been organized.

"This is not an ordinary star statue!" Sostatus turned the statue in his hand and flaunted like a child: "This is the most famous rugby star in the entire kingdom, setting five consecutive kingdom rugby times. In the finals, there is a record of touchdowns. The third son of the great King Daves, His Royal Highness Antebris, is also the most popular star among children! Moreover, this statue is made by the best sculptor in the kingdom. The mold carved by Ricks himself, he is also the son-in-law of the Great King Davos. This statue is difficult to buy on the market due to the cumbersome production process and the low output."

After Sostatus said these words, he stuffed the statue into Lirias' hands: "Now it belongs to you."

"Thank you uncle!" Lirias said "thank you" from his heart, and he couldn't wait to start playing.

"This...this is too expensive." Hesklaus subconsciously wanted to decline.

"It's just a gadget." Sostatus looked rather indifferent at the moment, turned around and said to the servant: "Go and call Sosiklis."

Then he led the father and son to the yard while saying: "The quality of the pottery you brought this time is very high. It will definitely be liked by the nobles in the inner city! Thanks to you, I am in the inner city. Several pottery shops in China are now very famous, and many merchants are asking about the source of my pottery..."