Chapter 186 More Prosperous Port of Turii
However, the helmsman and watchman of each cargo ship have always maintained a high degree of concentration, and even a little nervous, because since the establishment of the new Greek alliance, the route from Saron Bay to Turii has become busier and busier than before. Much more, in the case of such a fast speed, special care must be taken to prevent collisions, and similar accidents occur every year on this route.
Just as Hesklaus and the others were blowing the sea breeze and enjoying the sea view, the sound of "quack! quack! quack!" suddenly sounded on the boat.
"It looks like a duck is crowing?" Someone looked around in confusion.
Hesklaus suddenly understood and shouted, "Lilias, did you bring your duck to the boat?!"
After a long while, Lirias got out of the cabin, hugged a white duck tightly in both hands, and said timidly, "Dad, I want Gaga to accompany me to Turii..."
Hesklaus roared angrily: "Why didn't you tell me first—"
"Okay, okay." The friend next to him advised: "Isn't it just a duck, the child likes it, let him take it with him, maybe after we finish our food, this duck can still help us go to the sea Catch fish and eat."
"Hahaha..." In the laughter, Lirias escaped a beating and scolding, but the little white duck became a relief for the crew members during the voyage.
Even as night fell, the fleet was still sailing because they carried enough fresh water to go ashore in no hurry to replenish. And since Dionia took control of the Greek mainland, in the past few years, many measures have been taken to strengthen the trade between the Greek mainland and Dionia, the most important one of which is to ensure the convenience of sea routes.
For example: subdivide the entire route into more than a dozen areas, set up supply points at intervals along the coast of each area, and each area must have warships cruising day and night, fighting pirates or searching and rescuing crew members in distress. Seaside towns or city-states must expand and improve their ports, especially building lighthouses...
Therefore, even at night, the safety of the boat is greatly improved, and even novice boat operators will not have too much tension, because they will be greeted by patrol boats from time to time, and they will see the lighthouse on the far coast from time to time. The Dionysian-Greek nautical chart in hand (the Dionysian Commerce Department hired some sailors to travel between the eastern and western Mediterranean under the direction of Davos, and at the same time asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to send cartography experts, after countless Exploration and errata, and finally draw a relatively detailed nautical chart, and then sell it to the outside world, which is very popular with merchants and crew members, in short supply), you can roughly judge where you are and whether there are reefs around, even if the ship is suddenly damaged or eaten If there is not enough water, they can also do their best to reach the nearest supply point or port to the fleet as indicated by the lighthouse and the map...
Therefore, Hesklaus and his fleet traveled day and night, bypassing the entire Peloponnese without resting, and it only took two days to reach Corkyra.
After the Greek War, Dionia withdrew from the occupation of some islands, such as Zakyntsus, Kefalonia, Kythira, Aegina, etc., but only one island did not give up, that is Kerkyra, The people of this island, which was repeatedly contested by Athens and Sparta in the Thebes War, were already extremely afraid of the war. Under the temptation of people with a heart, they offered to join Dionia, which Davos certainly wanted.
Today's Corfu Island not only has many well-equipped ports, but also has a military port belonging to the First Fleet, where hundreds of warships are moored for a long time, and 2,000 fleet infantry are stationed there.
Kerkyra has become the first bridge for the Kingdom of Dionia to control the mainland of Greece, but for Greek merchants, it is the last stop to the mainland of Dionia, and the people living on Kerkyra Island are therefore Benefit a lot.
After a short rest on Corfu, the crew continued their journey westward, across the Adriatic Sea, and into the Gulf of Turii (a proposal was made in the Senate a few years ago: "How can this bay in southern Italy be subordinate to a kingdom? named after a municipality
It is often surprising to foreigners who come to the kingdom for the first time that this bay must be named after the capital of the kingdom, Turii, in order to demonstrate its importance and the majesty of the kingdom..." The proposal was quickly passed, and the Gulf of Taranto was renamed) .
In the early morning of the fourth day after setting off from the port of Piraeus, Hesklaus's fleet had arrived off the coast of Turii.
Lirias has lived in Athens for several years, and has always felt that the bustling port of Piraeus is the largest port in the world, but when he looked at the coast of Turii from the boat, he was stunned, because he did not see Down to the coast, all you could see from south to north were ships, and the densely towering masts turned the coast of Turii into a lush forest.
It turned out that after Dionia conquered Greece, although Greece had a small area and a small population, the vast majority of these large and small city-states relied on maritime trade for a living, so the maritime trade of the Holy Kingdom of Dionia suddenly turned upside down. several times.
Especially in the capital Turii, the original port capacity was a little tight, and now it is not enough. After obtaining the consent of King Davos, the Ministry of Commerce has made a port in the entire Turui area from Amendolara to Custer. On the coast of Long, as long as there is a place where a port can be built, take all the time to build a new port.
Then the Ministry of Commerce names all the ports in the Turii area with serial numbers, and classifies all imported and exported goods. Each category of goods corresponds to a numbered port, which greatly improves management efficiency and avoids confusion. . At the same time, the manufacturing supervision department also seized the time to convene a large number of laborers and craftsmen to build two more stone bridges on the Krati River to ensure the smooth traffic between the north and the south.
Since the goods sold by Hesklaus and several other Thessaly merchants were different, everyone waved goodbye here, and each took a merchant ship full of his own goods to the corresponding port.
Port No. 5 for loading and unloading pottery is not far north of the mouth of the Krati River. The reason for this arrangement is that the Ministry of Commerce considers that pottery is an indispensable commodity in people's lives, the demand is large, and the pottery is easily damaged, so the port arranged for it. It is close to the city and is convenient for transportation.
The cargo ship enters the port, docks at the wharf, and is handed over to the wharf to unload the goods. Before being transported to the warehouse, the labor foreman accompanies Herstraus to the office in the warehouse... This process is very similar to the port of Piraeus, but Then things will be different.
"Citizens of Dionia or Gentiles?" asked the clerk.
"Citizen of Dionia, from Thessaly Peleus." Hesklaus replied as he showed the clerk the iron plate of Citizen of Dionia he carried with him.
The clerk checked it carefully, and then asked, "Have you been registered with the Ministry of Commerce and have the right to do business?"
"Yes, this is my business card." Hesklaus skillfully took out another iron card he carried with him.
The clerk checked it carefully again, and then asked, "Is this the first time you are doing business in Turiyi?"
"No, I've been here many times, my shop is in the pottery market."
"Since this is the case, I will not tell you what you should pay attention to when doing business in Turii." The clerk said with a serious expression: "But if you are found to be false in the future, as a citizen of Dionia, Not only will you be severely punished, but you may also be stripped of your citizenship, you understand?!"
"clear!"
"Please confirm that what is written on the cargo list is correct?" The clerk handed him a booklet. The opened piece of paper clearly stated the type and quantity of goods carried by Hesklaus, and there was a clerk at the end. (After being inspired by Davos, the craftsmen went through countless experiments and finally produced paper that could write, which was produced and sold in large quantities by the Cristoia Chamber of Commerce. From then on, the Dionysian Holy Kingdom no longer headache due to the shortage of papyrus).
After Hesklaus confirmed that it was correct, he also signed his name, opened the second sheet of paper, and signed his name behind the same content.
The clerk affixed the seal, then tore off one of them, and handed it to Hesklaus. The entire port inspection was over. It would not be like the port of Piraeus, where the total value of the imported goods had to be repeatedly calculated, and then the Merchants pay a 10% tax and have to measure the fineness of silver coins...very cumbersome.
The wharf laborers transported the goods to the seaport for export, and Hesklaus could leave the port after handing over the cargo list to the checkpoint for inspection. Since there is a pottery market not far outside the port, he did not let the dock workers continue the delivery, and was paid on the spot. Then send someone to notify the store staff to carry the pottery.
Athens Pottery Shop, this is the name of Hesklaus' pottery shop, simple and straightforward, but customers can understand it at a glance. As he was the first of the pottery merchants from Athens to set up shop in Turii (before the Greek War, no Athenians did business in Dionia due to the trade boycott of Dionia by Athens and its maritime allies, and Dai It is also almost impossible for Onian merchants to directly buy Athenian pottery), and later Athenian merchants set up pottery shops in Turii, and it is impossible to take similar shop names, because the "Dionysian Law" stipulates that the same kind of goods are not allowed There are duplicate store names.
It is said that some Athenian merchants hated Hesklaus very much, thinking that the great name "Athens Pottery" was desecrated by a Thessaly, but no one dared to hurt him blatantly, because he was a citizen of Dionia, and There is Dionia's big man behind it.
When Hercules walked into the store and saw more than half of the shelves were empty, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "It seems that the business has been very good during this time!"