Chapter 187

"Because the Dionysian Games will be held soon, it is said that its scale is very large, not only the various regions of the country, but also all the allies of the kingdom are invited to participate, so this time is not only all the Turii's Restaurants, hotels, officials, and people are all buying pottery in large quantities, preparing to receive a large number of guests during the Games." The owner said excitedly: "I originally planned to send someone by boat to Athens to tell you to hurry up and make more pottery. A lot of pottery, brought to Turii for sale..."

"You don't have to worry, I have received news from Lord Sostatus, and arrangements have been made, and more pottery will be shipped from Athens soon." Hesklaus put on a confident look Appearance, and encouraged: "If sales surge in the next two months, I will double your salary."

Although Hesklaus is the boss and the shopkeeper is just his employee, he is not condescending and arrogant at all when talking to him, and even a little flattering, there is no way who can tell the shopkeeper is a real native of Turii, and Peleus is a few years The Dionysian Holy Kingdom, who had just joined the Holy Kingdom, had spent a lot of money to hire him, but it played a very important role in establishing his pottery shop in the Turii market.

The shop owner immediately expressed his gratitude and reminded: "Lord Sostatus has sent people over several times to ask if the batch of goods they want has arrived. Do you think we should send someone to notify them immediately?"

Hesklaus slapped his forehead: "I almost forgot about it just now because of my happiness!"

It is because of the support of Sostatus that Hesklaus is today. He still wants to continue to rely on Sostatus' help to become a high-level executive in the Dionysian business community in the future. How dare he slack off, hurry up Said: "Yes! Yes! You send someone immediately!"

After speaking, regardless of his fatigue, he personally took the batch of pottery products that were to be handed over to Sostatus out of the wooden box and placed them in the backyard of the pottery shop for the other party to send someone to check.

Unexpectedly, after noon, Sostatus hadn't sent anyone yet, and Hesklaus didn't dare to leave. As a result, the original plan to take his son to the nearby Cristoia restaurant for a delicious meal could only be a waste. I had to ask the clerk to buy a few breads to deal with it. For this reason, Lirias cried and made trouble with 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 that Sostatus held in the evening.

Hesklaus danced with joy, and his previous resentment disappeared immediately.

Of course, before that, both of them have to complete the formal procedures for this transaction. The seller lists the price of this batch of goods, the buyer pays the money, and then the seller takes out the payment slip received from the pottery market management office (it is said to be received, but in fact it is also What to pay, but the price is not high, after all, it is made of paper, and now the entire Mediterranean Sea can only be made by the Cristoia Chamber of Commerce in the Holy Kingdom of Dionia), fill in the type of goods sold, the quantity and the price of the sale , the two sides signed in duplicate, the buyer took one of them and handed it over to the management office of the market to get a certain amount of tax rebate, and the payment slip in his hand was left at the management office as a proof of tax collection at the end of the month.

The Dionysian Department of Commerce adopts this method, so that when the people of Dionia buy goods, they will take the initiative to ask for a payment slip from the merchant and hand it over to the market management office to get extra money, but in fact they get this part of the tax rebate. It was added to the price of the goods long ago, and was returned to the Kingdom Treasury when the final tax was paid.

And the Ministry of Commerce also stipulates that the public can report the merchants who refuse to pay the bill, and the management office will impose heavy fines on them, and part of the fined money will be rewarded to the public who reported; in addition, the buyers and sellers did not make formal purchases. Procedures, but a black-box operation, the public can report, and once it is proved to be true, the people who report will also be rewarded.

Due to these draconian measures of the Ministry of Commerce, the vast majority of people doing business in Dionia will follow the regulations. After all, for a small profit,

If you violate the law, you will face fines and confiscation of property in the light of the case, and in the worst case, you will be permanently deprived of your business qualifications in Dionia, or even expelled from the kingdom.

Therefore, even if Hesklaus's Athenian pottery yard has shares in Sostatus, he will follow the normal buying and selling procedures to avoid being reported by uninformed people and making him disgraced.

However, compared with the traditional Greek taxation method led by Athens, the taxation method implemented by the Holy Kingdom of Dionia is obviously more beneficial to businessmen and can promote the good development of commerce. After the full-scale development of the trade, many Greek merchants preferred to come to Dionia to settle and do business. Of course, some Greek city-states tried to use this better tax collection method, but because of their limited national strength, it was eventually abandoned.

Although Hesklaus had opened a shop in Turii for more than two years under the support of Sostatus, this was the first time he was invited to his house as a guest. To be prudent, he decided to prepare in advance and arrive earlier to show it. respect.

After dressing up, putting on new clothes, shopping for gifts, leaving Lirias and of course the duck in the shop, it's ready to go.

Since the pottery market is a little far away from Sostatus, there are crowds of people along the way, and it is now in early June, and the weather is hot. When I arrive at the house, I am afraid that I will be sweaty and gray, so Hesklaus adopted the shop owner's suggestion. Hired a sedan chair.

Sostatus's mansion is in the east outer city, very close to the inner city of Turi. At the beginning, he took the initiative to hand over the inner city mansion left by his father Kunogolata to the kingdom, so that the kingdom could be well settled. To the Haka brothers in Turii, Davos was very grateful for this, and specifically instructed the Turii City Hall "not to let the son of Kunogolata suffer". Status changed to a large piece of land in the outer city.

He built the entire land into a house and divided it into two mansions, one for himself and one for his younger brother, each of which was twice the size of the old man's house.

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

"Lord Sostatus, this is the first time I've come to your house for a banquet. I'm afraid I'll be late because I don't know the way, so I came a little earlier. Please forgive me!" Hesklaus said respectfully.

In fact, Sostatus is only the chairman of the Turii Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Turii City Council. The people of Dionia gradually used this official title to some high-ranking socialites, so that the word began to become secular.

"It's okay, there are several guests who came earlier than you." Sostatus waved his hand, then saw Lirias behind Hesklaus, he immediately bent down and asked with a smile: " What's your name, kid?"

Lirias shyly hid behind Hesklaus.

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

"It's okay, I said earlier that I can bring my family." Sostatus said disapprovingly, and lowered his head to tease Lirias: "Hey, little guy, if you call me uncle, I'll give you one good stuff."

Lirias heard it and shouted boldly, "...Hello, uncle!"

"Well, that's right!" Sostatus nodded with satisfaction, and quickly took out something from his arms. He had heard from the servant that Hesklaus had brought a child to the door, so he prepared in advance: "Look, what is this?"

Lirias widened his eyes and looked at the object in Sostatus's hand: a gilded statue of a slap-sized figure, with handsome features and a resolute expression, holding the football in one hand, swinging his arms in the other, making a forward sprint The posture, the entire statue is delicately depicted and lifelike, giving people a sense of tension in watching the game.

Not only Lirias fell in love at first sight, but Hesklaus was also attracted.

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

After Thessaly was incorporated into the Dionysian Holy Kingdom, the sport of rugby was also brought to Thessaly by Dionysian soldiers and immigrants, and soon became popular and became popular in Thessaly. Rugby matches across the Thessaly region have been launched with the strong support of the district administrator, Hiros.

"This is not an ordinary star statue!" Sostatus turned the statue in his hand and showed off like a child: "This is the most famous football star in the entire kingdom, and he has set a record for five consecutive kingdom football finals. A touchdown record, the 3rd son of the great King Davos, His Royal Highness Antbris, is also the most popular player among children! Moreover, this statue is made by the kingdom's best sculptor, Alex The mold he carved by himself, he is also the son-in-law of King Davos. This statue is difficult to buy in the market due to the cumbersome production process and the small output."

After Sostatus said these words, he shoved the statue into Lirias' small hand: "Now it's yours."

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

"This... this is too precious." Hesklaus subconsciously wanted to refuse.

"It's just a gadget." Sostatus looked like he didn't care at the moment. He turned around and said to the servant, "Go and call Sosiklis."

Then he led the father and son to the yard, and said, "The pottery you brought this time is very high-quality, and it will definitely be very popular with the noble people in the inner city! Thanks to you, I have a few families in the inner city. The pottery shop is now very famous, and many businessmen are asking about the source of my pottery..."