Chapter 46 Amendolara Handicraft Development Zone

"No! I didn't say that!" The businessman hurriedly retorted when the judge's face changed suddenly. Suddenly there was an angry scolding behind him: "How dare you discriminate against us Lucalia, don't you want to live!"

"Izam is a warrior of our alliance, how dare you insult his wife! Your Majesty, please punish this pervert!"

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The businessman complained secretly. He originally thought that the woman was a pretty good-looking Lucanian slave, but he just asked the price and never bought it. It took too long, and he was dizzy. He thought that it was the wife of a citizen of the Dionysian Union who was provoked. In fact, it was because he had just arrived here a few days ago and did not understand the customs here, because most of the wives of other city-state citizens stayed at home and could go to the market to buy and sell things, and they were foreign women, so they must be female slaves, accounting for some language It's cheap, even touching it twice, no one cares. But Dionia is different. Many of its citizens are married to Lucanian women, while many Greek women in Dioria are married to Lucanian prospective citizens. These foreigners are not as many as Greeks. The cumbersome etiquette and the bold and openness of doing things naturally gradually influenced and changed the conservative atmosphere of Dionia's original Greek citizens. In addition, Lord Davos, the consul who is revered by the people, also allowed his wife to show her face in public, and even opened banks and restaurants in the market, which naturally further promoted the change of Dionysian customs, so now you can see Dio in the market. The presence of the wife of a citizen of Nia is a common occurrence.

"Defendant, what the plaintiff said is the truth?" Proxileus asked. Seeing that the businessman was about to open his mouth to speak, he reminded loudly: "If you only discriminate against foreigners, you will only pay fines and corporal punishment. But after taking an oath before God, Still lying, it's blasphemy and punished by brutal tongue-pulling! So think about it before you speak!"

The businessman was shocked when he heard the words, and was silent for a long time, with cold sweat on his forehead, and finally said in a low voice, "What she said...mostly true...but...but I didn't know in advance that it is illegal to discriminate against foreigners!"

"Really?" Proxileus looked serious: "When you rented a booth, weren't you familiar with the "Regulations that Dionia Must Follow in Doing Business" written by the Market Management Office?"

"No..." The businessman wanted to deny it, but suddenly remembered the regulations of the Dionysian Market Management Office: If you are not familiar with the regulations, you cannot rent a shop. Therefore, he could only nod his head: "I understand."

"In this case, you know the law and break the law! First of all, if you violate the law of 'Dionia cannot discriminate against foreigners', you must pay a fine of ten drachmas and two sticks of corporal punishment, so as to deepen your memory and do not commit it again in the future! As for you Blaspheming the plaintiff with words, but not putting it into action, this... does our alliance have a bill in this regard?" Plotsilaus asked Fraucleon.

Frau Kleon thought carefully and shook his head.

"Looks like I have something to do at the next Senate meeting," Proxileus muttered to himself, he thought about it, and then said, "As to the punishment for your blasphemy against the accuser, I Give that right to the plaintiff and let her make the decision."

The businessman looked at the plaintiff tremblingly and pleadingly, but the young Lucanian woman did not refuse, and simply said, "Then punish him as a market manager and do voluntary labor for five days."

"Okay, that's it!" Proxylaus applauded the plaintiff's suggestion: "Defendant, you can choose not to accept the 'five-day voluntary labor' given by the plaintiff, but you will be expelled from the alliance. , never do business here!" Proxileus said in a serious tone: "You think carefully, are you willing to accept this punishment?"

As a businessman, dignity is not important, what matters is whether he can make money, and his pottery business in the Turii market has been very prosperous these days. Of course, he did not want to be expelled from the alliance for this trivial matter, and of course he eventually accepted the punishment.

The next dispute was the exact opposite, a conflict between a registered freedman vendor and a foreign trader.

This freedman abused and beat the businessman. The facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive. There is no controversy at all. The punishment is just in accordance with the market management regulations of "no discrimination against foreign businessmen" and "fight and trouble". Zhong never admitted the beating, and kept hinting to Proxileus that he was the confidant of the elder Polyxis, and had been working for him, hoping that the judge could perfunctory and quell the matter.

The young and vigorous Proxylos was not used to the fact that he often showed his noble birth in the senate, and occasionally despised them, the non-Turian elders, Polyxis. He shouted angrily: "Bold defendant, how dare you destroy the reputation of Lord Polyxis! You not only oppressed the accuser, hurt others, and behaved badly! You have also refused to admit the truth and violated the oath you made before. I sentence you to blasphemy, Do it now!"

The freedmen were startled and quickly apologized, while the onlookers cheered Proxileus loudly.

In the end, the freedman did not want to accept the torture of "pulling his tongue", and chose the equivalent punishment of being beaten 40 sticks. He was beaten and carried out of court. At the same time, the writer also recorded what he did, even if he Eventually recovering health, the household registration office will also expel him from Dionia.

There are some small disputes and conflicts in the market and port, and the judgment process is very fast, without cumbersome legal procedures, lawyers and juries...

Theos watched outside the court for a while, and saw some mystery: Obviously, this small court used practical actions to show citizens, slaves, aliens, and gentiles the fair position of the Dionysian League, and safeguard all law-abiding people. The legitimate rights in Dionysian territory, especially for merchants like them who traveled far and wide, touched a lot.

The merchants like Tios are considered citizens of status in their own city-states. When doing business in other city-states, local citizens are often jealous, holding the mentality of "this foreigner wants to earn the city-state's money", and often have Some hostile actions, and the high-level city-state often favors the citizens of the city (because elections require the support of citizens). Among the Greek city-states, Athens has the best attitude towards the Gentiles who settle and do business in its own state, because its super-developed trade and handicrafts require its openness to welcome the technology, capital investment and employment brought by the Gentiles. Etc., it legally gave the outsiders a lot of power. In addition to being unable to own land and hold public office, laymen can even contract minerals in Athens, monopolize shipping, and so on.

The generosity of Athens was of course also rewarded with the kindness of the Gentiles. In normal times, they will make some charitable donations, such as repairing the temple, holding theatrical celebrations, free for the citizens of Athens to watch and so on. When Athens was in danger, they also stood up like Athenian citizens, acting as hoplites or buying weapons and equipment, even three-tier oars, and donating them to the Athenian government.

And now Dionia has a tendency to be in line with Athens, and even more daring than Athens in some aspects. Theos came this time because of a new law passed by the Senate of the Dionysian Union: allowing the land between the Saraceno and Cisno rivers to be leased to foreign merchants as handicraft land for a period of time. for 20 years.

The news immediately caused a sensation among the foreign merchants in the market of Turii, and it quickly spread throughout Greater Greece. Most of the merchants who have been to Turii are optimistic about the business prospects of the Dionysian Alliance, not to mention that Dionia has added Laos to its alliance, so that any merchants who trade in the alliance can enter at a preferential price. Laos, to develop trade with Naples, Massilia, Gaul, Iberian Peninsula, Mauritalia and other regions. Especially in Turii-Laos Avenue, construction has already begun. With the quality of the roads built by Dionia, the completed avenue will definitely facilitate the transportation of goods between the two cities. It is estimated that the fastest two cities will be transported. It can reach Laos from Turiyi in a day, which is almost the time it takes to travel by sea with a cargo ship. Moreover, taking the sea route is more risky, because as long as you encounter pirates or storms, your efforts may be ruined, and your life will be taken. When crossing the Strait of Messina at the same time, the tariffs charged by the city-states of Messina and Lijim, one in the south and the other in the north, are not low, which will greatly reduce the profits earned.

The last time Tios went to stay in Amendolara, he passed the land. Although it was flat, it could not be used as agricultural land due to the hard geology (mostly gravel), so it was not allocated to the citizens of the Alliance as an 'allotment' , except for a small part of the land that was built into the Amendolara barracks for the training of civic soldiers, most of the land has been idle. For Tios, such barren land is also full of value, and he wants to auction the next plot and open a weapons workshop.

After making money in the last trade, Theos became interested in this nascent alliance. He found that Dionia was an alliance that advocated force, otherwise it would not have held a triumphal ceremony, giving the victorious generals and soldiers such great honor, so there will never be less wars in the future, and Dionia is rapidly increasing. There is a great demand for weapons among Union citizens. As far as he knows, there is a large weapons shop in the port market of Turii, which is said to have been opened by the Union to care for the families of dead soldiers and to take care of disabled soldiers. , There is basically no production of a complete set of heavy infantry equipment from zero to some, nor does it have this ability, which makes Tios see an opportunity to make money.

The most famous commodity in Corinth is weapons. The weapons and equipment it produces are well-known in Greece, and Tios has done this business before and has rich experience, and he can hire highly skilled Corinthian blacksmiths to establish in the alliance The weapon workshop not only saves shipping costs, but also facilitates the acquisition of raw materials, and the cost is also lower, because Turiyi has copper mines, Lucaria and iron mines. And he can tailor-made high-quality armor and weapons for the citizens of the alliance, and can also sell them to the alliance in batches, or even to the natives (the Dionysian alliance does not limit the output of weapons), which is an important part of the Dio Nia was a more profitable and stable industry than buying and selling food, so he couldn't wait to make a decision.