Chapter 91 Turiyi Chamber of Commerce (1)

"It'll be fine by then, it's almost done now, don't believe me!" Adoris stood up and took a few steps to prove that what he said was true.

Clotokatax held back a smile and said, "Brother, it's useless for you to tell me, the key is to get father and mother to agree."

Adoris felt a little frustrated. He knew that his poor performance in the last battle had worried Davos and Cristoia, so he had to ask his brother for help: "Clotto, parents are The one who loves you the most, you have to help me, ask my parents for mercy, so that I can participate in this expedition..."

Although Clotokatax is four years younger than Adoris and has only just come of age, he has been brought by Davos and taught himself from time to time in the past two years. His political acumen is much stronger than Adoris. It is clear: unless Adoris is seriously injured, it is impossible for his father to go out without him, otherwise it will give some people the wrong impression that Adoris, relying on his father's connection, deliberately "uses injury as a reason" Not participating in such an important war would have a great impact on Adoris' future development.

But Clotokatax said with a pretense of embarrassment: "Brother, you also know your father's temper..."

"Clotto, you must help me! As long as I can convince my father to let me follow the army to Ladrum, if you have anything to help me in the future, I will definitely help me with all my strength!" Adoris requested.

"Then... well, I'll give it a try." Seeing that Adoris, who always likes to teach himself a lesson as a big brother, rarely begs himself like this, Clotokatax has a very comfortable feeling in his heart.

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In the inner city of Turien, in the mansion that Sostatus inherited from his father Kunogolata, there were more than 20 people gathered in the hall, all of whom were well-known businessmen in the Turui area.

At this moment, everyone's faces showed excitement, and their eyes were eagerly looking at Sostatus, who was sitting in the middle.

Someone has already shouted impatiently: "Sostatus, everyone has basically arrived, what are you waiting for! Hurry up and tell us, what is the good thing to discuss with us?!"

"Yes, hurry up! Does His Majesty want to reward us for donating food for free?!" Another person also shouted.

The merchants complied.

Sostatus heard the words and looked at Tios on his left.

Theos was one of the largest merchants in the kingdom of Dionia.

It has three iron smelting workshops in the Lucania region, one copper smelting workshop in Turii, two weapons workshops in Turii and Amendolara, as well as weapons and iron shops in cities throughout the kingdom , most of the excellent weapons and armors he made are swept up by the Ministry of Military Affairs and the vast number of civilian soldiers, and he is also a specialized supplier of surgical instruments to various hospitals in the kingdom, and the daily iron tools he produces are also widely welcomed by the people. His family's works are also indispensable in the iron casting of large-scale public works. Therefore, he has been received and commended by King Davos for many times. He also has close contacts with officials from the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Construction. He also frequently asks the kingdom for construction. donations to public buildings.

He is not only highly respected among the merchants of the kingdom, but also respected by the people, so he has been elected as the speaker of the Turii local council for many times. But in fact, Tios himself is not too keen on politics. He is more engrossed in his own business. He is keen on how to increase the furnace temperature, improve the ironmaking process, improve the quality of ironware, design sharper and practical weapons, and build better defenses. The armor... He knew that in the kingdom of Dionia, which respected military and technology, as long as he always maintained advanced technology, he would always be valued by the king and ministers. To this end, he not only hired good smelters and casters with high salaries, but also donated money to Dionia Academy for many times, cooperated with scholars, provided experimental funds, and shared technical patents.

So, in the face of Sostatus's consulting gaze, Tios shook his head and stretched out his hand in a gesture of please.

Sostatus had no choice but to turn his head to look at Dickpolis on his right.

Speaking of which, Dickpolis was the first merchant to come to Dionia to do business, and the first to decide to stay as a citizen. Dikpolis was warm and sociable, and many foreign merchants were persuaded by him to come to Turii and eventually become citizens of Dionia, including Theos of course.

But in fact Dickpolis was not a very powerful businessman at first. He was an ordinary businessman who made and sold pottery.

Pottery is a daily necessities widely used by Mediterranean people and is the most common handicraft in Greek city-states. This is because most Greek city-states do not have fertile land and cannot produce abundant food, and wine and olive oil have become their specialties. , by selling these commodities in exchange for food, and the containers for these two liquid commodities must become another focus of the city-state's development, so many Greek city-states have pottery merchants, but the most famous pottery is produced in Athens. After a long period of exploration, the Athenians produced black pottery bottles with red decorative paintings of high-quality pottery clay, which are not only of high quality, but also have exquisite and creative bottle painting patterns, making them a leader in this industry.

Followed by the black pottery made by Corinth, and they also pioneered the painting of exquisite bottle paintings on pottery, and at the same time made the entire pottery industry highly organized. The pottery they produced once accounted for almost half of the sales of Mediterranean pottery, until a hundred years later. It was defeated by the Athenian pottery industry that came from behind.

Dikpolis, who was born in Crete, did not have any technical advantages in pottery making, but with his vision and determination, he moved all his belongings to the city when the Dionysian League was just established and Turii was waiting for a new one. The handicraft area of ​​Amendolara began to sell the cheap pottery he produced to ordinary people of Dionia who were rebuilding their homes, and gradually gained some fame.

After that, with the establishment of the kingdom, the expansion of the territory, the increase of the population, and the expansion of the market, his pottery sales also experienced explosive growth. Expand and upgrade the confidence. He not only established pottery workshops in several places in the kingdom with high-quality pottery clay, but also used high wages to dig excellent potters in mainland Greece. The turbulent situation and frequent wars in mainland Greece at that time also provided him with a good foundation for digging walls. chance, and the pottery he sells has since ventured into high-end products.

More importantly, Dickpolis improved his management and organization of the pottery industry and the entire process flow. Of course, this was not his invention.

Let's talk about the management and organizational model of the handicraft industry first. Before the establishment of Dionia, the city-states of Greece were all cities, and most of the businesses of city-state merchants were concentrated in one city. Due to the large number of small people and limited resources, even if the merchants had the financial resources, their industries would not be lost. It is impossible to have a large scale, and of course it is easier to manage. Even in the prosperous Athens, there are no large workshops.

But Dionia, a kingdom with a vast territory and a large population to the Greek world, and a large number of free people willing to settle here, provided fertile soil for the establishment of large factories. The chain management model of Cristoia Bank and Cristoia Restaurant, which spreads all over the kingdom, has given great inspiration to the merchants of the kingdom, so that they can break the conservative business thinking that the industry is only fixed in one city in the past. , so as to dare to carry out industrial layout in a vast area, and carry out effective management through a pyramid-style hierarchical responsibility system.

Let's talk about the fine division of labor in the process flow. The pottery industry is already a highly organized industry in the Greek handicraft industry, but it is still inseparable from the family workshop-like tradition, from digging clay, transporting clay, shaping, lighting a fire, burning pottery, painting on screens, lettering... a Potters have to be involved in most of the processes, which undoubtedly makes pottery production inefficient. At the beginning, in order to make Dionia's weapons and armors meet the needs of the army as soon as possible, Davos taught the weapons merchants in the kingdom such as Theos the method of finely dividing the production process, which greatly increased the output of weapons. This method was quickly adopted. Absorbed by merchants from other kingdoms.

Of course, Dickpolis also carried out a precise division of labor for his pottery workshop, and each process has a dedicated person in charge, which greatly improves the quality and output of pottery, and its price is correspondingly lowered, thus This made the pottery of Dikpolis more popular with the people of the kingdom, accounting for more than half of the domestic pottery sales. The pottery of other city-states, except for a small amount of high-end pottery from Athens, could not compete with Dikpolis in the kingdom at all. A veritable great merchant of Dionian pottery.

Of course, Dickpolis, like other businessmen in Turii, was busy completing industrial upgrades while also occupying the market of the ever-expanding kingdom, and his external sales depended more on Esostatus This is also one of the reasons why the rich and well-connected Dickpolis is willing to let Sostatus serve as the president of the Turii Chamber of Commerce, and he takes second place. Of course, the more important reason is that Sostatus His father, Kuno Gegorata, was a confidant of King Davos. Even if he had passed away, Sostatus could still rely on his father's shadow to go in and out of the palace and the Ministry of Commerce from time to time to get some business information first and give it to the Chamber of Commerce. Get some deals, like this one.

So, Dickpolis smiled and said, "Sostatus, don't be polite. You are the president, and besides, this good thing was obtained by working together with everyone. Of course, you have to announce it!" ()

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