MTL - Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece-v9 Chapter 187 Guest

"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 for Turriy’s Restaurants, hotels, as well as those officials and people are buying large quantities of pottery, 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 and make more. A lot of pottery will be shipped to Turii for sale..."

"Don't worry, I have already received the news from Lord Sostatus, and have made arrangements, and soon more pottery will be shipped from Athens." Hesklaus put on a confident face. Looks like, and encourages: "If sales soar 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 is even a little flattering. There is no way to call the shopkeeper a real Tury native, while Peleus is a few years old. The Dionian Holy Kingdom who had just joined before, he paid a big price to hire him, but it played a very important role in the establishment of his pottery shop in the Turri market.

The shopkeeper immediately expressed his gratitude and reminded: "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 become one of the top executives in the Dionian business community in the future. Where can I slacken off, hurry up Said: "Yes! Yes! You send someone immediately!"

After finishing speaking, despite his fatigue, he personally took the batch of pottery exquisites 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 for inspection.

Unexpectedly, after noon, Sostatus had not sent anyone, and Hesklaus was afraid to leave. As a result, the original plan to take his son to the nearby Christia restaurant for a good meal could only fall through. I had to ask the clerk to buy a few breads to deal with it. For this reason, Lirias cried and made noises while holding the duck, and was scolded by him.

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

Hesklaus was so happy that the little grievances he had had before disappeared without a trace.

Of course, before that, both of them have to complete the formal procedures for this transaction. 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 (it is said to be received, but it is actually also The only thing to be paid is that 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 price of the goods sold , 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 voucher for tax collection at the end of the month.

The Dionian Ministry of Commerce adopts this method, so that when the Dionian people buy 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 receive this part of the tax refund It 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 the merchants who refuse to give the payment slip, and the management office will impose heavy fines on them, and part of the fines will be rewarded to the reporting people; in addition, the buyers and sellers have not made formal purchases The procedure is a black-box operation. The public can make a report. Once proved to be true, the reporting public will also be rewarded.

Due to these stringent measures of the Ministry of Commerce, most people doing business in Dionia will comply with the regulations. After all, for a small profit, they will violate the law and face the confiscation of property for the minor ones, and the deprivation of them forever. Nya’s business qualifications, even expelled from the kingdom, would be too much for the loss.

Therefore, even if Hesklaus’s Athens pottery had shares in Sostatus, he followed the regular procedures for buying and selling to avoid being reported by unsuspecting people and making him disgraced.

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 and the Greek native Many Greek businessmen were more willing to settle and do business in Dionia after the full-scale trade in China. Of course, some Greek city-states tried to use this better tax collection method, but due to limited national power, they ended up doing nothing.

Although Hesclaus 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. To be prudent, he decided to prepare in advance and arrive earlier to show respect.

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

Since the pottery market is a little far away from Sostatus, there is a crowd of people along the way, and it is early June, and the weather is hot. When I arrive at the house, I am afraid that I will be sweating and disgraced, so Hesklaus adopted the owner’s suggestion. Hired a sedan chair.

Sostatus’s mansion is in the eastern 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 placed. The Haka brothers who went to Turiyi, so Daves was very grateful for it, and specifically instructed Turiyi City Hall "not to let Kunogolata's son suffer a loss." According to the difference in land prices inside and outside the city, he finally claimed Status moved to a large piece of land in the outer city.

He built the entire plot of land into two houses, one for him to live in, and one for his brother to live in. The area of ​​each house was twice the size of the old man's house.

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

"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 respectfully.

In fact, Sostatus is only the chairman of the Turíy Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Turíy City Council. He does not have any official position. Strictly speaking, the term "adult" is not appropriate for him, but these years The Dionian people gradually applied this official title to some well-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 on his face: " What's your name, kid?"

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 lowered his head to tease Lirias: "Hey, kid, if you call me Uncle, I will give you one. good stuff."

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, making a forward sprint. The posture, the entire statue is exquisitely portrayed and lifelike, giving people a sense of tension to watch the game. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

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 merged 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. With the strong support of District Administrator Hiros, rugby matches for the entire Cessaly area 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. It has set five consecutive Kingdom Rugby Finals. There is a record of touchdowns, the third son of the great King Davos-His Royal Highness Antebris, he is also the most popular star among children! Moreover, this statue is made by the best sculptor in the kingdom. He was also the son-in-law of the Great King Davos. This statue is too cumbersome to make and the output is small, so it is difficult to buy on the market."

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

"Thank you Uncle!" Lirias said "thanks" from the 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, and it will definitely be very popular with the nobles in the inner city! Thanks to you, I have a few in the inner city. The pottery shop is now very famous, and many merchants are asking about the source of my pottery..."