Mersis glanced at Davos timidly, but said truthfully: "I... I also gave them a portion of the rations and materials we distribute to the citizens of the Tua Union every day... "
He hurriedly explained: "But these are all recorded on the account and can be checked."
Davos said calmly, "Are these grains and supplies worth money?"
"Of course..."
Davers smiled: "You see that you have realized the difficulties of the lowest level of public officials. Before our bill was introduced, they were preemptively paid."
The elders burst into laughter.
Mersis is blocked.
Davos said while the iron was still hot: "These bookkeepers of yours are all the liberated slaves who followed us in Persia. Now the "Land Lease Law" is about to be promulgated, and a large number of prospective citizens will go to Burkes to apply for rent. Planting land, but your bookkeeper can only silently contribute to the city-state. A year later, when other prospective citizens have food and clothing, they are relatively rich, and they can only live on your alms. , what will they think at this time? What will their families think? Will they still feel that it is an honor to hold public office?"
"We can use... official citizens in the future." Mersis whispered.
"Using citizens to serve as the lowest-ranking public officials in the Alliance?! You mean that the land in the citizen's house is taken care of by slaves anyway, so he can work with confidence, right?"
Mersis nodded.
"Do the families of ordinary citizens in our alliance generally have only one slave, and citizens also need to lead slaves to work?" Davers asked Cornerus.
"That's right, my lord consul. Some families don't even have slaves," Cornelus replied.
"When a citizen goes to work for the alliance, the labor at home will be cut in half, and will the family's income also decrease?! If things go on like this, won't public office become a burden for him! And our alliance can function normally, and it is precisely because Raphael is indispensable. The scribes under Yas, the firemen under Cornelus, the sentries, the jailers, the jurors, the navigators under Marigi, the market managers... The hard work of the lowest public officials! We can't just let the horses run , do not let the horses eat grass. We must not only make them feel that serving the city is a kind of honor, but also a kind of welfare, let them go home with money every day, and make their families feel happy, so as to promote more and better people Citizens are willing to contribute to the city-state! Of course, everyone here will have no salary, and we cannot let money corrupt the dignity of our elders!" Davos's words resonated with everyone.
"that's right!"
"aweason!"
The elders straightened their chests and agreed.
Davers patted the frustrated Mersis on the shoulder and said, "And paying public officials also helps you get more tax."
"Really?!" Mersis raised his head suddenly.
Davos looked around and saw Kunogolata was also surprised, so he said aloud: "If a citizen has money in his hand, he will have the desire to buy things, a copper pot, a clay pot, a jar of olive oil. , a set of tables and chairs... even a little more extravagant, wine, spices... When citizens have money to buy things, the market will prosper and you will collect more business taxes..."
Mersis came to the spirit: "But most of the money was earned by the Gentiles."
"That's the way it is now. But soon, our goods will be produced, and that's where Marigi is going to give an introduction."
Marigi stood up and said excitedly: "As of yesterday, there was a pottery workshop, an olive oil workshop, a masonry workshop, a mill, two carpenter's shops, a paint shop, and a stone carving shop in the Turii market. Construction has started one after another, and at the same time, a large-scale wine workshop is also being planned and will start soon.”
"That's the wine workshop of Orifis, and his family's wines have been famous all over Greater Greece for decades!" Kunogorata interjected, pointing to one of the elders.
"Thanks to Cristoia Bank for giving me a loan, so that my family and I can rebuild the vineyard and winery!" Orifis nodded to Davos to express his gratitude, and the people of the alliance now know that this is Turii. Who is the real master behind the bank that has contributed a lot to the reconstruction.
"We should impose high taxes on the same types of foreign goods to protect our own commerce, which is just emerging in our union," suggested Kunogorata.
"You're right!" Davos nodded and said, "Now, our commercial officer, Marigi, is preparing to implement some new measures in the Turii market. The time when the foreigners are madly making our money is almost over. We want to Strongly support the own industries of the people of our alliance. If it is the same commodity in the Turii market, low taxes are levied on our merchants, and high taxes are imposed on foreign merchants; the goods we urgently need but cannot be produced by ourselves temporarily use low taxes. Taxes, prompting them to actively transport these materials to Turii for sale; for very important commodities, we can produce, but temporarily unable to compete with foreign countries, the alliance will give subsidies; for foreign luxury goods, given the current pockets of citizens Money is limited, and for the time being, we will impose heavy taxes so that tempted citizens can put their money where their mouth is. In this way, we will guide them to buy our own goods. Only in this way can our own business prosper!"
The crowd nodded in agreement.
Davos said loudly again: "Lord, we must understand that silver coins are not used in the treasury, they are not money, but just a pile of metal. Only when it flows, will it generate huge profits and make our citizens live. Do better, make our commerce more prosperous, and at the same time fill our treasury more!"
"Agree! Agree!..." The elders headed by Kunogolata and Cornerus expressed their approval, and some even applauded.
… … … …
Theos, a Corinthian merchant, was wandering in the noisy and crowded Turii market, and he saw excited Turui people talking to each other excitedly, "What Tua Union has promulgated the "Public Office Law", any Tua Union citizen will You can apply for public office, start from the bottom, perform well, and you can also take up high positions, and the league even plans to pay these public officials one to four opals a day…”
Zeus is above, is the Tua League trying to learn Athens? Are they rich in Athens? ! Theos didn't want to listen to the citizens of the Tua League any more, and although he didn't think the Tua League could do what Athens did, deep down he felt jealous.
As an ordinary citizen of Corinth, although Theos was very wealthy, he could only serve as a city-state's middle and low-level officials, because only nobles could serve as members of the city-state council (Corinth is a noble system), so he chose to join the business sea. This time I came to Turii because the relationship between Corinth and Sparta was tense, and there was a danger of war breaking out at any time, so it was necessary to store food in case of unexpected events.
Two hundred years ago, Corinth had a prosperous trade, and commodities such as weapons and pottery were sold to various city-states along the Mediterranean coast. Later, Athens caught up and competed with Corinth in all aspects of business, especially in Corinth's proud pottery industry, which gave Corinth a heavy blow, and never recovered. Now Corinth's commerce is not as good as it used to be, but it is still a big country in the Peloponnese, still rich. As a city-state that is not rich in food, Corinth has always bought food from foreign countries. Their food is generally imported from the Eokexing Sea, but now the Spartan fleet is rampant in the Aegean Sea. To prevent accidents, Theos chose to come Western Mediterranean.
Sicily is his first choice. Unfortunately, the price of food in the Greek city-states of Sicily, which is famous for its rich wheat production, has risen recently. It is said that Syracuse is buying food in a big way. It seems that something big will happen in Sicily. When Theosmin realized this, he hesitated to go to Carthage. It was at this time that he heard that Turiyi was being rebuilt, that a lot of supplies were urgently needed, and that the tariffs were low.
Theos was greatly moved, and hurriedly asked the insider about the grain situation of Turii, because he knew that the Subari plain was famous for producing wine, wheat, livestock and beeswax during the Turii period. , he decided to divert to Turii (by the end of summer, the wheat of Amendolara had been harvested, and the wheat of Turii was forcibly harvested in advance by the Crotones, and finally all fell into the hands of Davos, so The Tua Union has plenty of food, in addition to meeting the rations of the people, there is enough surplus food for sale).
When his merchant ship finally squeezed into the port, people got on the dock and found the so-called "market management office". The first sentence he saw the manager was to complain: "Your port needs to be expanded, it's too small! It's a waste of time!"
The administrator replied politely: "Yes, you are right. We are also expanding the port. I apologize for the difficulties this temporary port has caused you! Do you need any help from me?"
The administrator's apology dispelled most of Tios' anger. He wanted to go to the market first, but the administrator's attitude won him favor, so he directly stated his request.
The administrator immediately looked at the day's transaction log and introduced him to a seller. In fact, the vendor, Nicoblos, was the subordinate of the farmer, Bulcos, who was in charge of the sale of agricultural products in Amendolara.
After looking at the samples and negotiating the price, Tios decided to buy five cargoes of wheat.
However, Nicobulos told him that the five shipments of wheat were a lot, and there was not so much stock in the market. They needed to go to Amendolara to mobilize and deliver them tomorrow.
Theos expressed understanding.
Out of apology, Nicoblos told him: Now the port area is full of hotels, it is best to go to Amendolara, where there is a special commercial hotel area, the accommodation is comfortable, cheap, and quiet.
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