But the helmsman and lookout of each cargo ship have always maintained a high level of concentration, and even a little nervousness, because since the establishment of the New Greek Alliance, the route from the Gulf of Sarong to Turiyi has been much busier than before, and at such a fast speed, special care must be taken to prevent collisions, and similar accidents occur every year on this route.

Just as the Hesklaus were blowing the sea breeze and enjoying the sea view, the boat suddenly sounded "Quack! Ga! Ga! Voice.

"It looks like a duck is crowing?" Some people looked around in confusion.

Hersklaus suddenly understood and shouted, "Lirias, did you bring your duck to the ship?!" ”

After a long time, Lirias came out of the cabin, hugged a white duck tightly in both hands, and said timidly, "Father, I want Gaga, I want Ga to accompany me to Turiyi......"

Hesklaus yelled angrily, "Why didn't you tell me beforehand—"

"Alright, alright." The friend next to him persuaded: "Isn't it just a duck, the child likes it, let him take it, maybe when we run out of food, this duck can help us catch fish in the sea." ”

"Hahaha......" In the laughter, Lirias escaped a beating, and the little white duck became a spice for the crew to relieve their boredom during the voyage.

Even as night fell, the flotilla was sailing, because they carried enough fresh water and were in no hurry to go ashore to replenish it. Moreover, since Dioonia took control of Greece, many measures have been taken in the past few years to strengthen trade between Greece and Dionia, the most important of which is to ensure the convenience of sea routes.

For example, the entire route is subdivided into a dozen zones, each zone has supply points along the coast at intervals, each zone has warships to patrol day and night, fight pirates or search and rescue shipwrecked crews, and each coastal town or city-state must expand and improve its own ports, especially lighthouses......

Therefore, even if the ship is sailing at night, its safety is greatly improved, even if it is a novice ship, there will not be too much nervousness, because they will encounter the greetings of patrol ships from time to time, and will see the lighthouse on the coast in the distance from time to time, and then according to the Dionia-Greece nautical chart in their hands (the Dionian Ministry of Commerce hired some sailors to and from the eastern and western Mediterranean under the instructions of Davers, and at the same time asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to send cartographic experts, after countless explorations and errata, finally drew a relatively fine nautical chart, and then sold it to the outside world, popular with merchants and sailors, in short supply), they can roughly judge their location and whether there are reefs around them, and even if the ship is suddenly damaged or there is not enough water, they can do their best to reach the nearest supply point or port to the fleet according to the instructions of the lighthouse and map......

So the Hersklaus and their fleet traveled day and night, rounding the entire Peloponnese without resting, and it took only two days to reach Corfu.

After the Greek War, Dionya withdrew from the occupation of some islands, such as Zakynsus, Kephallonia, Kythira, Aegina, etc., but only one island did not give up, that is, Corfura, a small island that was repeatedly contested by Athens and Sparta in the Theban War.

Today, Corfu Island not only has a number of well-equipped ports, but also a military port belonging to the First Fleet, which is permanently anchored with hundreds of warships and 2,000 fleet infantry.

Corfu had become the first bridge for the Dionian kingdom to control mainland Greece, and for Greek merchants, it was the last stop on the way to Dionya proper, benefiting the people living on the island of Corfu.

After a short rest on the island of Corfu, the crew continued westward sailing, crossing the Adriatic Sea and entering the Gulf of Turiy (a few years earlier it was proposed in the Senate that "how can this bay in southern Italy be named after a municipality under the kingdom often makes the first Gentile who came to the kingdom wonder that this bay must be named after the kingdom's capital, Turiyi, in order to show its importance and the majesty of the kingdom......" was quickly adopted and the bay of Taranto was renamed).

In the early morning of the fourth day after the departure from the port of Piraeus, the Hersklaus fleet had already reached the offshore waters of Turiy.

Lirias had lived in Athens for several years and had always thought that the bustling port of Piraeus was the largest port in the world, but when he looked from his ship at the coast of Turiy, he was stunned, because he could not see the coast at all, and all he could see from south to north was ships, and the dense masts that turned the coast of Turiy into a dense forest.

It turned out that after the conquest of Greece by Dionia, although Greece was small and had a small population, most of these large and small city-states relied on maritime trade for their livelihood, so the maritime trade of the Divine Kingdom of Dionya suddenly increased several times.

In particular, the capital city of Turiy, where the capacity of the port was a little tight, is now even more insufficient, and the Ministry of Commerce, with the consent of King Davers, seized every time to build a new port in the entire Turiyi region, from Amendolara to the coast of Castelón.

Then the Ministry of Commerce named all the ports in the Turiyi region with numbers, and classified all the import and export goods, and each major category of goods corresponded to a numbered port, which greatly improved the management efficiency and avoided confusion. At the same time, the Ministry of Supervision also seized the time to gather a large number of laborers and craftsmen to build two more stone bridges over the Klatty River to ensure the smooth flow of traffic between the north and the south.

Since Herclaus and the other Thessalian merchants sold different goods, they waved goodbye and each headed to their respective ports with their merchant ships laden with their own goods.

Port No. 5, where pottery is loaded and unloaded, is not far north of the mouth of the Klatty River, and the reason for this arrangement is that the Ministry of Commerce has taken into account that pottery is an indispensable commodity in people's lives, the demand is large, and the pottery is also easy to break, so the port arranged for it is close to the city and easy to transport.

Before the ship enters the port, docks at the dock, and hands over the wharf labor to unload the goods and deliver them to the warehouse, the labor foreman accompanies Herstrus to the office in the warehouse...... The process is similar to that of the port of Piraeus, but then it's different.

"Ionian citizen or Gentiles?" The clerk asked.

"Citizen of Dionia, native of Thesalipele." Hesklaus replied as he showed the clerk the iron plate of the Citizen of Ionia that he had brought with him.

The clerk carefully examined it, and then asked, "Have you registered with the Ministry of Commerce and have the right to do business?" ”

"Yes, this is my merchant card." Hesklaus expertly pulled out another iron plate he had with him.

The clerk examined it again and asked, "Is this the first time you have done business in Turiyi?" ”

"No, I've been here many times, and there's my shop in the pottery market."

"In that case, I won't tell you what you should be aware of when doing business in Turiyi." The clerk said with a serious expression: "But if you are found to be lying in the future, as a citizen of Dionia, you will not only be severely punished, but you may also be deprived of citizenship, do you understand?!" ”

"Understood!"

"Please make sure there is a mistake written on the manifest?" The clerk handed him a paper booklet, which was opened with the type and quantity of goods carried by Hesklaus clearly written, and the clerk's signature at the end (after receiving Davers's inspiration, the craftsmen finally made paper that could be written after countless experiments, which was mass-produced and sold by the Christoya Chamber of Commerce, and the Holy Kingdom of Dioonia no longer had a headache with the shortage of papyrus).

After confirming that it was correct, Hesklaus signed his name as well, opened the second piece of paper, and signed his name after the same content.

The clerk stamped it, then tore off one of the sheets and handed it to Hersklaus, and the whole incoming inspection was over, and there was no such thing as the port of Piraeus, where the total value of the imported goods had to be calculated repeatedly, and the merchant had to pay a 10% tax, and the fineness of the silver coins had to be measured...... It's cumbersome.

The wharf laborers deliver the goods to the harbor for export, and after the Hersk Claus hands over the cargo list to the checkpoint for inspection, it is ready to leave the port. Since the pottery market was not far from the port, he did not let the dock laborers continue the delivery, and paid him on the spot. Then someone was sent to inform the staff in the store to carry the pottery.

The Athens pottery shop, that's the name of the Hesklaus pottery shop, is simple and straightforward, but customers understand it at first glance. Since he was one of the first potters from Athens to set up shop in Turiyi (before the Greek Wars, no Athenians did business in Dionya due to the boycott of trade by Athens and its maritime allies, and it was almost impossible for Dionian merchants to buy Athenian pottery directly), and it was no longer possible for later Athenian merchants to establish pottery shops in Turiyi, because the Dionian Law stipulated that duplicate shop names were not allowed for the same type of goods.

It is said that some Athenian merchants hated Hesklaus very much, believing that the great name "Athenian pottery" had been desecrated by a Thessalian, but no one dared to blatantly harm him, because he was a citizen of Dionya and was protected by a great Dionyan man.

Hercules walked into the store and saw that the shelves were more than half empty, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "It seems that business is very good during this time!" ”