Mersis glanced at Davers timidly, but still said truthfully: "I...... I also gave them a share of the rations and supplies that we distribute to the citizens of the Tua Union every day......"

He hurriedly explained: "But these are all recorded in the accounts and can be checked." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Davers said calmly: "Do these food and supplies count as money?" ”

"Of course it'......"

Davers smiled: "You see that you have realized the difficulties of the lowest public officials, and preemptively paid them before our bill was introduced." ”

The patriarchs burst into laughter.

Mersis Stopper.

Davers struck while the iron was hot and said, "These bookkeepers of yours are all freed slaves who followed us in Persia back then." Now that the Land Lease Law is about to be enacted, a large number of prospective citizens will go to Burkos to apply for land rentals, while your bookkeeper can only quietly contribute to the city-state. A year from now, when the other prospective citizens are well fed, clothed, and richer, and they are still dependent on your alms, what will they think? What will their families think? Do they still feel that it is an honor to hold public office? ”

"We can use ...... in the future Full citizen. Mersis whispered.

"Serving as the lowest public official of the Coalition with a citizen?! You mean to say that the land in the citizen's house is taken care of by a slave anyway, and he can work with peace of mind, right? ”

Mersis nodded.

"Is there generally only one slave in the family of the ordinary citizens in our alliance, and the citizens also need to lead the slaves to work?" Davers asked Cornerus.

"That's right, Lord Archon. Some families don't even have slaves. Cornerus replied.

"If a citizen goes to work for the Union, the labor force at home is halved, and the family income is also reduced?! In the long run, wouldn't public office become a burden for him! And our alliance can function without being like Rafias's scribes, Cornerus' firefighters, sentinels, jailers, jurors, Marigi's navigators, market administrators...... The hard work of these lowest public officials! We can't just let the horses run and not let the horses graze. We should not only make them feel that serving the city-state is an honor, but also a welfare, let them go home with money every day, and make their families happy, so that more and better citizens will be willing to contribute to the city-state! Of course, all of you here have no salary, and we can't let money corrupt the dignity of our senators! Davers' words struck a chord with everyone.

"That's right!"

"That's great!"

The patriarchs straightened their chests and agreed.

Davers patted a somewhat frustrated Mersis on the shoulder and explained, "And paying public officials will also help you receive more taxes." ”

"Really?!" Mersis looked up suddenly.

Davers looked around and saw that Kunogorata was also surprised, so he said aloud: "When a citizen has money in his hand, he will have the desire to buy things, a copper kettle, 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......"

Merses came to the spirit: "But most of the money was earned by the Gentiles. ”

"So far. But soon, our goods will be produced, and this is something for Marigi to describe. ”

"As of yesterday, there has been a pottery workshop, an olive oil workshop, a masonry workshop, a mill, two carpenters' shops, a paint shop, a stone carving shop, and a large wine workshop in the planning of the Turii market," said Marigi excitedly. ”

"It was Oriffith's wine workshop, and his family's wines have been famous throughout Greater Greece for decades!" Kunograta interjected, pointing to one of the senators.

"Thanks to the loan from the Kristonia Bank, my family and I were able to rebuild the vineyard and the winery!" Oriffith nodded to Davers in thanks, and the people of the Coalition now knew who was the true owner of the bank that had contributed so much to the rebuilding of Turii.

"We should levy high taxes on the same type of Gentile goods to protect our Union's fledgling commerce." Kunograta suggested.

"You're right!" Davers nodded and said, "Now, our commercial officer, Mariji, is preparing to implement some new measures in the Turiyi market, and the time for the Gentiles to make our money is almost over, and we are going to vigorously support the industry of our Union people." If it is the same commodity in the Turiyi market, a low tax is levied on our merchants, and a high tax is levied on foreign merchants; The goods that we urgently need and cannot produce for the time being are still taxed at low prices, prompting them to actively transport these materials to Turriyi for sale; For very important goods, we can produce, but for the time being we cannot compete with the Gentiles, and the Union will subsidize them; With regard to foreign luxuries, in view of the limited amount of money in the pockets of citizens now, we will temporarily impose heavy taxes so that the tempted citizens can use their money to the best of its ability. In this way, they are guided to buy our own goods. Only in this way can our own business prosper! ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Davers once again exclaimed: "My lords, let us understand that if the silver coin is not used in the treasury, it is not money, but only a pile of metal, and only when it flows will it produce great profits, and will make our citizens live better, and our commerce and trade will be more prosperous, and at the same time our treasury will be more abundant!" ”

"Agreed! Agree! ......" The senators, led by Kunogorata and Cornerus, expressed their agreement, and some even applauded.

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Theos, a Corinthian merchant, wandered through the noisy and crowded Turiyi market, and he saw the excited Turiyi talking excitedly to each other, "What Tua Union has promulgated the Public Service Law, any Tua Union citizen can apply for public office, start from the bottom, perform well, and can also hold high positions, and the Union is even ready to pay these public officials one to four opol a day......"

Zeus is on top, Tua is trying to learn from Athens? Are they as rich as Athens?! Tios had no intention of listening to the citizens of the Tua Union anymore, and although he did not think that the Tua Union could do what Athens did, deep down he felt jealous.

As an ordinary citizen of Corinth, although Tios was wealthy, he could only serve as a low- and middle-ranking official in the city-state, and since the members of the council of the city-state could only be held by nobles (Corinth was an aristocratic system), he chose to join the merchant sea. This time I came to Turiy because of the tense relations between Corinth and Sparta, and the danger of war at any time, so it was necessary to stock up on food in case of emergency.

Two hundred years ago, Corinth's trade was prosperous, and weapons, pottery and other goods were sold to the city-states along the Mediterranean coast. Later, Athens caught up and competed with Corinth in all aspects of commerce, especially in the pottery industry, which Corinth was proud of, dealt a heavy blow to Corinth, and he has been in a state of collapse ever since. Corinth's commerce is not as good as it used to be, but it is still a large state in the Peloponnese, and it is still wealthy. As a city-state that did not produce much grain, Corinth had always purchased food from foreign countries, and their food was usually imported from the Eugram Sea, but now that the Spartan fleet was rampant in the Aegean Sea, Theos chose to come to the western Mediterranean as a precautionary measure.

Sicily was his first choice, but unfortunately the Greek city-states of Sicily, which are famous for their abundance of wheat, have recently seen food prices rise, and it is said that Siracuse is buying grain on a large scale, and it seems that something big will happen in Sicily. When Theos sensed this, he hesitated to go to Carthage. It was at this time that he heard that Turriyi was being rebuilt, that it was in urgent need of large quantities of supplies, and that the tariffs were low.

Tios was so moved that he asked the insider about the food situation in Turiyi, because he knew that the Sybari Plain was famous for its wine, wheat, livestock, and beeswax during the Turiyi period, and when he received the answer that "there was a good grain harvest", he decided to change the route to Turiyi (by the end of the summer, the wheat in Amendolara had already been harvested, and the wheat in Turiyi was forcibly harvested in advance by the Crotone, and finally all fell into the hands of Davers, so that the Tua Union had plenty of food, and in addition to meeting the rations of the people, there was enough surplus grain to sell).

When his merchant ship finally squeezed into the port, he went to the dock and found the rumored so-called "market management office", and the first thing he said when he saw the administrator was to complain: "Your port needs to be expanded, it's too small!" It's a long time! ”

The administrator politely replied: "Yes, you are very right, we are also expanding the port, I apologize to you for the difficulties caused to you by this temporary port!" Is there anything you can help me with? ”

The Administrator's apology dissipated most of Theos's resentment, and he wanted to go to the market first, but the Administrator's attitude won his favor, so he directly stated his request.

The administrator immediately looked at the day's trading log and then introduced him to a seller. In fact, the seller, Nicobros, was a subordinate of the agricultural officer, Burkos, who was in charge of the sale of agricultural products in Amendolara.

After looking at the samples and negotiating to determine the price, Theos decided to buy five boatloads of wheat.

However, Nicobu Los told him that there were quite a few ships of wheat, that there was not so much stock in the market, that it needed to be collected in Amendora, and that it would not be delivered until tomorrow.

Theos expressed understanding.

Apologetically, Nicoblos told him that the port area was now full of hotels, and that it was best to go to Amendolara, where there was a special shopping hotel area, comfortable accommodation, cheap and quiet.