"Because the Dionian Games are about to be held, it is said that it is very large, not only the various regions of the country, but also all the allies of the kingdom are invited to participate, so during this time, not only all the restaurants and hotels in Turiyi, but also those officials and people are buying a lot of pottery and preparing to receive a large number of guests during the games." The shopkeeper said excitedly: "I was going to send someone to Athens by boat to tell you to hurry up and make more pottery and bring it to Turii to sell ......."

"You don't have to worry, I've got word from Lord Sostatus and arrangements have been made to bring more pottery from Athens soon." Hesklaus looked confident and encouraged, "If sales skyrocket in the next two months, I'll double your pay." ”

Although Heysklaus is the boss and the shopkeeper is just his hired handserv, he is not condescending and arrogant at all, and even a little flattering, there is no way to call the shopkeeper a real native of Turiyi, and Peleus is the Holy Kingdom of Dionya that he only joined a few years ago, and he spent a lot of money to hire the other party, but it played a very important role in his pottery shop based on the Turiyi market.

The shopkeeper immediately expressed his gratitude, and at the same time reminded: "Lord Sostatus has sent people over several times to ask if the batch of goods they want has arrived, do you think we should send someone to inform them immediately?" ”

Hesklaus slapped his head: "I almost forgot about this just now!" ”

It is precisely because of the support of Sostatus that Hesklaus is today, and he also wants to continue to rely on Sostatus's help and become one of the top leaders of the Dionian business community in the future. Right! Send someone at once! ”

After saying that, despite his fatigue, he personally took out the batch of pottery that was to be handed over to Sostatus from the wooden box and placed it in the backyard of the pottery shop for the other party to send someone to inspect it.

After noon, Sostatus had not yet sent anyone, and Hesklaus did not dare to leave, so the original plan to take his son to a nearby Cristóia restaurant for a delicious meal could only be abandoned, so he had to ask the clerk to buy a few bread to deal with, for which Lirias cried and made trouble holding the duck, and was reprimanded by him.

In the afternoon, Sostatus' men came and brought him good news: he was invited to a banquet that Sostatus was holding in the evening.

Hesklaus danced with joy, and the little resentment he had had before disappeared without a trace.

Of course, before that, both of them have to complete the formal procedures of this transaction, the seller lists the price of this batch of 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 collected, in fact, it is also to be paid, but the price is not high, after all, it is made of paper, and now the entire Mediterranean Sea can only be made by the Christoya Chamber of Commerce of the Holy Kingdom of Dionia), fill in the type of goods sold, the quantity and the price of the sale, both parties sign in duplicate, and the buyer holds one of them, A certain amount of tax refund can be obtained by handing it over to the management office of the market, and the payment slip in his hand is left in the management office as a proof of tax collection at the end of the month.

In this way, the Dionian Ministry of Commerce took the initiative to ask for a payment slip from the merchant when buying goods, and handed it over to the market management office to obtain additional money, but in fact this part of the tax refund they received was already added to the price of the goods, and it was returned to the Royal Treasury when the tax was finally paid.

In addition, the Ministry of Commerce also stipulates that the public can report the merchants who refuse to give payment receipts, and the management office will impose heavy fines on them, and part of the money obtained from the fines will be rewarded to the people who report them; In addition, the buyer and seller do not carry out formal purchase procedures, but carry out black-box business transactions, and the public can report it, and once it is proved to be true, the reporting public will also be rewarded.

Due to these harsh measures of the Ministry of Commerce, the vast majority of people doing business in Dionia will follow the regulations, after all, for a small profit, breaking the law, facing a light penalty and confiscation of property, or permanently depriving themselves of the qualification to do business in Dionia, or even expelling from the kingdom, it will be too much to gain and lose.

So, even if Hesklaus's Athenian pottery factory had a stake in Sostatus, he followed the regular buying and selling procedures to avoid being reported by uninformed people and making him disgraced.

However, compared with the traditional Greek tax collection method led by Athens, the tax collection method implemented by the Holy Kingdom of Dioonia was obviously more beneficial to merchants and could promote the good development of commerce, so when the trade between Dioonia and Greece itself was in full swing, many Greek merchants were more willing to settle in Dionya to do business, of course, there were also Greek city-states who tried to use this better tax collection method, but because of the limited national strength, it eventually failed.

Although Hesklaus had been opening a shop in Turriy for more than two years with the support of Sostatus, it was the first time he had been invited to his home, and for the sake of prudence, he decided to prepare in advance and arrive earlier as a sign of respect.

After dressing up, putting on brand new clothes, buying gifts, taking Lirias with you, and of course the duck in the store, you're ready to go.

Since the pottery market was a bit far from Sostatus, the road was crowded, and it was the beginning of June, the weather was hot, and by the time he got to the house, he was probably sweating and discouraged, so Hesklaus took the shopkeeper's advice and hired a palanquin.

Sostatus's mansion is in the eastern outer city, very close to the inner city of Turiyi, he took the initiative to return the inner city mansion left by his father Kunogorata to the kingdom, so that the kingdom can well accommodate the Haka brothers who came to Turiyi, so Davers is very grateful for this, and specially instructed the Turiyi City Hall to "not let the son of Kunogorata suffer", according to the difference in land prices between the inner and outer cities at that time, Sostatus finally changed to a large area of land in the outer city.

He built the entire plot of land into houses and divided them into two mansions, one for himself and one for his younger brother, each twice the size of the patriarch's house.

"Welcome! Welcome! Sostatus heard the servant's report and came to the door to meet him.

"Lord Sostatus, this is the first time I went to your mansion for a banquet, and I was afraid that I would be late because I didn't know the way, so I came a little early, please forgive me!" Hesk Lauss said respectfully.

In fact, Sostatus was only the president of the Turriyi Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Turriyi City Council, and did not hold any official position, and strictly speaking, the title "Lord" was not appropriate for him, but over the years, the Dionian people gradually used this official title to some respected celebrities, and the term began to become secular.

"It's okay, there are several guests who came before you." Sostatus waved his hand, and then saw Lirias behind Hesklaus, and immediately bent down and asked with a smile: "Little friend, what is your name?" ”

Lirias shyly ducked behind Hesklaus.

Hesklaus hurriedly explained, "My lord, this is my son Lirias. This time he insisted on coming with me to Turii, and I didn't dare leave him alone—"

"It's okay, I said I could bring my family here." Sostatus said disapprehantly, and lowered his head to tease Lirias: "Hey, little one, if you call me uncle, I'll give you a good thing." ”

When Lirias heard this, he dared to shout, "...... Hello uncle! ”

"Well, that's good!" Sostatus nodded in satisfaction, and quickly took out something from his arms, he had heard the slave say that Hesklaus had come to the door with a child, so he had prepared in advance: "Look, what is this?" ”

Lirias's eyes widened as he looked at the object in Sostatus's hand: a palm-sized gilded figure with handsome features and a resolute expression, holding a rugby ball in one hand and waving his arm in the other, making a gesture of sprinting forward, the whole statue is delicately depicted and lifelike, giving people a sense of tension watching the game.

Not only did Lirias fall in love with it at first sight, but even Hesklaus was intrigued.

"It's a statue of a football star." Lirias blurted out.

After Thessaly was incorporated into the sacred kingdom of Thessaly, the sport was brought to Thessaly by Thessaly soldiers and immigrants, and it quickly became popular, and with the strong support of the Thessaly District Administrator, Hiros, rugby tournaments were held throughout Thessaly.

"This is no ordinary statue of a football player!" Sostatus turned the statue in his hand and showed off like a child: "This is the most famous rugby star in the entire kingdom, setting a record of touchdowns in five consecutive kingdom rugby finals, and the third son of the great King Davers, His Royal Highness Antebris, he is also the most popular star among children!" Moreover, the statue was carved by the kingdom's finest sculptor, Alex, who was also the son-in-law of King Davers. This statue is difficult to buy in the market due to the cumbersome production process and the production of small quantities. ”

After saying this, Sostatus shoved the statue into Lirias's little hand: "Now it is yours." ”

"Thank you, uncle!" Lirias's "thank you" came from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't wait to start playing.

"This ...... It's also too precious. Hesklaus subconsciously wanted to excuse himself.

"It's just a gadget." Sostatus looked quite indifferent at the moment, turned to the servant and said, "Go and call Sosikles." ”

Then he led the father and son into the courtyard and said, "The pottery you have brought this time is of very high quality, and it will definitely be very popular with the nobles of the inner city!" Thanks to you, several of my pottery shops in the inner city are now very famous, and many merchants are inquiring about the origin of my pottery......"