Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Henipolis smiled even more brilliantly: It is my honor to be praised by Lord Haka! I will have a chance to chat with you in the future... Uh, Your Majesty and the elders are still waiting at the pier, please also ask Lord Haka and I will board the boat with me, and hurry to the inner city!

Okay! Haka responded succinctly.

Henepolis glanced behind him and asked, Where's Lord Hasdrubal?

Haka said calmly: He drank too much along the way, and is now sleeping soundly in the cabin. It is estimated that it will be difficult to wake up in the inner city.

Oh... Henepolis nodded and was about to speak.

At this time, the river officials came over and whispered a few words in his ear. He immediately showed an understanding look and said, Then let Lord Hadersdruba have a good rest, I will not disturb him.

Henipolis led Haka on board the ship and boarded the wooden building. Haka looked far away, and suddenly felt that his field of vision was much wider. He was able to cross the pier on the shore and see the overlapping houses and bustling houses behind him. flow of people.

Just when the surrounding ships were approaching unintentionally or unintentionally, wanting to take a curious look at what kind of nobles could let the king's ship come out to greet him, the two-headed dragon ship had turned its bow, and two fast ships were ahead. , under the full beating of hundreds of sailors, began to flow up, and the passenger ship that Haka originally rode followed closely.

The city of Tuurii is different from the city of Rome. The city of Rome is dozens of miles away from the estuary, and the river is tortuous. The boats upstream from the estuary must rely on Laxian to reach the river port outside the city, while the city of Tutuli is only five or six miles away from the estuary. Here, the main body of the city is located downstream after the confluence of the Krati River and the Koseni River. The river is wide and the water flow is gentle. Usually, ships can go up the river without relying on pulling fibers to reach the city of Turii.

Haka stood on the wooden building of the ship and saw the situation on both sides of the river more clearly: indeed, as the river officials said, the Turui people converted both sides of the river into docks, not only all the river beaches were covered with solid stone slabs Covered, and every 10 meters or so, there is a 5-meter-high trapezoidal stone platform standing on the shore. There is a stone ring at each end of each stone platform. A wooden instrument is parked on the stone platform. It stretches out a long wooden arm towards the river. An iron hook came out, the end of the wooden arm was clamped by two huge wooden wheels, and the other end of the rope was tightly tied to the ground, looking like a huge snail...

Jaca knew that this was the crane invented by the Dionians. It had long been known in the Western Mediterranean, but it had not yet spread to the port towns of southern Iberia.

Haka carefully observed the whole process of unloading the cargo ship: the cargo ship slowly docked on the riverside in front of the stone platform, and laborers from the bank passed over, tying the cables at both ends of the cargo ship to the stone holes at both ends of the stone platform,

In this way, the cargo ship will be close to the dock. The man operating the crane lowered the wooden arm, loosened the rope, and the hook dangled. The crew hung the baskets of goods on the iron hooks, and then the slaves in the wooden wheel of the crane stepped on the wooden wheel with great effort, the wooden wheel turned quickly, tightened the rope, and the iron hook pulled the goods high and separated from the cargo ship. At this time, the personnel on both sides of the crane pulled the rope again, controlled the wooden arm, and slowly parked the goods on the flat ground in front of the stone platform... The whole process is fast, labor-saving and efficient, and a full ship of goods will be unloaded in a short time. After losing half of it, both the crew and the laborers on the shore still seemed very relaxed.

Haka also noticed that there were semi-open warehouses not far behind these stone platforms, and the goods unloaded from the ships were transported by laborers to these warehouses for parking.

In the back of this simple warehouse, there are huge rectangular and closed warehouses, each with a roof about 6 meters high and a 4-meter-high multi-open arch, with an area of ​​no less than two arenas. . And through the small window at the top, you can see that the walls of the warehouse are quite thick. Only such a high-quality warehouse can reassure the owner of the safety of the goods, and at the same time, it can store more goods and facilitate the transportation of goods...

As for the process of cargo ships entering the port, Jaca, who has dominated the government affairs of southern Iberia for many years, is very clear: after the laborers at the dock unload the cargo, they park it in a temporary warehouse, and the owner will immediately go to the port to pay for a warehouse. The storage room, and then spend money to let the laborer transfer his goods to the warehouse for storage, and then go to the market in the city to contact the buyer... This process usually takes two or three days. Of course, if the buyer has been contacted in advance , then the situation will be much better.

But like Turiyi, the docks, temporary warehouses, and warehouses for unloading are next to each other, which is undoubtedly a lot more convenient. And Haka judged based on this: with the way the Turians acted, I am afraid that the famous Turian market in the entire Western Mediterranean is not far from here (and it is true).

He couldn't help but let out a sigh, but welcomed the curiosity of Henepolis: Lord Haka, what are your thoughts on coming to Turii?

Haka pointed to the pier on the shore and sighed sincerely: Look at these stone platform piers, temporary warehouses, and cargo warehouses where cranes are placed, just like the army, lined up on both sides of the Krati River, extending straight forward, almost I can't see the head, how spectacular it is! I think any outsider who sees such a scene will have to admire the power of the Kingdom of Dionia, and dare not have any thoughts of confronting it!

Henipolis looked at him, then turned to look at the shore: Tell you a real and interesting story. There was a famous scholar in the kingdom, Lysias, who was about to write an article describing the pier on the bank of the Krati River. He I decided to go to the pier by the river to investigate first, and it didn't take long to return.

Friends asked him 'why so fast? ’

He said, 'I got to the river and found the pier full of people, very busy, extremely noisy, screeching, cranes creaking, cows and donkeys barking, grumpy porters roaring loudly ...and the air was bad too, mixed with the smell of wine, olive oil, the sweat of people... I stood there for a while, my head swelled up, and with the help of the servants, I struggled to push away those Those who stand in the way will finally come out. And in the process, I stepped on donkey dung twice...'

Hearing this, Haka couldn't help but laugh.

Henipolis sighed, looked into the distance in a trance, and murmured: I still miss the Turii more than ten years ago, especially the Kladi River, which is clear and quiet, and it is fascinating... Sigh, but Now, not only is the river crowded and noisy, but the river water has also become turbid, and there are still many boats at night...

Haka sighed aside: However, any city-state and country wants their city to be such a picture, because it means prosperity and strength.

Henipolis patted the rail of the boat with both hands, and smiled again: That's why I'm just a clerk and you're the Grand Governor! Buy a piece of land in the mountains to the north, build a villa, and live there several times a month, where the air is fresh and quiet, which is good for your body...

While the two were talking and laughing, a huge building in the distance in front of them broke into Haka's eyes: a stone bridge 100 meters long lying across the wide Krati River, like a giant beast overlooking the passing ships.

This should be the Turiyi Stone Bridge. It is said to be the first stone bridge built in the Western Mediterranean. It is indeed very spectacular! ...Haka looked ahead, but heard Henepolis say, We're going to enter the inner city pier soon.

Following the direction of Henepolis' finger, Haka saw the city wall spanning between the overlapping buildings.

Originally, there was an iron chain blocking the river... Henipolis pointed to the tower on the bank of the river ahead, but looked at Haka next to him, and said casually: It was abandoned more than ten years ago. It was used, but it was urgently used again when war broke out with... Carthage. But now it has been completely abandoned, because no more enemies will threaten the kingdom from the sea.

Hakkar nodded calmly.

In the past few years, there has been a proposal by the elders, 'demolition of the entire inner wall.' Fortunately, most of the elders expressed their opposition and did not get approval, otherwise this city of Tuliyi would really not be able to stay!

Haka watched for a while, and understood why Henepolis said that. He had seen that the blocks inside the city walls were far less dense than those outside the city walls, and the houses were neat and spacious, and the pedestrians were relatively sparse, but they seemed leisurely and comfortable, as if the city was another a world...

But there is only one place that is more lively, that is, the inner city pier in front of which the ship is heading.

Compared with the river piers lined up like a long dragon before, the inner city pier is too small. There are only six trestle bridges, but each berth is extremely spacious, and there are more than enough large boats to park dozens of meters, and the trestle bridges are all used. It is paved with stone slabs and can accommodate two carriages passing side by side, and it is also equipped with several stone platforms and cranes...

At the rear of the pier, there is a waiting area with a large area, specially built with a long colored cloth tent, which is not only for shading, but also for beauty. There were rows of comfortable seats under the canopy, and they were now full of people.

Haka's eyes searched quickly among the crowd on the shore. When he saw the man who was not too different from others, but wore a small dazzling golden crown on his head, Haka was excited. I also suddenly felt a little nervous.

When Davos in the waiting area saw the ship entering the dock, he immediately stood up and led the elders to the trestle.

After the wooden ladder to disembark the ship was set up, this time Haka refused the help of the servants, and slowly got off the ship, came to Daves, bowed deeply, and said, Dear Dave. Your Majesty, the former governor of the southern region of Iberia, Haka, your faithful student, is here to report to you!

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