Vol 6 Chapter 38: Visiting Athens

Lucias's gaze looked at the fleet of more than a dozen warships that were in the field of vision. There were two huge white anti-wave lifts behind the fleet, such as the same arms sticking out from both sides of the coast. It seems to be to retain the Krati River flowing into the sea.
"Now Turui is a completely different Turui..." he murmured.
The passenger ship in Athens finally entered the port and docked.
In the speculation that Isocrates combined with the information about the alliance, he believes that the port of Turui is not located near the famous trade route of the eastern and western Mediterranean, and there is no natural good port itself. Not too good, but the sight of it subverts his ideas.
Although it is not as good as the prosperity of the port of Piraeus, it is beyond his imagination, especially the huge wooden hangers erected on each pier attracts his attention: in several Under the operation of the labor force, it can easily hang the large cargo on the cargo ship that used to be lifted by more than a dozen men in the air, and then transfer it to the dock.
Isocrates from Athens, a prosperous sea trade, immediately realized that if the device could be applied to the port of Piraeus, the unloading capacity of the terminal to the merchant ship could be greatly improved!
So he went over and tried to look at the detailed structure of the device, but was rudely warned by the operator of the hanger: not close, or the patrol would detain him.
Isocrates returned.
At this time, in front of Lucias came a few strong men, for the first person with a flattering smile, said: "Hey, hello! I am the port porter Sperry, this is my number, you Is there something we need to carry?" He said, he would not show Lucias a small piece of iron on his chest.
Lucias, who has not returned to Turui for decades, is really curious to join in and take a closer look: this black secluded iron plate is a pattern of a balance, a string of strange symbols below.
"What is the use of this thing?" he pointed at the iron piece and asked curiously.
Sperian said with a little pride: "This can prove that I am a porter officially registered in the Port Management Office. If there is any accident such as loss of goods during the transportation, you can go to the Port Management Office to complain to me. This number is OK. After verifying the situation, the management office will punish me and compensate you for the loss, so you can rest assured."
"Is this a number?" Lucias pointed at the strange symbol of the line.
"Of course it's not Greek numbers." Sperian was happy to show his superiority in front of the old man who looked like a scholar: "This is the number invented by our governor Daves, which is both easy to remember and easy to use. Party members are everywhere, the number engraved on it is 2410, remember?"
Lucias nodded, but her heart was tumbling. Not because of this peculiar number, he is not a mathematician. He is not very sensitive to this. He is surprised that Turley’s management of the port can only be done by the porter, the most common and lowest-cost labor in the port. With such meticulous management, the Diaonians' ability to manage their cities is evident. Even in Athens, there is no such measure to regulate the labor market in the port of Piraeus. And from this number, the old-fashioned Lucias can feel the busyness of the port of Turui, and may still exceed what he sees in his eyes.
Deonia can rise in a short time, not a fluke! Lucias was alert in her heart, and then calmly reminded me: "I hire you to carry the goods, but there are many pottery in the goods, please be careful!"
"Don't worry, I can't remember how many times I used to carry the goods like clay pots." Sperry made a guarantee and negotiated the price with the entourage of the Athens mission.
At this time, Isocrate also rushed back.
Sperian took a few people with a wooden wheel board to carry the goods, led the Athens mission to the crowded pier and came to the port avenue.
Isocrates was amazed that this avenue was even more spacious and flatter than the road leading to Athens from the port of Piraeus. Look at the ditch, sidewalks and other facilities on both sides of the avenue. People are strict and meticulous in the construction of roads.
This made Isocrate a bit frustrated: because it seems to be incomparable to the Athenians, their minds are more involved in political affairs such as political affairs, courts and so on.
Isocrates couldn't help but kneel down and reach out and touch the gray-white material that tightly fits between the stones and the stones. The texture is still very hard.
"Isocrates, are you going to change to be an architect?" Lucias understood why he did this and couldn't help but say a joke.
"Are you coming to Deonia for the first time?" Sperian didn't feel strange when he saw him. Instead, he said with pride: "The avenues in the territory of Dionia are everywhere, but they are everywhere. This avenue is wider. Because the merchant ships to Turui are more than a year old, this road has been rebuilt many times, and even the surrounding warehouses and bungalows have been demolished a lot. Now it seems that it is still a bit narrow."
Is this still too narrow? ! Lucias is speechless.
Because most of the roads on this avenue are carriages, pedestrians walked on both sides of the road. Sperry had to remind: "You should first retreat to the side of the road. Wait a moment, I will take the carriage. But I have to Explain, I was talking to you only about the price of the goods. The city of Turui is more than ten miles from the port. If you choose to walk, we will deliver it to the gate of the city, if you choose to contact us. When I walk around my carriage, I have to pay a little more."
Sperian is savvy, Lucias is not confused. Although he is a literati, he has always relied on generations to write a lawsuit to defend his life in Athens. His life is relatively tight. He is still familiar with things like rice and oil: "Is it here?" Is there a carriage that is dedicated to people?"
"Of course, there are still many." Sperry said truthfully: "There are those carriages that carry passengers out of the port. It is more comfortable to sit up than my car, but the price is expensive. And I am by the way." You only charge a small amount of hardship for a ride."
For the wealthy Athenians, money is not a problem, but Isocrates is obviously a little tired and afraid of trouble, but he still reminds: "We are five people, can your carriage sit down?"
"You can rest assured." Sperry did not tell lies, and soon he took people to drive two carriages.
When Sperry watched the goods carefully in the carriage, Lucias couldn't help but ask: "Is this the carriage you rented?"
"No, it's my carriage." Sperian added a pronounced pronunciation to the words "I" and said proudly: "As a preparatory citizen, I can apply for a loan from Christopher Bank. Now a car The loan and interest on the carriage have been paid off, and the other is fast."
Soon, two carriages started.
Sperian sat in the first carriage with Isocrate and Lucias. This cargo truck has no pontoon and can see the port boulevard and the surrounding area. Mind. He noticed that although there are a lot of carriages and trailers on the avenue, they follow a rule and are driving, so they are more and more chaotic. Even when there is a problem causing congestion, there will be patrols coming quickly to clear up...
Lucias' attention is more on trucks and brakes, because they are all pulled by horses. In the memory of Lucias, Turui was not a city-state with a lot of horses, and he saw such a large number of horses in the port, so he asked: "What is the price of your horse here?"
"A mare has 30 drachmas and a stallion has 22 drachmas."
"How could it be so cheap?!" Lucias was shocked.

It turned out that the price of horses in Turui is more than double now, but since Bruti’s integration into Dionia, the Brutiers have provided a large number of Hummers to the Turai market in recent years. The price of horses is naturally "It's down." Sperian said, patted Hummer's ass, and the horse gave a gentle humming sound. He said smugly: "Bruti Ma is a good horse, with great strength, good endurance, good temper, now even The Lijim people also started to come to us to buy horses~EbookFREE.me~ It is estimated that the price will have to pick up later..."
When Sperryn spoke, the carriage had already arrived at the exit of the port and was waiting for the inspection of the checkpoint sentry to pass.
When the ship of Isocrate was entering the Krati estuary, as long as it directly indicated to the patrol boat that it was an Athens messenger, they did not need to enter the port at all, but would be introduced into the dock in the city of Turai by the patrol boat and directly into the Dionia. The Senate, but Isocrates has other considerations and has not done so.
At this moment, he looked up at the tall wall in front of the carriage and wrapped it in the huge port. He couldn’t help but sigh: when the city was strong in Athens, it also used the wall to bring the infinite wealth of Piraeus to Athens. Protected and connected to Athens. Unfortunately, after the defeat of the Peloponnesian War, the Spartans forced the Athenians to dismantle the walls, making this Athens and Thebes united against Sparta. The people were always uneasy, and they feared that the Spartans had passed. The isthmus, then the completely unguarded port of Piraeus is a piece of fat in the mouth of a hungry wolf. The Citizens' Congress proposed several times to rebuild the city wall, but this is a huge project. In the current situation of Athens' full commitment to war, it is undoubtedly difficult and ultimately shelved because of disputes.
When was the reconstruction of the walls of the port of Piraeus, when Athens was re-emerged! Isocrate has a deep understanding of this.