ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 73 Mercy's Request

At night, Kristoya came to Davos's tent and heard about what happened during the day. Based on her understanding of Davos, she said, "You want to annex those mercenaries?"

"I really want to help them." Davos said seriously.

"Really?" Christoya smiled coquettishly, raising her head, her red lips dripping with beauty.

"Really." Davos lowered his head and kissed the soft and moist lips suddenly.

This kiss ignited the passion between both parties.Davos reached out and picked up Crystal...

At this time, Martius's voice came from outside the tent: "Chief, Melses and Marij want to see you."

Davos cursed in a low voice, and with an unkind expression, he was about to say: "No!"

Kristoya smiled and punched him, and said: "It must be important to have two contradictory people like Melcis and Mariji come to see you together!"

Davos knew that she was right, so he reluctantly put down Crystal and kissed her twice on the mouth unwillingly.

Crystal pushed him away.

Mercis and Marij entered the big tent and saw Kristoya in the tent. They didn't care at all. The close relationship between Davos and Kristoya has long been an open secret in the entire army. , and then they directly explained their purpose to Davos.

It turned out that when the soldiers started to build the camp, Melses and the others were not idle. No, it should be said that the Turiyi people were not idle.Although Thurii prohibits mercenaries from entering the city, the Greeks are a famous people who are good at doing business. As soon as they heard that mercenaries were coming, some merchants and vendors ran to the old city of Sybaris to see if there were any business opportunities. .In addition to the food provided by Thurii, the mercenaries of course also needed other daily necessities, so the two sides hit it off.

At the beginning, the trade was one-way, with the Thurii being the sellers and the mercenaries being the buyers.But soon, Melses discovered that these Thurii merchants were very interested in something in the baggage camp.On the way back, the mercenaries not only robbed women and slaves, but also robbed a large amount of gold and silverware and some artworks, such as strange spice wood carvings, exquisite gold statues, exotic ivory carvings, etc. Wait, this was intended to be brought home in the future, not only as a decoration, but also as a souvenir and evidence for bragging. Although a lot was lost due to the continuous fighting along the way, some were still kept.

For the Thurii merchants, who were thousands of miles away from Persia, these objects from the hinterland of Persia and some unheard of ethnic groups were extremely exotic and made them feel very novel.They immediately realized that these things were valuable and expressed their desire to buy them to Melses.

Melses was not a fool, so of course he couldn't sell it cheaply, not to mention that some things did not belong to him, but were stored by soldiers in the supply camp.He thought about it and decided to go to Mariji first, because for these things, only Mariji, who is also a Persian, could explain their origins and the cultural meaning and value they represented.

Mariji gave him a suggestion: Why not set up a market, managed by mercenaries, trade with the Magna Graecia, and maybe collect taxes.

Collecting taxes on other countries’ lands? !Melcis thought this idea was too crazy, but he couldn't resist the temptation of money, so he went with Marij to find Davos.

Build a market?Davos thinks this is a good idea. Not only can it meet the needs of mercenaries, but it is also a place to expand the influence of mercenaries. It can also understand the market conditions of Magna Graecia, cultivate a mercenary business team, and at the same time collect intelligence and search for talents. ...Wait, from the perspective of a mercenary leader, Davos, who aims to take root in Magna Graecia, naturally thinks about the problem much more comprehensively and deeply than Melses and others.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was very good, and he nodded immediately and said: "It is fine to build a market. I will ask the soldiers to build a market between the east side of the camp and the coast tomorrow. Mariji is responsible for the construction of the market." , but we don’t have much time, so don’t make it too complicated, as long as it can be used. After it is completed, its management and operation will be in charge of you, Mariji…” When Davos said this, Maliji looked excited.

Davos reminded him: "My request is - the market can be simple, but it must be orderly, the transactions must be fair, and it must be tidy and expand the reputation of the market as much as possible to attract more other city-states. Merchants also come here to trade. As for collecting taxes, don’t think about it. I don’t want to cause the Turiyi people to be unhappy, but you can think of other ways, such as letting slaves help carry goods and providing cheap Wait a minute, even if the market becomes prosperous in the future, you can still charge shop fees."

Mariji nodded repeatedly and praised sincerely: "Chief, I didn't expect that your wisdom in business is also amazing!"

Davers smiled slightly, these ideas have long been rotten in the industrial age.But since he made a promise to Mariji, this guy has entered the state very quickly. Really want to be a business officer?

Davos turned to Melsis, who was a little depressed: "As for our transaction with the Great Greeks, I will leave it to you, Melsis."

"Okay! Okay!" Melcis became happy again.

"You should not touch the things that the soldiers have stored in the supply camp unless they are willing to sell them. You have to sign an agreement with them. In addition to charging a small handling fee for the sale... Well, you have to negotiate with the owner on this, but It is best not to exceed one-fiftieth of the property sold, and return the rest to the owner, do not conceal or embezzle! Mariji, you are in charge of supervision!" Davos told Melsis seriously.

"Davos, you are too biased! One-fiftieth is too little, at least one-twentieth is required! It is not that easy for us to sell things. Standing in the sun for half a day costs so much money... …" Melsis muttered aggrievedly.

"One-twentieth is too much, at least no more than one-thirty-fifth, that's it!" Davos was too lazy to continue arguing with him: "Instead of earning soldiers' money, you might as well think of ways to increase your Trade projects to expand financial resources!”

After hearing this, Merses fell into thinking, and soon there was a smile on his fat face: "The women in the supply camp come from some ethnic groups in Persia and Armenia, and many of them have also learned the massage skills of the medical camp. , it is definitely a novel experience for men in Magna Graecia, we can bid a high price..." Melses's cheerful voice was interrupted by Christoya's cough.

Discussing the business of flesh and blood in front of a woman, this guy... Daves said dumbfoundedly: "I can give you an idea. The doctors in our medical camp have very high medical skills. And there are no major injuries in the military camp now." If you are sick, you are still idle, why don’t you let them open a clinic in the built market and collect money to see the doctor, you can discuss the details with Christia.” Originally, there were eight doctors in the medical camp, when they left Byzantium Two of them left, and the six doctors headed by Hull's were strongly attracted by the so-called mysterious medical knowledge inspired by Hades that Davos taught from time to time (actually, it was the basic knowledge of medicine in the past and present), and continued to Stayed at the medical camp.

Hearing Kristoya's name, Mercy's eyes glowed bitterly.

Christoya didn't make things difficult for Melsis, this fat man looked easy to bully, but Kristoya understood his importance to Davers, so she seriously discussed with him how to open a clinic and how to distribute the consultation fee and other matters, but made a request: I hope Melses will not force women in the baggage camps to be ****
Melsis exclaimed, "Most of the women in the supply camp were snatched by the soldiers on their way back to Greece, and a small number were slaves in the supply camp, who needed to take care of pack animals and manage items. Only ten A few are real *** and they are used to making money in this... this way."

"I'm afraid there are more than just these ****." Mariji interjected from the side.

Note: There were no percentages in ancient Greece and Rome, but commerce was developed at that time, and businessmen and even ordinary citizens were very good at using fractions to complete contracts and transactions. However, for the convenience of reading, from the next chapter onwards, percentages will be used as much as possible.

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