Among these merchants in Turiyi, Theos had the closest contact with officials, especially with the Ministry of Military Affairs, and now he became a relative of the king.

"I don't have any insider information." Theoz said seriously: "To be honest, don't dislike listening. Your brother has no amazing record. According to the legion commander who has advanced his qualifications, it is generally difficult to become a veteran in situations like him, but because of you, he has a great chance..."

"Me?!" Sostatus was a little confused.

Theos whispered: "You have provided great help to the expansion of the kingdom before. Take the Greek War for example. You organized a large number of ships to transport troops to Greece and Thessali many times, and helped transport supplies continuously. In the later period, there was some difficulty in supplying military rations. As the president of the Turiyi Chamber of Commerce, you organized many merchants from the kingdom to buy a large amount of food by lending to the kingdom, and helped the Ministry of Military Affairs through difficulties... You have also done such a thing in the Gallic War, and the Ministry of Military Affairs should not forget it. If you can get the Ministry of Military Affairs to agree to push your younger brother into the Senate, then there is absolutely no problem for your younger brother to be a veteran."

Sostatus's eyes lit up. He knew that the military senators were a very important force in the Senate. If they were supported by the Ministry of Military Affairs, this matter would definitely be successful.

He immediately pulled Theos to the living room in the backyard with a happy expression, preparing to talk to him in detail.

Due to the need for business, Sostatus's house has two restaurants, one in the front yard, which is used to entertain merchants in his huge distribution network, while the living room in the back yard is used to receive important guests.

After sitting down, Theos talked to him with a serious expression: "Sostatus, aren't these things you did to Dick Poris too much?"

Sostatus was not surprised. He was prepared for the matter of Theos. He immediately defended: "You are absolutely wronged me. I have no grudge against Lord Dickpolis. On the contrary, I respect him very much. He gave the position of President of the Turiyi Chamber of Commerce to me with voluntary humility. I am not the one who revenges the grudge. You see, in recent years, my fleet has transported the pottery produced in his workshop to Greece and Ionia for sale. The sales volume is increasing every year, helping him open up the market and earning a lot of money for him. If I have a grudge against him, would I do this?"

Theos pondered and said, "...but you shipped pottery from Athens and sold in Turiyi. Now many officials and rich people are more willing to buy your pottery, which has led to a sharp reduction in sales of Dikporis' pottery in Turiyi... Sostatus, our chamber of commerce once had a regulation that "malicious competition among chamber members is prohibited". As the current president of the chamber of commerce, you should take this head well..."

Hearing these words, Sostatus suppressed the anger that arose in his heart. He said a little rudely: "Mr. Theoz, I know you and Dick Poris are good friends, but you cannot speak for him regardless of the facts. The pottery I sell is more than twice as expensive as his pottery. How can this be called vicious competition?! And it is precisely because of him that the amount of pottery I imported is not too much, but it is sold in Turiyi. This is the biggest concession I can make. In this way, he is still dissatisfied. What do he want me to do?!"

Theos hesitated for a moment, sighed and said, "...We have been friends for decades. You are a wealthy businessman with strong financial resources. You distribute so many kinds of goods. Why do you make the relationship between you two so furious because of pottery..."

"Tios, I have always respected your character, but what you said today is wrong!" Sostatus's anger was overwhelmed: "You all hope that I will sell your goods in large quantities to the Eastern Mediterranean, but do not allow me to take goods from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Kingdom for sale. What is this?! If you really want to do this, then I will ask His Majesty Davers and tell him that Dick Poris and you strongly demand that goods produced outside the Kingdom shall not be sold in the Turiy region!"

"Hey...hey, I don't mean that." Theoth quickly defended: "Look, since you introduced Athenian pottery to Turiyi for sale, not only will the upper class of the Kingdom be willing to use it, but I heard that even His Majesty wants to buy it from you, which will inevitably form a trend. If this continues, DickPoris's sales of pottery in the Kingdom will inevitably decline greatly. You also know that DickPoris has pottery workshops in many towns in the Kingdom. It will be difficult for him to maintain such a large scale and may even face bankruptcy..."

Sostatus put on a solemn face and said, "After the Greek War, His Majesty asked the Ministry of Commerce to convene the presidents of the town chambers of commerce to hold a meeting. At the meeting, he specifically proposed that, 'The Greek local merchants who are coming to the kingdom to do business, must not be excluded and suppressed, but should try their best to provide help. After the meeting, I specially called you to convey it. You and Dick Poris expressed their full support at the meeting. Do you still remember this?"

Theos nodded helplessly.

"I am also executing His Majesty's order!" Sostatus said with confidence: "In recent years, I have not only sold Athenian pottery in the Turiyi area, but also Corinthian iron, Greek stone, Thesari horses, Athenian gold and silver products... Why didn't you protest to me, Inipias didn't protest to me... Just Dickpolis was dissatisfied with me? Because his pottery was not as good as Athenian pottery, and he was afraid of competition!"

Theos persuaded in a gentle tone: "In recent years, DickPoris has been working hard to improve the quality of pottery, and even improved the process of making ceramics... You and I know all of these, but Athenian pottery has developed for hundreds of years and has a deep foundation. DickPoris' workshop cannot surpass it in a short period of time...

Your Majesty hopes to win over local Greek merchants, and also hopes that the kingdom's market will be more diversified, and competition will increase, so that the people will have more choices, and do not want exclusive monopoly... I understand all of these, but if Athenian pottery is sold in the kingdom, it will only force Dick Polis, who is still working hard, to the dead end. I think this is not what Your Majesty wants to see."

Sostatus was shocked and immediately said, "As the president of the Turiyi Chamber of Commerce, I will certainly not deliberately harm the interests of the Chamber of Commerce members. I have been selling Athenian pottery in Turiyi for more than two years. I have always suppressed its sales volume very low. The imported products are all high-quality products and the prices are very high. The transactions of ordinary pottery are still occupied by Dick Polis and do not pose a great threat to him. Moreover, I have long realized this problem and have taken the initiative to discuss this matter with Dick Polis several times, but he has turned me out several times, making me a joke for the people of Turiyi. I believe you can't have heard of it!" Sostatus looked aggrieved.

Theos was silent for a moment: the severity of Sostatus and Dickpolis became a joke for the entire Turiyi people after dinner. How could he not know about this tricky thing? He didn't want to care about this tricky thing, but several friends in the Chamber of Commerce asked him, and he didn't want to see the originally united Turiyi Chamber of Commerce continue to fight, so he intervened.

At this moment, he had to sincerely persuade again: "Dickpolis refused to negotiate with you, which caused the problem to intensify. This is of course his fault! However, he was angry with you, and of course he understood that it was impossible to only allow us to sell goods to the Greek land and not allow Greek merchants to buy and sell them on the land of the kingdom. However, merchants from other kingdoms would not have any objections. You alone could not do it, because your sales channels were too wide!

You see, there is not much time, you help Athenian pottery open up the sales channels in the upper level of the kingdom. Even if Dick Polis is desperately improving the quality of his pottery, he will not be able to keep up with you selling pottery quickly. You even sold pottery to the royal family-"

"Wait a minute!" Sostatus interrupted him: "Your Majesty wants to buy the Athenian pottery I sell, not what I recommend. It was the palace supervisor Ribazo who came to find me on his own initiative, and he repeatedly reminded me that he mentioned the name of the pottery merchant who worked with me several times. I guess... Your Majesty had known his fellow countryman for a long time."

"Your Majesty's fellow countryman?!"

"Yes, the pottery merchant is Heschlaus, and he is a Peleusian..." Sostatus said slowly as he was trying to recall, "I remember when I visited my brother-in-law Hilos, I met this Peleus merchant at a banquet. At that time, he introduced him to me, the new chief intelligence officer of Thessali... "

It was Theos' turn to feel nervous: the merchant of Peleus... the recommendation of the intelligence manager... all the upper class members of Turiyi knew that the Kingdom Intelligence Department was mainly for His Majesty Davers!

Theos asked immediately: "This Heschlaus is His Majesty's relative in Peleus?!"

"I don't know this." Sostatus spread his hands and shrugged: "I don't think even Lord Ribazo himself knows it, but if His Majesty is clear, no one will know."

Theos frowned and fell into deep thought. After a while, he said seriously: "It seems that you can't blame you for this matter, but as the president of the Tuliyi Chamber of Commerce, you should understand that if the conflict between you and him is not resolved as soon as possible, it will have a great impact on the chamber of commerce... Let's do this, and later he comes over, I will convince him first, and then as a mediator, you will negotiate with him, and both parties will make some concessions. Let's try to resolve this conflict tonight. What do you think?"
Chapter completed!