"No! I haven't said that!" Seeing the judge's face suddenly change, the merchant hurriedly retorted. A sudden burst of angry curses came from behind: "Do you dare to discriminate against us Lukari people? Don't you want to live!"

"Izam is a warrior in our alliance. You dare to insult his wife! Lord Judge, please be sure to punish this pervert severely!"

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The merchant complained secretly. He originally thought that this woman was a pretty pretty Lucanian female slave, but he didn't buy it just because he asked for the price. It took too long and was dizzy for a while and then said those words. However, he didn't expect that the wife of the citizens of the Dionysian Union was actually because he had just arrived here for a few days and did not understand the customs here. Because most of the wives of other city-state citizens stayed at home and could go to the market to buy and sell things. He was a foreign woman. Then he must be a female slave. He took advantage of some language and even touched him for a few times, but no one cared about it. But Dionys was different.

Many citizens marry Lucanian women, while many Greek women of Dioria marry Lucanian preparatory citizens. These foreigners do not have as many tedious etiquette as the Greeks, and are bold and open in their work, which naturally gradually influences and changes the conservative customs of the original Greek citizens of Dioria. In addition, the consul Davers, who was respected by the public, also allowed his wife to show up in public places, and even open banks and restaurants in the market, which naturally further promoted the change of the customs of Dioria. Therefore, it is common to see the wives of Dioria citizens on the market.

"Defendant, what the plaintiff said is the fact?" Proxillous asked. Seeing that the merchant was about to open his mouth and talk, he shouted: "If you only discriminate against foreigners, you will only pay fines and corporal punishment at most. However, after taking the oath before God, you still lie, which is a crime of blasphemy and you will be punished with cruel tongue-pull! So you have to think clearly and speak!"

The businessman was shocked when he heard this, and was silent for a long time, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Finally, he whispered: "Most of what she said is true...but...but...but I didn't know in advance that discrimination against foreigners is also illegal!"

"Really?" Proxillus looked serious: "When you rented a stall, weren't you familiar with the "Regulations that Dionia must comply with when doing business" written by the Market Management Office?"

"No..." The merchant wanted to deny it, but suddenly remembered the regulations of the Dionia Market Management Office: If he was not familiar with the regulations, he could not rent a shop. So he could only nod: "I have understood it."

"Since that's the case, you are breaking the law! First of all, you violate the law of "Dionia cannot discriminate against foreigners". You have to pay ten drachma fines and two sticks of corporal punishment in order to deepen your memory and not commit it again in the future! As for you blasphemed the plaintiff in words but did not take action, this... does our alliance have a bill in this regard?" Protsilaus asked Froc Leon.

Froc Leon thought carefully and shook his head.

"It seems that I have something to do at the next Senate meeting." Proxilaus murmured to himself. He thought about it and said, "I will give this right to the plaintiff to make a decision about what punishment you want to blaspheme the plaintiff with words."

The businessman shivered and begged to look at the plaintiff. The young Lucanian woman did not refuse and simply said: "Then punish him as the instructor of the Market Management Office and do five days of voluntary labor."

Of course, Athens' generosity also brought back the kindness of the Gentiles. In normal times, they would make some charitable donations, such as repairing temples, holding drama celebrations, and allowing Athenian citizens to watch for free. When Athens was in danger, they also stood up like Athenian citizens, acting as heavy infantrymen or purchasing weapons and equipment, or even three-layer oar warships, donating them to the Athenian government.

Now Dionia is in a trend towards Athens, and even has done more boldly in some aspects than Athens. Theos came this time because the Senate of the Dionian Union passed a new bill: that is, to allow the rent of land between the Salachino River and the Cisno River to Gentile merchants for handicraft land, and the lease period is 20 years.

This news immediately caused a sensation among the Gentile merchants in the Turii market and quickly spread throughout Greece. Most of the merchants who had been to Turii were optimistic about the trade prospects of the Dionysian Union, not to mention that Dionys allowed Laos to join its alliance, allowing any merchant who traded in the alliance to enter Laos at a preferential price to develop trade with Naples, Marsilia, Gaul, Iberian Peninsula, Maoritalia and other regions. Especially in Turii-Laos Avenue has begun to be built, and the road is built with Dionysian.

The quality of the road and the built avenue will make the transportation of goods between the two cities more convenient. It is estimated that you can get from Turiyi to Laus as early as two days, which is almost the same as the time required to take a cargo ship to the sea. Moreover, the risk of going on the sea is high, because as long as you encounter pirates or storms, the efforts may be ruined and life will be taken. When you pass the Messina Strait at the same time, the tariffs collected by the city-states, Messina and Lijim, the two straits, one in the south and one in the north, will be quite high, which will greatly reduce the profits earned.

The land that Thios passed by when he was staying in Amendolar last time. Although it was flat, it could not be used as agricultural land because of its hard geology (mostly gravel land), so it was not distributed to the Union citizens as a "part" and except for a small part of the land that was built into the Amendolar military camp for civilian training, most of the land was idle. For Thios, such barren land was also valuable. He wanted to auction the next plot and then open a weapon workshop.

After making money in the last trade, Theos became interested in this emerging alliance. He found that Dionia was an alliance that advocated force, otherwise it would not have held a triumphant ceremony, giving the winning generals and soldiers as much glory as the winners. Therefore, there will be no shortage of wars in the future. The citizens of the Dionia Alliance, which is increasing rapidly, have a great demand for weapons. According to him, there is a large weapon shop in the port market in Turiyi. It is said that the alliance was opened to provide pensions to the families of the dead soldiers and take care of disabled soldiers. Most of the weapons and equipment sold came from capture, and at most were repaired. There was basically no production of a complete set of heavy infantry equipment from zero to some, and it did not have this ability, which gave Theos an opportunity to make money.

The most famous commodity of Corinth now is weapons. The weapons and equipment it produces are well-known throughout Greece. Theos had done business in this area before and had rich experience. He was able to hire highly skilled Corinthian blacksmiths to establish weapons workshops in the Alliance, which not only saved freight, but also facilitated to obtain raw materials, and was also cheaper, because Turiyi had copper mines, Lukalia and iron mines. He could tailor high-quality armor and weapons for the citizens of the Alliance, or sold in batches to the Alliance, or even to the indigenous people (the Alliance of Dionys does not limit the output of weapons). This was an industry with greater profits and more stable profits than buying and selling grain in Dionys. Therefore, after making the decision, he couldn't wait.
Chapter completed!