v9 Chapter 43： Clati River News (continued)

Hippopolis smiled even more brilliantly: "It is my honor to receive the praise of Lord Haka! I will have to talk to you more if I have a chance in the future ... Well, your Majesty and the elders are still waiting at the dock, please Lord Haka boarded the boat with me and hurried to the inner city! "

"Okay!" Haka responded simply.

Hippopolis glanced to his rear and asked, "What about Lord Hasdruba?"

Haka said calmly, "He drinks too much along the way, and now sleeps in the cabin. It is also difficult to wake up in the inner city."

"Oh ..." Hippopolis nodded and was about to speak.

At this time, the river official came over and whispered in his ear, and he immediately expressed his understanding, saying, "Let Master Hudders Druba take a good rest, then I will not disturb him."

Hippopolis led Haka to the ship and boarded the wooden building. Haka looked far away and suddenly felt that her vision was much broader. She could cross the pier on the shore and see the overlapping houses and bustling houses in the rear. People flow.

When the surrounding ships approached unintentionally or inadvertently, and wanted to take a curious look at the noble person who could let the king's ship come out to meet them, the double-headed dragon ship had turned the bow, and two express boats opened in front. Under the full beating of hundreds of sailors, the river began to flow upwards, and Haka's passenger ship was followed closely.

The city of Turiui is different from the Roman city. The city of Rome is dozens of miles away from the estuary, and the river twists and turns. The boats that flow from the estuary must rely on the fiber to reach the river port outside the city. Here, the main body of the city is located downstream of the Kraty and Kosenyi rivers. The river is wide and the water flow is gentle. Normally, boats can flow up to reach the city of Turui without relying on fiber.

Haka stood on the wooden building on the ship, and saw the situation on both sides of the river more clearly: indeed, as the river officials said, the Turuis had converted both sides of the river into wharves, not only all the beaches were solid slate Covered, and every 10 meters or so, a trapezoidal platform with a height of 5 meters stands on the shore. Each stone platform has a stone ring at each end. A wooden instrument is parked on the stone platform. It stretches out a long wooden arm to the river, with pulleys, ropes hanging on the wooden arm, and hanging down. An iron hook came out, the tail 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 ...

Haka knows that this is the crane invented by the Dionias. It has long been known in the Western Mediterranean, but it has not yet spread to the port towns of southern Iberia.

Haka carefully observed the entire unloading process of the cargo ship: the cargo ship slowly docked at the river in front of the stone platform, and there was labor on the shore, and the cables at both ends of the cargo ship were tied to the stone holes at the two ends of the stone platform. Coming ships will be right next to the dock. The crane operator lowered the wooden arm, loosened the rope, and the hook dropped. The crew hung baskets of cargo on the iron hooks, and then the slaves in the crane's wooden wheels stepped on the wooden wheels, the wooden wheels turned quickly, tightened the ropes, and the hooks lifted the cargo high, leaving the cargo ship. At this time, the people 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 was fast, labor-saving and efficient. In half, neither the crew nor the shore workers seemed very relaxed.

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

Behind this simple warehouse, there are huge rectangular, closed warehouses side by side, each with a roof of about 6 meters high and multiple arches with a height of 4 meters. The area is not 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 in such a high-quality warehouse can the cargo owner be assured of the safety of the cargo, meanwhile, it can store more cargo and facilitate the shipment of the cargo ...

Regarding the process of cargo ships entering the port, Haka, who has dominated the government in southern Iberia for many years, is very clear: After the workers at the dock unload the cargo and park it in a temporary warehouse, the owner will immediately go to the port to rent a warehouse. Storeroom, then spend money for the laborer to 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 is contacted in advance , Then the situation will be much better.

But like Turui, the unloading docks, temporary warehouses, and warehouses next to each other are undoubtedly much more convenient. And Haka judged based on this: With the practice of the Turui people, the famous Turui market in the whole western Mediterranean is probably not far away (the fact is true).

He couldn't help but sigh, but greeted Hannipolis's curiosity: "Master Haka, what's your idea of ​​coming to Turui?"

Haka pointed to the wharf on the bank and sighed sincerely: "Look at these stone bench wharves, temporary warehouses, and cargo warehouses where cranes are placed side by side on the banks of the Kraty River, as if they were neatly arranged, extending straight forward, almost Seeing nothing, how spectacular this is! I think any outsider who sees such a scene has to admire the power of the Kingdom of Dionia and dare not have any thoughts against it! "

Hippopolis looked at him, and turned to look at the shore again: "Tell you a real anecdote. There is a well-known scholar in the kingdom, Lucias, who once prepared to write an article describing the quay of the Cratty River. He Decided to go to the riverside pier first to check it out, but returned shortly afterwards.

A friend asked him, ‘why is it so fast? ’

He said, 'I arrived at the river and found that people were everywhere on the pier. They were too busy. The sound was extremely noisy, the crane creaked, the cows and donkeys kept screaming, and the grumpy porter was yelling loudly. ... and the air is terrible, mixed with the smell of wine, olive oil, and the sweat of people ... I stood there for a while and felt uncomfortable with my head, and pushed hard with the help of servants Those who were in the way finally managed to come out. And in the process, I stepped on donkey dung twice ... ’"

Haka heard this and couldn't help laughing.

Hippopolis sighed and looked distantly into the distance, muttering: "I still miss Turui more than ten years ago, especially the Clati River, which is clear and quiet, fascinating ... oh, but Now, not only is the river crowded and noisy, but the river water has become turbid. At night, there are still many boats ... "

Haka sighed: "But any city-state and country want their city to be such a picture, because it means prosperity and strength."

Hippopolis patted the ship bar with both hands and smiled again: "That's why I'm just a clerk and you are the governor! But I suggest you stay in Turui, it's best to Buy a piece of land in the mountains in the north, build a villa, and go live a few times a month, where the air is fresh and quiet, which is good for your health ... "

The two were chatting and laughing, and a huge building in front of them broke into Haka's eyes: a hundred-meter-long stone bridge lay across the wide Kraty River, like a giant bird overlooking the passing ships.

This should be the Turui Stone Bridge, which is said to be the first stone bridge built in the Western Mediterranean, and it is indeed very spectacular! ... Hakkar looked ahead, but heard Hippopolis say, "We are about to enter the inner city pier."

In the direction of Hannipolis' fingers, Haka saw the wall that lay between the overlapping buildings.

"Originally there was an iron chain ..." Hannipolis pointed at the tower on the bank of the river in front, but looked at Haka next to him, seemingly casually: "It was abandoned a dozen years ago. Yes, but when the war with Carthage broke out, it was urgently used again. But now it has been completely abandoned because there will be no more threats from the sea to the kingdom. "

Haka nodded calmly.

"There have been veteran proposals over the years,‘ remove the entire interior wall. ’Fortunately, most of the veterans have expressed opposition and failed to pass, otherwise the city of Turui will not be able to stay!”

Haka waited for a while and understood why Hippopolis said so. He had seen that the blocks inside the city walls were far from dense outside the walls, and the houses were neat and spacious, and the pedestrians were relatively sparse, but they seemed to be at ease, as if the city was otherwise One world ...

But there is only one place that is more lively, that is, the inner city wharf to which the ship is sailing.

Compared with the river docks that have been arranged like a long dragon before ~~ www.novelhall.com ~ The inner city pier looks too small, there are only six trestle bridges, but each berth is extremely spacious, and a large ship berthed at tens of meters is more than enough Moreover, the trestle is paved with slate, which can accommodate two carriages passing side by side, and is also equipped with several stone platforms and cranes ...

There is a waiting area with a large area behind the pier, which is specially set up with long colored cloth sheds, both for shading and for beautiful appearance. There were rows of comfortable seats under the shed, and now they were full.

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

Davis in the waiting area saw the ship enter the dock, and immediately stood up, leading the elders to the trestle.

After the disembarkation of the wooden ladder was set up, this time Haka refused the slave's help, and slowly stepped off the ship, came to Davers, bowed deeply, and said, "Dear Dave Your Majesty, Haka, the former Governor of Southern Iberia and your loyal student, is here to report to you! "

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