The bank in Bari City signed a contract with a Pisa and Rewax Duck merchant in Smyrna half a year ago and opened a branch to invest. Pen ~ fun ~ www.biquge.info In that era, there was a big limitation of the trade of merchant ships, that is, the lag of information on the place of purchase and the place of sale, for example, you bought a large amount of linen in the port of Alexandria, and after a long voyage, came to the Palermo market in Italy to sell, the capacity of the market in the Middle Ages was limited, so when your goods poured in at one time, the price of linen in Palermo will plummet, which will limit your profits. Later, in order to continue trading, you have to buy a large number of special olives from Palermo and go to the port of Marseille to sell them again, but according to the fixed law, the price of olives will be in short supply as you buy a large amount at one time.

The merchant is running around in a boat, and how can he make any money?

So to solve this problem, there are no more than three solutions.

One is to engage in monopoly, for example, now the hot duck merchants got the right to buy from the emperor Alexios, monopolizing the ** on the island of Caios, once they feel that the ** output exceeds the market demand, they will spend money to buy it all from the growers, and burn the excess part to continue to maintain high profits, and Gawain in Cappadocia to engage in salt lakes is also a disguised monopoly, after all, everyone has to eat salt, even if it is not exported, just extracting the salt surtax is an extremely considerable income, but this method is more disgusting, The Celestial Empire was engaged in (salt, iron, tea, wine) in ancient times, and later in the late Middle Ages, Britain and France and other European countries also engaged in it (so don't laugh at the Celestial Empire at this point, the means of accumulating wealth are similar at home and abroad, but most of the kings of Europe in the early Middle Ages wanted to monopolize and had no power, and the doomsday penny was a few hundred years later than the Celestial Empire's money);

The second is to engage in fixed routes, such as Gawain's Ikonium trade route, everyone organizes the interests of the caravan, the trade road not only provides accommodation for the caravan, but also sends inspectors to inspect the price of the market, so that it is as constant as possible, in short, what everyone buys and sells is not too risky, the supply is the rigid demand of various places, and the transit transportation can also feed a large number of people, which is also the root of the Gawain Belt and Road to attract businessmen;

And the third of course, was the establishment of chambers of commerce, and the merchants of Venice, Pisa, Amalfi and Gela, who had come all over the world to seek leases from the lords, for the purpose of which - as we have said, if you have a chamber of commerce in Palermo, you can buy olives in batches at a low price in the days leading up to the arrival of the ships, store them in the chambers' warehouses, and then store them when the ships come with the linen of Alexandria, and then sell them in batches at a good price - so that the intermediate profits will be stabilized, This is also the origin of the chamber of commerce and the storehouse, so why Gawain and Anna built their own warehouses in Seleucia and Tarsus, that is, to let the merchants rent (instead of directly transferring the land and buildings like the Eastern Romans, Egypt and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the monarch has little knowledge of commerce), so as to facilitate the rent.

Of course, it is a lot more convenient to have a chamber of commerce warehouse, but for some merchants who are weak at the beginning, if they want to compete with local wealthy merchants, sometimes they have to borrow, and at this time, the appearance of the Bari Bank in Smyrna has solved the urgent needs of many people, so don't be afraid of pizza and hot duck here on land and sea, and earn a lot of money by selling ** and alum to all parts of western Europe, but every year a considerable part of the interest is also allocated to Gawain, which is equivalent to being infiltrated by the economy of Tarsus. Who calls them a lack of overseas banking institutions? (Of course, Brenus and Dedo took a slice of Gawain's money, after all, they were landlords in a sense)

The boats leased by the Barry Bank were unobstructed in the Gulf of Smyrna, and the little sunfish soon settled quietly in the city with his grandfather, staying in the safety of the bank's branch: outside the city, on a high hill overlooking the street and the sea, he rented a plot of land and built a small four-cornered tower with guards, carriages and cisterns, like a small colonial fortress.

Next, the Holy Sea in the Emperor's backyard was disturbed by the "ghost" of Bohemond.

Atalya's detachment pursued the ship and ran straight to Crete before capturing it, grabbing a red-haired man in the shape of a pottery bowl, who confessed that he was Bohemond, and then he was taken to the governor's palace in Crete, and after some identification and torture, the photograph could not stand it, and shouted that I was just an ordinary sailor, and I was bribed with a lot of money to pretend to be the Duke of Apulia.

However, the local imperial officials did not dare to draw conclusions easily, so they stuffed this one into the boat and escorted him to the imperial capital for His Majesty the Emperor to personally identify.

On the other hand, the real Bohemond actually took a boat and broke into Thessaloniki, the most prosperous city on the Macedonian coast, and burned and looted in the market on the outskirts, causing a lot of commotion, and when the enraged Prince John sent the Vadateri cavalry rushed to arrive, Bohemond turned overland and quickly disappeared into the deep mountain wilderness of Macedonia.

There were also bandits and pirates who rose up in the Peloponnese, also under the banner of Bohemond.

In short, the shadow of Bohemond appeared everywhere, and the emperor in the palace looked at the "fake" who was entangled in chains and kneeling in front of his eyes, so angry that cold air kept coming out of his nostrils, and he raised his finger with a ring, "Let him escape back to Italy like a wild dog, and let him decay himself in Aversa." Bohemond has lost his position, and he can't make any big waves, and I have made up my mind to concentrate on the conquest of Tarsus, all of which are false tricks made up by Gawain, and I am either going to do it! “

Then the Emperor gasped, turned to the busy Imperial Ink Officer, and instructed, "Get the people of Venice and Komaloi ready as soon as possible, hurry up my friend, and send the paperwork faster." The Emperor anxiously urged.

Then he walked to the terrace at the top of the hill of the Brachna Palace, and under the gray clouds, the magnificent imperial city was wrapped in turbulent and icy waters, and winter was approaching, and he would not be abandoned in this year, in order to prepare carefully for the next year's expedition in order to prepare carefully for the next year's conquest.

Now that Apat is slowly fading in his father's heart, the emperor is more eager and eager, and he actually wants to duel with the man Gawain to distinguish between the superior and the inferior.

At this time, Seleucia was warm and warm, and at the foot of the hill north of Alalmanburg, Gawain, who had visited the area, rode a horse and looked at the "Big Ladder" hydraulic workshop that had been basically completed, which was like the side of the legendary Tower of Babel, with the tower-like terrace descending from the hillside to contain the rushing Alalman River in the "belly", and rows of water wheels for various purposes rotated in it.

"Welcome back, little sunfish. It's your masterpiece, and it's finished ahead of schedule. Gawain tugged at the reins, turned Sabina's horse's head, and spoke to a shoulder that had been parked behind him.

The curtain was lifted, and Agnes appeared with a resentful look in her eyes. (To be continued.) )