Poseidon 

                        Hints from Sue

For the last episode in Life in the Mediterranean, called Plague, 
set in Lixus, one goal is that you must have an annual profit of 
7500. This is very tricky because most of the other cities stop 
trading. None of your goods are exportable. It's time to be 
sneaky.

Import the following items
24 Wine and 12 orichalc from Atlantis
12 Olive oil and 24 Black marble from Mestonia

Put a storage yard by the piers for Mestonia, Atlantis and Gades 
and set them as follows:
Mestonia - get orichalc
Atlantis - get olive oil
Gades - get black marble and wine

Set the piers to export as follows, but don't yet switch them to 
'sell'
Mestonia - 12 orichalc
Atlantis - 12 olive oil
Gades - 24 wine and 24 black marble

When all this is in position, wait until December and do the 
following. Switch the storehouses where you collected the goods 
from 'get' to 'accept', and tell the piers to sell those items. 
Turn off any importing to minimise your costs.

In the following year, you should sell the maximum of all four 
items which will give you the profit you need. 






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