48 Hours a Day

Perhaps because they were about to be sent to the gladiator's school to become gladiators, the work assigned to them was not too heavy, and Zhang Heng temporarily could not feel the brutal oppression of an evil slavery society.

After doing the work at hand, the supervisors did not reappear, and assigned them new jobs, as if they had been forgotten, so Zhang Heng and Varo, two unconscious new slaves, naturally touched the fish.

Zhang Heng actively exchanged with Varo to obtain as much useful information as possible from the other party. After all, his knowledge of ancient Rome was limited to some of the more famous historical figures and events, and Varo, unlike slaves in general, before becoming a slave, he was a genuine Roman citizen and businessman. Before he became a slave, he was well informed and, unlike his brilliant body, his people were very comfortable. At the same time, he probably felt somewhat indebted to what had just happened, and he had basically a question and answer.

In view of the current situation of the two, Zhang Hengxian asked about the slave-related matters of Varo, because from what he had said before Varo, although the slaves were at the bottom of Roman society, the fate of the different slaves also seemed quite different.

“Of course.” Varo patiently explains, "For example, staying in the city is usually much better than selling to the countryside, because the city is relatively wealthy and the living conditions of slaves will be better, and some nobles need to take into account their face and show their kindness, the vast majority of people do not over-extrude slaves, your job is basically to take care of the male and female masters, do cleaning and stuff, not much heavy work, but the countryside can be miserable. ”

Varo licked some dry lips and went on to say, "Sold to the countryside, or planted the land, or went down to the mines, food and living conditions are not good, because the owners there will try to get you to work more, they don't care about your living conditions, the more you do and the less you eat, the more they earn, and the more miserable the woman * * is, she may be asked to keep having children, every time she gives birth, it's a lot of money, whether she keeps it for herself or sells it by hand. ”

“So what about the investment?” Zhang Heng then asked again.

“Oh, this is the best fate for a talented slave like me, who can ask for a sum of money to invest in his own shop. As long as you bring him a steady income, your position will naturally grow higher and higher, you will not have to serve him like any other effort, and if you are lucky, you will eventually be free, because in order to motivate slaves, many owners will set a price and earn so much money that you will become a Roman citizen again. ”

“Sounds good.” Zhang Hengdao.

Varo hesitated, then added, “In fact, gladiators… are barely a way out. If you can pass the exam to become a gladiator, you will be a little higher than ordinary slaves, and if you can win a certain number of games in the arena, you will also be free, but that's too difficult, many people who have fought skillfully on the battlefield will not survive that day, let alone us, by the way, where exactly are you from? I've never seen you like this before. ”

“I come from the Great Han Empire of the East.” Zhang Hengdao.

He is not a liar. In the second century BC, it was almost the eastern Han Dynasty in history, when the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were the two most powerful super empires in the world, so many folks on the Internet who were hungry for nothing to do were very keen to discuss who could win a fight between the Han Dynasty and Rome, and tore them apart.

But unfortunately, until now, although China has crossed the Roman Cup, the more the archaeological world has ever had contact with the Roman and Han Dynasties, how much contact there has been without a unified answer, let alone a fight who will win this kind of thing, but the more the converse, the longer this can be said to be a void line, because no one on either side can persuade anyone.

Indeed, Varo was a little confused when he heard about the Great Han Empire, and he didn't know where it was, “How did you come to Rome and become a slave? ”

“I wanted to see what was on the west side, so I prepared a trip, and when I came to Persia, I met a bandit, who was then sold to a slave trader and eventually transferred to Rome.” Zhang Heng made up a lie that wasn't easy to tear down.

“Then you are unfortunate, my Eastern friend.” Varo mourned for Zhang Heng for three seconds. In his view, Zhang Heng's character and well-maintained skin proved that Zhang Heng was an aristocrat in what he called the Great Han Empire and was presumably an unusual aristocrat.

As a result, the man did not know what wind his brain had drawn, and lived a good life of corrupt and corrupt ruling classes. However, what poetry and far-off must be pursued, now, well, a man stuck in the arms of a bandit, not only from nobility to slavery, he could not return to his homeland, but also seemed to throw his life in Rome.

However, Varo had not yet felt emotional for Zhang Heng for a few seconds, remembering that his tragic experience was no better, so his emotions went down again, but with this connection, he felt that his relationship with Zhang Heng was a little closer, they both had a good life, and as a result, suddenly the scourge fell into slavery, but there was quite a common language in this regard.

Varo couldn't help but pat himself on the chest and say, "Don't worry, if I ever recover my freedom in the future, I will make money and I will redeem you from the arena and return you to your hometown. ”

“Thank you, then.” Zhang Heng was polite and didn't really take Varo's promise to heart.

Knowing that slaves are at the bottom of Roman society, he will certainly not always be enslaved. Good thing in Rome, though at the stage of a slavery society, society is not totally illiquid. According to Varo, slaves can acquire the status of Roman citizens through efforts, even higher than that of foreigners, and fellow civilians can become aristocrats. Of course, the difficulty factor in this matter is certainly much more difficult than commingling from slavery into civilians.

Zhang Hengcheng stage doesn't need to think about that much, he just needs to get rid of the slave status first.

The two then chatted for a while until dinner.

Rest assured, dinner is fine, the richness is certainly not comparable to that of future generations, except that beans are porridge, but rarely is there meat and crabs in the porridge.

But Valo was not happy with the sight, he whispered to Zhang Hengdao, "It seems they really intend to let us into gladiator school. ”