48 Hours a Day

The first to appear was the Roman Emperor Aurelius, who was also the sponsor of the fight, standing on a carriage, wearing a crown, dressed up and walking around the arena, while the servants and guards beside him threw bread and bronze coins at the observatory in his stead, a generous gesture that also greeted the tsunami cheers of the people.

Conmood's young face filled with excitement, because at this moment he could feel intuitively that the people were with him, that the people were supporting his rule, and he waved to the audience on the observatory.

And his wife, Krispina, was sitting on the stage below, watching this scene, and there was excitement and admiration in her eyes, and no teenage girl wanted her man to be a respected Gestapo hero, not to mention her husband, the emperor of the entire Roman Empire.

But Lucilla's face in the other compartment is worth the fun.

She was smiling, but her mouth always looked up with a hint of ridicule, and she said, "He's quite intoxicating, isn't he? ”

“Hmm?” The noise around her was too loud and her husband, Pompeanus, was a little hard to hear.

Lucilla, however, did not repeat what she had said before, and said, "Aren't you going to start the show? I've been waiting a long time. ”

“Oh, come on, when our Emperor's parade is over, the gladiators should be in for the show.” Pompeanus was also familiar with his wife's temper and smiled.

Many envied him for marrying Olerio's daughter, becoming the son-in-law of the former emperor, the brother-in-law of the current emperor, and Lucilla for being a famous beauty far from home, young enough to be beautiful enough to be the wife that all men dreamed of.

However, Pompeanus himself was well aware that the bond between the two was a political necessity. Usually they rarely spoke at home and were nice to each other, but more like guests, Lucilla inherited the breeze and charm of her mother, while Pompeanus had other women outside as well.

Pompeanus, however, was not averse to such a model of coexistence, and those who mixed up in his position knew exactly what they needed, not to mention that his position in politics was indeed stronger after marrying Lucilla, and he had nothing to complain about just that.

“How much did you bring?” Lucilla then asked again.

“Now, I only have a little change. I think I have a 40-50 Oris.” Pompeanus flipped through the lower pocket lane.

Oris is a Roman gold coin, and an Oris equals about 100 Célestas, in other words, Pompeanus' change is 4,500 Célestas, and he goes on and on, "You need money, if it's not enough, I can send the servant home to get it. ”

“No, I'll go straight to the mortgage dealer.” Lucilla waved, and immediately a maid went to the lender to make peace.

Gladiator performances are always accompanied by betting on spinach, so lenders are like sharks who smell blood and never miss.

Soon a borrower with a mouthful of yellow teeth walked over and bowed down to compliment, "Is there anything I can do for you? Dear Augusta. ”

“I need to borrow some money to play. I'll pay you back after the fight. What about interest?” Lucilla asked.

“How much would you like to borrow? ”

“Then… let's start with 5,000 gold coins.” Lucilla faded.

Lenders have a slight change of face, he usually goes out of the main arenas in Rome City and has participated in more than a hundred martial arts performances, but has not yet done such a big deal, no, this number has even exceeded the sum of his loans in a martial arts show.

But when he thought about the identity of the woman in front of him, he relieved himself that Augusta, the emperor's own sister, a huge fortune in the eyes of ordinary people, seemed to her to be just a gambling investment.

“Since you'll be returning it after the show, a hundred gold coins would be fine for the interest.” Lenders are humane, "but I can't lend you so much money on my own, but I can find other lenders, and we'll invest together. ”

“Whatever.” Lucilla waved, "make a pact and don't delay me watching the show. ”

“Yes. ”

The lenders quickly gathered the money and then came together in front of Lucilla with the deed, when the gladiators had begun to enter, one by one, with their heads up, stepping out in turn, shouting and cheering in the arena.

And you can also see the fame of a gladiator in the audience's cheers.

For example, when Satonylos appeared, his voice was the highest, and Habitus enjoyed a lot of female audience screaming. As for Zhang Heng and Bach, his voice was obviously much smaller. It was also normal. Take Zhang Heng as an example. After all, he had only performed a few performances. Even if he was any better, he could not compare to the old gladiators who had accumulated popularity for several years, and Bach behind him was even worse.

But when he saw Zhang Heng, Lucilla's eyes lit up, pointing to Zhang Heng's maid's way around him, "Press him. ”

“How much?”

“All.”

Even Pompeanus couldn't help but look at Lucilla this time. Even if 5,000 gold coins were not a small number for people like them, he didn't expect Lucilla to bet all of them on someone at once, so he asked, "Do you keep an eye on him? ”

“Didn't you see what he did last night? ”

“What behavior?” Pompeanus was somewhat confused to hear that he was busy talking to several elders last night about the emplacement of the army. After all, now that the war between the Empire and the Germanic tribes is over, the borders of the Empire are rarely calmed down and some of the armies can be abolished, but where the armies are to be abolished and where they are to be placed is a problem, and the final solution is also the result of a multifaceted game.

Pompeanus has been busy with this lately, like last night's banquet that brought together the majority of the Empire's power classes and was a good time to find partners to exchange information, so Pompeanus never saw the battle between Zhang Heng and Satonylos.

“Boring men think about politics all day long.” Lucilla tossed her chin.

Pompeanus didn't mean it, shrugged his shoulders slightly, "That's who I am, I can't change it, but I believe in your eyes. Now that you think he's going to win the final championship, I'll bet on him, but I don't have much money, only 46 Oris. ”

“Don't blame me.” Lucilla's eyes are spinning.

“Your 5,000 gold coins don't care. I'll give you interest if I win.” Pompeanus grinned.