People have to bow their heads under the eaves, no matter how great Li Nan is, there is no way to go to the city of the Roman Republic.

After Quintus and Ludia left, the black man Docott began to train Li Nan and the others, and the new slaves immediately began to learn physical training as the first lesson of gladiators.

Li Nan and the other rookie slaves, each carrying a log weighing nearly 100 catties, began to run around the training ground.

Now it is a hot summer, Li Nan and the others are running against the blazing sun in the sky, as long as someone's pace is a little slower, so many Cotters' poisonous snake-like leather whips will accurately fall on the most painful places on the slaves.

No one would pity the slaves, even if someone fainted, they would soon be woken up by the whip and continue to run, blood and sweat constantly dripping from the bodies of these new slaves onto the yellow sand, Li Nan now finally understood what Docot said, this is indeed a place soaked in blood and sweat.

The gladiators practiced their fighting skills while the rookie slaves ran from morning to noon, when Docott finally stopped them.

"Eat and rest now and continue training in an hour and a half."

Li Nan and the other new slaves were extremely tired at this time, and when they heard the order to end, three or four slaves immediately threw away their heavy logs and sat on the ground gasping for breath.

Everyone helped each other to the dining hall, the gladiators had already begun to eat, the food looked pretty good, the bowl was very sticky wheat porridge, and a fragrance wafted from afar.

Li Nan and the others hadn't eaten for a long time, and at this time they hurriedly came to the rice bucket, and a long-haired gladiator who was eating looked at them and said with interest: "I'm also from a newcomer, you must be hungry now, right?" ”

Before the rookie slaves could react, the long-haired gladiator smirked and threw the barrel of wheat porridge on the ground, spilling all the porridge on the filthy ground.

"Are you looking for death!"

Seeing this scene, Li Nan shouted angrily, and he was going to clean up this damn gladiator.

Seeing Li Nan's actions, all the gladiators who were eating in the dining hall slowly stood up and looked at the newcomer slaves with ill will.

"Don't be impulsive, if you alarm the guards, we will be even worse." A blonde newcomer slave standing beside Li Nan hurriedly grabbed him, whispered to dissuade him, and motioned for him to calm down.

If it had been placed in the past, Li Nan might have thought that he could handle these dozens of gladiators, but after fighting with Kressie, he knew that the people in this world had extremely high physical fitness, and their fighting skills were far superior to their own, and he would definitely have no chance of winning against so many gladiators.

Li Nan and the other new slaves were angry and depressed at this time, and some of the new slaves were so hungry that they began to kneel on the ground, grabbing the filthy wheat porridge with both hands and eating it.

"Hahaha, look at this garbage!"

Seeing the pitiful appearance of the new slaves, Kress and the other gladiators burst out laughing.

There was no food left, so Li Nan had no choice but to endure his anger and leave the canteen, find a shady place in the courtyard to sit down and rest, and try his best to recuperate his physical strength to prepare for the cruel training in the afternoon.

"Hey, do you need bread?"

Li Nan opened his eyes and looked at the person who spoke, this was a lame gladiator with an iron brace on his legs, and he seemed to look good, because he was actually wearing a cloth robe, which was very rare among slaves.

Although Li Nan was very hungry, in this terrible environment, he didn't dare to eat this food of unknown origin, so he asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by this?" ”

The cripple sat beside Li Nan and said in a low voice with a smile: "My name is Ashur, I am a gladiator and a businessman, inside and outside this training ground, as long as you have what you need, I can get it." ”

Hearing his self-introduction, Li Nan understood that Ashur was a bit similar to a businessman with means in prison, but he was now poor and didn't even have a pair of underwear, so he didn't know why he found him.

Seeing Li Nan's doubts, Ashur smiled and said, "You offended all the gladiators in the morning, so at the New Slave Challenge in a month's time, everyone bet that you would be sent to the mines." ”

"Oh." Li Nan nodded clearly, and said slowly: "Then you must have bet on me, am I right?" ”

Ashur smiled: "Hahaha, I like smart people like you, the odds of one to twelve are naturally going to choose you, this is a lot of money." ”

Li Nan took the bread from Ashur's hand and asked curiously, "What else can you offer me besides this piece of bread?" ”

"Only this loaf of bread is free, and if you need anything else, you'll need to borrow from me."

Businessmen are profit-seeking, which Li Nan understands very well, but in order to recover his body as soon as possible and suppress the C virus that has begun to rebel due to lack of nutrients in his body, Li Nan asked: "Okay, then how much money can I advance from you?" ”

Ashur looked at Li Nan carefully, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said: "Your performance is very good, at least let the damn Kress suffer, so I can lend you ten dinars in advance, but if you survive, you will have to pay me back twenty." ”

"Yes. But I don't need coins, I need some meat every day to recuperate, do you have a way to do this? ”

"Don't worry, this little thing, Ashur can definitely do it."

After Ashur left, Li Nan took the loaf of bread to the blonde slave who had just dissuaded him, woke him up, and gave him half of the bread.

"Where did this come from?" The blonde slave asked excitedly.

Li Nan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You don't care about this, hurry up and eat, otherwise we will definitely not survive in the afternoon." ”

A loaf of bread may not be worth much in peacetime, but in this brutal slave training ground, half a loaf of bread is too much, at least it will ensure that you don't starve to death.

After having this friendship, this hearty and tall blonde man immediately regarded Li Nan as his best friend, and he told his story without Li Nan asking.

To Li Nan's surprise, the blonde man was called Vero, and he turned out to be a Roman.

Vero had a beautiful wife, but due to his penchant for gambling and a lot of gambling debts, he sold himself to the training ground, intending to become a gladiator to continue paying off his debts.

After hearing about his peculiar experience, Li Nan asked curiously, "Do gladiators also make money?" ”

Vero explained: "Of course, gladiators are different from ordinary slaves, they can own their own property, and after winning each competition, according to the excitement of the battle, there will be a bounty, and if you have enough money, or gain great prestige, you can even redeem your freedom." ”

Li Nan remembered the goal of his mission and quickly asked, "How long can a Roman earn a dinar?" What is the exchange ratio between Gold Ole and Silver Dinar? ”

Vero pondered for a moment and replied, "An ordinary Roman can earn one dinar for sixteen days of work, and twenty-five silver dinars can be exchanged for one gold aure. ”

Li Nan never expected that the money in this world would be so difficult to earn, and if he wanted to leave this world, he would need to earn a thousand gold Ore, which would be converted into silver dinars, which would be twenty-five thousand, and this task seemed far more difficult than he thought.