The scenery of Athens is enchanting, even in winter, and such a place is more suitable for the elderly to spend their lives here than for the young to struggle. Therefore, Lao Luo wanted to try to finish what he had to do before he was old, so he arranged for the eastbound Smanadr voyage as soon as his ship in Messos was improved.

After the New Festival, which is the Chinese New Year in the market, everyone began to get busy.

Al Hesion was busy sorting out the data from his recent research, as he probably wouldn't have time to continue his research on the road; All the combat slaves began to carry out further integration training, and their individual abilities were actually not bad, so the key was the cooperation of the personnel, after all, the biggest possibility on the way was to use less to more, and it was not possible to pay attention to personal strength anyway.

Even if Li Ji didn't have anything to do, he began to cooperate with the maid Ge Rina and the four female men under him. Although Li Zhan and Zhang Lu and the four young men under them did not join Lao Luo's war slave training team, they were affected a lot after all, perhaps because they felt that Lao Luo was making a storm in the eastern Abbasid kingdom that he was going to, and they also made their own preparations.

Lao Luo was busy receiving all kinds of goods ordered, and this part of his work was actually the most tedious and complicated, but fortunately, Stan Anderson, who likes logistics, and Max Ode, the butler, cooperated and reminded him. , Max Odd is mainly responsible for the needs of the original people, Stan is responsible for the statistics and configuration of the necessities of more than 100 war slaves, and he also has twelve people to be responsible for different things, this big man Stan shows some of the characteristics of a Viking - he likes to look at the full supplies in the warehouse in a daze.

Of course, there are some things that everyone doesn't know but it's not easy to ask, for example, Lao Luo always orders and receives some necessities and then disappears, and some large items that are completely inconvenient to carry are often disappeared quickly. Lao Luo only gave one sentence to this, this matter does not need to be taken care of by them, and it will appear when they need it, which adds a mystery to Lao Luo in the hearts of Max Oud and Stan.

For Mesod, his master is following a mysterious and powerful fellow, and that is enough, there is no need to know superfluous secrets, and he has lived in the kingdom of Fatima for a long time, and he knows not to listen to secrets that he should not know. For Stan, Viking is often full of mystery or treasure search, but he has been a slave for two years, and fully understands that the master's secret is not for slaves to know, although Lao Luo does not treat everyone as slaves, but this man's strength is by no means something he can spy on, and strong leaders will always have unknown strengths, even among Vikings.

In this era, there is no potential for everyone to be a paparazzi in later generations, ordinary citizens have a deep sense of awe for mysterious and powerful people, and people with a small way know better how to survive - the guys who snoop on other people's secrets have been buried in the ground and rotted, in fact, the guys who have no scruples are often what kind of scoundrels have a deep background, or don't know the depths. The former resembled Soratinok's kind, and the latter was driven away by the mighty battle minions before he could get close.

Has this old fellow ever thought of using a tough way against himself? Lao Luo didn't know and didn't want to know, a shrewd guy like Soratinok wouldn't act rashly until he found out the roots of Lao Luo. Lao Luo didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble for himself, he stayed in Athens long enough, and bought more than a hundred strong gladiators as war slaves, and if he didn't leave, it was very likely that he would attract the attention of some powerful guys, such as the Governor who had no real power.

Lao Luo is too lazy to deal with such boring politicians, especially politicians in places where he doesn't plan to stay for long.

Messos's ship was greatly improved, with a set of diagonally hung spinnakers to better grasp the speed and direction of the ship, and the bilge was also equipped with tenon-jointed reinforcement beams, which made the hull stronger, and at the same time, because of the weight, the center of gravity of the ship was lowered, so that it could not be afraid of large wind and waves. The other two ships he found were also good long-distance merchant ships in this era, at least the three ships in front of him were enough to carry all the people and supplies of Lao Luo.

Ever since he made plans to move eastward as a trader, Lao Luo ordered a large amount of Athenian olive oil, which is the most famous and largest specialty of Athens, as well as local wines and perfumes, and the Athenians' pursuit of beauty is more important than anything else, and perfume is the product of this.

Of course, there were also a lot of other goods used to disguise their identities, including sickle-shaped iron razors used by Athenian men to repair their hair and beards, as well as ribbons and various accessories used by many women to groom their hair. These things will have a good market prospect in Central Asia.

In fact, Lao Luo and his entourage stayed in Athens for a short time, but they did not have much contact with the ordinary citizens of Athens, and Lao Luo also hoped to hire some local craftsmen in Athens to go to the East together, but at this time, most of the Athenians still stayed in the light of the past, and ordinary civilians were unwilling to leave their hometown to live outside Athens even if they were poor.

In contrast, Mussos is an alternative among the Athenians, this sturdy red-faced man, bold and generous, and with a Mediterranean-like broad mind, after checking all the goods that Lao Luo needs to carry, as well as the number of people counted by Lao Luo, he generously gave a very low shipping price, including the trace price of the other two ships.

The implication is to repay the gift of the triangular sail Roman church warship given to him by Lao Luo, and another trip to Smyrna can be regarded as familiarity with a new route, which will be of great benefit to his future voyage - because it is obvious that the development of the Roman church has made the westward route not so stable.

It was roughly the end of February, and in the first few days of an auspicious zodiac day that Li Zhan and Zhang Lu speculated about for travel, Lao Luo and everyone began to load goods and the like on the ship, in fact, for a team of more than 100 people, these things were not small, forty oak barrels with olive oil, thirty with wine, and pottery vases with perfume were all gathered in a wooden box half a meter square. In addition to this, there are some precious gems and the like, as well as the personal belongings of more than 100 people - luggage, clothing, weapons, etc.

Lao Luo's team is full of strong men, and all these things are on the boat in half a day. Of course, these things are not all that Lao Luo has purchased during this time, those large quantities of food, weapons, armor, tools, and even a large amount of drinking water all exist safely in Lao Luo's portable space, why is it called portable space? Because the ring has become a tattoo wrapped around Lao Luo's finger, as mysterious and undetectable as the axe that has become a tattoo.

During this period of time, Naga and Eighteen Lang and others were like fish in water among the war slaves, and Naga's strength made everyone who used to be gladiators quite admired, and the soldiers who were in a good mood also liked the cleverness of Eighteen Lang, and pointed out a lot of good things to him, as for Nuralman, he was very familiar with the Visigothic Alke, but I didn't expect this Nural Man to have the potential to be a scout. Of course, it's not that Cui Shibalang is not suitable to be a scout, it's just that his mouth is a little big, and his temperament is unstable, so I can't see it yet.

The Bulgarian Olki has now become Lao Luo's long-term follower, and there is one who often follows Lao Luo's side is Mnachi, not that other people are not loyal enough to Lao Luo, but Naga is more suitable to be a fierce general, and Eighteen Lang can become Lao Luo's eyes and ears in the war slaves, and it is not that he does not trust the war slaves under him, but he can't give some people who may have other intentions the opportunity to play tricks, especially these people are from Soratinok's men, and it is inevitable that there will be people who have hearts for the old profiteer.

Facts have proved that Lao Luo's actions have always kept him in a state of initiative, and neither the ulterior motive Soratinok nor the governor of Athens who is about to move have been able to do anything to interfere with Lao Luo's footsteps.

The next morning, Lao Luo took everyone - some of them were obsessed with sculptures in the city, Li Yan who was intoxicated by the charm of the city, Li Zhan and Zhang Lu who hoped to return to Baku, and more than 100 original gladiators who had complicated feelings about the city, everyone began to board the ship together, with the rising sun in the east in front of them, the white house of the Acropolis built on the rolling hill behind him, and the statue of the goddess Athena that had not been moved.

The morning water is quiet, but the harbour is bustling with activity, with the creaking of ropes on the masts of the three surrounding ships, the shouts of three captains calling for sailors, and the occasional chirping of gulls flying by. Not far away, the city of Athens was still sleeping, Li Ji silently walked beside Lao Luo with Hua Biao in her arms, and on the other side were Mnachi and the Bulgarian Olki.

"Third brother, this city is so beautiful, will we come back?" Li Ji looked into the distance with a confused expression.

"Yes, if there is time" Lao Luo has no nostalgia in his heart, no matter how good the scenery is, this place does not belong to him, but the words of casual comfort to the woman will still be, "If you have time in the future, Siniang, you still miss here, I will accompany you to take a look." ”

Mnaki on the side didn't feel much about this place, but Olki didn't, after the defeat of the Byzantine Emperor, he became an unlucky ghost that no one paid attention to, and he turned into a gladiator who was sold back and forth by merchants, if it weren't for the man next to him, he might have died in a gladiatorial fight, right? Although this place is beautiful, it has witnessed his own humiliation, and even if he never has the chance to return here in this life, he dares to say that he will never miss it, believing that this is also the common thought of all former gladiators.

In the large manor house in the northern city of Athens, the fat old Soratinok was also talking to his assistant, "That Bartor and his men are on board, right?" ”

"Yes, master." The assistant next to Soratinok stood beside him looking extremely thin, but with a shrewd face, "Master, since you admire that guy so much, why don't you keep him?" ”

"Well, Kensius, you don't understand," Soratinok had the rare patience to explain to his men, "that man is like an island on the surface of the sea, and it is okay if you don't touch him, but if you offend him, you will crash like a wave on the reef." ”

Ken Hughes said a little unwillingly, "Didn't we put two people in those gladiators? The Thracians always kept Cino. ”

"It's useless, those people were asked by Bartol, they can't act alone, those two people must be with everyone in all their actions, there is no chance." Soratinok complained, "Besides, those two guys only promised to cooperate with us in the city of Athens, and now that they are on the ship, they are no longer our men." ”

"Master, then let them go?" An emaciated Ken Hughes asked.

"Well, let them go," a hint of smugness appeared on Soratinok's face, "I'm sure that Bartol's fellow won't settle down when he goes to Smyrnadon, so go and tell your men that from now on, gather all the news related to the Abbasid kingdom." ”

"Yes, master." Ken Hughes replied forcefully.

"Also, tell McKennath to collect grain and stuff like that, it's big business."

"Oh?"

"When Bartol goes to the Abbasids, there will definitely be chaos, and the price of food there will definitely skyrocket, and this is an opportunity to make a fortune."

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