Zhang Heng didn't know that the Blade of Balance was divided about whether or not to accept him.

Of course, he didn't care too much about this kind of thing, and now he was finally standing on the streets of ancient Rome and could see for himself what this ancient empire was like.

Ancient Rome has many similarities with modern society, such as the amazing urban water supply and drainage system (some of which are still in use even in modern times), and the outstanding contribution to architecture, many people may not imagine that in the first century AD, the city of Rome was already suffering from a population explosion and a lack of land supply, and they had to build a lot of high-rise buildings in order to solve the housing problem.

One of the most famous is a building called the Happiness Building, which Zhang Heng can see now, because it is ten stories high, and such a height is not too low in the residences of later generations, so it is difficult to imagine how people living on the top floor would go up and down the stairs every day without an elevator.

It towers in the middle of the city like Rome's Oriental Pearl TV Tower

Of course, such a high happiness building is just a special case, compared to the apartment buildings where the roadside civilians live is not so exaggerated, but it is generally four or five stories high, because each additional floor can charge a lot more rent, so the apartment owner has a very strong enthusiasm for building a building, but this naturally has great safety risks.

First, the stability of the building itself is certainly not as stable as the reinforced concrete structure of later generations, so it is often possible to hear the news that the building collapsed again, and the buried can only consider themselves unlucky, in addition, there is no fire ladder in this era, once the fire breaks out and the people who live in the high-rise will suffer, so the gap between the rich and the poor in apartment buildings like this is also obvious, the more you live on the top will generally be poorer, on the contrary, the bottom is often people with good economic conditions, in order to limit the greedy homeowners continue to build, The empire even had to enact laws to limit the height of buildings.

In addition, once the building is high, the phenomenon of high-altitude throwing objects will become more serious, Zhang Heng walked on the street and saw someone dumping garbage directly from the top floor, but fortunately, with Zhang Heng's skills, he would not be hit by these garbage.

In addition, Zhang Heng also met a group of imps who were taking classes on the side of the road, and in the primary school in Rome, they studied directly on the street, surrounded by people coming and going, dust, accompanied by the neighing of donkeys and the shouting of hawkers.

Here the teacher would teach some basic dictation and arithmetic, after which most of the children of commoner families would start working early to earn money, and only the children of the rich and noble would continue their education.

To be sure, ancient Rome had a good literacy rate, much higher than in previous eras, and of course, even so illiteracy was still the mainstream of society.

Zhang Heng asked two locals, and then continued to walk along the street, and it didn't take long to come to the Probus Bridge, after this bridge, you can come to the south of the Tiber River, the Tiber River is a river that crosses the city of Rome, because there are more sediments, the water of the Tiber River will also show golden yellow in the afternoon sun, with the sycamores on both sides of the riverbank, it has a unique scenery.

Zhang Heng walked across the Probus Bridge and finally saw the end of his trip.

- The Red-Nose Blacksmith Shop, located in the building on the south bank of the river, according to the hints on the character panel, the game items he brought from this quest are stored there.

Zhang Heng walked into the blacksmith shop and saw the blacksmith who was forging a short sword inside, the latter was a burly black man who was focused on the work at hand, and did not look back when he heard the footsteps behind him.

So Zhang Heng said tentatively, "Wuerkan." ”

Vulkan is the god of fire in Roman mythology, the husband of Venus, and the player's token to retrieve items.

However, when Zhang Heng said this name, the black blacksmith did not react, Zhang Heng waited patiently for about five minutes, and when the other party finished polishing the blade and stood up from his position, Zhang Heng found that the other party's height was very high, and he was already over two meters two by visual inspection, and he was a veritable giant.

"You're here." The black blacksmith said, "Two months ago, someone deposited something with me, saying that you could come and pick it up at any time in the future, but I didn't expect to wait so long. ”

As he spoke, he turned and walked into the back room, and after a moment he picked up a package and came out.

Zhang Heng knew that it was his own thing as soon as he saw the package, because there was also a logo of the game organizing committee on the package, but he followed the local customs and used the most commonly used dye in Rome now.

Zhang Heng opened the package, took out a few props that could be used for this copy from it, and then put the remaining props back into the package, and asked the black blacksmith, "You also have storage services here?" ”

"Yes." The black blacksmith nodded, "But you have to pay for it, one Sesters for two days." ”

This price is not low, but Zhang Henggang made a fortune through the melee of twelve people, even if the big head was taken away by the gladiator school, there was still some money left, he was finally no longer empty-handed, and when he heard this, he immediately took out a gold coin from his pocket and threw it to the black blacksmith, "This is a deposit of two hundred days, help me save it again." ”

The black blacksmith got the gold coin, but the look on his face showed a hint of doubt, "You don't know me, it's the first time you come to my blacksmith shop, why do you trust me so much?" Aren't you afraid that I'll secretly sell your things? ”

"That's a good question." Zhang Heng said, "But fortunately, I have always been very accurate in seeing people." ”

Of course, Zhang Heng is not the type who will believe in others when they meet for the first time, and he does not believe in black blacksmiths, but the game organizing committee, since the game organizing committee has stored his belongings here, it means that the security of things stored here is the highest, and Zhang Heng is too lazy to change places.

After paying the money, he left the Rednose Blacksmith Shop, and now that he has finally regained his full strength, it also gives him more initiative.

Next, Zhang Heng was about to go to the temple to take a look, but he suddenly stopped.

Because he found that the person who was following him appeared again, Zhang Heng thought that Makrus was not worried about him running away, and sent someone to follow him secretly, but now it seems that this is not the case, because Zhang Heng noticed the bulging place on their waists, it seems that they were not idle just now, and they got weapons from somewhere, which means that once they find a suitable place, they will be ready to do it.

And Zhang Heng is now worth a lot to Makruz, and Makruz needs him to sell tickets to earn money and win the gladiatorial show more than a month later, so this group of people cannot be sent by Makruz.

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