When Zhang Heng was looking at Dai Chius, Dai Chius was also peeking at Zhang Heng.

He had already read Zhang Heng's letter of appointment and knew that the Oriental man in front of him was Commodity's newly appointed consultant, who had made a special trip to deal with the unfavorable construction period of the bronze statue.

Daikius wiped a cold sweat and took the initiative to speak, "There is actually no problem on the craftsman's side, we have already cast all the models, as long as we pour bronze solution into it, and then wait for the solution to cool down and then break the outer layer, but the Binotta mine, which has been supplying us with copper ore, has recently had an accident, the mine collapsed, burying about twenty slaves, and the remaining slaves are still cleaning the mine, and we don't know when they will be able to restart, there is no ore, and we have not proceeded." ”

"What about a different mine, you have an alternative, right?" Zhang Heng asked.

"Yes, there are four mines on the outskirts of Rome, and Binota is a small mine, and we have an agreement with another mine that if Binota doesn't satisfy us, the other one will deliver copper ore to us, but ......" Dachius said again.

"But what?"

"But recently, His Majesty the Emperor has been minting new copper coins, and the ore produced by the other mines has been supplied to that side first, and they have no extra ore to give us." Daikius said.

"What about the copper mines produced by other cities?"

"In addition, the cost of transportation is nearly twice as expensive, and it takes time to transport it, so I am afraid that the construction period is a little too late." Dekius also seemed very helpless, he was not a sister-in-law and could not inherit his father's seat in the Senate, so his father had a hard time getting him this job in order to prevent him from starving to death, and he originally thought that he would work hard, be appreciated by Commodus, and get a stable job in the future.

The result is this job that can't be smashed no matter how you look at it, and now it seems that he is going to smash it. Daikius was also very aggrieved, he didn't take a kickback, and second, he didn't treat the people below harshly, and he kept trembling, but he capsized the boat inexplicably, and it can only be said that his luck was a little too bad.

However, the new consultant in front of him didn't seem to see it that way, Zhang Heng asked Daikius after hearing that there was no way to avoid overdue delivery of the bronze statue, "You said that there was an accident at the Binotta mine, did you see it with your own eyes?" ”

"Huh?" Daikius was a little dumbfounded when she heard this, "Do you still want me to look at this matter, according to the contract between us and us, if we don't deliver the goods within the time limit, we will have to pay a fine." ”

"How much?"

"Well, it's about 20 olis a day, it's not a small amount, it's been delayed for so many days, I'm afraid they won't have any profit at all this time, and it is estimated that they will lose a lot of money if they drag it down to the mine."

"20 Olis a day, even if the mine can't afford it, there are people in the city who can afford it." Zhang Heng said lightly, but he didn't say any more, the open and secret battle between Commodus and the Senate was obviously not something that a small character of Daikius's level could know, Zhang Heng just said, "You know where the Binotta mine is, let's go together." ”

"Now?" "But it's not time to call it a day. ”

"Are you working now?"

"I didn't ...... No. Dekius said truthfully.

"Then prepare the carriage." Zhang Heng finally made a decision.

“…………”

Although Dai Gius didn't understand why Zhang Heng had to go to the mine, he still dutifully introduced Zhang Heng to the Binota Mine and the owner behind it.

He came from a very ordinary background, just a powerless commoner, but unexpectedly fell in love with a girl named Mania, whose father was very rich, owned a large field and two mines, Binota was one of them, Mania's father looked down on Cobb, and always objected to his daughter dating this poor boy, but died of illness before he could choose a satisfactory son-in-law.

Mania then marries Cobb, and her father has no other children, making Cobb the new owner of the large field and two mines, and he is also given the nickname Cobb the Lucky.

"I've known Cobb the Lucky, for a while." "I bought a batch of grain from him before, for my family, that guy doesn't talk much, but it's quite reliable, I don't think he's going to lie about the mine accident, and it's not good for him." ”

Zhang Heng was noncommittal when he heard this, and just continued to ask, "Then do you know who he usually has more dealings with, or who his biggest buyer is?" ”

"Well, Cobb basically spends most of his time patrolling the fields, or wandering around the two mines, although he is not bad, but he is not the kind of person who particularly likes to make friends, as for his biggest buyer, I heard that he sold all the wheat he grew to the senator Divobraye, and more than half of the grain stores in the city of Rome were opened by Divobraye."

"Who?"

"Why, do you know him?"

Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect that he actually heard the name of an acquaintance, Diwo Braye was the person the Jewish Gang and the Golden Crown asked him to deal with, it was precisely because Zhang Heng agreed to this request that he was exchanged for the development right of the patrol in the southeast city, and then the three major forces in the southeast city even helped him pass the assessment perfectly.

However, Zhang Heng doesn't know if this incident is related to Diwo Braye for the time being, and if so, how deeply Di Wo Braye is involved, but Zhang Heng's intuition told him at the first time that he might also be able to use this incident to pull Di Wo Burye into the water.

On the other side, Daikius was still envious, Zhang Heng was simply his idol, born as a gladiator, and actually climbed all the way to the position of adviser, and he seemed to have recognized many big names in a short period of time when he first entered the political arena, although Diwo Braye was not as influential as Dior in the Senate, but it should not be underestimated, and Di Voublaye, the old fox, would not choose a side unless he had to, so he would not offend people very much, and he had many friends in the Senate.

Daikius was thinking about how to get Zhang Heng to introduce him to Diwobraye, so that he could have a way back after his job was smashed, so that he wouldn't really be as miserable as a civilian.

But before he could speak, the carriage had already pulled out of the path in the woods, and ahead was the Binotta mine, the destination of their trip.