Chapter 133: Competition
It can't be helped.,Who called Rome is basically a patriarchal society.。。 Almost all major affairs in the family are in charge of men, and men are naturally involved in buying slaves.
However, there are also a few female buyers in the crowd, and one of them is not very old, he looks good, and he is accompanied by a few slaves, so his status should not be low.
"That's her! How do I get her to buy me? Zhao Yu, who was taller among the short men, muttered with bright eyes.
This is also a problem, Zhao Yu thinks he is handsome, but it is not to the point where he falls in love with that beauty at first sight. And judging from the several quotations of the woman's domestic servant, everyone is a female slave who bought.
So what to do?
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Senatia stood among the servants, constantly moving and surveying the goods in front of her, and today at the monthly slave auction, she planned to buy a few good-looking foreign women to serve herself and give gifts.
Senatia was the daughter of an old senator, only twenty-five years old, married to a legionary general, and lived a very rich and comfortable life, but unfortunately her husband died in battle with foreigners, making her a widow at an early age.
This did not make her sad, because the property of her husband's family was also in her name, which was a lot of wealth!
That's right, Senatia is an extremely money-hungry woman, she likes everything related to money, and she married that dead ghost husband only because he was rich.
After buying a few slave girls, Senatia planned to go back, although it was already October at this time, but the temperature in the Mediterranean Sea was still not low, and it was very tiring to stand under the sun and pick up the east and west, originally she did not plan to come in person, but she was worried that her people were not reliable, so she had to choose by herself.
"Master, look at that slave!" A slave girl beside Senatia grabbed her as she turned around, and pointed to a yellow slave not far away and whispered.
Senatia looked impatiently at the slave girl she was referring to, her spirit was not bad, and she was good, but there were enough male slaves in the family, so she said, "What's wrong?" Are you springing? We're here to buy a slave girl this time, not to pick a man for you! ”
"Master, look at his hands, hands!" The slave girl anxiously reminded that she knew the temper of the hostess, and if she couldn't tell the reason, she would be unlucky when she went home.
Seeing that the always steady slave girl Clauras said so eagerly, Senatia couldn't help but look at the slave's hand, the sleeves of the slave's robe were very long, and the two bound hands loomed in the sleeves, and suddenly, she felt a faint light flash in her hand, I Cao! What a big diamond!
Senatia's eyes widened, and she couldn't believe what she was seeing!
Diamonds! It was a very precious jewel, such a large one, even with a quick glance, Senatia estimated a price, at least 100 ori to start!
What is the concept of 100 Quario? That's 25,000 copper As! What about the current prices? One copper ace can buy a nice loaf of bread and a glass of warm milk! And an average worker earns 10 to 15 As!
The astonishment was followed by the question, why did this slave have diamonds in his hands? Maybe that's not true? But that crystal clear appearance, even if it is not a diamond, it is a rare treasure!
Maybe this slave doesn't know what it's worth! Senatia could only come to this conclusion, otherwise he would have become a free man in a few minutes as long as he bribed this gem, how could he be sold here.
In this age of almost total illiteracy, it is possible for any kind of stupidity to occur, and it is all too common not to know diamonds.
Senatia, who persuaded himself to convince himself, decided to take this slave, as long as the thing in his hand is real, then he will make a lot of money, no, as long as there is a rather than a dazzling eye, then it can be earned! Because a slave is not allowed to have private property, as long as he buys him, what he has in his hands is the master's!
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That's right, this is all Zhao Yu's trick, he thought about it, and he could only think of a way to lure, fortunately, God also favored him, the woman and the servant gradually moved to this side, and when the woman's maid looked at him, he inadvertently raised his bound hands and scratched his face, and in his hand was a ten-carat forged diamond, so that the maid could see clearly.
The ten-carat diamond with a good cut in the bright sun was so shining, and the reflected light dazzled the maid's eyes, causing her to immediately remind her master, and when the woman looked over, Zhao Yu was 'accidentally' exposed, the power of the big diamond was undoubted, and this woman was also captured in an instant, and it could be seen from her eyes that she was tempted.
Choke to death! Plan to pass!
The auction went on quickly, and Zhao Yu was pulled to the front platform to be scrutinized by everyone.
"Slaves from the East, the most industrious race, the best at farm work! Look at him, how healthy! The auction was presided over by a full-time auctioneer, who was sweating profusely and spitting in order to raise the price of each slave a little: "Look at this young man, he can do another thirty or forty years!" The price is 60 Kiaoria! ”
60 Orie is not a cheap price, which is also because Zhao Yu looks better than most slaves, and the average slave is only forty or fifty.
"Me." A big fat man held up his fat hand full of gemstone rings and signaled to the auctioneer that he was willing to give 60 ori.
Zhao Yu sprayed in an instant, why do you want to shoot me, a fat pig? Now I can only hope that the allure of diamonds is strong enough.
Fortunately, Senatia did not disappoint Zhao Yu, she raised her hand and shouted, "Add another 5 Orry." ”
The big fat man frowned and added 5 Ori again, he was very optimistic about Zhao Yu, this young man is very delicate when he looks closely, his skin is delicate and his figure is good, and it is good to change his taste occasionally, he is a good playmate.
The two consecutive price increases made the scene boil, except for the kind of beautiful slave, or the strong slave who looked like a warrior, this kind of price increase rarely appeared, is there anything different about this slave?
Senatia was a little hesitant, in case she saw that she was gone, she would lose a lot of money, and it would be a waste of food money to buy a useless male slave to go home, and now she was fighting with the biggest gladiator slave owner in Carthage City, who was more financially powerful than her.
However, this hesitation lasted only a few seconds, and Senatia shouted again: "80 Orrie." ”
"80 Orry, Miss Senatia, are you so short of men?" The big fat man Gary Beach said in a cacophony, causing the crowd around him to burst into laughter: "I'm out of 85 Orry, he's going to be a good gladiator." ”
'Dead fat pig, very good, we have finished this beam! If I don't cut you into 18 sections, count me as losing! The most gentlemanly is not Senatia who was ridiculed, but Zhao Yu who was scared out of a cold sweat by Gary Beach's obscene gaze.
"I think Mr. Gary Beach lacks a man on his stomach, right?" Senatia covered her mouth with a smile and said, "90 gold ori." ”
Everyone laughed even more, but it was nothing, in open Rome, homosexuality or something was completely legal...
ps:Just four people plus the group.。。 Sure enough, that's the popularity of this book?