Chapter 785 Red Nose Blacksmith Shop

Zhang Heng did not know that there were differences within the Balance Blade on whether to accept him.

Of course, he didn't care too much about this kind of thing. Now that he was finally standing on the streets of ancient Rome, he could see with his own eyes what this ancient empire looked like.

There are many similarities between ancient Rome and modern society, such as the amazing urban water supply and drainage systems (some of which are still in use even in modern times), and their outstanding contributions in architecture. Many people may not be able to imagine that in AD In the first century, the city of Rome was already suffering from population explosion and insufficient land supply. In order to solve the housing problem, they had to build many high-rise buildings.

The most famous one is a building called Xingfu Building. Zhang Heng can see it now because it is ten stories high. Such a height is not considered short among later generations of residences, so it is difficult to imagine living there. How do people on the top floor go up and down the stairs every day without an elevator?

It is like the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Rome, standing in the center of the city

Of course, such a tall Xingfu Building is just a special case. In comparison, the apartment buildings where civilians live on the roadside are not so exaggerated, but they are generally four or five stories high, because each additional floor can collect a lot more rent. Therefore, apartment owners have a very strong enthusiasm for building buildings, but doing so naturally involves great safety risks.

First, the stability of the building itself is definitely not as good as the reinforced concrete structures of later generations, so you can often hear news of which building has collapsed again, and those who are buried can only consider themselves unlucky. In addition, there are no fire ladders in this era. Once a fire breaks out, people living in high-rise buildings will suffer. Therefore, the gap between the rich and the poor in apartment buildings like this is also very obvious. The higher the people live, the poorer they are. On the contrary, the people at the bottom are often people with good financial conditions. In order to limit the Greedy homeowners kept building more buildings, and the empire even had to enact laws to limit building heights.

In addition, once the building is taller, the phenomenon of objects thrown at high altitude becomes more serious. When Zhang Heng was walking on the street, he saw someone dumping garbage directly from the top floor. Fortunately, with Zhang Heng's skills, he would not Got hit by this garbage.

In addition, Zhang Heng also met a group of kids who were attending class on the roadside. In primary school in Rome, they studied directly on the street. There were people coming and going, dust was billowing, and they were accompanied by the neighing of donkeys and the shouts of vendors. .

Teachers here will teach some basic dictation and arithmetic. After that, most children from civilian families will start working early to make money. Only children of the rich and nobles will continue to receive education.

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

Zhang Heng asked two locals, and then continued walking along the street. Soon he came to Probus Bridge. After passing this bridge, you can reach the south of the Tiber River, which passes through the city of Rome. As for rivers, due to the large amount of sediment, the water of the Tiber River will also appear golden in the afternoon sun. Together with the sycamores on both sides of the river bank, it has a unique scenery.

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

——The Red Nose Blacksmith Shop is located in the building on the south bank of the river. According to the prompts on the character panel, the game props he brought for this instance are stored there.

Zhang Heng walked into the blacksmith shop and saw the blacksmith who was making a dagger 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 tentatively said, "Vulkan."

Vulcan is the god of fire in Roman mythology, the husband of Venus, and the password for players to retrieve items.

However, when Zhang Heng said the name, the black blacksmith had no reaction. Zhang Heng waited patiently for about five minutes. When the other party finished polishing the sword blade and stood up from his position, Zhang Heng discovered that the other party's He is very tall, measuring over 2.2 meters tall. He is a veritable giant.

"You're here," the black blacksmith said. "Someone deposited something with me two months ago and said you could come and pick it up at any time. But I didn't expect to wait so long."

As he spoke, he turned around and walked into the back room. After a while, he came out holding a package.

As soon as Zhang Heng saw the package, he knew that it was his belongings, because there was a logo of the game organizing committee on the package, but he followed the Romans and used the most commonly used dye in Rome.

Zhang Heng opened the package and took out a few props that could be used for this copy. Then he put the remaining props back into the package and asked the black blacksmith, "Do you still provide storage services here?"

"Yes." The black blacksmith nodded, "But you have to pay, one sesterces every two days."

The price is not low, but Zhang Henggang made a fortune through the twelve-person melee. Even though most of it was taken away by the Gladiator School, there was still some money left. He was no longer empty-handed. He immediately took it out of his pocket after hearing this. He bought a gold coin and threw it to the black blacksmith, "This is a two hundred-day deposit. Help me save it."

The black blacksmith had a look of confusion on his face after receiving the gold coin, "You don't know me, do you? This is your first time coming to my blacksmith shop. Why do you trust me so much? Aren't you afraid that I will secretly sell your things?"

"This is a good question." Zhang Heng said, "But fortunately, I have always been very good at judging people."

Of course, Zhang Heng is not the type to trust others the first time they meet. What he trusts is not the black blacksmith, but the game organizing committee. Since the game organizing committee stores his personal props here, it means that things are stored here. Security is the highest, and Zhang Heng is too lazy to change places.

After paying the money, he left the Red Nose Blacksmith Shop. Now he finally regained all his strength, which also gave 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 following him appeared again. Zhang Heng previously thought that Marcus was 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 that they were on the waist. The bulge showed that they were not idle just now. They got weapons from somewhere. This meant that once they found a suitable place, they would be ready to take action.

And Zhang Heng is now of great value to Marcus. Marcus needs him to sell tickets to make money and win the gladiatorial performance more than a month later. Therefore, this group of people cannot be sent by Marcus.