Chapter 1351 Recruiting

In Rome, Cai He saw a lot and experienced a lot of shocks, a country without an emperor and a country with slaves.

Cai He saw the advantages and disadvantages, but he soon realized that it was impossible for Daqin to learn the Roman system because the national conditions were too different.

Today, Cai He is inspecting the camp arranged by Rome for the fleet staff. Being in a foreign land, they are guests. Cai He has high requirements for Daqin crew members. They cannot accept gifts casually or do things that hurt the Daqin national system. Otherwise, they will be punished by sweeping the deck or beheading.

So the Qin people are still very low-key. Although they want to go shopping, they will not violate discipline if they don’t get permission.

They have been at sea for so long, but this is the first time they have seen a decent city. They really want to feel the exotic customs. Alex said that Rome also has those embarrassing places to consume.

It can’t be said that they have no pursuit, because this is the pursuit in this era.

The Romans have more angular facial features, but they are still mainly black hair and black eyes. Blonde hair and blue eyes are the characteristics of barbarians in this era. You have to go north to the inland of Europe to see them. They are generally Germanic people.

Although there is some difference, it is hard to say what aesthetics is.

Cai He is not unkind. After everything is settled and Rome has negotiated well, he finally decided to let the crew go into the city in batches. But there are still three rules and strict regulations.

Alex admires the disciplined Qin people. Then he became busy. As the only translator, he had to go in and out every day and lead batches of Qin people to go shopping.

Cai He has promised Alex that when they leave, he can stay in his hometown, he can get a generous reward, and then he can go home. It is because of this that Alex suppressed his eagerness to go home and continued to work hard. He wants to earn back the time he wasted in the past ten years, and he wants to be prosperous.

Alex's Qin language is not fluent, but he has no problem communicating with the Qin people for a long time. Of course, he also knows that in addition to the Qin people, the Qin people who have status in the fleet also have many barbarian female slaves, and some people even marry female barbarians.

It is said that this is called taking concubines. After they return to Qin, they will marry other wives, which makes Alex very envious. Ancient Rome was a monogamous system. Of course, if you have the ability to find a lover, it is allowed.

Of course, Alex did not know that Qin was actually a monogamous system. The Qin Dynasty even had laws such as "If a husband has one wife and two concubines, he will be punished", "If a husband has two wives, he will be executed", and "If a wife has an extramarital affair, she will be exiled".

Bigamy was a death sentence in the Qin Dynasty, and even concubines could not be more than two. If there were more, their ears would be cut off.

Concubines were not wives. At most, they were high-level maids, and they had no status. Alex did not know the reason, and thought that Qin men could take many wives home.

This time, the Mayan slaves also got the opportunity to go ashore, but they still had to go to the city under supervision.

A Lu was very excited. Although the boat was also good, he was very curious at his age. It would be best if he could go into the city.

The slaves put on the clothes sent by the Qin people, which were specially prepared by Cai He. Even if they were slaves temporarily, they were slaves of the Qin Dynasty and could not lose face.

In fact, the Mayan slaves would not run away, because they wanted to go to the Qin Dynasty and would not give up halfway. On the ship, they had food to eat when they were hungry, and doctors to treat them when they were sick. Except for the salary, all other treatments were the same as the crew. This made the Alu feel respected, and Cai He also said that they would be freed after returning to the Qin State. If they were willing, they could accept employment and continue to stay on the ship. Naturally, the slaves would not have the idea of ​​escaping.

In Cai He's mind, Mayan slaves were a means of helplessness. As long as they worked hard, he would give them freedom. When they arrived at the British Isles, except for the maids purchased by the captains, everyone was in an employment relationship and no longer a slave. His concept was still different from that of ancient Rome.

There were still many commodities in the Roman market, and food, clothing and daily necessities could be bought. Before going out, those who had the intention of shopping had exchanged Roman coins.

Of course, these Roman coins were the money earned by the fleet after selling the goods. Cai He estimated the exchange rate slightly and opened the exchange.

Before, they basically exchanged goods for goods, and there was no decent currency in the account. This time, with Roman coins, the captains no longer had to take things to exchange.

However, when the Qin people went out, Roman merchants always asked: Do you have porcelain? If not, silk will do.

Seeing that the Qin people paid with currency, they looked unhappy, as if they had lost a million. It made the Qin people feel very embarrassed and shocked by their enthusiasm for porcelain.

If there were no three rules, they would have wanted to take out the lids of the teacups and exchange them.

The prices of goods in the two countries are actually similar. Cai He lowered the exchange rate so that they could get more Roman currency, which was also a benefit.

However, these Roman coins still had to be spent, because they could not be used when they were taken back to Qin, and the gold and silver coins had to be melted and recast. It was better to exchange them directly for Roman specialties or use them as rewards to hire people.

The Senate has helped to post a notice to hire people, and the surrounding city-states have also posted notices except Rome, but because the Qin is too far away, no one has come to apply for the job yet.

Cai He was not in a hurry. He still had to buy all kinds of books. All the books in the city-states around the Mediterranean were his targets. The Senate also helped him. The Roman caravans would keep an eye on it.

Ouno is a young architect, only 32 years old this year, living in a city near Rome. When he was young, he went to Athens to study abroad, where he studied architecture and participated in the construction of the Athenian Temple.

But after returning to Rome, he suffered a series of setbacks because he offended the governor's son.

Although Ouno was also a small slave owner with more than ten slaves under his command, his family business was nothing compared to the governor who managed the city-state.

And Ouno found out that the reason why he was targeted was because of his wife. After knowing everything, he was so angry that he fell seriously ill. Ouno's wife Feiya was married before he went abroad to study, and they had always had a good relationship. But for some reason, the governor's son knew her and insisted that Feiya be his lover.

Feiya refused, so he targeted Ouno and made him unable to find a job.

There was no way to get by. Ouno was going to discuss going to Qin with Feiya today. He didn't believe that there was no place in the world for him to display his talents.

Feiya loved her husband deeply, so she naturally supported him unconditionally, but this time she also wanted to go with him.

After the agreement, Ouno took all the slaves and prepared to set off. Slaves don't necessarily do heavy work. Among Ouno's slaves, in addition to those who do housework, there are two who studied abroad with him, equivalent to his assistants, and they also have real skills.

After leaving the family to relatives, Ouno made up his mind and prepared three carriages of luggage to set off for Rome.