Zhang Heng didn't know that there was a disagreement within the Blade of Balance over whether to accept him.
Of course, he didn't care too much about this kind of thing. Now that he finally stood 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 amazing urban water supply and drainage systems (some of which are still in use in modern times), and outstanding contributions in architecture. Many people may not be able to imagine that in AD In the first century, the city of Rome already suffered from a population explosion and insufficient land supply. In order to solve the housing problem, they had to build many high-rise buildings.
The most famous of them is a building called Xingfu Building. Zhang Heng can see it now because it is ten stories high, which is not short in the houses of later generations, so it is hard to imagine living in it. How do people on the top floor go up and down every day when there is no 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 only a special case. Compared with the apartment buildings where ordinary people live on the roadside, they are not so exaggerated, but they are generally four or five stories high, because each additional floor can charge a lot of rent. Therefore, the owner of the apartment has a very strong enthusiasm for building a building, but doing so naturally has great safety hazards.
One is that the stability of the building itself is definitely not as good as the reinforced concrete structure of the 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 who live on the upper floors will suffer, so the gap between the rich and the poor in apartment buildings like this is also obvious. Greedy homeowners continued to add buildings, and the empire even had to promulgate corresponding laws to limit the height of buildings.
In addition, once the building is taller, the phenomenon of high-altitude parabolic objects will become more serious. Walking on the street, Zhang Heng saw someone dumping garbage directly from the top floor, but fortunately, with Zhang Heng's skill, he would not Get hit by this garbage.
In addition, Zhang Heng also met a group of little ghosts who were studying on the side of the road. This is how he studied directly on the street in the primary school in Rome, with people coming and going, dust billowing, accompanied by the neighing of donkeys and the shouting of vendors. .
The teacher here will teach some basic dictation and arithmetic, and then most of the children from ordinary families will start working early to make money, and only the children of the rich and noble will continue to receive education.
In all fairness, ancient Rome had a good literacy rate, which was much higher than in previous eras. Of course, even so, illiteracy was still the mainstream of society.
Zhang Heng asked two local people, and then continued walking along the street. It didn't take long to come to the Probus Bridge. After passing this bridge, you can come to the south of the Tiber River. The Tiber River passes through the city of Rome. The river, because of the relatively large amount of sediment, the water of the Tiber River will also appear golden yellow in the afternoon sun. With the sycamore trees 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 prompt on the character panel, the game props he brought with him this time are stored there.
Zhang Heng walked into the blacksmith's shop and saw the blacksmith who was making a short sword inside. The latter was a burly black man who was concentrating on the work at hand and didn't turn his head 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 also the password for players to retrieve items.
However, when Zhang Heng said the name, the black blacksmith did not respond. Zhang Heng waited patiently for about five minutes. After the opponent finished polishing the blade and stood up from his position, Zhang Heng discovered the opponent's identity. He is very tall, over 2.2 meters by visual inspection, he is a veritable giant.
"You are here." The black blacksmith said, "Someone deposited something with me two months ago, saying that you may come to pick it up at any time later, but I didn't expect to wait so long."
As he spoke, he turned and walked into the back room, and took a package out after a while.
When Zhang Heng saw the package, he knew it was his own, because there was a logo of the game organizing committee on the package, but he did as the Romans do, using the most commonly used dye in Rome.
Zhang Heng opened the package, took out a few props that could be used in this dungeon, put the rest of the 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 sesterce every two days."
This price is not low, but Zhang Heng just made a fortune through the melee of twelve people. Even if the big head was taken away by the gladiator school, he still had some money left. He took a gold coin and threw it to the black blacksmith, "This is a deposit of 200 days, please save it for me."
The look on the black blacksmith's face when he got the gold coins 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? Are you afraid that I will secretly sell your things?"
"This is a good question." Zhang Heng said, "Fortunately, I have always been very accurate in seeing people."
Of course, Zhang Heng is not the type who would trust others when meeting him for the first time. What he believed in was not the black blacksmith, but the game organizing committee. Since the game organizing committee stored his personal items here, it means that there are things stored here. The security is the highest, and Zhang Heng is too lazy to change places.
After paying the money, he left the red-nosed blacksmith shop. Now he has finally recovered his full strength, which also gave him more initiative.
Next, Zhang Heng was going to take a look at the temple, but he suddenly stopped.
Because he found that the person who was following him appeared again, Zhang Heng thought it was Marcruz who 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 their waist In the bulging place, 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 of great value to Marcruz, Marcruz needs him to sell tickets to earn money, and win the gladiatorial performance more than a month later, so it is impossible for this group of people to be sent by Marcruz.
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