Decius had never been to Dongcheng District before, but he was already familiar with this place.
Even the coachman was a little reluctant when he heard that the destination of the two was here. Zhang Heng had to pay extra money to let the carriage bring him and Decius over.
And Decius held back all the way, and after getting off the carriage, she couldn't help but said, "Didn't you say you want to find out who is behind Cobb? Why did you come here? As far as I know, everyone living in this place These are criminals, thugs and poor people, they probably don't have the ability to make Cobb obedient."
"Yes, you are right, but our target is them."
"What, are our targets those criminals and villains?" Decius asked puzzled.
"No, our target is the latter."
"Poor people?"
"Yes, I told you before, those mines need a lot of manpower, only slaves can't meet their labor needs, and sometimes the price of a healthy slave who can work is not low , if you die, you will lose a lot of money, but if you hire the poor, you don't have to worry about this."
Decius finally came to his senses this time, and suddenly realized, "You want to find those poor people who worked in the mine before."
"That's right." Zhang Heng nodded.
But soon Decius became frowning again, "But this place is so big and so chaotic, how can we find the people who work in the Binota mine."
"You don't have to worry about that."
Zhang Heng waved his hand while talking, and called a kid who was playing with his companions on the street. The kid wanted to run away from the first moment he saw Zhang Heng, but unfortunately he still couldn't. See He could only walk over obediently.
Zhang Heng leaned on his ear and said a few words, and then put a copper coin in his palm.
As a result, the latter grabbed the copper coin and ran away.
"Eh... I don't think he will come back." Decius said, watching the kid run away.
"Yeah, he won't come back." Zhang Heng nodded in agreement.
"Then what do we do next?"
"You can hang around and have some fun or something. I'm going to visit a friend to see if there is any other place where I can get the copper mine you need. I'm used to doing everything. Meet at the tavern and meet the people who work in the mine together." Zhang Heng said.
"I... I don't think we should split up." Decius broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the words. He didn't even have time to ask Zhang Heng how he found someone working in the mine at the Black Water Bay Tavern, but hurriedly He hurriedly said, "You are not a Roman, so you may not know how powerful this place is. Fabino of the Lunia family was hired as the patrol assessor. He came here for inspection on the first day he took office. He also brought two guards. As a result, Not to mention being robbed in the street, and being beaten severely, and losing the engagement ring, you are the gladiator champion of the Flavian Amphitheater, you may not be afraid, but after we part, I'm not sure if you will see you again It's my turn."
"Relax, my friend, you came with me. Many people here have seen it. No one will think of you, I promise." Zhang Heng said.
"How do you guarantee it?" Decius didn't believe Zhang Heng's words at all, and grabbed his purse tightly. No matter what he looked at now, he was suspicious, thinking that at any moment, some thugs would come out of the crowd and kick him over. He fell to the ground, and then swarmed up and stripped him clean.
Zhang Heng was helpless, but fortunately they happened to meet a patrol team passing by at this time, and now the patrol team is usually staffed with two patrol members, leading a group of good hands hired by money, Zhang Heng stopped They asked the two patrol members to accompany Decius, so that Decius agreed to split up.
But even so, Decius didn't dare to really go anywhere to play next time. He asked two members of the patrol team to take him directly to the patrol team's station, and then asked the patrol team to take him Escorted to the Blackwater Bay Tavern.
Decius was trembling throughout the whole process, lowering his head, staring at his shoes, afraid that if he looked at him wrongly, he would cause some serious disaster for himself, and when he arrived at the Black Water Bay Tavern, Decius saw even more There are many ruthless characters who are not easy to mess with at first glance, making him feel like a little white rabbit who has strayed into a pack of weasels.
Decius hurriedly ordered a glass of wine, and then found a corner to nest up. Fortunately, he didn't wait too long, and Zhang Heng's figure appeared at the door of the tavern.
Decius didn't know if it was her own illusion. When Zhang Heng appeared, the Heishuiwan tavern seemed to be quiet for a moment, and no one made a sound. It wasn't until Zhang Heng made a gesture that the tavern became lively again. After getting up, Zhang Heng came to Decius's table and sat down.
"Are you done with your work?"
"Hmm." Zhang Heng said.
"How about it? Can we find other sources of ore?" Decius is obviously also concerned about this matter. After all, the start of construction of the Binota Mine is still far away. delivered tasks.
"It's not easy. Recently, someone secretly bought copper ore in the city of Rome. The price of copper ore has soared a lot. That's the second thing. The main problem is that there seems to be no stock anywhere."
"That means we can only hope that the Binotta Mine will resume work?" Decius looked a little frustrated.
"It seems so." Zhang Heng took the wine he ordered from the waitress, but he didn't look too anxious.
At the next moment, two men in shabby clothes with a cautious look walked into the tavern and walked towards Zhang Heng and the others. The older one asked, "Are you looking for us?"
"Yes, please sit down." Zhang Heng pointed to the seat opposite, then took out two gold coins from his pocket, and flicked them to them, "Don't be nervous, I just ask you a few questions, just answer them truthfully , this is your reward."
"Wait, who are they?" Decius asked in surprise.
"We are workers working in the Binotta mine." The older miner's eyes flashed with ecstasy when he received the gold coins. After thanking Zhang Heng, he replied, this is a huge sum of money for him, no, for him For most people living in the southeast city, it is a huge sum of money. He got such a large sum of money in full view, and he was worried about whether he could keep it. However, Zhang Heng gave him the money Yes, which means that no one dares to take the money from him.
However, Decius on the other side was really nervous, and quickly asked the two to put away the shining gold coins, and at the same time looked around to make sure that no one noticed what was going on here before speaking.
"You are miners from the Binotta Mine? But how is this possible?" Decius turned to look at Zhang Heng, "You only spent one copper coin to find them?"
"Of course not. I didn't spend a single copper coin. That's my token." Zhang Heng said while taking the copper coin he gave to the little ghost from the old miner, which was given by Commodus before. The copper coin with his face on it that was given to the little slave girl was later discarded by him, and the remaining copper coins were melted down and recast, so Zhang Heng used the only remaining one as his token , basically whoever holds this copper coin is equivalent to his messenger.
As for the entire southeast city, no one dared to ignore what he said.