Augustus Road

Soon, Prima became a huge factory. In order to progress the project, Kelly also used Luculas's connections to get a group of prisoners from the prison in Rome to work. Now veterans, craftsmen, slaves and prisoners are mixed together. The first thing to do is to build the aqueduct and the reservoir. In order to keep the progress on track, under the auspices of Calabis, a relatively detailed division of labor has been done: the veterans are responsible for supervision, Masons and construction workers were responsible for the specific construction, while slaves and prisoners did some menial work, such as digging and transporting stones.

Soon, the lead sheet was shipped from Kelly's friend's warehouse, and the corresponding slave craftsmen also came in batches. They used wood molds to cut the lead sheet into thin strips, bent them into arcs on the mold, and then soldered and connected them. At the same time, standardized lead pipes were formed, accompanied by violent coughing and sneezing.

"You have to give these people some wine and hot bread!" One day, Calabis, who came from work in the Temple of Vesta, saw the terrifying pale color on the slaves who were forging lead pipes on site. It was obviously these people. Already suffering from the symptoms of lead poisoning, thick saliva drooled from the corner of his mouth unconsciously, so he loudly demanded to the supervisor Kelly.

Kelly shrugged, "Okay, these people were originally bought cheaply from the mines in far Spain by my friends. Now that they can leave the mines and come here to make lead pipes, it is already a great blessing."

"No, the fortune teller has said that no worker, even a slave, can die here at the Prema construction site, otherwise it will be an unlucky sign. Don't worry, some low-quality and cheap warm wine and bread can't cost a lot of money, but they can Help them get rid of some of the poison." Karabis insisted.

Then he looked at Kelly and said, "Okay, the money will be deducted from the project fee."

Then Kelly nodded and expressed his willingness to buy it.

In his spare time (the main specific project matters were entrusted to Milu), Calabis sat in the holy library of the Temple of Vesta, stretched out a thin roll of parchment, and smeared it with lead to calculate the budget of the project. Wrong, Milou estimated that 50,000 drachmas would be the top price. Now his asking price is 85,000 drachmas, of which 50,000 is the total cost including the salaries of veterans such as Milou and Pope, and the remaining three Fifteen thousand and eight thousand are scheduled to be taken away by Claudia, the Bichi, and now another five thousand are taken away by Kelly, the Fake Squid. Today, it was agreed to give the slaves wine and bread, and another two thousand will be added. With a budget of about 20,000 drachmas, what finally fell into his hands was about 20,000 drachmas.

I was scared to death. Fortunately, I blocked Milu’s offer. If it was really only 50,000 drachmas, I would have pawned both kidneys. It’s not enough, and Claudia and Kelly will definitely interfere in the process. , good risk, good risk.

After some calculations, Calabis carefully rolled the parchment, stuffed it into a sleeve, and placed it on the corner of the bookshelf. At this moment, a man whose entire body was covered with a black cloak and hat whose appearance could not be seen suddenly stood in front of his desk, startling him.

"Give us a key, administrator." Next to the man in the black cloak, a tall and thick man said, and then handed over a heavy money bag.

This purse was extremely rich. As soon as Calabis took it from him, he knew that there were at least seventy or eighty owl silver coins in it. Then he looked at the man and the big man, but without any sign of surprise, he handed over the key.

After the two people left, Karabis complained in his heart: "This is the first time I have seen this combination. You can imagine how tragic the scene inside was. I should have asked them if they wanted to remove hair cream and Olive oil or something.”

After a while, Zeno, the youngest virgin, covered her vestments with her coat. She actually touched the pillars of the holy treasury and walked over looking around. Her big eyes with thick eyelashes looked at Calabis fearfully, and then timidly. He asked: "What room was the man in the black cloak just now?"

"!" There was only this symbol left in Calabis's mind, but he didn't say anything more. He just pointed to the room. Zeno bit his lower lip, blushed and nodded to Calabis, then quietly Walked over.

After Zeno left, Calabis suddenly covered his mouth. He really didn’t know what to say. This was a serious matter. If Li Xilia knew about it, this little girl Zeno would be buried alive, and I Also be implicated. No, no, but I can't rush in, as that will probably cause a direct stir. I didn't expect that the aristocrats of ancient Rome were so developed, and there are still people who like to play in virgin costumes, and there are two grown men and a ten-year-old. A little virgin of five or six years old.

Calabis, who was restless, was relieved when he saw the man in black and the big man coming out. Then Zeno followed him out with a look of panic, "Please don't tell Li Xili what happened just now." Ya." she begged.

"Are you short of money?" Calabis couldn't help but asked. You know, the Kitchen God Virgin's treatment is very generous, and her status is extremely high. He really can't think of any other reason to convince himself that Zeno will make such a move.

Zeno also looked at Calabis in surprise, and then said, "No, I'm not short of money." After saying that, he wrapped his coat and went out.

Calabis, who was shrouded in mist, couldn't figure out what Zeno was doing for the time being. He still continued his special work as a "sacred treasury administrator", and it seemed that Li Xilia didn't notice anything. About eight market days later, Pulai Ma's seawater diversion project was declared completed.

Between the green mountains and the blue sea, there is a breakwater made of yellow stone. They form a huge and high reservoir. The seawater in it is pumped in with a precise screw water pump, and then rows of curved lead pipes are extended in between to suck out the seawater accumulated in the pool. It is close to the rolling mountains, and there are wooden boards four Roman feet thick underneath to prevent leakage. It is pumped up and down, and finally injected into the towering aqueduct reservoir in the courtyard, and then flows through the pipes made of pottery pieces, and flows into the artificially dug pond.

In this seawater pond, there are many marine fish cherished by Lucullus and Marcus. According to the ancient Roman agricultural books, the breeding of this kind of fish has no economic value at all. "The price of transporting an eel on the road is equivalent to a mule pulling an eel", but the nobles don't care. Lucullus is very happy, because although he is at a disadvantage in the triumphal ceremony, he undoubtedly dominates the city of Rome in terms of fish breeding.

There is a pond filled with seawater, and on one side there is a pond filled with freshwater. There is also a pond in the middle of the two ponds, which is connected by a delicate sluice designed by Pope to mix salt water and fresh water. This is the idea of ​​Karabius, which is specially designed to serve Marcos. Soon, two Nile crocodiles will be shipped from Alexandria Port. This kind of creature likes to live on the beach where seawater and fresh water are mixed. Now they are covered with concave and convex scales and are coming to "conquer Rome". Maybe in a few days, Marcos will be able to throw small stones on the shore to feed them.

"My library and Claudia's banquet hall are also handed over to you. If you have any problems with money, go directly to my trust company to handle it. Kelly will assist you." The brothers Luculas and Marcos, who were sitting in the armchairs, were obviously very satisfied with the scene in front of them, and said to Karabius who was smiling beside them.

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