Roman Slave Owner

"Yes."

said a good-looking waitress in the same outfit behind the cabinet.

Nias glanced at the price, and it cost 10 dinars a piece, but he didn't pay attention to this price at all, not to mention that there was a beautiful woman in front of him, so he had to show it.

So sometimes beauty is productivity!

"Bring me a piece."

Nias said with great enthusiasm.

"OK."

The waiter picked up a loaf of bread with a tong made of two pieces of wood, placed it on a tray, and placed it on top of the cabinet.

Nias secretly praised it, he didn't use his hands to grasp it, and the details were done well.

Nias took a sip, and a soft and sweet feeling bloomed in his mouth. It was much more delicious than bread without sugar.

"Buy me two copies of all your bread and pastries, and wrap them up."

Nias said lightly, thinking of the respected guest in the manor.

"OK."

The waiter said with a surprised face, he didn't expect him to be so rich, and he got two copies of everything, so it cost more than 100 dinars, these nobles are really not short of money.

Nias walked to a wooden bucket, which was covered with some crystal clear sugar.

"Dear guest, welcome rewards."

A fair-looking, somewhat charming waitress picked up a clay bowl, which was covered with a light layer of white sugar.

Nias dipped some and put it in his mouth. It tasted really sweet, as expected.

After returning to Rome, you can get some as gifts. You need a lot of these things to hold a banquet. At that time, the food made from these things will definitely become the star of the banquet.

"Give me two hundred pounds."

Nias said.

The waitress couldn't help being overjoyed, "No problem."

Soon someone wrapped it up for him, and someone else sent a roll of papyrus.

"Anyone who spends more than 500 dinars in our store can get a sugar cooking guide."

Nias looked through it and found that it was the cooking method of white sugar, so he didn't have to figure out how to use white sugar, just hand it over to his own chef.

After Nias left with the goods, he could still hear the endless praise from the waiters.

Over 5,000 dinars for a single purchase, which is a real deal even in Capua.

After returning to his manor, he passed a pool and hall, and bursts of tactful groans came from inside.

A smile appeared on Nias's face, he recruited a slave, and after inquiring about it, he found a place to sit down.

Leave the guards with some newly bought pastries and bread, and then let them retreat.

After about a few minutes, the sound inside stopped, and an old man with white beard and hair came out of it proudly.

"Are you satisfied with that slave?"

Nias said with a smile.

"Yes, the Germanic female *slave has a strong physique and a wild style, but the skin is not good and the smell is too strong."

The old man said with a smile.

"If you like it, I'll give her to you."

Nias said with a smile, but he kept complaining in his heart, the taste is really strong, even the German barbarians like it.

"No, if I accept it, I'm afraid the family will be uneasy."

"Hahaha."

"Hahaha."

The two let out a laugh that a man could understand.

"By the way, what happened to the banquet items you purchased? Capua is a big city in Rome, and this banquet is very important to me."

said the old man.

"Don't worry, everything has been purchased, and the banquet is guaranteed to be safe.

"

Nias said.

The old man's name was Scipio, and he was a descendant of Scipio, who made great achievements in the Punic War in Carthage. He had a very high prestige in Rome.

This time he came to Capua to fight for the position of consul next year, hoping to get the support of the nobles and powerful in Capua.

"This time I heard the news that there is a very interesting knight from Capua. He made something called white sugar, which is very sweet and can be used to make bread and cakes. He made a lot of money from white sugar money……"

Nias told the news about Li Wei in detail.

"Oh, two thousand Roman citizens were recruited as guards?"

Scipio's eyes brightened. What he liked most was this kind of tyrant who had a large number of Roman citizens as his followers.

He made so much money in just half a year, which shows that sugar is really profitable.

Thinking of this, a hint of greed flashed in Scipio's eyes.

"Some nobles in Capua are very interested in his white sugar formula and hope to obtain his white sugar formula."

Nias said.

Hearing this, Scipio pondered, saying that the boy's condition was not good.

But that was 2,000 Roman citizens, plus their relatives, Li Wei could influence at least 4,000 Roman citizens.

Do you want to help him?

just forget it!

As for what his conflicts with those nobles have to do with him, as long as he is willing to support himself, that's enough.

"These are his white sugar. These are bread and pastries made from white sugar. I tasted some just now, and they are really delicious."

Neas said.

Scipio looked at the bread and pastries on the silver tray, and took a piece to taste.

"The taste is really good, much better than ours. This banquet should be prepared no matter what."

After just a few mouthfuls, Scipio found himself completely in love with these breads.

It's really fluffy and soft, and it's sweet and delicious.

"I've bought 200 pounds of sugar, which is definitely enough for the banquet, and they gave this back, just in time for my cook to learn."

Nias took out the cookbook.

Scipio looked through it, "Very good things, I should buy some later."

"Are you saying we should invite him to dinner?"

"Why not?"

Li Wei didn't know yet, because of the next consul battle, he had already entered the vision of the top nobles in Rome.

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While Nias was buying sugar in Capua, Li Wei was also busy with a very important matter in his manor.

That is braised steel, which is solid-state carburizing of block iron.

A small furnace, about the size of a Spanish furnace, had been built in the manor where Levi lived.

Western iron smelting technology is backward, and the furnace is too big to melt iron ore at all.

China, on the other hand, has experienced a long bronze age. In order to smelt huge bronze wares such as the Simuwu Dafang Ding, it has accumulated a very high level of smelting and can make the furnace temperature very high.

Therefore, as soon as it entered the Iron Age, it had a very high level of smelting.

Moreover, solid-state carburizing requires that the temperature should not be too high. The requirement for modern braised steel is not to exceed 900 degrees, which is slightly lower than 1000 degrees for block ironmaking. At this temperature, steel will not melt.