Roman Slave Owner

In times of war, food is sometimes worth gold.

Under the leadership of some people, several teams set off from various grain stores and rushed to the official residence of the consul.

Some people along the way also joined the team after learning about their purpose. Now that the price of food is soaring, the money they earn in a day is not enough to fill their stomachs. Maybe they can follow them to find the consul for some food.

In the temporary mansion of Nobanus, Lutilus was pointing to a map and kept introducing it.

Dragon City is about 700 Roman steps in length and width, and three Roman steps in height. It is mainly made of stone. However, it only has two walls, and the other parts of the city wall are composed of a green brick wall and a five-meter-thick soil layer. Want to Breaking into Dragon City is very simple, but we will pay some casualties.

Moreover, Dragon City also has an inner city. This inner city has been continuously fortified and can accommodate at least two legions to garrison in a short period of time. It is even more difficult to break through.

Damn bastard!

After hearing his words, Nobanus began to curse.

Because of Li Wei's reckless behavior, he found himself cornered.

If he fought, I'm afraid not only Sura would laugh his big teeth out, but even Rome would question his ability.

None of the enemies were dealt with, but they dealt with their three legions first.

But if Li Wei is not punished, he will not be reconciled.

Everyone is like Li Wei, how majestic is he as a consul, and how can he lead the army.

He regretted a little in his heart, was he too anxious to force Li Wei to do this.

Rutilus closed his mouth, allowing Nobanus to vent his anger.

What do you say I should do?

Nobanus said.

what should you do? How would I know.

It's better to agree to his conditions temporarily, and then trick him over. What happens next is our business.

At this time, one of his lieutenants said that this was Brutus who had been cuckolded by Caesar in later generations, and then his son assassinated Caesar.

Detain him...

Hearing this, Nobanus was greatly moved.

Although this is a bit dangerous and the consequences are very serious, it is much better than this situation.

Good way, let's do it like this.

Nobanus said.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a lot of noise from outside the mansion.

What happened.

Nobanus asked.

At this moment, a soldier ran in.

Reporting to the consul, a large number of citizens suddenly gathered outside the door.

Why are they gathered here?

Nobanus asked.

It seems that the food in the city has been sold out, and they hope that the consul can help them solve this problem.

Food sold out? how can that be?

The Campania region is the largest grain-producing area in Italy, and it is close to Sicily, a major grain-producing province in Rome. Egyptian grain ships can also land from here at any time.

If there is no food here, don't other places have to eat dirt.

Nobanus' first impression was that it was impossible, and it was likely that someone was going to make trouble, so he thought of Levi first.

Are you short of food here?

Nobanus asked.

It's not very nervous, but during this period of time, major grain stores have been restricting purchases.

Lutilus said.

Purchasing limit? What is this?

It is said that Li Wei proposed to the major grain merchants. He said that he didn't have much grain in his hands, but he couldn't let the folks in Capua starve. He had to squeeze some grain out of his own hands anyway. Each person can only buy enough food for three days at a time.

Lutilus said.

What a hypocritical bastard.

Nobanus said.

He knew without investigating that this was definitely a good way to push up food prices.

He felt that he had seen through Li Wei's hypocritical profiteering nature.

There are no natural disasters here, why is food so tight?

Nobanus was still a little puzzled.

Lutilus couldn’t answer this question. What he didn’t know was that Li Wei sucked up a lot of grain through his own grain store, not only buying grain at a low price in Capua, but also sending caravans directly to Sicily and Naples to buy grain. It directly led to the food shortage in Capua.

As for the food in Egypt, due to the flood of pirates in the Mediterranean, it was very difficult to transport it to Rome.

Not to mention another source of food, Syria, which was intercepted by Sura long ago.

When they came here, Nobanus' army didn't bring much food, after all, this is a food-producing area.

The army's food was supplied by Capua, and it was unexpected that such a thing would happen.

Nobanus came to a balcony on the second floor of the mansion, and when he saw the consul appear, the people of Capua below burst into cheers.

Nobanus waved to the people first, then delivered a soothing speech.

Every consul is an excellent orator. They have been educated in rhetoric since childhood, and they have been tested for a long time. A speech is as natural to them as eating and drinking.

The mood of the crowd was immediately appeased, but some people still shouted: Dear consul, can you lower the price of grain and not limit the purchase. We don't have many requests, only these two.

Nobanus' mouth was full of bitterness. These two things are usually easy, but now it is very difficult to do them.

But he still said with a happy face: Please rest assured, I decided to transfer a team of Spanish grain ships, and they will arrive in Naples soon, and then transported to Capua.

But we can't buy food today, so will we be hungry today?

someone yelled.

Yeah, when the Spanish fleet comes over, maybe we'll starve to death.

It's all your army's fault for buying up all the food.

Someone followed suit, and Nobanus looked embarrassed.

Please rest assured, I will solve this problem tomorrow.

Nobanus hastily promised.

After receiving the promise of Nobanus, the crowd dispersed in twos and threes.

Unbeknownst to Nobanus, some of them gathered in a tavern.

This tavern is Levi's property, but few people know it.

Team leader, we can handle this matter today.

Said a young man in a short jacket with short curly hair.

not bad.

A black-haired man said while holding a glass of brandy produced by the Levi family.

This newly-produced famous wine is extremely expensive. As soon as it was released on the market, it has been wildly praised by the big families, and has the reputation of the soul of wine.

The Sykes family couldn't wait to sell it to North Africa, and even the Tullius family bought some, intending to sell it to Greece and Asia.

The identity of this black-haired man is very special. He is Morris, the leader of the intelligence team formed by Li Wei in private.

In order to find out the spies who tried to steal the sugar formula, after executing the Capua administrator and the admiral of Campania, Li Wei specially formed an intelligence team for internal counter-espionage missions.