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After joining the caravan, the two sides quickly became familiar with each other.

The merchant's name is Yantong, and he looks very talkative. He said that their caravan came from Chiyan City. The main goods are some red stones, which are special products of Chiyan City. This time I came to Jushicheng because I heard about the gladiatorial meeting. ? Want to join in the fun? By the way, exchange some fiery red stones for some rare beasts in Chiyan City to go back.

Yantong's caravan often traveled between several nearby cities, and he was very familiar with the guards guarding the gate. After saying hello, he paid two 100 shellfish coins, and then led them into the city.

Lin Shuo raised his head and looked at the towering city wall.The walls here are made of boulders and mud bricks. They are more than ten meters high. The dome of the city gate is inlaid with some colorful pottery fragments arranged in various patterns, shining brilliantly in the sun.

After entering the city, there is a wide street with many small stalls on both sides, covered with tarpaulins. The shopkeepers sit on both sides of the street and shout to people walking on the street.They have a lot of goods,? There are beautiful clay pots, sun-dried clay panels, hay woven mats, cushions,? And drinks and food.

Caravans riding on camels are constantly coming and going. The young girl is wearing a white linen dress, with a clay pot on her head, and the clear water in it glows colorfully in the sun.

Lin Shuo: "It's so lively."

After living in the tribe for a long time, he had the illusion of returning to a civilized society for a moment.

Yantong knew that they came from a small place, so he didn't laugh at Lin Shuo's ignorance,? He laughed and said, "Big Rock City is the largest city-state in the west, and the city lord has a very powerful slave army, which can guarantee the safety of caravans coming and going. Therefore, merchants from more than a dozen nearby cities love to trade here. Since the tolls and entry fees collected every year can meet the life of the city lord and the consuls, the taxes collected from the city residents are much less than those in the nearby cities. , it looks more prosperous."

"Boulder City also has the largest colosseum in the desert, which houses all kinds of beasts and the most ferocious slaves that can be seen in the desert. The city owners and nobles of several nearby cities love to enjoy themselves here."

"Recently, I heard that the city lord of Boulder City has brought a group of barbarian slaves, which will be auctioned in the city. There are many city lords and nobles who have come to participate in this auction. Boulder City is more lively than usual. You guys are in good time."

When Hui Ling heard about the barbarians, she thought of her own people, and unconsciously clenched her hands.

Lin Shuo patted his arm, signaled Hui Ling to relax, and asked curiously, "Where are they auctioning it? I want to see it too. I haven't seen any barbarians yet."

"That's not a place that ordinary people can go to." Yantong glanced at him and pointed out: "If you are interested in barbarians, you might as well go to the Colosseum to the west. A group of slaves fought with the giant beast, so that everyone around could see how powerful the barbarians are, so that they could be sold for a good price."

With that said, they arrived at the place where the Chiyan City caravan was stationed, which happened to be at the west gate not far from the Colosseum. The entire yard and the shops in front belonged to them.

Lin Shuo and Hui Ling thanked Yantong.Under the introduction of the caravan, I rented a small courtyard next to it for 5 shellfish coins per day.

"It's really spending money like running water..." Lin Shuo weighed the light purse and sighed.

Hui Ling folded her arms, sniffed pitifully, and said, "I'm sorry Brother Shuo, it's all because of my incapacity... If you are really short of money, you can sell me, with Brother Shuo's ability, I will definitely sell for a high price. Don't sell Xiaopi, find a good place for it."

Lin Shuo: "..."

He didn't know if Hui Ling really thought so, or if he was naturally black and retreated to advance, he glanced at the young man and squirrel who were hugging each other angrily, and said, "Am I this kind of person?"

Hui Ling was moved.

"Besides, you can't buy the price."

"..."

After the two packed their luggage, Lin Shuo and Hui Ling agreed to go to the Colosseum first, and then try to make money. If it didn't work, they sold Tie Dan.At this moment, Yantong came to visit, and after hearing what Lin Shuo said, he asked, "Do you want to go to the Colosseum? I happen to be going too, how about going together?"

Lin Shuo glanced at him, hugged the iron egg, and said, "Okay."

The three of them sat on the back of the camel and came to the entrance of the Colosseum.

The Colosseum, like the city gate, is made of boulders more than ten meters high.There are thousands of seats in the arena, from top to bottom, overlapping layers are distributed around the eggshell-shaped infield.

Yantong talked to the gatekeeper a few words, handed him two shell coins, someone came out, led the camel beast aside, and gave Yantong a stone tablet.

Lin Shuo and Hui Ling asked the price, and each gave a shell coin to the gatekeeper.

"Then let's say goodbye here." Yantong said, "I'm going to see if there are any new beasts or rare beasts that can be sold to other cities."

He pointed to another stone wall in front of him: "That's where you can watch the fighting beasts."

He also pointed to the street about ten meters wide separated by the outer wall and the inner wall, "There are wild beasts and fierce beasts sold from all over here. If you want to sell your little monsters, you can rent a beast pen. There are a lot of nobles who have come to the Colosseum these days, maybe they can sell for a good price."

It can be seen that there is a whole circle of animal stables scattered on the street, separated by a grid of fences, which is what Yantong called "animal stables".Many merchants were walking between these animal pens, the sounds were noisy, the sound of bargaining, the cry of wild animals, human body odor, and the smell of wild animals mixed together, forming an indescribable atmosphere, which made Lin Shuo and Hui Ling feel a little uncomfortable.

Tie Dan screamed violently in his arms, Lin Shuo pinned its head, thanked Yan Tong, and decided to go to the Colosseum first.

Three people respectively.

Two clay tablets are hung high on the inner wall of the Colosseum, on which today's program is engraved.During the day, there are beast fights, in the afternoon, there are human and animal fights, and at night, there are gladiatorial fights between slaves.You can watch any show you want, but you have to pay extra to watch it.

"Is there a seat?" Lin Shuo asked the attendant at the door.

The attendant looked up at them, not too enthusiastically said: "In a quarter of an hour, there will be a fight between the slave Yan Que and the red scorpion."

"Two people." Lin Shuo took out two shell coins, walked in, and sat in the center, neither high nor low.At this time, the attendant who brought them in asked, "Do you want to bet?"

"Bet?" Lin Shuo asked, "Tell me, how do you bet?"

The attendant became more enthusiastic, and he didn't dislike them as people from a small city. He said, "The minimum is 5 shell coins. You can bet on winning or losing, or you can bet on life and death. The odds of betting on life and death are higher."

"Once the bet is successful, high returns can be obtained. Of course, if the bet is not successful, the shell coins will not be returned."

Speaking of this, the attendant looked around and said in a low voice: "If you give me 1 shellfish coin, I can tell you the outcome of the competition in the last ten days."

Lin Shuo: "No, thank you."

The attendant was not very happy, but still gave him some sweets, saying: "The red scorpion has won three games in a row. I suggest you bet on it. If you win, you can get 6 shellfish coins."

That's 1.2 times the odds, Lin Shuo said: "Let me think..."

Seeing him move, the attendant pointed to a stone platform behind and said, "Okay, the betting place is over there. You can bet before the game starts, but you can't do it after the game starts. I'm at the door, come to me if you need it. "

After finishing speaking, he ran non-stop to receive the next audience, walked to a place where Lin Shuo could not see, and said with a twist of his mouth, "Poor ghost."

Lin Shuo glanced at the stone platform pointed out to him by his attendants, and saw that there were not only places for betting, but also sellers of water, snacks and fruits. He and Hui Ling said, "The owner of the Boulder City really knows how to do business."

He deserves to be the one who started the triangular trade.

Soon, the hundreds of seats in the middle of the Colosseum were filled.The first few rows of seats were partitioned off, covered with an ornate canopy of woven linen, and ordinary spectators were not admitted.When it was about to start, a few well-dressed people sat in surrounded by attendants, and someone brought fruit and fine wine. It should be the nobles from the nearby cities that Yan Tong said.

There were quite a few ordinary city dwellers sitting in the back, whispering to each other, and it was very lively. It seemed that everyone in Boulder City liked the activity of fighting beasts very much.

After about a few minutes, the red scorpion and the slave were finally brought out.

Lin Shuo frowned.

On one side of the Colosseum is a stone fence that can be opened and closed, which is connected to the place where the beasts are sold at the back.Before the start of the beast fight, several fences between the inner and outer cities were opened and closed. From the top, one could clearly see a giant scorpion as tall as a man, covered in red, with a poisonous hook on its tail, running along the road divided by the fence, yelling Hissing growl.

The scorpion was obviously fed drugs, and it acted very irritable. The four pairs of eyes on its back and sides were red, and it kept shaking its head irritably, trying to get rid of the chains on its body.

On the other side, two strong guards walked over dragging a pair of shackles.At the end of the shackles, a solid bronze collar was placed around the neck of a tall, strong slave with bronzed muscles and tousled hair.

They led the slave to one end of the Colosseum, the chains rattled, and the referee and moderator laughed and pulled the slave's hair, forcing him to open his mouth and let the audience admire his teeth, "Look, teeth How sharp and how complete."

He took another can of oil from the attendant and poured it on the slave.The slave only wore a piece of tattered linen around his waist, and his body was covered with hideous scars. The oil slid from his body, and he could see a well-defined chest, with bronze muscles gleaming in the sun.

"Look, how strong it is. The time for the duel is coming soon, are you still placing your bets?"

The host laughed and incited: "This slave, Yan Que, is the bravest fighter in our Colosseum. If he wins, you can get 5 coins in return, so you can earn no loss!"

The audience roared with laughter, and Lin Shuo heard a person in front of him slapping the stone bench and saying, "That's what that bastard said a day ago, and it cost me dozens of shell coins. I really want to beat him hard!" "

"What about today? Do you want to bet on the red scorpion to win?"

"Of course, this beast has eaten four or five slaves, and it will only become more fierce than before."

"How about we take a gamble on how it will eat this slave today? Should it be melted with a poisonous needle first, or should it be torn up and eaten?"

Hui Ling's hands were trembling, he reached out to Lin Shuo's palm, and wrote under the cover of his robe: "This is a person from the forest."

"you recognize?"

"No, I can feel it."

Lin Shuo nodded.He could also feel an indescribable feeling in this slave. What he had to say was somewhat similar to the feeling that the fire pit gave him.There is a barbaric vitality in his body, or in his blood.

Lin Shuo thought for a while, got up from his seat, and went to the stone platform to press 5 shellfish coins for the slave.

After the host incited for a while, seeing no one continued to bet, he opened the chain around the slave's neck, and at the same time, the stone fence on the edge of the arena "clicked" and lifted upwards.

The author has something to say: there is one more chapter later, and it will be finished soon, I love the phonetic codeword =w=