Roman Slave Owner

Chapter 3 Sugar

“Has the slave been bought?”

Li Wei took a look and asked.

“I bought it back. I ran the entire market and found only two deaf and mute people. The total cost was 20 dinars. In addition, I bought all the things you asked me to buy.”

Yulia said.

“Well done.”

Li Wei said, “Let them follow me.”

As he walked, he recalled how to make sugar from beets.

As a writer, sugar making is simply an essential skill.

Cut the beets into shreds and soak them in water, so that the sugar molecules are fully immersed in the water to obtain sugary water.

Then add excess Ca(OH)2 to the sugar-containing water to melt the non-sugar molecules in a strong alkaline environment and enhance the stability of the sucrose molecules.

Excess CO2 and Ca(OH)2 are continuously introduced for two consecutive times to react, and Ca(CO3) precipitation occurs.

Calcium carbonate will have a strong adsorption effect on non-sugar molecules, and they will precipitate together, a very simple chemical reaction equation.

What I got was relatively pure sugar water. Recalling the practice of making sugar, Li Wei eagerly walked backward with two slaves.

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“What are you talking about? The master released a dozen gladiators and made them free slaves. Also, if they were to become family guards, a salary of 10 dinars was paid every month?”

After hearing the words of the captain of the family guard, Geta, Yulia covered her small mouth in surprise.

Geta was a powerful Roman citizen. In 102 BC, nearly one million Germanic barbarians invaded southward with their old and young tribes. The number of Germanic men who were able to act alone reached 300,000. In that battle, Geta served The senior centurion participated in that battle and made a lot of credit.

, but was also injured in that war, and was later hired by Li Wei’s parents to become the chief guard of the family.

“You didn’t persuade him?”

Yulia couldn’t help but blame.

“I tried, but he wouldn’t listen.”

Getta is also very helpless.

“What can I do? I must stop him.”

Yulia said.

The documents for releasing the slaves have not been handed over to the officials, and now there is still a chance to go back.

Thinking of this, she and Getta walked to the backyard together.

“Baoqian, the owner of the family has ordered that no one can pass.”

But it didn’t take long before they were stopped by two guards.

“Couldn’t it even be me and Getta?”

Yulia said that she was Li Wei’s personal slave, basically acting as a housekeeper.

“The Patriarch specifically named your name and said that you can use force when necessary.”

said a guard embarrassedly.

One is their head, and the other is the woman closest to the owner.

If it were not for Li Wei’s order, they would really not stop.

“This is how to do.”

Getta couldn’t help but say.

He already understood Li Wei’s determination, and then looked at the numerous guard posts behind him. There were even some gladiators who had just been freed inside. He knew that Li Wei would never allow them to pass.

“Wait, I’ll send someone to stop those files first.”

Yulia said.

Getta nodded, so he waited here.

They waited for a long time, until it was dark, Li Wei walked out excitedly, and at the same time, holding a amphibian canister in his hand, Getta and Yulia hurriedly greeted him.

“What are you doing here?”

Li Wei asked.

“I heard you gave those gladiators freedom?”

Yulia said frantically.

What the **** happened to the master? Did Dior stupid him?

Li Wei smiled slightly, “Let’s not talk about this for now, you will pay for it.”

Li Wei took out some crystal clear sugar from the jar.

“what is this?”

Getta asked.

“Our new source of wealth.”

Li Wei said.

Yulia and Getta startled, new sources of money?

Yulia reached out and took a handful of white sugar and put it in her mouth to eat. Soon a pure sweetness bloomed on the tip of her tongue.

There is no sweets and no sugar cane in Rome at this time.

There are only a few sources such as honey that can obtain sweetness. Even so, their sweetness cannot be compared with sugar.

“how do you feel?”

Li Wei asked.

“good to eat.”

Yulia said in surprise.

She has never felt such a pure sweetness. It is a happy taste, like a synonym for sweetness.

Getta also grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth, nodding after tasting it.

“It’s a good thing.”

“How much do you think this thing can sell for?”

Li Wei asked.

Yulia thought for a while and said, “I think it costs at least 5 dinars a pound.”

One Roman pound is about 335.9 grams, but Geeta couldn’t believe it, this thing is so valuable?

“I want too little, at least 30 dinars.”

Li Wei said with a smile.

Geeta couldn’t help but took a breath. A pound of silver is only 84 dinars, which is almost equal to silver.

“Is it too expensive?”

Yulia said.

“There are rich people in this world, and you don’t understand the world of rich people.”

Li Wei said.

Now the upper class of Rome has long been extravagant. It would be embarrassing for aristocrats to invite people to a banquet and serve the whole chicken. Only the most delicious and valuable parts of the chicken should be served. Other parts should not appear in the banquet.

And it’s embarrassing to eat all the dishes of the guests once. They should try their best to be extravagant and wasteful.

The reason why the Gracchus want to reform is because the gap between the rich and the poor is increasing, the aristocracy and the knight class are getting richer, but the poor have no place to stand, and this poverty has reached the point where it affects the survival of Rome.

Li Wei is a unique business. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com his goods not only supply Rome, but also Egypt, Gaul, Pontus, the Parthian Empire, and even the distant Da Yueshi.

Thinking about what a huge market this is, he has no worries that sugar can’t be sold.

“Now you understand why I did this.”

Li Wei said.

Yulia and Getta both suddenly realized, but can they really be sold at such a high price?

They doubt it.

“Then shall we continue training gladiators?”

Getta asked.

“Of course we have to train, and we have to buy more gladiator slaves.”

Li Wei said.

In the next few decades, the whole of Rome will be in troubled times. The stronger the force in hand, the better.

Gladiator’s combat effectiveness is very strong, which can be seen from the Spartak uprising.

“This recipe must be kept secret.”

Yulia said.

“I am personally responsible for this.”

Li Wei said with a smile.

It’s not that he doesn’t believe them, the less people know this kind of thing, the better.

It’s not that there is a saying that you should never test people’s hearts, and Li Wei believes that.

Yulia’s face changed slightly, but she didn’t say anything.

“Tomorrow you will continue to purchase those materials. Remember that the materials will be kept confidential in the future. Only you can know them. You have to mix other things to buy. In addition, send people to Nora, Pompeii and Naples to see if they can purchase some deaf-mute slave.”

Li Wei said.

Yulia nodded, it seems that the white sugar is made of beets and quicklime.

But how can quicklime make sugar? It is obviously a mineral!

Getta looked wronged, is he the kind of person who leaks secrets? But nothing was said.