Chapter 177 Extraordinary

God has never let me down in this aspect of disappointing me. Take the matter of working as a coolie at the dock this time. Spring goes and autumn comes. I thought that if I grit my teeth, gold will always shine. But here comes the question: have you ever seen shining gold? What a joke!

I have been busy here for a whole year. As for the income, it is fifty a day, about one thousand five hundred a month, twelve months a year, let me do the math, twelve times fifteen equals one hundred and eight, add three zeros at the end, oh, eighteen thousand! (Yes, I am just filling the word count!) Eighteen thousand Fuli is converted to denarius, at a ratio of one to two hundred, which is equal to nine hundred denarius, and denarius is converted to oren at a ratio of one hundred, which is nine oren gold coins. Damn, going to the battlefield or cleaning the battlefield can earn at least a hundred oren gold coins. This is so tiring that if there is no Saturday or Sunday, there are only nine of these. I might as well go up the mountain and become a bandit! "Hey, what are you doing? Is it time to be in a daze?" He lost his mind while calculating and forgot the work in his hands. It doesn't matter if you are lazy, the key is to be seen by the supervisor, that would be a big deal. It's like you have been working hard for most of the day, if you relax for a few seconds and he finds out, then he will think you have been lazy all day. These supervisors, apart from yelling and beating up the workers they think are not doing their job well, have nothing else to do. So they all look pot-bellied. Apart from their loud voices and the ability to make loud whips to scare people, there is nothing special about them. Oh, yes, their taste is very unique. When they see a fishing boat approaching, they always like to pick up a small fish and swallow it whole, and then act very satisfied, as if they are really eating some unknown delicacy.

But now his mouth was full of disgusting fishy smell, and his huge yellow eyeballs hidden in huge eye bags like sacks emitted a faint light, staring at me viciously.

How could I dare to stare at him stupidly? If I continued like this at this moment, I would be whipped sooner or later.

I dared not to be in a daze any longer, and I picked up a heavy wooden barrel. God knows how I got through this year. As I worked, I began to think wildly. You said I earned nine denarii, and apart from buying food for the family, I also occasionally improved my life, bought some new clothes for the mother and daughter, and some for myself, and then, there were only five denarii left. When will this life end? I was unwilling, but I couldn't leave the mother and daughter now. How could they live without anyone to rely on in this era?

"Alas, it's all a hindrance. The most important thing is that women have no way to work. No one recruits female workers, unless it's weaving. But there is no weaving here." I thought of Tenaia. She also knew how difficult it was for me, and she was also looking for things to do day and night. For example, she and her daughter bought flour to make bread. Although it seemed simple, it was actually very hard. But the two of them still persisted. This made me feel relieved. At least I was not surviving alone.

"Ahem, isn't this Mr. Luca?"

"Who!" I was shocked by this sentence and immediately came back to my senses from my endless fantasy. Could it be that I was distracted again? I knew the supervisor's style of doing things. If I was reminded for the second time, I would definitely be whipped. Although I have never received such treatment, there is no way. Military quality is so excellent that they don't know what laziness means! I don't know where the courage comes from, which makes me hold my head high and have no fear at all.

"What's wrong? What do you want to call me for?"

I looked up suddenly and saw a big bearded face. I was so scared that I shivered and leaned back. As a result, I lost my balance and fell to the ground. When I looked again, wow! It was Fred, the mercenary leader who fled with me last year. His big beard almost covered his whole mouth. If it weren't for the yellow hair, I would have thought he was an international friend from Central Asia, Persia, who came to visit me and show me a bright road!

"Oh, Fred, how did you get here?" I said, and I didn't forget to secretly look at the fierce supervisor. If he found me chatting with others here, getting beaten up would be a small matter, but deducting my wages would be the death of me! This Fred, I saw him blinking his sly eyes and said to me with a smug look on his face: "Oh, Mr. Luca, I haven't seen you for more than a year. Why have you become so cautious? Really, seeing you now, I really thought I recognized the wrong person."

"Oh. Enough, Fred, you old mercenary who doesn't care about worldly things, you don't know how hard it is to make money, this is far from the guy who can make money by running errands!" Although I said this, my hands couldn't stop, I lifted the wooden barrel I just picked up from under the boat to the designated location on the dock. Fred followed closely behind me, and didn't ask for help at all. No wonder, this might be their routine. If you don't ask him, he will definitely not help.

"Go ahead." I put the barrel in the designated cargo pile, clapped my hands, and turned to look at Fred. "How did you find me from such a long distance?"

"Hello, Mr. Luca." Fred looked mysterious, but there was also a hint of complacency in his face. "Sir, this is Rome. As long as you spend money, there is nothing you can't do."

"Oh? Then tell me, how much did it cost you to find me?" Spend money to find someone? It seems that I am quite well-known in this town.

"Ten Fulley copper coins." Fred closed his eyes slightly, stretched out a finger, and said to me very seriously.

"How much?" I couldn't believe my ears. I thought it would cost more! It must be at least in denarius.

"There's no way, Mr. Luca, this is the amount of ten people!" Fred said very easily, as if he was deliberately mocking me. "You know, I only need to look for it at the dock. After all, there are too many people here. One person is a Foley, and they are still happy to help me."

"That's enough, for God's sake!" I hurriedly changed the subject. "Tell me, what is it that brought me here today? I don't think you're here to reminisce about the past!"

"Of course, Mr. Luca." Fred said, and then he took me to a deserted place. He looked around alertly, and when he was sure that there was no one else, he lowered his head and whispered to me, "Do you want to do something big?"

"Big one?"

I was so nervous when I heard that, my whole body was twitching a little, I didn't know if it was because of excitement or nervousness.

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