Chapter 353 You have to pay ten times the price for the high-quality food!

The Duke of Rose nodded quickly and left in a hurry.

A few hours later, he returned with a pale face and a voice full of despair: "It's terrible, all the food outside has been taken away by the Dark Night Duke's people!"

"Now, the remaining food reserves in Rome may belong to the Duke of Darkness!"

"If we want to buy it, I'm afraid we'll have to pay more than ten times the usual price!"

Ying Heng pondered for a moment, pretending to be thoughtful, and then asked: "So, our food reserves are almost exhausted, right?"

The Duke of Rose nodded solemnly and responded, "Indeed, if the caravan continues to expand its personnel, let alone sufficient food, I'm afraid we won't even be able to supply basic rations!"

"In that case, let's negotiate with the Duke of Dark Night to discuss the purchase of food."

"The current priority is to ensure the caravan's food supply. Even if the price is a little higher, it doesn't matter much."

The Duke of Rose looked very solemn, but he knew that there was no other choice.

After all, the Duke of Darkness had gathered many caravans and almost collected all the food.

"Then I will contact the Duke of Darkness right away, and we will trade with them in the future."

"Understood, you go down."

After the Duke of Rose left, Ying Heng couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

To him, this was indeed quite interesting.

Since the food was already in the hands of the Duke of Dark Night, he naturally felt embarrassed to ask for it back.

As for the price of exchange... a few boxes of glass cups will be enough.

The commercial competition in the market is not complicated, everything is under Ying Heng's control.

The food and fodder stored by the Duke of Darkness will eventually fall into his hands.

However, Ying Heng did not know that on the other side of the river in Rome.

A small boat came to the shore and two hunchbacks got off the boat.

One was Xu Fu, and the other was the Roman imperial teacher who had not been seen for a long time.

After the two got off the boat, they looked around and laughed out loud.

Xu Fu said with a hint of resignation: "It's great to be back in a place with human habitation. It feels great!"

"I didn't expect that this time I came back, I would be in Rome instead of Daqin. It's really a bit ironic."

The Imperial Master laughed and said, "Why? Do you still want to return to Daqin?"

"You told me at the beginning that you would be torn into pieces by that Yellow Emperor when you return to the Qin Dynasty!"

Xu Fu answered seriously: "We Chinese are different from you barbarians. After all, we all miss our homeland."

"Hometown is our root. Who wants to wander around when we can go back?"

"But it doesn't matter. Now that we have joined forces, returning to Daqin will be a piece of cake!"

After saying this, the imperial teacher took Xu Fu to a restaurant to stop for a while.

They only had simple meals at first, and even though they had reached a state of heaven, it was still necessary to replenish their food.

However, after listening to the conversations of people nearby, they caught a sensitive topic, which can be summed up in the most concise words:
Recently, a caravan has become a hot topic in Rome!
It is said that this caravan came from the distant Daqin and will soon conduct an important transaction with the forces of the Duke of Darkness.

This move naturally caught the attention of the national teacher and Xu Fu. To them, the Qin people were nothing but a thorn in their side.

If they could plan an action against the Great Qin caravan, it would undoubtedly be the best choice. Hearing that the Great Qin Central Power was behind this caravan, the two smiled at each other and had already made plans in their minds.

The Imperial Master noticed Xu Fu's meaningful look and asked, "How is it? I guess you have a good idea, right?"

"Indeed, if the royal caravan were attacked, it would surely make the Qin Empire furious."

"However, it is said that there are experts in the early stage of the Heavenly Man Realm in the team, so we must be fully prepared."

Seeing Xu Fu's cunning expression, the Imperial Master laughed loudly and said, "What's the meaning of your cautious look? We have all reached the pinnacle. Now is the time to shock others, not to be timid!"

"Let's go. Let's discuss countermeasures after dinner. That's when you can show your skills!"

The Imperial Master now looked down upon Da Qin, and was convinced that his own strength was no less than that of the man who had cut off his arm.

The two were immersed in their own ideas, and their eyes turned away at the same time.

At this time, the Duke of Darkness had almost collected all of Rome's food.

Most of this food comes from surrounding towns and villages.

Although most of Rome's farmland was cultivated by farmers, most of it eventually fell into the hands of serf owners.

These serf owners held the power of life and death over food.

After selling the grain to the Duke of Darkness, they still had some food left, enough to maintain basic life. What they were looking forward to more was the arrival of the harvest season, when food would be abundant again and there would be no need to worry about insufficient reserves.

After everything was arranged, the Duke of Dark Night informed Ying Heng of the matter.

When Ying Heng learned about it, he came up with a plan.

Only when food is under control can we feel at ease.

He used telepathy to tell the Duke of Dark Night, "We will perform a play together. I need you to exchange these grains for my glass cup. Then, these grains will belong to our caravan in a legitimate name. Is that ok?"

The Duke of Darkness answered without hesitation: "No problem, when will we take action?"

He noticed that more and more eyes were on him, and he had to get rid of the food as soon as possible.

Ying Heng hesitated for a moment and replied, "Tomorrow."

Hearing this, the Duke of Dark Night felt that time was running out and made secret calculations in his mind.

However, he did not hesitate, and immediately gathered all his strength, announcing that he would soon start a deal with Daqin, and vowed to make them pay the price in blood!
As soon as the news came out, many people who were dissatisfied and hostile to the Qin Dynasty gathered together to discuss the matter.

The agreed time was the next day. People decided to witness the transaction with their own eyes to see how Daqin would lose in this transaction. They were full of expectations for this scene!
At this moment, all the Romans had a burning desire to see the Qin Dynasty suffer a defeat.

The next night, the moonlight was as bright as water. In a grand square, carriages loaded with grain intersected with the caravan from Daqin.

On both sides of the square, envoys from both sides stepped down from their carriages.

At the other end, two young gentlemen got out of the car. They were the noblemen representing the Duke of Dark Night.

The two men faced the captain of the caravan and said arrogantly: "You Great Qin want food? Very good! We plan to increase the price of food tenfold and sell it to you!"

"Moreover, this is only the price for low-quality food. For high-quality food, you must bid ten times more!"

"Otherwise, these grains would rather rot in the warehouse than be sold to you!"

Upon hearing this, the captain of the caravan laughed out loud and responded, "In that case, we are willing to exchange two boxes of glass cups!"

As soon as these words came out, the people around were all shocked, because some of them had seen the value of the Great Qin Colored Glass Cup. "

“Some of those glittering colored glass cups are worth hundreds of thousands of taels of gold!
Everyone looked up, expecting to see the true appearance of the two boxes of glass cups. This transaction attracted everyone's attention!

(End of this chapter)