Chapter 124 - 96 Female Camp_2
"Leader, you were indeed thoughtful; we really cannot move south." Volenus suddenly realized and immediately expressed his stance.
"Has that messenger left?"
"Not yet, he’s been waiting for your return."
"I’ll meet him later. After all, Spartacus is the head of our entire Free Italy, so we need to be more diplomatic in our refusal." Maximus took it more seriously and then asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Today, fifty-eight Sarabians accepted our employment and started working within the city. Another group went to the market to purchase goods... At the port, two merchant ships have docked, and Pigeris has been negotiating with them. How much money we earned and how much important goods we acquired, Pigeris has yet to report..."
Maximus smiled, "This is a good thing. Although it’s only fifty-eight people, I believe more Sarabians will submit to us in the future! More merchant ships will trade at the port! Therefore, we must expedite our military actions, gain more supplies, and make this town operate better...
By the way, did the market implement our previous demands to increase the prices of food and cloth, and reduce the prices of looted copperware, pottery, marble statues, and other luxury goods?"
"Yes, I heard someone bought a lot of good pottery today."
"That’s fine then." Maximus nodded with satisfaction, "At present, supplies like food and cloth are what we urgently need. We must set high prices to prevent more Sarabians from buying them, while lowering prices for good pottery and marble allows them to take advantage of buying them, and we can exchange them for more supplies from merchants..."