Volume 2 The Northward Journey of the Yiren Chapter 62 Acts
The town of Arnar, thirty miles from the city of Tyrrell.
The sky is slightly bright, and the morning sun is rising.
In a tavern called "Fish Thorn and Knife Shield", two sleepy-eyed waitresses were yawning against the glass, and the shopkeeper at the bar was also a little stunned, looking at the ray of sunlight peeking in at the door. Obviously, it was painful for the master and servant to get up so early.
"Uninvited guest" Bai Kang led a few of his subordinates swaggering in.
His men slammed the wooden boxes they were carrying on their shoulders to the floor, waking up the two dazed attendants.
The shopkeeper has been running a tavern for so many years, so he can naturally see what kind of people like Bai Kang are, and he can't help but swallow his saliva, and secretly scold why he is so unlucky today, and it must be no good to meet this gang of ruffian mercenaries as soon as he opens the store.
"What advice do you have, adults?" the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him from the bar with a shy face.
"Shopkeeper, do you have a business, do you want to do it?" Bai Kang said with a straight face.
"Yo, my lord, it depends on what kind of business it is. My shop is a small business, and I can't do big business. The shopkeeper said with an apologetic smile.
Bai Kang pointed to a few boxes of wine on the ground with his chin, "Oh, take a look." ”
The shopkeeper glanced at Bai Kang suspiciously, squatted down, opened the wooden box and saw that it was full of unopened Philodis brand red wine. There are several boxes, the specifications are high and low, some are cheap, and some are good in vintage. Of course, the red wine produced in the Tyrell area, no matter how high-end it develops, is still inferior to the wine produced in the southern Jofendi.
"This is ... The shopkeeper looked at Bai Kang and asked strangely.
"I just robbed it, and the brothers can't finish drinking, so I'll exchange you for some Looney flowers. Bai Kangpi said with a smile.
The shopkeeper's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
In this world, someone dares to rob the Philodis family's goods?
And just around the corner of Tyrelll?
The shopkeeper couldn't believe that there were such bold people in the world.
"What, don't you believe it?" Bai Kang said lightly.
The shopkeeper had not recovered from the shock, and his mouth was rounded, and he did not nod or shake his head.
"Open a bottle and try it?" Bai Kang asked, his eyes drooping, his expression revealing a disdain for the shopkeeper's questioning expression.
After speaking, Bai Kang randomly picked out a bottle of red wine from the box. I saw him flick his thumb, and the cork flew out along with the mouth of the bottle.
The shopkeeper Na Na took the broken red wine from Bai Kang's hand, and he definitely didn't dare to drink it with such a piercing appearance. Unless you say that your lips are made of iron sheet, you have the ability to blow on this bottle. But he's also been running a tavern for half his life, so he'll know if it's genuine when he smells it.
The shopkeeper sniffed it and knew it was an authentic Tyrellle.
"Indeed... It is indeed the wine of the Philodius family. The shopkeeper said. He glanced at Bai Kang's gang, his eyes full of fear.
"These boxes of wine, some of the vintages are better, some are average, and I don't bother to bargain with the shopkeeper, let's count them directly by the box. Do you think it's good?" Bai Kang asked with a smile.
"A box... How much?" the shopkeeper asked as he looked at Bai Kang Xiaoyi. He was afraid that Bai Kang would shout a sky-high price and come out to buy and sell again. After all, these outlaws even dare to rob the Philorodi family's goods, what else can't be done. At this time, the shopkeeper had to secretly scold for bad luck, that universal lord was really blind, and he prayed every day in vain.
"That's it, let's suffer a loss, after all, it's so rushed, a box of ten Looneys, what do you see?" Bai Kang said as he looked at the shopkeeper.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that the price offered by the other party was so not preferential, and he simply picked up a big bargain.
Even the cheapest case of wine costs more than ten loony.
"Huh?" Bai Kang was still waiting for the shopkeeper's reply.
"Yes, yes. The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded a few times, "I'll open two more bottles to test, if it's okay, I'll get you money." ”
Bai Kang made a gesture of "please".
The shopkeeper gave the two waiters a look, and the two hurriedly brought the corkscrew.
The shopkeeper picked a few bottles from the other boxes and checked them, and sure enough, the bottles were genuine. There is also a box of high-end treasures "Fu Yu" newly put on the shelves of the Philodi family.
This box alone is worth a hundred lunes.
"There are six boxes here, so I'll give you the money. The shopkeeper was overjoyed and hurried back to the counter to fetch Looney, eager to complete the deal immediately. At this time, he probably won't scold the universal lord anymore, he has to praise, he has to praise fiercely, this universal honorable can be regarded as an eye-opener, and he can be asked to pick up such a big bargain.
Bai Kang looked at it coldly, and secretly smiled that everything was going smoothly.
Then the group took the sixty looni and left the tavern contentedly.
The shopkeeper looked at the backs of a few people leaving, and his eyebrows became cold, thinking that he should not be able to see these people in the future.
But what he didn't expect was that a few days later, Bai Kang and his subordinates came again, and threw him a few cases of Philodis brand red wine at a low price.
The shopkeeper has also heard in the past few days that the goods of the Philodi family have been frequently robbed recently. It's just that he didn't expect this gang of robbers to appear in his store so grandly. But he didn't care much about who robbed whom. As long as he has his own money to earn, it doesn't matter so much. As long as Bai Kang takes the goods out, he will collect as much as he wants. After all, if you don't earn money, you will be poor all your life.
The so-called once born, second ripe, Bai Kang came more times, and he became familiar with the shopkeeper.
After a drunken experience, Bai Kang revealed to the shopkeeper that his party was actually employed by the Earl of Ornein to come to the Tyrell area to rob the Philodius family's goods.
After finishing speaking, Bai Kang also told the shopkeeper to keep this matter secret.
What is said in the tavern is like a fly scattered with joy, and it can't be stopped wherever it wants to go.
Moreover, at that time, Alwin explained that he wanted to diversify his investment and bloom more, so the scene just now did not only happen in the tavern "Fish Bones and Knife Shield". Several taverns in a few towns near Tyrell have received cheap Philodís.
So, the rumors started, and everyone vaguely knew what role Count Onein played in this "big move". Of course, this is the role that Alvin has given him. And the Count of Onein himself was still waiting in the city of Zantz stupidly for when Alwyn would be able to swear allegiance to him.
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Tyrell City.
Philodi Manor.
The noisy conference room was already full.
In addition to the people of the Philodis family, even many side branches also came.
From this point of view, the strength of the Mongolian Cavalry Mercenary Group is still certain.
After all, there are so many people who come to the Philodis Mansion to complain, which shows how serious the losses of these wealthy businessmen have been recently.
"What can I do about this, it's only been seven or eight days, and I've been robbed of dozens of boxes of goods. A wealthy businessman on the side said with a bitter expression.
"Cut, I'm missing one or two hundred boxes. As soon as he heard this, his tone was a little richer than the one just now, and there was a bit of disdain in his tone, this should be from Philodi's own family. Of course, the most important thing in the tone is the hatred of gnashing teeth, hatred for these robbers of unknown origin.
"Alas, the caretakers I looked for were really not the opponents of the gangs of bandits, the dead and the wounded, the wounded and the wounded, there have been three groups of people before and after, and I was stunned that a batch of goods has never been sent out to me. Another wealthy businessman sighed with a wry smile.
"No, I don't know where the bandits came from, I don't know where they come from, and they rob our goods when they see them. Someone chimed in.
"The most hateful thing is that they robbed the goods and sold them at a low price, which brought down our prices. It's too much to sell at a lower price than the cost price... ”
"yes, there are a lot fewer orders now. I heard that a lot of customers are scrambling to grab the goods in the hands of the gangsters, and the price is really low and there is no way to live. . . ”
"There's no way to go on like this, big brother, you have an idea. At this time, someone in the crowd came out with such a sentence.
"yes... When everyone heard this, they also responded one after another.
This big brother refers to McNee Philodi, who sat in the main seat and never spoke.
The old wine barrel has been frowning and playing with the hourglass glass in his hand since the beginning, and he has not said a word about everyone's discussion. This hourglass cup is a new work recently launched by the Philodis family, which is specially used to drink "Fu Yu". When Fu Yu is poured into the glass, the ice stone in the base triggers an enchantment, which quickly freezes the wine into a cone-shaped shape with the tip pointing upwards. It turned out that this cup contained a mystery, containing a conical glass mold. When the freeze is formed, you can turn the glass mold, just like flipping an hourglass, flip the frozen red wine on it, and wait for it to melt when it is hot. The drop of "Fu Yu" is said to taste wonderful.
McNee saw that the people at the table were gradually quieting down, and coughed lightly, which was kind of putting an end to these meaningless complaints.
As the head of the family, the old barrel must have been robbed the most of his goods. Therefore, he knows better than anyone else what everyone has just said. If everyone knew that the old wine barrel had been robbed of a thousand cases of red wine, it was estimated that they would fall off the chair in fright.
And the most important thing is that McNee's "Shocking" mercenary group has been dispatched several times, but has not achieved anything, and each time it has been easily dodged by the bandits.
So, when it comes to depression in the heart, no one can compare to the old barrel McNee.
"Did you find out who was making trouble?" McNee asked sharply. His cheeks may have caused the internal space of his mouth to be relatively large, so he spoke as if he had a ball of cotton on the left and right, low and vague, but it was very similar to the taste of a big brother.
He was not asking the merchants at the table, but the two sons behind him.
The eldest son, Rusti, took a step forward and stepped out of the shadows, and replied with a gloomy face, "It should be someone arranged by Oonein's side." ”
He seemed to be answering his father's question, but his voice could reach every corner of the conference room.
"Are you sure?" McNee leaned his head back towards Rusty, but didn't turn his face away.
Rusti leaned into his father's ear and whispered a few words.
McNee nodded.
"It seems that the soft-footed shrimp of Oenein has done something to us. McNee looked at the people at the table and said calmly.
In fact, not only the old wine barrel found the news here, but also some wealthy businessmen. It's just that only McNee is qualified to say this.
Because as soon as these words came out, it would be tantamount to declaring war on the down-and-out nobles in Zantz City.
"Okay... "This one blow exploded.