Percy walks into a tavern.

"Mr. Blanche, it's been a long time, are you okay?" the waiter greeted warmly.

"I'm fine, there's no better time than now. Posey sat down at the service desk, "I heard you got a good batch of wine here?"

"Absolutely nothing. The waiter categorically denied it. They are talking about high-grade liquor, especially alcohol made from grain, which is now contraband, and can only be sold by the government, and the people are not even allowed to brew, supposedly to save food.

"And what are you selling now?" asked Percy.

"Fruit wines, all kinds of fruit wines, except wine. You're lucky, we have a new batch of sour plum wine from the south, which has a unique taste. The waiter said pleadingly.

"Okay. Posey didn't bother with whether the store had a private collection, "Give me a drink." ”

Posey is a good mixer, he is now the sheriff of the neighborhood, and there are too many people like him who have risen to prominence with the birth of the new regime, and many penniless people have become powerful and powerful overnight.

The taste of the sour plum wine exceeded Posey's expectations, it was soft and sweet with a rich fruity aroma, and the aftertaste was long, which reminded Posey of his hometown.

In the corner, someone is crying, someone is babbling.

They are a bunch of unlucky people who either went bankrupt because of political turmoil or had their homes raided for offending the Tulip Party, and had to hide in taverns to drink to kill their sorrows.

The door to the tavern was suddenly pushed open violently, and a man walked in on his toes.

Posey knew the man, Jimmy Sanchez, who had been the leader of a local street gang and had become an official in the Ministry of the Interior.

It was a powerful department of the Freedom Council, whose powers had gone beyond the duties of the secret police and the vigilantes, and no one could even pinpoint the boundaries of its powers, including the fight against the enemy, the elimination of traitors, the maintenance of law and order, the crackdown on unscrupulous businessmen, and the suppression of the recalcitrant elements against the revolution.

Sanchez's men drove the guests aside and took the most important position in the tavern, leaving Posey alone.

Within a few minutes, more than half of the guests were gone. The waiter's smiling face was even more ugly than crying.

"Haha, Antonio, how are you doing?" Sanchez raised his chin and looked condescendingly.

Posey took a sip of sour plum wine: "Thanks to you, I'm fine." A glass of sour plum wine? ”

"Haha, I was in the mood for a drink, well, after a busy day, this sweet wine is just right for moisturizing my throat. Sanchez smiled and said, "Those royalists still don't stop, and I copied three in a row today." ”

The waiter trembled and poured Sánchez a glass of sour plum wine.

"Looks like you've gained a lot today. "I'm pretty good at handling the leftovers. ”

The so-called "surplus materials" are nothing more than "criminal assets" obtained by the rich when they raid their homes, and they enter the pockets of various personalities large and small related to the new regime in various forms. How to monetize these materials is a part-time business for Posey.

It was through this business that Posey became acquainted with quite a few authoritative figures.

Sanchez glanced at the waiter, who immediately picked up a rag and stepped aside to clean up the cups left by the guests when they left.

"Ever heard of Marquis Walker?" Sanchez took a long sip of wine and wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth with his sleeve.

Posey pulled out a cigar and handed it to Sanchez. The other party looked at it in surprise: "Good thing, now you have money may not be able to buy this kind of fine cigar." ”

"I happen to have some stock, and I will send someone to the house tomorrow. "Good things should be shared with friends." ”

"That's right!" Sanchez enjoyed the stuttering atmosphere.

"Mr. Sanchez, when you mentioned the Marquis of Walker, is it the one who was stripped of his title by his lone husband a few years ago on suspicion of rebellion?" asked Percy, "and there is a grapevine that he was not deposed because of suspicion of rebellion, but because of something else. ”

"That's right, it's him. "He was forced to leave the country a few years ago, and now he has returned, and he has become a guest of honour, a special adviser to our Ministry of the Interior. ”

"So what?" Percy deliberately showed a disdainful tone, "The imperial system has been overthrown, the emperor has become a prisoner, does this Walker still want to be reinstated?"

"Of course not. "He angered the lone husband, and his fortune was divided among many people, and he is also one of the richest people in the Holy City. Those who fell into the trap are now unlucky, because the Marquis of Walker knows the tricks of these people and the means by which they hide their possessions. ”

"And then?" asked Percy, curious.

"And then there's my errand, you see, I've been busy since early in the morning, and I haven't even drunk a saliva. Sanchez complained, but it looked like he had only excitement on his face.

The knees of a former high-ranking man in front of a once-penniless man like him were enough to make him feel like he was stepping on clouds.

"Antonio, I've heard you're pretty good at handling leftovers, so I'd like to talk to you about a big deal. Sanchez said.

"What will you be?" asked Percy, "we are all our own people, don't fool me." ”

Sanchez held out a finger.

"A million?" asked Percy.

As if insulted, Sanchez snorted coldly: "Ten million." ”

"So many?" Posey's surprised expression at this time was not pretended at all, this was still Sanchez according to the "discount" to say less, because after all, it was "surplus materials".

"Mr. Sanchez, you know, I can't afford such a big deal. Posey's greedy and embarrassed expression was spotty.

Percy suddenly found that after a few years of intelligence work, he was very good at acting, and if he had to find a job in the future, the profession of actor was obviously very suitable for him.

"Don't dream, can you eat so much alone?" said Sanchez disdainfully, "I've found no less than ten people like you." I need you to dispose of these assets as soon as possible. ”

Sanchez said ostentatiously: "Don't worry, I have a backer behind me that you can't imagine." These leftovers aren't mine either, well, I just have a little errands. ”

Behind him, of course, are the big names in the Freedom Council, if not more than one.

Posey raised his glass: "Happy cooperation!"

"Great cooperation!" Sanchez clinked glasses with Posey.

After pouring most of the cup into his mouth, Sanchez asked, "I'm curious, who is your next family about those supplies?"

"Mr. Sanchez, you know, I'm not interested in real estate at all. As for jewelry, art, and things like that, I sell them to southerners. Southerners now have money, they live a life of abundance and peace, and jewelry and art are only worth their fair share if both conditions are met. ”

"That's right. Sanchez's expression suddenly changed cloudy, "In the future, I would like to settle in the south, it sucks here." ”

Probably in the heart of a character like Sanchez, he is also nervous.

They took advantage of the situation and looted wealth in the name of the revolution, and many innocent people were ruined because of it, and all kinds of terrible tragedies made the nouveau riche a little afraid.

The sin they inflict on others today may befall them one day.

Although sour plum wine is sweet and refreshing, drinking too much can make people intoxicated.