Chapter 23 On Wine and the World

The private room is large and deep enough, and a round table for 10 people is placed in the middle of the private room. The table of pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info is full of various dishes, including braised elbow, sweet and sour hairtail, stewed chicken with ham, stir-fried cabbage, etc., all of which are the specialties of the sunset province.

Xu Rong sat against the window, facing the door, his right hand side was up, and the people he brought were all seated, all of whom looked richly dressed. Soros sat on his left, Hans and Shaun Blackbeard sat in turn.

"My mother, you are really rich, it is all high-grade fabrics, look at the silk. Thunder Fort can be sold for a high price. Sean whispered to Hans, "We may be able to buy silk and sell it through the canal to Thundercastle." ”

"Shut up and eat yours. Hans glared at him.

Sean picked up two chopsticks with both hands and inserted them into the braised elbow, the elbow was extremely soft and fragrant, he licked his lips, and with a force, the chopsticks slid out of the elbow, and the soup splashed out.

"Hey, Sean, don't be rude. This elbow, which one is exclusive to you?" Thoros sighed and frowned, "Look at the table of soup." ”

"What are you talking about?" Blackbeard Sean glared at Soros, gesturing with chopsticks, "They want us to make a fool of ourselves." The Rhodes all used knives and forks, and they took these two sticks. ”

Xu Rong raised his wine glass and smiled awkwardly: "Rude, I wanted to invite guests to taste special dishes, and I forgot that you are not used to using chopsticks and have not thought it through." Man, take a knife and fork and divide the dish into a divide. ”

The guys in the store changed knives and forks for Soros and the others, cut the elbows into pieces according to the number of people, and distributed them to everyone's plates.

"I said, eating this thing should be the same as eating steak, with a knife in one hand and a fork in the other. Sean cut off a small elbow, and the fork screeched in the plate.

Hans nudged Sean with his elbow, and Sean huffed, threw down his knife and fork, and shoved the elbow meat into his mouth, making a noise as he chewed.

"I'm ashamed that my friend was a little rude. Faux pas. Soros raised his glass and toasted Xu Rong.

Xu Rong took a sip of wine and smiled: "Where is it, your friend is very interesting, and at first glance he is a bold person." On the contrary, I was amazed, why did Mr. Cervantes speak the Yellow Dragon language so well?"

I have always been gifted in language learning. Soros smiled and said, "There is no way to do business, go south and north, and don't learn a little south and north, how can you talk about it?"

Xu Rong laughed, shook his head, and exclaimed: "Admire, really admire." I, Xu, have been in business for many years, and I dare to say that there are very few Rhodes people who speak Huanglong well. Governor Olaf counted one. ”

Soros remained silent and asked, "I heard that this governor is weird?"

He claimed to have been born and raised in Sunset Province, and the yellow dragon language was correct and round, and the yellow dragon body could be understood. Xu Rong touched his beard, "He is different from the previous two governors, many people died in the Flower God Festival in Yuhua City, and when he came back from the imperial capital, he held a memorial event." ”

"How can so many people die?" Soros asked knowingly, and when he came to Yuhua City, he looked for an inn to stay in, and heard the order to ban entertainment for three days.

"It's not the Fuguo, the Flower God Festival was supposed to be a celebratory festival, and it happened to be the Rhodes Empire celebration, they went into the church and slaughtered the people!" Li Chun, who claimed to be a silk merchant, and the texture of his clothes seemed to be of good material, he interjected.

Xu Rong picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and waved his hand: "Don't mention this sad thing." ”

"I really sympathize with the people's feelings and love the people. Soros was amazed, he picked up his fork and put a small piece of chicken in his mouth. Olaf's means of buying people's hearts and minds is not bad.

Sean stuffed the chicken leg into his mouth, took a sip of sorghum wine, smacked his lips, turned his head, and glared at Soros: "What are you talking about? I don't understand the bird language you say." All I have to do is eat and drink. ”

It's good, just don't understand it. Soros pretended to be careless and asked, "No wonder all entertainment activities have been banned in the whole city for three days, so I can't find a restaurant to drink." ”

Xu Rong laughed, raised his wine glass, and touched Soros: "Mr. Cervantes, you said that you have a big business with me, can you ask for advice, my Xu someone deals in some grain and wine, and I know a few people who make medicinal herbs and silk, I don't know what Mr. has taken a fancy to?"

Soros dipped some wine, wrote a "heaven" on the table, and asked: "In this world, there are many fine wines, and there are many people who are good at wine." Mr. has been in the wine business for many years, can you tell me the advantages and disadvantages of each wine in the world?"

Xu Rong looked at the handwriting on the table and touched his beard: "Mr. seems to like wine very much." Let's talk about it one by one. Mr. from?"

"I'm from the south. "Soros speaks Huanglong in order to hide his northern accent.

"The white and red wines of the southern and multi-song free trade city-states are world-famous. There is little rain, the temperature is high, the grapes are large and sweet, and the wines produced are mostly sweet and greasy. Xu Rong shook his head, "It's a pity that the price is too expensive, and the merchant ships come and go north along the canal, and most of them are sold to nobles." At the time of the Imperial Celebration, prices skyrocketed, but now they have dropped quite a bit. ”

"Presumably Mr. Xu has made a lot of money. Soros nodded, "Imperial celebration, His Majesty the Emperor's favorite thing is wine." At that time, liquor dealers were given priority to pass through the checkpoints. ”

Xu Rong shook his head: "The cost is too high, from south to north along the way, in case of accidents, the risk is too high." The wine of the free trade city-state of Duoge is not enough to shake the liquor market of the entire empire, and occasionally make a difference in price and make some short-term profits, but not in the long run. ”

At this time, the shopkeeper brought a plate of vinegar fish, Blackbeard had a bitter face, and muttered: "It's a special dish again, I want Blackbeard to say, such a big fish, use it to cook soup, one for each person." ”

Soros ignored Blackbeard and continued: "Sir, do you look at the wine in this Meno Province?"

"It's all plains, and it's good to grow wheat. Contiguous wheat fields, low cost, large wheat yield. Xu Rong smacked his lips, "I like that thing too, it looks low in alcohol and has a comfortable taste, and the poor and rich like it." In business, small profits and quick sales are one way. ”

During the reign of the Kingdom of Menor, 800 cavalry were defeated by 300 rangers. By now, the knights of the province of Meno are declining. A knight canonizes a combatable squire in a battle, and a new knight is created. Just like cheap wheat, it looks overwhelming and scary, but in fact, the cost is very low, and most of the so-called knights, wearing semi-chain mail, chain mail or even leather armor, go into battle with broken swords. Soros took a sip of sorghum wine and heard Xu Rong's words.

Xu Rong took out the fish bones, put them on the plate, and said, "It's just that don't underestimate the malt beer, it's still intoxicating if you drink too much, and it makes you pee non-stop." Oops, to put it rudely, rude. ”

"Where, Mr. Xu is very funny. Soros laughed. It can be heard that Xu Rong is wary of Karen Madison, the lord of the province of Meno and the son of the shadow mage Viren Madison. At the Imperial Gala Banquet, the Emperor killed his uncle, and he fled back to the province overnight. What's so scary about this little imp?

Sean coughed desperately, holding his neck with one hand, rolling his eyes, and finally relieved himself: "Cervantes! You laugh at you! Am I just stuck in a fish bone?" he pushed away the fish in front of him, grabbed a chicken leg, and stuffed it into his mouth, "I don't believe it, I will choke on chicken bones." ”

"What do you think of fruit wine? Soros put the greens in his mouth, and he was trying to adapt to the cooking skills of the remnants and try to be as satisfied as possible.

"Women drink without energy. Xu Rong waved his hand, "If Mr. wants to sell it, it's not impossible, but the fruit wine is also liked by aristocratic women." Thundercastle is a good sales market, where there are many nobles. Malt beer and cider are also sold together. ”

Gasganik's rangers were small in number, but they swore allegiance to the Rhodes family. Xu Rong is right, provoking the conflict between the rangers and Meno's knights and letting them fight again, it is beneficial to us.

"What are you laughing at?" Sean pulled out the chicken bones, "Look, I'm not stuck in my throat." ”

Hans elbowed Sean in the chest: "Shut up!"

Sean coughed and glared at Hans.

"How's the brandy?" Soros alluded to the brandy-rich province of Orlando.

"That's an artistic wine!, mellow and smooth!" Xu Rong exclaimed, "The aroma is rich, but when you drink it in your mouth, your throat is on fire." Don't be fooled by illusions. ”

The regent doesn't even lie. Sebastian is like a brandy, famous in the empire. He was reminding me not to be fooled by illusions. Recently, it seems that Sebastian's prestige in the hearts of the people is rising. He's right, Orlando is an artistic province on the surface, but they are rich, and those golden knights in the knight competition lack training. If Orlando joins Meno Province......

Soros shuddered.

"Sir, chills?" Xu Rong stretched out his hand and pressed it on Soros's right hand, "Whiskey can ward off the cold, and it is very strong, and our sorghum wine is also very strong." Sir can try. ”

What a terrible person he was, and he found out that I was actually a northerner?

Soros's hands were sweaty, he pulled out his hand and said, "No, it's just that the climate is not adaptable." Sorghum wine, transparent in color, but very strong. ”

"Mix it in the water and you won't feel strong. Xu Rong raised his glass and shook it, the transparent liquid was like water, "But if you drink too much, you will still have a headache." So, sir, don't be greedy. ”

He's saying that the Restorationists are mixed in with the remnants like sorghum wine mixed in water, and you can't tell where the threat is coming from. He also threatened me not to be greedy, meaning that I didn't want to destroy the Restorationists. He hadn't figured out who I really was, but he had hinted that he was a Nationalist.

Soros smiled and said, "Listening to what the adults say, I feel like I'm enlightened. Whisky and sorghum wine are my favorites. Whisky is cold and strong, and sorghum wine looks ordinary and is very strong. Why don't we take care of each other and monopolize the Empire's liquor market together?"

Xu Rong narrowed his eyes, and he pretended to be contemplative.

Out of the corner of his eye, Soros saw that those who claimed to be silk merchants and wheat merchants were picking up shiny things from under the table, emitting a metallic sheen.

Xu Rong stretched out his right hand.

Soros was going to smash the cup and let the guards break in.

"Doing business with integrity. Xu Rong shook Soros's hand, "One word is a certainty." ”

Soros's hand was sweaty, he squeezed Xu Rong's right hand hard, and said, "Mutual benefit, everyone has money to earn." Deal. ”

Sean's nose was red from the sorghum wine, and his eyes widened and he shouted, "My mother, have you made a deal? Without me as a negotiator, you have succeeded? Cervantes, you lucky man!"