Chapter 392: Challenge
Looking at the mayor's aggressive eyes, Zheng Fei put his hand in front of his mouth in contemplation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The mayor was eagerly awaiting his answer, as he was in dire need of a sum of money to redeem the winery he had lost to his son's gamble, one of his favorites.
Good for a while.
Zheng Fei raised his head and looked at the surrounding walls, looking at the layout and furnishings of the room.
"How much did it cost to build this castle?"
The mayor did not hesitate to digress, and replied casually: "More than 400,000 silver coins are enough to buy the best manor." ”
Enraptured.
It seems that no matter when and where, the mayor can't change his nature of showing off, even if it is the most depressed time in his life, most of his property has been lost by his sons.
Zheng Fei nodded: "Oh, more than 400,000." ”
It's a little exciting to think about my assets worth at least four million.
After a pause, he smiled and said, "I can give you 100,000 silver coins." ”
One hundred thousand, this figure did not satisfy the mayor, he twisted his eyebrows and calculated it carefully.
If you want to carry Zheng Fei's convoy at one time, you need at least 200 large and small ships, each ship needs an average of 40 sailors, and a 20-person escort team.
The convoy is not used to protect the fleet against pirates.
Although there were many pirates in the Baltic Sea, the route from Gdansk to Denmark was relatively safe, because of the proximity to the coastline and the relatively strong Danish navy, the pirates did not dare to make trouble here, and most of them concentrated in the more northern seas to rob caravans doing fox fur business.
The role of the escort team is to prevent Zheng Fei and others from swallowing up the two hundred boats, and the mayor is not at ease to let such a large number of forces occupy his ship, in case the ship is gone, it will be a big loss.
Returning to the previous topic, a total of 8,000 sailors and 4,000 soldiers are needed, and it takes half a month to go back and forth, and the supply plus wages is about 50,000 silver coins.
In this way, he actually only got 50,000 yuan, and there is still a big gap between him and the redemption of the winery, which makes him very dissatisfied.
"Ahem....." he coughed lightly, his face displeased: "100,000 is too little, and the salaries of sailors and soldiers will cost 80,000 silver coins." ”
He can increase his consumption and show that he can't make any money.
Zheng Feinu said: "I don't need sailors, my men can do it, and I know the route from here to Denmark." ”
"Do you want to say that the convoy is no longer needed?" the mayor sneered.
Seeing that the mayor's face was not good, Zheng Fei understood something, and the atmosphere was deadlocked.
After a while, the mayor took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
"Listen, boy, I don't know where you came from, and I don't care what you're doing with such a large group of people in Denmark, but I don't believe you, and I give you the helm, what if you get my ship away?"
Regarding the mayor's concerns, Zheng Fei expressed his understanding, after all, the most lacking thing between people is trust, and he must not rest assured that he will hand over the fleet to a stranger.
So, he nodded and smiled.
"Okay, then I'll give you 180,000, how about it?"
"Three hundred thousand. The mayor made a firm offer that only in this way would he be able to redeem his favorite winery.
"So much?"
"Yes, you have to figure out the current situation, you need me and not I need you, without my transfer order, you will never be able to get on the deck of the Gdansk fleet, your thousands of men can only stay here, or go to Denmark by land, that road is not smooth, maybe you will encounter an army of German mad dogs. The mayor smiled slyly, as an old enemy he was accustomed to calling Germany a mad dog.
"Is that really the case?" a smile appeared on Zheng Fei's face.
"Or else?" said the mayor, calmly.
"I could buy a ship to send someone to Denmark for a small fee, and pay for a fleet over there to transport us there, so please find out the situation, I don't necessarily need you, and if you mess with me, you won't get a penny of oil or water." ”
Zheng Fei's words made the mayor stunned for a moment, thinking that it seemed to be the case.
But at the thought of redeeming the winery, he decided to carry the price of 300,000 yuan, how to carry it? Of course, to play to his advantage, although it was despicable.
He poured himself a glass of wine, took a small sip calmly, and sneered.
"There are more than 100,000 troops stationed on the outskirts of Gdansk, as long as I give an order, you will definitely not be able to leave the city!"
"Are you threatening me?" Zheng Fei frowned slightly, thinking that this old guy was really insidious.
"Extraordinary times are very means, all for money. The mayor smiled and drank the wine from his glass.
In fact, as the mayor of a city, and even more so as a well-known duke, he would not do such a self-destructive thing, he just wanted to scare Zheng Fei and force Zheng Fei to agree to the price of 300,000.
However, he didn't know Zheng Fei's stubbornness, let alone how many vigorous things the person in front of him had done.
Forcibly escaped from prison to break through Lisbon, used hot air balloons and terrain to annihilate the Portuguese army in the Azores, blew up the Istanbul warehouse, and abducted Urban.
Do you dare to do these things, are you still afraid of threats?
After a few seconds of silence, Zheng Fei smiled and stroked his forehead.
"I heard that there will be a war here in a month?"
"Yes, but it doesn't seem like it's your business. ”
"But the big war is imminent, and if you transfer the troops from the periphery back, won't you be afraid of a surprise attack by the enemy?
"I just said that there are 100,000 troops outside the city, as long as a few thousand people are transferred back with 3,000 city defense troops, it will be enough to deal with you. The mayor's face did not change.
Looking at his confident demeanor, Zheng Fei wanted to laugh inexplicably, and said seriously: "Then do you want to see the combat effectiveness of my group of subordinates?"
The mayor shook his head to indicate that he was not interested, but it was too late, and he saw Zheng Fei clapping his hands twice, and before the applause dissipated, the closed door was slammed open, and dozens of Spartan soldiers rushed in, with a fierce glint in their eyes.
The extremely strong physique made the mayor gasp, and it was difficult to restrain himself, a deep sense of fear welled up in his heart, and a chill ran down his spine.
The spartan warriors slammed on the door with a loud noise, which alarmed the guards of the castle, who quickly took up their weapons and ran over, gathering at the door of the house one after another, numbering about two hundred.
Seeing that the escort team was coming, the mayor's fear dissipated a lot, and he leisurely raised Erlang's legs and cast a playful glance at Zheng Fei.
"You know what, I can arrest you right now for endangering the mayor's safety. He laughs.
Zheng Fei also smiled: "Don't be nervous, I just want you to watch a scene." ”
With that, he whistled, and a Spartan warrior stepped forward.
"Does this one of my men challenge your escort to fight?" (To be continued.) )