Chapter Twenty-Nine: Negotiations Change
Master Huang was a little worried, yesterday the maritime merchants came to find him to see if he could contact the high-level of the Maidno people, saying that there were important goods for sale to them.
Critical cargo? Why skip him? They also have to negotiate with the Medenor, is it because they know that the price list of these strange goods is inconsistent? Or are you angry at yourself because someone was kidnapped last time?
In fact, the traversers know very well how much difference there is between the high price of these goods sold outside and the price they sell, but Huangshi needs to feed so many people, and in order to keep the channel open, there will definitely be no shortage of bandits, pirates and officials who need to be dotted along the way, and they should take more. Moreover, the Huangshi line is settled immediately every time, and it is not certain that other dealers can settle the bill so happily, so until now, the crossing group has not prepared to change the spokesperson in Mingzhou City.
As for the kidnapping, it's no wonder that Master Huang, after all, this matter is still too high-profile and caused these incidents, but fortunately, the matter was successfully resolved that night.
But at the moment, Huang Shi can't guess so much, he can't help but feel worried in his heart, thinking about it, instead of worrying about this matter alone, it is better to ask directly to understand.
"Master Huang," Yang Minghuan explained to him with a smile, "You're too worried." ”
Huang Shi was a little dumbfounded, "Then you are going to sell this seafood directly to the Maidno people?" ”
"Neither nor not!" Yang Minghuan replied with a smile, causing several people next to him to cover their mouths and snicker.
"We are looking for Medno people to discuss a new business opportunity, this matter is not unwilling to cooperate with Master Huang, but the technology of this matter is too complicated, and we have to invite people from the local area to do it."
"That'...... What are we selling right now? Huang Shi stammered a little, he was afraid that the few maritime merchants in front of him would take back a word.
"Then naturally I still cooperate with Master Huang." Yang Minghuan said with a smile. "If Master Huang doesn't believe it, we can make a note."
"Don't dare, don't dare," Huang Shi finally put down a big stone in his heart, and quickly called someone to contact the people of Medno.
Your reply from Medno is also coming quickly, of course they know this Huang Master, you must know that since this perfume and other products have been on the market, it has always been the heart disease of Medno people, and the biggest problem is that this thing cannot be copied at all.
They took the perfume to several important industrial cities in Yaning to analyze it, but how could these guys who didn't have a spectrum analyzer find out what was in the perfume? As soon as Yaning's old craftsmen saw the perfume bottle, their heads shook like rattles, not to mention the perfume inside, even the transparent glass bottle outside was a priceless treasure, not to mention the sprayer on top, they didn't even know what material it was made of, and there was no way to imitate it at all.
At this time, the people who make these seafood actually want to meet them, and the people of Maidno themselves are very excited, can they buy their production technology and put it into production by themselves? You know, the charm of perfume is so strong that there are people who buy perfume and are hoarding it, and some people are selling it in smaller bottles, or how much money to spray on the body. They are now desperate to know the secrets of perfume.
The meeting was chosen in Mingzhou City, after the last kidnapping incident, the vigilance level of the people who crossed the crowd was directly raised by several levels, and Du Yande and Liu Yeqiang, who came out to negotiate, were both wearing stab-proof suits, although both of them were sweating at this time, but they still didn't dare to take off this.
In order to prevent being hijacked or encountering danger, they conducted a survey in advance before choosing a location, and rented a room in a four-story restaurant opposite the three-story teahouse where the negotiations were to be held. On the same level as them were two assault men, carrying two five-shot shotguns, which would be more than enough for a scenario if something went wrong.
In addition, the partition of the teahouse where Du Yande and Liu Yeqiang were located was also rented, and Beiwei and Yang Muqin were ambushed inside. Although Yang Muqin is not a veteran, this guy often plays CQB with a BB gun at home, and his movements are quite formal, and his score is even higher than that of many veterans when he trains with long and short dogs in the base, so he was also selected to participate in this operation.
All the personnel brought walkie-talkies, and they used headsets to talk directly, and as soon as they gave an order, they could act immediately.
Du Yande wiped the sweat droplets on his face with his sleeves, and at the same time fanned the wind with a fan with some impatience, in order to blend in with the locals, all the people who participated in the operation were wearing long shirts, the temperature in Mingzhou City at this time was thirty-eight degrees, and wearing long shirts made them sweat profusely and miserable. You must know that for the convenience of movement, a training uniform is also worn under the long shirt, and it is simply a torture to wear so much on such a hot day.
This room is not big, about ten square meters, there is a square table in the center of the private room, four long stools are placed on four sides, and there is a long stool near the door, which is prepared for the people who come in to sing music, the room is very simple, there are several calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wooden wall, and there is a porcelain vase on the small table in the corner.
They made an appointment with the people of Meideno, but they couldn't figure out how the time of this time and space was calculated, in line with the purpose of preferring to arrive early rather than late, they simply arrived at the teahouse an hour in advance, and Huangshi had no choice but to send more than a dozen villagers to accompany them.
Sure enough, the two envoys from Medeno arrived not long after, and it seems that arriving early is the best purpose of business negotiations.
The two envoys who came in were only about 1.7 meters tall, although they didn't seem too tall in front of the traversers, but they stood out from the crowd among the ordinary heights of 1.5 meters in the local area. The two envoys were blonde and blue-eyed, and their appearance was very similar to that of Europeans and Americans, Du Yande patted Liu Yeqiang on the shoulder, and the two stood up together.
However, both sides were stunned for a moment, and one of the two messengers stretched out his right hand to shake hands, and the other made a gesture. The two here didn't know what to do, so they also followed each other's movements.
Both sides laughed after saluting, and it turned out that one of the two envoys who had arrived was an envoy directly from the Eastern Fleet of Medeno, and the other was an escort sent by Morningstar City. The envoy has long been accustomed to a simple handshake, and naturally stretches out his hand when he meets, and the escort has lived in the Wu Dynasty for many years, and he is a fool everywhere he goes, and the two did not communicate in this aspect before they came, so such a small embarrassment occurred.
With this vignette, the atmosphere on both sides was much better. However, the Medeno people were obviously more anxious, and they asked questions as soon as they came up, and the envoy didn't know who was the head of the two "Americans" in front of him, and to be honest, they didn't know where the United States was, but at the moment, they didn't want to figure out what the United States was, but first they had to figure out what these two people were doing when they called themselves over.
"I am the envoy of the Eastern Fleet of Medeno, and I have come to have a meeting with the two of you on the order of Ocean City, may I ask what is the matter?"
Du Yande smiled slightly, this person who spoke was an escort, fluent in Cantonese, although he still didn't understand a little, but he still understood the general idea, but he really wasn't used to communicating in Cantonese, so he tentatively asked in Mandarin, "Can you speak Mandarin?" Or some other language? ”
Unexpectedly, the escort immediately changed the official language to communicate with him, although there are still many differences between the official language and Mandarin at this time, but at least both parties can understand it.
"That's the ......" Du Yande was about to speak, when he heard a noise below the teahouse, and a chaotic footsteps rushing upstairs.
The call of the sniper team immediately came from the headset, "There are many people gathered at the door of the teahouse, and they are breaking inside, and they are fighting with the villagers of Huangjiazhai." ”
At the same time, the door of the private room was pushed open, and a villager hurriedly said to them, "A few masters, something happened!" Many peasants rushed up. ”
While talking, the villagers downstairs retreated to the corridor on the third floor while fighting. One by one, the peasants carried hoes and shovels, and shouted viciously, "Kill the demon!" He rushed over.
"Demon killing?" Du Yande's mind suddenly appeared with the Boxers, and he couldn't help but look back at the two Maidno envoys. "These people are here for you, aren't they?"
The two messengers' heads shook like rattles. Outside the door, there was the sound of the villagers and the attackers fighting, and it didn't take long for several attackers to be injured and fall to the ground, it seems that these attackers should be indigenous farmers, ordinary farmers can still play a role in large-scale fights, in this kind of narrow place is not as good as specially trained villagers. Du Yande hurriedly said to the three people in the house: "You stay in the house and don't walk around!" I'll go out and see and come back. As he spoke, he opened the door and quietly turned his face sideways to observe. This group of attackers is a standard Wu Dynasty native, wearing short coats, barefoot, there is a lot of yellow mud on the feet, and the head is unkempt and combed in a bun, a few villagers at the door seem to have good work in their hands, and in a blink of an eye, they have already put down six indigenous farmers on the ground, and the few farmers behind began to hesitate a little, wanting to rush up and be shocked by the force of these villagers, after hesitation, Du Yande asked loudly: "Who is coming?" Why are you attacking us and other maritime merchants? ”
A peasant snorted indignantly, and slammed his hoe on the ground fiercely, "Fanren rapes women, and you are still acting for the tiger!" "Tears flowed as he spoke." Poor my daughter, who is twenty-eight years old, was caught by a group of people on the street today. I'm here to catch a few people and let those barbarians exchange my daughter! ”
Du Yande understood what was going on almost immediately. It's still the same old routine as most soap operas, there must be a few Maidno people robbing the people on the street, and the peasants can't tell what these outsiders look like, so they can only grab a few Maidno people in exchange.
"Can't you go to the police?"
"The government doesn't have the money to get in? Even if you make money, you can't help this extraterrestrial barbarian. If you stay away from my Dawu, won't you separate my family? The old farmer burst into tears.
Du Yande has children of his own and knows how hard it is to raise a child, but now he has to talk to the people of Medeno about the seawater filtration system. While thinking about it, Yuan Zhenli called in the headset. "What happened? Do you need a drone support screen? ”
An idea popped up in Du Yande's mind, and he asked the crying old farmer, "This old man, when did they snatch the person?" ”
"Just a quarter of an hour ago, the little girl accompanied her mother to the street to buy groceries and was taken away by three maidens in red shirts. I waited for the news to hurry into the city, but I couldn't stop the three people, just someone saw two people walking into this teahouse, so I waited to come in, first catch the two people and say, if I can't find my daughter who is miserable, I will kill these two people to pay for her life. ”
I'll it, it's a disaster! Suddenly, he remembered that the Quarians on different ships in Mass Effect had different names, and he wondered if the same was true for these Medenors.
Du Yande motioned to a few villagers to continue to stop these peasants, and the peasants saw that this Chinese person who was obviously not dressed in the Wu Dynasty did not look like Fanyi, and obviously had a good impression, and hurriedly helped up a few injured companions on the ground and waited quietly at the staircase.
"Two Maidno emissaries, I would like to ask, is the Maidno man in the red shirt on your ship?"
"No, our sailors are in purple shirts, and the men in red shirts are from the Mirobos."
"And where is the Mirobolis moored?"
"They are anchored in the ocean, and today there is a fast boat that will pick them up and forth, and they will set off at the right time, and it is already six o'clock before the hour, and it should not have set off yet."
Du Yande calculated the time in his heart, held down the microphone and said inside: "Yuan Zhenli, release the reconnaissance plane." Fly slowly in the direction of the dock, looking for three men in red shirts dragging a woman. ”
"What happened?" Yuan Zhenli asked as he released the quadcopter.
Du Yande didn't have time to talk in detail, but just roughly explained what happened here just now.
"I'll go! What the hell is going on with us? How can this be relied upon by us? Amid the astonished cries of nearby residents, a quadcopter took off from a nearby yard.
"There is no way to do this, if we don't deal with this matter, we won't be able to carry out the next negotiation, and ......" Du Yande hesitated slightly, "After all, we will snatch land and population from this regime after crossing over, and if we do a little more good now, we will be able to go more smoothly in the future." ”
Yuan Zhenli didn't say a word, just stared at the monitor to see if there was a crowd that met the requirements. He was a young man with a full sense of justice, who had been educated in the revolutionary army for many years to love the people, and naturally had no objection to helping the toiling masses.
In just five minutes, he managed to find something unusual on the screen.
"I don't know if you're looking for it, but two blocks to the south, there's a group of people surrounding three people dressed in red, and a woman in blue in the middle. It looks like it's blocked by the crowd. ”
Du Yande hurriedly asked Lin Shenhe to take over to protect Liu Yeqiang to negotiate with the Maidno people, while here he rushed to the south with a group of angry peasants two streets to the south.
The group of peasants originally had a lot of opinions about Xiang Yong stopping him from catching the two Maidno people, but then saw that the young man behind Xiang Yong not only did not give the order to continue attacking him, but actively helped him find someone, and immediately had a good impression of Du Yande, although he didn't even know that he didn't even move and muttered there alone How could he know that the three Fanyi and the girl appeared two streets to the south, but since they were sincerely helping, they couldn't not say it at all, and immediately let the two young people stay here, Others followed Du Yande down the stairs and ran south.
The physical training during this period was very effective, and when he ran to the place where the crowd gathered, Du Yande was only slightly panting, but the group of farmers behind him were all out of breath, panting there with farm tools such as hoes or leaning against the wall. Suddenly, the old farmer shouted, "Yi'er! Are you in there? ”
The crowd suddenly dispersed, and everyone's heads were tilted in the direction of the old peasant.
A girl in a homespun blue coat was being tied up and pressed to the ground by a blonde maidno man in a red shirt, the other two maidno were babbling, a man with a small head was arguing with them, hearing the old farmer's shout, his face couldn't help showing joy, and he quickly turned his head to look at this side.
At this glance, the smile on the man's face immediately stiffened, and the people who came were a group of peasants, as could be seen from the fact that they were wearing their own worn-out cloth clothes, the yellow soil still sticking to their bare feet, and the various farm tools in their hands, but the bearded man in the strange clothes standing at the front was not an American maritime merchant?
Du Yande also recognized at first glance that the man who was arguing with several Maidno people was Xu Wei, who they had been preparing to be targeted for, and without saying a word, he unzipped his clothes, opened the buckle on the holster under his armpit, and held the handle of the gun in his hand.
Xu Wei also secretly complained in his heart at this time. As he passed by just now, he saw three people dragging a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl with a rope in the direction of the dock, this girl at first glance thought that she was a slave they had just paid for, but she did not look like those people in the city who were dressed in tatters and could not eat a mouthful of food. So he went up and stopped three people and asked to check the girl's deed. As soon as the girl saw that there was a turnaround, she hurriedly whispered in Cantonese, saying that she had been kidnapped. The Chinese like to see the lively nature made the crowd next to them quickly surround them, and immediately surrounded these people, and they all clamored for a few Maidno people to take out the girl's deed to see. He never expected that he would become a hero with a sense of justice for a while, and he actually directly recruited an American maritime merchant to run in front of him, and seeing that this maritime merchant's feet were standing slightly apart one after the other, his right hand was in his arms, and he knew that there must be a weapon without looking. What's more, I heard that a few days ago, the group of Zhuang Ke who were killed dozens of people were talking about these Americans who had demon methods, what took people's lives a hundred and ten steps away, and the shot was a thunderbolt, and they could throw deadly feather arrows with a flick of their hands, and what was even more terrifying was that many people also saw them use demon magic to summon some skeletons as dead soldiers in the village and plundered Zhou Laosan and meat tickets. He didn't believe it originally, but the corpses that were placed on the barn had to make him feel a little trembling between the two, most of these villagers and family members committed a lot of evil deeds on the sea and were sheltered by Lord Zheng and placed here, even if they were not murderous, they were also fierce and vicious on weekdays, and they were invincible when they fought with a few nearby Zhuangzi people in order to grab the water source on weekdays, but they were rumored to be killed by less than ten people sent by the maritime merchants to save the tickets, and Zhuangzi also burned more than half, But not even a single one of the votes saved. The maritime merchant in front of him was so full of confidence that he had words in his mouth, I wonder if he was urging the demon law and was preparing to take his own life with one blow?
Du Yande is actually worried in his heart, from Xu Wei's face that turned from red to white and from white to blue, he knew that his identity as an "American maritime businessman" must have been exposed, and the evil result of watching too many costume films is that he always feels that those wicked people always have strange and powerful martial arts. At this time, his hand holding the pistol had begun to sweat, and he was secretly thinking in his heart that if the most dangerous enemy of the Executive Committee suddenly attacked, how to quickly attack and what direction, he didn't want to hurt the innocent onlookers next to him, if he injured someone here and was twisted to the government, it was not certain whether his buttocks, who had not been beaten for decades, could withstand the board.
The two men stared at each other with bated breath like a western cowboy without attracting the attention of the people around them, and the old farmer did not care that he was still wearing a rough clothes, and pounced on the three red-clad maidens with his hoe. The peasants who followed behind also waved their farm tools and pounced on them with a pant. The crowd that rushed over ran past Du Yande, and it also pushed him to stumble a few steps, and when he looked up again, Xu Wei was actually gone.
"It's so fast!" He hurriedly wanted to hold down the Adam's apple sounder and planned to report it to Yuan Zhenli to search for it, but suddenly he couldn't remember what kind of clothes Xu Wei was wearing, and when he was hesitating, Yuan Zhenli's voice came from the earphones. "Lao Du, are you looking for the person who looked at you just now?"
"Yes, yes, did you see him?"
"See, he's just run out of the crowd and is running north along the road."
"Height is an advantage...... Du Yande, who is 1.66 meters taller, looked a head taller in a crowd of onlookers of about 1.5 meters, and couldn't help but be complacent. From the top of the crowd, he saw Xu Wei running north twenty meters away. Du Yande hurriedly pulled out the pistol directly, and chased after it, anyway, no one in this era knows a pistol, so it doesn't matter if you carry it.
"He's going to the alley on the right now, yes! Turn right here! ”
Without hesitation, Du Yande turned around and chased to the right, and not far away he saw Xu Wei still running forward in the alley.