299 Buying hearts and minds

After listening to Chen Xiansong's words, Ze Longer left, and walked very simply. He returned home with the cavalry and rushed into his father's study. The old lord was flirting with a maid, and then he was very arrogant and threw the maid out of the house, and asked the butler to transfer the whole floor away.

The old city lord didn't care about this, just a maid, and if she threw it away, she threw it away, what did it matter. He took a sip of fruit wine and said with a smile: "Why, you came to me in a hurry so late, what happened to you, is your eldest brother greedy for money again or what?" By the way, Lux is also old enough to get married, and you'll have to help her find a better young man in the city. ”

Since the capture of Schumacher some time ago. After Dolan, the old city lord seemed to become gentle and verbose, perhaps a lifelong wish. Ze Long'er didn't know whether this was good or bad, he took a breath and slowly repeated what Chen Xiansong had just said.

Once a person has no goal, he will lose his fighting spirit, but after hearing Ze Long'er's words, the old city lord's somewhat rickety waist gradually straightened up again, a flame burned in his eyes, and he slapped the table and asked, "Chen Xiansong really said that?" ”

Zeloner nodded affirmatively.

"And how do you reply to him?" The old city lord asked nervously.

"I didn't say anything, I just came back." Zeloner replied.

"It's good if you don't speak, it's good if you don't speak." The old city lord breathed a sigh of relief. This matter is too crucial, you have to think about it, if Ze Long'er answers casually just now, then he may lose the opportunity, and he may also fall into a place of no return. Not answering is the best answer, and when you don't really think it through, ambiguity is the best way to deal with it.

But every human being has desires. Even Chen Xiansong has it. It's just that his desire is very simple, which is to protect his important relatives. But now he is more and more incomprehensible, it seems to be extremely safe, but it is dangerous, and then there is no one to discuss, Sister Qianxin and Xiao Min are cyborgs, although they are extremely powerful, but in terms of political hearts, they will never be proficient, as for Catherine. Although he understands the hearts of the people, he lacks something in the overall situation, otherwise he would not have been forced to that extent before.

In order to protect the people around him, Chen Xiansong felt that he had to cultivate his own strength. Although Bai Min and Bai Qianxin are very powerful, they are invincible with two fists and four hands. It's hard to know what kind of situation will be encountered in the future, so Chen Xiansong thinks. He had to protect both of them in the future. This is a man's responsibility.

And the City Lord's Mansion is a very good object of cooperation, the two sides are now in close contact, and most importantly, most of the martial artists are very ambitious. Chan Hyun Song is now in the palm of his hand the Soul Thinkers Association. It is easy to obtain a lot of useful information, and the City Lord's Mansion has been expanding its armaments in recent years, although not at a fast pace. But if it goes on like this, it won't take a few decades to really 'divide one side', and from their actions, Chen Xiansong smelled some strange breath, so what he said just now was not only his proposal, but also a temptation.

But all the true royal family and great nobles must have a powerful soul contemplator standing behind them. Chen Xiansong plans to support the City Lord's Mansion to become a powerful 'Pan King', and even the king's throne intends to help them fight for it. Chen Xiansong is short of time now, and the City Lord's Mansion is his shield, fighting for him vital time and resources, and in return, Chen Xiansong wants to give them a real great fortune.

In fact, Chen Xiansong's temptation was correct, the old city lord did have further thoughts, but now the family is not strong enough, although there is such a lucrative business as snow salt, but if you want to participate in the struggle to seize the palace, it is still the accumulation of so many decades.

He originally thought that he had no chance to see this wish that he could not tell people in this life, so he planned to retire and keep it, and when he was dying, he would transfer this wish to the next patriarch of the family. It's just that I didn't expect someone to mention it today, and it seems that there is still hope for success. He understands very well that the current civil strife in Kate's kingdom is the most appropriate time, but he always feels that he is not strong enough and does not dare to get involved, so he can only let the opportunity disappear, but if there is a strong foreign aid, then or things are really promising.

The two fathers and sons sat in the room, relatively speechless, the fruit wine poured into their stomachs cup by glass, and the candles were burned out three or four, but the two still did not come to a conclusion. It was when the sky was about to dawn that Ze Long'er spoke: "Father, I think this thing may really be done, the opportunity is too rare, if our family wants to go further, we must have a trustworthy and very capable soul thinker to help behind the scenes, since he is willing to help, why don't we accept it?" ”

"The throne is not so easy to take!" The old city lord's face wrinkled even deeper: "Think about it more, think about it when your head hurts, don't rush to reply, you have to think about it clearly!" ”

"I'm afraid that he will be impatient to wait and cooperate with others." Ze Longer swallowed his saliva: "There are many nobles who are stronger than us, and there are many in Kate's kingdom." ”

"Oh, yes!" The old city lord's forehead wrinkled, and the two began to be silent again.

It didn't take long for dawn to fall. Chen Xiansong got up from the bed, washed, and after breakfast, he took Xiao Min to the foot of the mountain. The tavern has been built and is now ready for business. Catherine and Huilian were already busy inside, setting up the bonsai and setting the table.

Catherine valued this tavern very much, and now she felt that Chen Xiansong's woman always wanted to do something for him. The little guy is also a foil inside, watching the three beautiful women busy coming and going, Chen Xiansong stood for a while, and wanted to go up to help, but was stopped by Huilian: "Husband, these things shouldn't be done by you, Shizi Yuanbud cooks!" ”

"You're misinterpreting what you mean!" Chen Xiansong smiled: "There are a few sentences in front of these words, and it is interesting to read them together." ”

Hui Lian had an inexplicable expression. Chen Xiansong thought about it, maybe the semantics are different from before, so he gave up. Since others wouldn't let him help, he sat down and stayed. When it was almost noon, the door opened, ready to open, and the mercenaries who had been waiting outside for a long time rushed in cheering, and when they saw Chen Xiansong, they were immediately dumbfounded, looking cramped and uneasy.

Chen Xiansong made himself half a glass of liquor from the side, and said with a smile: "Today is the day of the opening of the tavern, thank you for coming over to help, and thank you for taking care of me, here I will drink half a glass to show respect." After speaking, he drank half a glass of white wine in the cup.

"Huilian." Chen Xiansong shouted: "Today, as long as the people in the village come to the tavern, they will give a small cup of Heluo Daqu for free. ”、

These words immediately greeted the cheers of the maids...... The name of Heluo Daqu has been heard of by any mercenary. The wine is as clean as a clear spring, mellow and abnormal, it has long been mythologized, and now it is a great honor to be able to drink a glass for free. Besides, Chen Xiansong's bounty is very sufficient, and the mercenaries in the escort team now have a lot of money, they have already inquired about the situation here, and they know that there is the best wine in the world, and they have decided to make some money together and get a few glasses to taste slowly.

Hearing Chen Xiansong's words, Hui Lian felt a little painful, a small cup of Heluo Daqu was priced at a silver coin, and the people of the whole village, as well as the guards, had to drink at least dozens of gold coins. Although there is no shortage of money at home, doing business is business, which is not the way to do business.

It's just that the Aurora Kingdom pays attention to a married husband, especially in this kind of public place, Aurora Lady will never refute her husband's face, she smiled and asked the invited subordinates to fill each mercenary with a glass, Chen Xiansong said that he was in this morning, they couldn't let go, and after making a gesture of please, they left, and the little guy also left.

He hadn't walked long before the tavern was bustling.

There are two kinds of liquor served in the tavern, one is wheat beer and the other is Horo Daqu. The former is cheap, the latter is expensive, but compared to other places, the liquor sold by Chen Xiansong is already a conscience price. When the mercenaries heard that a barrel of liquor was only six gold coins, they were immediately stunned, and then their first reaction was not to drink it immediately, but to buy the whole barrel and plan to move to the city to sell it.

Seeing this, Catherine and Huilian immediately interrupted the supply of liquor, and then told Chen Xiansong, who was playing with the little one in the study, about the situation. Chen Xiansong thought for a while, and then said: "In the future, the supply of liquor will be limited, and one person can only buy a small cup a day, so as to reduce the output of liquor and increase the output of beer." ”

"But it's going to make us a lot less money." Catherine said as she looked at her daughter standing next to her, and when she saw that her daughter was a little disheveled, she couldn't help but glance at her. Unfortunately, instead of feeling embarrassed or afraid, the little one grimaced at his mother.

Catherine knows that her daughter and Chen Xiansong have an ambiguous relationship, but as long as the two do not have a substantive relationship, she will turn a blind eye.

"How much money you make is only a secondary thing." Chen Xiansong said with a smile: "My real plan to establish the tavern is to keep the hearts of these guards, in this world, there is no loyalty for no reason, and there is no unilateral death. Any relationship requires both parties to work hard to operate. I brewed the baijiu, not to make money, but to give the mercenaries a place to have fun and vent, and strengthen their sense of identity with Graystone Village, if they were allowed to transport the baijiu to the city lord for resale, it would be putting the cart before the horse. They are mercenaries, not merchants. ”

Hearing Chen Xiansong say this, Catherine understood what he meant. As a former aristocratic woman, Catherine knows very well that nobles with pro-soldiers and nobles without pro-soldiers are two different worlds. She nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, I'll do this well." ”

With her lover's kindness and the things she can work for, Catherine exudes an unusually dazzling light all over her body, and her whole person seems to be much more beautiful.

And another five days passed...... The name of the tavern in Greystone Village has spread to Black Rock City, and countless drunkards have rushed to drink some Heluo Daqu, but they are told that only people from Greystone Village are eligible to buy it, which immediately caused public anger and almost caused an accident, resulting in a hundred or so mercenaries lined up...... Even if it is a small noble, they will leave obediently.

In this atmosphere, Ze Long'er, who had red and swollen eyes, came to Gray Stone Village. (To be continued......)