Seeing that Zhou Fu still didn't know why, Chu Lao was helpless and explained: "Do you know what foresters did when they were young? ”

Wednesday Fu shook his head and said, "Didn't you start in business?" ”

Chu Lao shook his head, "It was only after he was forty years old that the forester set foot in the mall, and before that, he had been serving in the army. ”

Wednesday Fu was taken aback and said, "Have foresters joined the army outside? I've never heard of this at all. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Zhou Fu suddenly thought of something, frowned, and asked rhetorically: "No, Chu Lao, according to you, Lin Yuanwai still served in the army until he was forty years old?" How is this possible! Unless he's a general, but I've never heard of anyone outside of a forester having such an experience. ”

"That's because you don't have a good relationship with him." Chu Lao shook his head and said, "Of course, it is true that he has never been a general outside the forester, and his highest position is the commander of the Forbidden Army's dragoon battalion, and the seventh rank lieutenant officer. It's just that the army he served in when he was young was a little special. ”

"Old Chu, don't sell Guanzi, what's going on?"

"Lin Yuanwai served in the Second Dragoon Regiment of the Forbidden Army at that time, and he was the one who was stationed in the Eastern Silu Kingdom and codenamed 'Chief of New Continent'."

When he heard this, Zhou Fu was shocked, after all, he had read a lot of books and knew the history of this legion.

"Is that the second legion that died in the East Silu Kingdom during the Battle of Nanyang Island?"

Thirty-seven years ago, in the Battle of Nanyang Island, after the Cold Moon Coalition lost the sea control in the Xijing Sea, the combined army composed of the Chita and the Sislu began to march on land to the southeast of Silu located in the northeast of the North Western Continent, and the Eastern Silu State of the same camp as the Cold Moon State perished, and the Second Army of the Wei Forbidden Army, which could not be evacuated early for various reasons, was completely annihilated in a battle, which was also the first time since the founding of the Wei State that a corpsion-level unit was annihilated by the enemy in a single battle. The flag of the Second Legion, which was captured by the Chitas, is still on public display in Yujing, the capital of the Union Khanate, and perhaps it is for this reason that the Great Wei Empire has not restored its name to this day.

"And how did he come back outside the forester?"

"He was lucky, he didn't die on the battlefield, he was captured by the Chita after being wounded, and then the government didn't post a list of the Cheta spies, and the Chita barbarians sentenced a large number of officers who would have been released after the war in order to retaliate, and the foresters were unfortunate that he happened to be the commander of a dragoon battalion in the Second Legion at that time, so he stayed in the Cheta prison for several years, just in time for the outbreak of the Lu rebellion, and the Terrans wanted to jointly clean up the demons, so he was released from prison in advance by the Western Barbarians."

Speaking of this, Chu Lao seemed to open the conversation, sighed, and continued: "Alas, I still have some friendship with the forester on weekdays, after all, although there are many cold moon merchants in the ghost place of North Rainforest Continent, it is still rare to see a fellow villager who lives here on weekdays. Although Lin Yuanwai didn't mention to me his past in the barracks, I can still imagine that he must have suffered a lot in the prison of the Western Barbarians, and the best years of his life were thrown in that kind of place. But fortunately, after returning to China, the forester was still satisfied in the shopping mall, which can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings of the first half of his life. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Zhou Fu also understood what Chu Lao meant, he looked at the guest list in his hand, and only felt that his back molars seemed to be about to hurt.

That's a hard thing to do...... These three are distinguished guests of the Chamber of Commerce, but at the moment, the good houses that can be lived in the city are occupied by outsiders staring at the forbidden area, where can they find other places to live in a hurry?

After thinking about it, Zhou Zhou Fu really had no other way, he said to Chu Lao with a look of embarrassment: "Chu Lao, I can understand what you said, kid, but we really can't find another house right now, otherwise you can talk to your family outside the forester?" Those three guests are all distinguished guests of our Chamber of Commerce, and they are willing to cooperate with us, they must be the Chita people who are civilized, and they will not be stinky stones under the tyrant's hands, it really doesn't work, the kid can also talk to the three sons, let them try not to meet the Lin family during the rental period, and be cautious in their words and deeds in the manor, what do you think? ”

Chu Lao sighed, but he also knew that due to the strange treasures in the forbidden area, it was difficult to find a room in Kenbin King City now. He lowered his head and thought about it carefully, then finally stood up, nodded and said, "Okay, come with me to sign the lease first." Fortunately, the Lin family didn't care about the identity of the tenant before, and just asked for the amount and gave me the lease. Well, when I send the lease over in the afternoon, I pretend not to care and blow the wind to them, and I should still be able to talk about it. ”

"Okay, thank you!"

After the two negotiated, Chu Lao stood up and walked to the other end of the side street with Wednesday Fu.

"The ghost weather of this Rainforest Continent, standing outside for a while is a layer of water...... "Wednesday Fu complained in his heart as he wiped his face with a handkerchief.

"What's going on in the sky?" Zhou Zhou Fu raised his head and saw an old airboat flying from the north with a humming whistle, heading towards the center of the city, and the mark on the airboat was not the mark of the Wei Air Boat Army, but the flag of Kenbin State.

For those who are new to Kenbin City, they may be surprised that they can actually see the airships of the local country here, but Wednesday Fu has seen a lot, and it is not surprising after confirming that the sound in the air is from the airship, the Kenbin military had asked Dawei ten years ago to buy four expensive Condor 2C transport airships, and then broke down three, only one can still move.

"Who is this again?" Wednesday Fu muttered.

Chu Lao looked at the airship and said, "A few days ago, the Kenbin army destroyed a gang of bandits' dens in the Langgu Mountains in the northwest, and most of them captured the leaders of the bandits. ”

Zhou Fu was not interested in these things, turned his head, and continued to follow Chu Lao forward.

The two of them walked to the other end of the street, Chu Lao took Zhou Zhou Fu into a small wooden house, and after stepping on a centipede lying next to the table to rest, Chu Lao opened the drawer behind the table and took out two pieces of white paper printed with black letters from it.

"You kid take a look, the terms were all negotiated between you and the people on the Lin family's side before, if you can, just sign and seal at the bottom."

Wednesday Fu answered, took the two leases, carefully examined them, took out the club's seal from his jacket pocket, stamped them in the blank space under the two leases, and then signed his name on the right side of the seal.

After handing over one of the lease deeds to Chu Lao, Wednesday Fu said goodbye and left, and he was still in a hurry to return to the chamber of commerce convoy.

......

After sending off Wednesday Fu, Chu Lao took a nap in the hut, and in the afternoon, he leisurely got up from the bed and went to the Lin family manor with the lease deed.

Chu Lao handed over the lease deed to the Lin family, and pretended not to care and mentioned Shi Cheng and the three in front of the Lin family's housekeeper.

As Chu Lao expected, He Cai, the housekeeper of the Lin family, was really taken aback, and asked him again and again about the specific situation, while Chu Lao was half-confused, trying his best to downplay the identities of the Shi Cheng and the Tie Mian Cheta people, and kept emphasizing that the two of them were Dan masters who cooperated with the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce, and to outsiders, it sounded as if Shi Cheng and Tie Mian were two Chita Wei people.

Steward He frowned, he seemed to be very reluctant to accept Shi Cheng and Tie Mian to stay overnight, he was very dissatisfied with Chu Lao's approach of cutting first and then playing, but the contract had been signed, and the guest had not violated the terms agreed upon by both parties in advance, and Steward He was helpless.

Chu Lao tried his best to persuade and revealed that he was also informed by the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce that he had temporarily joined the new guests after signing the lease, which did not violate the terms agreed in advance, so he had nothing to say.

Just when the two were arguing, the sound of crutches on the ground sounded in the aisle not far away, accompanied by the sound of slow but powerful footsteps, walking towards the place where Chu Lao and He Cai were standing.

The two men stopped talking, turned their heads, and found an old man walking towards them, his gray hair combed back and very neat, his feet wearing light cloth shoes, and a sackcloth coat for cooling.

The old man's face was old, about seventy years old, his waist was a little rickety but he was in good spirits, and under his bark-like eyelids was a pair of clear eyes.

The old man's dress was very ordinary, but Chu Lao and He Cai didn't dare to slack off, and they turned around at the same time to say hello to the old man who was walking towards them.

"Sir, you're up."

"Outside of the forester, you're here."

The old man smiled and nodded, he walked slowly in front of Old Chu and asked, "Completed, why do you have time to come and see me today?" ”

Chu Lao Chaohe glanced at him, and motioned for him to let him talk to the forester in person first, and then he turned his head and said with a smile: "Didn't you come here a few days ago to negotiate a rental business, the other party has signed the lease deed, and gave me a list of tenants, if you are interested, you can take a look."

With that, he took out a piece of letter paper from his cloth bag and handed it to the forester.

He Cai's expression was still a little nervous, he knew his master's experience when he was young, since he beat him to do things in the Lin family, he had never seen the forester deal with the people of the North West Continent, so his master had no bottom in his heart about what kind of attitude the two North West Continent tenants who suddenly came in.

To the surprise of Chu Lao and He Cai, after taking the letter, the forester calmly read the list of guests on it, and after his eyes stayed at the bottom of the list for a while, he returned the letterhead to Chu Lao.

"Well, I'll just take a look, and leave the matter of entertaining guests to Xiaohe."

Seeing that there was no reaction from the forester, Chu Lao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and nodded with a smile.

Although He Cai still had some doubts in his heart, but since his master had said so, of course he would not have any opinions, and after chatting with Chu Lao for a few points about the key points of renting a house, the two said goodbye to the forester and went their separate ways.

After Chu Lao and the housekeeper left, the forester walked slowly to a reclining chair and lay down on the chair. When the manor is not busy, the forester likes to come here after a lunch break to bask in the sun.

The warm sunlight shone on his body, and the forester closed his eyes and recuperated, as if he was reminiscing about his past.

After a long time, a low old sigh sounded in the quiet courtyard.