Chapter 141 Prison Visits
The mist rises, and the smell of meat overflows.
"Haha, alright!" David cheered and sprinkled a handful of red powder into the pot.
In the cold season, there is nothing more enjoyable than eating a hot and spicy hot pot. Ever since Josia popularized this method, there was an immediate craze for eating hot pot at the station. However, the supplies of the gray-clothed army are really limited, and auxiliary vegetables can be replaced with wild vegetables, but meat slices and the like are difficult to do.
This is also the reason why David and the others immediately moved their minds when they saw the horses in front of the station. As for Weishenme, he had to choose Philip's carriage to start, it was because they had eaten this breed before, so they didn't hesitate to start when they were familiar with it.
"Well, huhu, that's the taste, cool, huhu...... This horse meat is really good!" David swallowed the hot slices of meat in a big gulp, and commented on it.
"En, after we're done eating, let's go back and drag the rest of the horses over. Harry nodded his head and then rolled his eyes to make a suggestion.
"Haha, this can be considered!"
"Strongly agreed!"
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Don stroked his forehead on the side, how could he feel like he had cultivated a bunch of thieves now......
"Wow, this smells ...... It's very fragrant. ”
The crowd, who was munching on horse meat, turned their heads and saw a richly dressed young man twitching his nose and walking towards them.
The nobles? The people in the gray army who wear this kind of attire must be the nobles who come to negotiate.
"Hi, everyone, my name is Philip!" Philip kept his eyes on the boiling red soup, "What is this?
Tang En touched his nose: "This is hot pot." ”
"I've never heard of hot pot, but it's a fitting name. With that, Philip ignored the luxurious clothes on his body and sat casually on the ground beside Donne.
"Uh, where's the knife and fork?"
The members of the gray space looked at each other, and David pouted: "Weishenme wants to give it to you?"
"Ugh. Don't be like that, I'm a guest anyway!" Philip smiled.
Mi Xiu on the side had a cold face: "There are many kinds of guests, and we don't welcome evil guests!"
Philip didn't care, but still shrugged his shoulders and said lightly: "The villain also has to give a glass of water to drink, besides, even if it is a prisoner on the gallows, there will be a haode." ”
David was impatient: "Want to eat?" Take the money to buy it, a piece of meat and a gold coin!"
Just as Bran officially said that the Grey Army is a mob. The Gray Army also had no good feelings for the nobles. One gold coin and one slice of meat, this is of course absurd, and the meaning of refusal is obvious.
Philip didn't seem to think that this was too much to ask, and said cheerfully: "Ha, I said it earlier, this is how it should be!"
Uh, are all the nobles so rich? David suddenly changed one gold coin to two ...... No, the impulse of the hardware coin. In fact, David still underestimated the true value of this horse, this kind of purebred horse. It is all priceless, even if the average nobleman wants to buy it, it is impossible to find a way......
However, after Philip dug into his pocket, he reached out with his empty hand and grabbed his hair: "That." Can I owe you the debt first? I'll pay you back later. ”
Of course, Philip is not bad for money, but not bad money does not mean that he has money on him, you must know that paying the bill is the job of a housekeeper.
"Haha,. If you don't have money, just say it. David scoffed mercilessly.
"Hey, there you have it!" Philip pulled out the royal blue ring from his hand and handed it over. "I'll pay for this. ”
David took it and rolled his eyes left and right: "You want to ...... this broken stone too Huh?"
Behind him, Harry pulled him, his eyes shining at the ring, his mind lit at a very fast rate.
"Stone, this is a sapphire!" said Philip, opening his mouth and looking helpless.
Sapphire, one of the best diamonds, like Philip's color, purity, coupled with the master-level craftsmanship of this ring, the market price is at least 50,000 gold coins.
"It's not just a stone!" David pouted, but after seeing Harry's anxious look, he still nodded reluctantly: "Okay, this is a hardware coin." ”
Heaven and earth can be learned, for David, the hardware coin is really a huge amount of money.
Harry, who was good at calculation, was stunned, and then looked at David adoringly, you are ruthless, you are more suitable to be a profiteer than me.
"Hardware coins, please, why does this cost 50,000 gold coins!" Philip was also shocked by David's domineering bargaining, and then said dissatisfied.
"Five-five-five-five, fifty-thousand?" David opened his mouth wide and looked at the other party with disdain, "You are insulting my IQ!"
Wipe...... Harry burst into tears, he now felt like his IQ had been shattered!
After some bargaining, the two finally sold for fifteen gold coins. That's it, David kept muttering that Philip had taken advantage of it.
Seeing this, Tang En took a long breath and said secretly, should I let David be in charge of the team's funds......
Here, Philip finally got his wish and ate the hot pot slices.
"Mmmm, mmmm...... "Hot pot is still very lethal for people who eat it at first, Philip is full of praise, "It's delicious, haha, it's so refreshing, it's better to have a sip of wine now, haha......"
The iron pot was so big, and under a few people, the meat slices inside were quickly wiped out.
"Meat, put it again. Philip, who had just become addicted, urged.
"What's the matter, you've already eaten your fifteen tablets. While bringing the horse's leg and slicing the meat, David shook his head.
"No, I didn't eat that much just now...... Huh?" Philip, who was currying favor with his defense, was suddenly stunned, pointed to the white-haired horse's legs and stammered, "Horse, horse, horse......, horse
"Isn't it just a horse, why don't you eat horse meat?"
"That's my horse!" Philip roared.
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The members of the gray space, including Tang En, were all stunned, Nima, are you so accurate, the bitter master will come to the door so soon? And they just took someone else's horse and asked for money......
Suddenly...... Philip stood to his feet, his face uncertain.
David and the others also got up instantly, and at this moment, more than a dozen daggers had slipped to the cuffs. After all, when the horse is killed, no one knows if the other party will suddenly attack.
"It's so delicious, it's so worth it!"
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If they were stunned just now, then now Tang En and they are completely dumbfounded, who is this Nima......
"You cut the meat. Drop that sentence. Philip ran backwards, "Don't steal food, I'll go get a bottle of wine!"
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Philip was completely out of business here, but his role in the negotiating team was inherently dispensable, so in the afternoon, the negotiations continued as usual.
After the morning of adaptation and running-in, the negotiation at this time is the easiest to produce results. And that's exactly what happened. In the afternoon, 70,000 kilograms of rice, 80,000 kilograms of flour, and a total of 150,000 kilograms of grain were preliminarily prepared.
Of course, this is only a preliminary draft, and there may be fluctuations later due to the trade-offs of other conditions. But in any case, these 100,000 kilograms of grain and grass are basically about to enter the warehouse of the Gray Clothes Army.
They are satisfied with this result. In fact, their original goal was to get 100,000 kilograms, but now there are so many more, and they all feel like they have been hit by pies.
As for the old nobles, their faces were a little complicated. It's not all because of the food, it's because of certain people.
"Haha, if it's dark today, if you don't dislike it, you can stay for dinner and leave. "That's what happened. Luo Sha was in a very good mood, and he said that he kept the other party.
"Uh, xiexie, no, let's visit the juniors and leave. ”
"That's fine. You have paid for the visit and prison visits, hehe......" Luo Sha agreed with a spring breeze.
Visitation fees...... The corners of the old nobles' eyes twitched, and they couldn't help but glance at the cold Josia behind them.
Damn it. How did we come up with this idea, we have lived for most of our lives, and we have never heard of such a thing as a prison visit......
In fact, for the afternoon negotiations, these old nobles are still very confident. After all, the experience is there, how can you not talk about these hillbillies.
But it soon became clear that the pace of the negotiations was completely controlled by the other side, or rather, by a young man and woman, named Josia and Borg.
The beautiful girl had the same calm and sharp as she looked, and when the afternoon negotiations fell into passivity, they were ready to use some usual means, such as avoiding the important and trivial, or deliberately diverting the topic to disrupt the rhythm of the other party's speech. This is very familiar to them who often participate in the council. Given a cup of tea, they can even go on and on for hours without repetition, and of course, there's no substance in it.
But this time it didn't work, because every now and then, the girl who had not spoken would stand up, or say a few words, or get straight to the center, and quickly bring the conversation back to the negotiations.
This method is undoubtedly crude, and if it were at any other time, the negotiation would have collapsed long ago. But this negotiation is different, the other party has the absolute initiative, if it collapses, Zuihou will painfully repair the relationship, and even pay the price for it.
And this is called Josia's beautiful woman's thinking is also very weird, when they proposed to visit those unlucky juniors, she actually proposed a prison visit fee, and also listed a lot of protection, accommodation, food, etc., they all felt that they couldn't say it if they didn't give it......
After being distracted several times, the young man named Borg took advantage of the situation, gave various statistics in detail, and finally decided on the initial compensation for the grain.
At this time, these old nobles also realized their problem, that is, they did not pay enough attention.
The original excuses such as the lack of supplies for the legions, the shortage of food in the north, and so on, were all blocked by Borg with all kinds of rigorous data, and Zuihou made them speechless.
In this case, it is obvious that the other side has been quietly preparing for this negotiation. Relatively speaking, they don't know much about the situation of the Gray Army, and after they first started to buy Jihua as a killer weapon, they fell into a completely passive state.
The afternoon negotiations lasted only a few hours, but it was definitely the most painful negotiation experience they had ever had. They lost count of the number of times they took out their handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from their foreheads.
When they got out of the tent and felt the cold evening breeze blowing on their faces, they all felt a sense of relief......
"Well, here it is!" Losha pointed to the only hut in the station in front of him.
Bolaite touched the wooden plank, which was several feet thick, and looked at the wooden house, which had no gaps except for a small window, and was furious, "Is this the accommodation you provide, this is simply a wild boar shack." ”
"Lord Sir Bolaette!"
Bolaette's eyelids jumped, and he watched the beautiful girl walk out again.
"It's cold in the north, and the wild boar shack you said can perfectly withstand any cold wind and keep the indoor temperature warm," Josia smiled at the corner of his mouth, "and it's also for safety reasons, oh, by the way, you don't know yet." Three days ago, a gang of bandits with ill intentions broke in and even injured the finger of a noble young man. That's why we've built this absolutely sturdy wooden house to keep them safe. ”
"......" The old nobles couldn't help but be silent for a while when they heard the girl's accentuated tone on the words "you don't know yet". Of course, they know what the "ill-intentioned bandits" are......
"Uh, grandfather, help me, grandfather!"
"Uncle, I can't stand it, help me out, woo woo......"
"Speak, speak quickly......"
In the small window, the pale faces of aristocratic youths appeared in turn, either fearful and hideous, or weeping bitterly. They couldn't stand it anymore, the hut was dark at all times except for the bright light that came every time three meals were delivered.
No one interrogated, no one questioned, not even the person who delivered the food said a word. And because it's so well closed, what cockroaches, rats, ants...... Not at all.
Except for the darkness, it is still darkness. Except for the silence, it is still silence. Everything here is frozen except the heartbeat, even time......
Locked up here for two days, they racked their brains to tell all their memories, and even some of the indecent behaviors that were hidden deep in their hearts when they climbed onto the bed of their father's mistress......
Undoubtedly, this was Donn's idea. Since they can't destroy their bodies, they have to change their spirits......
Those old aristocrats could not understand the pain of confinement, they only thought that these juniors could not stand this humiliation, so they all comforted them gently, but in response to them were crazy roars.
For a moment, snap-
A soldier closed the wooden window with a blank face, and all noise disappeared.
The old nobles were stunned, not yet fully awakened from those deafening roars. Turning his head, he looked at Luo Sha, who was stalling, and left without a word.
They knew that it was impossible for the other party to open the wooden window again, except of course, that they were willing to pay the hefty fee for visiting the prison...... (To be continued.) )