Chapter 62 Acting
The town of Arnar thirty miles away in Tyriar.
It was a little brighter and the sun was rising.
In a tavern called "Fishbone and Knife Shield", two sleepy waiters were yawning against the glass. The shopkeeper at the bar was also stunned and looked at the ray of sunlight that was poking in at the door. Obviously, getting up so early was quite painful for the master and servant.
"Uninvited Guest" Bai Kang led several subordinates into swagger.
His men "bang" the wooden boxes on their shoulders onto the floor, waking up the two confused waiters.
The shopkeeper has been running a tavern for so many years, so he can naturally see what kind of people like Bai Kang are doing. He can't help but swallow and scold him for being so unlucky today. It would be no good if he met these mercenaries who were full of bandits when he opened the store.
"Sir, what advice do you have?" The shopkeeper hurriedly came out of the bar with a shy face.
"Shopkeeper, I have business, can you do it?" Bai Kang said seriously with a stern face.
"Oh, my sir, it depends on what kind of business it is. My store is a small business, and it is impossible to do big business." The shopkeeper said with apologized and smiled.
Bai Kang pointed to the boxes of wine on the ground with his chin, "Look, look."
The shopkeeper looked at Bai Kang suspiciously, squatted down, opened the wooden box and saw that it contained unopened Philodie brand red wine. Several boxes, including high and low specifications, cheap ones, and good taste in the past. Of course, no matter how the red wine produced in the Tyriel City develops in the high-end direction, it still has a little bit of flavor compared to those produced in Yofendi, in the south.
"Is this..." the shopkeeper looked at Bai Kang and asked strangely.
"I just kidnapped, brothers can't finish drinking it, so I'll use you to exchange for some Luni Flowers." Bai Kang said with a smile on his face.
The shopkeeper widened his eyes and couldn't believe what he heard.
In this world, does anyone dare to rob the Philodie family of goods?
And it's near Tyriel?
The shopkeeper couldn't believe that there were such bold and reckless people in the world.
"What? You don't believe it?" Bai Kang said lightly.
Before the shopkeeper recovered from the shock, he kept his mouth round and nodded, nor did he shake his head.
"Open a bottle and try it?" Bai Kang asked with his eyes drooping, his expression showing a disdain for the shopkeeper's questioning expression.
After saying that, Bai Kang picked a bottle of red wine from the box. He waved his thumb, and the bottle jam flew out along with the mouth of the bottle.
The shopkeeper Na Na took the broken red wine from Bai Kang's hand. He looked so thorny that he would definitely not dare to drink it. Unless he said that his lips were made of iron, he had the ability to blow on the bottle of mouth. But after all, he had been running a tavern for half his life, and he could tell if he was the real one at a time.
The shopkeeper knew that it was authentic Tyrier red wine after a slight sniff.
"It's indeed the wine of the Philodie family." The shopkeeper sucked and sweared. He glanced at Bai Kang and his group, his eyes filled with fear.
"Some of these boxes of wine are better in years and some are average. I'm too lazy to bargain with the shopkeeper. Let's just calculate it by box. Do you think?" Bai Kang asked with a smile.
"A box... how many?" the shopkeeper looked at Bai Kang Xiaoyi and asked. He was afraid that Bai Kang would come out at a sky-high price, so he forced himself to buy and sell. After all, these desperate people dared to rob the goods of the Filodid family, so what else could they not do. The shopkeeper had to curse in secret again. The World Honored One was really blind and he was still praying every day.
"Let's do this, we suffer a little loss. After all, it's so hasty. One box of ten Lunis? What do you think of the shopkeeper?" Bai Kang said to the shopkeeper.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he was stunned. He didn't expect that the price offered by the other party would treat him so favorably. To be precise, it was not preferential treatment. He had simply gained a big advantage.
Even the cheapest box of wine costs more than ten loonies.
"Hmm?" Bai Kang was still waiting for the shopkeeper to reply.
"Yes, yes." The shopkeeper nodded a few times quickly, "I'll open two more bottles to check. If there is no problem, I'll get you money."
Bai Kang compared to a "please give me a favor" posture.
The shopkeeper winked the two waiters, and they hurriedly took the bottle opener.
The shopkeeper picked a few bottles from the other boxes and checked them. Sure enough, the bottles were genuine. There was actually a box of high-end treasures "Fu Yu" newly launched by the Philodie family.
This box alone is worth hundreds of thousands of Luni.
"There are six boxes here, so I'll give you money." The shopkeeper was overjoyed and hurried back to the counter to get Luni, wishing he could complete the transaction immediately. At this time, he probably wouldn't scold the Universal Lord again. He had to praise him, and he had to praise him hard. This Universal Lord was so open that he could pick up such a big advantage.
Bai Kang looked at him coldly and laughed secretly that everything went smoothly.
Then the group left the tavern with satisfaction with the sixty Looney.
The shopkeeper looked at the backs of the people leaving, and his joy became colder between his eyebrows, thinking that he would not be able to see these people in the future.
But what he didn't expect was that a few days later, Bai Kang and his men came again and threw him a few boxes of Philodie brand red wine at a low price.
The shopkeeper also found out in the past few days that the goods of the Philodidi family have been robbed recently. But he didn't expect that these robbers would appear in his store so openly. However, he didn't care much about whoever robbed him. As long as he had money, he would earn so much. As long as Bai Kang took out the goods, he would collect as much as he could. After all, he would not earn money and be poor for a lifetime.
As the saying goes, "Once you have to be reborn, and second, Bai Kang comes to you more often, so he gets familiar with the shopkeeper."
After a drunken incident, Bai Kang revealed to the shopkeeper that his group was actually employed by Earl Onine, who came to the Tyriel area to rob the Philodie family's goods.
After saying that, Bai Kang also reminded the shopkeeper to keep the matter confidential.
What is said in the tavern is like a joyful fly, unable to stop him from jumping wherever he wants.
Besides, at that time, Alvin told us that we should diversify our investment and bloom more, so the scene just now happened more than just in the "Fishbone and Knife Shield" tavern. Several taverns in several towns near Tyriel City received low prices of Philodie wine.
So, the rumors started, and everyone knew vaguely what role Count Onein played in this "big move". Of course, this was the role given to him by Alvin. Onein himself was still waiting in Zanz City when Alvin could be loyal to him.
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Tyriar City.
Philodie Manor.
The noisy conference room was already full of people.
In addition to the people from the Filodidi family, even many other branches came.
From this point of view, the strength of the Mengqi Mercenary Group is still certain.
After all, there are so many people who come to Filodide's house to appeal, which shows how serious the losses these wealthy businessmen have suffered recently.
"What should I do? I've been robbed of dozens of boxes of goods in just seven or eight days." A wealthy businessman from the sidelines said with a bitter expression.
"Tsk, I'm missing one or two hundred boxes." This person's tone was stronger than the one who had just heard this.
There was a little disdain in his tone. This person should be from the Philodidian family. Of course, the most important thing in his tone was the hatred of gritting teeth and the hatred of these robbers of unknown origin.
"Oh, the people I found for guards are really no match for those bandits. They died and injured, and three groups of people have been replaced, but they have never sent a batch of goods to me." Another wealthy businessman sighed with a wry smile.
"That's right? I don't know where the bandits came from. I don't know where they come from. I robbed us when I see our goods." Someone said in a voice.
"The most hateful thing is that they robbed the goods and sold them at a low price, which suppressed our prices. They sold them at a lower price than the cost, which is too much..."
"Yes, there are a lot of orders now. I heard that many customers are rushing to grab the goods from the gangsters, and the price is really low and there is no way out..."
"It's not a solution to continue like this. Big brother, you have to come up with an idea." At this time, someone in the crowd said this.
"Yes..." When everyone heard this, they also responded.
This big brother refers to McNey Philody, who sat on the main seat and had not spoken.
Since the beginning, the old wine barrel has been frowning and playing with the hourglass cup in his hand, and he will not mention the discussions among the people. This hourglass cup is a new work recently launched by the Philodie family, specially used for drinking "Fu Yu". After pouring "Fu Yu" into the cup, the ice stone in the base will trigger the barrier and quickly freeze the red wine into a pointed cone. It turns out that there is a mystery hidden in the cup, which contains a conical glass mold. When the frozen form is formed, you can turn the glass mold, just like a flipped hourglass, turning the frozen red wine onto it, waiting for it to melt when it encounters heat. The drops of "Fu Yu" falling are said to taste wonderful.
Seeing that the people at the table gradually became quiet, McNey coughed lightly, which put an end to these meaningless complaints.
As the leader of the clan, Lao Jiu Chuan must have been robbed the most. So he knew better than anyone else what everyone said. If everyone knew that Lao Jiu Chuan had been robbed and walked into thousands of boxes of red wine, he would probably fall from the chair in fright.
And the most important thing is that McNei's "Shocking" mercenary group was dispatched several times, but no results were achieved. Every time, the bandits were easily avoided.
So, when it comes to depression, no one can compare to the old wine barrel McNay.
"Did you find out who is messing around?" McNee asked in a stern voice. His folk remedy may have caused a large space inside his mouth, so he spoke like a ball of cotton on both sides, low and vague, but it smelled like a big brother.
He was not asking the merchants on the table, but asking the two sons behind him.
The eldest son Rusty took a step forward and walked out of the shadow, and replied with a gloomy face: "It should be the one arranged by Onein."
His words seemed to be answering his father's question, but his voice could be transmitted to every corner of the conference room.
"Confirm?" McKen leaned against Rusty's side, but he didn't turn his face.
Rusty leaned into his father's ear and whispered a few words.
McNey nodded after hearing this.
"It seems that Oneine's soft-legged shrimp has attacked us." McNei said calmly at everyone on the table.
In fact, it was not only the old wine barrel that found the news, but some wealthy businessmen also found it. It was only McNey who was qualified to say this.
Because as soon as this was said, it would be equivalent to declaring war with the down-and-out nobles in Zanzha Castle.
Chapter completed!