The lights in Laizizi's store were dim, and several maids stood feebly behind the counter, while two others simply sat in the customer's seat in a daze.
The lame man took Lin Qi into the lobby of the tavern, and the maids regained a little vitality. They were busy cutting a plate of sausages and a plate of ham, and then gave Lin Qi and Enzo a large glass of good gin.
.The cripple himself only ordered a glass of light sparkling wine, but he didn't rinse his mouth with strong liquor like Lin Qi and Enzo did early in the morning.
"Business is hard to do, Xiao Linqi!" The lame man crossed his legs, grabbed a few pieces of sausage and stuffed it into his mouth: "Damn winter, I hate winter. It is said that a king narwhal was hunted over in Dunerqi? Look.
Ah, in places like Dunerq, there is business in winter, but what about here?"
Glancing at the empty tavern, Cripple shook his head sadly. Obviously, the winter in the imperial capital was not very difficult for the gangsters under Cripple, and Lin Qi himself knew this very well. The terrible winter,
The common people in the imperial capital stayed at home and struggled through the long winter, while the wealthy nobles lived in high-walled houses and enjoyed themselves. Lame's subordinates had no way of making any profit from these wealthy families.
Only when spring comes, the shipping on the Seine River returns to normal, and businessmen from other places come to the imperial capital to do business, then will it be a good time for lame people to make a fortune. As for winter, just like the current lame shop, it is lifeless.
If the lame man is angry and complains in front of Lin Qi with a frown on his face, it is only natural.
The Imperial Capital is not like a place like Dunerq. This is the residence of the emperor. There are limited ways to make money, and the winter is indeed difficult.
Lin Qi raised his wine glass to the lame man sympathetically and took a long sip of wine without saying a word.
The lame man curiously glanced at the two big boxes next to Lin Qi and Enzo. He was very curious about what was in the boxes. But Lin Qi seemed not to see the curious gaze of the lame man and had no intention of explaining.
He sighed helplessly, retracted his gaze from the suitcase, grabbed the wine glass and took a swig.
"Life is hard, Xiao Lin Qi! Those damn guys, they can only eat and drink for free in the winter, oh. It's not easy to feed such a big family, Xiao Lin Qi!" The lame man twisted his body in pain, and he gritted his teeth.
Said: "For four months, for four months they won't make any money. I have to feed them in vain. Oh, I really envy those whale hunting boats in Dunerq. They got a king narwhal."
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Lin Qi laughed a few times, but he still didn't say anything. The harder the lame man's life was, the better his mood was. The harder it was for the lame man's men, then when Lin Qi waved a lot of gold and silver coins to recruit troops, wouldn't it be
Is it easier to recruit people?
Lifting the glass and taking another sip, Lin Qi complimented: "No matter how difficult the days are, it's impossible for a shrewd person like you to really struggle, right? Your annual profits only need a little bit of it to flow out from between your fingers.
, you can easily feed so many people!"
The lame man shook his head sadly. Of course he knew what Lin Qi said was right, but every winter, he always had to raise a large number of subordinates who only ate and did not work. The lame man was really heartbroken. Even if he only had a copper penny.
Well, those coppers were earned with great effort by him, and he used them to feed his subordinates in vain. The lame man was really heartbroken!
With a frown on his face, he stuffed another piece of ham into his mouth. While chewing the fragrant ham meat, the cripple said vaguely: "Eat it with your belly, drink it with your belly. This meal is my treat. Oh, Happy New Year, my dear.
Happy New Year, Xiao Lin Qi! Well, you will give me more good things in the new year, right?"
After staring at Lin Qi with twinkling eyes for a while, the cripple suddenly laughed a few times.
Lin Qi raised the glass with gleaming eyes and drank down the gin in it. The stingy cripple actually took the initiative to treat him? This is really unprecedented. Lin Qi showed the full half-liter wine glass to the maid behind the counter.
After a while, he laughed loudly and said: "My dear, give me a drink. Uncle Lame is treating me... Well, let's change it to a big cup, a one-liter cup, and cut some chicken drumsticks. Is there any barbecue? If so.
Roast suckling pig is the best. If you don’t have suckling pig, the leg of lamb is also good.”
The corner of the lame man's eyes twitched violently. He glanced at Lin Qi angrily, turned to Enzo with a hypocritical smile and asked: "Enzo, where did you spend the New Year this year? Well, you are a great young man."
Enzo drank the gin in the glass without saying a word. He also raised the glass, blew a loud whistle and said with a smile: "My dear, give me a big drink like Lin Qi."
Cup! The lame boss is treating me to a treat, you guys have to hurry up, hey, happy new year, can you smile at me?"
Several maids burst out laughing. They diligently replaced Lin Qi and Enzo with huge one-liter wine glasses, and then quickly cut several plates of capon meat, goose meat, lamb meat and salted fish meat and brought them over.
Seeing that the maids actually brought so many dishes to go with wine, Lin Qi and Enzo laughed so hard that they couldn't even open their eyes, but the lame man's face turned dark, and the corners of his mouth twitched from time to time.
It happened that Lin Qi and Enzo drank a lot and ate a lot. After all, their fighting spirit cultivation had skyrocketed by two levels in just half a month. Their bodies needed a lot of food to enhance their physical fitness and adapt to the skyrocketing fighting spirit.
.So the two of them ate and drank all the food and wine on the wine table like a storm, and made the maids serve a lot of wine and meat with great shouts.
The cripple's face became more and more ugly. He suddenly realized that he could not let Lin Qi and Enzo eat and drink for free. He immediately found an interesting topic to attract the attention of Lin Qi and Enzo. "Hey, Lin Qi,
You are not young at all, do you have a woman you like?" The lame man's words were very vulgar, but they carried a naked allure.
Lin Qi looked at the lame man curiously. He swallowed a mouthful of capon meat and asked in surprise: "Do you have a daughter who has just grown up? Thank you, I don't need it."
The cripple's face jumped with anger, and he said in a deep voice: "No, I don't have a daughter. Well, a pair of lovely sisters came to the city, twin sisters, cold, very beautiful, so beautiful that it makes people enchanted!"
Pretending to be mysterious and lowering his voice, the lame man whispered: "I heard rumors that many young men from big noble families are very interested in them! Someone is offering millions of gold coins to get their first night! Hey, this is a huge deal.
Big deal!”
Lin Qi slowly put down the wine glass and looked at each other quickly with Enzo.
The cold and beautiful twin sisters? Could they be the people in their impressions?
Lin Qi asked in a low voice: "Where do they live?"
The lame man looked at the messy plates and wine glasses on the table with a smile, and deliberately kept silent.
Lin Qi reached into his pocket, took out a handful of silver coins and copper coins with an ugly expression, and slapped them heavily on the wine table.
The cripple's hand swept across the wine table, and the silver coins and copper coins disappeared without a trace in an instant.
"No. 1 Shenghui Street, you know where that place is! Hehe! One million gold coins!" (To be continued)