Lord of War

The night in Lomingen is more lively than other times.

In this city, no matter if you are a commoner or an aristocrat, you will have your own different pleasures. Of course, the greatest pleasure is to spend a night in Binks' fine wine. Especially after eight o'clock every night, it is the time when Binks' fine wine is the most lively. Perhaps for the common people, there is only a limit of 15 barrels of fine wine, which makes some people who can't buy it very unhappy. But compared to the nobles, the fine wine bought during this time period is undoubtedly the cheapest.

Whether it's Binks' fine wine, IV's fine wine or even Bloody Smile, you only need two silver coins for a glass during this time period.

And a barrel of fine wine can generally pour out about thirty cups.

There are five barrels each of the three major fine wines, which is 150 cups. Although the quantity is not large, this restriction is accompanied by the restriction that each person can only purchase one cup within an hour, which is enough to ensure that every A commoner who comes to the tavern during this time can drink a glass of fine wine. Under normal circumstances, at the moment just after nine o'clock, the bloody smile will be sold out, and then there will be IV's fine wine or Binks' fine wine.

The reason for this is mainly because wine, as an aristocratic drink, cannot be afforded by commoners. But in Binks' tavern, two silver coins can enjoy the drinks of the nobles. Out of some vanity, Bloody Smile is the fastest and most sold wine

Whether commoners or nobles. So under normal circumstances, every year after October, Binks' Tavern will stop selling Scarlet Smile, and it won't start selling again until the next summer, that is, April or May.

During this time, the sales of the other two major wines will soar, and will not start to decline until the next summer.

Tonight, Sean, Alfred, and Anuo did not leave the tavern, but chose to sit in the large round hall on the first floor of the tavern. Because according to the information provided by Eli Kate, the old man who owns the architectural blueprint of Hastings Manor will come here to drink every night. If you wait until after nine o'clock, you will ask for another glass of Bloody Smile, and then depending on your mood, you will have another glass of Binks' wine or IV's wine, so the cost is exactly one gold coin.

After spending this gold coin, the old man will leave the tavern.

As the chief designer and architect of the entire Hastings Manor, although this old man is not an aristocrat, he can be regarded as a celebrity in Lomingen, so he has a very high sense of presence. It is said that many businessmen and nobles have dealt with him, so he is not a person who is very short of money, because according to Eli Kate, every time this old man helps people design architectural blueprints and layouts, he will not charge It is less than 300 gold coins. Judging from the fact that the old man spends one gold coin a day in the tavern, this money is enough for him to spend a year. Of course, if other expenses are included, it is definitely not enough, but this How could the old man only accept one order a year?

Therefore, if Sean wanted to get the blueprint of Hastings, he had to find a way to get close to the old man and start with him.

But the problem is that Sean and the others cannot use methods such as coercion, otherwise, once the old man tells the Hastings, all plans of Sean and the others will be ruined.

Therefore, Sean put his mind on it during the hour when the old man came to the tavern at night.

Only this time to approach this old man,

is the safest. And if you go to this old man during the day, you may be noticed by others, which will also make the following things a little tricky and troublesome.

Sean didn't want too many troubles and accidents before he got the territorial documents from the Panda Territory.

As soon as it arrived at 8:00 p.m., the entire tavern suddenly burst into excited roars, and the sound almost blown the entire upper floor of the tavern away.

Standing at the bar, Binks IV, the tavern owner whom Rina considered to have the strength of the golden realm, stretched out his hands and pressed down in the void, and the excited roar gradually quieted down. Come down, but in just a few seconds, the whole bar became silent, which made Sean frown a little in surprise. He didn't expect the influence of the tavern owner to be so strong. It is impossible for the city lord of Lomingen to have such influence.

"The long-awaited time for wine and carnival is finally here!" Binks IV said to everyone with a smile, "I believe you already know the rules, so I won't say anything, and absolutely those who try, attempt, or intend to violate the rules people, what are we going to do?"

"Throw them out!" roared extremely loudly from the guests in the tavern.

"Okay! Now I announce..." Binks IV deliberately paused here, and Sean could even feel that all the drinkers stopped breathing and heartbeat at this moment. His sense of anticipation made him unbelievable, "The wine carnival has officially begun!"

"oh!"

The performers on the other side of the stage immediately played their instruments again, and the beautiful and exciting music resounded in the entire tavern again, but it was soon completely covered by the crazy roar of the drinkers. But the next moment, the sound of music, the cheers of the drinkers, and the dancing sounds of the dancers on the stage were completely mixed together. After the whole tavern was silent for a few seconds, the noise that a tavern should have erupted again.

Sean slowly withdrew his gaze, and then landed on a table in the corner.

There, an old man was sitting expectantly. He had just ordered his menu from a maid.

After waiting for a while, a maid walked towards the old man with a tray, and then put down the wine glass on the tray.

But different from what Xiao En imagined, the cup with the bloody smile is not a glass goblet, but a large wooden cup like the cups used to hold wine in general taverns. If this kind of wine glass is used to hold ale or For rum, it is not only because of the sufficient portion, but also because of the material of the wooden wine glass that dilutes the bitterness and astringency in the ale and rum, but if it is used to hold wine, this is obviously inappropriate, because according to Sean As far as the understanding of wine is concerned, wine is most afraid of impurities. Even a little bit of impurities will completely change and destroy the taste of wine.

Sean looked at Alfred and Annuo who showed intoxicated expressions after just one sip after ordering this kind of wine. In the end, it can only be blamed on ordinary people. I am afraid that they are not as particular about everything as the nobles. After all, two silver coins can drink It is indeed a very worthwhile thing to get such a large amount of fine wine, even if it will spoil the taste of the fine wine.

It's just that Xiao En smiled bloody, but he couldn't drink it.

Picking up the cup in his hand, Sean got up and walked towards the old man.

This old man with a very good reputation didn't notice Sean's approach, or in other words, no one in the entire tavern would notice that Sean was approaching I watched the old man come, because everyone was intoxicated with the wine. It wasn't until Sean sat on the chair opposite the old man and pushed the bloody smile in front of the old man that the old man raised his head and looked at Sean as if he had been awakened.

This old man should be at least fifty years old this year. Perhaps because of the work of designers and architects, this old man has silver hair and obvious age spots on his body. But in this old man, Xiao En still saw many different things. First of all, his eyes. Different from the cloudy eyes of ordinary old people, this old man's eyes can still make people feel a kind of pungent.

It's not a sharp or other look, but the kind of extreme self-confidence and even conceit that belongs to the old man's experience.

The second is the old man's hands.

His hands were very stable, without any trembling. Even if he lifted the obviously heavy wine glass with one hand, the old man still held it very steadily.

"Hi, this is Frandumoy, a viscount who is about to become a real nobleman." Xiao En explained with a smile, "This glass of wine is specially invited by me because I respect your name, Master." of."

The old man responded lightly, as if he disdained Sean's self-introduction.

But just when Sean thought that the old man looked down on him and was about to think of a way to get close to the old man, the old man directly staged a scene that completely stunned Sean.

The old man gave a "bah" at the cup of Bloody Smile that Sean pushed in front of him, and after spitting a little into it, he leisurely picked up his own cup of Bloody Smile and took a sip slowly.

Sean's facial muscles twitched violently a few times. He didn't expect that the old man would be so shameless that he would directly take this glass of wine as his own in this way. But at this moment, Xiao En still needs to rely on the old man, so he can only ignore this scene, still looking at the old man with a smile on his face, and then said: "Speaking of it, I am really embarrassed. I don't know what to call Master."

"Okay, don't talk about what you have and what you don't have, just talk about your purpose." The old man curled his lips, "But I can tell you in advance that if you want me to help you design architectural drawings, then you You won't be able to get it until the next year, and there are nineteen people in front of you, two of them are real nobles, and the other five are also honorary nobles, I dare not offend these seven people."

"Price is not a problem." Sean continued to say with a smile.

"If the price is not an issue, then it's not your turn." The old man continued coldly, "Except for these seven people, the twelve people are all well-known and wealthy businessmen, and some even spent 80,000 gold coins to invite I designed a courtyard, but he can only rank eighth..., do you think your price can be higher than this?"

Hearing the old man's words, Sean had roughly figured out what kind of person this old man was.

So, he chuckled and said confidently: "I can also offer 80,000 gold coins, and my request is very simple, as long as the master can design a manor design similar to Hastings Manor, I will be satisfied gone."

But different from what Xiao En imagined, the old man actually showed a bit of vigilance after hearing what Xiao En said, "The manor?... You, an honorable nobleman who doesn't even have a territory, actually ask me to help you Do you design a manor design drawing? [This text is provided by Qihang Update Group @刀仔尊尊] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )