Train to Another World

At this moment, all the doubts in Old Pierre's heart were cleared. The most important thing in the other party's "praising one's wealth" lies in this bottle of distilled wine. Even before the disaster, when supplies were plentiful, not everyone could drink distilled alcohol.

Because distilled wine requires a large amount of wine to make, and those wines require a large amount of crops to brew. After the catastrophe, no force could produce a bottle of distilled wine, not even the great nobles who wiped their bodies with pure water every day.

Even the most luxurious nobles only brewed fruit wine in small quantities. Gradually, distilled wine became a legend and its production process was lost. If Old Pierre's father hadn't liked to tell him stories, he would probably have regarded them as nothing more than dirty water.

Old Pierre completely understood that this time the other party's "praise of wealth" turned out to have this meaning. If you don't recognize distilled liquor, no matter whether you surrender or not, you probably won't get into the other party's eyes. Even if you join, you will probably only be a peripheral member of the force.

And when you recognize the distilled wine, you will know that the other party's strength reflected by this bottle of wine also proves the background of your Steven family. As long as you are not crazy, you will definitely agree to the other party's solicitation. And only in this way can you truly enter the opponent's core range.

This is both a "boast of wealth" and a test.

In this way, the behavior of the young nobleman named Li Zhuoguang became reasonable. At first, I thought the other person was rich enough to give fruit as a gift, or maybe he had some special hobby.

Now it seems that the other party's focus is not on Virginie at all, but on himself, Tide City. Giving fruits to Virginie just happened to be where Virginie appeared. If she failed the test, I'm afraid those two fruits would really be a gift from the elders to the younger ones.

If he recognizes it, it means that the other party wants to use this kind of marriage to calm his heart. The thoughts of the great noble are indeed very deep. It's just that Virginie is too young, so I have to find an opportunity to hint that I have two older daughters. If he really likes Virginie, let's see if he can convince her to wait a few years before getting married.

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Inside the Ocean City Hotel

Li Zhuoguang looked at Ariana who had taken out the bed and seemed to be preparing to spend the night here: "Why don't we set off today?"

Ariana made the bed and said: "If it hadn't happened just now, we could have left directly. But because of my negligence, this situation has been caused. Regardless of whether Old Pierre agrees or not, we are out of You need to be polite and wait for his reply, which is very important for our cooperation.

Anyway, according to common sense, he will only think about it for one night. He will reply early tomorrow morning, so we can stay one night. "

Li Zhuoguang nodded and took out the folding bed from his gourd. Others also began to arrange their own beds. The third floor of the hotel is large enough, and the entire floor is carpeted. Everyone used magic to clean the entire floor when they came. Now they just need to find a place to arrange their own beds.

The third floor is generally only rented by wealthy caravans, and dozens of people in the entire caravan can sleep here. Now only Li Zhuoguang and the others are staying, it's like staying in a luxurious suite, which is quite spacious.

After setting up the room, Po Jun and Xiong Facai couldn't bear their curiosity, so they went out to experience the customs and customs of Haichao City and see what delicious food and fun things there were. However, Li Zhuoguang believed that given the local material level, they would be disappointed and return.

After William learned that there was no tavern in the local area, he went out to find a brothel.

Qin Daniu and Wei Changfeng stayed in the hotel. Wei Changfeng meditated on the third floor to practice his mind energy, while Qin Daniu went to the backyard of the hotel and started boxing. The last battle with the generals stimulated them both, making them deeply aware of their own shortcomings. After that, they practiced harder and harder.

Ariana said she didn't want to go anywhere and just wanted to stay in the hotel until tomorrow. After all, Tide City was as familiar to her as her own back garden, and there was nothing new at all. And even though she is used to the climate here, Ariana doesn't like to be exposed to the sun for a long time.

As for Li Zhuoguang, he opened his tablet and watched cartoons with Huang Shiren.

In the evening, everyone came back. The food here is really hard to describe, so everyone eats the food they brought with them. Although Po Jun and Xiong Facai didn't gain much, they weren't disappointed either.

William, on the other hand, was quite desperate. The brothel was found, but the skin color of the prostitutes was not mentioned. Their skin was as rough as sandpaper. Even a rough guy like William was afraid that the other party would make him bleed, so he gave up.

Before going to bed, Ariana closed all the windows in the room, leaving only two small windows on the leeward side. She also specifically asked Xiong Facai to impose soundproofing restrictions on the room.

"The walls of the city here will be built very high, on the one hand to block hostile forces, and on the other hand to block the wind and sand. Because after nightfall, the wind here will become very strong.

The wind carried the gravel all night long, and it was impossible to spend the night in the wild without special equipment. Even within the city, wind and sand will not blow directly on the buildings in the city, but will continue to hit the city walls. That sound could be heard throughout the city.

Because this place is located on the edge of the desert and is on a wind outlet, the sound is particularly loud. Haichao City is a city where you can hear the waves of the sand sea. I am used to the sound here, but if there is no soundproofing ban, you will probably have a hard time falling asleep. "

Thanks to Brother Fa Cai's ban, when everyone falls asleep at night, except for each other's breathing, they can't hear any other sound.

Li Zhuoguang asked: "Do you think the city lord will surrender to us?"

Aliana's voice came from the corner of the room: "It shouldn't be, after all, many nobles have tried to recruit him before, but they all failed without exception. "

On the second day, as Ariana said, Old Pierre came to visit early in the morning.

But what surprised everyone was that Old Pierre came empty-handed, which meant one thing...

Old Pierre looked at William who brought the distilled liquor yesterday, and said loudly: "Thank you, honorable..."

William hid behind Li Zhuoguang at once. He hated others treating him as a dignitary.

Old Pierre was stunned. It seemed that he had made a mistake. He coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, and then looked at Li Zhuoguang and said: "Thank you, honorable sir, for the food that saved me from hunger and thirst. From now on, I will donate my blood to moisten your lips and tongue so that you will never be thirsty. "

William, who was standing behind Li Zhuoguang, frowned deeply. Although Old Pierre's oath was a metaphor commonly used in water-scarce areas, it still caused him physical discomfort.

Seeing that the matter was done and that he really needed help, Li Zhuoguang still accepted Old Pierre's loyalty, and since then Old Pierre has become Li Zhuoguang's follower.

There were many pedestrians in front of the hotel. Old Pierre's loyalty caused an uproar, but no one commented. After all, it was the business of the big men, and they, the common people, had no right to comment.

After completing the oath of allegiance, Old Pierre came in front of Li Zhuoguang, looked around to see that there were no outsiders nearby, and whispered to Li Zhuoguang: "My lord, the distilled liquor you brought is very delicious."

Li Zhuoguang nodded. It seems that food is indeed scarce here. He took out two bottles of wine and stuffed them into Old Pierre's arms: "Come to me for more after you finish drinking. "

Li Zhuoguang's behavior caused another round of exclamations from the people around him. They just thought that Li Zhuoguang gave two bottles of pure water as a gift after accepting Old Pierre's loyalty.

Old Pierre, who knew what he had in his arms, felt dizzy. What kind of golden thigh did I hold?

However, Old Pierre still did not forget the other purpose of this trip. He continued in a low voice: "I actually have three daughters, and Virginie is the youngest one."

"It's great that the family is prosperous."

"The adults gave it to Virginie yesterday..."

Damn it, Li Zhuoguang knew that his behavior was misunderstood, and he quickly waved his hands and said: "Those two pears are just a gift from me to the younger generation. "

Li Zhuoguang's answer stunned Old Pierre. This means, no marriage?!

But then, he looked at the two bottles of distilled liquor in his arms. For a moment, he couldn't figure out whether he had entered the core area of ​​the other party's power or not.

Is there any detail that he overlooked, causing him to fail to completely pass the other party's test? What details did he miss?

Oh my God!

It's really hard to guess the thoughts of the nobles!