Train to Another World

After all, it was a negotiation, so Pat didn't bring too many people to the negotiation site because he understood Old Pierre relatively well. He had met Old Pierre many times with his father when he was a child.

His father's evaluation of Old Pierre was that he was a person who could just get by, and as long as he could get by, he would have no other ideas. Although somewhat hypocritical, among all the city lords nearby, he is the most harmless one.

So Pat simply didn't think that Old Pierre would use this negotiation to ambush him. After all, he had shown a very obvious intention to embezzle Tide City, so Old Pierre might as well invite him to negotiate first.

If it were him, or even his father, he would have already started preparing for war. Even if his prediction was wrong and Old Pierre's temperament suddenly changed, he would have a backup plan.

The accompanying city guard raised his head and glanced at the fierce sun in the sky, took out a still alive lizard from his supply bag and handed it to Pat. Pat took it casually, first used a dagger to skillfully cut a slit in the lizard's neck, and then began to suck the blood.

After all the blood was sucked, he cut open the lizard's belly, took out its internal organs and stuffed them into his mouth, followed by the fresh muscles.

Pat had a good appetite today and ate two lizards in a row. The city guards under him also had one per person. It was not that they couldn't eat anymore, it was just because their supplies were limited. Eating a fresh lizard at noon is enough to relieve hunger and thirst. It seemed a little easier to drive under the sun.

Because Pat expected that the next resource consumption would be relatively large, he chose to walk this time. We set off in the morning and arrived outside the gate of Haichao City in the afternoon.

Arriving outside the gate of Haichao City, he saw that Old Pierre had set up an awning outside the city gate to serve as the venue for this meeting. But as he got closer, Pat felt a little surprised.

I saw that the awning was not the leather tent used daily by the locals, but a pre-catastrophic product made of wood, metal, and velvet. Although it was very worn, the tassels on the awning had fallen off, and there were many damaged places. They have all been mended with animal skins, but now, being able to have such an awning can be called luxurious.

When I came to the awning, I found that in addition to a round table, there were many chairs. Pat looked around and saw no one else. He just felt that Old Pierre was too polite. Even the entourage had prepared chairs.

Pat nodded casually to Old Pierre and sat directly at the table. Looking down, he saw several fruits placed on the plate on the table.

Pat curled his lips in disdain. It seemed that Old Pierre had made a lot of efforts to avoid war. But what he didn't know was that his goal was never Haichao City, it was just a cover up. I came here this time just to further anger Old Pierre.

Just thinking about it, Pat stretched out his hand and wanted to take a piece of fruit from the dinner plate. After walking for so long, he still felt a little thirsty even though he ate two lizards to replenish his water. It would be great to have fruit to eat at this time. Huh? Why is this fruit getting further and further away from me?

Pat raised his head and found that it was Old Pierre who had reached out and pulled the dinner plate away.

"Oh, hypocritical Steven really deserves his reputation."

"The master hasn't come yet, so it's rude to eat in advance. When the master comes, I'll give you my share."

Old Pierre's words made Pat frown: "Who else is the rightful owner of the matter between our two cities? Did you invite other witnesses?"

Old Pierre smiled proudly: "My lord came to Haichao City a few days ago. Maybe he felt that my Haichao City was pretty good, so he recruited me. I saw that your lord was strong, so I joined him."

Hearing Old Pierre's words, Pat's eyes narrowed. He did not doubt that Old Pierre was lying to him. Here, admitting one's allegiance is no joke. Because there is a commercial street in Haichao City, and there are also water shops on the commercial street, I don't know how many nobles have come to recruit Old Pierre.

But they were all rejected by him, and over time no one came to recruit him again. Therefore, in Pat's view, it is even more unlikely for Old Pierre to join other people's forces than to arrange for someone to ambush him today.

However, Pat suddenly saw Old Pierre taking out a glass bottle from somewhere. Although the glass bottle was precious, he was not without it. But the clean liquid contained in the glass bottle made Pat's eyes widen.

Such a large bottle of pure water is not something that Old Pierre can easily take out. It seems that this great nobleman is really powerful.

Thinking of this, Pat's face darkened, although he no longer took any big nobles seriously. But his plan has not yet started. If a big noble intervenes in this matter, it will really make him helpless.

But soon, Pat made a decision in his mind. He immediately put on a smile and said to Old Pierre: "If there is such a good thing, you should write to me and let me know. We don't have to sit here like today."

The smile on Old Pierre's face became even brighter: "What are you talking about? Didn't you make a special trip to see my uncle today?"

The smile on Pat's face froze slightly: "Yes, I haven't visited Uncle Pierre for a long time."

Old Pierre laughed, took out a dry green fruit from his pocket, and handed it to Pat: "Here, this is uncle's own private collection. You can eat one of the cushions first."

Pat was in a daze for a while, but then he took the fruit with a stiff smile: "Thank you very much, uncle."

Maybe the distinguished guest was really delayed on the way, or maybe the distinguished guest was too arrogant to take these two little nobles seriously. Seeing that the sun was setting, no one had come yet.

Pat gritted his teeth and gathered his men together: "How much more do we carry?"

One of them said: "There are only three lizards left."

Pat looked at one of the city guards: "Dave, take all the lizards and march back quickly. Tell the butler that the plan has been advanced, tonight."

Although Dave didn't know what the plan was, he still nodded, took the lizard handed by his companion, put it into his bag, turned around and left.

The situation here was noticed by Old Pierre, and he cast a questioning look. Pat just smiled and explained casually: "Looking at it now, I probably have to bother uncle here all night. After all, I came out in a hurry. If I stayed out all night, I was afraid that someone would worry, so I asked Dave Went back to report the news.”

Old Pierre also smiled and nodded when he heard this. Everyone knew exactly what Pat was here for. If he didn't let someone go back to report the news, and the city lord stayed away all night, there might be trouble.

I originally wanted to use Li Zhuoguang's power to cheer me up, but I didn't expect that the real owner hadn't appeared yet. The distilled liquor presented by him made Pat give in. Having a big noble as your backer can really save you a lot of trouble.

Old Pierre also knew that Pat was treating distilled liquor as pure water, but since the other party was already wary, there was no need to let the other party know too much.

So Old Pierre carefully put away the bottle and changed the topic: "I heard that Wangya City has been a little uneasy recently. If you have any difficulties, you can tell your uncle. Even if your uncle can't handle it, you can still try to ask for help. That lord."

Pat's eyes narrowed and he thought of something. He raised his head and said to Old Pierre with tears in his eyes: "Uncle, I also have my own difficulties..."