Alien Arms Empire

  Chapter 86 86 Buying and selling

 The port was still busy in the early morning, and not far away another large ship slowly stopped at the anchorage. The flag of the Poplar Kingdom was still flying high on the Elf's ship, but everyone noticed an inconspicuous fact.

Most of the elven ships have some more humans on board, and the serious sailors and commanders of the elves are concentrated on the four largest ships in the fleet.

 The morning sun shines weakly on people, and the cool sea breeze brings waves to the embankment. Bunas already has a bit of winter chill.

 The dozen carriages parked on the pier made the entire pier seem a bit crowded. Teams of elven sailors struggled to lift wooden boxes off the carriage one by one and pile them next to the ship.

 It is obviously not that easy to transport goods on a slender gangplank, so carrying wooden boxes to the ship is not an easy task.

What's more, the elf commander standing next to him had a serious expression, and the elf soldiers carrying flintlock guns were loaded with ammunition, as cautiously as if they were in a state of war.

"Watch your step! Be careful!" With his hands behind his back, the captain headed by the elves loudly reminded the cautious elven sailors.

These sailors carefully worked in groups of two, carrying wooden boxes with the words "Datang" printed on them to the ship.

Those who are familiar with the matter know that these boxes contain 10 K1 fast guns, and most of these K1 fast guns were drawn by Tang Mo from the guns supplied to Beiling.

 After all, there is no big problem if Beiling’s weapons are two days late, but the elves spent a lot of money, and they will leave in two days.

 So, Tang Mo gave priority to supplying 100 K1 fast guns to the elves. The other boxes contained 200 revolvers and related ammunition.

Just to transport these goods, more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages were used, and Tang Mo would have to transport at least three steam engine parts, as well as related drawings and metallurgical technical indicators tomorrow.

Cargo is being loaded at the dock where the elves are parked here, and cargo is being unloaded at the dock where Tang Mo's fleet is parked over there.

Alice had seen many large ships, but this was the first time for her to lean on the railing of the ship and watch the sailors carry heavy boxes to the dock through the narrow gangplank.

She curiously felt the sea breeze blowing on her face, and curiously watched the elven sailors in tattered clothes carrying the heavy iron boxes to the carriage.

 Because these boxes were so heavy, each box made a heavy muffled sound when it was stacked on the carriage.

"How much money did you extort from the elves?" Alice asked when she saw Tang Mo coming over and leaning on the railing beside the ship.

“It’s not too much. Their gross profit from this sea trade, about 30,000 gold coins, is all with me.” Tang Mo smiled sheepishly and said modestly.

 “Lend me some?” Alice indeed started to think about these gold coins again.

"Believe me, leaving this money with me will be much more useful than lending it to you." Tang Mo rejected the beauty's request.

"Has anyone ever told you that you are very annoying?" Alice glanced at Tang Mo and felt that this man was really confused.

"Ha! You are the first, but you are definitely not the last." Tang Mo burst out laughing. He looked in the distance and saw the ninth box being carried onto the carriage, and his mood became better and better.

 Have money! Everything is difficult at the beginning. After he got the elf's gold coins, he finally found his first pot of gold in the true sense.

"What are you going to do in a hurry to take so many gold coins?" Alice looked at Tang Mo curiously, hoping to see the answer on Tang Mo's face.

“Do charity and give money to the poor.” Tang Mo replied naturally.

"Your lies are in your mouth. As long as you open your mouth, they will fly out." Alice commented sneeringly.

Tang Mo laughed heartily, and then walked to the gangplank: "I still have things to do, so I won't have breakfast with you, Miss Alice... You can go shopping in Bunas, and I'll let Tiger accompany you."

As he spoke, he walked off the deck and walked

Seeing Tang Mo get on the carriage, Alice withdrew her gaze and said reluctantly: "Half of the 11 merchant ships are unloading the broadsides... He is really willing to do so. These Cyric cannons were not bought at the time. Cheap."

"Not only that, he took away all the gold coins on our ship and the other two ships... It is estimated that the number is about 12,000..." Behind her, the housekeeper also looked at Tang Mo's carriage and spoke to her. Alice said.

"I can't see through this person, nor can I guess him. He doesn't tell the truth at all, so...I can't do anything." Alice said bitterly: "We have something to ask of him, so we can't use force..."

"It's okay! Miss! Perhaps, a capable person is the best choice for our cooperation." The housekeeper comforted Alice and said.

Tang Mo's carriage drove out of the port at this time, and soon came to the door of a closed pub along the sparsely populated street.

Tang Mo jumped off the carriage, then motioned for Weiss to knock on the door. Soon the door was opened. When the sleepy-eyed bartender saw it was Tang Mo, he was slightly stunned, then flicked his chin, indicating that they could come in.

Tang Mo stood at the door of the Silver Fox Tavern, looking at the decoration inside, and smiled at the old man who walked slowly over and said, "Look, I got the first pot of gold faster than I promised before. "

The old man seemed to be waiting for Tang Mo and motioned for Tang Mo to follow him. They walked all the way to the corner of the tavern, a very secluded place. Leo sat down and Tang Mo also sat opposite him.

Only then did the old man Leo speak and continue what he had said before: "My informants at the dock have already told me that you got the boat... and there are many sailors... To be honest, I really didn't expect you to be so good. Big ability.”

“Do you still like the toy I gave you?” Tang Mo nodded, indicating that he recognized the intelligence capabilities of the Silver Fox Tavern.

"I like it! I like it very much! So I'm not surprised. You do have what the elves want." Leo thought of that new type of musket and was full of confidence that Tang Mo could rise in a short time. He felt that he It's time to place a bet, for the sake of the entire Silver Fox Tavern.

"No, Leo... I have something that everyone in the world wants!" Tang Mo waved his hand and corrected him in an annoyed tone: "It's something that no one can refuse."

"Everything I said before is still valid. Mr. Tang Mo, if you are willing to accept my terms and take us, the suffering criminals, back to our hometown... we will all surrender to you! Work for you!" Li Ao didn't pay attention to these details. He stared at Tang Mo and made his own conditions again.

"Sounds like a really good idea... What do you think of me buying this place? The price is easy to talk about." Tang Mo looked around and then looked at Leo again: "You know what I mean, not just this tavern , and...you and all your friends."

"This price is not cheap, Mr. Tang Mo. You know, running such a tavern requires a lot of money." Leo pointed to himself proudly: "And I have many friends."

 “Make a price.” Tang Mo spread his hands.

“…” The old man Leo was silent. He seemed to be thinking… Finally, he spoke: “Are you sure you are really capable of taking us back?”

"If you live for five more years, you will find that you can go wherever you want, anywhere!" Tang Mo made a promise.

“Then, 10,000 gold coins!” The old man gave an extremely exaggerated price, which was not low for anyone.

 “Deal.” Tang Mo said two words calmly.

“I think you may not know what 10,000 gold coins actually means.”

"Actually, if possible, I would rather bring banknotes or checks." Tang Mo said a sentence that Leo didn't understand, and then looked at Weiss aside.

Wes nodded slightly, walked to the door, and waved to the door.

Two soldiers trudged into the tavern carrying a box. The bartender followed him with a frown, watching the two soldiers carry the box step by step to the table where Tang Mo and Leo were sitting.

“Don’t tell me, these are all gold coins.” Even Leo had never seen such a huge box containing gold coins.

Tang Mo smiled. He stood up, took out the key to the box from his pocket, and inserted it into the keyhole in front of the box. Then he turned the key gently, and everyone heard the lock click open.

 Then, Tang Mo opened the lid of the box and revealed the densely packed gold coins inside: "There are 1,000 gold coins here..."

As he spoke, he sat back down opposite Leo: "You can count...if there are less, I will go back to find those elves to make up for it."

"What I just said...is ten thousand gold coins...Mr. Tang." Leo spent a lot of effort to move his eyes away from the box of gold coins: "You..."

"I heard that right." Tang Mo interrupted the old man Leo: "There are nine boxes on the five carriages outside...all of them are gold coins."

"Gudong..." Everyone heard it, and in the quiet space, there was a sound of swallowing saliva. The bartender standing nearby had his Adam's apple trembling nervously.

　　　…” Silence, the space is filled with the air of silence. No one spoke, and no one seemed willing to break the silence in the tavern.

Finally, Leo spoke. He said what Tang Mo wanted to hear with difficulty and naturally: "The silver fox is yours, and my old bones are also yours..."

"Then...you can pledge your allegiance to me." Tang Mo glanced at the bartender, then at Leo, and looked ready to accept him.

"I swear in the name of my ancestors that all the informants in the Silver Fox Tavern and I will be loyal to you, Mr. Tang Mo!" Leo stood up and bowed slightly to Tang Mo.

The bartender standing next to the box knelt on one knee and lowered his head to Tang Mo: "Master! I offer you my loyalty. I swear on my life that I will serve you until the end of my life." the end.”

Tang Mo stood up and signaled that they could get up: "Very good! Now, I need you to help me investigate something!"

"No problem! Master, what do you want to know?" Leo asked respectfully.

Tang Mo gave an investigation direction: "Some...information about Bunas City Guards!"

 (End of this chapter)