Chapter 262 Provocation
Kevin pushed the wheelbarrow on the road happily, followed by several people from the same village. They were either pushing the wheelbarrow like Karen, or carrying poles.
This group of people came to Fulan Port to deliver goods. The big businessman Mr. Adela opened a purchasing station in Fulan Port, specializing in purchasing salt boiled using traditional methods.
Unlike other salt merchants who look down upon them just because they have a few bad money, this businessman named Adela can be said to be amiable and very compatible with salt people like them. They can talk well and say "my friend" open and shut, which makes Kevin and others feel that the other party really treats them as friends sincerely.
It is very strange that I have never seen Mr. Adela selling this salt in nearby areas. According to the other party, it is to be transported to the distant east.
But they don’t care where the other party sells it, as long as they can exchange it for coins to support their family
The group came to the door of the purchasing station, but saw people coming in and out of the door, seeming to be carrying things. Mr. Adela, who has a round belly and a rich appearance, is standing at the door directing his servants.
Kevin stepped forward to say hello: "Master Adela, what do you want?"
Businessman Adela turned around and saw that it was Kevin, and responded quickly: "Oh, it's Kevin! Are you... delivering goods?"
"Yes, we have transported all the salt from the village."
But seeing a look of guilt on Adela's face, he glanced at the team behind Kevin, and then gently pulled Kevin aside.
He whispered: "To be honest, Kevin, I was about to send someone to find you."
"Is there anything important?"
"Your business...I...I can't continue it anymore. I have to move out in the next few days."
When he first heard this sentence, Kevin didn't react. It took him a while to He said anxiously: "What do you mean? Master Adela, what do you mean you can't do our business?"
Adela said in embarrassment: "Well, isn't this the latest war? The trade routes to the east are all cut off. I have no way in other directions."
"War? This damn thing War! "
Kevin clenched his fist fiercely, trying to punch out but couldn't find the target.
Adela's face was full of sympathy: "Well, it's not easy for you to come all the way. Come to my store to rest first. Since we have cooperated for so long, I I’ll treat you to a meal and invite your companions in.”
“Thank you, Master Adela.”
Kevin weakly thanked him, feeling really hungry.
He returned to his companions and told them that Adela was leaving Port Fulan, and everyone was immediately upset.
"What? Master Adela is leaving now? What should we do?"
"My family is still in a hurry for money?"
"Oh , let’s fill our stomachs first and then think of something else.”
...
At the dinner table, everyone was silent and just eating in silence. The atmosphere was extremely dull.
Adela smiled bitterly and said to them: "There is no obstacle that cannot be overcome. When this war is over and the trade routes are restored, I will come back. Then I will still rely on you for supplies."
Kevin and others could only smile bitterly after hearing this. God knows when this damn war will be over. The lords don't care about the pain of the lower-class people like them.
"Come on! Bring the barrel of wine from the kitchen. Let's have a few drinks today. I have always regarded you as friends. I feel a little reluctant to leave like this. ”
Adela waved her hand and told the waiter in the store to get the wine.
Kevin stood up to stop him: "Master Adela, how can you be so embarrassed? It is already a great favor for you to entertain us for dinner." Adela stared at him: "Are you not giving me face? Sit down!”
Kevin had no choice but to sit down.
The wine barrel was quickly brought to the table, and a large glass was filled in front of everyone's eyes.
Adela raised the glass first and said loudly: "Cheers!"
Kevin stared at the wine in front of him with a very complicated mood, "Oh~ they say you can forget your worries when you are drunk, drink... ..."
He picked up the cup and brought it to his mouth. When other companions saw his action, they also picked up the cup.
“Damn! This wine is too strong!”
Kevin drank it all in one gulp. The spicy taste made him frown tightly and almost choked. He had never... I've never had such a strong drink.
However, after swallowing it, a burning sensation that had never happened before rose up from the lower abdomen and spread quickly throughout the body, and a strange feeling arose in the brain.
Other companions also had expressive expressions, and some were so excited that they stuck out their tongues and breathed out.
Adela smiled slightly: "You have never drank in this kind of bar. Come on, have another drink!"
......
After several glasses of wine, everyone They were all a little drunk.
Adela put her arm on Kevin's shoulders, her face was red, and she breathed a mouth full of alcohol and said: "Little brother Kevin! In fact, it's not all the reason why I left here because of the war. Me too... alas , stop talking, drink!"
The other party seemed to have something to hide, and Kevin tried to stay awake and asked: "Master Adela, what other reasons do you have to hide in front of us? "
Adela sighed: "Oh, those salt farm owners in Port Fulan and the officials here... hiccup... they can't tolerate me! "
< br>"Can't accommodate you? Why?"
Adela said drunkenly: "I am in their territory and have a huge demand, but I have never purchased goods from them. This is cruel. I really offended them... Actually, I didn’t do it on purpose. It’s actually that my target customers only favor salt cooked by traditional methods.”
Kevin slammed the table angrily: "Aren't they going to give us a way to survive? We have been cooking salt for generations and drove you away. Who will we sell our salt to?"
An imperceptible light flashed in Adela's eyes, and she sighed and said: "People nowadays have fallen into the money hole. You are competitors in their eyes, and they hope you will be hungry early." Die. Let me tell you, there is a secret rumor in the market that the boiled salt is poisonous and will corrode the human body without knowing it. It is probably them who released it."
"This is really bastard. Before the salt fields appeared, they had been eating our salt for generations. For hundreds of years, they had never heard of eating salt to kill people.”
One of Kevin’s companions yelled angrily.
Adela shook her head, looking helpless: "Rumors are the most terrifying. If so many people tell you, you can't help but not believe them."
"Alas! There is no place to sell salt, and taxes will have to be paid in two days!"
"Those fat-minded salt farm owners are so hateful!"
Under the influence of Jiu Jin, everyone We talked more and more, and you complained to me about the unfairness of the world.
Only Kevin drank his own wine silently, swallowing glass after glass.
(End of this chapter)