201. A Difficult Old Man
Lomminen's night was more lively than any other time.
In this city, both commoners and aristocrats will have their own different pleasures, and of course the greatest pleasure is to squander a night of wine in Binks. Especially after eight o'clock every night, when Binks's wine is at its most lively, perhaps for the commoners, the limit of only fifteen barrels of wine makes some people who cannot buy it very unhappy, but compared to the nobles, the wine purchased at this time is undoubtedly the cheapest.
Whether it's Binks's wine or IV's wine or even Scarlet Smile, it only takes two silver coins for a glass at this time period.
And a barrel of fine wine can still be poured about 30 glasses.
Five barrels of each of the three fine wines, which is a hundred and fifty glasses, although the number is not much, but along with this restriction is the restriction that each person can only buy one glass in an hour, which is enough to ensure that every civilian who comes to the tavern at this time can drink a glass of wine. Normally, just after nine o'clock, Scarlet Smile sells out, followed by the Wine of the Fourth or the Wine of Binx.
The main reason for this is that wine, as a noble drink, is not affordable for ordinary people. At Binks's Tavern, two silver coins were a drink for the nobles, and out of vanity, the Scarlet Smile was the fastest and most sold wine - both commoners and nobles. So under normal circumstances, after October each year, Binks' taverns would stop selling Scarlet Smile and would not reopen until the following summer, in April or May.
And during this time, sales of the other two major wines will soar. It will not begin to decline until the following summer.
Tonight, Sean, Alfred, and Anno 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 Elekt, the old man who had the blueprint of the Hastings Manor would come here every night to drink, and the first glass of wine he ordered would be a bloody smile, followed by another glass of wine from Binks and the wine of the fourth, and then another glass of wine from Binks or the wine of the fourth world depending on the mood, and then a glass of wine from Binks or the wine of the fourth world depending on the mood, so that the cost was just a gold coin.
After spending the gold coin, the old man would leave the tavern.
As the lead designer and architect of the entire Hastings estate. Although this old man is not an aristocrat, he can also be regarded as a celebrity in Lomingen, so his presence is extremely high. It is said that many merchants and nobles had dealings with him, so he was not a very money-poor man, as according to Elikate. Every time this old man helped someone design the blueprint and layout of the building, he would not charge less than three hundred gold coins. Consider the situation where this old man came to the tavern a day to consume a gold coin. This amount of money is enough for him to spend a year, of course, if you count other expenses, it is definitely not enough, but how can this old man only take one order a year?
So if Sean wants to get the blueprint of Hasting's building, he must find a way to get close to this old man and start with him.
But the problem is that Sean and others can't use methods such as coercion. Otherwise, as soon as this old man told the people of the Hasteen family, all the plans of Sean and the others would be in vain.
That's why Sean made up his mind during the hour when the old man came to the tavern in the evening.
Only at this time is it safest to approach this old man. And if it's during the day, go to this old man. You might get noticed by others, which can also make the rest a little tricky and cumbersome.
Sean didn't want too many troubles and surprises before he got the Panda Territory's territorial paperwork.
As soon as eight o'clock in the evening came, the whole tavern suddenly erupted in a roar of excitement, which almost blew up the entire upstairs of the tavern.
Standing in the bar, the tavern owner Binks IV, who was thought to have the strength of the Golden Realm by Rena, stretched out his hands and pressed down in the void at this time, and the excited roar began to gradually quiet down, but in just a few seconds, the entire bar became silent, which made Sean frown a little surprised, he didn't expect that the tavernkeeper's influence was so strong, I'm afraid that even the city lord of this Luo Mingen could not have such influence.
"The long-awaited wine carnival has finally arrived!" Binks IV smiled and said to everyone, "I believe you already know the rules, so I won't say anything, and absolutely those who try, attempt, and intend to break the rules, what are we going to do?" ”
"Throw them out of the woods!" The guests in the tavern erupted in extremely loud roars.
"Good! So now I'm announcing ......" Binks IV said here with a deliberate pause, and Sean could even feel that all the drinkers had stopped breathing and heartbeat in unison at this moment, and the strong sense of anticipation was unbelievable to him, "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 throughout the tavern, but it was soon completely overshadowed by the frantic roars of the drinkers. But the next moment, the sound of music, the cheers of the drinkers, and the dancing of the dancers on the stage were completely mixed, and the whole tavern was silent for a few seconds, and once again erupted into the noise of a tavern.
Sean slowly withdrew his gaze, then landed on a table in the corner.
There, an old man sat expectantly, having just finished ordering his menu from a maid.
After a moment's wait, a maid walked over to the old man with a tray and put down the glass in the tray.
But contrary to Sean's imagination, the cup with a bloody smile was not a glass goblet, but a large-mouthed wooden cup like the one used to hold wine in ordinary taverns. If this kind of wine glass is used to hold ale or rum, not only because of the abundance, but also because of the material of the wooden wine glass, it will dilute the bitterness and astringency in the ale and rum, but if it is used to hold wine, this is obviously a bit inappropriate, because according to Sean's knowledge of wine, wine is the most afraid of impurities. Even the slightest impurity can completely alter and spoil the taste of the wine.
Sean looked at Alfred and Anno, who showed an intoxicated look after only taking a sip of this kind of wine, and in the end he could only blame ordinary people for not being as particular about everything as nobles, after all, two silver coins can drink such a large amount of wine, which is indeed a very worthwhile thing, even if it will ruin the taste of the wine.
It's just that Sean smiled at this cup of blood, but he couldn't drink it.
Picking up the cup in his hand, Sean got up and walked towards the old man.
The old man, who had apparently a good reputation, did not notice Sean's coming, or that no one in the entire tavern except for the waitress and the tavern owner and the people who were still performing the stage noticed that Sean was walking towards the old man. Because everyone is immersed in their own intoxication with fine wine. It wasn't until Sean sat down on the chair opposite the old man and pushed the bloody smile in his hand in front of the old man that the old man looked up at Sean as if he had been awakened.
The old man should be at least fifty years old this year, perhaps because of the work of designers and architects, this old man is already full of silver hair. There are already obvious age spots on the body. But in this old man's body, Sean still saw many things that were different. The first is his eyes. Different from the cloudy eyes of ordinary old people, this old man's eyes can still make people feel a kind of spiciness.
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 steady, without the slightest tremor, even when he lifted the glass with one hand, the weight of which was clearly felt. The old man was still very steady.
"Hello, under is Fran. Dumoy, a viscount who is about to become a field nobleman. Sean smiled and explained to himself, "This glass of wine." It was I who specially invited you because I respected your name, Master. ”
The old man replied lightly, as if he was a little disdainful of Sean's self-introduction.
But just when Sean thought that this old man looked down on him and was about to think of some way to get close to this old man, this old man directly staged a scene that made Sean completely stunned.
I saw the old man smile at the cup of blood that Sean pushed in front of him, and after spitting a little into it, he leisurely picked up his cup of blood smile and took a sip slowly.
Sean's facial muscles twitched violently a few times, he didn't expect this old man to be so shameless, and he would actually use this way to directly take this glass of wine for himself. However, at this time, Sean still needed to rely on this old man, so he could only treat this scene as if he hadn't seen it, still looking at the old man with a smile on his face, and then said: "Speaking of which, I'm really ashamed, I don't know how to call the master in the next place." ”
"Okay, don't say something about what you have and don't have, just say your purpose." The old man pouted, "But I can say in advance, if you want me to help you design architectural drawings, then you will not be able to get them until the year after tomorrow, there are a total of nineteen people in front of you, two of them are field nobles, and the other five are also honorary nobles, I dare not offend these seven people." ”
"In terms of price, it's not a problem." Sean continued to smile.
"If price isn't an issue, then it's not your turn." The old man continued to say coldly, "Except for these seven people, there are twelve people, but they are all rich businessmen with heads and faces, and some people even spent 80,000 gold coins to ask me to design a courtyard, but he can only rank eighth. …… Do you think you could pay more than that? ”
Hearing this old man's words, Sean had already roughly judged what kind of person this old man was.
So, he chuckled lightly and said confidently: "I can also give 80,000 gold coins, and my request is very simple, as long as the master designs a manor design that is similar to Hasting's Manor, I will be very satisfied." ”
But unlike the situation that Sean imagined, after hearing Sean's words, the old man's face actually showed a little vigilance, "Manor? …… You, an honorary nobleman who doesn't even have a territory, actually want me to help you design a manor plan? (To be continued......)