Chapter 464: Coercion and Drinking
Not far in front of Hu Shanrong, I saw a jar of wine overturned on the ground, ceramic fragments and the liquor inside were spilled all over the ground, and I could smell the aroma of old wine, indicating that this was a jar of high-quality wine.
There was a girl next to her, who was obviously the maid of the tavern from her dress, and she fell to her knees at a loss, and kept saying "I'm sorry", and frantically picked up the pieces with her hands, but she was trembling with fear, and the broken ceramics were very sharp, and the little white hands were quickly cut one by one, and the dripping blood was mixed with the wine.
The administrator of Lulin City secretly looked at Hu Shanrong, and seeing that this distinguished guest looked displeased, he got up and walked to the trembling girl, grabbed her hair with one hand, and pointed to the broken wine jar on the ground: "Do you know how much this wine is?" β
The girl's face was very delicate, and she trembled like a fawn caught by a hunter, and she was too frightened to say anything when questioned by the magistrate.
"Excuse me, you're pretending to be dumb here? Well? Well? Well? The magistrate slapped the girl on the head with every hum, and the fan was so heavy that every blow made the girl tremble with pain.
In front of everyone's eyes, the girl was slapped more than a dozen times in a row, but she didn't dare to have any temper at all, tears fell like broken pearls, and she shrunk her shoulders and said aggrievedly: "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to... I pay the adults money..."
"Compensation?" The surrounding nobles seemed to have heard some joke, and immediately laughed, and the administrator couldn't stop laughing.
After laughing, he slapped the girl on the head again, and his voice began to turn cold: "Can you afford it?!" This jar of wine cost me dozens of silver moons just for all kinds of raw materials, and it was stored in my cellar for ten years after being encapsulated, and I thought that I would open the altar today and drink with Mr. Bao, but now it is all ruined by you slut! β
The magistrate picked up a piece of ceramics, scooped up the wine that had been spilled on the ground along with the dirty dirt, and put it to the girl's mouth, intending to stuff it into it: "Come, open your mouth, today is a blessing for you, good things for you to enjoy, you drink the wine on the ground, don't waste it, today is over." β
The wine in front of me is fragrant, but the tavern is full of people, I don't know how many people's shoes have been stepped on on the ground, and there may be traces of people spitting, not to mention how disgusting.
The girl just came out to beg for a living, not without dignity, she pursed her lips tightly, struggled to fight the magistrate, and refused to lie down and drink anything.
"Don't drink it, do you? Yes. The administrator threw away the tiles, clapped his hands and stood up, looked at his colleague Captain Lulin City, and said lightly, "Captain Dirk, I carefully observed this tavern when I came in just now, there is a lack of some supporting fire prevention equipment, and the documents hanging on the wall are not so complete, these things need your attention." β
Dirk picked up the topic casually: "Fire is a big deal, once a fire is very likely to cause a large number of casualties, and pubs without documents are not allowed to operate, I will definitely pay attention to this matter." β
The tavern owner was also giving the table a drink, and when he heard this, he was frightened, and hurriedly begged: "My lord! I have a small business here, self-financed, I just paid the rent of the store not long ago, and the funds are empty, so I am waiting for the business to return to its capital.
"If the store is closed, the rent will not be refunded, all kinds of ingredients will be broken here, and we will not be able to afford the loss of customers! Please open the net, fire prevention equipment and various documents, I will definitely make up for it within the time limit! β
Dirk straightened his face and said in a very businesslike tone: "According to the "Doguland City Management Law", public business premises must be equipped with all safety equipment, and all kinds of permits must not be missing, otherwise they will be ordered to close down by the Sheriff's Department and fined 20% of the turnover of the previous quarter. β
"I also act according to the code, if I open the net to you, the code will not open to me."
At this time, the administrator stood up and spoke again, he patted the tavern owner on the shoulder, and his soft tone was in stark contrast to the serious Dirk: "I can understand the difficulties of your businessmen, if you really have to deal with it in strict accordance with the legal code, not only you, but also few stores in Lulin City can be absolutely qualified." β
"Everyone is for life, there are really difficulties, we can also understand, sometimes there are fewer equipment shortcomings, as long as we don't cross the line too much, we turn a blind eye and pass."
"However, just because you're weak doesn't mean you're justified, your people knocked over our wine first, and if you make a mistake first, you have to pay back if you do something wrong, right?"
The boss didn't dare to say anything at this time, he just wanted to cater to Shangguan through this crisis, and hurriedly lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows and said yes again and again.
The administrator sighed lightly and said in a generous tone: "That's it, I don't want to make things too difficult for the little girl, even if you beat and scold or something, let's get some real compensationββ"
"The jar of wine that was broken just now is counted as 50 silver moons as raw materials, and it has been treasured and fermented in the cellar for ten years, and its value has doubled, and it is counted as 100 silver moons. Come on, bring 10 large cups. β
The guard took 10 large cups, and the administrator opened the bottles of liquor on the table, filled them with them, and put them all on the table, and said to the girl with a smile: "100 silver moons, 10 glasses of wine, for every 1 glass you drink, you can lose 10 silver moons." β
"It's up to you how much compensation you can subtract in the end. If you can drink all 10 glasses of wine, then you will not be guilty of the past, and I don't want you to pay a single monthly coin. If you drink 10 cups and can continue to drink, not only will you not have to lose, but I will also reward you with an additional silver moon. β
"Well, I'm already magnanimous enough to give you a chance, right?" When the administrator said this, he also specially added, "Of course, if you can directly pay 100 silver moons, you can not drink a glass." β
The girl works as a waitress in a tavern, and her salary is only 300 copper months a month, not to mention that it is impossible to earn silver moons with her class, but if you convert the 100 silver months, it is equivalent to 10,000 copper months, which is worth 3 years of salary.
The girl looked at the 10 large glasses in front of her at a loss, this kind of wine glass is the largest size in the store, a glass can hold 2 liters of wine, all for those big Han drinkers, ordinary people can drink 2 or 3 full glasses in a night.
Now there are not only 10 full cups here, but also all the strongest wine, which is to find the strongest man who drinks the most in the whole Deer Forest City, and these 10 cups have to be drunk here.
"Smack!" Just when the girl was at a loss, she was suddenly slapped on the head by the boss, which scared her.
The boss kept poking his finger at her head, and lowered his voice to urge, "Hurry up and drink!" Your Excellency, this is giving you the stairs, why don't you know what to do? As far as your salary, you really have to pay for it, can you afford it? Hurry up and drink! β