Struggle in Russia

Li Xiao didn't bother to talk nonsense, so he handed over the letter Kornilov gave him, and then sat down on the bar stool in a dainty manner, and ordered loudly, "Two glasses of whiskey and a glass of beer, better!"

The big bald man took the envelope suspiciously, sucked his teeth, and muttered, "Sure enough, it's a hairy boy who drinks beer. Is that kind of horse urine a man drinks?"

These words made Li Xiao speechless again. It's not like he really can't drink. Although the capacity for alcohol is so-so, high-grade wine can also come in half a catty, but he really doesn't like the taste of foreign wine.

Whether it's whiskey, brandy or vodka, it doesn't suit his taste. It tastes weird, and he always feels that the alcohol is mixed with messy spices.

The only thing Li Xiao can appreciate is red wine and beer. The problem is that the style and atmosphere of Black Crow Bar is not a place that sells red wine at first glance. Drinking red wine here may be ridiculed loudly by this bald man with a bad personality. Here is where you can drink beer.

However, the taste of beer in this era is very good, and it is better and cheaper than the goods imported from Germany in later generations. Li Xiao prefers white beer. It has a lot of foam, smooth taste and a little sweet taste. It tastes really refreshing. The only regret is that drinking too much can damage your kidneys.

"Beer! And your whiskey!"

The bald man put his glass of wine on the table heavily, especially the beer for Li Xiao, he almost splashed Li Xiao in the face directly, his service attitude would be able to fight directly in the three eastern provinces of later generations.

After delivering the wine, the bald man leaned against the wine cabinet behind him and tore open the envelope to read. Li Xiao, on the other hand, paid careful attention to the changes in his expression. After all, Kornilov said that the guy in front of him was not particularly reliable.

A few minutes later, the bald man lit the envelope and the letter paper together, and then casually said to Li Xiao, "Since it was introduced by an old friend, I will accept your deal. Tell me, what do you want?"

Li Xiao was a little surprised. He thought that the other party should be more enthusiastic. After all, Kornilov said that they are old friends and have a good relationship, but why does it seem that the relationship is so cold now?

[I don't know what Kornilov said in the letter, this bald man is not easy to deal with! 】

However, Li Xiao didn't intend to get in touch with the bald head at first, he just wanted to know the recent situation of Constanta and Wallachia. It would be best if the other party was willing to discuss business in a business-like manner, so as not to cause too much entanglement, and also save him from having too many favors owed to Kornilov.

"The activities of the British, French and Romanians in Constanta." Li Xiao said his first request.

"This is simple!" The bald head nodded, and then continued to ask: "What else?"

Li Xiao said again: "Is there a way for weapons and ammunition?"

For Li Xiao, when he is away from home, especially when the danger of going deep into the enemy's territory is unknown, it is quite normal to get some weapons for self-defense. In particular, Wallachia was still in chaos and turmoil, where fire sticks were needed for self-defense.

The big bald head just glanced at Li Xiao, but he didn't say anything more about the request. He just replied indifferently: "Yes. Long guns are fifty pounds each, short guns are ten pounds each, and ammunition is charged for every hundred rounds of bullets and gunpowder. Pounds. And only pounds, no rubles!"

Li Xiao had the urge to kill someone, because the price was too outrageous. The pound thieves were worth a lot these days, and fifty pounds was almost equivalent to a year's salary of a Russian captain. Buying a gun with one year's income is almost equivalent to buying a car in later generations.

"This price is outrageous!" Li Xiao began to bargain quietly.

But the big bald head is completely indifferent: "You don't have to buy it!"

Will Li Xiao buy it? Definitely won't buy it, it's really stupid to buy it.

So he skipped this topic directly and asked again: "Are the Turks patrolling the area closely? Especially near the pier?"

The bald man really didn't expect Li Xiao to say that if he doesn't buy it, he won't buy it, and he doesn't continue to lower the price at all. Instead, he suddenly switches to another topic, as if he didn't mention buying a gun at all just now.

This made him a little dissatisfied, and he blamed: "I don't like doing business with you. Don't ask the price if you don't want to buy from me!"

As he spoke, he bulged his well-developed chest muscles, showed off his tendons, and stared at Li Xiao viciously, as if he was going to fight if he disagreed.

Immediately, the two guards beside Li Xiao stood up, looking at the bald head vigilantly, ready to protect the lord at any time.

The big bald head bared his teeth, pulled out a Turkish scimitar from the counter without any explanation, hooked the blade with his thumb, and sneered: "Why, if you want to be tough, prepare to bully more people than others?"

"I'm telling you guys, when I went to the battlefield to cut off people's heads, you still..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Li Xiao who was sitting on the opposite side took out a pistol from his arms, opened the scythe and looked at him with a smile, and immediately swallowed back all the words he was about to say.

Li Xiao said with a smile: "I bought this gun from the Turkish security captain. It will be settled for a few dozen lire, and one hundred rounds of ammunition will be given away."

Seeing Li Xiao's playful expression, the big bald face with the machete turned blue and purple, it was very exciting, and it took a long time for him to say from between his teeth: "Then you still ask the price?"

Li Xiao still smiled and replied: "If you don't ask the price, how do you know if some people are honest or not!"

The big bald head was silent again, and after a long time he said, "What exactly do you want to do?"

Li Xiao still had that smiling expression on his face, as if he had seen something interesting, and replied slowly: "I said earlier, I want information on the British, French, and Romanians, the more detailed the better, the sooner the better." In addition, I have to buy a gun, by the way, what is the price?"

The bald head looked at Li Xiao speechlessly for a while, and said bitterly, "I don't like being pointed at a gun to discuss business!"

Li Xiao laughed heartily and said, "I like to use guns to discuss business the most. Because at that time, few people dared to open their mouths to ask for prices indiscriminately, and few people dared to throw face at me, and no one dared to say that I It's a brat with no hair at all!"

After a short pause, he suddenly smirked and said, "A lot of times, no matter what I want, the other party doesn't care if I give you money or not. I think it's likely that you are like this today, what do you think?"

The big bald head changed his expression again. I really didn't expect that Li Xiao was making progress step by step, and now he dared to threaten him. He gritted his teeth and threatened again: "You should know where this is and who are the people who come here. What business are you doing, do you think you can take two people and threaten me with a broken gun?"