Li Xiao is very indifferent to caviar. He really doesn't know what's so delicious about this fishy and salty stuff. Anyway, his tongue can't appreciate this so-called delicacy. He would rather go home and eat what he made himself.
Grass carp roe costs a few yuan a pound, and I won’t eat anything more expensive than gold.
Of course, Li Xiao would not tell the truth. After all, the old man in front of him made him feel a little confused. His face looked amiable, but it always gave him a strong sense of danger. It was as if this old man was not a chef but an old man.
He is an assassin killer hiding in the shadows.
Li Xiao doubted that as long as there was not a single sentence in the following chat that was not speculative, the old man would immediately tear off the apron around his chest to reveal his eight-pack abs, and then use a thirty-meter-long machete to kill him.
Cut into eight large pieces.
"Tell me, that boy Varodya asked you to come to me. What's the matter?"
Li Xiao replied sincerely: "The general sent me here mainly to collect intelligence. I need all the intelligence about the British, French, Turks and Romanians. The more detailed the better, and I also need weapons. At least
Thirty muskets and fifty muskets."
Without even raising his eyes, the old man cut off another large piece of beef, which was bloody and put it on his dinner plate. He sliced it flexibly with a knife and stuffed a piece into his mouth like eating peanuts.
"Guns are easy to handle, but intelligence is hard to handle!" As he said this, he handed the bloody meat slices on the plate to Li Xiao: "Try it? It tastes purely natural."
Li Xiao was really disgusted. The way he was eating raw meat reminded him of Dr. Hannibal. Anyway, the old man in front of him was scarier than Dr. Hannibal.
Li Xiao asked carefully: "Aren't you always in the intelligence business? Why is it so difficult to handle intelligence?"
While chewing the raw meat, the old man replied slowly: "The gun was given to Volodya because of his previous relationship, but the information cannot be sent. Feelings are feelings and business is business, and they cannot be confused."
These words made Li Xiao slightly relieved. What he was afraid of was that the old man would refuse. Now that he could talk, let's do business. Anyway, he never wanted to get the other party's information in vain.
"That's natural," Li Xiao replied without changing his expression: "Then how do you calculate the price of information here?"
The old man seemed a little surprised. He didn't expect that Li Xiao didn't continue to play the emotional card at all, but accepted his terms to discuss business. This was very different from those guys who came before.
The old man feels secretly angry just when he thinks of those guys who came before. Those bastards from the third part all have their eyes high, thinking that they are their subordinates and can get whatever they want. They are all like your uncle.
Do you really think you are the overlord of the Orthodox Christian world?
The old man is a man of temper, otherwise he would not abandon a high-ranking Greek official, Houlu, and go to Constanta to work as a chef. If he offends him, he will not care who you are, and you will be turned into a roast duck.
say.
When Li Xiao first came in, the old man thought that this was another freeloader. For the sake of Kornilov, he was ready to give him some weapons. Who would have thought that Li Xiao was not like a freeloader?
The old man was a little surprised and became interested in Li Xiao.
The old man picked up another piece of meat and put it into his mouth. After chewing it for a while and swallowing it, he said: "My rules here are ten pounds for a question. No checks, no IOUs. Talk about money!"
Li Xiao chuckled and said, "It's quite simple."
As he spoke, he took out a gold bar from the handbag he carried, pushed it directly in front of the old man, and said: "This is almost enough for ten questions, what do you think?"
The old man was surprised again. He looked at Li Xiao again and said, "That's enough. Seeing how cheerful you are, I'll give you an extra question."
Li Xiao nodded slowly and said, "Thank you then. I like to ask questions. I have so many questions. Ten questions is really not enough."
The old man just smiled and said, "You can start asking."
Li Xiao thought for a while and asked: "Who is the biggest black marketeer in Constanta?"
The old man smiled and said: "Right in front of your eyes!"
Li Xiao nodded and said, "Apart from you?"
The old man replied naturally: "Look for Ivanov at the mule and horse market in the west of the city."
Li Xiao asked again: "Who is the British intelligence chief in Constanta?"
"Richardson, general manager of Global Trading Bank."
"Where is the French intelligence chief?"
"Valentin Payton, general manager of Venus Trading Company."
Li Xiao smiled and said: "It's still a virtue. Who is the local leader of the Romanians?"
"Christian Togel, you can find him in the Hammer Gang. By the way, the Hammer Gang usually operates in the crafting area."
"Is the Hammer Gang powerful? How many people do they have?"
The old man ate another piece of raw meat and replied calmly: "It's very big, especially in recent months, it has expanded very fast. There are no less than hundreds of thugs, and there are plenty of weapons and ammunition in hand. In addition, the local Romanians follow his lead, so to speak.
It’s a response to a call.”
"So where do they get their funding?"
Li Xiao found that the old man was a little confused about the meaning of this question, and quickly explained: "What does the Hammer Gang mainly rely on to make a living? Is it collecting protection fees, smuggling, or simply doing business without capital?"
The old man nodded and said: "That's the image. The Hammer Gang does everything. They collect protection fees and do some extortion as a side business. They also do a little smuggling, but not much..."
Having said this, the old man suddenly smiled evilly and said: "It is said...it's just a rumor. I can't guarantee the authenticity, old man. It is said that the Hammer Gang received a large amount of funding from the British."
Li Xiao laughed, because he knew very well that this was probably not a rumor, but a fact. The British are best at using money to engage in subversive activities. For the wealthy British men, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.
Do you think that in order to deceive Napoleon, he directly aided Russia with millions of pounds? Otherwise, how could Czarist Russia, with its lame legs, be able to withstand the three-wheeled axe?
Li Xiao thought for a while and asked: "Which gang is the sworn enemy of the Hammer Gang?"
The old man looked at Li Xiao again, but he didn't say much and replied calmly: "There are two sworn enemies of the Hammer Gang. One is the Iron Eagle Society supported by your third department, and the other is mainly Turkish.
The Xingyue Gang."
Li Xiao continued to ask: "Who is the leader of these two families?"
The old man replied with a smile: "There are two questions!"
Li Xiao said indifferently: "Okay!"
The old man then replied: "The president of the Iron Eagle Society is Ivanov, and its headquarters is at No. 17 Church Road. The leader of the Star and Moon Gang is Gerhan Aziz. You can find him at No. 5 Pier Street.