Li Xiao did not ask the last question, but chose to leave it with the old man for later. Then he happily said a friendly goodbye to the old man and walked out of the Black Crow Tavern gracefully.
"Master, what do these Russians want to do?" the bald man asked curiously.
The old man did not answer immediately, but continued to eat the meat slices carelessly. After a while, he said to the bald man: "Constantsa seems to be very lively in the future. Go and inform Sally and Bolimi and ask them to pay more attention recently."
careful!"
The bald monk was a little confused. He had no idea why the old man came up with such a warning. He said with some contempt:
"Those three Russian guys just wanted to cause trouble? Just them? Master, you think too highly of these Russian guys, don't talk about me, even Sally can make them go around in a hurry!"
The old man kept looking at the big bald head with an idiot look, until the big man squirmed and felt uneasy, then he muttered: "Am I telling the truth? The British, French, and Turkish bastards all want to cause trouble for the Russians.
Plus those Romanian lunatics, what can the Russians do?”
The old man still ignored the bald man and just kept eating the meat. After a long time, all the raw meat on the plate went into his stomach. The old man sighed: "As I get older, my appetite is getting worse day by day. I could eat it before."
Five pounds of meat. Now I feel choked after eating two pounds. Bucky, bring me my medicine!"
As soon as the bald man heard the old man talking about getting the medicine, he immediately became nervous and hurriedly rushed out of the kitchen like a tornado. In less than a moment, there was a crackling sound of furniture falling from the tavern outside, and the bald man came back again.
He ran back like the wind holding the small medicine bottle.
"Master, let me get you some water!"
But the old man stopped him: "No, I need some water to take medicine!" He opened the medicine bottle and poured out a few pills, chewed them up and swallowed them.
The big bald man persuaded with great distress: "Master, you'd better listen to the doctor. The doctor won't let you eat so much meat, especially raw meat. I can't even swallow that stuff, and I still have a stomachache..."
But the old man waved his hand domineeringly and said: "Do you want to listen to the doctor? Twenty years ago, the doctor said that I would not live for three days. If you listen to him, I would have died a long time ago. Meat is a good thing. I think back then we were besieged by Turkish offal in the mountains. Where could we get it?"
To eat meat, if you hunt a pheasant, a man named No. 100 can only eat one mouthful of soup. At that time, I looked forward to the day when I could eat meat every day. How happy that would be!"
As he spoke, the corners of the old man's eyes became moist. It was obvious that this was also a person with a story. However, the bald man was not a qualified listener. He was a little at a loss for the old man's story and did not know how to comfort the old man.
"Okay, don't fuck around here anymore," the old man patted his bald head and ordered again: "Go and inform Sally and Primie and ask them to pay more attention!"
The bald man nodded honestly and suddenly asked: "Master, do you want Bolimy to send someone to follow those Russians to see what they want to do?"
The old man shook his head and refused: "Don't be too troublesome. I probably know what they want to do. If it is done, it will be good for us. Don't interfere and let them do their best!"
So what exactly does Li Xiao want to do? Vishniak is also very curious, because Li Xiao seems to have gained nothing in this trip except for spending three gold bars.
"Isn't this information too expensive?" Vishniak said as he looked at the information compiled by Li Xiao, "Just a few names and addresses cost so much? It's too dark!"
Li Xiao ignored him, and was just minding his own business, as if he was thinking about something. Vishniak added: "The most important thing is, you don't need to ask three people the same question in a row?"
Li Xiao stretched out: "Otherwise, how would you know if they are telling the truth?"
Yes, Li Xiao visited three underground black markets that had intelligence exchanges with Russia, spent almost three hundred pounds, and asked a bunch of almost the same questions.
Vishniak thought for a while and replied: "This is a way. It seems that these guys will give information as long as they pay money!"
Li Xiao shook his head and corrected: "No, they are not as honest as you think. This information is not necessarily reliable."
Vishniak's eyes widened: "What!!"
Li Xiao clicked on a few items on the intelligence and said: "For example, as for the British and French, they deliberately did not tell the whole story. The British and French did not just use the two trading companies as cover in Constanta. There are also
Lipton Trading Company and Dalifen Shipping Company. Look, they didn’t even mention it!”
Vishniak said: "Maybe these two are more hidden?"
"It's not that simple!" Li Xiao shook his head and said, "Alexei's people told me that Lipton Trading Company and Dalifen Shipping Company in Constanta have been operating longer and are more active. They have no reason not to know!"
Vishniak added: "Then what do they mean? Are they colluding with Britain and France on both sides?"
Li Xiao replied: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. Maybe they have all been bribed by Britain and France... Of course, there is another possibility."
"What's the possibility?"
"They purposely used this to see what we are capable of and what we want to do."
Vishniak wondered: "What good does this do to them?"
Li Xiao sighed and said: "I just can't figure this out. These local snakes are really elusive, so we must be careful about them. By the way, have you got the guns and ammunition back?"
Vishniak nodded: "They were sent to the ship, but they are all junk. We should actually bring our own weapons!"
Li Xiao smiled, because after the second battalion was first equipped with Andre Leonid rifles, neither officers nor soldiers were willing to deal with old-fashioned muskets. This time before entering Constanta, the maintenance staff
Shinyak strongly requested to bring his own weapons, but Li Xiao sternly refused.
"I think you are making a fuss out of a molehill," Vishniak complained. "As you said, those Turkish port officials are easy to get rid of. As long as you give them enough money, they will pretend not to see anything. We ourselves
The weapons are much stronger than these bastards..."
"That's why it can't be used!" Li Xiao explained, "The Andre Leonid rifle is not a secret. The British and French must have known about the existence of this rifle. If we bring it to Constantinople
To investigate is tantamount to exposing one’s identity!”
Vishniak said in surprise: "Aren't the Turks easy to deal with? They don't know how to talk big..."
Li Xiao shook his head and said: "I won't place my hopes on the Turks' tight-lippedness. And people who can be bribed with money will definitely be bribed with more money. Don't place too high expectations on them. It's better to be careful!"
Vishniak smiled and said: "So this is why you deliberately stayed in another hotel and then met me secretly?"