"Lord Watt?" Old Peter smiled slightly and said: "Don, did you know? The last Earl City Lord had four sons. But the position of City Lord can only be inherited by the eldest son, even his most beloved youngest son. There is a way to inherit his title and the position of city lord."
After saying this, Tang Ping immediately understood that this wealthy foreigner family also had the problem of competing for family property.
Apparently one of his sons was dissatisfied with the boss and secretly raised a group of pirates to cause trouble.
"Okay, today's food is great, and the wine is also very good." Old Peter wiped his mouth and stood up to say goodbye and said: "Don, to be honest, I fell in love with you the first time I saw you."
Seeing Tang Ping's eyes widen, Old Peter quickly explained: "No, no, no, don't get me wrong, it's not that kind of thing, I like women, I have three wives, hahaha."
"What I mean by like is that I think we can become very good friends, that's why I'm telling you so much today, but I have been busy with business recently, so I may not be able to come to this wonderful bar of yours for the time being."
"I believe you will also have some things to be busy with, so let's make an appointment after you are done. Then we can have a good talk about business and stuff."
Who says foreigners are immodest? Thousands of years ago, old Peter knew how to speak in a roundabout way.
What he means is that I can't give you any other help. If you can solve this big problem now, then we can continue to talk about the future business. But if we can't solve it, Tang Ping and the others probably won't have a chance to show up at the Watt City Pier. .
After sending Old Peter away, Tang Ping invited Alaric to tell him all the news he got from Old Peter and then asked: "Uncle Alaric, this is the situation now. What do you think of the current city lord?" Does your brother understand anything?"
"The younger brother of the current city lord?" Alaric frowned: "There is indeed a manor outside the city where the younger brother of the city lord of Watt City, Little William, lives. However, he is usually quite mysterious, and there is not much information about him. information."
"That's it!" Tang Ping was a little helpless. It was because the information was unequal. He had too little information here.
"What do you think, Uncle Alaric?"
Alaric thought for a moment and said, "So now that William wants our wine-making formula, let's give him the formula."
"Give him out?" Tang Ping was stunned. He didn't expect Alaric to be so straightforward.
In fact, he has thought about it this way. After all, this formula may be somewhat precious to the people here, but it is nothing to him.
In Datang, there are more mature brewing techniques and equipment. To put it bluntly, this is a local method.
Even if he gave it away, he wouldn't feel too sorry.
But for Alaric and the others, this is a good way to make money.
"Yes, Don, I know this recipe is yours, and I'm sorry to say that, but please hear me out."
Alaric said apologetically: "If we are targeted by Little William now, not to mention his identity and strength, if the Black Cat Pirate Group comes directly to the dock, it will be difficult for us to resist."
"I know your warriors can fight one against ten, but there are many people in the Black Cat Pirates. You came to us by accident and helped us, so I hope you can go home safely. If only you knew Formula, I will advise you to leave.”
"But you were generous enough to teach everyone the recipe. As you know, there are many young and old at the pier. Little William must be watching us. We can't leave even if we want to, so instead of doing this, it's better to give the recipe directly to City Lord."
"Wait, City Lord?" Tang Ping was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly and said, "I thought you were going to give the formula to little William."
"Haha." Alaric sneered: "This little William has already used such despicable methods. If we give him this formula, wouldn't it be what he wants?"
"Then if Tang you come up with good things again, wouldn't it mean that he would come to ask for it again? So if we give it to the city lord, we will also give it to the city lord. This will not only prevent him from getting what he wants, but also get a favor from the city lord. , let him have some scruples." Tang Ping looked at Alaric in surprise. This man was really not a simple man, he actually came up with an idea that would drain the firepower so quickly.
This coincided with his thoughts, and he began to plan to hand it over, and also planned to hand it over to the city lord.
Only in this way can Xiao William take action.
If the city lord cannot protect them, then who will dare to give him good things in the future?
Wouldn't it be possible for Little William to snatch anyone's belongings directly?
Then he, as the city lord, would probably be done with it.
"Uncle Alaric, just do as you say. Let's go into the city and give the formula to the city lord."
"Do you agree?" Alaric looked at Tang Ping with some uncertainty. After all, in his opinion, this formula is a very precious thing, otherwise the churches would not be able to keep it in their hands.
"Of course, just like what you said, we don't want to conflict with little William now, but we don't want him to get his wish, so we might as well just give the things to the city lord."
Tang Ping went to his bedroom on the cruise ship to find paper and pen, and handed the pen to Alaric: "Uncle Alaric, do you still remember the steps and precautions? Use this to write it down."
He has a high-tech headset that can listen to the language here, but he can't write.
Alaric was the only resident in the dock who could write, and it was Alaric who wrote the name of his Basque bar.
Yes, the literacy rate in Europe during this period was lower than that of the Tang Dynasty in the East.
In medieval Europe, each book needed to be copied slowly on parchment, which was extremely expensive.
It took 300 sheepskins and 15 months to copy a Bible. A missal can be exchanged for a vineyard.
Only the clergy and a few people in Europe were literate, and even many nobles may not know their own writing.
So this also shows that Alaric’s origin is definitely not that simple.
Alaric looked at the signature pen Tang Ping handed him curiously. It was similar to a quill pen in use.
As for that piece of paper, I must have never seen it before. After all, papermaking was introduced to Europe in the twelfth century.
Touching the paper as white as snow, Alaric buried himself in writing.
The process of making wine using this local method is not complicated. There are just a few details that need attention, and Alaric carefully wrote them down.
After he finished writing, he showed it to Tang Ping. Tang Ping took it and looked at it. Well, as expected, he didn't recognize a single word.
This should be the Latin script used, but the Latin script of this era is very different from that of later generations.
