"They are subjects of Watt City. Watt City and everything around it belongs to you, big brother, so I don't think they want any rewards." Little William said with a smile.
Since I can't catch anything, and I have so many ships from the Black Cat Pirates, these two idiots can't even think about it.
It’s just that he didn’t know whether these two people heard the news and knew that he was plotting their formula, or it was just such a coincidence that they took the initiative to deliver the formula to Da William.
No matter what, this formula is completely irrelevant to me now.
Thinking of this, he said to William: "However, although I haven't heard about Bacchus wine in the manor these days, I heard an interesting thing from someone below."
"Oh? What's something interesting?" William asked curiously.
"Just the night before yesterday, I heard that the legendary ghost ship appeared in the waters north of Watt City!"
"Ghost ship?" Big William said with a smile: "That's just a boring legend."
As he spoke, he looked at Alaric aside: "Didn't you say you were just north of Watt City? Have you seen or heard about the ghost ship?"
"No!!" Alaric said sincerely, "I've never heard of it. Isn't that a myth? How could there be such a thing as a ghost ship in reality?"
At this time, the elder William and the younger William had almost finished eating and drinking. They called the servants to put away the tableware, and then said to Alaric and the other two: "Okay, you can go back. We still have some things to talk about."
"Yes." Alaric bowed and left with Tang Ping.
Tang Ping pursed his lips when he walked out of the castle: "You count is so stingy. You made us watch while we were eating. In the end, there was really no reward at all."
Alaric smiled bitterly: "Aren't all noble lords like this? He can help us warn little William, which is already considered good."
Then he asked with some curiosity: "Isn't it true that the nobles in your area are like this?"
"Of course!" Tang Ping said proudly: "In our country, nobles are not like this, especially Duke Ping, who is even more approachable and generous. He has done a lot of good deeds in building bridges and paving roads in his life."
"Duke Ping? Are you the Duke of your country? I really envy you!!" Alaric and Tang Ping chatted and walked out of Watt City.
Now the trouble of Little William has been solved for the time being, and the grape ripening period of this season is almost over.
Even if Big William got the recipe, it would be too late to make wine, so the wines that were being brewed one after another on their dock could still be sold at a good price.
Tang Ping has never been a thrifty person, but now that he has made money, he also made a large purchase in Watt City before following Alaric back to the dock.
After returning, Alaric told the residents at the dock about the recipe. These residents did not respond much. In their opinion, they could still make wine in the future. Even if they only earned two or three silver coins a year, they had never done it before. Dare to hope.
My family can already live a good life on this, so whether Lord Watt knows how to make wine doesn't seem to have any impact on them.
As for the formula not being passed on to others, they have no problem with it. It was originally something that made money for their family, but now that the city lord doesn't allow it to be passed on, they will keep it secret.
When they returned to their small building, Lao Cui and the others were very unconvinced.
No one has ever dared to snatch their things like this. Fortunately, everyone knows that a strong dragon will not overwhelm a local snake.
What's more, they are not considered powerful dragons yet.
Tang Ping also saw that in Europe at this time, the power of the nobles was much greater than that of the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, even the nobility had to abide by the Law of the Tang Dynasty on the surface. Especially now that Li Shimin was in power, no matter his official position or title, he would not touch the Law of the Tang Dynasty easily.
But in Europe, these local nobles themselves are the makers of the rules, and their words are the law.
Even the things on these lands and forests belong to them.
Tang Ping and the others originally planned to hunt in the forest, but after being told by Alaric, they found out that everything in the forest here also belonged to Lord Watt. Not to mention hunting, just picking the branches here was theoretically all. not allowed.
If civilians were caught poaching in the forest, they would be severely punished such as having their hands chopped off.
The meat residents at the wharf usually eat are mainly seafood such as smoked fish.
Not knowing when the system would be restored, Tang Ping felt that it was better for him to be cowardly.
Anyway, he bought a lot of food in Watt City today, and the wine here can still be sold for a while, so Tang Ping planned to just lie down on the dock.
At most, the food is a bit poor, but it's not unacceptable. It'll be fine just waiting until the system recovers and then returning to Chang'an.
Fortunately, they found two playing cards on the cruise ship, so Tang Ping and Lao Cui had something to relieve their boredom.
A few people were playing to level up until dinner time, when Locke suddenly stumbled in.
"No...no...not good!"
"What's wrong? Locke, you won't offend Mary again, will you?" Tang Ping asked jokingly.
"No... no, it's not Mary, it's outside the pier, and there are a lot of people coming!" Locke said anxiously: "A lot of troops are coming. Your sentry found out and asked me to inform you and Uncle Alaric. "
"Army!" Tang Ping stood up with a whoosh, the cards in his hand scattered on the floor.
Lao Cui and the others took their weapons and followed Tang Ping towards the exit of the dock.
"Ping Guo Gong, we just found that there are enemy troops approaching. The number is about five hundred. They are still about four miles away from us. They should be planning to attack us at night."
On a big tree at the exit, Tang Ping and the others posted a soldier from the Tang Dynasty as a sentry. He had just used his telescope to see an army coming from afar, so he quickly called Locke at the entrance of the village to report the news.
"With so many people, is it possible that little William still doesn't give up?" Alaric said with a frown.
"Probably not!" Tang Ping shook his head. The sentry just said that the ones coming were obviously regular troops.
He still looked down upon the European nobles, who should have been sent by William the Great. As for the reason, it was probably because he hoped that the wine formula could be kept forever.
Tang Ping and Alaric actually thought about this possibility at first, but considering that there were more than 200 people at the dock, William, as the lord of a region, would not be so frantic as to kill everyone just for such a formula. Keep this secret?
Now he finally knows that the nobles here are indeed different from those in the Tang Dynasty. They really know how to do it.
"Uncle Alaric, can you take people away from the sea?"
Going to sea is now their only way to survive.
