December 20, 1674, the summer was hot. .

Inigo walked into the only tavern in Yedianzi Township, and then threw two long and short swords on the table with a "clang" and looked at a guy opposite with a unkempt face who was eating with a dizzy face. The guy had almost finished eating. After carefully lifting the leaves at the bottom of the bowl into his mouth, the guy finally stood up reluctantly. When Inigo's patience was almost polished, he finally left the seat and gave out the entire table.

"I said Inigo, I heard that you caught a large herd of cattle near the town of Bighorn (near the town of Chavez in later generations) and sold it for more than 5,000 yuan? What a fucking luck. The place has been swept by many people, but no one of them has found that cattle. God knows where it came from, but he was blind and hit by you. Is there any reason?" When this short and sturdy man passed by Inigo, he couldn't help but shouted at Inigo with his jealousy and resentment.

"You'd better leave here quickly and take advantage of my mood when I'm in a good mood. If you don't do this, I don't think I'd mind letting you taste my sting sword." When I said this, Inigor glanced at the entire tavern and found that there were not many people in it. Apart from the boss huddled in the corner of the counter and napping, a young man was busy doing the carpenters and vendors, with red eyes, they were eating breakfast.

The most important thing is that there are no patrols here, and Inigo, who is superb in swordsmanship, has always been a lawless person!

The man who spoke before seemed to realize this. He subconsciously glanced at the heavy rusty sword on Inigo's hand, then closed his mouth tightly and walked out of the tavern quietly.

The young man who was sitting on the side of the counter, who was suspected to be the owner's son, raised his head at this time, smiled at Inigo friendly, and said, "I thought you would fight him, but I didn't expect that after a few months of going out, your temper became calm."

"People who have money are always in a good mood." Inigor took the matte tea handed to a Polish-native non-national labor worker, skillfully poured himself a cup, and then said loudly: "I used to try to calm my heart, but I never could. Until I turned to the Heavenly Lord and found such a herd of cattle under the guidance of the Heavenly Lord, I found it easy to make myself focus. Yes, that's right, the Heavenly Lord calmed me down."

Speaking of the unrealized place like the Pampa Plain, the adopted son of Captain Aratrist, the former leader of the Spanish mercenary, and the apprentice of the master of swordsman Alqueza. Inigo, known as the "brave musketeer", is really a notorious figure. He is so brave and powerful that he is surrounded by five or six desperate people. He is simply like a little overlord. Even the mayor of Niuzhuang Town He Yuan vaguely heard about this task and sent several patrol officers to "talk" to Inigo, so that he did not cause trouble everywhere, which slightly curbed Inigo's arrogance. Although the dominance of the East Coast government on the Pampa Plain is quite weak, this does not mean that these lawless people dare to oppose the government in everything, otherwise he might not be able to rest, recreate, handle deposits and withdrawals, and insurance business in some towns.

Inigor and Lausgidhi wandered on the grassland for a long time this time, but they found nothing. When they were depressed and discouraged, they found a small herd of cattle on their way back, and slowly drove it to the cattle pen in Dajiao Township, and sold it to the local cattle dealer for five or five cents per head. They sold it for a total of more than 5,000 yuan, making a huge profit.

This successful action greatly enhanced everyone's confidence, and also allowed them to have enough money and materials to support themselves on the Pampa Plain. Over the past year, they have seen too many former cattle catchers who were forced to give up catching cattle because they were unable to continue to persist, and instead planted food, vegetables, and fruits in Niuzhuang, Yinhai, Niulanshan and other places. Such days were feared by people like Inigo and Lausji, who were unwilling to be lonely. Otherwise, they would have lived in the Hejian area. Why should they travel thousands of miles to eat ice and snow?

The golden-grown mutton was brought up. The young man put down the tools in his hand, picked up something like a musical instrument next to him, gestured at Inigo, and asked, "Do you want some music?"

It turned out that the young man had been busy with a violin. He used awls, pliers, files, copper brushes and other tools to process and polish them in a way that the instrument he made himself could make a more pleasant sound. Although there seemed to be no art-celled person in this wilderness, Inigo dared to bet that no one here could sing the popular East Coast song "The Uruguay River" intact, including himself.

Inigo's head shook gently between matte and mutton, objecting to the young man's inquiry. The young man sighed disappointedly, as if regretting the loss of an audience, but then he talked to Inigo about some of his experience in making wood and musical instruments: "... Generally speaking, the wood for making musical instruments still has strict requirements, such as toughness requirements. Musical instruments made with good toughness can still be used for a long time even when the wood board cracks. General Mo's family

The various instruments produced by the Sea Engraving Musical Instrument Factory use some famous woods from Brazil and New China, so the quality is excellent. But I can't do it here. I don't have the money to buy such expensive instruments, so I can only make them by hand. Well, the cedar wood on the eastern foot of the Andes can be used to make resonance boxes. I asked someone to bring some back from Shuofang Town; ebony is a bit expensive, and Patagonia does not produce this wood, so I can only ask someone to buy it from Brazil. Alas, it cost me a lot of money, but this is an indispensable part of the neck..."

It seemed that it was raining, and there was a strong wind outside the house. Inigo had already eaten a large piece of mutton. At this time, he poured a full cup of matte tea in front of him, then lit a pipe, while swallowing the clouds and spitting mist, while looking at the chattering young man with a sneer, and asked with a sneer: "Wang Erxiao, are you going to change your career and become a pirate and not inherit your small shop?"

"Of course, my dream is to be an instrument maker. I really love this job. Although I can only play this in my spare time at the moment, many of the instruments in the caravan fleet wandering on the grassland were commissioned by me. The first sound of these violins is often made in the huge loneliness in my woodshed. How about it, am I so awesome?" The young man Wang Erxiao looked at Inigo with a smile and said.

"One thing, it's just a little bit powerful," Inigo commented: "But I think your father doesn't want to let you go. I stayed in the Caribbean with him for two years. I know him very well. Your life will probably be on this Pampa plain in the future. Well, maybe if you are lucky, you open a hotel in every township and pass your career to your son, and you can have time to do other things."

The young man Wang Erxiao also sighed softly, as if he felt that Inigo was not wrong.

"Forget it, don't talk about these boring things. Director Zhang of the bank is still in the countryside. We want to save a sum of cash. You know how troublesome and dangerous it is to always carry a huge cash box in the wild." Inigor asked in the lingering smoke.

"He is in the division office." Wang Erxiao nodded and said.

The branch office he mentioned was the branch office of Yedianzi Township, Northwest Reclamation Bank. It has three extremely luxurious and sturdy brick and stone houses in the village, and there are seven or eight bank employees living in it. Considering that it is a land without royal laws and regulations like the Pampa Plain, these so-called bank employees are all big and thick, with poor business ability to settle accounts and lend, but they are very good at fighting and killing, and this is obviously very suitable for the current situation in the Pampa Plain.

"Okay, I'll go find them later." Inigor got the thought he wanted, and said nothing more. He continued to hum a song in mutton, mate tea and tobacco. After finding Niu Qun, he was in a very good mood now. The funds that were originally in danger have been fully supplemented. His subordinates can be paid for their wages and bonuses, and the accounts of the owed ammunition, horse materials, clothing, food, and tools can also be repaid. In addition to remitting a portion of the remaining money to the house as a bonus, he can also go to Niuzhuang to try to recruit a few more players at the moment, especially those who are bitter, Gao Qiao. In fact, it doesn't cost a lot of money, but it's very useful. You must go and take a look later.

Of course, the most enjoyable thing here is that you don’t have to pay any taxes, because the Pampa Plain is not the territory of the East Coast Republic of China, but the territory of the Kingdom of Spain. In addition to sending some officials to maintain order in Niuzhuang Port, the East Coast government is currently entitled to the public, so the taxes naturally don’t have to be paid. Otherwise, just by taking a huge sum of more than 5,000 yuan to deposit in the bank, the government’s tax department officials will be able to look at you to see if you have evaded taxes. How can Inigo be as comfortable and comfortable as now?

"By the way, Inigo, I heard that a third-class national highway leading to this side is being built in Yancheng County to the south. You may be able to replenish supplies in Yancheng County in the future. The supplies are more comprehensive and the price is more cost-effective." Wang Erxiao, a musical instrument maker and hotel heir, suddenly said to him: "I heard that this route will not turn to the settlements that have been formed by us, but will turn to the northeast and extend to the unknown inland hinterland. I don't know why this is true, and I don't even know if this is true, because this is just one of the more interesting news I have heard recently. Now I tell you, I hope you like it. What if it is true? That really means too many things!"

"Very good, thank you. This news is always needed. I will find a way to inquire." Inigor finally ate the last piece of mutton, then took a few sips of matte, then got up and threw down a silver dollar. He didn't want to find money, so he walked out of the tavern gate in a casual manner. His partners, Lausie and others were waiting for him somewhere outside the town.

After swaying left and right in the town to make sure no one pays attention to him, Inigo quietly turned into another small restaurant, bought four bottles of wine and dozens of hot beef pancakes in one go, stuffed them into the saddle bag under his horse's belly, and then turned over and galloped outside.

Half an hour later, he saw the ragged and unkempt people on the shade behind a small earth slope outside. However, although they were extremely sloppy at this time, their eyes were shining, swords and muskets were all placed at hand where they could get it, looking like they were ready to hang up at any time.

Inigo has long ignored this. During the days of catching cattle on the Pampa Plain, he clearly knew how much competition and even fighting between the various cattle hunting teams behind him had gone through. In this case, those who were not very careful and had less combat power had been exposed to have been corpses for a long time and were completely pecked at the hawks. How could he do his turn to drive a large group of bison to various acquisition points? Go dreaming!

After dividing the spirits and food, five or six backbones including Lausgi, Inigor and others got together to chat. The main content was that after dividing the money this time, several people seemed to not want to do this kind of cattle hunting life that was like eating ice and snow, licking blood on the knife. Instead, they wanted to buy land in Niuzhuang area, settle down, and make a living by farming and live a relatively stable life.

It is not difficult to understand the choice of these people, so after the retention failed, they basically agreed. Therefore, after saving money in Yedianzi Township, they had to turn to Niuzhuang Town to see if they could recruit some people. I heard that the business has been depressed recently, and many workshops no longer need so many workers, and their job opportunities have been reduced. More and more people come to the Pampa area to try their luck. When they go there, they might be able to recruit some new people to fill the vacancy after the departure of a few people. After all, the cattle hunting business has to continue.

In the afternoon of that day, under the escort of six subordinates, Lausiji and Inigo successfully deposited 5,000 yuan in cash at the Yedianzi Township Branch of the Northwest Reclamation Bank. Then, with their cattle-catching team, Shi Ran headed towards Niuzhuang Port, the core town of the East Coast. In that city that had begun to take shape, they still had a lot to do and had to hurry up.
Chapter completed!