Castle of Black Iron

Chapter 15 Gift to Tang De

Zhang Tie coughed before Tang De raised his head from behind the counter. Tang De didn't show any surprise when he saw Zhang Tie, but showed a toothache.

"Boy, you came here at this time, don't you want me to treat you to lunch?"

"Yes!" Zhang Tie smiled innocently and nodded honestly.

"No way!" Tang De's face was as stiff as the door outside the grocery store.

"Forget it. Originally, I thought that if you invited me to dinner, I would give you something nice, so as to repay you for taking care of me over the past few years..." Zhang Tie said as if he was about to leave.

"Hey, you want to use this trick to hook me, boy, I taught you this, I got tired of playing it decades ago..." Tang De sneered behind the counter, looking like he saw through Zhang Tie's cleverness.

Zhang Tie didn't say anything, just took out the original book of "Abacus, Mind and Magic" from the pocket inside his clothes, took it out and shook it in his hand, just one click, Zhang Tie was sure Well, that guy Tang De must have seen the big Chinese characters on the paper.

Sure enough, when Zhang Tie raised his leg again, Tang De yelled from behind the counter, "Wait a minute..."

Zhang Tie turned around and looked at Tang De with a smile, "How about it, have you changed your mind?"

"Wait a minute, I'll order some food and drinks, and have them delivered to the store. We'll eat and talk, we haven't seen each other for two months, you seem to have changed a lot, and you've grown taller..." This fellow Tang De There was a smile on his face.

Zhang Tie shook his head, "Juxian Tower!"

"What?" Tang De, who was still smiling just now, jumped up again as if he had been stabbed, and cursed angrily, "Bastard, do you know how much it costs to eat a meal at Juxian Tower? The most expensive Chinese restaurant in Heiyan City. Now that Heiyan City is in turmoil, the price of a meal there is at least twice as expensive as before!"

Zhang Tieli ignored him, turned around and left.

"Is Zhen Wei Zhai okay? It's also a Chinese restaurant. It's nearby, and the taste there is also good!" Tang De rushed out from behind the counter.

Zhang Tie turned around and once again firmly said to Tang De, "Juxianlou!"

Tang De gritted his teeth and looked at Zhang Tie, trying to see some clues from Zhang Tie's face, but the expression on Zhang Tie's face was too calm. Tang De struggled for a long time with a cloudy expression, and finally compromised, "Boy,

You are ruthless, if you dare to lie to me. See if I don't beat the shit out of you! "

Zhang Tie laughed loudly and dragged Tang De away.

"Wait a minute. I still have a few pages in the ledger!"

Zhang Tie walked over. Picking up the ledger of the grocery store, just glanced at it, then picked up a pen and scribbled down a bunch of numbers on the ledger, turned another page, looked at it again, and scribbled down a few more numbers. Turn another page, take a look, and write down a few numbers again.

It took Zhang Tie less than ten seconds to calculate all the three pages of accounts that Tang De had calculated in ten minutes.

"All right!". Zhang Tie, who put down his pen, clapped his hands.

"Bastard, what are you writing on it, my account book..." Tang De, who was stunned for a long time, rushed over as if in mourning, gave Zhang Tie a vicious look, and quickly picked up the abacus and began to fight .

In less than three minutes, the expression on Tang De's face changed. On the first page of the account book, none of the numbers written by Zhang Tie were wrong. How could it be so fast? Even with mental arithmetic, it is impossible to know all the calculation results at a glance.

How did Tang De know that at this moment, Zhang Tie's level of abacus mental arithmetic has reached a level that even Chang Tie can't believe after his mental power has tripled again. Those numbers, Zhang Tie just glanced at them, and the answer came naturally Appearing in the mind, it is more than a hundred times more powerful than those bullshit mental calculations.

"Believe it!" Zhang Tie waited patiently at the side, until Tang De's face suddenly changed, and Zhang Tie opened his mouth when he looked at him with some doubts. "There is no problem with the latter, don't waste time!"

"When did you learn such powerful mental arithmetic?"

"This is not mental arithmetic, but a small effect of abacus mental arithmetic..."

"Incidentally?" Tang De asked in disbelief.

"Incidentally!" Zhang Tie nodded affirmatively.

Tang De finally showed a smile on his face, "Okay, Juxian Tower!"

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Juxianlou is the most high-end Chinese restaurant in Heiyan City. For Zhang Tie in the past, it was not as difficult as going to this kind of place, but it was almost the same. The lowest per capita consumption of this place is said to be just Never less than a gold coin.

There is a pair of Chinese-style stone lions standing in front of the gate of Juxian Tower. I heard that the architectural style of the whole restaurant is also a Chinese retro style. The green tiles, cornices, green trees and red windows are unique in the whole Heiyan City. In front of the restaurant, there are three Chinese characters on the restaurant's signboard "Juxianlou" written in Chinese, and a pair of Chinese couplets are hung on the two large pillars under the signboard.

——Half a glass, half a pot, half drunk, half awake, stealing half a day of leisure is also considered half a joy in the world

——Immortal couples, friends, delicacies, and wine invite fairies to drink together, which is better than a fairy house in the sky

There are three big characters in the middle, Juxian Tower!

There is only one place like this in the entire Black Flame City.

As soon as you enter the gate of Juxian Tower, you will see a rockery with the charm of mountains and flowing water. On both sides of the rockery, two rows of blond beauties with bulging chests are welcoming guests in tight cheongsams with slits showing to the thighs.

As soon as Tang De and Zhang Tie walked in, two rows of blond beauties bowed together and said "Welcome" in Chinese, which stunned Zhang Tie for a moment.

Growing up so old, it was the first time that Zhang Tie heard women other than Chinese, and there were so many women speaking Chinese together at one time.

The elegant tight-fitting cheongsam, black high-heeled shoes, those snow-white thighs, and the turbulent waves at the deep V neckline of the cheongsam when the beauties bowed their heads almost dazzled people.

When the beauties bowed and bowed, Tang De took it for granted that he walked in front, but Zhang Tie, who was walking behind, suddenly lost his legs and almost fell to his knees.

"What's the matter?" Tang De looked at Zhang Tie with some doubts. It's not enough for such a small scene. What happened to this kid today?

At this time, Zhang Tie's forehead was already covered with thin cold sweat, just now. Just when Zhang Tie saw more than a dozen pairs of plump meat balls, the disobedient guy below moved without wind, and then Zhang Tie felt a sharp pain coming from below. As soon as the guy below who just finished the operation was congested, Zhang Tie was so painful that he almost bent down and almost squatted on the ground.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Zhang Tie said with lingering fear, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, and slowly stood up from the ground. He made a mistake. Zhang Tie only wanted to make Tang De, an iron cock, spend money once. He just chose the most expensive Juxian Building. Zhang Tie had never had the opportunity to come here before. How could he have thought that just the sight of this cheongsam beauty at the gate of Juxian Building would make him almost kneel down in pain on the spot just after surgery today. .

Tang De narrowed his eyes slightly and swept across Zhang Tie. Looking at the beautiful and sexy welcome girls around, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Zhang Tie stood up and didn't dare to look around anymore. Follow Tang De and walk inside.

"We want a quieter private room. Come two people, help me with this little brother who is not feeling well!" Tang De said in Chinese. The words are accentuated.

The fragrant wind suddenly picked up beside him, and even a blond beauty had already walked over, enthusiastically supporting Zhang Tie's arm.

It was too late to refuse. Just smelling the fragrance of the two women, Zhang Tie squatted down again in pain. This time, it was Zhang Tie's turn to glare at Tang De. "You did it on purpose, right?"

"What are you talking about? Why did I do it on purpose?" Tang De said with an innocent face as he spread his hands.

"You know about me, you must have guessed it now, you dare to say that you don't know what I'm talking about, and you just want to see my jokes!"

The beauties beside them all stared wide-eyed at the two people who were quarreling at the gate of Juxian Building.

"Could it be that you were circumcised today?" Tang De deliberately pretended to think for a long time, and then suddenly yelled, the voice was so loud that it could be heard thirty meters away. Unable to hold back, seeing Zhang Tie squatting on the ground in a panic, he burst out laughing. After laughing, he realized that it was impolite, and then each of them tried hard to hold back. But looking at Zhang Tie's eyes, one by one had already started to look under Zhang Tie's lower abdomen.

Retaliation, definitely retaliation, that bastard Tang De deliberately called out his affairs in front of so many people, just to make himself feel ashamed, just to change places quickly, you wait.

Zhang Tie gritted his teeth and stood up, no longer looking at the beauties beside him, but shouted, "It's the best and most expensive private room here, take me in quickly, I want to eat!"

This time, it was Tang De's turn to change drastically...

A few minutes later, in a luxurious private room in Juxian Building, Zhang Tie took the menu and began to order dishes. Every time Zhang Tie ordered a dish, the fat on Tang De's face trembled in pain. When Zhang Tie ordered the eighth dish, Tang De's eyes on Zhang Tie became gritted again.

"Bastard, you order so much, can you eat it?" Tang De yelled in pain.

Zhang Tie ignored him, but asked the waiter next to him, "Can you take it away if you can't finish eating here?"

"No, the ingredients and dishes of Juxianlou can only be taken away by customers in their stomachs..." The waiter replied politely.

"It's okay, just taste it..." Zhang Tie laughed, and ordered eight more dishes in succession before stopping in satisfaction.

At this time Tang De was already panting heavily on the other side of the table with red eyes.

After Zhang Tie finished ordering, Tang De asked Zhang Tie, "Have you finished ordering?"

"It's over!" Zhang Tie laughed.

"Okay, now it's my turn!" Tang De said to the waiter directly after saying this, "Please invite two beauties to accompany you to the wine. They should be the ones who are in good shape and not coquettish enough to make trouble."

After Tang De finished speaking, he stared at Zhang Tie fiercely, and Zhang Tie also stared fiercely at him.

"I remembered, I forgot to order a Skylark Dragon Snake Soup just now!" Zhang Tie gritted his teeth and added another dish.

"Two beauties to accompany wine are too few, two more, it's interesting to hug left and right!" Tang De also gritted his teeth and added two more beauties.

"How can I eat without wine, I still want a bottle of Yunxian wine!" Zhang Tie added again through gritted teeth.

"It's fine if there's wine but no dancing. Let's call in another dancer who is dancing, and the dancing will be as flirty as possible!" Tang De immediately added another dish to Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie and Tang De stared at each other, both panting heavily, like fighting cocks. There was a murderous look in the eyes of both of them that only they could understand.

Sensing that the atmosphere in the private room was not right, the waiter had quietly retreated out...

A few minutes later, along with the delicious food, a bunch of turbulent beauties squeezed into the private room, and two accompanying piano and drum musicians.

This meal, both for Zhang Tie and Tang De, made them extremely painful to eat. Tang De felt his flesh hurt, but Zhang Tie's flesh really hurt, the whole meal. After eating for more than an hour, the expressions on the faces of both of them were very stiff. The fat on Tang De's face twitched occasionally, and the fine beads of sweat on Zhang Tie's forehead almost never broke. Individuals collapse at the same time.

to the end. The two looked at each other's unlucky appearance, and they didn't know who laughed first. Then the two laughed together.

Tang De waved his hand. The dancers, bartenders, and musicians in the private room retreated all at once.

"Boy, you are so cruel. I haven't bet with anyone for decades. When I'm with you, I feel like I'm decades younger again. What's the matter? Does it still hurt now?" Tang De asked.

"Fortunately, I found that drinking alcohol has the effect of analgesic and distraction! If someone still calls you an iron cock in front of me in the future, I will spit on him. Today's meal, I guess it will cost five Six gold coins, right?" Zhang Tie also leaned back on the chair relaxedly. The hour just now was an incomparable torture for him, it was no different from being tortured, even more uncomfortable than being in a black prison.

"Five or six gold coins? Dude, it's not too bad to send those women away. If you add the food you ordered and the room fee of two gold coins, at least 15 gold coins will be enough!" Tang De stared, Just called out.

Zhang Tie was stunned, 15 gold coins, which was more than his father's salary for a year. At that time, he didn't feel anything when he ordered food in a fit of anger. Now that he thought about it, it seemed that this knife really killed Tang De. It usually takes at least two months to earn 15 gold coins in that grocery store.

Zhang Tie scratched his head in embarrassment, thought for a while, and directly took out the "Bacus and Mind" and threw it to Tang De across the table.

Tang De took it solemnly, then flipped through it seriously, and read the whole book from beginning to end without missing a single word. Tang De, who was originally an abacus master, knew the whole Zhu Xin after reading the content above. The principle of divine calculation. "Well, this thing is a kind of mental calculation based on the use of the abacus. The idea is very novel, and it is a level higher than the abacus skill. Even if you didn't lie to me, this meal is not for nothing!" After reading the book Tang De nodded in satisfaction, then carefully put the book into his arms.

Listening to Tang De's words, Zhang Tie just shook his head with a smile.

Tang De froze for a moment, "Why, am I wrong?"

Zhang Tie didn't speak, just pointed to his mouth, let Tang De pay attention to his mouth shape, and then said three words silently, "Spiritual power!"

Tang De had taught Zhang Tie lip language before, and lip language is also the preferred communication method of many pioneers, so Zhang Tie believes that Tang De should be able to see what he is talking about. After all, this is an outside box, so he should be more careful. Well, even if someone eavesdrops, they won't hear anything.

Sure enough, seeing Zhang Tie's mouth shape, Tang De was stunned, and looked at Zhang Tie with wide eyes in disbelief.

So Zhang Tie said again with his lips, "Practicing abacus and mental arithmetic can improve and exercise mental strength. I have tried it. This may be the easiest way for everyone to master the secret method of mental strength..."

Shocked Tang De stood up, his fat body almost knocked down the table, he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to shout something, but he covered his mouth vigilantly.

Exercises that boost your mental strength are no small matter anywhere.

He just looked at Zhang Tie, looked at Zhang Tie very seriously without blinking his eyes.

Zhang Tie nodded seriously...

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After leaving Tang De and returning home, it was almost evening. Along the way, Zhang Tie even took time to visit the grain store. Now the price of a 25kg bag of rice in Heiyan City has risen to ten silver coins a piece. Bags, food prices have doubled in two months. Such a price is tantamount to a huge burden for many ordinary people who have to live. Although it is not as serious as the sky falling, the life of many ordinary people's homes has been greatly affected. The days are more frugal.

In the afternoon, Zhang Tie also went to the Iron Thorn War Hall. To Zhang Tie's disappointment, the gate of the Iron Thorn War Hall was closed at this time, and it didn't open at all. It seemed that it had been closed for a while.

In the past month, many things in Heiyan City have changed.

The most prosperous Mingguang Street in Heiyan City seems to have lost its due brilliance at this time. Almost one-third of the shops are closed, and many are open, and the business is not as good as before.

Advertisements for transfer and sale were posted outside many shops and houses throughout Mingguang Street.

The prices of fixed assets such as houses and properties in Heiyan City began to drop sharply, and many people were selling them, while the prices of food, weapons, medicinal materials, and various living materials began to soar, and the prices of resource products such as coal and steel were also falling. Slowly improving, this is the current status of Heiyan City. This is the observation result obtained by Zhang Tie after spending a day in Heiyan City today. This does not seem to be a good sign.

When Zhang Tie slowly returned home, he unexpectedly found that a large crowd of people had gathered around the gate of his house.

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