Codex of the Old Gods: I Have a World

Obregón was wearing baggy, dirty pants, a woolen vest, and some weird clothing that was neither a T-shirt nor a shirt.

He was wearing a cowboy hat with black handprints all over the place where he always grabbed.

This man's face is full of pockmarks and fat, and when he looks at people he always seems to be smiling with his lips but not his eyes.

After Aguirre Ida explained his purpose, Obregon stared at him with dead eyes for a long time without saying anything.

Zhao Chuanxin: "It's down?"

Obregon didn't understand what the downtime meant, so he tilted his neck and said, "Come with me, the horse is not with me now."

The two followed him to a nearby house, outside of which was a wooden sign that read: Wilson's House.

Zhao Chuanxin's mouth twitched when he saw this.

In the stable of Wilson's house, there was indeed a tall and majestic horse, about 1.65 meters tall, with small ears and big eyes, an arched neck, and prominent neck muscles.

The chest is deep and broad, the shoulder blades are straight, and the shoulders are long and sloping.

Prominence of tendons and joints in the limbs.

Zhao Chuanxin knew a little about horse appraisal, as Lugang Town and Lubin Prefecture both had their own military horse farms, but this kind of horse was something Zhao Chuanxin had never seen before.

He praised sincerely: "Good horse."

Obregon put one hand on his waist and pointed at the horse with the other: "This is the horse. Its name is - Imposter. Although it looks like a British noble horse, it is not actually one. You can take it away for only 42 pesos."

42 pesos, not a lot, but not cheap either.

Aguille Ida rushed into the stable excitedly and stroked the horse's back.

The horse moved away angrily and wanted to kick people with its hooves.

Fortunately, Aguire Ida had been dealing with beasts for many years, so he dodged in time and was not kicked. Even so, he was still scared and broke into a cold sweat.

He came out and said with a sneer, "The fake guy has a bad temper."

Obregon glared at him and said, "I never said that fakes have good tempers. How about it, stranger, do you want to buy it?"

Zhao Chuanxin raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you know I'm a foreigner? I'm actually a native Mexican. I'm from Quetzalan."

Obregón paused. “Do you want to buy it or not?”

"Yes." Zhao Chuanxin said cheerfully, "Come, let's sign and seal the deal. We'll pay the money and get the goods."

Obregon frowned. "What kind of signature or pledge is this? We in the Cavalry Patrol never use this when doing business."

"Yes, yes, yes. We, who were born and raised in Mexico, need to sign a contract."

"you……"

Agulei Ida quickly winked at Zhao Chuanxin, signaling him not to provoke the other party.

Obregon said coldly: "I have never been to school and I can't write."

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth and took out a piece of paper covered with words: "Here, I have already drafted the contract. You don't even need to sign it. Just a fingerprint will be fine."

"..."

He hesitated again and again, rolled his eyes, and finally gritted his teeth and pressed his handprint on it.

Zhao Chuanxin said at this time: "Okay, let's talk about the price now."

Obregon's eyes widened. "The contract has already been signed, and now you want to bargain?"

Zhao Chuanxin pointed to a blank space in the contract as a matter of course: "Yes, look, this is where the price is written. I haven't added it yet, so there is still room for bargaining."

Obregon, who had ulterior motives, felt that he was the one who fell into the trap.

This is really unreasonable.

He was so angry that he pinched his waist with both hands and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm: "Ah... tui! Do you fucking know who I am?"

Zhao Chuanxin scratched his head: "Man? Mexican? Your skin looks a bit dark, are you a mulatto?"

The Mulattos are a mixed race of black and white.

"..." Obregon said with his nose turned up: "I am a cavalry patrol policeman, a foreigner, please be careful with your words."

"Okay, okay, I'll pay attention next time." Zhao Chuanxin said sincerely, "How about this, you pay 42 pesos and I pay 15 pesos."

"No, it's at least 35 pesos."

"Okay, 20 pesos then."

"No, it's at least 30 pesos, and I can give you the saddle along with it."

Zhao Chuanxin picked at his fingers and said, "How about this, let's make a middle price of 21 pesos."

Obregon thought about it carefully. Is the compromise between 30 and 20 21 pesos?

"Pah!" Obregon said angrily. "You cunning foreigner, if you compromise, it's clearly 25 pesos."

"I can see you're anxious, but don't worry." Zhao Chuanxin grinned and said, "Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's compromise between 21 pesos and 25 pesos and go with 22 pesos."

"..."

In the end, the two sides reached a deal at a price of 23 pesos.

The contract is in duplicate, one for each person.

Zhao Chuanxin put the contract into his arms and said to Aguilei Idanu, "Why don't you hurry up and get the horse?"

The two men led the "fake" away and walked further and further away under Obregon's sinister gaze.

When they disappeared around the corner of the road, Obregón pulled up his pants and ran away.

He went to gather his men and said, "The stranger has taken the horse away. What's worse, the cunning guy insisted that I sign the contract. Now he has evidence in his hand. We must solve this trouble quickly. So, go and inform the American Fran Welsh immediately."

So, someone went to find Fran Wales and said, "Mr. Don Fran Wales, someone just called the police to report that someone saw your horse being taken away."

Fran Wales is an investor from the United States. He owns a woolen spinning workshop and also sells some advanced products imported from the United States locally.

During Diaz's time in power, he governed the country according to the North American style of capitalism.

Although it introduced foreign capital and carried out large-scale capitalist construction, it even became the world's major silver producer, its copper production jumped to second place in the world, and more than 20,000 kilometers of railways had been laid.

However, this is just a false prosperity, and foreign-funded products and profits will be brought back to their own countries.

However, local peasants and even large landowners wanted to maintain the feudal debt serfdom system and were unwilling to transform into a capitalist economy.

This contradiction has not been resolved, and the influence of American businessmen in Mexico is growing.

Basically, the local Mexicans hate the Americans, but they are also afraid of them.

Fran Wales immediately went berserk upon hearing this: "What? The counterfeit was stolen? Damn it! Who did it? If you had time to report to me, you might have found my horse."

The visitor was very unhappy to hear this.

I came to tell you with good intentions, but instead you ridiculed me.

But he still said: "Don't worry, we will do our best to help you find the counterfeit, you can come with us."

Fran Wales immediately picked up his coat and went out with him...

Zhao Chuanxin and Ajure Ida walked back, leading the horses and carrying the Chihuahua.

Aguirre Ida said, "Sir Constantine, do you notice something is wrong? Why is this horse so cheap? Obregon said he can't read, but he pressed his fingerprints without even looking? Dealing with these mounted patrol police always makes me feel uneasy."