Andrey was stunned by what he heard.
"A week?!" he protested, once the shock of what he'd heard had worn off. "But what can I do with two gangs in a week?"
"I'm not interested," Vladov replied calmly, looking at Andrey with a slight, caustic grin. "You have a task, we have payment for completing it."
"And yet, how am I supposed to do this?" Andrey persisted. "I only have a platoon—how do you even imagine it?"
Vladov calmly listened to Andrey’s remark and just as calmly remarked:
- Yes, I know a little about military affairs and I also think that you came light, but you try it - it’s not as difficult as you think.
At first, the merchant seemed reasonable, albeit stern, to Andrei, but now he was completely different. This change struck Andrei as strange, but no matter how hard he tried
