Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Dinner

Huge bonfires

Boiling crowd

Golden roasted meat

Laughter and laughter permeated the night

The dinner party began under the careful preparation of Lelouch, this time Lelouch poured a lot of energy, whether it was to win over the lords of the north, or to buy the hearts of the low-level soldiers, or to use these soldiers to go to the north to promote Lelouch's reputation, this dinner was too important!

Because of Lelouch's intentions, this dinner party was really praised by everyone up and down the northern reinforcements, and on the aristocratic side, a huge tent that was temporarily driven out was brightly lit, and in the middle was a huge roasted whole beef, under the hands of Lelouch's specially trained cook, the roasted whole beef exuded a fragrance that made everyone in the whole tent intoxicated.

And that wasn't enough, on all sides, there were long tables stacked with all sorts of delicious snacks, the most popular of which was the two sides that Lelouch made from Limburg's soba noodles, the cool temperature combined with the sweet and spicy taste, in this slightly stuffy tent, captured everyone.

Although the main dish roasted whole beef has not yet been done, but everyone present has eaten no less than five bowls of cold noodles, originally Lu Luxiu also wanted to make cold noodles, but due to the problem of materials, it can only be stranded for the time being, and in addition to cold noodles, other snacks also include such as: braised wings, cold cucumbers, fruit platter, and so on!

And in the corner, there are four small barbecues, the way to eat is the barbecue practice of later generations, but the tools are changed from wooden sticks to iron rods, and the barbecue tools are also extremely clean, in fact, in Lelouch's conception, these things should be made of silverware, but suffering from the lack of finances, Lelouch can only make it think in his mind, but even so, this novel dinner is an eye-opener for all the lords present.

The peak of the atmosphere was Lelouch's self-brewed distilled spirit, a high-concentration fruit wine made directly from the sweetest wild fruits in the jungle, which retained the original sweetness and added exciting spiciness, these two completely different flavors were perfectly blended together at the moment, and the moment they were swallowed together with the barbecue, it was as if the soul dancer danced the most wonderful waltz on the tip of the tongue.

And the high intensity of alcohol, and the fastest to bring people closer to the arms of fine wine, mixed with a warm atmosphere, this dinner party is enough to deeply engrave in the hearts of all nobles, of course, there is this kind of super wine that has never been drunk, I have to say, even Richard, said that this wine is simply comparable to the top elf secret wine!

Looking at the warm atmosphere, the corners of Lelouxiu's mouth showed a successful smile, although Kenon looked at all the nobles present with a sad face, just this meal, almost all of Limburg's high-grade food reserves were consumed, eh~ Maybe you will say that there is not much high-grade food in Limburg anyway, anyway, ordinary supplies are enough, but when Kenon thinks of the more than 10,000 "livestock" outside the tent, he is also directly angry, after all, Kenon does not know what is called "advertising"!

At this time, outside the tent, countless bonfires filled the entire camp, and the pot was stewed with a full pot of broth, or directly called stew, because the meat was about to squeeze all the soup out of the pot, although so, but the people around the campfire didn't care at all, because the kind and generous Lord Lelouch said that he could let go of eating tonight, compared to the meat that could not be eaten, what was a little bit of broth?

In fact, it doesn't make sense to call it broth, because under the method provided by Lelouch, this food should have a more lofty name: braised pork!

The large fatty pieces of meat, boiled with the potatoes in a large pot full of spices, and Limburg, where production restrictions were released, could not be said to be a lot of high-yielding crops, although potatoes were definitely a lot.

In addition to the braised pork in the middle of each bonfire, there is a huge bonfire at intervals, this is the place where the crowd gathers, and in the middle of the roast is a slightly mutilated wild deer, although the limbs are incomplete, but it is still not comparable to stew, and more importantly, there is wine that can be drunk openly, and the wine here is certainly not the noble wine that the lords and lords of Lelouch drink, but another kind of wine that they have never drunk.

Beer!

Beer is actually very easy to brew, and his materials are also extremely cheap and simple, one is the useless malt that is everywhere in Limburg, and the other is hops that can be stocked, any of these two materials can brew beer, but it is just a matter of taste, although Lelouch does not have such a thing as hops at present, but how much malt there is, so that the beer that can be supplied in large quantities at low cost comes out like this, and, I have to say, beer also has its own unique flavor and taste.

The soldiers gathered together, holding their own bowls in their hands, which were full of braised pork, and the soldiers held daggers or short knives to insert the meat to eat, and if the braised pork was finished, they could also take a knife and go directly to the barbecue in front of them to cut the meat, eat a bite of meat, and then drink it with a cool beer, the flavor simply made these Middle-earth soldiers who had never seen the market think that they had come to heaven for a moment!

Coupled with the experience of fighting together during the day, under the mutual praise and bragging, almost everyone who didn't know each other hugged each other and called each other brothers, and the atmosphere of the whole camp was unprecedentedly high.

And it was in such a dinner that Lelouch was kind, generous, loving his people, and leading the way. The name of invincibility spread, these must be said, almost every lord will add one or two titles of this kind to themselves, but Lelouch is different, these things are personally shown at today's dinner and in the daytime battle, Leluxiu's performance of always fighting to the death makes the soldiers of the north respect, and the soldiers of Limburg claim to eat such food every day makes the soldiers envious, and finally, after hearing that each family of the soldiers has been allocated a year of fertile land without paying taxes, and the lord provides tools and seeds for farmingAfter a year, only half of the taxes are paid (in fact, half of the taxes in ancient times are more than half), and there is absolutely no need to pay any taxes throughout the year, and it has completely evolved into a naked desire.

A desire to become a Lelouch citizen, these words could not be believed by them, because today's dinner is the best proof, no northern lord can take out so much meat at the same time, and even if he does, he will definitely not really take it out to give them these worthless pawns to eat, so they are convinced of what the soldiers of Limburg said, and this belief, stimulated by alcohol, is deeply engraved in the hearts of the soldiers.

A kind of restlessness passed among the soldiers with the dinner, although the knights of the lords felt that something was wrong, but they did not feel that there was any threat to it, and the lord was eating in Lelouch's tent at this time, and you went to talk about this at this time, didn't you look for a smoke? So, under the impetus of some well-intentioned people, the soldiers all thought that Lelouch was a benevolent lord that was rare in a hundred years.

Dinner parties are always political, whether they are at the top or at the bottom, they are all the same in nature, different, but the ultimate goal.

The night ended with the earth-shattering snoring of the last strong man after he fell to the ground, and everyone except for the dutiful vigilance of the soldiers of Limburg fell into a deep sleep, and for the first time, everyone slept with a smile on their lips!

Time passed quickly, under Richard's instructions, at Leloushow's request, the soldiers were able to sleep until 12 o'clock, and after enjoying the sumptuous lunch prepared by Limburg again, they began to pack their things and prepare to follow their lord out of Limburg and return to their fiefdoms, and Lelouch's plea to let them sleep for half a day longer was also passed on, although the matter was small, but with the propaganda of some of the Limburg soldiers last night, such a move seemed to cater to the name of Lelouch's benevolence, and almost every soldier had a good impression of Lelouch。

And this kind of goodwill, especially when he saw Lu Lu Xiu standing tirelessly on the way out, smiling and waving goodbye to every soldier who entered the queue, it exploded even more violently, and almost every soldier would pay attention to Lu Lu Xiu.

Of course, these soldiers will not be ready to die for Lelouch because of this, and Lelouch does not have this expectation, after all, a meal, not in the case of people starving to death, cannot buy a life, and the only thing Lelouch needs is their chronic love and yearning for Lelouch.

In their spare time, when they look at the poor and rough food in their homes and see the tyrannical lords, they will think of themselves, think of the good life and future they have sketched for them, and then put this desire for a better life in their hearts, and finally become the driving force that drives them to immigrate to Limburg with their wives and children, as long as this is enough!

Richard was not the first to leave, he stood with Lelouch and watched the northern soldiers leave, Richard's guards stood behind the two, the tall knights were dressed in the fine armor forged by the dwarves, riding on tall horses, their closed helmets covered their cheeks, only the eyes with cold light leaked out, the towering spears, the colorful flags fluttering, just one glance, Lelouch knew that these knights were extremely elite.

"It's really spectacular, the human race has not had a force of more than 10,000 people assembled for many years, I remember the last time, it was a decisive battle under the White Tower!"

Richard's words made Lelouch stunned, this sentence meant something, and before Lelouch could react, Richard suddenly laughed:

"Hahaha~ This time it's really happy, I haven't been so happy with this old bone for a long time, but it's still behind the painful one, and it's not far away!"

Richard's words startled Lelouch, and just as he wanted to speak, Richard turned around, the tall figure contained explosive power, and Richard put his hand on Lelouch's shoulder:

"Remember, your time is running out, there are three years at most, and the Great War will break out, and this time the Northwind Jungle Riot is just a prelude to the whole event, and you, just unfortunately, or lucky, bumped into it. ”

Richard's words confirmed Lelousio's conjecture, Richard looked at the road in the distance, on which countless soldiers were marching, this glance did not look like going home, more like rushing to the battlefield, Richard sighed:

"It's been a hundred years, and Mordor has been cultivating and recuperating for a hundred years, so why don't we Terrans? The tiger has grown fangs, and no matter how immature it is, it must be pulled out! We, the Terrans, for Mordor, are the tigers that grow tender fangs again and again!"

After speaking, Richard ignored Lelous's shock, and galloped out on his war horse regardless of it, and the knights of the personal guards behind him followed neatly, and the heavy horse's hooves were like war drums, beating Lelouxiu's heart!

There was only one voice in Lelouch's mind at this time, which kept echoing, and this voice made Lelouxiu, who was already extremely urgent, even more urgent:

"You're running out of time, three years at most!"