CHAPTER XX: The Governor Royo
The Bishop raised the goblet and gently swayed it, looking at the red wine in the glass, and then put it under his nose and sniffed it lightly, looking intoxicated, and praised the old captain's generosity, then took a sip of the wine, and after a few slurps, began to pick up the knife and fork, stuffed a piece of cod meat into his mouth, and after chewing it incessantly, let out a satisfied moan, "Well, I have to praise your chef for his cooking skills, if the church chef can be half as good as his, I don't have to worry." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"To be praised by the Bishop, Bayard is very grateful!" Bayard stood on the other side, respectfully.
"Oh, bayard, old friend, I didn't expect you to be good at your craft!" It seems that this bishop has not dealt with the old captain and them before, and he knows almost all the old people here, "Why didn't you see Marcus today?" Is it another night of hangover? β
"Here I am, Lord Bishop!" Marcus's voice came, and the person had already appeared in front of the bishop, and after receiving the bishop's tacit approval, the standard knightly salute was obtained, and then he stood aside, "I suddenly lost my interest in drinking last night, and I thought I had an incurable disease, but it turned out that the honorable adults were here!" Praise God! β
For a rough person like Marcus, who can shoot such a clumsy sycophant, the bishop doesn't care too much, who doesn't like sycophants? No matter how vulgar this sycophant is, it's still sycophant, isn't it?
"It's nice to see you're in good spirits, Marcus!" The Bishop was obviously in a good mood, he glanced at Marcus, and found the mud on his body, and he was not angry, and asked curiously, "Where did you get so much dirt on you?" Do you mean you get up early in the morning and roll in the mud? β
"Lord Bishop, the people below don't understand the rules, please forgive me!" Captain Franks deliberately stepped forward, started a round, and yelled at Marcus, "Bastard, how dare you be so rude in front of the Bishop? Still not quitting? β
"It's okay, it's okay, we're all old acquaintances, and we don't care about those false courtesies!" The more Captain Franks said this, the more satisfied the Bishop became, and said with a smile on his face, "I'm also joking with Marcus, tell me, dear Marcus, how did you get this mud?" β
"Speaking of this muddy, I grow tomatoes in the backyard early in the morning." Marcus wasn't worried about what would happen to the bishop if he found out about the tomato, because in the eyes of most people at this time, the tomato was nothing more than an ornamental plant, with no other value to speak of.
"Tomatoes? Are they those good-looking plants that were bought from Spanish merchants? The bishop was interested, turned around and looked in the team, stretched out his hand to Sister Mary and said, "Mary, come here, didn't you say that you got a tomato flower by chance, and then you don't know how it withered, and you were sad for several days, no, Marcus actually planted a large number of tomato flowers in the backyard, if you are interested, go to the backyard to have a look, choose one to take back." β
Sister Mary walked out of the team and was about to go to the backyard according to the bishop's order, when Murong Tao stepped forward and said, "Boss, the tomato flowers you asked us to prepare have been prepared and put together with the gifts for the bishop, do you want to move in together now?" β
Seeing Murong Tao, Sister Mary couldn't help but glare angrily, then turned to look at the Bishop, waiting for instructions.
"Franks, you're still the same, you think of everything in front of me, Mary, step aside!" The bishop nodded at Sister Mary with great satisfaction, picked up the napkin on the table and wiped the greasy corners of his mouth, drank a glass of wine in one gulp, stood up and smiled, "I am very satisfied with the breakfast you made for me, I have decided, my breakfast will be prepared for me by your tavern in the future, is it okay?" β
"It's an honor!" Captain Franks clapped his hands vigorously and exclaimed, "Bayard, this is the Bishop's affirmation of your work, you must work harder in the future to make delicious food suitable for the Bishop's taste to repay the Bishop!" β
"That's... Let's get down to business, shall we? "The so-called business in the mouth of the bishop is nothing more than a matter of donations, and the reason why he made such a big show today is because Captain Franks mentioned the matter of free donations in the invitation, which made the bishop not close his eyes all night, and almost waited for dawn to bring his team to the tavern.
"Then would you like to ask the Bishop to come up with a nice and solid brand name for our fish and chips?" Captain Franks said this deliberately, but in fact he had already written in the invitation that as long as the Bishop named him according to his wishes, he could receive a full amount of donation, and this donation was not a one-time one-time gift, but a specific day in each quarter, and the tavern would deliver the donation to the church and hand it over to the Bishop. For this kind of easy thing, the bishop will naturally not refuse, firstly, he does not have to think of a name by himself, and secondly, he will not become a laughing stock because of the unsightly name.
"Well, God said that all beings are equal, and I think your fish and chips can be named 'Equality'!" The reason why Murong Tao had to ask the old captain to ask the bishop to say these words in person was that only when they religious people said these words could they have a certain degree of convincing, plus before the Thirty Years' War in Europe, the Kingdom of France still believed in the Catholicism of the Holy Roman Empire, and the believers were very convinced of the words of God's spokesman in the mortal world.
"Good, good up!" Captain Franks took the lead in applauding, followed by Marcus, Murong Tao, Bayard, and even everyone inside and outside the tavern who heard the bishop's name applaud, and for a moment the whole Third Street was full of applause.
"Well, since the names are equal, I hope you can truly treat every customer equally." The bishop pressed his hand in satisfaction, and the applause subsided.
"This is natural, our products are oriented to different customer groups, with a variety of package combinations, to ensure that every customer who comes to the door is treated equally." Captain Franks said and introduced the package to the Bishop, "Originally, we also had a rather clichΓ© name in private, although the literal meaning is similar to the 'equality' given by the Bishop, but it is really not as thoughtful as you thought! β
"Oh? What was your original name? The Bishop suddenly became interested and asked.
"At that time, we felt that since we wanted everyone to enjoy the food, this fish steak had to be held in both hands and eaten with our mouths, so we decided that it might as well be called 'nibble', which means that everyone can afford to eat the fish steak." The old captain told the bishop what they had come up with.
"'Can you afford to chew'? Well, although the language is vulgar, the image is easy to be remembered by everyone! The Bishop pretended to be abrupt, and did not forget to approve, "This name can be used at the same time, as your backup name!" β
This name-giving event can only be considered a perfect ending at this point.
As for the donation that was promised to be handed over to the bishop, it was not enough to hand it over to the bishop in private, but to hand in a list first, and then select a good day and auspicious day, and a special person with special funds went to the church to carry out the donation ceremony in front of all the guests.
Just when everyone was happy, an uninvited guest appeared in front of the sailor's tavern with a group of people dressed as chefs, he was Captain Luthor, who had been forced back by Murong Tao's force before.
"Franks, you're really not interesting, we've been friends for so many years, your tavern is on sale, how can you send an invitation to an old friend?" Captain Luthor said in a strange air, "Yo, isn't this Bishop William?" Why don't you pray to God in your church, but come here to spread the word? Bishop William, how much money they gave you, I will give you double! I'm here today to find someone to give a name to the new product launch! β
Sure enough, the one who came was not good! Murong Tao had long guessed that someone would come to make trouble when his side opened, and he also guessed that the biggest possibility was the notorious Captain Luther, but he didn't expect that he would spend so much money and find so many chefs, just to disrupt his own business.
For such a thing as donation, it is best to discuss it privately, and if you say it directly on the surface, it will be a bit suspicious of tearing your face. Captain Luther was now clearly offended by Bishop William, and the smile on his face had long since disappeared, replaced by a gloomy face, if it weren't for so many people present, he would have asked the Instructor to take this bastard back to the Inquisition!
"Luther, today is the day of the new launch of my sailor's tavern, if you come to congratulate, I will toast you with a glass of wine, if you come to make trouble, don't blame me for not thinking about the past!" Marcus stepped forward angrily and pointed at Captain Luther's nose and threatened.
"Marcus, don't say this kind of here in front of so many people, what is the past affection? Ever since the day you betrayed me and went to Franx, our love affair has been erased! "It turns out that there is still a relationship between Captain Luthor and Marcus, and it is no wonder that when Captain Luthor sees Captain Francs, he is like seeing his father's killer.
"Captain Luther, do you know what you're doing right now?" A loud voice came from the other side, followed by a group of cavalry and two groups of infantry escorting a middle-aged man on a white horse, this person was Royo, the governor of Cherbourg Port, Royo dismounted and went to Bishop William and respectfully said, "I don't know that the bishop is here, disrespectful!" I received a tip that there was an abnormality in the Luther Chamber of Commerce, and in order to maintain the law and order of Cherbourg Harbor, I brought the city guards here! β