Chapter 278: Inventing the Buffet

The era of the Roman Empire was the era of slavery, and even later, the entire Middle Ages was slavery, and there was almost no feudal era in the entire history of Europe, but directly from slavery to the capitalist system. So at Aurbarro, the hierarchy between people is very strict.

The hierarchy in the Roman Empire can generally be divided into four levels, the first level is of course the royal family and the aristocracy, they have a lot of land and wealth, and can become officials without elections, the second level is citizens, they have the right to vote and to be elected, and the third level is the commoners, who have no right to vote and to be elected, but have personal freedom. The fourth is the slave, who does not have any personal freedom.

Although these more than 1,000 technical talents and scholars are top talents in all walks of life, but at the end of this Roman Empire, their social status is really not high, and their highest social status in Rome is only citizens, and some are even slaves. They thought it would be a great option to stay here.

Especially those scholars, these people are active in their minds and brains, and they are people with high cultural literacy, but many of these people are poor and sour, and they are usually very high, but Qin Dong is so polite to them, they are suddenly like they have found a bosom friend, as if they have found Bole, and immediately said that they would swear to serve Qin Dong to the death.

Qin Dong's speech at the gate of the city deeply moved these people, don't look at these pure polymers, poor and sour usually look pretentious. They don't have much money on them, and their social status is not very high, but they have a high level of education. I know a lot of truths, so among the more than 1,000 people, most of the others are looking forward to these highly learned scholars, and now these people are moved by Qin Dong's speech, they think that it is really rare for a nobleman like Qin Dong to be able to elevate them so much, it seems that this time it is really right. Therefore, they have a very good impression of Qin Dong, since these people have to stay, then the others only have technology but don't know how to read. Of course, the uneducated technicians had to stay.

Under Qin Dong's instructions, someone soon brought a large number of keys and number plates and began to assign houses to these people, and did the corresponding identity information registration, the registration of identity information was mainly to find out what these people's specialties were. This is the only way to get this information. Qin Dong can arrange work for them.

There are family members who come with the general family can get a house, but each house must live in three or more people, a family of more than three is the best, if there are only two in the family, you must add a single, three single people can get a house, after all, because of the time is very rushed, Qin Dong only had time to let people urgently build more than 300 wooden houses. If there were three people living in each hut, then the more than 300 huts built could have accommodated so many people.

After dividing the house. Someone took these people to their own house, these people carried their luggage with keys and number plates to follow the guide to look for their house, and the person who found his house found that the wooden houses that had just been built seemed to look good, they were all made of brand new wood, although there was still a lot of moisture on the wood, but after a period of time the wood would dry, the style and internal structure of each wooden house were basically the same, and the color of the wood was the same, these wooden houses were located in the southeast corner of Saidika City, row by row, a total of ten rows, Each row of thirty-six sets of wooden houses is closely connected and very neat.

"Hey, this wooden house is actually made of solid wood, very strong, you can live for more than ten years without building a new house!" An architect looked at his house and said a word, and the two bachelors with whom he was acquainted knocked on the walls made of wood, and found that the architect was right, that the wooden house was indeed all made of solid wood.

After finding their own accommodation, many people were relieved and relaxed at this time due to fatigue, and almost all began to clean up and make their beds to rest, and in the evening they also went to attend the banquet held by Qin Dong, the king of the Eastern Courtyard.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the grand banquet hall of the Great King's Mansion in the East Courtyard was already full of people, and the heads of every household who came this time came to the technicians and scholars, a total of more than 500 people.

The Grand Ballroom had long tables with chairs on either side, and on the other side of the ballroom there were many foods, all served in pots, fluffy bread, white bread, steamed buns, and noodles, and in addition to the main food, there were a variety of dishes, including beef, mutton, and meat from other animals, as well as a variety of vegetables and fruits, and on the other side were dozens of large barrels of beer, and beside them were glasses for drinking.

This is obviously the form of a buffet, but these technicians and scholars who fled from Rome obviously do not know this way of eating, nor do they know how to eat it, whether they are particular about it, you must know that Europe has even more etiquette when dining than in China, and these people are afraid that they will not know the etiquette of dining and make a fool of themselves, so no one dares to come forward to get the food and drink.

Buffet originated from the 8th-11th century A.D. in Northern Europe "Scandinavian cold before the meal" and "Henglian breakfast", according to legend, this was the first way of eating by pirates at that time, and there are still many buffet restaurants around the world named after "pirates". The pirates were so rough and dissolute that they hated the etiquette and rules of dining, and only demanded that the restaurants serve all the meals and drinks they needed in containers, gather them at the table, and then let them drink and eat as much as they want, and then add more when they have not eaten enough. This special form of dining by pirates was initially regarded as an uncivilized phenomenon, but over time, people felt that this method also had many advantages, for customers, they were not subject to any restrictions when dining, they could eat whatever they wanted, and they could eat as much as they wanted; For hoteliers, because the customer's desk service is omitted, a lot of labor and manpower are naturally saved, which can reduce the use of waiters and reduce the employment cost for the enterprise.

Qin Dong came to the banquet hall accompanied by some officials, and seeing that everyone had not yet started eating, he decided to go to the front to say a few words first.

"Gentlemen, first of all, on behalf of all the officials of the Great Court of the Eastern Court and the people of all the nationalities in the territory, welcome your arrival, in the city of Rome, you are the leaders of the trade, some of you are very skillful, some of you are very learned, some of you are very thoughtful, I want to tell you that here, you are still the leaders of all trades, although your social status in the city of Rome is not high, but many of you are learned and educated, you are the most knowledgeable people in the whole era.

In my realm there is no one to force you to become a slave unless you want to, but in this way, there are almost no slaves in my realm, and those who do odd jobs in the homes of the rich and in the homes of officials are no longer slaves, they are all free people, they work in the homes of their masters, and they have to pay them not only food, but also salaries, that is to say, in my realm there are only officials and commoners, and officials account for only a very small number, and only one out of five thousand people is an official, and there are only a few dozen civil servants.

Of course, I am reluctant to let you do odd jobs for others to support yourself, I will let technical talents go to factories and workshops as technical guides, and guide those workers, whose salaries are much higher than ordinary workers, those mathematicians, physicists, astronomers, I will allocate funds to you, so that you can continue to work on the research calculus you like, and you can also go to schools to teach students, if you think that some students are worthy of in-depth study, You can wait for them to graduate and take them with you to do research with you, thinkers, philosophers, artists who are good at drawing and sculpting, and artists who can sing and act, I think you can go to schools and become teachers, and spread your knowledge to more people, and of course you can also do what you like, such as artists, you can paint what you like, if there is a rich man who likes your paintings, then congratulations, you have made a fortune, for example, you are a musician or a singer, You can have a concert or a concert, you can charge the people who come to listen to the music, if there are a lot of people, so many that it bursts, then congratulations, you are famous, not only famous, but you also make a lot of money, it can be described as fame and fortune, if you are a theater performer, you can also choreograph a stage play, as long as someone watches, you can make money, so that you can continue to immerse yourself in the ocean of art.

Of course, there are many people who are knowledgeable, but not engaged in the above industries, you don't have to worry, there will be a place for you, for example, some people who are capable of studying history can go to the relevant official offices under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Yuan Dawang Mansion to engage in historical research of various countries, and can be historians, some people are good at writing, you can write some literary works, you can sort out the works left by predecessors, etc., in short, no one is superfluous here, and I can also tell you that as long as you do not oppose the idea of the Eastern Yuan Dawangfu, As long as you support the rule of the Great King's Mansion of the Eastern Courtyard, you are free, there is no conviction for speech, there is no religious persecution here, even if you have strange ideas, such as you think that the sun is the center of the universe, we live on a sphere, no one thinks you are crazy, no one sees you as a monster, and no one hangs you to a pillar like Jesus burned to death!

Okay guys, I think my words should be able to reassure many people, no one will persecute you for any reason, as long as you obey the laws here, you are free people, you can do what you like, I will prepare food and drinks for everyone, you can go over there and get the utensils, and then choose your favorite food, find a place to sit down, or just stand and talk to familiar friends, I call this form of dining' Buffet', the buffet is not so annoying etiquette, everyone can relax and eat! (To be continued......)