Section 348 Circles
At half past three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Xing had afternoon tea on the balcony of the main fort. Ye Qian and Li Mei stood on either side of the back of the chair in white undershirts and red checkered maid skirts. The right hand holds the wrist of the left hand, which naturally hangs down under the abdomen, and is in a very standard maid standing position.
Lao Ji ran up and asked to see Chen Xing.
Chen Xing made a gesture of please, and Lao Ji sat down. Ye Qian stepped forward to pour black tea for Lao Ji, and Li Mei filled two cookies with a small porcelain plate and put her hands in front of Lao Ji. Helping the host entertain guests is the basic etiquette of a maid, which is equivalent to the host doing it himself.
"Thank you, thank you." Lao Ji nodded at the two girls.
"How's it going?" Chen Xing took a sip of black tea and asked casually. There are no professional business talents in his team, but Lao Ji is older and has been wandering for many years, so he can be regarded as well-informed and shrewd, so it is just right to do this.
"I opened three garment workshops, one for underwear, one for work clothes, one for household clothes, two food workshops, one for bacon and sausages, and one for dried vegetables, corresponding to the pig farm and greenhouse vegetable farm opened on the radish side. Last year's red berries had run out, and the people from the wine shop were temporarily dispatched to help in the food workshop...... "Lao Ji reported one by one, Chen Xing listened quietly, and asked a question or two from time to time. The population here is limited, and the cultivation area is not large enough. In the future, when there is more land to be reclaimed, you can consider building a processing plant.
"Boss, ...... you" After reporting to work, Lao Ji hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you going to Ice Blue City in the near future?" ”
"Yes, there is a plan." Chen Xing replied. In the battle between the Master Group and the Hunting Group Alliance, Lao Ji has proven his loyalty to the team, and he can be regarded as a core member, so there is no need to hide it.
"Can you take me?" Without waiting for Chen Xing to answer, Lao Ji explained, "I lived there when I was young, and I wanted to visit an old friend. ”
"Have you lived over there?" Chen Xing asked. If you have someone you know with you, you can save a lot of trouble.
"Mess around, mess around." Lao Jigan said with a smile.
"What about this side?" Chen Xing asked again.
"Tutu has been following me recently, he is very smart, he can learn as soon as he learns, in fact, there is nothing complicated, now he is on the track, just have a strong sense of responsibility." Lao Ji said.
"Okay, you go and get ready, and you'll leave in a few days." "Eh, okay."
Before Lao Ji left, Chen Xing asked him to call Xiao Yang over again. After a while, Xiao Yang arrived at the balcony. Chen Xing instructed him to find the old dog, repaint the Yang family's bus, find someone to clean it, go to bad luck, and drive the car away when the time comes.
This bus was driven by the Yang family, and naturally became his trophy. The grade is quite high, the three-phase heavy industry is customized, the model is "Gypsy Caravan", titanium alloy body, sixteen-cylinder engine. Adhering to Yingren's fine workmanship, the suspension system is very good. The interior of the car is simple and luxurious, known as the "Wilderness Mobile Hotel", which is a standing vehicle for the Gate Valve family to walk in the wilderness, and the last time people from Gray Corner City came to take this kind of bus.
The car is equipped with a toilet, a kitchen, a bar, two couches, twelve premium passenger seats and six servant seats, and eight servant beds on top to facilitate long journeys and services.
A few days later, the old dog repainted the car, polished off the engine number, and checked the oil and water circuits and the on-board computer by the way. The head of the Yang family's car is naturally well-maintained, and there is nothing wrong with it at all. After Xiao Yang opened the water return station, he organized female workers to carry out a comprehensive cleaning, and all the utensils were replaced with new ones.
If you look at it from the outside, you can't see the original appearance, but from the inside, there are still many clues. But Chen Xing doesn't care at all, just don't be too public. The Yang family has been destroyed, and there will be no one to track down without the bitter master.
All kinds of ingredients were sent to the freezer in the car, and the drinks were neatly arranged, Chen Xing took two maids to the car, as well as the cook and the female worker. Xiao Yang chose a steady middle-aged homeless person to be the co-pilot in the water station, and the two were responsible for driving. Cassie followed behind with a convoy of twelve, driving four jeeps.
The convoy hit the road in a big way. Chen Xing was lying on the sofa, Li Mei pressed his legs, and Ye Qian fed him fruits, leisurely and comfortable.
"Lao Ji, what did you do in Ice Blue City before?"
Halfway through, Chen Xing asked about Lao Ji's past. Lao Ji said that he was born in a family of male servants in Ice Blue City, that is, a family that has been a male servant for generations, and he is a kind of aristocratic vassal. Vassals are usually divided into combat vassals and non-combat vassals, the former who fight with the main family, while the latter take care of the main family's daily life or run a business for the main family.
In the clay world, there are only two ways to become a nobleman, either rely on your own strength, this promotion path is the fastest and most stable, but you are either talented or willing to work hard, or you can be a vassal of the noble, once the lord is promoted, the vassal will also rise with the tide.
Unfortunately, the main family where Lao Ji's father served declined. First, he sold his property and moved from Ice Blue City to Surabaya City in the Principality of the River Sparrow, but he didn't know how to make progress, and he sold money to get drunk every day, and then he was so poor that he had to go to the Dragon Tongue City of the Principality of Weasel to join his relatives. Lao Ji's father was completely abandoned and displaced with Lao Ji. It didn't take long for Lao Ji's father to fall ill, Lao Ji ran to steal in order to treat his father's illness, and was arrested several times, and his social credit gradually fell to the freezing point, and the last time he was caught stealing, he was sentenced to exile in the Black Earth Continent, and then it is today.
"What about your father?" Ye Qian on the side couldn't help but ask.
"I was caught for the third time and choked, I was used to making quick money at that time, and I couldn't settle down to do a serious job, but I ......" Lao Ji looked a little sad, looking at the wasteland outside the car window, and didn't say any more.
Stopping at noon, the cook made stewed pork ribs with potatoes, fried veal steak and tomato soup. Chen Xing finished his lunch under the service of the two maids, and then they took the rest of the food aside to eat. It is customary that only the valet will eat what is left over from the master. The personal maid is considered to be the master's family, but the order of the meals is different. When the cook is cooking, she will be quantified according to the number of masters and personal maids.
However, some nobles are not very particular, and they don't even need maids. For example, Xia De Sinclair is like this, there is only one assistant by Xiao Wu's side, and he has all the food, clothing, housing and transportation.
In fact, Chen Xing is not very used to it, he feels that it is okay to eat together, and there is no need to distinguish it so clearly. But neither the two daughters nor Lao Ji agreed, because in a place like Ice Blue City, which is full of nobles, it is unseemly to do so, and it is easy to be looked down upon.
In the final analysis, Xia De Sinclair is a legendary powerhouse, he can do whatever he wants, he just feels comfortable, and he doesn't need to pay attention to the eyes of others, while Chen Xing must follow the crowd in order to be recognized by the aristocratic circle.
Capriciousness has always been the privilege of the strong.
Some people were not used to the aristocracy, and always felt that they were too elaborate and cumbersome. But in fact, the nobles themselves may find it troublesome, but this is a habit and tradition formed over thousands of years, even the big people dare not easily violate it, and often the result of opposing the mainstream is to be abandoned by the mainstream, and usually only those who open the king have the ability to change. If you want to pursue individuality and self, you must first weigh your own catties and abilities, otherwise you will break your head and blood, or even break your bones, and you must be the closest person to you who is very sad, and outsiders are just watching jokes.
Chen Xing III is a human being and knows the importance of this, so Ye Qian, Li Mei and Lao Ji said so, and he did so.
Only by respecting the traditions of the circle can the recognition of the circle be obtained.
There is only one result of maverick - failure.
Chen Xing didn't want to be a loser, so he started reading books on aristocratic etiquette on the way. Although you won't learn much for a while, it's better than not knowing anything at all. It's a pity that Ye Qian and Li Mei's status is relatively low, and they know very little. And Lao Ji has never been a manservant, relying on his father's oral education, plus so many years of exile, almost all of them have been forgotten.
"A lady can't spit out a bone when she eats, and even if she does, she'd rather bite it and swallow it than spit it out......"
Chen Xing looked at the portable screen and asked a question, "Wouldn't it be even more undignified if I choked?" ”
"Ah......" Li Mei hesitated.
"It seems to make some sense," Ye Qian said with some uncertainty.
"It didn't say that men can do it, so is it possible for men to spit out bones?" Chen Xing raised a second question.
The two women were confused, obviously not thinking about what Chen Xing said. They are all from the bottom of the family, they have only studied some courses, they are not very proficient, and with limited intelligence, it is difficult to understand such twists and turns.
This question is still left to Miss Ye......
After a few days, the convoy headed north, bypassing Longshi Mountain, passing through Gray Horn Ridge, and walking in the wasteland for a few days before arriving at the town of Beiqiao.
Chen Xing left everyone in the town and went to the main fort alone. Isn't it unpleasant to take two maids to see Miss Ye?
Under the leadership of a steel sister, Chen Xing soon met Ye Yang Bailiu in the side hall. Chen Xing asked the question in the car as soon as he looked at it, Ye Yang Bailiu rolled his eyes and said, "It's already very undignified to put food in your mouth without seeing it clearly, if you want to break your teeth for the sake of so-called decency, then it's called undignified, isn't it okay to find a place where no one is there and spit it out?" ”
After answering the question, Ye Yang Bailiu beckoned, "Come, you prepare, I'll take you to see the development progress of the Left Hand World." ”
Chen Xing checked the firearm, and suddenly remembered that he didn't have any cold weapons to take advantage of, the disemboweling knife given by the black old monster was too short, and it could only be used for sneak attacks, and he remembered that the magic energy sheath knife he had used before, the left-handed world should have output, he remembered that the weapon used by Xiang Caidie was, so he asked Ye Yang Bailiu if there was anything similar.
Ye Yang Bailiu directly brought him into the armory of the Beiqiao Regiment, one of the walls was covered with the kind of sheathed knife he said, and there were bundles on the ground, which were extremely large.
"The Dark Light Pattern Knife with a small amount of magic energy is quite sharp, but it is not durable, and there will be a gap after a few cuts." Ye Yang Bailiu introduced.
Chen Xing took down a black scabbard from the wall and pulled it out, the blade was shiny, and the wavy pattern loomed. Wave it twice, making a thin sound of breaking through the air. The knife is indeed a good knife, but it is also like what Ye Yang Bailiu said, it is easy to have a gap.
The so-called dark light pattern knife, its production process is the same as the Dongying knife on the earth, the full name is "plane fragmented complex dark light pattern blade", made of iron sheets stacked. Although sharp, it is also brittle and prone to chipping and breakage.
"Can you take a few more?" He asked.
"Take it casually, we only have Xiang Caidie here to use this weapon." Ye Yang Bailiu said.
Hearing her say this, Chen Xing happily picked up. Ye Yang Bailiu just wanted to ask him how to take so many handfuls, but he saw him make a position motion, and then the knife disappeared.
"Storage?" Ye Yang Bailiu wondered.
Chen Xing showed her the ring on his hand, and then said bitterly, "I have two, give you one." ”
"I can't use it." Ye Yang Bailiu refused, her life energy could not drive any psionic items, and then blamed, "Don't spend money indiscriminately." "Space rings are extremely expensive, any one of them costs more than 200,000 yuan, but in fact, it is not very useful.
"It's not bought, it's picked up." Chen Xing hurriedly explained, lest Ye Yang Bailiu misunderstand.