"To make a full pork pie, we need to prepare 600 ...... 700 grams of minced pork, one-third cup of honey, half a spoon or a spoonful of salt, four egg yolks, and, some raisins and dates, then ...... Well, I think about what to do then......"

Bright light poured in from the side windows, and a small room in the middle of the tower had been transformed into a fully equipped kitchen.

Vera, the cook girl, had a staccato voice, and after a while, she stopped and thought about it, and her performance was very unreliable, and as her only listener, the fat waiter Sam was also a little absent-minded at this time, staring at the girl next to her with a pair of small eyes, but her thoughts were obviously not in a state.

"What's wrong with you, Sam?" Vera thought about it for a long time, and realized that she had remembered the whole process of making pork pies, but when she came back to her senses, she saw the abnormality of the little fat man next to her.

Sam hesitated for a moment, and finally asked hesitantly, "Has the master given up on me?" ”

The fat boy who didn't speak very well in front of others was now alone with the girl, and Vera, who was very familiar with Sam, also showed the liveliness that a normal girl should have, unlike the appearance that she didn't even dare to say when she saw Lan Li in the big kitchen that day.

"No, if the adults don't want to pay attention to you, how can they prepare a separate kitchen for you, and then let me teach you?" The girl said, her face full of envy, "If only I could have an adult who takes care of me like this." ”

Sam scratched his head when he heard this, "But, I'm still a little scared, when I was in Hornland, my father-"

"Alas, your father is not Lord Lan Li, Lord Lan Li is a good person, and he is so gentle and considerate." After being called to work here, all kinds of treatment instantly improved a lot, and Vera, the cook girl, has become a "little fan girl" of Lan Li, and as Sam's good friend, she has no worries about speaking in front of the little fat man.

However, Sam himself agrees with this, recalling that when he was in Hornling, he would be beaten if he was not as good as his father, and Sam thought that if his mother hadn't always stopped him, he might have been beaten to death in the family castle.

And since he became a squire, the master Lan Li has never physically punished himself, nor has he put forward any strict requirements, the only bad thing is that the master always ordered Tob to teach him the way of knighthood, and even whenever Sam learns, Sam always feels that disaster has befallen him.

It's just that there is no need to learn the way of knighthood now, and Sam is apprehensive. He hadn't forgotten what his father had said to him privately when he left Jiaoling—

If there is no change in the slightest with Lord Lanli, then let's go and see how the butcher kills pigs before the end of his life as an attendant.

Sam thinks that his father's words mean that if he doesn't fight anymore, he will be reduced to a commoner to kill pigs, which is a bit difficult for Sam to accept, because he can't do it at all, and he thinks that the job of killing pigs is a bit dirty, and the sound of dead pigs is really ugly.

So in the past two years, he felt that he was still working very hard, but his body was really not angry, and he couldn't do anything, so one day he had an idea, thinking that if it really came to that day, then he might as well become a cook, anyway, he also liked food.

Then he went to learn how to cook.

As a result, he was discovered by the master after a few days of study, and he thought he would be punished, but he didn't want the master to "support" his chef path so much......

Sam was scared of this, it was his "little secret" after all, and he was supposed to do it secretly, but now he did it openly...... If this matter is stabbed to Jiaoling by others, his father will definitely stop him.

Wouldn't he have to think of another way out?

However, Sam couldn't think of any other way out, in addition to liking food and music, he also liked to read, and it was not bad to be a bachelor, but unfortunately his father had always looked down on reading, and it would definitely be no fun to send him to Old Town as a trainee bachelor.

"It's best to make a pork pie at the same time as a cream swan, because the pie only uses egg yolks, and egg whites can be used on cream swans, and old Peake has always done this, I've secretly seen - Sam, don't think about it, let's go ahead!"

The voice of the girl next to him interrupted the little fat man's thoughts, and after nodding, they continued their culinary journey.

It wasn't long before he had another problem, and that was when he was trying to make a pigeon pie, and he was assigned to deal with the pigeons.

Looking at the dead pigeon on the cutting board in front of him, thinking that he was about to disembowel this thing, Sam, who had only learned to bake bread after only a few days of apprentice chefs, suddenly felt that the job of a chef did not seem to be very suitable for him......

However, Vera beside him was urging him to be tight, always focusing on him, Sam felt very ashamed because of this, and the inexplicable feelings in his heart also made him feel embarrassed, and after going back and forth, he finally gritted his teeth and picked up the knife.

……

Over there, the little fat Sam was clearly arranged by Lan Li, and here Lan Li was riding a horse with another man named Sam Wei on the road of King's Landing, talking as they went.

"Recently, more and more refugees have been coming from the Riverlands, and the law and order in King's Landing has deteriorated, and we are seriously understaffed." The tall and sturdy Sam wore a golden robe unique to the capital garrison to accompany him, and more than 20 golden-robed guards followed him, dispersing pedestrians on the road and looking majestic.

"If there are not enough people, we will expand the recruitment." Lan Li replied: "Originally, the quota was not full, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not need to agree." ”

"I want to pick people from among the refugees, my lord."

Samwell clearly had a plan, and seeing that Lan Li replied so happily, he proposed, "First, most of the refugees are farmers who are farmers, much more honest and stronger than the people of King's Landing, and second, if we use the refugees to manage the refugees, then I think the work will be much easier." ”

"Good idea."

Lan Li nodded, "But pay attention to whether the candidate is reliable or not." ”

"Of course, we will be selective."

The brown-haired man breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Lan Li would reject his proposal, because most nobles liked to use people who knew the roots, but the refugees who were in a mess were not among them.

He then reported on some other aspects of the capital garrison, as well as the state of law and order in King's Landing.

The two of them rode forward and talked, and the whole team had entered a residential area, but after a while they were stopped by an old man on the side of the road.

"My lord, this is a thank you gift from the old man."

The pockmarked young golden-robed man held the basket in front of Lan Li as he spoke, and said in a respectful tone: "He said that you saved his son at the beginning, and he has nothing to repay you, but to express his gratitude with a little apple." ”

Hearing this, Lan Li looked up at the white-haired old man who was stopped by the team, and found that he was looking at him with excitement and apprehension on his face at this time, and that emotion could not be faked, so Lan Li waved his hand and motioned to the attendant behind him to take the apple, and he nodded to the old man.

Then they continued on their way.

They thought it was just a small episode, but it turned out that someone might have taken the lead, and after a while, another civilian ran to stop them, this time a young woman wrapped in a turban, and she held her hands high above her head and offered a basket of fresh-looking lilies.

Feeling the kindness, the blue gift was also accepted.

The procession then stopped, and people kept coming to give gifts, baked pastries, baskets full of raisins, and even a little boy who seemed to have a beautiful but ordinary pebble...... The residential area that should have been passed through in more than ten minutes made them walk for two hours, and with the arrival of Lan Li, this place was like a lake that had been thrown a large stone, constantly emitting ripples.

Many people heard the news and ran out of their homes to watch or offer gifts, or shouted the name of Lan Li on both sides of the road, so the environment became noisy, but the atmosphere was very lively, and finally when the team finally left the area, the accompanying golden robes were each covered with objects.

"Lord Lan Li is really loved, come out and take a turn, these things are enough for you to eat for a month."

The golden-robed commander beside him sighed like this, and he was still carrying two tight little piglets tied up by straw ropes in his hand.

"It's just a matter of treating them with a normal attitude." Lan Li said disapprerovingly: "And I rarely go out of the Red Fort, maybe they feel quite fresh." ”

"The king seldom goes out of the Red Keep." Samwell said, consciously or unconsciously: "Every time the carriage passes by on both sides of the road, I see only people spitting, and I don't see anyone giving gifts. ”

Hearing this, Lan Li glanced at him, and did not continue to talk about the topic, but looked at the scene of a monk preaching and preaching in the square not far away, and at the same time changed his words, "What do you think of us rearming the Order?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the golden-robed commander beside him changed his face greatly.