Chapter 69: The Feast
The second civilization of mankind is named "Noah's civilization" in official textbooks, but privately, people prefer to use "copycat civilization", "archaeological civilization" or "parasitic civilization" to describe their own era. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Because the new civilization, whether it is language, culture, technology or even entertainment, is derived from the imitation of the common civilization, and even the name is taken from the story of the "Noah's Ark" during the common civilization, the dependence of the new civilization on the previous civilization can be seen.
The famous satirical novelist Mark once wrote in his book: "There have never been great inventors in this era, and those who rely on the army to dig up the ruins and sit back and enjoy themselves in the luxurious rooms of the Academy of Sciences are at best a group of cheaters, who can do nothing but imitate and plagiarize." ”
There is a huge gap between regions and between fields, especially between military science and technology and civilian science and technology.
Much of this asymmetry stems from the paperless revolution that erupted between 2050 and 2060 CE in pre-civilizations. Since all the books and written carriers of the pre-civilization after 2060 A.D. have been digitized, and humans have been unable to interpret these data, the emergence of technology for the nearly 300 years after 2060 A.D. and the destruction of the civilization A.D. (scholars speculate that it is about 2350 A.D.) is not known to people now.
As a result, the level of science and technology has almost opened for nearly 300 years, mainly based on the transformation of machine puppets, which can almost be comparable to military equipment before the destruction of previous civilizations, and civilian facilities that can only use technology before 2060 AD, and many infrastructure construction has been greatly restricted.
So when the original splendid restaurant suddenly became a terrace full of lakes and mountains, Nanbo was not too surprised, and instantly guessed that all the scenery in this restaurant should be the product of light and shadow simulation, but he sighed in his psychology that such a scarce and high-simulation simulation equipment was used in restaurant decoration, which was really a bit of a waste, after all, people living in this era have long been accustomed to the differences in science and technology, and they have been a little strange for the sudden appearance of "black technology".
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Nan Bo put a piece of freshly cut tender steak into his mouth, closed his lips, maintained the same rhythm, chewed carefully 12 times before swallowing, and then used his index and middle fingers to clamp the stem of the goblet, and then pressed his thumb lightly above the index finger before raising the wine glass to his lips and taking a sip of the non-alcoholic grape juice specially prepared for him.
Although Nanbo's movements can't be described as elegant, they don't look jerky or vulgar, at least there is no sense of disobedience with this elegant banquet, plus a slim-cut shirt and a red bow tie made of ice silk, it makes people feel that it is a well-educated aristocratic boy since childhood, and it is not at all obvious that it is the first time to participate in a lunch that can use the word "banquet".
The reason why Nanbo was able to master the table manners of the upper class so well in a short period of time was naturally not because of how well Zhang Chehan taught along the way, but because of his ability to observe and imitate details.
Although whether it is the A.D. civilization or the current civilization, there will be stories such as princes or domineering presidents falling in love with her without hesitation because of the "frank" appearance of the civilian heroine, or the male protagonist with a "kingly spirit" who attracts the disdain and insult of the nobles with his stormy appearance, and then uses his "golden finger" to slap each other in the face. So that there are many ordinary people who always form a strange idea in their minds, if they have the opportunity to participate in a distinguished banquet, they must use vulgar eating to show their "maverick".
But Nanbo didn't do it, he insisted that it was a fool's thing to show himself in an area that he was not good at, and the result was usually only self-inflicted humiliation, and even if those stories were true, he didn't want to try, because according to the previous story, Nana next to him was obviously more in line, and he didn't think it was any good to arouse the interests of powerful women, especially since there were only two powerful women here, Helena and Leng Lingye. As for the latter part, although Nan Bo is quite confident in his wisdom, he knows very well that he does not have the ability to slap anyone in the face, and the meaningless enemy is obviously a manifestation of stupidity, and he hates all stupidity, so he naturally will not do such a meaningless thing for the sake of a momentary pleasure.
Nan Bo's thoughts at the moment are very pragmatic or can be said to be very worldly, he only hopes that he can take advantage of this golden opportunity to establish as many contacts as possible with these power classes that control the whole of China, and has sought the other party to give him help in finding his sister, even if this help is just charity, it doesn't matter, for him, as long as he can find his sister, he is willing to put down his pride, lower his arrogant head, and even sell his soul.
So after the meal, Nan Bo did not rush to move the chopsticks, but carefully observed Jiang Baiyuan, and when he encountered a field that he was not good at, he was used to choosing the people around him who were best at this field to make a perfect copy.
Therefore, Nanbo is trying his best to perfectly restore every action of the target at the moment, including the order, posture, and angle of the other party picking up the tableware, the order of eating, the amount of each meal, and even the speed and number of chewing are consistent with the other party.
After Nana interjected, everyone stopped discussing state affairs, and the originally somewhat serious royal style restaurant was replaced by a terrace in the middle of nature, and the previously oppressive atmosphere was diluted a lot.
After polite greetings and hot and cold greetings, exquisite dishes were also put on the table one after another, and the prince's banquet, which had become a little nervous due to Lu Mang's appearance, returned to its original rhythm.
Human nature yearns for freedom, and there are many rules for banquets in high society, and even the order of tasting dishes is stipulated, so it is naturally easy to feel tired. However, existence is reasonable, not to mention table manners that have existed for nearly 10,000 years across two civilizations.
Soon after the banquet began, Nan Bo discovered that there are many ancient wisdom hidden in this kind of aristocratic banquet with many rules, such as the dishes presented on time and in quantity, which have a certain secret combination with many characteristics of the human body, which is not only beneficial to health, but also has a good grasp of the balance between too much and not being able to enjoy it, so that people can still retain the expectation of the next dish after tasting the deliciousness of a dish.
The time of the dishes on the table and the timing of the change also seem to be very particular, which is a good grasp of the rhythm of the banquet conversation, since it leaves time for people to communicate, and controls the time for everyone to speak, which will not play a person who keeps talking and making people irritable, but also ensures that everyone in the banquet has the opportunity to speak calmly.
So even though the topic since the opening of the banquet has basically been asking questions to Nana, who is not good at talking, because the rhythm of the questions is not intensive, coupled with Nanbo's inducement and translation, Jiang Baiyuan and others finally ushered in the first pleasant exchange with Nana.
But after more than ten minutes of questions and answers, Jiang Baiyuan was still a little disappointed, because Nana didn't seem to know much about the teacher he cared about the most, and according to the sporadic information she provided, she could only know that Jiang Baiyuan's teacher had infiltrated a mysterious organization in the empire under the identity of "Dr. Kenong", and stole the secrets of this organization not long ago, and then handed them to Nana and asked her to bring them to Huaxia to find Jiang Baiyuan. It is not even certain whether the other party managed to escape together.
Compared with Jiang Baiyuan's disappointment, Nanbo unexpectedly got a lot of information from these ten minutes of conversation.
For example, he roughly determined that Nana's origin should be an existence similar to an experimental subject in the organization infiltrated by Jiang Baiyuan's mysterious teacher, but he didn't know what method Jiang Baiyuan's teacher used to "rebel" against her. This is basically consistent with Nanbo's previous inference that Nana is a "transformed person", but he still has doubts, because Nana, who has been curious about eating various desserts, can obviously eat like an ordinary person, which means that she is not a "mechanical transformation person" with a human appearance, but an interior full of metal and gears, but an existence closer to human beings.
Through several contacts, Nanbo also found that although Nana is a little indifferent, this indifference is different from robots that can't generate feelings, he can feel that Nana actually has joys and sorrows, but it doesn't seem to be able to express it, and the reason why she can't express her feelings is not a physical defect or psychological disorder, she seems to just lack the experience of expressing emotions with words and expressions, because in terms of emotional processing, many times Nana shows a state of no common sense and learning like a child. So a strange conclusion popped up in Nanbo's mind that Nana might have lived in an emotionless world before.
However, compared to Nana's identity, what surprised Nanbo more was the identity of Jiang Baiyuan's teacher, through Helena's several speeches, it is not difficult to determine that Jiang Baiyuan has always been talking about the teacher is actually the most legendary and mysterious character in China - Ghost K with a thousand faces.