The court cooks in Paris and Madrid worked overtime every day from Christmas Day, and for a whole week until New Year's Day, they prepared meals for hundreds of palace guests every day.

The Austrian court chef was much more relaxed.

Banquets in Vienna are much smaller, and there are only two days to prepare for a large banquet on Christmas Eve and Chinese New Year's Eve, so the fatigue level is still much better.

That doesn't mean chefs are happy, though.

"Chef, what if you run out of olive oil? Do you want to take out what we hid again? ”

"You idiot, you forgot the big fat pieces I left behind this morning?! Use them to boil lard! ”

The price of lard is about one-third of that of olive oil, and by mixing regular lard with olive oil, chefs can scoop up a dozen thalers.

"Master Chef, there are only fifty-five quails in total, but there are one hundred and three guests, don't you cut them and give half to each guest? There are a few left, and we'll be able to take them home. ”

"You're brain-dead, I really don't know why Miss Doria takes care of a distant relative like you, one and a half? You can figure it out. Quail only for ladies! Everyone has been busy for so long, so everyone must have two quails. And what quail men eat, such a small thing, we women are too motherly to eat. ”

The head chef of the Viennese court was a woman who had been serving in Vienna for more than a decade.

"Lord Chef, today's cow is too small, and there is not enough to eat anyway."

"Damn the lady Margarita, I don't know how many kickbacks she raked, eighteen thaler's calves, they are as small as a sheep! You're a fool too, and I still want to teach you? What was done in the past. What to do now, fill it with two ducks, and then stuff a string of sausages! ”

This female chef has a very bad temper, is open-mouthed, and is very good at offending people, but cooking is not a strong point.

"Chef. Today, the Spanish ambassador is complaining that we have over-roasted the North Atlantic king crab that the Emperor has served, and that we have completely wasted this delicacy. ”

"What does he know about cooking? If you have any complaints, let him go and tell Lord Regent. ”

Of course, it was impossible for the dignified Spanish ambassador to complain to the Austrian regent over a dish.

But the chef's dishes are full of bad reviews, not one person is complaining, and it is inevitable that some people who covet the chef's position will give her eye medicine in front of various leaders.

The head steward of Margarita and Miss Doria, who are often exposed by her, really want to get rid of her.

But after so many years, the complaints against her have always been in vain.

It has the trust of the big boss, and can lead everyone to live a good life together. It can also make up for the gap caused by other leaders, so this chef can still serve the public in the kitchen.

Although the task of the court kitchen in Vienna is lighter than that of Paris and Madrid, the burden per capita is very large, and the kitchen is seriously understaffed, and depends entirely on the preparation of the chef.

Although her dishes are not highly rated. But the kitchen is finally working in an orderly manner.

They were busy with their work, completely unaware that a man in an extremely dignified dress had entered the kitchen.

"Regent...... His Royal Highness the Regent??? "Until a young cook. Unexpectedly recognized Ladislaus.

The whole kitchen was silent for a few seconds, except for the sound of oil.

"Your Highness, we really didn't embezzle olive oil and quail." Several of the chefs knew Ladislaus, and they panicked, "It's Miss Doria and the head lady Margarita............

"Shut up, you all shut up! Be quiet. "Chef, however, was calm. As Ladislaus walked past him, she took out a lunch box and handed it to the Austrian regent.

Ladislaus nodded to him and walked through the kitchen into the garden behind the kitchen.

Several of the assistant chefs speculated in their hearts about the rumor that the chef had something to do with the regent. Not a complete rumor?

Although it may sound unseemly, the chef is actually a very oily and watery position, and it is natural to entrust it to cronies.

But although this chef is not ugly, no matter how you look at it, he is a middle-aged person, and he is not a beauty in any way, is it the affection accumulated when he was young and beautiful more than ten years ago?

However, it is also possible that His Royal Highness the Regent has always had a unique reputation for taste in women's taste.

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The dinner party in the port of Tripoli was over, but Wu Xin did not go to sleep.

He walked to the brightest point in the city, where Sazastan was, the highest point of the lighthouse.

"I thought you'd go to that Princess Serafi bedroom?" Cassano was also there, although it was cold, but it was very warm in this room, which was good for Cassano's lungs, "Didn't the female knight of Deverichy not come back today." ”

"Because he couldn't make up his mind to support the woman's family, he didn't want to sleep with her." Sazastan's tone was not entirely sarcastic, "The latter can be considered a virtue, but the previous choice is not very good?" ”

Sazastan did not see the messenger for help, but it was only his strategy.

"Do you think we should go to the rescue of Murray Hassan?" Cassano really has no attitude, he will not express his position easily, especially in the case of insufficient intelligence, "We are now in a blind eye, not to mention the topography of the coastline and the situation of the war, even the inland areas we have been to are actually not very well understood, the last time we went, we were also far away from the main battlefield, and the manpower to collect the house is not enough, we dare not leave the road and the known water source activities, and the geographical information has not been collected much." ”

"I've already contacted the local Jews, and they're going to send a message to the Tunisian side, and I think someone will be in touch soon." Wu Xin has already thought of a countermeasure, but in fact, the countermeasure was not thought of, but with resources, it jumped out on its own. Food is abundant, he can exchange some of the existing reserves for intelligence, Wu Xin is playing with the gem engraved with the holy emblem of Jego in his hand, "Five thousand tales, it should be enough for us to know the whole situation in Tunisia, plus introduce us to a few powerful nomadic tribes." ”

Before Sazastan spoke, Wu Xin directly added: "I know that giving money to these Jews is a terrible long-term policy. It will suppress our own intelligence agencies, but this time it can only be done first. ”

Intelligence agencies are good things, but good things are often not cheap.

Although it is said that people without long-term vision must have near-term worries, it is not easy to choose a long-term strategy between short-term and long-term strategies, because over-emphasizing the long-term may also lead to short-term disasters.

"For now, of course, that's all there is to it. By the time you organize the Tunisian intelligence network, you might be able to kill Hayreddin's army. Sazastan thinks at a different level than Father Erlan or Deverrich the Elder, "no matter how slim the hope of going to Tunisia is, it is much better than watching things deteriorate in the port of Tripoli." ”

"Strengthening the defense of the port of Tripoli, and then waiting for the emperor's foreign fleet, is not necessarily waiting for death, I think that the Ottoman fleet, even with the help of Haireddin, is unlikely to be the opponent of the foreign fleet." No attitude is not not not thinking, Cassano has also considered the gains and losses. "They all say that the Mediterranean Sea is just a huge bathtub compared to the real sea."

Cassano initially thought that the Atlantic Ocean was at best slightly more dangerous than the Mediterranean, and that the "bath" was a common sense of superiority as a self-boast of the Spaniards and Portuguese, but after a few conversations with the Marquis of Bazin, he accepted it, and the Marquis of Bazin was not the kind of person to boast about.

"Humph!" Sazastan snorted coldly, along with his emotions. The scorching flame also shook violently, "Do you know the cost of gathering an ocean-going fleet once." How many material and manpower requirements in the New World could not be met due to lack of capacity, and how many valuable goods were backlogged in Havana and Veracruz to be delivered to the port of Seville? This is still the case of the foreign fleet not being assembled, and once it is assembled, the Spanish treasurer will go berserk. Even if the Emperor could make up his mind, he would have to consider whether it was worth it to invest his fleet in the Black Continent. The King of England was abusing the Emperor's aunt, and the Emperor's brother-in-law trying to reclaim the Danish throne, as well as the French Riviera, and the wealthy city-states of Italy, which were always the targets of the Spaniards. How do you know that the emperor will come to this black continent first. ”

That's the reason, but it's not the reason.

Wu Xin was about to refute, but Sazastan said directly: "Of course, this is an explanation for outsiders, we all know that compared to those targets, the emperor must first defend his coastal system. The real question is how you see yourself, and whether you can accept to live your short life like those mediocre people. ”

Sazastan's words were a bit inexplicable, at least in Cassano's ears, but Wu Xin understood the other party's question, and he replied without hesitation: "Of course I will not accept to be a woman and child who can only wait for rescue, crying heartbreakingly." ”

Maybe Spain's ocean-going fleet is likely to come, but in that case, Wu Xin is just a vassal of Spain, and it is still a very low-level vassal who may be abandoned at any time.

There is no honor in this choice, and there is no respect in nature, a person who has fought with the sea does not accept this kind of life, Wu Xin cannot bear such a status.

Especially after seeing the benefits that a conquering a D-class plane can bring, Wu Xin knows the value of a C-class plane.

Wu Xin conquered a D-class plane with only his courage and cleverness, although there were some great luck and sacrifices that could not be ignored, but compared to the chance on the C-level plane where the "Bright Empire and Jianzhou Elf" were located, it was still more than inferior.

Both Napoleon and Nelson were strong, and defeating them was so difficult that it was far from even "difficult" to be able to summarize.

Napoleon's sword is like the wind, invincible in a hundred battles, although everyone says that the strongest existence in the D-class plane, and the guardians of the plane are only the peak of the "elite", but Wu Xin felt that Napoleon's explosion when he broke through himself and Delia in that pit must have been at the "core" level at that time, and Wu Xin was not even optimistic that Cassano would be able to defeat Napoleon.

At least Wu Xin didn't think Cassano would be able to kill the trap that Wu Xin had set up for weeks, thrown into tens of thousands of thalers' death traps, and even killed the ambushers in the ventilation ducts.

Nelson's strength is not fully displayed, but he can fly! This is enough to show that he is extraordinary, if he chooses to oppose the British, once he is defeated, there is almost no chance of escape, let alone being able to condescendingly observe your enemies. Always the toughest enemy to deal with.

But compared to the dead Huang Taiji who had Bulsha's big inner cause, the "core" level priest, they were still a lot worse.

And the latter mission was so dangerous that it was shrouded in a phantom array from the start, if there was no committed and extremely faithful priest in the team. Then the reincarnation will die in an extremely humiliating manner.

If you don't have the initiative to get through the time specified by the mission with a negative evasion strategy, then after the main force of the Jianzhou elves returns, most of the reincarnators will definitely die in the extremely dangerous "hide and seek".

Therefore, the D-class plane that was absorbed in just one mission was far inferior to the C-class plane.

And how much would the Emperor pay for the fact that a D-class fragment could turn the port of Tripoli upside down?

And a C-level plane that is much more difficult to obtain than the D-class, how much does the emperor care?

That exchange list with all kinds of materials related to the Empire of Light must have been just the beginning, although Kessler was not aware of all the information about the plane that Austria possessed, although he also participated in the capture mission.

It was also a C-class plane. And Austria's most powerful being, the warlock of the "town country", Queen Juana, unceremoniously moved in as quickly as possible, "specifically guarding and expanding Austria's interests in the second plane", for such a magnificent reason.

The so-called fastest speed is that he doesn't even return to Vienna at all, and directly occupies that plane.

The other strong men dared to be angry and could only watch her laugh "hysterically", "completely irrational", and "disgusting to hear". Of course, Kessler's evaluation of the first seat is definitely "on the facts", not "jealous". It's not because of "resentment" that some uncivilized words are used.

The above quotation marks are emphasized twice in Kessler's first seat to ensure that Wu Xin remembers it.

Then Queen Juana settled there, and then every now and then offered some goods of great value to the Viennese side for trading.

Although Kessler was the head of a church, he was close to the fall of Buda at the time, and he did not have the opportunity to buy those expensive things.

But there is no doubt that those produce are extremely precious.

Gonzalez couldn't have kept that a secret. Perhaps he would indeed want to take the great benefit for himself.

But this has nothing to do with Gonzalez's wishes, as he will ask for support from the high-ranking team, which will inevitably have someone close to the emperor.

And if Wu Xin's safety and future in the main plane depended entirely on the emperor, the security of the port of Tripoli was entirely based on the Spanish ocean-going fleet. Then Wu Xin couldn't resist the emperor at all, he spent all his sweat and hard work, and he was just making wedding clothes for others.

So even if Sazastan, like everyone else, is against interfering in the war in Tunisia, Wu Xin has to work hard,

That Hasf's son-in-law is indeed incapacitated, and in the Tripoli group, the two most powerful figures, Wu Xin and Sazastan, are actually the most dominant in the battle.

Father Erlan was opposed to the attack because of the finances, and the elder Devlich did not dare to support the attack because of the troops, but they both thought from a tactical point of view.

From a strategic point of view, Wu Xin and Sazastan came to the conclusion that no matter how difficult it was, they could not watch the Hasf family perish.

"Well, I'm worried that the Hasf family will hold out for too long, and by the time Hayreddin comes to the port of Tripoli, I won't be able to hold a sword." Since Wu Xin and Sazastan are of the same opinion, then Cassano is naturally ready to fight, "In this case, I will go to Tunisia to meet this Haireddin for a while, if I can pull him on his back before I die, it can be regarded as repaying a little kindness to His Royal Highness Regent." ”

"Regent? What personal feud did the regent of Vienna and Haredding have? Wu Xin thought that Haireddin was first and foremost the emperor's enemy.

Cassano was a little surprised that Wu Xin didn't know about this, which made him a little embarrassed, because this was an embarrassing past for the regent, and it didn't matter if everyone knew, it would be very difficult for him to explain.

However, this is not a problem for Sazastan: "Oh, it's just a woman who was raped and then killed by Haireddin, a low-level conflict of low-level life, there is nothing to talk about............."

He said this, but he vividly poured out all the details of the murder of one of his lovers, who had attacked the important commercial port of Austria, the port of Deliaste, destroyed the fledgling merchant fleet of Ladislaus, and had been in charge of the murder of one of his lovers. (To be continued.) )