Chapter 466: The Wedding Banquet (Part II)
With a sound of commands, the servants got busy. A fire lit in the fireplace. The warmth fills the hall, dissipating all the moisture and cold.
In winter, the tables on the table are covered with thick cashmere, which is a cheap and pleasant experience.
More than a dozen long dining tables have been prepared.
One by one, the guests obeyed the butler's arrangement. First there are nobles of high status, then there are older gentlemen, although then there are ladies and misses.
After a hectic moment, most people sat down at the table, and the servants served appetizers and aperitifs.
Then, batches of dishes came up.
In addition to being stewed and baked, the meat is crushed and processed into a seasoned meat sauce. this world. There is a famous dish called "Blank Bolognese", which is made by pureing chicken flowers, adding almond milk and sugar to make a paste, heating it and serving it with fried almonds and sunwood.
Another famous dish is "small meatballs", which are minced fish or chicken pieces, mixed into a paste with soup, eggs, and bread crumbs, and then squeezed into small balls by hand and cooked in water, which can also be made into fried meatloaf.
And the sauce is made of wine, grape juice, vinegar, shallots, ginger, oak, saffron and cloves, which can be used in cooking to make the dish more delicious, and cinnamon and mustard are also served on the table, which are quite expensive materials, so that the guests will feel satisfied when they see it.
Barracuda, crab crayfish, oysters, and pei fish are also popular on the table.
The servant served again the bread, butter, and wine.
Dysentery at the dinner table is complex, and each procedure has its own set rules. There are rules on everything from how the tablecloth is laid out to how the bread is cut, where the plates are placed, the order in which the dishes are served, and how the lords and guests are to be served. And strictly enforced.
All the guests know that at the dinner in the evening, there is also cobia, which is cooked in a fragrant sauce.
There are also parrot fish, scale fish, squack fish, flounder, butterfly fish, light fish, natural fish, fish and rush fish, and whales and dolphins are precious seafood. In the past, it was even called "royal fish" only for kings and queens, ordinary people only salivated, and even now, only nobles are qualified to eat it.
Of course, this is the evening feast.
However, noon is not the main feast, even so. That's enough, and the guests are already very satisfied.
Even if it is a nobleman, there are only three or four at noon, and this time it is already quite rich.
After lunch, some of the guests went for a nap. Some people go for entertainment.
They dance to a beautiful waltz or play a game of "hot cocoa" in the living room: one person kneels on the ground, blindfolded, and someone else walks past him, allowing him to touch a part of the body of the blindfolded person to be identified by the blindfolded person for who they are.
There is also a game of "blindness", where a person's face is covered with a cloth and the others are hidden, and he has to try to catch the person who is hiding.
There are also people who play double 6 chess, chess, scatter gambling and so on.
Whenever Romon saw them, he felt that their games were too prolific, and that the modern earth was colorful.
However, at this time, Romon was talking to Baron Rocas in a side hall.
"Father, you seem to be tired?"
"Daughter, this time I went to your sister's side, and I almost didn't come. "Say, don't pretend. The look of exhaustion on his face naturally brought out.
"Father, what's the matter?" Eleni asked, seeing her father's tired look at this time.
Baron Rocas sighed and said: "You also know that the main family of your sister and brother-in-law lives in the west of the county, which is closer to Inner 6, and the demon disaster in Inner 6 is very serious, the people are displaced, and even the nobles are not safe, but your brother-in-law has to support the main family, but fortunately, there is nothing to do for the time being."
"Inner 6 Demon Calamity?" To be honest, since marrying Luo Meng, due to the busy work of rebuilding the territory. Eleni really doesn't pay enough attention to this kind of thing, and chats with the noble lady on weekdays. At first hearing this, I couldn't help but be a little worried: "Brother-in-law, are they okay now? What is the demonic disaster? Are there any measures?"
"Don't worry, your brother-in-law went to support the master's family, the situation is fine, there are rivers next to the master's territory, and they have boats, it's really not good, you can't go 6 ways, and you can evacuate by water. It's your sister" Alas, it's okay, although your brother-in-law also has two new wives, but they are both daughters of small nobles, and your sister is doing well now. Speaking of this, Baron Rocas glanced at Romon who was sitting next to him. There was an almost invisible hint of satisfaction in his eyes.
This time Baron Rocas went out and saw the life of his eldest daughter, although she did live the life of a noble lady, but she was obviously not very happy.
At the beginning, her husband was decided by Baron Rocas, and as a daughter, she didn't even dare to object, although she didn't like her future husband very much, but she also married obediently.
As a result, with her weak personality, she is not only inferior to her sister Eleni in managing family affairs. He also did not do a good job of pleasing her husband, so that he did not even say hello to her, but married two daughters of minor nobles.
However, Eleni's sister has not made any major mistakes on weekdays, and her mother's family has some power. Her husband, with the exception of her, had not shaken her position as the first lady. Originally, Baron Rocas always felt that he had chosen the best for his daughter, and all the decisions he made were for their own good, although they were not lacking in their own small calculations.
But when he saw the plight of his eldest daughter. If there is no comparison of the happy life of the second daughter. He can also console himself by saying that all noble ladies live like this.
can be compared with the second daughter's current life, the eldest daughter's situation of being ignored and neglected. It's just so sad.
Romon and Eleni are different, although Rimon has another wife, one is that Susuo does not live with them, and the other is that Romon and Eleni have feelings, and treat Eleni's wife very considerately, some fun, and even in this world, there are basically few men who do it.
Since it was about the situation of Inner 6, Romon naturally would not waste this opportunity to increase his knowledge. Talking to Baron Roccas, seeing the speculation that Romon was talking about with his father, Eline smiled and told the maid to prepare a room for her father to stay in today.
In the afternoon, Luo Meng got a lot of useful information from his father-in-law's chat, and a lot of information is obviously not just to inquire about it, Luo Meng is very satisfied, he also knows that his father-in-law is deliberately revealed to himself, the other party investigates these news, and definitely puts a lot of effort into it.
So, Romon briefly mentioned that he wanted to send people to the inner 6 to "plunder" the population, and promised to share a part of Baron Rocas at that time. Hearing this, Baron Rocas finally smiled.
"Very well, there is indeed a loss of population in the territory. I don't want many people, just send me three hundred households!" said Baron Rocas with a smile.
The reason why I collected this information in the first place was that I had no intention of going on my own.
Looking at his father-in-law's smile, Luo Meng smiled bitterly: "Say, okay, three hundred households are three hundred." ”
This number is not a lot, but my father-in-law is still measured.
The two of them stared at each other for a moment, and then suddenly, they all shook their heads and laughed.
But just then, suddenly there was a horn outside.
Luo Meng was stunned and asked, "What's the matter?"
When the guards who followed heard this, they went out.
After a while, the guard hurriedly entered: "My lord, the king's envoy is here. ”
"Oh?" said Romon scrambled to his feet.
"Presumably a reward for fighting piracy. Baron Rocas said, "Let's go out together!"
Romon nodded and led the men out. And the people who frolicked in the garden, walked on the lawn, and played cards upstairs for entertainment were all gathered in amazement.
In a moment, the door opened, and with trumpets and music, the king's envoy entered.
Behind the King's envoy, followed Count Husenya.
The king's envoy was an old man, with a pale face and an extraordinary bearing, with an elegant aristocratic step, and a golden plate in his hand at his side.
On the plate, there was a book of awards, as well as a medal, and a short sword.
The king, seeing Romon and everyone coming out to greet him, nodded: "Baron Tatshaw." Ladies and gentlemen, I have arrived in this territory as His Majesty's envoy to pay tribute to the valor and exploits of Baron Tatshaud, who is driven out of this beautiful sea by the loyalty and bravery of Baron Tatshaw and Count Husenya. Hereby, His Majesty the King confers upon Romontatshaw. Viscount's title, and the title of Treasure Island Lord, a Kingdom Loyalty Badge, and more. The Tatshaw family was also granted the status of Governor of the Fifth Fleet of the hereditary kingdom
After saying this, the king's messenger waved his hand, and an attendant handed all the plates to Romone: "Congratulations, Lord Viscount Tatshao. I wish your family prosperity. ”
For the king's generous reward, everyone burst into a roar.
Half-kneeling, Romon paid his respects to the king and accepted the edict, the badge of royal loyalty, and the dagger representing the position of governor.
The discussion and uproar of the crowd not only did not disappear, but expanded, and thinking about the situation of two viscounts in a nearby area, it was difficult for everyone present to hide their astonishment.
And Baron Rocas on the side, a pair of eyes were almost out of sight with a smile.
"Your Excellency, please invite the envoy to come, of course, there are some advantages, the evening banquet is indispensable, fortunately, the food is quite beautifully prepared. Even if the king comes, he can entertain him.
In other aspects, Luo Meng did not hesitate to instruct, and he would send a thousand gold coins and ten tea bricks. It's also hard for the other party to come once!
When the king's envoy entered the room, Count Husenya stepped forward, and the two began to discuss.
"Well, we decided that for some time to come, one fleet would take turns to protect everyone, and one fleet would take turns to go to sea to retrieve refugees from the two nearest kingdoms. Romon said.
"It is not difficult to refuge, but it is also necessary to show a certain amount of money to the nobles and kings of the time, and in this regard, we should pay according to the proportion of the population, right?" said Count Husenya, "I will send a fleet tomorrow." ”
Romon expressed his approval, and in just half an hour of conversation, the prince and Romon combined fleet, reached an agreement.
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