The fine white soup is boiling in the hot pot, and the strange fragrance is fragrant, which makes people feel appetizing. The red pine wood round table has been filled with fresh vegetables, all kinds of animal meat, fish fillets and shrimp, red, green and green, very gratifying.

"Victor, is this the hot pot you invented?" Edwin asked Victor as he looked at the chic-shaped copper hot pot with sparkling eyes.

This copper hot pot has a big mouth and a round belly, two layers inside and outside, the inner layer burns charcoal, the outer layer boils soup, and there is a small chimney in the middle of the smoke, which is the common charcoal copper hot pot on the earth.

"Yes, this is the hot pot I invented recently, and it tastes the most warm in cold weather. Victor introduced with a smile.

As soon as Edwin and Bruce returned to Victor's camp on the hills, they went back to their makeshift cabins, took a good bath, and then fell asleep, and the days of fighting really made them choke on end.

When they woke up, it was already dark, and they were hungry, so they received an invitation to dinner from Victor, so Edwin, Bruce, and Nicole came to Victor's office villa, where they met Victor's food for them - hot pot.

Victor originally invited Bruce's four servant knights, but they needed to guard the corpse of the alien rat every step of the way, and even ate and lived in the same room, so naturally they couldn't come.

Regarding the caution of the York family, Victor said that he understood that the important resources related to the core interests of the family could not be negligent.

"Victor, is this bean paste, why is it so fragrant?" Edwin picked up a silver cup in front of him and sniffed it vigorously, only to feel that the fragrance was tempting, and his throat couldn't help but move.

"Because the bean paste is mixed with wild wattle grass, black pepper, and green artemisia. Victor replied with a smile.

"Wild thorn grass, although this plant has an attractive fragrance, but the taste is bitter and astringent, how do you get rid of its taste?" Edwin tasted the sauce, only to feel that it was full of flavor, and there was no strange smell at all.

"Wild thorn grass is not added directly to the sauce, but fried in acorn oil, which has the flavor of wild thorn, so acorn oil is the key to this sauce. Victor said proudly.

Speaking of the use of iron oak acorn oil refining is still Victor's first creation, the human beings in this world do not have the habit of plant oil, and all dishes are also not stewed and baked, which makes Victor, who is accustomed to all kinds of food, how can he endure, fortunately, his territory is rich in animal and plant resources, and with the help of Buso, an expert to identify the toxicity, Victor can calmly test various spices.

"Victor, your knowledge of food is beyond my imagination, this journey is really an eye-opener for me, compared to the life of the royal nobles, we are really a group of country nobles. Bruce laughed a little self-deprecatingly.

The local nobles of the Gambis considered the royal nobles to be flashy and untruthful, and the court nobles laughed at the local nobles as vulgar hillbillies.

"Lord Bruce, these unique spices were not discovered by Lord Victor, but were gathered by some new freedmen, who were amazingly survivable, and helped the camp find several new crops, such as this sweet potato, which could be eaten as food. Nelson explained to Bruce that he thought the alchemy auxiliaries were the new freedmen.

"Some of the freedmen have been living in the wilderness for a long time, and some of their survival skills are very valuable knowledge, but unfortunately most of us in the White Tower ignore this. Edwin lamented that he was one of the few White Tower scholars to recognize that class fragmentation had prevented much useful knowledge from being compiled.

"Master, come and try this shabu-shabu mutton, this is the hind leg of the little yellow lamb, cut into thin slices, roll it in the boiling soup and eat it with the sauce. Seeing that Edwin was a little gloomy, Victor hurriedly and diligently sandwiched a piece of mutton and put it into the old scholar's sauce plate.

In order to get closer to Edwin and Bruce, Victor carefully designed this hot pot banquet, because he soon had a request for these two.

The so-called, do not get tired of eating, do not get tired of stewing, from the fineness of the diet can reflect the degree of civilization of an ethnic group. The human aristocracy of this world is high, but in Victor's opinion, it is actually ridiculous, they blindly pursue manners and etiquette, and do not improve their quality of life.

From the perspective of food, monotonous cooking methods and monotonous tastes make there not much difference between nobles and commoners, so in order to show their nobility, nobles can only work tableware and etiquette.

It's no wonder that a cook who cooks for the lord usually has to deal with chores in addition to cooking, help in the fields when the farm is busy, and fight in armor during the war, which makes him have the heart to study cooking and bring forth the new.

There is no clear social division of labor, in the final analysis, it is because of low productivity, and low productivity, in addition to the fact that human beings are still constantly competing with other races, Victor believes that the more important reason is because of the serious separation between the aristocratic class and the commoner class! Victor has a feeling that this gap is deliberately created by man!

However, Victor is not interested in studying this kind of problem, he only wants to build a relationship now.

Edwin and his party have obtained alienated creatures, and this heavy treasure will surely allow them to quickly return to their sphere of influence, perhaps tomorrow. Victor needs Edwin to help him promote sugar, spices, and coffee, and Bruce needs Bruce to take care of the gang in Blackcastle so that his purple cane can earn his first pot of gold.

So, Victor's approach is that everyone eats well and drinks well. This is completely in line with the behavior and habits of Chinese people on the earth, and it is very effective.

"Victor, what kind of cutlery are you using?"

Nicole saw Victor holding two slender wooden sticks in his hand, and deftly sandwiched the food into the plate, this novel cutlery made her eyes shine.

"Well, I call it chopsticks. Victor sneered at the girl that only he and Nelson used chopsticks, and that there were knives and forks and tweezers and a colander for the three of Nicole.

"Give it a try!" Nicole said to Victor, not letting her use the same utensils, much to the girl's upset.

"Okay, but chopsticks aren't very easy to use, and it took Nelson two meals to get the hang of it, so I think you can use it first........ I mean, you can use chopsticks at all." ”

A pair of chopsticks were handed to Nicole's fair-skinned hand, and while Victor was talking, Nicole was already nimble with the chopsticks to taste the delicious food.

"It's so useful!" said Nicole and squinted at Victor, who was both sly and charming.

"I'll try it too. Edwin said with great interest.

But when the seemingly simple chopsticks arrived in Edwin's hands, he realized that it was a mess that was difficult to use, and no matter how many ways he changed his grip, he couldn't deal with even a single vegetable leaf. At this time, Bruce was already flying with chopsticks, and all kinds of ingredients were full of joy.

"This chopsticks seem simple, but it is a great test of people's coordination, and only a knight, a creature with a high degree of unity of spirit and body, can master the use so quickly, and ordinary people like me can't do it. Edwin grimaced and put down his hateful chopsticks.

"It doesn't matter, chopsticks are used to share food. Victor said with a smile, and thoughtfully gave Edwin a piece of tender ground lizard meat.

"Victor, this is not in accordance with aristocratic etiquette. After Victor clipped him with a shabu-shabu shrimp, Bruce laughed teasingly.

The novelty of hot pot, the novelty of chopsticks, and the novelty of dining give knights who value etiquette a special feeling of relaxation, which is an experience that has never been experienced before.

"If you like it, if you like. Victor also responded with a smile, and he made a fish fillet for Nicole, which made the girl's heart sweet.

Before you know it, a warm and harmonious atmosphere has spread at the dinner table, making everyone's faces smile knowingly.

This is the effect that Victor wants, the round table regardless of priority, the delicious hot pot, and the care of each other have narrowed the distance between each other, which is the charm of traditional Chinese food culture.

Victor has brought this custom into his people with great success, bringing them closer and more united.

"Nelson, I really didn't expect you to be the bear of the Northland, and the battle between you and the knights of the Tartus family has become a classic textbook for the knights of the apprentice knights, and I have also used this battle to educate my knights. Bruce raised his glass to Nelson and laughed, they already knew what had happened recently.

"Oh, what's going on?" asked Victor curiously, knowing only that Nelson had killed a knight head-on, but had not asked for specific details.

"Nelson killed the Sassan knight with a single blow, and the news spread throughout the knights' circles. Nicole covered her mouth and smiled.

The female knight had just drunk some purple cane wine, her face was crimson, and her smile was like a flower at this time, and her eyes were really beautiful, and Victor's heart was hot.

Luckily, those four bastards couldn't come to the feast, otherwise they wouldn't have been determined to pry my corner when they saw Nicole's beautiful appearance. Victor thought happily.

"I didn't expect that Sasang knight, after bumping into us, jumped directly into the air and slashed at me, only then did I seize the opportunity and kill me with one blow, if he attacked me on the ground, I can't beat him, I really can't say. Nelson said sullenly, and since he knew that he had been tricked, he no longer felt that it was something to boast about.

"Leaping slash, body volley slash, extremely powerful, extremely risky, except for being used to deter ordinary people, there is no actual combat value, that Sasang knight died of arrogance and frivolity, and became the negative teaching material of all the knights. Bruce shook his head.

Victor suddenly realized, it is estimated that the Sassan knight thought that Nelson was an ordinary mercenary, and directly magnified the moves, but his body was volleyed, and he had nowhere to borrow strength, and was killed on the spot by Nelson with 20 points of physique.

Therefore, the comic knight was actually a waste of death, and it was shameful that he became a negative teaching material, no wonder the Tartus family was furious.

"Victor, you're doing the freedfolk very correctly this time. This is the means that a good pioneer lord should use. Edwin said to Victor.

"To be honest, I can't bear to kill so many people at once, but they will threaten the safety of the people, and I have to do it. Victor smiled wryly.

"Victor, this is the consciousness of the pioneer lord, you must know that your so-called legal ownership is only common in the aristocratic world, for those free people who are in a group, they will not care about your legal status, only power can determine the ownership of the territory. If you have a castle and knights, they will fear your power and submit to you, but if you don't have that, you have to show your power with iron-blooded means, otherwise they will use iron-blooded means against you. Remember, you can only be merciful to those who are subservient to you!" said Nicole solemnly to Victor.

Nicole's words went straight to the essence, making Victor shrug and moved, being merciful to those who submit, and being iron-blooded to those who are wrong, isn't this the inner saint and the outer king.

"Thank you, Nicole, and I'll take your admonition to heart. Victor said to Nicole sincerely.

"Actually, that's what Lady Sylvia said. Victor's gratitude made Nicole a little embarrassed.

Victor has always had an inexplicable sense of superiority over the nobles of this world, and he believes that most of these nobles are ignorant and ignorant, and this perception stems from his vision beyond this era. And Sylvia's wisdom and insight made him realize that the lords and nobles of this world should not be underestimated.

"Victor, I want to remind you that it is enough for you to exterminate the bandits in your territory this time, and you must not continue to use this method, otherwise the Church of Radiance will find you trouble. Compared with the purification of wizards, the church pays more attention to the protection of freedmen and lords, and all the lords who challenge the bottom line of the church have paid a heavy price, even the fifth emperor of the Rand Empire died at the hands of the church, because he caused the death of 7,000 freemen. Edwin also admonished Victor.

"Can you be more specific? I wonder why so many free people are displaced in the human world when the Church is so powerful and values the lives of freemen and lords?

Edwin and Bruce glanced at each other and continued, "This is a complicated issue, I can discuss it in detail with you tomorrow, but before that, you must join a faction!"

"What camp?" asked Victor with a frown, although he had left the princely party, he was not willing to join the ecumenical party.

"White Tower Camp!"

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Dinner was over, and Victor was lying in bed, unable to sleep for a long time, still thinking about Edwin's words.

The so-called White Tower camp is actually all secular lords uniting to fight against the threat of the church, even if it is a hostile family, in the face of the coercion of the church, they must put aside their contradictions and unite as one.

Needless to say, Victor certainly joined the camp, and he was annoyed by the fact that there were two pieces of information revealed in it.

First, the Church is strong, and the lords must unite to fight it.

Second, the church is so strong that anyone who challenges its limits will be crushed by it.

So the question now is, what does Victor, as a lord, do to get enough space for development in the shadow of the church, this is a question he needs to figure out, he doesn't want to accidentally anger this behemoth and finally be crushed.

Just when Victor was tossing and turning, he heard a slight noise outside the door, and the super feeling opened, and what caught his mind was Nicole's graceful figure, Victor's heart was hot, and when he was about to get up and open the door, he saw that the door latch shook and was opened, and the beautiful female knight entered the house in a flash, and inserted the door again.

Victor was just about to speak, Nicole's fiery body threw herself into his arms, a fragrant and tender lip imprinted on his mouth, and nothing was needed to be said again........

The moonlight was gentle, and the moaning in the room was as thin as a gossamer, making the moonlight like water also beautiful, and it was really a beautiful night.