Chapter 0120 Gift
Duke Tywin was in the village of Cregan, and he had a number of places to see: the gold fields that Clegan had won by a bet, Golden Leaf Bay, the Noodle Machine House of Master Tobe Mott in the blacksmith shop of Cregan, and the mountain land where the homeless poor recruited by Clegan were setting fire to the mountains and reclaiming them......
And in Lannisham, not far from the Clegon Territory, one morning, it was sunny and sunny.
Count Ode was beaming, standing under the newly completed Ode Noodle Restaurant, and the people around him entered the noodle restaurant in an endless stream, and the first batch of people were all his vassals.
The Count's fiefdom was not just Lanniport, a large area of land outside the city was his domain.
The largest city in the West, the largest population, the largest territory, of course, there will be many small nobles and propertied knights.
These nobles and knights came to congratulate the lord on the opening of his somen restaurant.
The gray-robed Bachelor Bancrof and the Earl's head and captain of the guard, Gna Lanney, greet the guests at the gate. Count Odd took his daughter Rosamon Lannister by the hand at the gate to receive everyone's congratulations.
The second group consisted of wealthy merchants living in Lannisport.
As the first port city in the west and the third in the country, the city is inhabited by many wealthy merchants, and these rich people have a lot of trade business, and the near and riverland, the north, the river bay, and the old town are interconnected, and the far ones are the island countries west of the Sunset Sea, the southernmost island country with a skin like the night, and the easternmost nine free trade city-states of the Essos continent. Further afield, it included some of the big cities in the East, dealing in fine wine and ivory.
The business also covers all aspects of life, including cloth, silk, porcelain, gold and silver, carvings, grain, spices, rouge gouache, pets, cats and dogs, etc.
A thousand-year-old port city, there are many wealthy businessmen with heritage.
In the era when industry, agriculture, and commerce had no status, although merchants were rich and made great contributions to the progress and prosperity of society, merchants who did not have a noble title were still looked down upon by the nobles, and the rich people of Lannisport could get an invitation from Count Ode, which was simply flattering.
As a result, all the wealthy merchants who settled in Lannisport came.
This is a great opportunity to get close to Count Ode.
Money is not omnipotent in this society, only the power in the hands of the noble lords is omnipotent.
After the two groups sat down, the floors of the noodle restaurant were full.
People don't really come to eat somen noodles, and most people haven't heard of somen noodles before. I have heard of it and have been fortunate enough to eat it, and it is also the time when Klegane's subordinates were forced to buy and sell somen noodles in the city, and those who were lucky enough to taste it once.
People came, mainly because they wanted to befriend Count Ode.
Count Odd is the lord of the city, the highest governor of Lanniport, whether it is a knight of knighthood or a wealthy merchant of low status, all want to befriend Count Odd.
Count Odd's noodle shop opened, and they were honored to receive an invitation from the earl.
It doesn't matter what the restaurant sells, not to mention the noodles, even if it sells stones, there will be people who buy a big cart and go home.
There are no seats in the restaurants on several floors, but there are still many people outside.
The second batch of wealthy businessmen has not yet entered, and the captains of the third batch, bosses from other places, and mercenary captains have not yet entered.
This time, Count Odd put down the real aristocratic shelf, and chatted with these rich merchants, out-of-town bosses, mercenary captains, wandering knights and others who had not yet had a chance to enter.
The Earl is confident that he will let Count Ode's noodle restaurant open all over the Seven Kingdoms and win the supreme reputation of his own and his family.
The Earl's courtesy thrilled everyone who did not have a title but was fortunate enough to be invited. It is very difficult for many people to meet Count Odeh, and some people have done business many times in Lannisport, and they have not had the opportunity to meet Count Ode himself once in ten years.
Count Ode's own somen shop opened, and he spread invitations to the city's most powerful and famous commoners.
Everyone gathered around Count Ode, and all they said was compliments.
In this civilization with a very rough and primitive food structure, the symbol of refined food civilization makes a grand appearance.
With a shout, I saw a team of mercenaries coming from the street, with four people walking in front of them, in groups of two, carrying a pair of three-meter-long chopsticks. The chopsticks are painted red in the middle and black at the ends.
The paint is well done and shiny.
One chopstick is as thick as a spear and three meters long, and two chopsticks need to be carried by two mercenaries.
Three meters is the height of an ordinary person's one-story building.
The chopsticks have a prominent family crest on them: the three-dog pattern. Next to the three-dog pattern is a bright gold family crest motto: Unbeatable!
Behind the four soldiers carrying chopsticks, four soldiers carry two round drum-shaped stone benches of the same size. The stone bench is more than 100 catties, and there are two round holes of the same size in the middle of each stone bench, and I don't know what it is used for.
Behind the eight mercenaries carrying the things were dozens of vicious-looking mercenaries, they were dressed in good armor, one of them had a particularly large head, a terrible scar on his head, a long sword at his waist, and a huge cow helmet. The cow helmet is all black, very well built and shiny.
This big-headed guy is the famous Chiswick of Lannisport, he used to be the big hooligan leader who ruled the east city, the south and the north city, and later established the Knife Mercenary Regiment and became the leader of the Knife Regiment. The people who surrounded him tightly were the leaders of the big gangsters who had come out of the streets with him.
There were about fifty people in the front and back of this group, and in the center was a tall banner, which was the roaring three-dog flag of the Gregor Clegane family. Under the big banner is the regimental flag of the Cregan Knife Regiment: a kitchen knife dripping with blood on a black base. The thugs who rise to the bottom can't afford good swords, and kitchen knives are a must-have weapon for everyone to use.
There were a lot of people on both sides of the street, and the residents of the house were watching the somewhat unsettling procession from their windows and doors.
The two pairs of giant chopsticks, carried by four soldiers, attracted people's attention.
Because the Duke of Tywin ordered 'wood instead of iron', every household had to replace all the 'iron basins, iron plates, table knives, iron products, knives and forks and even soup spoons' with wood within half a year, and chopsticks entered people's lives as people's tableware. Nowadays, people don't use chopsticks completely, but they are no strangers to them. Especially in the families of knights and knights, because they want to set an example of reform, those with status and wealth are the first to learn to use chopsticks.
But this is the first time people have seen three-meter-long chopsticks.
How long can chopsticks be made?
Earl Odd's noodle shop opened, so he naturally invited Magic Mountain, but because Duke Tywin had been in the village of Klegon in Magic Mountain, Magic Mountain sent Chiswick, the big head in Lannishaven, to give gifts instead of him.
There is another reason why the magic mountain does not come, his reputation is very stinky, and he doesn't want to scare the guests.
Earl Odd stood still, he was an earl, and he didn't have to give Chiswick face. The Earl did not welcome Chiswick and the others, these people were unkind-looking, vicious, and murderous, and more than 20 people around Chiswick were death row prisoners who he had released not long ago.
Captain Gna Lanney hurried forward to receive Chiswick and the others.
Chiswick raised his hand, and the brothers behind him stood together, looking really well trained.
Seeing that these bandit-like fellows were standing still, Count Ode breathed a sigh of relief.
He opened this noodle shop to make money, and it was better for these bandits not to come to 'harass'.
Chiswick and his foul mouth led eight soldiers carrying stone benches and giant chopsticks to the city, and the people gave way.
Two round stools in the shape of stone drums are placed on the left and right sides of the gate of the noodle restaurant, and two giant chopsticks three meters long are inserted into the two round holes in the middle of the stone benches.
When this was put away, people clapped their hands and cheered.
It was amazing that such a huge chopsticks were used as a façade! Count Odd himself was surprised and delighted.
"Lord Ode, the stone bench and chopsticks are gifts from Lord Magic Mountain to the opening of the noodle restaurant. Chiswick said. He was not shy about calling his lord by his indecent name.
"Thank you, Sir Gregor!" said Earl Odeh.
"Earl, there is also a pair of chopsticks here, which Madame Jeanne gave to the Earl. Chiswick signaled, so the stinky mouth took out a beautifully packaged box, opened, and the stinky mouth took out a pair of chopsticks, and said: "Lord Earl, this is the golden jade rich chopsticks, the front part of the chopsticks is green jadeite, the middle is gold, and the tail end is also jadeite, and the adult's name and family crest are also carved on it, which means that the adult's noodle restaurant is prosperous and full of gold and jade." ”
Chopsticks could be made into such an elegant thing, meaning so auspicious, which was something that all the onlookers and Count Ode himself had never imagined.
It turns out that chopsticks can not only be made three meters long as a signature decoration, but also made of gold and jade, which is not only tableware, but also a work of art.
This pair of gold and jade chopsticks is beautifully made, polished smooth and bright, shining in the sun. The golden and green colors complement each other, elegant and perfect.
The material of jadeite and gold is noble. Engraved with the name and family crest of Count Ode, it suddenly became a treasure that could be passed down from generation to generation.
The exquisite inlay technique and exquisite workmanship are all surprising and admirable.
Among the onlookers, there were many wealthy businessmen, and they all felt eye-opening when they saw such exquisite and noble chopsticks. They were suddenly opened up by the limited thinking that chopsticks are just small tableware in life, compared to what they send, this golden jade rich chopsticks are ingenious, full of ingenuity, and unique among all gifts.
Chiswick was about to leave after giving the gift on behalf of the Magic Mountain couple, and sat on the third floor full of noble knights, and bowls of hot noodles were served to the table like flowing water.
Next to each bowl of somen noodles is a bowl of specially made noodle soup.
The aroma of green vegetables in the special noodle soup that is separated from the noodles suddenly wafts to a new level.