Luncheon, normally held in the Cigar Courtyard
Although Grand Duke Kunstan died and the Red Castle had issued an order to the whole country not to hold drinking parties or dances, this did not prohibit everyone from having private banquets.
Grand Duke Kunstein’s prestige was insufficient, and the nobles had little respect for him.
It is said that Quentin III Shadowflame died twenty-one years ago. For a whole year, no nobleman dared to hold a banquet in private. It was not until a year later that the Red Castle took the lead in holding a banquet that the nobles gradually relaxed.
But now, the nobles should eat and drink.
However, when Charles shouted that he wanted to drink more, Russell scolded him in time: “Okay, just have a full meal and drink in moderation.”
Then he raised his glass and faced the north: “With this last glass of wine, let us pay tribute to Grand Duke Kunstan who sacrificed his life for the country. We wish that the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy will prosper in the future under the leadership of the Council of Elders. I also wish that the Shadow Flame Dragon will recover soon and expand its territory.” !”
“To the Grand Duke Kunstein!”
“I wish the Grand Duchy of Shadowflame prosperity!”
“I wish the dragon a speedy recovery!”
After the luncheon, the officials went to work, while Russell stayed with Katie to ask about her progress in cultivation.
“I have opened six groups of main meridians, and now I am working hard to dig out the last group of main meridians on the head and face.” Katie replied, practicing as a knight, there are seven groups of main meridians to be dug, and finally the branch meridians must be dug.
“Work hard and I will sponsor you another batch of magic potion.” Russell said.
Katie suddenly choked up and said: “You have helped me a lot, Katie…Katie really doesn’t know how to repay you!”
“Promoting to a Grand Knight is the best reward for me.” Russell smiled calmly.
“Katie will do her best to be promoted to Grand Knight and will never let you down!”
“Just try your best.”
The two of them said that they had already walked out of the cigar compound.
Jerry, the red-eyed rat king, who was chewing bones in the rat house, his eyes lit up and he rushed over quickly. Just when Russell thought Jerry was about to get close to him, Jerry rushed to Katie and laid his forelimbs on Katie’s legs, begging for food.
After not seeing each other for a month, Jerry had almost forgotten Russell as his master, and instead became close to Katie.
Katie spread her hands and signaled to Jerry that she had nothing to eat.
Jerry then looked at Russell and came over to ask for food from Russell. However, Russell could not tolerate him and pushed Jerry away: “Eat eat eat eat all day long, and I still remember, you were here before I scolded me in my heart!”
When he was fighting wits with the unicorn Pauly in the snow forest, Jerry was whispering beside him, scolding him for being sick.
Paulie rode behind, and Russell was so proud that he forgot about it.
Now seeing Jerry’s pug look, his memories were immediately brought back: “It seems that the encouragement I give you on weekdays is not enough!”
“Jiji?” Jerry was lying on the ground, with an innocent look in his little red eyes.
“Sir.” Katie pleaded for Jerry, “Your Excellency Jerry respects you very much. Maybe it’s because I often bring him food recently in order to please him and to command him to resist possible snow ghost invasions, which makes him a little lazy. ”
“Really?” Russell looked at Jerry and then at Katie.
One is the red-eyed rat king, and the other is the wild cat sisters. They seem to have a bit of a cat and mouse flavor.
So he quickly made a decision: “Since Jerry is so close to you, I will give you a task. Continue to urge Jerry to train the Treasure Hunter Team and the Sentinel Rat Team, and strive to train two elite rat teams.”
Katie said happily: “As you wish, my lord!”
Then he knelt down and rubbed Jerry’s head affectionately. Jerry also rubbed Katie’s hands like a puppy.
Looking at this scene, Russell narrowed his eyes.
He doesn’t mind Katie’s closeness to Jerry, and he won’t be stingy if Katie can contract with Jerry in the future. As the Rat King, Jerry is certainly very strong among fantasy beasts, but Russell already has the more powerful unicorn Pauly.
And he was about to become a flying dragon knight, so he no longer had that much desire for fantasy beasts.
Besides, with the Phantom Beast Whispering skill, it is not difficult to catch the Phantom Beast. Russell is already qualified to choose a better Phantom Beast, preferably one that can rival the Unicorn.
The bamboo forest has expanded rapidly and has swallowed up most of the wasteland to the north of the cigar compound.
This made Russell regret planting bamboo cordyceps here. One cordyceps can affect 150 acres of land. After a while, the entire cigar compound will be surrounded by bamboo forests – even just bamboo cordyceps can affect the area. Surrounding the cigar compound.
but.
Come to think of it, living in a sea of bamboo seems to be a unique experience.
……
Old Hans came back in the evening and immediately entered the Cigar Courtyard to meet Russell.
“My master has returned home in triumph, but Old Hans failed to greet him. It’s really rude!”
“You don’t know what day I will come back. It would be rude to greet me accurately. Get up, old Hans, have a cup of tea and tell me about the situation in the cigar factory.” Russell held a book and flipped through it easily. With.
Old Hans stood up and sat down, and when the servant served tea, he began to tell about the cigar factory: “Sir, the first batch of special cigarettes, Fengshuang series, has been produced on a small scale. Twenty boxes have been produced. VIP cigarettes, Yunwu series have also been produced. There are two hundred boxes.”
After a pause, Old Hans asked cautiously: “Master, do you still need to produce 300 boxes of Fengshuang special cigarettes this year?”
According to the previous quota, a total of 300 boxes of Fengshuang series of special cigarettes were produced.
One hundred boxes were given to Archduke Kunstan, one hundred boxes were given to Count Merlin, and one hundred boxes were given to Baron Roman.
But now, Grand Duke Kunstein has died.
Hearing this, Russell narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said: “Continue to produce three hundred boxes. As for who to give the extra hundred boxes to, I will make a decision at that time.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Are there any orders from the cigar factory now?”
“The caravan has stopped. There were only a small number of orders a year ago, and they were all local orders in the Youguang Valley.”
“Well, we will produce and reserve more Yunwu VIP cigarettes and Bailu cigars. In a while, there will be a large number of orders.” Russell was full of confidence in this. When Earl Merlin was at the headquarters camp, he invited everyone to smoke Bailu Yulong cigars. .
People who have smoked Bailu Yulong cigars have good feedback.
It is conceivable that with the end of the Second Battle of the Fall, Uryū cigars will become famous throughout the country along with this war.
Orders will continue to come in.
Then Russell asked Old Hans to have dinner with him, and at dinner, he accidentally discovered a new dish.
“Is this… tofu?” Russell immediately asked the housekeeper Morris to call the cook Mrs. Moore over to ask.
Although Mrs. Moore has been praised many times for her food research, she no longer has stage fright, but after seeing Russell, she was still trembling with fear: “S-Sir, this is the tofu that I, I just made recently.”
Russell has never stopped pursuing the delicious food of his hometown.
It’s just that he can’t cook himself, and his aristocratic status makes it inconvenient for him to go to the kitchen, so he leaves it to Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Brown to develop it.
He had mentioned tofu before, and even told Mrs. Moore that “soy milk” needs to be infused with something before it can be turned into tofu. Unexpectedly, he actually found a way for Mrs. Moore and successfully made tofu.
“It’s salt, sir, use salt water…” Mrs. Moore explained in a low voice.
“Well, that’s it.” Russell nodded. He loved tofu and had heard of tofu ordered with brine, but he didn’t know what brine was.
I didn’t expect to order tofu with salt.
He took a bite of the tender tofu with a spoon and put it into his mouth. In an instant, Russell felt like he was back home.
Then he waved his hand: “Reward!”
(End of chapter)