Struggle in the Steam Age

As the host of the banquet, Lawrence was the last to enter the tent that served as the banquet hall. Because he and Safir are going to greet the guests who come to visit at the door. After confirming that all the agreed-upon guests had arrived, he entered the banquet scene with Saifeier.

After making a short speech of only seven or eight minutes, Lawrence announced the beginning of the banquet. Because as a young nobleman, he is neither suitable nor qualified to make a long speech at such a time. More importantly, he himself is quite tired of this kind of red tape, so he naturally won't play that annoying role when he speaks.

Anyway, everyone knows the theme of this banquet, and those specific businesses will be discussed by their respective professionals. Not to mention that there are quite a few nobles here who just made a special trip to attend the noble party. So Lawrence just needs to give a brief courtesy welcome speech and it will be fine.

After finishing the welcome speech, Lawrence began to greet those important guests individually under the guidance of Butler Bayer. Others also started their own social interaction. For the nobles in this area, because everyone is on some islands, and because of the barrier of the sea, there are not many opportunities to bring everyone together. So after having the opportunity of this gathering, everyone naturally got together and socialized.

After spending forty or fifty minutes, Lawrence finally settled the goals that he needed to communicate with during the banquet. Then he and Safiel came to the long table, picked up the silver plate and began to put food on the plate. And beside the long table, several servants came out of the kitchen pushing carts to replenish the table with food.

"Ha, there are quite a lot of delicious food." Looking at the food on the table in the big silver plate, Safiel, who noticed that there was no one around, whispered to Lawrence. "I didn't eat anything this morning to welcome the guests, and I drank very little water. Now I feel hungry and uncomfortable in my stomach."

"So you can have a good meal now." Lawrence said, picked up a piece of honey grilled capybara meat with tongs and put it on Safir's plate. "Anyway, the formal ceremonial work we have to do today is over, and we can relax in the next time."

"This is the best news I've heard today." Sai Feier took some Yingzhou-style sashimi and raw shellfish sashimi from another plate and put them on his own plate. Lawrence noticed that it might be because the nobles were relatively old, so they basically didn't touch these special foods of Yingzhou style.

"Actually, these things taste quite delicious, but unfortunately they are not suitable for people with weak stomachs." Sai Feier took a small pearl oyster saucer containing soy sauce and mustard from the side, and then used the same The small tweezers made of pearl oyster added a few pieces of sashimi to dip in these condiments and put them in his mouth, then narrowed his eyes and showed an expression of enjoyment.

After he finished eating the food in his mouth, he suddenly turned his head and asked Lawrence, who was eating roasted guinea pig meat, as if thinking of something. "By the way, where is your little doll friend Nora? I remember that she likes all kinds of food. Why didn't I see her at the banquet today?"

"Nora is in the kitchen." Lawrence said vaguely because he had food in his mouth. "She insisted on being a drug tester at the banquet today, so I asked her to go to the kitchen early this morning. If I guessed correctly, she must have tasted every delicacy right away today."

"What a smart little guy." Safiel said with a smile and shrugged. Obviously, the little puppet planned to take this opportunity to have a good meal. As for being a drug examiner, tasting is incidental at best. But after finding this reason, she will be able to have a good meal before everyone else eats.

The dishes at the buffet banquet today are divided into three parts, one of which is traditional dishes, such as roast chicken stuffed with various spices and roasted with onions. Roast pigeon with cherry tomatoes, wild herbs and grated goat cheese, and roast beef with cheese and bread.

The other part is the special dishes of Yingzhou, such as rice balls wrapped with various pickled vegetables, fish or meat. The broth is made of good fish, fish bones and some herbs. There are also various vegetables, various types of fresh sashimi and scallops, and a thin layer of oil wrapped in a layer of coating. Fried food of various colors.

The last part is the special food of this sea area, for example, deep-fried whale meat, with large pieces of whale fat and dried lobster eggs. The surface of the tarantula is baked delicately, and their teeth are taken off and placed aside as toothpicks. There is even the meat of the wild boar harvested in the past two days, which is roasted in the unique way of the tauren, served with hot sauce and cold fish soup.

Compared with the dishes of the aristocratic banquet in Lawrence's previous life, the cooking methods of this banquet are still rough. But the advantage is that the quality of the raw materials is very good, and it is also fresh enough. And for Lawrence, the best thing about these dishes is that the portions are generous, allowing him to fill his now-empty stomach.

"Your Excellency Earl Sauer." However, less than ten minutes after Lawrence and Safir started eating, an elderly male voice sounded from beside him. This forced him to put down a plate full of fried food and look up, only to find that it was the Count of Santo Domingo who was greeting him.

Santo Domingo is a small island three days away from Nova Sauer, and its area is only 1/10 of Nova Sauer. Because of the distance, Lawrence basically had no dealings with the earl before. He only knew that the earl himself was an expert fighter, and this island was rich in sugar, which was one of the richer islands in the Sea of ​​Stars.

So he felt a little strange that the earl greeted him proactively. After all, the two had never dealt with each other except for the fact that Lawrence had sent a courtesy letter to the earl after arriving here, and today was only the first time they met. . So he didn't quite understand why the other party greeted him so warmly.

"Ah, it turned out to be the Count of Santo Domingo. Hello, I am very glad to see that you can come to my banquet. It makes me feel very honored. Because I have only been here for more than half a year, so there is no entertainment Please forgive me for Zhou." Lawrence said to the earl with a polite smile. "By the way, what do you need from me?"

"I just want to thank you, especially for this new tea drink you invented. To me, it tastes much better than those traditional bitter teas." The earl with the gray beard raised the crystal cup in his hand and said At this time, Lawrence noticed that there was half a cup of iced milk tea in his cup. Obviously, this tea was quite to his liking.

The nobles always like to make various detours when speaking. For example, the Earl of Santo Domingo specially emphasized the word bitter, obviously implying something. The specialty of the island that reminds him is sucrose. It was very obvious what the other party wanted to express to Lawrence.

"Bitterness is naturally worth aftertaste, but bitterness does not represent everything. The taste of tea is like this, and so is life." Lawrence said politely. "I think it's good to have some sweetness in the bitterness, don't you think?"

"Of course, of course." After hearing what Lawrence said, the Earl of Santo Domingo stroked his beard with a smile and nodded, then looked at Lawrence and Safiel standing side by side and said. "Thank you for your hospitality today, I think I will leave you young people alone now."