Chapter 267 Tableware and Wine
The old eunuch took a silver spoon in front of everyone and tasted each dish.
Roger was very satisfied, so he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to eat with his hands.
Then he saw the city lord clapping his hands again.
So eight beautiful young women walked in wearing exquisite silk dresses.
After the introduction of the city lord and the translation of Muttieri, Roger knew that these were the city lord's concubines.
These concubines knelt beside everyone.
Roger saw that the beautiful young women on both sides of the city lord opposite each other, one of whom picked up the food with his white and beautiful right hand and delivered it to the city lord.
The other one picked up the cup and served the city lord to drink.
So Roger understood why the city lord just simply sucked in water instead of washing his hands carefully.
Because he wouldn't touch food at all.
He doesn't need tableware either.
These beautiful and well-behaved concubines are tableware.
Roger saw Muttier naturally accepting feeding from a beautiful young woman.
On the other side, William opened his bow left and right, hugging the two beauties with both hands, touching and pinching them.
The two beauties giggled, without any resistance, and snuggled in William's arms.
Roger seemed very pleased to see the city lord laughing at his concubine in the arms of others.
He was a little embarrassed, he was not very adaptable to this style.
So Roger waved his hand and asked the beautiful young woman who was serving him to leave.
The two beautiful women beside him saluted obediently, then stood up and left.
At this time, three pretty servants brought wine.
The old eunuch took a silver cup, poured one cup in front of everyone, and drank it.
Roger was a little surprised. He knew that the Romseljuks were also members of the Arab world, and that Mullins did not drink alcohol.
He waved and called a handsome servant who was holding wine to approach him.
Roger asked: "Are you wine? What kind of wine is it?"
The servant replied obediently: "I brought Turkic wine, which is a kind of milk wine, made of horse milk."
Roger remembers that the Turks did have a tradition of making horse milk wine, which seems to be recorded in historical biography in the East.
But he forgot whether he saw it in "Book of Sui" or in "Biography of the Turks".
Roger asked again: "Did the other two serve wine? What kind of wine is it?"
The servant said shyly: "One of the wine is the wine, which is from the Urgaburg vineyard in Cappadocia.
“There is plenty of sunshine there, the sandy soil is suitable for grape growth, and the grapes produced are sweet and have a good taste…”
Roger interrupted the attendant and asked curiously: "Have you ever drunk wine?"
The pretty servant blushed and said, "No, I believe in Elys, and I don't drink wine. I have only eaten grapes and raisins there."
The city lord interrupted through Muttier's translation:
“Our place is very suitable for growing grapes.
"It is said that the winemaking process originated in the Anatolia region 5,000 years ago.
“According to the Bible of you Christians, it is said that the Great Flood rushed Noah’s Ark to the Mount Al in eastern Anatolia.
“A goat on the ark leads a man to a slope full of wild grapes.
"The wild grapes that fell on the ground fermented with rainwater and wafted out the aroma of wine, so he was inspired to become the first winemaker in the world."
Roger remembers that the Bible - Old Testament - Genesis records that after the flood faded, Noah began to cultivate the land, cultivated a vineyard, planted the first grape plant, and later started to make wine, which was almost the same as what the city lord said.
Muttier also joined the discussion, saying: "Historical records show that the Phoenicians here used to sell wine in the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts and made a fortune.
"So winemaking here should have started very early."
The city lord said, "Although our Elysian doctrine strictly prohibits Mulins subjects from drinking wine, there are still many Greeks and Armenian Christians living here, and the winemaking process has been circulating among them."
Roger thought to himself, look at your eunuch, and he doesn't change his face when trying to drink. I guess you rulers who nominally believe in Elans have also drunk a lot of wine behind your back.
He asked the pretty servant again: "There is another person, what kind of wine is he serving?"
The servant said shyly: "It's 'leopard milk'."
Roger said in surprise: "Isn't it wine? I thought it was wine too."
The attendant quickly explained: "It's wine, the name of that wine is 'Lion Milk', it is a kind of Alex wine.
“This kind of wine is very popular among the people we drink here.
“This is a strong wine, and it must be diluted with water or ice when drinking it.
"Originally, this wine was crystal clear and colorless. After adding water or ice, it suddenly turned into milky white, and the foam was shattered, just like witchcraft.
"Also, the wine tastes very strong. It is made of grapes fermented and added with fennel, so it has a strong fennel flavor.
"It is said that it can strengthen aphrodisiacs. I have seen people who want four wives to drink secretly."
The handsome servant said at the end, his face turned red, like a young wife who had just passed the door.
Roger asked the attendant to pour him a glass of Turkic wine, and then asked the attendant to retreat.
The city lord sitting at the lower head had a smile on his face, saying, "So that's it, I understand."
He called the old eunuch to whisper.
After a while, the beautiful servant who poured wine changed into gorgeous clothes, blushed, and came in and knelt beside Roger.
Roger was a little puzzled at first, but then he understood.
He was embarrassed, and his face turned red with a "scream".
He jumped up and shouted the pretty servant away in anger.
The pretty servant ran out with his face covering his face.
Roger gasped heavily.
William laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if you indulge it occasionally."
Roger saw William hugging him, and two disheveled "tableware" smirked in his arms.
Roger looked embarrassed and said, "I'm not that kind of person!
"I'm just interested in wine and food, I don't mean that!"
William joked: "I'm just interested in wine and food."
Then at his signal, the two "tables" in his arms, one held wine in his mouth and the other held dishes in his mouth.
William ate with one bite on the left and one on the right, and had a lot of fun.
Roger couldn't get off the stage, he didn't stand or sit, he could only be there.
The city lord is obviously a personal sage.
After communicating with Muttier, he said in distracted Latin: "Dish, dish, serve the dishes quickly."
Then he patted his hands twice.
So the servants lined up and came in with steaming food in golden bowls.
The food is placed on the table and has a wide variety.
But Roger has no time to watch now.
He saw William taking a sip with "tableware" and taking a sip, he glanced at him with a playful smile.
He felt embarrassed.
But William didn't say anything, so Roger had nowhere to get angry either.
He could only stand there and sulk.
Chapter completed!