The lord's dinner is always full of various delicacies, and this time is no exception. Alves has prepared a table of delicacies for this dinner. Butter bread, crispy sausage, apple salad, smoked ham, eel soup, mashed potatoes
, roast suckling pig... all kinds of food are available, making the guests salivate.
Looking at the lively hall and crowd, and then looking at the various delicacies on the table, Rhodes couldn't help but recall the past. Three years ago, Black Hammer Castle was still a small border town, barely surviving on the deep mines next to the castle.
livelihood.
Nowadays, the castle has been greatly changed. The urban area has been expanded several times, the streets are tidy, and the town has a completely new look. All kinds of materials have become richer, and this richness can be seen from the variety of food. In the beginning, even the dinner for the lord's meeting was
Only very ordinary food is served on the table. Even meat is a luxury. Nowadays, there is a dazzling array of food, not only the type, but also the cooking method and style. Roast suckling pig with green apples in its mouth symbolizes prosperity. Roast duck skin is poured with honey, which symbolizes prosperity.
Hard-working. All kinds of food are processed in the kitchen before being put on the table. Fruits are arranged into platters with various colors. Rhodes only feels that there has never been a moment in life as comfortable as now.
The flames in the furnace continued to burn, making the hall very warm. People raised their wine glasses to celebrate the long-lost victory. At the same time, a celebration was also going on outside the castle. The theater was performing a drama about Lord White Bear's expedition to the north.
The large theater, open for free, was packed with civilians.
On the bank of the Dongquan River, a fireworks show was being staged. The flames shot up into the sky and bloomed into various shapes in the air, attracting cheers from the people. Especially the children, it was rare to have such a happy moment in the year. They were playing to their heart's content, and
Tonight, their parents will not care about them.
This is a rare moment.
In the hall, the drunken crowd began to boo. I don’t know who first suggested that the two protagonists of this battle kiss passionately on the spot, causing Caroline to blush.
"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!"
The officers below cheered loudly over and over again, gradually turning into a unified slogan. Caroline couldn't resist, and kissed Rhode with her bare face in public, and the officers from Black Hammer Fort and Heidelberg suddenly burst into warm cheers.
De grabbed Caroline's face and kissed her small pink lips wildly, pushing the atmosphere on the court to a climax.
The soldiers knocked on the wine glasses and shouted enthusiastically. After a moment, Rhodes let go of Caroline, but when he turned around, he saw the priestess in the corner... Lyanna didn't know when she came in, and now, she
He was about to leave with a gloomy look on his face. Rhodes could see that expression - loss, melancholy and a bit of pain. He had read this emotion before, but today was obviously not the time to be sad. Lyanna would do
Needless to say, Rhodes had already guessed something like this.
I don't know why, but after seeing Lyanna's sad eyes, Rhodes also felt a little uncomfortable. It was as if the priestess was a thorn in his heart. Rhodes didn't know how to tell her, so he could only treat it as
I don’t know, but I continued to laugh and drink and chat with everyone.
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Ormond sat on the bow of the boat, the sound of oars rising and falling, and the distant towns gradually revealed their vague outlines in the morning light. This was not his first time in Kislev, but it was his first time in Blackhammer Castle.
.
As an imperial diplomat, Ormond's purpose in coming to Blackhammer Castle this time was very clear, which was to discuss cooperation with the Lord of Blackhammer Castle. News of the victory in the Northern Campaign not only spread in Kislev;
The old neighbor of the Empire - the imperial province of Oster - spread the news. As an empire that prides itself on being a firearms power, when it was heard that the Kislevites on the border actually used high-tech artillery to defeat the Norscans who were several times more numerous than themselves.
The army was naturally interested in this mysterious rapid-fire cannon. Oldman was ordered by the mayor to come to Blackhammer Castle to find out what was going on, and if possible, buy this technology.
The official merchant ships sailed through the Kislev Bay into the Blackhammer Castle dock. Before coming to Blackhammer Castle, Oldman imagined what this small border castle looked like. It should have the same characteristics as other small northern castles.
A simple city wall, a simple small dock, with hundreds or one or two thousand people. The soldiers stood listlessly on the city wall, and there were only a few people inside the castle.
However, when the May Rose sailed into the outer port area of the Winter Spring River, Oldman and his assistants could not help but be stunned by what they saw. Large stone houses stood neatly in the plain area between the coastline and the inner city.
It is almost endless as far as the eye can see. Neat streets continue to pass through the middle of the city, with carriages and people coming and going, making it extremely lively.
He originally thought that the May Rose was the largest ship in the entire port. However, when this official merchant ship representing Baker City sailed into the outer port area, Oldman saw two larger ships docked at the pier not far away.
His own ship also includes a huge foreign merchant ship. One of the merchant ships has the unique merchant guild logo of the Tilea region painted on it. The other one looks like a dwarf ocean-going merchant ship.
The May Rose sails upstream and continues to the deep-water dock. On both sides of the river, there are neat trade avenues. The houses near the river on the outside are at least three stories above. With the trade avenue as the central axis, there are many small streets extending.
Without exception, these roads are all paved with gravel, not the imagined dirt roads.
On the entire commercial road, there were people coming and going. There were people in various costumes. Some of them seemed to be businessmen from southern Tilea, and some were dwarves, but I couldn't tell where they were.
There are also some, even people from the Arabi area. Their busy figures and the neat and wide commercial streets together form a picture of a prosperous and upbeat city. It is hard to imagine that this is a small border castle.
Its size is almost comparable to that of a small city. Moreover, ordinary small cities are not as clean and hygienic as it.
"Sir, are we not in the wrong place?"
On the deck, the assistant on the side asked in surprise. Like Ormond, the assistant also looked around in surprise. He originally thought that he would go to a barren land for negotiations and would stay in the savage territory for at least half a month. It would be a period of time.
A painful journey. But at this moment, it seems that not only is this a barren land or a place where savages live, but it is actually more civilized than the empire in some places...
"According to the marks on the map, we are not in the wrong place. Damn it, those private businessmen, they have been here before, why don't they tell the truth?"
Ormond said with some annoyance.
"They seemed to have said it...but no one believed it..."
The young assistant answered.
"Well, it seems that this Rhodes has some abilities."
"Then shall we proceed as originally planned?"
Ormond's assistant asked.
"Nonsense, of course, according to the original plan. No matter how prosperous Blackhammer Castle is, it is just a small town. Mrs. Kislev is short of money, and even if Rhodes is an alien, he is still a Mrs. Kislev. The gold we brought is
It's an amount that he can't even imagine in his life. It's impossible for him not to cooperate with us and stick to the original plan."
Ormond said as he walked to the ship's side deck and prepared to disembark. Not far away, dock workers had already set up their posture, preparing to welcome this imperial ship coming from afar.