The Death Knight of the Secret World

Chapter 72 0072. The Banquet

As a country established for thousands of years, the Kingdom of Loen also had strict rules and regulations for the nobles to hold banquets.

This is very different from the Intis on the west coast, because the romantic and unrestrained Intis can develop any large-scale event into a naked meeting.

Filming in the mourning hall at the funeral was weak. When Emperor Roselle was about to ascend the throne and be crowned king, there were many protests and marches in Intis.In one of them, the parade was halfway through, and because the weather was too hot, some people took off their clothes to breathe... Finally, it developed into a street multiplayer movement with hundreds of people participating.

Therefore, it is not a lie to say that the people of Intis are romantic and unrestrained!

On the other hand, the Loen people on the east coast are relatively rigid and conservative. Gentlemen and ladies seldom have the time to let loose.

Even at the banquet, Ruen was relatively conservative.Because of Loen's banquet, it even retained the meal sharing system hundreds of years ago.

As for Intis on the west coast, the [self-help mode] is more popular, which is the Western banquet form that Wu Bin often saw before crossing.This kind of banquet mode actually has a group of loyal fans in Loen, but most of these people are concentrated in the middle and lower classes.

If a few lords and viscounts hold a barbecue buffet party or something at home, then it’s actually not a big deal, but if you are a viscount or an earl planning such a large-scale event, it won’t take long for the entire aristocratic circle in Backlund to know about it ——The So-and-so family especially likes the set of inferior people.

On Ruen's side, as a great nobleman, if you hold a banquet at home and end up in [self-service mode], it's almost like entertaining foreign guests to eat at roadside food stalls—it's very out of class.

Because the decency of the nobility is purely supported by the sense of ritual, and the meaning of ritual is-spend money, it is a lot of money.

The funds you use for a large meal-sharing banquet can probably hold five to ten self-service banquets.

The biggest advantage of a self-service banquet is that it can save money.

What's more, all the aristocratic families who have been around for some years actually know an iron-clad fact-the self-help model was actually created by Intis's gang of scumbags hundreds of years ago.

It is said that probably because Intis people are enthusiastic and romantic, they are particularly keen on social activities such as banquets.And in the Northern Continent hundreds of years ago, the annual income of the nobles could not guarantee that they would hold banquets every now and then.

Then, the witty Intis thought of a compromise method, dividing the food and drinks used in a large banquet into several portions, inviting fewer people at one time, so that they could have more fun.

Even, the enthusiastic Intis people have automatically developed a [partner-style] banquet mode, that is, I will be in charge of leaving the venue, you will be in charge of bringing food, he will be in charge of bringing drinks, and finally bring all the servants from each family over. A few, and then——you can have a banquet.

It can be said that in order to hold more banquets, the people of Intis also racked their brains.

After all, the banquet is the most important social event for the Intis people. Intis has a history of thousands of years, and more than half of it happened at the banquet and was recorded.

You cheated on him, and he cheated on another person, another person had an affair with another person's wife, and other nonsense things like that, on Intis's side... It's not too much.

Even, the Intis people have spontaneously started to praise the [lover culture] after hundreds of years of practice.What marriage is marriage, love is love, what are [cultural phenomena] like white moonlight and red roses.

It's simply terrifying!
Huang Tao passively chose Intis's start, which is also very... But the good news is that he seems to be adapting well there.

Different from the shameless and shameless style of Intis, the banquets of the Loen nobles are generally divided into meals.

The meal sharing system is quite ancient, and even has some traces of tribal culture.For example, now Beomie has to stand behind Ms. Sura serving her wine and handling the ingredients.

Today's main dish is a large roasted bull that is charred on the outside and tender on the inside. Beomi made a rough estimate. Even the bones and meat weigh at least five or six hundred kilograms.

Then, as the host, Mr. Beckman solemnly handed over a strange-shaped knife to the butler, and asked the butler to preside over the meat dividing ceremony.

Of course, the best meat should be enjoyed first by the most distinguished guests, so Count Louis, the guest of honor, was given a beef tongue.

Then beef tenderloin, beef shank, beef brisket, and beef ribs in turn... Beomi was taken aback for a while.

Isn't this based on meat quality?

As a guest of honor, Ms. Sura was assigned a front leg of a cow.

Fortunately, after the whole roasted beef was divided, the subsequent process was not so strange. Various vegetables, fruits, pasta, and pasta were brought up by the maids wave after wave.

However, the people of Loen don't know why they don't like seafood. It's a pity that the big lobster that Beomi was looking forward to didn't show up.

There are actually many famous drinks in the Loen Kingdom, but the drinks and drinks at the noble banquets will not even be served until halfway through the meal.I don't know why there is such a tradition. If you are in Intis, you will probably be able to get you a lot of drinks to moisten your throat before you start eating.

And after the meat dividing ceremony is over, there will be these banquets similar to [Flowing Water Feast]. Why is it called a Flowing Water Feast?
Because the following dishes are really unlimited supply, whether it is all kinds of meat or pastries, whether it is fruit or seafood.

It was served one after another, and it was divided into several routines. It is said that the routines of serving food in each big noble's house are different.

What are the first four (vegetarian) and the last eight (meat), what are the seven (birds) and eight (beasts), what are the five lakes (freshwater fish) and the four seas (seafood).

There are many routines, and each routine has a set of special etiquette, and even the tableware has to be changed.

The more powerful the nobles are, the more dishes are served at the banquet, and the viscount treats guests with a hundred dishes as a base.And if the earl treats guests, then at least three hundred will start.If the duke holds a big banquet, he only needs to ensure that it does not exceed a thousand dishes, because the banquet specification of more than a thousand dishes belongs to the king.

Well, the grand duke of the Lincoln family in the south was convicted of several important crimes of [rebellion] by the Kingdom of Loen. Among them, the number of dishes for a certain banquet of the Duke of Lincoln exceeded a thousand dishes-this was regarded as contempt Kingship is a challenge to the Augustus family.

From this, it can be seen that the banquets at Ruen's side are really not something that can be enjoyed frequently, and it is possible for a banquet to eat up less than half a year's income.If you do it a few times, you will definitely go bankrupt.

The rules of the Loen people are indeed very big!

The traverser Beomi was not used to this kind of extravagant and wasteful behavior at first, but he felt really delicious after eating it for a while.

After about two or three rounds of all kinds of food, the guests are almost full, and they have drunk a lot of drinks.At this time, with the sound of music, the atmosphere of the whole banquet suddenly became lively.

The guests who were sitting, eating and drinking stood up one after another, looking for acquaintances with wine glasses, or friends they hoped to meet, and started chatting.

And the highlight of this dinner welcoming new members has just begun.

That's when the bosses started toasting one by one, which was similar to the hospitable Shandong in Beomi's previous life.

But a little different is that the toast does not start from a small qualification, but from a big boss.On such a grand occasion, it is an honor to be able to go out for a year to have a drink with the nobles.

However, the reason why the boss is a boss is because he is reserved.It is impossible to have a drink with everyone. Generally, you can have a drink with the Earl. At least you must be a Baron. The Lord is not even qualified as a background board. At most, the boss and the person who wants to drink have finished drinking. When everyone's having a drink, it's nice if you can get up and follow along.

A few prominent bigwigs just started to circle around. Anyway, the vast area is full of people. Apart from having a drink and chatting with a few acquaintances, the bigwigs will not take care of everyone.

The bosses basically do laps separately, and even some bosses will leave after finishing the laps - this is the privilege of the bosses.

For example, Mr. Mayor took the heads of several municipal departments and beat them one by one before leaving.

Also, several church members who came to congratulate also chose to leave after drinking for a while.

Of course, there are those who choose not to leave.For example, Earl Louis seemed a little drunk now, and was chatting with some old friends with the support of Romeo, the elder brother of the Pei family.

And the father of Miss Justice, the slightly fat Earl Hall, also had a glass of red wine and chatted with several members of the council.

If it is the busiest tonight, it must be the freshly baked Mr. Viscount Beckman, who is still in circles.

Generally speaking, those who can drink with the viscount must at least have a title, that is, the noble goalkeeper of the lord.However, because today is a welcome party for the Beckman family to join the higher-level circle, and it also has the meaning of saying goodbye to the past circle, so—he had a drink with almost all the guests.

And as soon as the circle toast started, Beomie realized something was wrong.

Because there was no part of Ms. Sura's toast—that's right, although the Loen Kingdom didn't learn the warm and romantic atmosphere of the Intis people, the Loen people still pay more attention to [gentlemanly demeanor].

It is indeed unreasonable to ask a widowed countess to toast and circle around.

According to tradition, after the bosses toast, there is actually a link for the following people to return their respects.But this tradition has not been strictly enforced in the past few hundred years—and only those who are only one or two levels away can rely on their familiarity or personal relationship to get close to the big boss and flatter them.

The disparity in status and status is too great, and he was not even qualified to flatter him in the past.

Although it was a banquet for hundreds of people, which of the big bosses brought several butlers and dozens of bodyguards, how could they easily let the idlers get close to these big nobles?

From this, in fact, we can vaguely see the xenophobia in the circle of nobles.

The noble hierarchy system is indeed a cold model with strict hierarchy.

Originally, Sura, as a future countess, is also one of the leaders of the Sweepers organization. In fact, some low-level nobles or government officials will come to toast.

However, whether it was intentional or unintentional, the butler and bodyguard of Earl Louis also helped Su La stop many people who wanted to come over.

According to seniority, this Earl Louis might even call Ms. Sulla [cousin].As the Countess of the Countess of Birmingham, Sura will naturally be well protected by people from the royal family.

After all, Ms. Su La is currently a widow, and a lot of people want to use her to achieve class leaps.

For example...a certain punisher!
(End of this chapter)