Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 45 44. How did I become an assistant again?
More than half an hour ago, the three of Bergt were still enduring the torment of the last act of the opera, while Alphonse encountered a difficult guest.The cause of the incident was the food in the restaurant, which quickly evolved the relationship between the two from some slightly biased arguments to mutual hostility.

After two full days of preparation, the Roshshuart restaurant officially moved the theme of "Mystery of the East" into the restaurant today, with the focus on western food and eastern stew.

Chef Alphonse combines a variety of oriental cooking and seasoning methods, with various ingredients commonly used in continental Europe, and presents a very innovative and fancy menu full of surprises【1】.

In other words, it is novel enough but not necessarily delicious.

A restaurant with such a price will naturally encounter bad reviews for such an experimental dish, and Alphonse has also made sufficient preparations in advance.

The theme sign has been hung at the door two days earlier, avoiding the evening rush hour, and specially set it after 10 o'clock, and declared that it is a new dish with unique taste, and the price will be reduced by [-]% during the trial opening period.

Each guest will get a dish score card before taking a seat, and they can score after the dishes they order.If you have specific comments on the taste, you can also sign and leave a message on the back of the card, and then put it into the chef’s message box before leaving the restaurant.

If the suggestion is adopted, Alphonse will also give more preferential treatment and VIP treatment.

Most of the people who can come to the restaurant today are regular customers who are willing to try new dishes.They love French cuisine, but they are not satisfied with traditional dishes. They know that it is not easy to create new dishes, and they are willing to explore the mysteries of food with their favorite chefs.

So they, like Alphonse, have prepared, even if the taste is strange, they will try it.

But after all, some uninformed people would enter the restaurant, order some strange dishes that they don't know the so-called, and then get angry after eating.

Although all the guests came, and he admitted it with a few words, but wouldn't it be too much to just slap the table and scold people?Alphonse also has his own temper, and it is inevitable that he will feel angry when the new dishes he has carefully cooked are said to be worthless.

The two hit it off like this.

As a former palace chef, Alphonse is in a bad mood now that he has lost his employer and is living in another country.In addition, the other party swears at each other and does not listen to any explanation, nor is he willing to accept any non-monetary compensation.

So this farce has been expanding since it started half an hour ago, until now it has evolved into a street brawl surrounded by crowds.

After all, this kind of situation rarely occurs in Vienna, which is full of artistic flavor, and is not as rich as a British gentleman with martial arts virtues.Moreover, the restaurant is not far from the police station, and there are patrol boxes around it. It only takes two sirens to attract a lot of police officers. It is reasonable to say that it will not develop to this point.

But if you walk into the crowd, you can see several policemen in black clothes. Obviously, maintaining law and order alone cannot solve the current situation.

The policemen all knew Alphonse, and they would occasionally come to the restaurant to eat some cheap food if their salary allowed.So when they asked, they would not start with this neighbor, but chose the short and thin man on the other side, hoping to settle the dispute as soon as possible.

"Sir, what happened?"

"I just evaluated tonight's dishes objectively. This should be the chef here, so he cursed me like crazy." The man smiled and looked around, "Is this how French restaurants receive guests? I It really opened my eyes!"

These words aroused the laughter of many people around, but Alphonse didn't seem to care, as if he wasn't the one arguing with him before: "Whatever you say, right and wrong can't be easily argued with your two lips Clear."

In just two sentences, he had already taken off his white chef's overalls and his chef's hat, and then began to slowly roll up his sleeves.

This attitude of not accepting and doing it made the man feel that something was wrong: "Don't you admit that there is something wrong with these dishes?"

"If you have any questions, you can ask other people who are dining at the same time."

Alphonse did not want to mention the process of the debate, but he still needed to defend his cooking skills: "Today is a new menu for trial operation, and it is common for the taste of the dishes to be unappetizing. I have already apologized to you , and is willing to give another [-]% off and compensate for a re-cooked main course. But the result? What did you say?"

"What did you say?" The patrolmen also started gossiping.

"I asked for a waiver." Li Ben was a little embarrassed, but he still felt that the request was not too much, "These things are really hard to swallow, especially the salted fish with some kind of sauce, it's too unappetizing .”

"The main course is bunting, which is much more expensive than salt mackerel."

"Huh? You didn't say that before!"

"I said it was expensive before, it's all because of the char siew sauce!"

"That's fine, I don't want to argue about this anymore." The man suddenly lost his temper, "You pay me the full compensation you promised just now, and forget about it."

"No, it doesn't count." Alphonse rolled up his sleeves. "It's useless to talk, sir. Even if you get everyone present, you can't solve our conflicts smoothly. Your words have offended me , unless you apologize. No! I do not accept any form of apology! I demand a duel with you!"

This sentence is like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, adding a bit of blood to the noisy street.

The onlookers and the customers who came to eat were not afraid of big things, and they were ready to eat a big melon with their stomachs open.But the patrolmen responsible for maintaining order did not dare to mess around: "Are you sure you want to ask this one, what's your name?"

"You may call me Lieben, Friedrich-Wilhelm von Lieben."【2】

"Oh, Mr. Liben." The patrolman repeated the question to Alphonse again, "Mr. Chef, are you sure you really want to challenge this honorable Mr. Liben to a duel? What is worth showing off, you must insist on it?"

"Yes! I insist!" Alphonse had already adjusted his state, his tone was completely opposite to that of before, "Now, immediately! Immediately!!!"

Seeing his impulsiveness, the patrolman quickly stopped him: "Mr. Chef, please exercise restraint!"

"Restraint? Please tell me how to maintain restraint!"

"Even if there is a duel, it has to be held at an optional time. It's true on the street."

"It can't be my fault, it's because his words are too despicable!" Alphonse twitched his cheeks, and his fat body arched two steps forward, "Since he entered the door and sat down, this guy has been insulting my restaurant, insulting My professionalism, an insult to my noble profession at the French court, to the applause of all!"

"I understand, I understand."

"No, you don't understand!" Alphonse said more and more excitedly, and the back of a person flashed in front of his eyes spontaneously, "His behavior is not 'noble' at all, and it is not worthy of the symbol of German nobility. The tree cutters who came to my place last time to eat and drink are better than him."

Suddenly, there was a crisp coughing sound behind him, but it was quickly drowned in the noise of the melon-eating crowd.

Alphonse calmed down a bit, and began to mention the "duel" just now: "In France, if someone offends others, the offended person is the victim. If the victim thinks that the offense can only be resolved by a duel, Then he has the right to demand a duel."

"But Mr. Alphonse, there are too many people here." The policeman tried his best to pour cold water on him, hoping to dampen his enthusiasm for dueling.

But Alphonse is an out-and-out Frenchman[3], and he resolutely followed his employer even when he went to the battlefield.He approved of dueling from the bottom of his heart, and once he said it, it was impossible to take it back: "If he was in France, he would have been chopped into pieces by me."

"But this is Vienna."

"Monsieur Alphonse, be careful."

"I'm French, and he's probably from somewhere north of Berlin, so he's not Austrian." Alphonse suddenly found an excuse and said with a smile, "If he was really a German nobleman, he probably wouldn't object to a fight with Swordsmanship to decide the outcome and a duel that is a matter of personal honor!"【4】

"Are you a Prussian?"

Li Ben couldn't help it. It's hard to change a person's accent: "Indeed, I'm from Berlin."

Since it's not Austrian, and it's a private duel, the police don't need to be so lenient.More importantly, both France and Germany have recently defeated Austria, and psychologically speaking, they don't want to be nosy.

Now that the surrounding atmosphere has reached its peak, there is really no need to refuse a feast that is full of aliens.

"In that case, please."

Dueling has a set of very strict and relatively fair rules of the game. The first and most basic thing is to have an assistant.Dueling without assistants is not allowed and has no legal effect, because it can only be regarded as a private fight.

A patrolman took the initiative to act as the referee: "Mr. Alphonse, do you have any assistant?"

"Yes!" Alphonse looked behind him, pointed at the crowd and said, "Mr. Carvey Hines, the assistant of Ignatz, a genius surgeon at the Municipal General Hospital."

If it was two days ago, or even just this morning, it would be an ordinary name that would not cause any disturbance.Even Ignatz's assistants are only assistants.

But now it was close to the zero o'clock of the next day, and people walking in the streets had already read the evening papers.Even though the report in the evening paper was pessimistic about the development of the Austrian surgical field, it still affirmed Karvey’s previous work, which also made him and Ignatz equally share the headlines.
This name has become the biggest hot spot nowadays, and it is even more interesting than fighting in the street between the French and Germans.

A young assistant under the age of 20 successfully rescued an operation that no one in Austria dared to perform, which is simply exciting.

Of course, this is also due to the various prefixes given by Alphonse. The labels of "name", "hospital" and "Ignatz's assistant" are all included. It is impossible to have a second Kawi like this in Austria.

Under the staring eyes, Carvey had to walk out of the crowd.

"You made me miserable"

"Isn't this great, it gives you a chance to show your face."

"I don't like being in the limelight."

Carvey is telling the truth, excessive praise will affect his concentration, which is a lesson he has learned from years of clinical work.Of course, people are very different. Some people just like to be praised, and the more they praise, the more energetic they are.

"Then why didn't you leave?" Alphonse asked back, "If you had left earlier, I might have chosen these patrolmen as my assistants."

"It's not because of those rabbit heads." Carvey sighed helplessly, "Of course, I'm also very interested in your wounds after the duel."

Alphonse smiled and welcomed him to join: "It's another rabbit head. If you help me complete this duel, I will give you as many rabbit heads as you want in the future, and I will never receive any compensation."

Carvey also laughed: "Is there a pig's head?"

Alphonse was very surprised, and replied: "Although there is indeed roast suckling pig in French cuisine, I don't have the habit of cooking a whole pig."

"That's fine, the rabbit's head is the rabbit's head, but you have to be responsible for delivering it."

"Where are you going?"

"my home."

"no problem."

Now the problem seems to come to Li Ben, who doesn't know anyone when he first arrives.But for him, not having an assistant has become an advantage: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chef, I came to Vienna alone, and I don't have any friends, so I don't have an assistant."

"Who wants to be the dueling assistant of this young German nobleman?" Alphonse would not let him go, and shouted directly, "Please be sure to think from his perspective, and any violations of dueling rules or accidents will not be punished." Allowed!"

"It's useless, Mr. Chef, just calling out an assistant on the street is a violation of the rules."

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted: "I am willing!"

No one would have thought that after the appearance of Carvey, a more famous and influential figure came into people's field of vision.Cane in hand and top hat on, he pushed his way through the crowd with the help of Bergett and Sarsson.

"It's Hans!"

"Oh, Hans Shriarty!"

"What holiday is it today? It's more exciting than the frontline battlefield where German scoundrels defeated the Danes!"

Hans walked up to Li Ben with a smile, and asked, "I should be able to. I'm German, but I was born in Hungary. I went to work in France for a while, and now I'm back in Austria."

Alphonse didn't wait for Li Ben to come back to his senses, and decided on the candidate: "No problem, if the assistant is a famous big shot, it's no problem."

"Really okay?"

"No problem, I will stand by your side." Hans said with a smile and playful, then turned and said to everyone, "Please support my friend Mr. Li Ben, he will definitely win this duel victory!"

The three people standing in the crowd had no idea that they were involved in a duel between France and Germany in a daze without finishing their meal.

But Bergert and the others didn't pay attention, and Hans, who had always been quiet, suddenly stood in the center of the field and became someone else's assistant.Because Carvey and Hans both entered the scene, Bergert and Sarsson, who were both "friends" of the two, were also forced to become witnesses. 【5】

Although the candidates for the assistant witnesses were all inappropriate, but considering that the duel was the product of a hasty decision, and the weapons were a pair of unsharp rapiers, the danger was not high, so everyone turned a blind eye.

Just watch the fun.

"The swords are equal in length, and the two take the sword."

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"Rule 6: The left hand cannot be used as a shield; Rule [-]: No other sharp weapons are allowed; Rule [-]: Fencing knots, handkerchiefs or ordinary gloves are allowed, but fencing gloves are not allowed [[-]]; Rule [-]: Once injured, you have the right Cry for help and the other side must stop attacking immediately, understand?"

"clear."

"Now I announce that the duel between Mr. Alphonse and Mr. Liben will begin now. Please note that this is a duel between gentlemen, so be sure to click until the end!"

(End of this chapter)