You call this the god of etiquette?

Chapter 121

The River Vere originates from the Carron Mountains in the northwest of the North Territory.

It extends southward, through "Belstad", and finally flows into the gentle evergreen plains.

The Our River in the afternoon is like a quiet blue ribbon.

The sun shines on the river, shining with golden light.

The Our River is the most important water source of "Belstad".

It is said that the first immigrants of "Belstad" were landless farmers from "Slim", a large city in the center of the Evergreen Plain.

After losing their last piece of land, they were unwilling to become tenants of landlords and took the initiative to head north to open up wasteland.

Although the historical data on the early days of the establishment of the "Kingdom of Spruit" are not complete, and are basically in the hands of Symmetra, one thing is known to everyone.

That is, the entire kingdom originated from the evergreen plains with abundant water, suitable climate, and flat and fertile land.

The rest of the land was developed by groups of immigrants who left their hometowns and the Evergreen Plains for various reasons.

Considering that the dialect of "Belstad" is very similar to the dialect of "Slim", the customs of the two places are also highly overlapped.

Therefore, it is basically a recognized fact that the founders of "Key to the North" came from "Love of the Plains".

The Our River is the fundamental prerequisite for the immigrants to settle down and eventually develop and create a kingdom's granary called "Belstad".

The Our River, which meanders through the vast land, is the common mother of all "Belstad" people.

On both sides of the river, canals crisscross each other, like blood vessels on the earth, guiding the fertile water resources to countless wheat fields in the distance.

In order to facilitate people's walking and water collection, no wheat fields were left on the banks of the river.

They are occupied by lush green trees and flowers, and their fragrant scent fills the air.

The gentle breeze brings bursts of fresh fragrance, making people feel like they are in a fairyland.

There is no doubt that the Our River is the most livable area in Belstad.

Carefully designed and decorated pastoral villas are arranged accordingly.

All the city's dignitaries and dignitaries live here.

At the end of the endless buildings on the east bank of the Our River, a towering castle overlooks the Our River and everything around it.

The outer walls of the castle are covered with dense ivy, but they still cannot cover up the unique pale golden wall paint.

The whole building shone softly under the sunlight, like gold soaked in it.

The castle consists of several towers, each with unique shapes and detailed carvings.

The tallest tower is the main building.

It is nearly 50 meters high and has a huge golden wheat plant carved on its outer wall.

Looking from the nearby annex building, one can even clearly see the distinct ears of wheat.

And in this afternoon.

The second floor of the easternmost annex building of the castle was hosting a banquet for many wealthy businessmen of "Belstad" who were willing to spend a lot of money to get a chance to enter.

Walking up the stone stairs from the first floor, you can see a decorative painting made of golden wheat ears woven on light yellow velvet hanging above the entrance to the second floor.

Entering the banquet hall through the transparent glass door, everything suddenly becomes clear.

The entire banquet hall is divided into several areas by simple and majestic marble pillars, and the interior decoration is extremely luxurious.The floors are made from rootstock brought from the Delaware Forest.

There is a huge mural on the ceiling, in which a golden wheat field is inlaid with gold.

In the center of the hall are four rounded anvil wood tables, each of which can seat about ten people.

The tabletops of the dining tables are covered with exquisite gold thread tablecloths decorated with antique patterns.

Rows of gorgeous and comfortable spare seats were placed on both sides of the hall. Like the seats at the dining table, the backs of the chairs were decorated with golden silk.

Jorvik has long been accustomed to the luxury of the "Banquet Hall", so he did not pay attention to any decorations in the hall.

For him, the priest of the "Golden Mother", the god of fertility, he had seen more luxurious scenes countless times.

To be honest, the style of a "tasting session" like today's is far from satisfactory.

The main purpose is to give those who have not yet been able to establish a relationship with "Plump Wheat" a stage to express themselves and compete for contributions.

The tasting session is a core initiation step for all non-believers who want to join the Church of the Full Wheat that rules "Belstad".

Even if you have become a believer of the "Golden Mother", if you want to go a step further and become a priest, or at least become an active believer who makes the priests feel good and leave an impression, you need to regularly participate in high-level tastings meeting.

Tasting events of different specifications are obviously different in terms of banquet size, banquet location, and participant level, but the process format of the banquet itself is similar.

Generally speaking, there will be a total of five tables, corresponding to five types of guests: guests randomly selected from the application pool of commoners, guests randomly selected from the application pool of believers, nobles of the city and kingdom, and guests of each church. Clergy, nobles, and persons recommended by the clergy.

Of course, in most places in the "Kingdom of Spruit", the boundaries between nobles and clergy are relatively blurred. In the end, it is often the person involved who decides which identity will serve as the main title to attend the banquet.

After the tasting begins, the waiter will deliver several dishes to the guests at each table.

Guests who are not clergy and nobles need to write their evaluation on the form received before entering the banquet hall every time they finish a dish.

After tasting all the dishes, those guests also need to rank each dish and fill in the relevant content.

When the tasting is over, all filled-in forms will be collected and handed over to the highest-ranking full-ear clergy who participated in the tasting.

This process may seem similar to the examinations of various colleges, but it is actually very different in nature.

First, not everyone who attends a tasting needs to fill out a form.

Secondly, there is no standard answer to the “Answer Form” of the tasting session itself.

Whether the answerer can win the favor of the evaluator and be granted the qualification to become a believer by virtue of his or her answer depends entirely on the subjective judgment of the evaluator.

In other words, even if the respondent's opinion is completely consistent with that of the judging cleric, as long as the cleric does not approve of the respondent for various possible reasons, the respondent will be in vain.

You can only wait silently to be drawn next time or spend a lot of money to get a chance to be recommended.

At a modest banquet such as the present one, the clergy and nobles' tables would be combined into one, and one person would be present symbolically, usually a Belstad agricultural officer.

However, at today's banquet, at the most distinguished table where the clergy and nobles were combined, four people appeared for the first time.

Among them, the person sitting in the main seat, enjoying the attention of the whole audience, is the absolute big shot of "Belstad", the Chief of Urban Agriculture, Sean Chapman.

At this moment, he was chatting with Jorvik, who was sitting upright.

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(End of this chapter)