Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 649: Problems at the Banquet
Although it was a banquet specially held to welcome Perfect, it seemed a bit boring overall.

At least for Perfecto's boredom.

The banquet process was still the same as in the past, and Perfect could even go through the entire process with his eyes closed.

How many steps do I take when someone introduces me? How many seconds do I smile, how many teeth do I show? How many people come up to introduce themselves, shake hands, or how many seconds do I need to stay for others to applaud...

It can only be said that with the development of society, when the entire society develops to a certain level of prosperity, this set of things will naturally form a fixed process.

Even a powerful nobleman like Perfecto was bound by this system.

She can't do whatever she wants, even though she can.

But she couldn't do that unless she wanted to see everyone's jaws drop.

The premise of doing whatever you want is that you can bear the consequences and that you really don’t care about the trouble it may cause.

Perfect could handle the consequences of following her own will, but she hated trouble, especially trouble she could have avoided.

So even though she felt very bored, she still handled the entire process of the banquet appropriately, and took her time to look at other people, examining their clothes and behavior, while also observing the details that she was concerned about in the banquet.

Judging from the people who were able to hang around in front of her at the banquet, their lives were basically still able to maintain a decent and glamorous appearance. And it was not the kind of decency and glamour that was just for show, but was within the scope allowed by their strength.

Although compared with the scenes that Perfectoct had seen during the prosperous period of Longton, it was already more than one level lower.

But judging from the brightness of these people's clothes and the workmanship and materials used, although their living standards have indeed declined, they still remain at a very luxurious level, or at a level commensurate with their social status.

For example, in the past, the skirts of noble ladies were made of precious velvet or satin, and were handmade by the most skilled tailors.

They still wore the finest natural fabrics in the North, rather than the synthetic fabrics that Perfectoct used to solve the clothing problems of ordinary people.

The fur he was wearing was of the best quality, and it was obvious that it was not old fur.

As for the men, the quality of their clothing declined less significantly. Their formal wear and other accessories were generally not much different from those during the Langton period.

This is actually easy to understand. After all, the face of the nobility lies in these clothes and jewelry. Jewelry can be passed down from ancestors, and the older the jewelry, the more valuable it is.

But clothes have to keep up with the trend and must be replaced frequently to ensure that you can stay at the forefront of fashion and not be called outdated.

Perfect once complained that Princess Anne's wardrobe contained clothes from seven years ago that she had never worn, but now her own wardrobe also contains clothes that she can hardly wear.

It's not that she is extravagant, but some of her clothes really don't need to be worn once a year.

And every time they must be maintained in the most decent and elegant state, which requires a lot of effort to maintain and care for these clothes, or simply make new ones.

Perfect was relatively frugal, and she developed some special alchemical tools to maintain these clothes, ensuring that they would not be damaged due to long-term storage, and at the same time, they did not need to be maintained at a high price. These small tools were taken by the frugal old housekeeper to produce and sell on a small scale in the upper circles of Chernoborg. The sales were very good at present, and they also supplemented the daily expenses of the lord's mansion to a certain extent.

So from a certain perspective, Perfect doesn't spend as much money on clothes and face as these people.

However, from the current perspective, at least in the upper class of Beloberg, basic necessary expenses are still within their affordability, which means that the local economy at least has a bottom line.

Relatively speaking, what truly reflects the consumption level of these people should be the catering level of the banquet.

Perfect could tell that today's banquet was carefully prepared, but the ingredients did reflect the current state of the empire.

The colorful exotic delicacies that once appeared on the table in Langton have basically disappeared, and the roasted peacock that can be seen at almost every banquet has been replaced by a huge turkey.

The variety of fruits was less than the fresh meat, and vegetables were even more scarce.

After all, meat can be obtained through hunting, and considering the size of the North, it is relatively not difficult to obtain.

At least relatively speaking, even the average wealthy citizen could have meat on the table once a week.

This information comes from Perfecto's visits to various towns and from reports from the Northern Civil Affairs Department. Overall, the data is credible.

But fruits and vegetables have become scarce.

Or relatively speaking, its scarcity is as common as meat appearing on the tables of ordinary people, so the situation can naturally be said to be obvious.

Although most ordinary people in the North currently rely on compressed biscuits to maintain their food and clothing, thanks to Perfect's efforts, at least vegetables and fruits can be seen on the market.

According to her original plan, each shelter should have a greenhouse where vegetables, fruits, and real grains can be grown to ensure the food supply of the shelter.

Although she has now solved the biggest problem of food supply by making compressed biscuits through alchemy, these greenhouses have not been destroyed or used for other purposes. They still play the function of providing food for the people in the shelter.

It’s just that relatively speaking, most ordinary people don’t consume these very much.

Almost all the shelters unanimously transported most of their output to the city in exchange for other daily necessities.

This cannot be said to be wrong, but in Perfecto's opinion, this has somewhat disrupted her original layout and plan and caused some problems.

At the very least, the greenhouses that were originally designed to meet the needs of everyone now show that there are insufficient numbers and cannot satisfy everyone, which is naturally a problem.

Even if the surrounding towns transported their output of vegetables, fruits, grains, etc. to the city, the amount of vegetables and fruits at the banquet welcoming her could still be described as scarce, which could at least explain some problems.

"It seems that the focus of the next stage will be agricultural issues. The current agricultural level in the North is really not enough." Perficot shook his head slightly, feeling that today's banquet was not in vain.

(End of this chapter)