Chapter 33 Grilled Oysters
"Very good. I can't wait to see those silver treasures. With them, I can arm an invincible knight order. Then let's see if my useless brother still dares to be so arrogant." As he spoke, Viscount Lanny had already let himself go and began to twist his fat body. The circles of fat rose and fell like waves as he twisted his body.
"By the way, Tabi, there must be enough guards over there, and nothing can happen. Let's arrange for Ute to go when we escort the minerals."
"Yes, Lord Viscount," Tabby agreed quickly. Lanny's emphasis on this matter also put a lot of pressure on Tabby. Now that he heard that Utt would be responsible for the escort, he felt a lot more relieved.
Ute is the only vassal baron under Viscount Lanny. He is a high-level bronze title knight and is the strongest person in Viscount Lanny's territory.
"What's going on with my useless brother?"
Lanny is the second son of Count Yolande Cowan. He has an older brother, but they have different fathers and different mothers. His brother's biological mother died of illness in her early years. Later, Yolande married a second wife, and Lanny was born to Yolande's second wife.
Ever since Lanny was born, he has been deeply loved by Yolande. With the help of his mother's persuasion, Lanny was made a viscount when he was only in his early 20s. His territory was the only place nearby with abundant coal mines. If it were not for the noble inheritance system, Lanny would have replaced his brother and become the next earl of the Cowan family.
Although Lanny has become a viscount now, he has not given up the idea of attacking the earl position. He has been working hard to develop, waiting to get rid of his brother who has the right of inheritance just because he was born earlier than him.
Although Lanny's brother was not as loved by the Earl as Lanny, the Earl had always trained him as his heir and delegated a lot of power in the territory, so the two brothers were always evenly matched in their fights.
The reason why Lanny attaches so much importance to this mine this time is partly because of the economic value of the mine itself and partly because of the material value of the mine.
"Your Excellency, Viscount, the spies report back every week and there is nothing unusual." Tabby shook his head to indicate that there was nothing unusual.
"Very good. Now you have to keep a close eye on that batch of ore and keep the information confidential."
"Yes, sir."
"Okay, go down and call my baby in!" Lanny waved his hand, signaling Tabby that he could leave. When Tabby left the room, a seductively dressed woman walked in, her face full of resentment, very touching.
Seeing the woman like this, Lanny immediately took two steps forward, opened his arms, and said sweetly to the woman: "My dear, I'm sorry to have wronged you, but we were just talking about business. If you don't avoid it, Tabby will tell my mother."
"Hmph, oh my, Lord Viscount, you are so bad... Lord Viscount, don't..." The woman was held in Lanny's arms, and Benny began to touch her. The woman cried out from time to time, but Lanny didn't see that there was an inexplicable light flashing in the eyes of this charming woman.
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After Gervis and his companions finished discussing the strategy, Gervis went to the kitchen and prepared to start making his wine and minced garlic.
When Thomas knew Gervais was going to the kitchen to make some wine and grilled oysters, he objected.
He kept nagging in Gervis's ear, saying that as a noble he was not allowed to enter the kitchen, let alone do things that only servants would do, as this would undermine the dignity of Baron Gervis.
Gervis couldn't stand his nagging anymore, so he had to use his trump card. Gervis told Thomas that he had planned to make Thomas the castle's steward, and if Thomas continued to nag, he would give up the idea.
After hearing this, Thomas immediately shut up without saying another word. He just diligently helped Gervis wash the grapes and the pottery jars.
Thomas's nagging was solved by Gervais, but Jimmy's situation could not be solved by Gervais.
When Gervis walked into the kitchen, Jimmy was very happy, thinking that the Baron was here to inspect the work. But when Gervis said that he wanted to personally make some kind of wine he had never heard of, as well as grilled oysters, Jimmy's face immediately fell, like an eggplant hit by frost, and it wilted all of a sudden.
Looking at Jimmy who looked like he wanted to cry but had no tears, Gervis wanted to explain a few words and told Jimmy that these were all experiments and he would give them to him once they were completed.
But Jimmy just wouldn't listen, and finally Gervais had to use a stern tone to tell Jimmy to pay attention to every step and not to be distracted.
The reason why Gervis wanted to do it himself instead of teaching Jimmy to do it was because he was afraid that if he didn't do it himself, the result would be wrong and he wouldn't be able to find the reason.
Especially when it comes to wine, he is only good at it on paper, so for the sake of his own gold coin business, Gervis has to work in the kitchen as a noble lord.
Fortunately, with the help of Thomas and Jimmy, the work of making wine was completed quickly. The crushed grapes and the necessary ingredients such as sugar were all put into the ceramic jar. When it was half full, Gervis sealed the jar.
The next step is to make grilled oysters with garlic, which is much simpler. Gervis is quite experienced and often cooked it at home when he was on Earth. Although the seasonings in this world are different from those on Earth, Jimmy, who came from Earl's Castle, had already prepared a lot of seasonings from this world. Gervis tasted them one by one and picked out the similar ingredients.
With the right ingredients, Gervis quickly prepared the garlic paste.
"Thomas, is the grill set up?" When Gervis came to the lobby, Thomas was busy in the lobby with Johnny. Another servant was taking care of Ike, so now Thomas could only order Johnny around.
When Thomas saw his master coming out, he immediately came up to Gervis and led him to the center of the vestibule.
"Sir, it's already been set up. Please take a look and see if it's the same as you said." Thomas said, pointing to a small platform in front as if he was presenting a treasure.
"That's right, Thomas." Gervis looked closer and saw that a small platform had been built on the open space. The platform was just waist-high, similar to the grills at the barbecue stalls in his previous life.
The only difference is that the grill in front of you is made of bricks, and the iron bars of the grill are made of the window fences of the castle.
Because of what happened last night, Thomas went to the town today and asked a blacksmith to make a lot of iron bars. He replaced all the window fences in the castle. There were a lot of iron bars left, so under Gervis's instructions, he took a few of them to make a grill.
"Now let me show you my exclusive secret method!" After saying that, Gervis took the cleaned oysters from Jimmy and started grilling them.
"What is this, Lord Baron?"
"I don't know, maybe he's baking something?"
"Wow, it smells so good, can you smell it? What is this smell? I have never smelled it before."
"Pah, of course you haven't smelled it. Didn't you see that the Baron made it himself? I guess that thing is very precious, and the Baron was reluctant to let Chef Jimmy make it."
"It smells so good. I just thought about it when I smelled it. I wonder what it tastes like. It would be great if I could have a bite!"
"Hush, do you want to die? Do we think we can take possession of the Baron's things? If someone hears you and the Baron knows about it, you will be sent to the gallows."
Gervis was grilling his oysters with great concentration. The oil dripping from the oysters, mixed with various seasonings, was instantly evaporated by the charcoal fire, and the light smoke was blown everywhere by the breeze. After smelling it, several guards standing on the castle drooled and began to look at Gervis's location frequently.
"Jimmy, did you see it clearly? Control the heat well and add these spices last. This way it will be delicious and look good." After completing the last step, Gervis asked Jimmy, who was staring at him.
"My Lord, look carefully." At first, Jimmy was filled with fear and disappointment, because he thought that Lord Gervis didn't like the food he cooked, so he went to the kitchen to cook it himself. He might be kicked out of the castle soon.
After all, no noble lord would cook by himself, and some nobles have never even been to the kitchen.
But when Gervis finished cooking the 'weed', Jimmy thought that maybe Lord Gervis was really doing some experiment. After all, people would not eat the 'weed' even after adding spices and cooking it.
But now, Jimmy's three views have been somewhat damaged. Although he was just roasting 'weeds' and shells together, as a cook, Jimmy could smell that the combination of 'weeds' and shells must taste good. Even he had the urge to taste it right away. While watching Gervis roasting it, he swallowed his saliva countless times.
"Very good, now you try grilling some." Gervis took the ten oysters he had grilled and sat on the chair that had been prepared nearby, motioning Jimmy to stand in front of the grill and start grilling.
Jimmy did not back down. He was also interested in the grilled oysters made by his lord baron, so he started grilling them according to the order he had just watched Gervis do.
Jimmy is indeed a professional chef. Although it was his first time to grill oysters, his control of the heat and the technique of spreading the ingredients were many times more professional than Gervis's.
Gervis was a little ashamed, it seemed like he was a fake who met the real one, and it was all because of his arrogant instruction just now that he was the one who was beaten. Since Jimmy's level was so high, Gervis no longer paid attention to him and prepared to start eating the grilled oysters in his hand.
"Oh, a long-missed taste." Gervis picked up an oyster and began to taste it. The first bite made Gervis feel as if he was in another world.
He thought he would never taste this flavor again in his life, but he didn't expect that just over a month later, he would find this otherworldly version of grilled oysters.
(End of this chapter)
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