Chapter 90 Celebration Banquet
In the front yard where the sun doesn't shine, guards are already standing around the long table. Except for two guards on the city wall and one at the castle gate, the rest of the people have gathered in the field.
"Master Gervis." Nashen was also present at the moment. He was the only one at the table where Nashen was sitting. When Gervis walked over, Nashen quickly stood up and greeted him.
"Lord Nashen, the ice cubes are ready and you can taste them soon!" Gervis nodded to Nashen with a smile, then waved to the butler beside him. The butler immediately stepped forward and handed the tray to Gervis and Nashen. There were only two silver cups on the tray, which were prepared for Gervis and Nashen.
To be honest, Gervis wanted to show his respect to the soldiers and share the hardships with them, and drink the juice from a wooden cup like them. However, with the guest Nashen around, Gervis could not do that and could only drink from a silver cup.
Gervis and Nashen each took a glass of juice from the tray. Gervis nodded to Nashen and turned to look at the guards present. All the guards also got their own wooden cups of juice at this moment. They stood beside the long table with juice in their hands, looking at Gervis, waiting for Gervis's lecture.
"I have seen your bravery last night. To express my appreciation for you, you can eat as much as you want on the long table today. If you are short of food, there is more in the kitchen. Let us raise our glasses! Cheers to victory! May glory always be with us!!"
Gervis was not a talkative person, nor did he have any bureaucratic ideas. Under the scorching gazes of the guards, he simply said a few words, then raised the silver cup in his hand and cheered.
"Thank you, sir! May glory be with us!"
"Lord Shegvis, may glory be with us!"
The guards had been drooling over the food on the long table. Knowing that they would be able to eat soon, they were all excited and cheered. They all raised their wooden cups and shouted loudly.
There were a lot of food on the long table, including barbecue, mushroom stew, lobster, oysters, and crabs. These were delicacies that the guards rarely got to eat. Especially when cooked by the chef team led by Jimmy, these foods were all filled with fragrance, making people salivate at the mere smell.
After the guards shouted twice, they all took the cups and started drinking the juice in them.
"Huh?"
"It's so cold?"
"Really, there are ice cubes in it, and they're floating on top!"
"Oh my god, how could there be ice cubes? I actually ate ice cubes in the summer!"
After just one or two sips, the guards noticed something strange in the wooden cup. The slightly cool feeling was easy to detect in this hot summer, just like a firefly in the dark night, so clear.
Na Shen also took a sip of the drink with ice cubes at this moment, and his eyes lit up. He and Gervis had the highest status at the scene, so the amount of ice cubes was much more than that of the guards, and the taste was even better.
"What a miracle! Master Gervis, I can only now truly believe that you can actually make ice cubes in the summer!"
Nashen gulped down two more gulps before speaking to Gervis with satisfaction.
"Haha, it's just a coincidence. I also saw it in a travel book in the castle, otherwise I wouldn't know about this kind of mineral that can make ice!"
Gervis answered Nashen with a smile. He was not worried about attracting other people's attention because of his ability to make ice. There were many unsolved mysteries in this world. Even the space opened up by the golden elf worms contained many minerals that people were not familiar with. Therefore, Gervis did not need to be particularly cautious in this regard. He just needed to give an appropriate reason to justify himself.
Just like what Na Shen said this morning, the space opened up by the elf insects owned by the noble, maybe there is not only sea water in the space, but there is a new type of mineral in the space that people are not familiar with, but no one knows about it.
No one in this world dares to guarantee that he is omniscient and omnipotent, and the transportation here is inconvenient and the news is blocked. If there is no deliberate publicity, it will be impossible to spread this news throughout the principality within a year or two.
If this space opened up by Wall-E had not been obtained by Gervis but by other nobles, they could only cut the rocks and use them as building materials. However, when it was obtained by Gervis, a time traveler, it was used to make saltpeter, which could be used to make ice and gunpowder.
"Are you surprised? There are ice cubes in the drinks. I asked Chef Jimmy to put them in as a reward for you. You have to finish the drinks quickly, otherwise the ice cubes will be wasted when they melt!"
Gervis saw the guards standing and discussing one by one. Many of them even gulped down their drinks in one gulp, then took out the ice cubes and looked at them in their hands for a long time. Gervis was afraid that the ice cubes in their hands would melt into water before they could eat them, so he reminded them.
"Yes, Lord!"
The guards who were watching intently with ice cubes in their hands finally reacted after hearing what Gervis said and quickly stuffed the ice cubes into their mouths.
"Now everyone can sit down and enjoy the food on the long table!"
Seeing the way they ate, Gervis didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he didn't care about them. In his presence, these people's eating habits were already restrained, so he told them to sit down and start eating.
"Yes, Lord!"
The guards suddenly became excited and saluted quickly to Gervis, then rushed to take their seats one by one, raised their hands and began to grab the delicious food in the wooden basin.
The vestibule was suddenly filled with the noise of guards chewing food. Many guards even shouted “Delicious! Delicious!” while eating.
The sound even attracted the four guards on duty, who kept peeking over here and swallowing their saliva.
However, they also knew that they were on duty at the moment, so they just took a few peeks and dared not look anymore. They just observed the outside of the castle honestly.
Although the four guards on duty cannot enjoy delicious food now, food and drinks have been prepared for them separately. They will be able to eat after they finish their duty, and each of them will also receive a reward of 10 copper coins.
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"Master Gervis, the delicious food in your castle has completely conquered me. I am really worried about the food I will have to face in the manor when I return."
When the guards began to wolf down their food, Gervis and Nashen also started eating. After Nashen swallowed a grilled oyster, he felt extremely satisfied. He wiped his hands with a towel and sighed to Gervis.
"Lord Nashen, don't worry. I can tell you clearly that in the near future, such delicacies will appear in every corner of the Earldom!"
When Gervis heard Nashen's sigh, he wiped his hands with a towel, then smiled and comforted Nashen, saying that since he succeeded in making ice, he had the confidence to say this.
"Oh? Really? Master Gervis, are you planning to sell these seafood in the earldom?"
After hearing what Gervis said, Na Shen's eyes lit up. He had been completely conquered by the delicious food in the Vess Castle, especially the seafood called golden oysters, which was simply addictive.
"Yes, I believe that it won't be long before Lord Nashen will be able to eat such delicious golden oysters even in your manor!"
Gervis nodded affirmatively to Nashen.
"Besides, Lord Nashen, these golden oysters are good for men's health. You can eat more of them when the time comes! Haha!"
"Really? I see. I was wondering why I couldn't sleep well last night. It turns out it was because of the effect of eating these golden oysters!"
Na Shen's eyes widened suddenly, and then he suddenly realized and finally found out the reason why he couldn't sleep last night.
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Gervais was speechless in response to Nashin's honesty, but since Nashin believed that oysters had such a strong effect, Gervais was happy to see it.
Now that he had ice, and could get it at the cheapest price, Gervis put the seafood business that had been abandoned back on the agenda, and tied it to the cooking method he had already planned to use to make money from grilled oysters.
The two complement each other, and Gervais feels that he deserves to make a lot of money.
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