When night fell, Wu Qingchen sat in the castle restaurant. Zilu Pavilion om
The dinner party is about to begin.
Regardless of the earth's feudal society or the medieval world, banquets are undoubtedly occasions that pay attention to etiquette.
An important form of etiquette is hierarchical treatment.
For example, when Wu Qingchen eats during the trip:
The attendants had bowls, but the captives had no bowls;
The entourage can gather around the table, the captives stand far away;
The serf has two bowls and eats standing up;
Police officers, messengers, and cowherd helpers have three bowls, which they eat while squatting;
Grace, Runcorn has four bowls, sits on random stones and eats;
Wu Qingchen had five bowls and sat on the flattest stone to eat.
Whether there are bowls or not, if there are bowls, how many bowls; if there is no place, where to sit if there is a place; A person's position in the organization.
The location arrangement in the castle restaurant is undoubtedly the same idea:
His Excellency Baron Ackford undoubtedly occupied the front seat of the table.
On the left and right sides of him are the baroness and the eldest son of the baron.
Next is the chief of the Akford collar and the captain of the Ackerford collar, the two civil and military chiefs.
Next, it was the turn of the heads of the three core areas of agriculture officer, forestry officer, and horse officer.
Then there are second-line officials such as the head of the servants, the head of the big village, and the herald, as well as the second and third sons of the baron.
Further back, near the end, low-level officials such as Garruza, Basser, Makur, and the Dog Officer crowded together.
As for the low-level attendants such as Hilbert, the messenger, and Xiaozhuangtou, there is no place for them at all, and they can only stand by the dining table and serve as the background.
They're not even the lowest grade in a restaurant.
At the edge of the dining room, at the farthest point from Baron Ackford, five low-class people knelt in a row against the wall.
They are the cowherd and the eldest son of the cowherd who were picked up by the messenger when the agricultural officer and the forest officer were recalled to the castle, and the job of "testing the beehive" that they have worked so hard to win. They are working hard towards this once-in-a-lifetime Three fathers and sons struggling for the number of craftsmen.
Wu Qingchen's position is in the third sequence, next to the agricultural officer, forestry officer, and horse officer. [Zero↑Nine△Small↓Shuo△Net]
Obviously, Wu Qingchen's position is quite high. —Looking forward, he is second only to civil and military chiefs such as the general manager and captain of the guard. Looking back, he is superior to the second and third sons of the baron.
Theoretically speaking, Wu Qingchen's current seat is a bit overstepped - it would be a perfect match for Priest Praia - but none of the more than 20 people present expressed dissatisfaction.
First of all, this is the seat designated by His Excellency the Baron himself, and no fool is willing to make His Excellency the Baron suffer for such a trivial matter.
Second, Wu Qingchen is not a permanent resident of Fort Ackerford, but also holds the positions of "beekeeper" and "clergyman", straddling the two major systems of the territory and the church, which is a little out of line, but not too much.
Third, regardless of the above two points, the good news just sent by Wu Qingchen/Ross, the treatment of cattle, the movement of honeycombs, and the intervention of grouping, as long as these three points have half the effects described in the letter, can make the entire Ackford Receive at least a 20% increase in production!
Increase production by 20%! If even the achievements of Wu Qingchen/Loth are not worthy of the current seat, shouldn't the other officials present all roll to the wall and kneel in a row with the five inferior people
After taking his seat and before serving the meal, Baron Ackford briefly introduced his wife, eldest son, chief steward and chief guard to Wu Qingchen.
Wu Qingchen stood up and bowed one by one.
Next, the agricultural officer who had contact with Wu Qingchen began to introduce other officials to Wu Qingchen.
According to Pastor Praia's teaching, Wu Qingchen stood up again when he was introduced to the forest officer and the horse officer, and nodded to each other with the two heads of the core department.
Next, Wu Qingchen sat back in his seat and began to accept the bows of other officials, including the baron's second and third sons.
At this moment, nominally speaking, the entire Akford Territory, not counting the relative independence, nor the few knights who came, Wu Qingchen's status has already ranked with the agricultural officer, forestry officer, horse officer and others. Arrived in a tie for sixth place.
The officials who ranked below Wu Qingchen didn't mind.
Even, every official is very sincere when bowing, and is also very enthusiastic when chatting. Among the people who can sit here, who doesn't have a few cattle that need medical insurance, and who doesn't need a few pieces of land that need honeycomb production
—Even if their oxen are healthy and the allotment yields a lot, but as the servant said to the footman: who has few poor relatives
With such thoughts in mind, the topics of conversation of all people, of course, closely revolve around farming, beehives, and grouping.
Of course, there is the more important "turning taxes into fees".
Agriculture, forestry, horses, water, guards, attendants, Zhuangtou
There are nearly ten positions in all kinds of places, and even the "dog" has a special person in charge. In terms of the feudal manor economy with agriculture as the core, the management of Fort Ackford seems to have been set up quite well, but it is not as stable and mature as it really is. Fort Ackford lacked a vital position compared to the regime of the 19th century: the tax collector.
Tax officer, this position is so important, it is related to the connection between all upper and lower levels, and the balance of all income and expenditure.
Because this position is so important, Akford leader dare not hand over such a lifeline to a single subordinate.
Instead, he chose to distribute its responsibilities to all the officials present.
As the ruling core of the 13 villages, the busiest and most important job of all the officials here is to collect taxes. When it is time to collect taxes, no matter what aspects of the content you are usually responsible for, you have to put them down and rush to the Lord Baron for distribution. Villages, go all out to complete the tax collection work.
Any one here could talk for a day and a night about the troubles, difficulties, pains, and dangers encountered in collecting taxes.
Because of this, upon hearing the idea of "turning taxes into fees" mentioned by Wu Qingchen/Ross, the officials present who had already been tortured, immediately realized the great significance of this idea.
"There's no need to catch those damn rats in the middle of the night anymore!"
"Whether to hand over the wheat or not, let those bastards decide for themselves, so no one will stab me with a dung fork, right?"
"Are you allowed to temporarily owe the part, and pay it in the next year? Your Excellency, your teacher is really kind. Your Excellency Baron, I think we can try this one."
"There are still those who really can't hand over the honeycomb microphone"
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It can be seen from the enthusiastic discussion and the extremely excited expressions of the people that the idea of "turning taxes into fees" undoubtedly won the great favor of almost all the officials present.
While chatting eagerly with everyone, Wu Qingchen discovered the real benefits of the seat she was sitting in besides accepting the bow.
The light is getting dimmer.
There were more than a dozen lampstands hanging around the relatively open restaurant. Several low-level attendants came over and put beeswax into several lampstands near the baron's seat and lit them. The gradually darkened restaurant became bright again.
The positions of the baron, baroness, steward, and eldest son are clearly illuminated, and the position of Wu Qingchen is still in a relatively bright state of light, allowing others to see the expression on his face clearly.
A little further away, only a dark shadow can be seen.
Of course, the so-called welfare does not refer to this little light.
After answering another official's divergent thinking about "turning taxes into fees", a certain attendant standing at the door of the restaurant opened the wooden door, and there was a long line of mothers and aunts, carrying clay pots, silver plates, wooden barrels, and baskets Waiting for all kinds of utensils, they walked into the restaurant one after another.
"Oh? So cough so rich."
Looking at the number of nuns and aunts who walked into the restaurant, and the size of the containers in their hands, Baron Ackford was obviously taken aback.
"Well, that's fine."
After being stunned for a full two seconds, Ackford nodded approvingly to the attendant who led the restaurant into the restaurant: "Norton, you are determined, and you are well prepared."
"Your will."
The attendant bent slightly, bowed back to the baron's appreciation, and then made a false quotation in the direction of Wu Qingchen: "I hope our guest, His Excellency Ross/Moore, will like it."
Can you like it
I like you paralyzed!
Looking at the group of nuns who were still entering the restaurant to deliver meals, Wu Qingchen squeezed his fists hard.
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After a delay of two minutes or so.
Earth.
"I like your sister! Fuck you paralyzed!"
"Who is this bitch with the face of a eunuch?"
"Damn it! No matter how complete the plan is, it can't hide the brain damage!"
As the nanny's delivery group entered, several low-level attendants quickly opened the wooden box next to the dining room, dug out a large pile of plates, plates, knives, forks, and spoons, and began to distribute tableware to everyone.
There is etiquette in assigning seats, and of course there is etiquette in distributing tableware:
As the sixth-ranked senior official in Akford, Wu Qingchen's treatment is of course quite good.
A silver fork, a silver spoon, and a sharp knife. —Compared with the next level of iron tableware and the next level of wooden tableware, the grade is full.
Five bowls and eight saucers. —Compared to the four bowls and six dishes of the next level, and the two bowls and three dishes of the next level, the portion is full.
Portion full
Portion is full!
"Sure enough!" "Fucking!" "I'll fuck you up!"
Looking at the tableware that almost covered Wu Qingchen's face, countless earthlings roared angrily.
There is no other reason. Every earthling who watches the video at this moment can see it in the loop playback of the close-up screenshot in the upper right corner:
When Mammy delivered the meal, a flash appeared on Wu Qingchen's face, which lasted about half a second, mixed with expressions of astonishment, dullness, and constipation, and a small movement of touching the lower left corner of the robe involuntarily.
In that position, between Wu Qingchen's outer robe and inner robe, a special magic bag was sewn.
This magic bag is designed to hide the food of the banquet, and it can hold about four plates of food.
Even in the extreme state, it is absolutely impossible to hide so much weight at this moment.
When Wu Qingchen was astonished, the low-level attendants had already distributed the tableware, and the nuns began to share the meals.
This step is different from the meal sharing etiquette when Wu Qingchen eats on the road, when the upper class and the lower class are mixed together.
Although the identities are different, the people sitting around the dining table are all gentlemen. It would be too embarrassing if the officials at the top of the ranking started to eat while the officials at the bottom of the ranking had empty plates in front of them.
Therefore, when the nuns share meals, they start with the food that everyone has a share of.
The first dish is fruit: still steaming apples and pears.
"It's cooked, it's good if it's cooked! This is edible, hurry up and reduce the burden!"
"I used to think that cooking fruit in the Middle Ages was an idiot's behavior. I was wrong. Fruit should be fucking cooked!"
"There's no more heat, take a few bites and eat quickly, and watch the next dish"
Seeing the first dish of food, countless people on Earth breathed a sigh of relief.
The video continues to play.
Baron, Baroness, Baron's eldest son, steward, captain of the guard, agricultural officer
The meal-sharing mother came all the way, and the basket containing ripe fruits was quickly moved to Wu Qingchen's side.
Wu Qingchen picked up a silver plate and held it next to the basket.
The serving mother raised the spoon and was about to take out the fruit when suddenly a big hand came out from the side and directly reached into the basket. After flicking it left and right for a while, she finally picked out the two largest apples and the two largest pears.
Every time he picked up a piece of fruit, the agricultural officer put it in front of his eyes for a closer look, and took a breath before putting it full into the silver plate that Wu Qingchen was holding up in the air in a daze.
"It's hard to come here once, I'll help you choose"
After placing the last piece of fruit, the agricultural officer patted Wu Qingchen on the shoulder affectionately—by the way, he rubbed off the black mud from tossing the cattle in the afternoon—“Thanks to your help last time, I was not scolded by Your Excellency the Baron. I’ll give it to you too, don’t be shy, just eat.”