01.
By the lakeside of the frozen lake, the birds that were scared away by their fighting started chirping again.
This summer has come to an end.
A lot of things happened this summer, but in the end they all turned their impact to the positive.
He also did a lot of things this summer and gained a lot of results. It is not the result. There is a difference between the result and the result.
This summer he also met some people, forgot some people, and got closer to some people.
The ice empire Mülheim's social month, the Demon World shopping mall and its cultural products spread to the entire Mülheim country through this good opportunity. Now the major lords often come to Winter City to wholesale all kinds of canned snacks. It was a hard job to live in Winter City for a long time. It's a good job for me.
There are good movies, delicious food, and all kinds of novel gadgets... This has changed life fundamentally.
Regarding this, Ice Empress Claude couldn't laugh or cry.
Because of the particularity of the Ice Empire's Muelheim system, one of the main tasks of each generation of Ice Emperor is to balance the power of the king and the lord.
These lords are aloof in their respective territories and are used to domineering. Although this will not really cause double-mindedness, it is common to do some small tricks secretly.
One of the main methods used by the first generation of ice emperors to control the lords is to force their children to live in Winter City. Of course, it is called helping to train children, but it can actually be said to be hostages. The hostages had to be the heirs, but because of the weakness of the emperor later, other children were allowed as time passed. When it came to Claude's grandfather, those lords even sent illegitimate children.
So the system survived in name only.
It wasn't until the previous Ice Emperor—that is, the father of the current Ice Emperor Claude, that he had a tough wrist and was a well-known iron-blooded emperor. He directly rejected his illegitimate son, and finally restored this system. But even he couldn't get those lords to willingly send their children here, and most noble boys and girls didn't want to leave home to Winter City, a place where they were unfamiliar and without many privileges.
Of course, there are still some noble boys and girls who think it is an honor to be close to His Majesty. But it is less after all.
As a result, after a social month, many of them stayed in Winter City and did not want to leave. Some even said that their brothers/sisters had lived in Winter City for too long and had been separated from their families for too long. They stayed here, what a touching brotherhood... There is a ghost.
The lords were also very distressed by this.
In fact, there is another way, which is to open a Demon World shopping mall in their fief.
This is not so easy for Hill. The cost of each Demon World shopping mall is quite high, and the fire element elf cooks are also limited. In addition, if the Demon World Mall is opened in the town next to Lord Mulheim's castle, the ordinary people there have no spending power, and only the lord's family has the purchasing power. This is like becoming the lord's private property. .
What's more, Hill also has other ideas in this regard.
Regarding these, Ice Empress Claude didn't know whether he should laugh secretly or smile wryly. These noble boys and girls took the initiative to stay in Winter City. If it was really his own credit, that's all. In other words, if such a thing happened, he should also be included in the annals of history. Claude thought.
In fact, the historian has already blown the Ice Emperor into a mess.
"The god listened to the prayers of the people, and he bestowed wisdom and bravery on the great ice emperor. His glory rose above the city of winter, and day and night alternated, dispelling darkness and snow. His existence is in the To practice God's will, he made men dedicate their strength, maidens dedicate their youth, he made lords send their children, he made the flame of faith rise in the north... "
Oh yes, this historian is from the Yulan Empire.
The historians of the Yulan Empire are the highest-quality historians in the entire continent, and they are also the most able to brag—of course, under normal circumstances, being able to brag is equal to high quality.
The Emperor of Ice talked about the innocence of the best friends of the lords' children at the imperial meeting, and the reactions of the ministers were also different.
The first to stand up was Grand Maester Lennon—of course he.
Then he opened his mouth and began to growl—of course a growl.
"Although this is objectively a good thing! But we must also consider that the influence of the demons on this is too great... bah... too big!"
This time, for the first time, his roar made the surrounding ministers let out a restrained chuckle.
The Minister of Finance said fearlessly: "However, my lord, it seems that you are the one among us who is most influenced by the demon culture."
After Teresa Shelley became the bishop of Winter City, the church stopped putting money into the small treasury of the Minister of Finance, which made the position of the financial god vacillating, so he began to think about things for the king for the first time (… ) .
That "Liao" or something is just a mouth fetish that was recently popular in "Magic Magazine".
At the beginning, when Hill wrote the preface, in order to eliminate the public’s fear of the demons and make the public feel friendly, he deliberately used some cute words made by himself, similar to Narcissa’s nickname Cissy, which in Chinese is probably “了"And the difference between "provoke" and "Liao".
The popularity of "Devil Magazine" is conceivable, so those words first became popular among young people-at first, the noble lady said it, and later the noble man also said it, and it was even more cute than the noble lady... also For some reason, this is very similar to the situation on Earth. When girls are chatting, there are piles of ghost emojis or "hahahahahaha", but the boys mostly post cats, girls, and emojis...
This is similar to the popularity of Internet languages on the earth.
Now that the Grand Maester suddenly yelled such a sentence, it is natural that people can't help laughing.
In fact, the Grand Scholar is also the one who is careless, it seems that he is used to lying outside and so on, and the tragic consequences after accidentally blurting out at home... It is similar to this.
However, a bachelor deserves to be a bachelor. After being said that, he didn't feel ashamed at all. Instead, he said sternly: "Your Majesty, even I was affected, so you can imagine other people." This feeling directly used myself as a negative example. , which is also great.
Ice Empress felt a bit of a toothache. Yesterday he had just discussed with Olivia about his cameo appearance in the movie, and today he was attacked by the Grand Maester. If the Grand Maester knew that he wanted to act in a movie, the Grand Maester would probably be fine. Spray him out of his body. But the toothache belongs to the toothache, and Bingdi also has his own ideas: "That's not what you said when you watched "Fairy Tale Hotel"."
The Grand Maester's expression seemed to drift a bit, "So it was banned in the end."
When this incident was brought up, the judicial supervisor said dissatisfiedly: "It was not banned by us."
He has always been dissatisfied with the church, and this time the church's act of directly banning movies over the royal family made the judicial supervisor even more upset. He didn't mean to like watching this movie, he slipped away after watching the beginning (...), he aimed at this behavior.
The finance minister glanced at him unexpectedly: "Old man, what you said made me think that I gave you money last night to bribe you. You know, haven't you always advocated restraint in the mall?"
The Minister of Finance was close to the church in the past, and the reason for the judicial supervision has also been revealed to the face: the church gave the Minister of Finance a lot of money.
"What I am advocating is to maintain His Majesty's majesty. Also, I am not some old buddy of yours." The judicial supervisor's expression became even more dissatisfied.
"Oh yes, my old friend, but you are much better off towards the Church now than you were before," said the Treasurer.
"Currently, His Excellency Bishop Theresa Shelley is still rectifying the internal affairs of the church, and has not given too many instructions to His Majesty." The judicial supervisor said, "Also, I am not your old friend either."
"Oh well then, old lover, maybe we can finally agree," said the Chancellor.
The supervisor of the judiciary opened his mouth to curse: "Fuck your x's old lover."
"How rude you are," said the Chancellor. "It is a tragedy that the Empire puts a man like you in charge of the law."
"It's sad that the finance minister of the empire is fat like you. How many people's food did you eat to get so fat?" The judicial supervisor retorted.
"That's enough." The Ice Emperor grabbed a cup next to him and threw it at them, "If you continue talking, you should be convicted of treason." It's nothing more than spraying each other, talking about the sorrow of the empire.
The two men knelt down on one knee, "Sorry, Your Majesty, we lost our composure."
Then the finance minister added: "But he lost his temper more than I did."
Seeing that the judicial supervisor was about to retaliate, the royal chief opened his mouth and said, "You two, please pay attention to your words and deeds. I just need a deputy chief here."
The two immediately shut their mouths tightly. The threat was terrible.
Seeing everyone quiet down, Ice Empress Claude cleared his throat and said, "About the movie, I had an idea when I watched the first movie."
"Please speak, Your Majesty," Old White said.
"Mozu movies will have an impact on people's thinking, we all know that. At present, the public has shown a close attitude towards the demons. This is not a good thing for the church, but it is not a bad thing for us." Bing Dike Lauder got the point across.
"But they are demons after all." The judicial supervisor said.
"I am the king of Muelheim," the Ice Emperor said, knocking on the table, "I am the king of all creatures in the land of Muerheim, humans of all colors, animals and plants, if there are demons living here , and I am their king."
When he said this, he would not be as passionate and pretentious as Emperor Yulan, he just expressed his thoughts flatly, and the silver pupils under his lashes swept across the ministers below, "Do you have any opinions?"
Anthony Black and Timothy White first knelt on one knee: "I am willing to serve you, Your Majesty."
The other ministers also hurriedly knelt down and said in unison: "I am willing to serve you, Your Majesty."
Claude nodded slightly, and continued: "I have an idea, ask His Royal Highness Greenwald to make a movie for the empire and show it in cinemas. This will be of great significance to our empire, I think."
02.
Right now, Hill doesn't know what Ice Emperor Claude thinks, and he probably won't be surprised if he knows, which is what Hill expected. It is impossible for all high-ranking people to be as short-sighted as Emperor Yulan, and someone will definitely think of how to seek benefits through this matter. Just like the previous "Top Gun" inspired American youths to join the Air Force, Hill naturally understands the political significance of the film.
Hill has no plans to directly make a movie for them, but it is also possible to make a short film. The next thing Hill thinks about is how to get more benefits from it.
At this time, Hill was sitting at the old Jackson's house eating dinner, which was mostly Chinese food.
The dishes offered in the Mojie restaurant are both Chinese food and Western food. At first, everyone ate it, but later their preferences were separated. Old Jackson belongs to the category that loves Chinese food.
The main dish is squirrel fish. The squirrel mandarin fish, which was rated as the top ten famous dishes in Jiangsu Province, existed in ancient times. It is said that Qianlong ate this dish in Suzhou when he went to the south of the Yangtze River, and praised its deliciousness. The raw material of this inverted squirrel fish comes from the dark forest. It is a carnivorous fish that feeds on other small fish and shrimps. The gravy is very tender and has no spines. I think it tastes better than any fish he has eaten on earth.
The method of squirrel fish is more complicated, and requires high knife skills, such as cutting the fish skin into diamond-shaped knife lines, but this is of course easy for the fire elemental elves. After wrapping the starch, pour the hot oil in the pan over it, deep-fry until golden, and then take it out. The Fire Elemental Spirit has perfect control over the temperature of the fire. Then use various sauces, salt, sugar, balsamic vinegar and starch to make a seasoning sauce, stir fry the green onions in the wok until fragrant, add diced bamboo shoots, diced mushrooms, peas, shrimps, etc. Put sesame oil on it, and pour the whole body on the fried fish, and the mouth-watering aroma will spread out immediately.
The squirrel fish is very interesting, because it looks like a squirrel. The appearance of the squirrel fish is orange-yellow, bright and attractive, and the sauce poured on the fish makes people's index finger move, and it is too greedy. Because it is deep-fried, it is tender and crispy, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the taste is sweet and sour, which is loved by both adults and children.
Old Jackson ran around and didn't eat much that day. After eating a small piece, his hunger and appetite exploded instantly. Before he said anything, Jefferson over there blurted out, "Damn it, that's great have eaten."
Old Jackson glanced at Jefferson, who immediately said, "Sorry, I was rude."
Hill took out a pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of squirrel fish and put it in his mouth. The first thing he felt was the crispness and freshness. When he mixed it into the rice, the rich soup soaked the rice, giving the whole rice an attractive golden color. red. With one bite, the crispy skin of the meat, the tenderness of the inside, the beautiful texture and rich taste will mobilize the taste buds and make the spirit happy.
Ah, sure enough, the food can't live up to it.
In addition to squirrel fish, there are also some fish. It is the time for fish production recently, so Mojie restaurant has recently launched many new fish delicacies.
"What's this called?" asked old Jackson.
"Squirrelfish," Hill replied.
Old Jackson nodded, "Is it squirrel meat and fish meat?"
"Ah?" Hill was stunned for a moment before he realized that the recipes here are really strange. Medieval Europeans ate swans, thrushes, egrets, wild geese... In short, there are many strange things on their recipes. "No squirrel meat," he replied, "it got its name because it looks more like a squirrel."
"I see." Old Jackson said, "I didn't notice it just now."
"Then ask the chef to bring another dish." Hill said casually, "I see you look depressed today."
"It's a bit contradictory with that old guy Tuttle." Old Jackson said, "I've been clinging to his interests, and I really want to pry his mouth open."
"Eh, for what?" Hill asked.
Old Jackson glanced at Hill in surprise, "Are you thinking of something not gorgeous?"
"Sorry." Hill reflected on himself. He spent a lot of time with Monroe a few days ago, which caused him to "wear colored glasses" in everything he saw recently.
"What?" Jefferson asked enthusiastically.
"You're talking about demonic things, so don't know." Hill said.
"Okay," Jefferson said.
"But old Jackson, you actually understand... It really is old and strong." Hill said.
Old Jackson glanced at him, "I have every reason to believe that you are not the right word to use here."
"What? So you're not growing old?" Hill asked.
"...you are so good at talking, why don't you publish a book?" Old Jackson said sincerely.
Hill almost died laughing.
Old Jackson learned the Internet language on earth without a teacher.
"Is the title How to Speak Eloquently?" asked Hill.
"The Art of Sophistry, the first chapter is 'How to piss off your opponents by stealing ideas'." Jackson Sr. replied.
Hill laughed for a while, then said, "Let's be serious..."
"So you also know that what you just said is not serious?" Old Jackson asked back.
"Of course I know," Hill said, "People can be unserious, and they can be unserious from time to time, but they always have to be serious in the big picture and the main line-well, to be serious, if you talk to Tuttle and the others If you have any doubts, just file a complaint with Emperor Yulan, just say what I mean, and he will listen to you."
"Speaking of which, I never asked, how did you solve Theodore's matter?" Old Jackson looked at Hill suspiciously.
"Do you believe me when I said that I analized Emperor Yulan?" Hill said casually.
Jefferson nearly bangs his head on the plate of squirrel fish.
Of course, Old Jackson was not as excited as his son. He murmured: "I was thinking that what you said and did did frightened him completely, but now it seems that anal is more in line with the situation."
This time it was Hill's turn to nearly kill the squirrelfish.
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