01.
Yulan Continent has four main forces, the largest being the Yulan Empire, the Oytin Empire (the Church of Light is stationed in the Oytin Empire, and the Oytin Empire is a theocracy), the northern ice empire Muelheim, and the western prairie Dijon tribe. In addition, there are many islands scattered overseas, the more representative ones are the Storm Island, the mysterious Misty Island, and the more famous Plague Islands.
The regime of the Ice Empire Muelheim is very different from the Yulan Empire. Muerheim is a typical ancient European enfeoffment system. The noble lords all live in their own territories. They have their own castles, and the towns are built around the castles. stand up. The Black family is one of the two guardian families of the Mullheim royal family, so their territory is very close to Winter City, named Winterhold. Another guardian family is the White family, whose territory is called Limburg—here are all named like Castle X, except for Winter City.
After Olivia arrived at Winterhold, she was warmly welcomed by the Black family. Aunt Ingrid and Black were very enthusiastic, but the dishes on the dinner table made Olivia choke. Beet and onion salad, coagulated ox brains, buttered snail soup, goat meat, buttered garlic... Olivia emptied her eyes, politely ate some of the stew, and then her brain emptied.
Olivia should be thankful that there is no horrible custom of Chinese relatives suddenly putting a bunch of vegetables in your bowl and forcing you to eat them.
This was the first time Olivia had seen her uncle's family since she could remember. After her mother died in childbirth, Anthony Blake came to his sister's funeral when Olivia was just a newborn.
Anthony and Blake are very typical northerners. His facial features are deep, his eyes are dark blue, his lips are always closed, his expression is stern, and his temperament is like the cold and hard rocks on the snow-covered mountains west of Winterhold. It seems particularly unreasonable, but in fact it is indeed unreasonable.
Black is the guardian family of the Ais family of the royal family of Milheim. The previous Black patriarchs are all knights who are loyal to the king. Their ancestors were commoners without surnames and followed Ais I. After the founding of Aisi I, they won the fiefdom and became nobles. Although their fiefs may be smaller than the other lords, they are the most closely connected to the Ais family - the same is true of the White family.
For Anthony and Blake, the king's orders are paramount, and he will make all wise decisions or stupid decisions. It's not that he can't think, but he has given up thinking. So that Blake can maintain the glory that has always been.
But one interesting thing is that the first generation of Black left a rule that someone from previous Blacks must intermarry with foreign nobles. Combined with the family motto that Black’s patriarch must obey the royal family and orders of Aiss unconditionally, it will be very interesting. come to the conclusion.
—The original Black is really a very wise person.
During dinner, Uncle Anthony asked about the recent situation of the Jackson family, and Olivia answered all of them. She faced the strange family calmly, and had a good conversation with her cousin. Then she took out the gifts she had prepared in Magnolia City as a thank-you gift for the dinner—luxury furs, bows and arrows, beautiful dresses, jewelry, as well as a magic camera and a notebook that came with a magazine from the Devil World.
The ladies were attracted by clothes and jewelry, and Anthony looked at the notebook: "This is... new paper?"
The paper, as white as jade, is neatly cut and light, much stronger than papyrus, and much lighter than parchment. Such a thin stack can contain dozens of pages.
It looks like a magical creation, so it should be very valuable.
Anthony thought.
Is this the latest invention of the magicians of Magnolia City
"It's a new kind of paper." Olivia said in a cheerful voice—Old Jackson asked her to take out the paper first. Old Jackson knew that anyone with a brain can see the function of Demon World Paper. People who haven’t personally experienced movies, magazines, and novels can’t judge how powerful they are——Olivia said this with pride, “It’s a product of the Demon Realm.”
"The Demon Realm?" Some incomprehensible emotions appeared on Anthony's rock-like face.
"Because the treaty allows, the demon world has started to trade with humans." Olivia calmly explained, thinking about what the old duke had taught her in advance, "the demon world is selling some of their specialties, and we are also selling some of them. We sell our stuff to the Demon Realm."
There is nothing wrong with saying this, after all, Hill also often imports some seeds, poultry and other raw materials from the human world. In a sense, what Olivia said was the truth, but from another perspective, she was simply changing the concept secretly, avoiding the important and neglecting the minor. These were all taught by the old Jackson.
I have to say that the combination of Hill + old Jackson + Joan and Baker is really a match made in heaven (... ).
"Why haven't I heard of such a thing?" Anthony frowned. Trade between humans and demons? That's what the treaty says...
"Because it is only carried out in the Yulan Empire at present." Olivia replied: "There are limited merchants visiting both sides, and the supply of daily needs of Yulan City alone is very tight, so there was no idea of further expanding the market before." This sense is also true. After all, the "visiting businessmen" in Yulan City are only Joan, Baker, Qili and Dale who are in charge of the restaurant, but Olivia sounds like an ordinary walking businessman.
"The things in the devil world are very popular?" Anthony tasted Olivia's implication.
"For example, the notebook in your hand." Olivia said.
"Indeed, if it is such an excellent paper, it is normal for it to be popular among nobles." Anthony nodded thoughtfully.
Olivia showed a bit of embarrassment: "Uncle, in fact, I want to say that the notebook is just a gift."
Anthony: "... huh?"
02.
When Olivia finished her dinner in pain and then sharpened her knife to scare her uncle half to death, Hill was happily collecting smoked bacon in the Demon Realm.
He started to do this a month ago. He used the production method in the south of China, which is divided into four processes:
Select first, select the thin-skinned and tender white wild boar, then cut the pork into suitable strips, then spread salt and a small amount of spices on the meat strips and put them in the vat, and marinate for a week. These are the first two processes: feeding and marinating.
The third process is to dry in the sun, fish out the meat strips in the tank, wash them with the ice spring on the side of the black dwarves, and then hang them in the woodland of the dark elves, where there is no air pollution, and it is filled with natural flowers and plants Smell, Hill thinks the bacon made in this way is more delicious.
The fourth process is bacon. The fuel that Hill chose was the fruit wood and pine wood in the forest where the black dwarves lived. He asked the black dwarf to process the wood into sawdust, and then sprinkled rice and peanuts on it, followed by fire elements. The elves came to control the fire and smoked. Let the fragrance of fruit wood and pine wood, rice fragrance and peanut fragrance mix together into the bacon, plus the aroma of the bacon itself, the flavor of seasoning and the original smoked taste.
The bacon lasts more than a week, and Hill set the time at nine days, and today is the ninth day.
Nearly a month of preparation has drawn out Hill's greedy worms, and the black dwarves who helped collect the bacon also looked at Hill eagerly. Hill waved a part of it to the black dwarves, and then gave the same amount Part of the black dwarf sent to the dark elves, after all, they also contributed. Hill took part of it and planned to eat it himself. Hill handed over the work of making bacon on a large scale to the tauren directly. The method of making bacon is still very simple, but the ingredients and process are irreplaceable, so the tauren can be honest. Just follow the method provided by Hill.
Moreover, this kind of bacon has a relatively long shelf life and can be supplied to pirates.
Of course, Hill has noticed the market of Josh Kenny pirates, and he plans to start producing a batch of fast food products with a relatively long shelf life, such as canned food and luncheon meat, specifically to develop the pirate market.
In order to celebrate the complete success of the bacon, Hill called everyone to hold a banquet... Now he always likes to find an excuse to hold a banquet to let everyone have a lively time together, and communicate with each other by the way. The Demon Race below also discovered this, but everyone is also looking forward to the Demon King's banquet, after all, they can eat a lot of fresh food inside.
The banquet was held in the habitat of the skeleton clan, who lived in the forest.
This forest is quite dark, and the trees that cover the sky completely block the sunlight, so it is very dark from day to night, giving people a rather gloomy feeling. The skeletons lived in wooden buildings covered with dark green moss, and they didn't take it seriously. Pumpkin is one of the staple foods here, and there are pumpkins everywhere outside the house. They also put candles in the hollowed out pumpkin shells to make lanterns. For distinguished guests, they will take off their skulls to serve wine for the guests. The other demons happily took their skull wine glasses, but the corner of Hill's mouth twitched twice, feeling that I really can't do it. .
Among today's dishes, Hill's favorites are spicy crab and spicy crayfish. The orange-red crab looks attractive and has a spicy smell. The meat of this kind of big crab is much more than that of the crabs on the earth. The shell is crushed, and then the fresh and white crab meat is revealed. Pick out the meat and dip it in the red oil sauce, and then put it in the mouth... Wow, that taste is so delicious that it makes people float. The tender taste, fragrant and spicy taste, one bite after another, can't stop at all.
Hill doesn't like to eat crabs on earth, because the meat on a crab is really too little, and it's not enough to eat for a long time.
But the big crabs here are different. The meat in the claws is much thicker than a human finger. It is tender and plump, and it is even more delicious when dipped in the spicy sauce, so it is not ordinary to eat.
Needless to say, the spicy crayfish is a classic dish. However, this crayfish was named by Hill forcibly. This is the smallest lobster that can be found in the devil world, but it is still much larger than the crayfish on Earth. Hill also made salmon sashimi this time. He himself is not very interested in sashimi, but he thinks other demons might like it.
In addition to the previous desserts, Hill also made candied sweet potatoes, but the raw material is not the honey of the flame bee, but the honey of another giant flower discovered before, that kind of flower lives on predators, they It will release a very psychedelic sweetness to attract animals, and then its petals and leaves are poisonous, but the nectar is not poisonous-this was discovered by the encyclopedia department. Hill intends to promote planting in the Devil Realm, and feed them regularly... In fact, it would be good to plant it on the front line, Hill thought, maybe it could be the first line of defense...
Hill picked up a piece of candied sweet potato with chopsticks, and the golden nectar attached to the candied sweet potato dragged out a long golden thread. With a slight movement of his fingers, Hill cut off the thread with magic power, and then he put it in his mouth, um …delicious, better than anything on earth.
This way of handling wire drawing is also quite fun. Hill thought.
The candied sweet potato has a crispy honey shell on the surface. When you bite the shell, you can feel the soft inside. The nectar is not particularly sweet, but a refreshing sweetness. The sweet potatoes inside are sweet and soft, and the crispy outside and tender inside are also exciting. This is the holy grail for those with a sweet tooth. Hill thought. Hill has an average sweet tooth, his taste is rough, he likes meat, all kinds of grilled meat.
After everyone ate and drank well, they entered a state of freedom and slack. The patriarch of the black dwarves jumped onto the dining table, held up the skull (... ) wine glass of the elder skeleton, and said, "Let's toast to the wise Lord Demon King! "
"cheers!"
"Let's toast to good food!"
"cheers!"
"Let's drink to the developing Demon World!"
"cheers!"
"Let's toast to the perfect finish of the bacon!"
"cheers!"
Following the yelling of the black dwarf patriarch, the atmosphere at the table became more and more enthusiastic. Hill smiled and raised his glass to insist with them, then walked to Monroe and sat down, "Unexpectedly, in his heart, food is in front of the devil world, second only to to me."
Monroe seemed to smile. "They're happy," he said.
"Yes." Hill raised his wine glass to greet Monroe.
Monroe also picked up his own wine glass, he did as the Romans did, holding the skull of a skull, "What about you?"
The two clinked glasses, and Monroe took a sip of the wine, but Hill drank it down. Monroe froze for a moment, and then finished the wine in the glass.
"At least at this moment I'm happy to see you drink up because of me," Hill said with a laugh.
Monroe froze again, "Hill."
Monroe's appearance today is very different from that of humans. His black eyes are gloomy and dull like swamps. Hill's gaze falls on his fingers. His hand holding the knight's sword was long and powerful, and he could see when he was angry. Seeing the bulging blood vessels and veins, Hill actually thought that was quite sexy.
"Hush." Hill said, "You can't say that now." Night Owl's voice echoed in the forest, and the dwarf patriarch was still yelling for everyone to toast. Candles flicker in jack-o'-lanterns, and the Bloods play Rivera Stron, the father of the violin, melancholy. The stars twinkled in the sky, the night sky was quiet, and the night wind was blowing in the forest, bringing whispering sounds, but the forest was not very quiet. Occasionally, huge colorful spiders crawled through the forest, and they made a rustling sound.
In such a situation, Hill approached Monroe and smiled at him, "You still have to call me the devil in front of other people, but you can call me Hill when it's just us in private."
The candle flames in the jack-o'-lanterns were dim and shadowy, and seemed to come to life when blown by the wind.
"... good," Monroe said. There seemed to be a faint scarlet in the dark eyes.
"Cheers to the full opening of the Demon World shopping mall in the entire human world!"
"cheers!"
"For my king to have a baby soon, cheers!"
"cheers!"
Hill couldn't help laughing.
"What's going on?" Monroe asked.
"They're just looking for a reason to toast," Hill said with a laugh, before getting up. "I'm going for a walk."
"En." Monroe nodded.
Hill walked a few steps and turned back, "To be honest, I was just waiting for you to say to come with me."
"Uh, do you need me to accompany you? Lord Demon King." Monroe asked.
Hill waved his hand, "It's pointless for me to ask, forget it." After speaking, he walked into the woods alone. The sound of everyone having a lively banquet can be heard from behind, it should be happy, Hill thought. Ah, I thought that if they stayed here long enough, they would gradually miss the earth, but I didn't expect that as time went by, the miss would actually be deeper than at the beginning. In fact, it was okay at first, and I didn’t miss home much.
Hill stood there looking at the starry sky for a while, gradually emptying his mind, and then filling it up again.
The flames of the lantern on the path squirmed unnaturally.
Hill couldn't help laughing, "Ervin, aren't you tired of shrinking in this flame?"
Erwin got out of the lantern, then knelt down on one knee, "My king."
Then Hill looked up at the woods beside him, "Al, are you trying to assassinate me by following me with such restrained breath?"
Albrecht emerged from the darkness and knelt on one knee, "I'm sorry, my king, I'm just worried about your safety."
Then Hill looked at the treetops over there, "Gormond, if you squat on the tree again, you will be bitten by a big spider."
The magic dragon Gormon jumped down from the tree, "I have thick skin, it can't bite me."
Hill couldn't help laughing, and finally, he looked at the darkness over there: "Monroe, you ran out of the armor and turned into black mist to follow me. Does your state belong to streaking?"
The black mist quickly condensed and turned into Monroe in a white linen robe, "...Although I know what you mean, but the way you express it is really not flattering."
"Hahaha..." Hill laughed, and he laughed happily.
It's good to have all of you around.
"Let's go," he said.
"Where are you going?" Erwen, the fire elemental elf, came over wagging his tail.
"The second season of "Natsume's Book of Friends" is finished, let's watch the drama all night!" Hill said enthusiastically.
"good."
"As you command, my king."
"Looking forward~!"
"Oh, oh, I'm so excited to be in the same room with my king!"
"... tsk."
It was a good night too.
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