79 – Blueport trade hub plan started (2)

It was in the 19th century that the splendid banquets in Europe, which we commonly call social churches, took their place in complete form.

Before that, banquets, especially those in the Middle Ages, were aimed only at enjoying riots rather than dignity, regardless of commoners and nobles.

So, rather than revealing their dignity through music, atmosphere, and dance, nobles differentiated themselves with fancy dresses and suits made of silk and velvet, and food.

In particular, since food was considered to reveal their dignity and wealth, they showed dignity by serving a handful of pepper, which was almost the same price as precious metals, in a glass of the finest wine, and a high-quality turkey decorated with gold.

Of course, at that time, even this much was enough for the nobles to feel a sense of superiority that we were different from the common people, but…

Unlike serfs and commoners, since ancient times, true nobles want to set themselves apart from every step they take.

“Put a chandelier on the ceiling of the Grand Hall. Each one is worth 300 gold coins, so don’t drop it!”

“Ice cream should be served as much as the nobles want! If you run out of milk, buy it from the surrounding serfs, even if you pay three times the price! I provide unlimited sugar!”

“As for the orchestra, memorize perfectly all the slow-paced songs that I will use when dancing, and the slow-paced songs that nobles who are new to this dance will play! If there is no mistake, I will give you two gold coins each!”

“Even though you are servants, the people you deliver food and pour wine to are truly high-ranking nobles. Get the quality that suits you! Move slowly and gracefully rather than rushing like at the previous banquet! That, too, will be the power to inspire them!”

“When installing all the tools and stages necessary for the performance, there should be no error! Your lives and pride are at stake in this performance!”

There is no need or ought not for a nobleman like a count to do such a thing, but…

This banquet is a banquet held in the palace of the United Kingdom, and if it goes according to my thoughts, the king himself will participate.

Because even if I’m not an official diplomatic envoy, from the king’s point of view, the Count, who has the mighty power of the empire, would come and show me something new.

So, I participated directly in order to make this banquet a success, and at the same time to show condescension that the king showed enough sincerity when he attended.

So, for about three days, day and night, I prepared the most perfect stage with the men I brought and the servants of this palace.

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On the day of the ball, as expected, a great number of nobles came to greet me to attend the banquet prepared by the foreign count himself.

“This is Baron Sergei Tula. It is an honor to be able to participate in the banquet hosted by the Count of the Eline Empire.”

“Viscount Visilkov Novgorod. I came because His Excellency, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, asked me to participate.”

“I am Count Breif Kirigort. I’m looking forward to seeing the Count of the Empire for the first time in decades.”

I greeted them all politely, and only after so many nobles came to see me did the true magnate appear.

“My Excellency Mikhail, Duke of Vladivostok, and Your Majesty will be coming soon.”

“It is an honor, Your Highness, Duke of Vladivostok.”

“Tell me, even though my territory is smaller than yours…”

At that, I lowered my head slightly and answered succinctly.

“Although I am a foreign count, how can I ignore the head of the Vladivostok family, the great pillar of the United Kingdom? Anyway, His Majesty…”

And soon a majestic voice was heard along with the sound of trumpets and drums.

“His Majesty King Sergei Vladimir Vasilyev! Pay your respects!!”

No matter how foreign I may be, I was the king of a country anyway, so I got down on one knee and bowed my head deeply to pay my respects, as I would do to the emperor of Elaine.

After tens of seconds had passed since I paid my respects, the king stopped in front of me and said,

“Raise your head, Count of Elaine.”

Then I raised my head and looked at the king.

He had a very long beard and long hair and was dressed in a Northern Alliance-style suit with wide silk sleeves.

“It is an honor, Your Majesty the King.”

“Can we look forward to today’s banquet? The Foreign Minister told me to look forward to it.”

I clapped and said so that the servants guarding the door could hear.

“Your Majesty, although it is shabby, this is a banquet prepared by me. Please enjoy.”

With those words, the door to the great banquet hall opened with a squeaking sound.

When the door was opened, chandeliers made of gold and silver shone like stars on the ceiling, and colorful paintings and gold-covered pillars and walls shone with their subtle splendor.

On top of the marble desk, luxurious tableware coated with silver and gold was placed, and in the innermost seat was a throne for the king.

And after a while, the band I hired started playing elegant music.

The nobles of the north saw this scene and spoke in a voice full of emotion, as if they could not hold back their admiration.

“Was the grand banquet hall of the palace so splendid?”

“It’s as gorgeous as the paradise in the Bible…”

To those who couldn’t hold back their admiration, I said.

“Soon the butlers will come and take you to your seats. Everyone, please take your seats.”

And after a while, butlers came out to guide the numerous nobles who participated in the banquet.

The butlers I trained respectfully guided all of them according to their status and status.

Then, I served them the prepared dishes in order.

First, the appetizing spirits, followed by fried tofu with sauce, followed by grilled salmon, lamb shashlik, and rich cheese as an appetizer.

And they showed a better response than expected.

“The new cutlery of forks and knives is also interesting. Much better than eating it with a skewer and a clunky knife!”

“What are you talking about? baron. I drink alcohol before eating, so it’s good for my body to be moderately warm.”

“No, this atmosphere… Even though what we’re eating isn’t that luxurious, the music accompanies it, so it’s like eating a top-notch dish worth 20 gold coins…”

“Did you say this is tofu? It is said to be made using soybeans, and it tastes like meat, but it is savory and melts softly. Your aged mother will like it.”

Then, I looked in the direction of the king and said, offering the last dessert that can create the greatest added value.

“Aside from this, Kreutel sells food suitable for a wider variety of nobles. Now it’s time to enjoy dessert to decorate the end of the meal. Please enjoy.”

As soon as the words were finished, the same dessert was served to all nobles, including the king.

A non-alcoholic cocktail made with ice cream, pudding, macaron, a piece of fresh cream cake, lemon and peach.

All these were placed before them, each in a glass or in a beautiful bowl, and the nobles, without hesitation, began to eagerly covet them all.

“Nonsense! How can you be so cold and sweet? And it melts on your tongue as softly as baby skin…”

“A crunchy sound comes from your mouth, and the savory and sweet taste spreads in your mouth… I never thought it would be this delicious.”

“As soon as I put it in my mouth, I couldn’t even chew it, but it melted away like warm snow…”

“The sourness of the lemon and the sweetness of the peach combine to create art… It feels like summer packed into one drink…”

And after a while, the king, who had not opened his mouth to the end while eating, spoke in a voice mixed with admiration.

“All the dishes are presented in the order in which they are most palatable, and at the end it is a taste that fills the heart with sweet pleasure… Jim has never had such a happy meal.”

When I heard that, I was sure of the success of this ball, even though there were still many orders left.

Because it represents all nobles, it is evaluated most severely, and the fact that the king, who is more talkative than anyone else, has recognized it…

From now on, other nobles will try to accept it favorably, even if they don’t like it at all.

So I thanked the king of the north with a pure heart and said,

“Thank you, but there are still many orders left, so I hope you enjoy them too.”

And I immediately clapped my hands and ordered the silk curtains installed in the middle of the banquet hall to be lowered.

Then the silk curtain went down, and actors changed into the costumes required for the play began to come out from behind.

And the actor who played the role of Major ‘Frost’, who had the highest status among the actors, came out and bowed his head deeply toward all the nobles and started introducing them.

“My name is William. The performance I’m going to show you today is the Battle of Strnheim between Major Frost and Lieutenant Mark, honorable soldiers under the command of His Excellency Kreuttel. Then we will begin right away.”

As soon as he had said that, the actors who quickly changed their clothes and came out from behind the curtain appeared.

The actors who played Mark and Frost made them stand out by using different feathers on their helmets, and the rest of the actors were also dressing up with their own characteristics.

And the play began.

The theme of the play is the story of Mark and Frost killing 2,000 knights with only 5,000 foot soldiers to the god Deus, and being recognized by me, serfs become semi-nobles and bastards become knights.

Even in the literature of chivalry, which is considered to be the knowledge of the nobility, there is a story of serfs being recognized for their ability while working under an honorable lord and being awarded a fiefdom, so this story was adopted.

After a while, as the play began, the servants of the palace, without making a sound of footsteps, began filling the cups with juice.

Then the actors who played Mark and Frost got on the stage and started the play.

“Mr. Frost! Our soldiers are trembling in fear, and the morale of the enemy knights is skyrocketing.”

“Calm down, Mark! Even if their morale pierces the sky, their lord has no honor. And we will never be defeated by those without honor. Encourage the soldiers, for our captain himself will stand in the vanguard with us…”

It’s a script I’ve reviewed, but it’s really cringy to see the actors acting with the sensibility of middle school sophomores.

Of course, from the soldier’s point of view, it’s not much different from the real one, but…

And the reaction of those who saw this play was diverse.

People who shed a few tears, people who focused with their eyes wide open as if in admiration, people who silently cheered for Mark and Frost, etc…

So the play continued.

In the scene where he uses the Wagenburg to block the charge of the enemy knights, he deliberately used weak paper to tear when he collided with the actor who played the role of a horse, and the knights charging on horseback and the soldiers blocking it performed lively.

“Block the enemy charge! Don’t let your allies plunder!!”

“Kill the Kreutel! Make that bastard’s wealth and honor ours!! Long live His Excellency Schwein!!”

“Keah!!”

The actor who said this did some Hollywood action and flew away as soon as he was hit by a horse.

And soon, the play reached its climax, and finally, the actor who played my role, who received Schwein’s severed head, came out and said in an empty voice.

“Count Schwein, to think you went so vain. What a pitiful and miserable man. As my knight, I pledge my honor as a nobleman to save my family. Your disgrace is not your family’s fault.”

Then, the play ended with the actor playing my part handing Mark the dagger he was wearing around his waist and Frost the knife I was wearing.

When the play was finished and the actors greeted and went in, shouts like deterioration rang out.

“bravo!!”

“No way, even though a knight serving a lord who lost his honor and a soldier with an honorable lord fought, I would never have thought that the knights would be defeated! AWESOME!!”

“A guy named Frost is also a mere centurion, but to think he was already a brilliant knight… The baron who recognized that is also very good!!”

“No way, to fight with the soldiers, personally holding up a flag and waving it to cut the neck of an enemy baron! How honorable and brave!!”

I was really happy that you enjoyed the story of me and my subordinates so much, but in a corner of my heart, I felt a very strange feeling.

It’s because I’ve only picked up a lot of exhausted knights and killed them, and I’ve never had a dildo like it was in a play.

And after a while, the king stood up, clapped his hands twice and said.

“Very good, a banquet we cannot imagine. Then, Count Creutel, would you like to talk about your war while drinking the best wine of the Northern Alliance with me?”

At first glance, it seems that the king of this country called me simply because he wanted to hear the story of the war himself.

The king’s eyes were burning with desire as he recognized the value of this banquet and the culture and food I provided.

I’m already beginning to feel confident that all my plans are more than half successful.

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My mouth almost caught in my ears for a moment, but I fought through it and spoke calmly.

“To be able to receive His Majesty’s wine is an honor passed down from generation to generation.”