Chapter 786 Hot Pot Negotiations (4000 Words)

Frostaxe returned to the Hearthstone Tavern late at night.

Calculating the time carefully, he has been in this tavern for almost two years.

Now Hearthstone Tavern has opened many branches in Nolan, and he has basically patronized them all, but this one is still the Hearthstone Tavern he is most familiar with.

After realizing that Frost Ax entered the door, he went directly to the back kitchen of the tavern.

"Is there any air-dried meat tonight, give it to me quickly...Josh?"

Frost Ax pushed open the kitchen door and found that there were a little more people in the kitchen.

"We have already demolished the house with long ears, and it took a while to deal with the waste."

Frost Ax rubbed the dust on his trough nose, and walked all the way to Qiao Xiu's side, looking up at the food on the table.

"What do you make? Bread with meat in it?"

"To be precise, it's a fried chicken burger. In fact, it's no different from a bun with meat in it."

Joshua and the chef at the Hearthstone Tavern researched it for less than half an hour and tossed this thing out.

The chef hired by Mrs. Marina is very professional. At least he is proficient in the cuisines of many countries, even the cuisines of the Great Xia Kingdom.

"How much does this thing cost?"

Frost Ax looked a little hungry, otherwise he should have started a new journey to the ladder in the lobby of the tavern immediately.

"It's free for the time being, you can try the Frost Axe."

Joshua wanted to try the world's first fried chicken burger by himself.

The old dwarf had just returned from the construction site in the Forgotten Land, and Joshua didn't mind handing over this achievement, which was not considered an honor, to him.

Frost Ax didn't shirk, and directly picked up the hamburger on the table and took a bite. It was the first bite... and when Frost Ax took the second bite, the contents of his mouth hadn't even been swallowed.

This horrible eating pattern has clearly told Qiao Xiu that he doesn't have time to evaluate the taste of this stuff.

It took Frost Ax less than ten seconds to solve the world's first fried chicken burger.

After he swallowed everything in his mouth, Frost Ax spoke again...

"Any more?" Frost Ax asked.

"Of course there is, but it doesn't allow you to eat for free all the time... a hamburger."

Having said that, Joshua looked at Madam Marina.

In terms of the pricing of the dishes, she should be able to tell a suitable price.

Mrs. Marina immediately gestured a six to Joshua.

"One serving costs six silver coins."

When Joshua said the price, Mrs. Marina showed a flustered expression on her face.

When she opened her mouth to correct Joshua's mistake, Frost Ax had already taken out a bunch of gold coins and lined them up on the table.

"Give me ten first," said Frost Axe.

"Go ahead and do it, don't worry about us."

Joshua told the chef in the kitchen that he got the order and immediately started to process the remaining chicken ingredients on the table as before.

After the chef knew the method, he also cooked it very quickly. Frost Ax finished the first three servings at an alarming speed, and started belching by the fourth serving.

"Put the rest on a plate, it's been a long night."

The biological clock of Nolan's dwarves is completely different from that of humans. They can go without sleep for up to four days, and then use one day to replenish all the lost sleep.

In the end, Joshua could only watch as Frost Ax walked out of the kitchen with three burgers on a tray.

"Mr. Qiao Xiu...You set the price too high." Mrs. Marina ran to Qiao Xiu immediately after seeing Frost Ax leave and said, "All the ingredients you used cost less than three silver coins."

"What price do you think is appropriate, and then go tell Frost Ax to return the money to him."

Qiao Xiu glanced at the fire-breathing chicken on the table. This chicken was about the size of a smaller ostrich, and it would not be a problem for one chicken to make hundreds of hamburgers.

Mrs. Marina made some calculations in her heart. When she was going to take the money to find Frost Axe, the door of the tavern was pushed open again.

"Ms. Malina, those dwarves outside said that they want to add another 50 servings... that kind of bread with meat in it, and they also said that it must be the same as Patriarch Frostaxe." The attendant said in a panic.

This time it was Madam Marina's turn to look at Joshua in surprise. She almost forgot how many times she was shocked by what this Chaos Demon did.

"The dwarves of the Black Rock clan said they need more." Another servant ran into the kitchen, and he put a whole bag of gold coins on the table more directly.

"Do it, you can't let the guests wait there."

Joshua's words made the only remaining chef in the kitchen start to move immediately.

"These gold coins can buy close to 500 copies, Mr. Qiao Xiu...there is not enough white turkey in the ingredients warehouse."

Mrs. Marina picked up the purse with the imprint of the Black Rock Clan, roughly estimated the gold coins inside and made this judgment.

"Then change to other meat ingredients. In terms of price, you have to coordinate with the dwarves outside. Also, there is only one chef in the kitchen who can't handle it. What about the others?"

Joshua glanced at the chef. No matter how experienced he was, he became flustered in the face of such a sudden surge of orders.

"I will contact other chefs who have already returned home, but...maybe their manpower is a little tight, Mr. Joshua, your dinner today..."

Mrs. Marina remembered that Joshua first came to the kitchen to cook dinner himself.

"Give me a pot and seasonings, and by the way, find some meat and slice it thinly, and bring it directly upstairs, as well as vegetables."

After pondering for a while, Joshua gave up his plan to fight for food with those dwarves.

"Josh, I'm a bit full..."

Ciri was still nibbling on a vegetable that looked like a cauliflower in her hand. Ciri had already eaten raw vegetables in the kitchen all night.

"Eating a little more should be fine."

While Joshua was talking with Ciri, the kitchen was already busy.

Mrs. Marina had more attendants work in the kitchen.

Without bothering the chefs, Joshua chose a large-looking pot in the kitchen and left the kitchen.

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The Prophet was thinking about what he had been doing all day today.

During the day, she took her apprentices to participate in the Nolan spellcaster assessment, and at the same time, she handed over the twenty-seven potions she had refined to the Alchemists Guild for testing.

During the noon and afternoon, I made strange drinks with Joshua. Since the drinks had extremely high commercial value, the Prophet didn't think he was wasting his time.

It's night now... Joshua has made a brand new product.

The Prophet stood on the stairs and watched the dwarves on the first floor gnawing on a hamburger. She was basically sure that this thing might sell well in the future.

"Your Highness Joshua, I think you can sell these foods separately."

The Prophet went upstairs again. In the corridor outside the second floor, Joshua had already set up a hanging pot.

Under the hanging pot, the scorching flame stone exuded scalding heat, and the domestic soup kept tumbling, Qiao Xiu bit his chopsticks and did not listen to the prophet's words at all.

"Putting aside the business matters first, let's talk about today's dinner, aren't you hungry, Prophet?" Joshua threw a wooden bowl to the Prophet.

The Prophet firmly caught the wooden bowl. She originally wanted to answer Joshua' not hungry'.

But the fragrance from the hanging pot soup finally made her have the desire called 'appetite', and the saliva secreted from her mouth made the prophet obediently move a small stool and sit beside her.

"Does this soup really need so much chili?"

Tylin, who just finished her evening storytelling, joined this... hallway dinner party.

At this time, the white cat also jumped onto the small wooden table where Joshua put the condiments. When it was about to touch the chili in the condiments with its little paws, Tailin immediately hugged it down from above.

"Slightly spicy is my last compromise. Tailin, if you really can't do it, I can cook another pot of clear soup for you."

Joshua poured a lot of weird seasonings into it again.

"Clear soup...slightly spicy? There are so many differences in the taste of this pot of soup?"

Tailin glanced at the prophet who was at the table opposite her. The prophet had already picked up a spoon and was about to make a bowl to drink.

"This can't be regarded as soup, it can only be regarded as chili water?"

Ciri looked at the red liquid tumbling in the country, and gave it a more accurate evaluation.

Chili water belongs to chili water...but the unique aroma emanating from it still made Xili salivate.

"The exact name of this thing is hot pot, er... it should be called hot pot."

There is no special table in the Hearthstone Tavern, so Joshua can only use this method of hanging the pot, and then attach a circle of fireproof inscriptions beside it.

"Choose the seasoning according to your liking, and then put the thinly sliced ​​meat into it and cook it for a while. The same goes for vegetables."

To demonstrate, Qiao Xiu picked up a thinly sliced ​​piece of meat with his chopsticks, put it in the red soup and boiled it for a few seconds.

The hot soup cooked the meat slices in an instant.

Ciri didn't hesitate to follow what Joshua demonstrated, and poured a whole plate of sliced ​​meat into it.

Tailin was much quieter, she just put some vegetables in it, and then fed it to the white cat sitting on her lap.

On the other hand, the Prophet seemed to be struggling. She seldom used chopsticks to eat, but this time her movements seemed very awkward.

"Two wooden sticks...difficult to balance."

The Prophet looked a little impatient as he watched Ciri quickly take away the pieces of meat floating on the soup.

"This still needs to get used to slowly, but don't worry... There is still a lot of meat, enough for the four of us to eat."

Joshua handed the Prophet a spoon, which gave her a slight advantage in the fight with Ciri.

"What are you eating?"

A pitch-black crow flew into the corridor window, and then transformed into a dark elf holding a stack of documents in his hand.

But when he saw Qiao Xiu holding the wooden bowl, he threw the document directly on Qiao Xiu's desk.

"hot pot?"

"What new food? I just heard today that you have refined a strange drink."

The dark elf took a spare bowl and chopsticks and a small stool and sat next to the hanging pot very familiarly, joining the camp for the meat slices.

"Qianmian, your spies are all...I heard that this word is not appropriate."

"Thank you for the compliment."

The dark elves had a serious business to come here to find Joshua, but after she tasted the first piece of meat, she completely forgot about the business.

The moment the dark elves joined the battle, the situation of the Prophet became even more passive. Fortunately, Tailin was a vegetarian, and she was not at all interested in the meat floating on the surface of the soup.

"Mr. Qiao Xiu, three ladies who claim to be your acquaintances want to see you."

At this moment, Mrs. Marina went up to the second floor and said to Joshua.

"Three of my acquaintances? I have quite a lot of acquaintances...Who are they?"

"Of course it is me!"

The saint Heluolia from the Kingdom of the Holy Order poked her head out from behind Mrs. Marina. Joshua had only one sentence when he saw Heluolia.

"Mrs. Marina, see off the guests." Joshua made a decisive judgment immediately.

"Don't you want to know more about the whereabouts of the judges? Joshua Arnorod."

After being rejected by Joshua, Heluolia put away the previous character set of the energetic girl.

"In no mood."

Qiao Xiu answered Qiao Xiu again very simply and straightforwardly.

"I have a clue here that might save the world." Heluolia said again with a condition.

"Mrs. Marina, please take this girl and her friend home, they are lost."

Joshua also saw Messiah following Heluolia.

"This...Mr. Joshua, there is another distinguished guest downstairs, I really can't drive him away." Mrs. Marina's voice sounded a little worried.

"Distinguished guest?"

Joshua glanced at the dark elf, she nodded... she was sure that was the reason why she came here.

Misai moved away from her position, and the person who had been standing behind her pulled back the hood on her head, King Sheil of the Frost Kingdom.

"Josh, the judge is more difficult than I imagined."

Seyle passed Mrs. Marina and came to Joshua and said.

"Anyway, find a chair and sit down first, and let me talk after dinner."

Joshua didn't expect that Heluolia would win over Sheil.

But thinking about it carefully, Sheil regards the judge as the greatest enemy, and Heluolia proved to her that she is also the enemy of the judge, and there is still room for peace between the two countries.

"Have you... eaten?"

Joshua watched Seyle sitting beside the hanging pot with a serious face, while Heluolia tried her best to be reserved.

As a guardian knight, Messai could only stand beside Heluolia, after all, this was the stronghold of demons.

"No." Sheila shook her head.

"That……"

Joshua hesitated for a moment, but still handed Sheil and Heluolia a set of bowls and chopsticks.

"Don't hold on, Miss Missy."

Qiao Xiu handed a new wooden bowl and chopsticks to Mi Saisuo.

"I've eaten tonight..."

"Messi."

When Misai wanted to refute Joshua with righteous words, Heluolia's words could only make her sit down obediently, holding the chopsticks and bowl to face the pot of soup that looked so spicy that it would kill someone.