Chapter 315 The Celebration Banquet

A grand celebration banquet is being held in the lord's hall of Border Town.

In addition to the witch, all the high-level members of the city hall and the First Army were also present, including Barov Mons and Carter Lannis, who were originally nobles, and Iron Ax and Kymer Struer, who were born as commoners. Especially the latter, Roland spent a lot of talking and talking to pull him over from the laboratory to participate in this "meaningless" banquet in his mouth.

In order to make the citizens feel the same as him, in addition to public speeches, he also ordered the kitchen to use the refined starch left over from making explosives to bake a large amount of white bread and distribute it to the people of the town—as long as you have your ID card, you can You can receive a limited amount of delicious food at the city hall. When the First Army was still on its way home, most people in the town already knew the victory of this battle.

Of course, they may not understand the purpose and significance of this expedition, but as long as there is free bread, it is a day worth celebrating for them.

This is also the first "elegant" banquet hosted by Roland in the model of the royal capital.

No grilling and huge stews, everything is sliced ​​and served on crisp white dinner plates. The pots placed on the side are filled with various condiments, which can be dipped according to one's own taste, similar to the cafeteria of later generations.

"Welcome back." He walked towards Anna with two glasses of fruit wine. "It's been a hard journey."

"You've already said that. When we were at the dock," Anna took the glass, "but my answer is still the same, it's not hard."

The glasses touched slightly, and the girl's eyes were filled with sweet smiles. Roland resisted the urge to hug her on the spot, and then toasted the other witches in celebration.

"What about me?" Lightning yelled.

"You have a share too." Roland called the waiter who served the wine and took down a glass of cider. "Thanks for your hard work."

"I want to drink white!" The little girl raised her head and said.

"Uh..." He thought for a while, and finally agreed to the other party's request. This kid is always very curious. If she keeps refusing, maybe she will follow the example of Nightingale and sneak into the kitchen to steal a drink. "Okay, but only one drink."

"Um!"

Just when Roland handed her a glass of low-alcohol white wine with ice cubes and grape juice, she suddenly leaned up and kissed him on the cheek.

"Ahem... Is this the etiquette of the fjord again?"

"That's right," Lightning nodded vigorously, "My father said it!"

Since it was not the first time they saw it, the witches didn't think it was too strange, but Sylvie and the others widened their eyes, and then looked at Roland with accusing eyes, which made the latter turn his head away in embarrassment—— Does the fjord really have this kind of etiquette of kissing the leader at the celebration party?

The next step is to toast to his subordinates.

When it was the chief alchemist's turn, he leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, I have read the "Intermediate Chemistry" you gave me twice, but there are still many things I don't understand."

"It's about the microcosmic composition of matter. This part involves a lot of physics knowledge. You have to read it in conjunction with another book." Roland pointed out, "I suggest that you read all of "Elementary Physics" first, and then learn about chemistry." Read the fragmented version from the beginning, so that many doubts can be answered."

"That's what I planned too, but..." He hesitated, "Your Highness, why do the covers of each ancient book have different colors? Do they have any special meaning?"

"Well..." Roland pondered for a moment, "The color represents its level and the difficulty of obtaining it."

"Is that so?" Kaimer thought thoughtfully, "From green to purple, it seems that the darker the color, the more profound the knowledge it records, so "Advanced Chemistry" must be black?"

"No, it's orange."

"Huh?" Kaimo was stunned, "Why?"

Roland smiled, "Who knows."

...

Halfway through the banquet, he walked out of the hall and came to the castle terrace. Under the gentle blowing of the evening wind, Roland couldn't help feeling a bit of coolness. Half of autumn had passed, and he realized that the long cold winter brought by the Moon of Demons would soon cover the entire Western Territory.

However, this year is completely different from the previous year. The trade with the Margaret Chamber of Commerce has brought a lot of liquidity. Apart from exchanging food and supplies for these golden dragons, a considerable part of them is distributed to the citizens in the form of salaries. . According to the statistics of the convenience market, the sales of various commodities have increased a lot recently, and the sales of some goods that can significantly improve the quality of life, such as steak and eggs, have increased very rapidly.

There is no doubt that this is a manifestation of the gradual improvement of the living standards of the citizens. In particular, the aborigines have brand-new free housing and their wages have increased a lot compared to before, so they began to try to buy food that they usually only enjoy during festivals. The newly introduced population is still in the stage of saving money to buy a house. When they can live stably, the market will inevitably usher in a new sales peak.

What exactly do people need? Sometimes they just need to eat and drink well, and they will be grateful to the lord and follow them until death.

In this era, most commoners are easily satisfied.

"Your Highness, be careful not to catch a cold." Nightingale appeared from behind, holding a thin leather coat in her hand. She threw the clothes to Roland, took out a piece of dried fish, and stood beside him, "What are you thinking here?"

"It's nothing." He smiled and put on his coat, "I just wanted to see my territory."

"The town seems to be very lively." Nightingale pointed towards the brightly lit square. "It's already night, and there are still so many people who haven't returned home."

"Because today is the first performance of the new drama "Dawn"," Roland raised the corner of his mouth, "and it is also the first performance of the troupe returning to the town after a few months, and the public probably can't wait to see May again Miss and Miss Irene."

But having said that, Miss May will soon become Ms. May Lannis. He really did not expect that his chief knight would act so quickly and abduct the Star of the Western Region into his hands. When the other party mentioned it to him with a sincere face, he was stunned for a while before he could react. The chief knight's wedding needs to be approved by the loyal lord, and Roland naturally has no objection to this kind of happy thing. In the end, the wedding date of the two was set after the end of the Demon Moon, which was also the day when Border Town was officially established as a city.

"When I sneaked into the town for the first time, it was still a lifeless place," Nightingale sighed. "Even standing in the castle now, I can feel their joy."

"Days are always getting better day by day," Roland raised his head, looked at the bright cloudless night sky, and took a deep breath. I still have a lot to do, such as expanding the scope of education, establishing public medical care, strengthening cultural construction, encouraging births, etc... These will be transformed into a solid force in the western region and lay the foundation for the unification of Graycastle.

"Then what about us?" Nightingale tilted her head and asked, her eyes were sly.

"Of course it is," Roland patted her head, "I promise."