Chapter 582, Ryan's Dinner

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That evening, under the summer night sky, Ryan and Alfred sat on the castle balcony and enjoyed a sumptuous dinner.

Times have changed, and now the identities of the two are different. Ryan entertained Alfred with the most standard Bretanian meal, and the entire banquet procedure was strictly supervised to ensure that Ryan, as the host, would not be rude.

The first course was a frozen antipasto consisting of caviar, salad salmon and foie gras.

The second course was a soup, Bretanian Onion Soup.

The third course is a hot starter dish, and Mousilon's famous dish baked snails with cheese played its role well.

After the first three dishes were served, Ryan was able to talk to Alfred, but Duke Mousillon tasted the baked snails skillfully with a knife and fork. He looked at his childhood playmate, smiled, and did not speak.

On the contrary, Alfred has a lot of things to say to Ryan, and he doesn't know where to start. Alfred, who is in his thirties this year, has grown a short beard, and the corners of his eyes have begun to appear. Thin crow's feet are the proof of a man's maturity.

However, judging from Alfred's mental state, he is still full of surging vitality. His spirit is very good. He is the kind of person who still maintains an optimistic and positive personality after suffering some setbacks. Alfred, the head of the ancient church district of Leia, has encountered many difficulties in the construction and restoration of the entire church district.

In fact, in the few weeks since Ryan returned to his Duke's castle, Mousilon's war has not stopped at all.

The first to start the war was Lucien, the Baron of the Spire Palace. He led the two infantry battalions supported by Ryan and launched the Battle of the Swamp. It was not conducive to the formation of the knights charging. He drove some livestock to attract the undead creatures and beastmen wandering in the swamp, and then ordered the knights to dismount and disrupt the arrangement among the serf infantry, using the crossfire of the pocket formation and the longbowmen Cooperate with the slow moving speed of the swamp, surround and wipe out the remaining undead army and beastman tribe near the Spire Palace.

Moreover, Ryan got the news that the father-in-law, Francois, privately granted Lucien a low-interest loan, which seemed to have an annual interest rate of only 3%. With the money and Ryan's help, Lucien got through the difficulties smoothly.

Baron Richard Olivier launched the Richard Sweeping Battle, eliminating a stronghold of the undead near the castle.

Juan, Baron Biocari, launched the Battle of Orphan Hill,

He did not know how to persuade the wood elves to join, and this battle defeated the Skaven lurking near the Orphan Hill. Through this battle, Mousilon's Skaven were temporarily driven into the ground.

This fully proves that under the leadership of Ryan who has been winning and winning all the time, his men have produced a large number of knight nobles who are good at fighting.

What about Alfred?

The Templar seems to have found inspiration in the previous explosion. He made full use of the power of gunpowder to defeat the wandering undead with a large number of grenades made by the dwarves during the gathering of the beastmen, and won the victory in the battle to defend the church district.

"In short, it's more troublesome than I imagined." Alfred didn't know where to start, and he could only sigh at the end: "The continuous battle is not bad, the real trouble is, Everything has to start from scratch, I don't have my tax collector, I don't have my sheriff, I only have a few paladins and ascetics, those ascetics only know how to flog themselves all day long, paladins are not good at management, they mess everything up It's a mess, I'm forced to make decisions about everything, good friend, you know, I'm not you, you can always come up with solutions and all kinds of whimsical ideas, even bypassing chivalry and laws, But I can't."

"But you still handled it well. I heard that you have settled many troubles." Ryan looked at Alfred with interest.

The fourth course was brought up by the dark elves. The fourth course was fish, the famous salmon with white wine cream.

"Thank you...that's because I learned a lot from you, good friend." Alfred lowered his head and tasted the white wine butter salmon, and the fried fish meeting brought by the court chef Wenford brought by Suria There is a greasy feeling, and the sauce made of light cream can dissolve the greasy feeling. The smoothness of the cream and the delicateness of the salmon can be described as the best in the world.

"Learned something new?" Ryan was very interested: "What did you learn, Ah Fu?"

"Just like you, I suddenly realized the power of authority, good friend." Alfred showed an embarrassed expression, and scratched his golden hair behind him: "I suddenly realized that I seemed to be a hero , people worship me, respect me, my words seem to have become the truth, become the law, although I have some problems with the handling of some affairs, and the arrangement of personnel is also in a hurry, but no one questions me, on the contrary, as long as I The orders have been resolutely implemented, so I understand, I know how to use my personal prestige to deal with things, although this is temporary, but it is effective, sometimes, I have some illusions, I even thought that in that area In the ancient church district, I am the center of the universe."

"Naturally, power confuses and inflates people." Ryan nodded, and he said softly: "Ah Fu, remember that when personal prestige is always exhausted, temporarily suppressing the problem does not mean solving the problem."

"I understand, good friend, I have been observing your policy over the years." Alfred was a little embarrassed to be said. In fact, he was indeed a little swollen because of the monopoly of power in that place, but after seeing Ryan After the newly built magnificent duke castle, he calmed down again: "But I'm not like you, I still haven't figured out how you created today's splendor like magic, and the harmonious coexistence of knights and serfs Great view."

"This is a complicated issue." Ryan nodded. He clasped his fingers on the long table, and the silver dinner plate trembled slightly with his movements, making a pleasant sound: "But you have made great progress, In the face of problems, you neither evade nor try to solve the person who raised the problem, but face the problem directly, even if you rely on your personal prestige to temporarily solve the problem, this is also a positive way to deal with it.”

"But it's not solving the problem." Alfred sighed suddenly: "You know, good friend, before that, I wrote to the Justice Church several times, applying to send enough people to help me, but waiting for my It's all prevarication and delays, and my superiors are always saying it needs to be reconsidered and re-studied."

"But when Musilon conquered this time, my name spread throughout the old world with this battle. When I wrote a letter to the Justice Church, Archbishop Vicmar sent me a letter with just one sentence. With an army of more than 600 people, with the help of the imperial bureaucrats, everything in the ancient church area immediately became orderly." Alfred sighed: "But I don't like that style of work."

"What kind of style? Small meetings for big things, big meetings for small things? Constantly requesting to expand the establishment and establish new departments?" Ryan smiled: "We don't see this kind of situation very often?"

"Hmm~" Alfred shook his head and smiled wryly: "Many, I won't talk about all kinds of things, I actually don't like those people, they are always domineering, they think they are people sent by the archbishop, and they like to talk condescendingly , On the one hand, they look down on Mu Xilong's locals and shout at them all day long, but on the other hand, they are very flattering to me, and their attitude is a bit flattering."

"That's for sure." Ryan looked at Alfred across the table, and he said, "Isn't this normal? What is the position of these people sent by the empire? They definitely didn't come here to be serfs, then They naturally have a great sense of superiority over serfs, and then who is their source of power? It is you who have the autonomy and property rights of the entire Freya Ancient Church area, and they will naturally please you, because they are just agents, this It's bureaucracy."

The fifth dish was served by the dark elves and other maids. This is the main dish, made with black truffles, wine and black pepper sauce, poured on six or seven mature sirloin steaks, and decorated with a few A piece of roasted cauliflower is served on an iron plate.

The sirloin of the sirloin steak is taken from the ancient Bretanian (sur loin), which originally means the meat above the beef tenderloin, that is, the outer loin of the beef. The overall taste is strong, the meat is hard, chewy, and the meat is thin and juicy. The taste is fresh and tender.

A piece of fried sirloin steak will exude a slight fragrance. The vinegar juice is poured around the steak. The steak presents a very unique dark golden color. When the steak is cut with a knife, the beef inside is beautiful pink Color, a lot of juice.

Ryan picked up a small piece of steak and threw it into his mouth. He could clearly feel the juice spilling out as the teeth chewed. The aroma of the barbecue was well transmitted to every taste bud in the stretched mouth, circling and wandering in it, and the The original taste of beef is brought into full play.

"So, I heard rumors outside that you like and admire the enfeoffment system, and that you have some disdain for the bureaucratic system? I thought it was wrong at first, but now I think you have your own ideas." Alfred He smiled and said: "Look, after the distribution is over, you can drop everything and rush back here, and we will be busy there from beginning to end."

"No, no, no!" Ryan said quickly: "I have never advocated the enfeoffment system, and I have never said that the enfeoffment system is a superior system, so don't talk nonsense!"

"But you..." Alfred hesitated to speak.

Ryan smiled wryly, and he looked at the starry sky of Xia Ye: "Ah Fu, enfeoffment is a helpless move. This issue is very complicated. Let me put it simply, so you don't need to talk about it. If I appoint the castle master, face to face Regarding Mousillon's current situation, will Olivier, Lucien and Juan work as hard as they do now?"

The castle master is a title in Britannia, which is a bit similar to the guard chief, that is, the nobleman appoints a subordinate nobleman to guard a castle, and the ownership of the castle still belongs to the original nobleman.

Alfred shook his head and smiled wryly, he understood.

It is precisely because the land has become their own that they work so hard.

"So, the enfeoffment system is actually a tricky way." Seeing that Alfred understood, Ryan said with a smile: "This means that I have thrown the whole mess to Juan and the others, and they will definitely pay for the recovery." I'm doing my best to produce and rebuild the territory, so I don't care about it, but the disadvantages of the enfeoffment system are very low army recruiting power and lower tax revenue."

"But your control over the territory is unparalleled. I dare say that as long as you say a word, all the knights and nobles will immediately lead their troops to follow you." Alfred is still struggling with this matter.

"Hehehe~ I said it, I just took a chance." Ryan nodded: "Yes, as long as I say a word, Juan and the others will definitely respond, but this is not because I am Duke Musillon, but because I am Ryan, I am Ryan Malcador, because of my personal prestige and personal bravery, not my title of knighthood."

"I understand, you are enjoying the benefits of the enfeoffment system and the cohesion brought by the lofty personal prestige at the same time! You guy! You are too bad!" Alfred understood, and the Templar Captain pointed at Ryan and laughed : "I understand, you are not really advocating the enfeoffment system, you are just enjoying the convenience it brings you!"

The sixth course is a hot plate, a standard southern Britannia dish of chicken stewed in red wine.

The seventh course is a cold appetizer, which consists of pouldero octopus, salmon, arctic shellfish, tuna, frozen crab, and frozen shrimp.

"So, Ah Fu, you must be careful not to see the wind as the rain. When you hear the rumors outside, you have to judge yourself. Do you understand what this means? If these things are completely... He said it again, this means you are also responsible, right?" Ryan said with a smile, and then his face slowly became serious: "I never said that the enfeoffment system is superior to the bureaucracy. In fact, the bureaucracy of the empire It is true that some problems are tiresome, but in any case, it is far more advanced than feudalism, and it is very necessary."

The eighth dish is ice cream, and the mango sorbet removes the fishy smell of seafood from Ryan and Alfred's mouths.

The ninth course is salad, fruit salad.

"In other words, you will eventually guide the entire kingdom to evolve into an imperial system, right?" Alfred thought.

"That's right." Ryan nodded: "But we need to remember that reforms have to be done step by step, and too many steps will cause trouble. In fact, based on the current basis of Britannia, the ultra-low literacy rate and The level of education is not enough for us to achieve change directly from one step to the end. Now is the best time, because I have obtained the highest power, but the foundation is not good enough, and I still don’t have the conditions to implement it. I need to be clear about what stage to do it. What's the matter, at present, I don't have the conditions to change it for the time being, I might as well delegate power, and these knights and nobles completely surrender to me, and I don't have to worry about the low level of army recruitment brought about by the enfeoffment system, the core of the problem now It is better to restore Mu Xilong first and restore it to its former glory, and it is another matter."

"Well, it makes sense." Now, Alfred nodded in conviction: "Good friend, you convinced me."

The last tenth course is dessert, and today's dessert is the Imperial Black Forest Cake.

After the black forest cake was eaten, today's dinner party came to an end.

"Come on, Ah Fu, let's go to the hot spring." Ryan stood up.

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