Chapter 174 Dinner

The butler of the Foster family led everyone to a reception room and ordered several other servants to serve drinks and snacks.

"Please wait a moment. I will inform the second young master Quiller Foster that he will come to see you soon."

Then the butler said goodbye and left the reception room.

"The great nobles in the south are really extraordinary! Look at where they live and their servants."

"Yes, look at these utensils. They are made of glass just like ours, but their cups reveal a sense of art no matter how you look at them."

"Oh! You also understand art?"

"Why can't I understand art?"

A merchant representative picked up the cup in front of him.

"Look! Isn't this made of porcelain? Earl Graman has really sold the products produced in his factory to Jiaowan."

"I'm so envious. How did the earl get in touch with the Foster family?"

Quick took a sip of the drink served.

"Hmm! What is this? Why is it so bitter?"

"Haha, Captain, you haven't drunk it, right? This is called tea. It can't be grown in the north. It's not something that ordinary people can enjoy!"

"It's so hard to drink. It's so bitter. Isn't it a waste of money?"

"Captain Queek, don't you understand? This tea..."

Just as everyone was talking, a voice came from the door: "Master Queele is here."

When they heard that the host was coming, everyone stood up and looked towards the door.

"Welcome!"

Queele Foster walked into the reception room quickly and gave everyone a hug.

Everyone was relieved. They were worried that the other party would put on airs like a nobleman before, but now it seems that this second young master is quite approachable.

Starting with Queek, everyone introduced themselves one by one.

"Please sit down! Please sit down!"

Queele asked everyone to sit down and opened the conversation.

"Paul wrote to me before saying that he would send a ship south to open up a new route. I was really shocked. When I was in the Northwest Bay, he said that he wanted to build a full-sail ship. I thought it would take at least one or two years to succeed, but I didn't expect it to be built so quickly."

Quick thanked him on behalf of Paul: "Thank you and your family for recruiting so many excellent shipbuilders for us, especially Mr. Benjamin. You really have made an indelible contribution to our Alda."

"Haha!"

The second young master of the Foster family smiled happily, and it was obvious that he was really happy.

"It should be, it should be! Paul is my friend, and he also saved my life. This is all right."

Then he carefully asked about what happened in Alda in recent months.

Quick described in detail the process of eliminating pirates, but for confidentiality reasons, he only mentioned the performance of the Hope battleship and muskets and cannons in the battle, although these things made him feel very uncomfortable.

Several business representatives introduced the development of many new industries in Alda, including porcelain, papermaking, salt making, and canned food production, and they earnestly hoped to cooperate with the Foster family.

Master Foster narrowed his eyes: "It seems that Paul taught you the manufacturing technology? He didn't tell us a word about these technologies at that time."

The business representatives looked at each other, hesitating and not knowing how to answer.

Queike became nervous, and he thought of the worst possibility in an instant: the other party would not detain us, with the power of the Foster family in Jiaowan, it would be difficult to fly.

But Master Foster waved his hand and said with a smile: "Haha, forget it, I can understand Paul's doing this."

Everyone was relieved.

Queier called a servant and whispered a few words, and the servant hurried out.

"Are you still hungry? Let me entertain you well."

Everyone stood up to thank him.

Soon, a large group of servants came in with plates in their hands and placed the dishes on the table. In addition to knives and forks, they also placed a stack of napkins in front of each person.

"Wow~ So exquisite!"

Captain Quick sighed in his heart. He quietly looked at both sides and learned to tie napkins like others. Several business representatives were very skilled.

Although the Horn Bay is full of hills and the crop yield is not high, there are many types of crops because of the warm and humid climate. As a major trading city, Niceburg has gathered ingredients from all over the world.

In the eyes of the people from the Northwest Bay, this is simply a table of delicacies from the mountains and the sea, and everyone is eating happily.

They ate and talked with the second young master of the Foster family. Quick suddenly felt a little thirsty, so he took a big sip of the glass of water in front of him.

No mistake, one sentence, one post, one content, one 6, one book, one bar, one look!

With a "puff", a servant's laughter suddenly came from behind.

Although the sound was not loud, everyone heard it.

The people from Northwest Bay were confused and wondered if the servants standing by were telling jokes in secret.

Quick picked up the glass of water in front of him and drank it all.

He smiled and said, "Oh, my family doesn't have as many rules for servants as other families. Sorry, sorry, don't stop, keep eating."

A merchant representative praised, "Master Foster is really kind and generous."

The others followed suit and flattered him.

In the Kingdom of Aldo, the nobles didn't even look at them, the merchants, with the exception of Earl Graman, who was treated with such courtesy after arriving at Horn Bay, and the other party was a big family ranked in this land.

How could this not excite the merchants?

Horn Bay is indeed as good as its reputation, a real paradise for merchants. More than one person has thought of moving to Horn Bay to live.

But it was just a thought. His roots were in the Northwest Bay, his family business and connections were all there, and he was unfamiliar with the place here, and he couldn't even speak the language. Moreover, the other party was probably so kind to him because of Earl Graman's face.

Alas~ People always have to compromise with reality.

During the dinner, several merchants expressed their desire to investigate the business situation in Niceburg.

Queller patted his chest and said, "No problem, if you need anything, just tell me, I will prepare the translator and guide for you."

Seeing that this young man was so righteous, the merchant representatives thanked him profusely.

After dinner, it was already late, and everyone in Northwest Bay stood up to say goodbye. Quik wanted to return to the ship, and several merchant representatives were thinking about finding a hotel to sleep comfortably for a few nights.

Queller showed an unhappy expression: "You are looking down on me. Is my Foster family so poor that they don't even have a few guest rooms?"

Everyone explained with a wry smile that they just didn't want to trouble the host too much.

But at the invitation of Master Queller, the merchant representatives stayed.

Only the captain of the Southern insisted on returning to the ship to be with the sailors.

Master Queller secretly admired him and stopped forcing him to stay. He personally sent him out the door and arranged a carriage to take him to the dock.