Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 173 Working while eating

Although the people of Viktoria today have a much richer diet than in the old feudal times, there is still not much variety for lunch.

Even if a nobleman like Purficott made a reservation in advance, the restaurant still only served some simple dishes.

For a stewed lamb chop, you can smell that the chef was willing to add a lot of spices, which at least covered up the smell of the mutton.

A piece of fried, tender and juicy chicken breast, it can be seen that it is seasoned with a lot of peppercorns.

There was also a roasted potato on the side, which was also seasoned with some cumin and coarse salt. At least Purficott tasted one and it tasted pretty good, at least it didn't taste bad to her.

But in addition to these, the portion of rice that was served made Purficott really want to hang the chef of this restaurant and whip him.

Because it was a portion of half-cooked rice, not only grain by grain, but it also tasted hard and tasted like half-cooked rice with uncooked rice.

This is easy to understand, because this thing is not cooked like in the East. Instead, the rice is poured into a pan and cooked together with the side dishes.

Although the taste was pretty good, and the chef also added butter, mushrooms, and some bacon to enhance the flavor, the strange texture like raw rice still made Purficott want to hang the chef up and smoke it.

But she finally chose to endure it, and just pushed aside the rice, which tasted terrible to her, and only ate other decent meat and baked potatoes.

After all, the chef is very generous in the use of spices. Although the taste is a bit on the strong side, it does taste okay.

This can be regarded as one of the benefits brought by Victoria after becoming an empire on which the sun never sets. After all, just as one of the main purposes of the original world's great voyages was the spice trade, the geographical discovery of this world is also for the spices of the East.

If these plants with unique fragrance were used in the old feudal era, the amount used by Purficott in his lunch meal today would have been at least equivalent to the same weight of sand gold.

Of course, even now that the spice trade has become very mature, and a large amount of spices from Eastern colonies can be shipped to the empire in large quantities, the prices of these things are still high, but they are just lower than before.

At least Purficott's lunch meal today starts at 20 gold pounds, and that doesn't include the cost of booking out the entire restaurant.

In other words, there are not many customers in the restaurant at noon, otherwise the cost would be higher.

"It seems that we still have to think about the greenhouse! I don't want to just eat potatoes and protein cubes every day." Purficott said casually while sucking the soup from the bones.

Eating is indeed a very important issue. Greenhouse cultivation can solve the food problem, and some of the regular characters that often appear in original apocalyptic science fiction can also solve the protein problem, but it is impossible for people to only eat the same kind of food.

Thinking of this, Purficott said to the palace attendant on the side: "Do you know which is the best university in Langton for natural sciences?"

"It's Cambridgeshire University. They have made great achievements in the field of natural sciences and are the empire's authority in the field of natural sciences." The palace attendant thought for a moment before answering Purficott's question. "Help me arrange it later. I have a project that I need to cooperate with them." Purficott just gave the order casually.

"Understood. If you are in a hurry, we can arrange it the day after tomorrow." The palace attendant recorded Purficott's request and then gave a suitable schedule.

"Just the day after tomorrow. I need to go to the Royal Shipyard tomorrow." Purficott nodded and agreed to the arrangement.

The palace attendant bowed in response, and then he saw that the guests that Perficott was waiting for had arrived, so he reminded Perficott: "Your Majesty, Mr. Robert and Mr. Oliver have arrived. Do you need to invite them over now? ?”

"Let them come over, ask the restaurant to send some meal bags and jam, take this risotto away, and tell the cook that the rice must be cooked until it is soft and soft." After saying that, Perfectcott put down his hand. He took the tableware and wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin.

Robert and Oliver were quickly led to Perfectcott by the waiter in the restaurant.

Both of them saluted Purfict very respectfully, and after getting her permission, they sat down in front of her in a somewhat reserved manner.

Although both of them are now considered to be under Purficott's command, no one can remain calm in front of this Earl, who is becoming more and more powerful in the empire.

After all, the deaths of millions of people in three cities have fully proved what a terrifying existence this delicate-looking countess is.

Although there is no inevitable connection between the two, just like Einstein, Oppenheimer and others in the original world developed the atomic bomb, the second atom does not prove that they are both terrifying existences.

But they couldn't bear the thought of someone making such an association, and they had seen the statue of the Purficott tree in New Shaker City. It was difficult for the two of them to connect the word "Perfect" with the word "weak".

Just kidding, have you ever seen a weak aristocratic lady who could impale someone on a stake?

"Lord Earl, you told me that the recruitment of talents for the Northern Territory is currently going quite smoothly. I have recruited about fifty former imperial civil servants with work experience. They are basically qualified to handle government affairs management at the city level. ." Robert took the lead in reporting to Purficott. After all, he had another identity besides being a court official recruited by Perficott, so he naturally had to be more diligent in his work.

Upon hearing this answer, Purficott nodded slightly and praised: "Well done. With these people, we can carry out other work in Langton."

"Please give me your orders." Robert did not question Purficott's order, he just respectfully asked what he wanted to do.

"I'll give you three thousand... no, let's go with five thousand. I'll give you five thousand gold pounds. You can rent a decent office, then organize the people you recruited and let them work separately to recruit immigrants for the north. ." Purficott put the grilled chicken breast into his mouth and ordered to Robert: "The Imperial Council has made a decision to launch large-scale immigration to the north this year. I am still discussing the relevant policies with the nobles. The parliament will talk about it, but the general direction has already been determined.

So you can start doing this now. The more immigrants you recruit, the more rewards you will get in the future. I will determine his future position in the north based on the number of immigrants you recruit.

Although this cannot accurately measure a person's talent, it can at least illustrate his ability to do things from the side. I don't mind giving him a noble title for the one who performs best. "

(End of this chapter)