Sand Sculpture Demon King, Online Farming

01.

The Northern Ice Empire. Winter City.

Mulheim is different from the Magnolia Empire in many aspects, such as how to treat merchants. Milheim believes that merchants running around will increase unrest, so merchants will pay high taxes when transporting goods back and forth. In addition, merchants’ business taxes are also very high, which leads to merchants in Milheim. Few, and much poorer than the merchants of the Magnolia Empire.

But merchants must always exist. After making a lot of money from merchants, the royal family of Mülheim was more protective of merchants. For example, if a businessman is in trouble, he can bring money to ask the royal family for help. Generally speaking, the royal family will help.

Recently, Defoni, a timber merchant in Winter City, recently encountered some troubles. A group of ice wolves came to the taiga north of Winter City. This made the loggers very scared, and they refused to work. Defoni first turned to the mercenary group. The men of the mercenary group sacrificed two people and ran away. When they came back, they beat him up. Then Defony hesitated for a while between asking for help from the king or the church, and finally chose the church. The church took less money than the king.

The priest in charge of such things is called Ivan. This is an acquaintance for Olivia. In fact, he was quite familiar with Defoni, and their businessmen would inevitably deal with such people.

Defoni plans to invite Ivan to dinner at a well-known local Yosh Kenny restaurant and talk about things by the way.

Winter City is not far from the sea. As one of the largest port cities in the Magnolia Continent, Josh Kenny has more business contacts with Winter City than Winter City and Magnolia City. So it is understandable that there is a Josh Kenny restaurant here. As everyone knows, the food in the ice empire of Muelheim is really terrible.

But Priest Ivan said: "The Devildom Mall seems to be open today, go eat there."

Devil shopping mall? The timber merchant Defoni was blank. He has been rushing about his own affairs recently, and the Demon World Mall was built during this time, so he didn't know. "What is the demon world?"

"It's another name for the lower world." Priest Ivan simply explained: "Behind it is the demons operating."

"Oh." Timber merchant Defoni thought he understood.

Defoni's sister is working as a maid for the adults in the court, so he also knows some things about war. His sister came back and told him that the master muttered to him alone in the house that the power of humans was not great at all. It was the angels of the church who had defeated the demons, not humans at all.

Moreover, in order to promote glory, the contents of the treaties on both sides were announced, so everyone knew that the demons could come to the human world to do business.

Since the priest Ivan chose the Demon Realm Mall specially, it means that Ivan can get a rebate for spending here, right?

I hope he doesn't get pitted too badly... Defony thought.

With such thoughts in mind, they came to the Demon World Mall. Defoni was attracted by the dazzling array of products on the first floor. Several noble ladies were watching carefully. But today there are other tasks, so Defoni suppressed his curiosity and went to the restaurant on the second floor with Priest Ivan.

After he saw the menu, he was almost out of petrification.

This, this, this is a bit too expensive, right?

Why don't you rob a glass of juice and a gold coin? And this bottle of wine actually costs 20 gold coins? Is this for gold coins or for his life?

When Priest Ivan picked up the menu, he was surprised by the price above. Then he said, "You can do whatever you want." He didn't expect the food in the Demon World Mall to be so expensive, but after thinking about the food so delicious, it's worth it. This price. However, he also knew that he had better not go too far. After all, these merchants were not easy, and exploitation was enough. After all, the wool came from the sheep.

After seeing Ivan's expression, Defoni cursed in his heart that this guy pretended to look like this. This restaurant is definitely the property of the church. Let others come here to invite them to eat to make money, otherwise how could it be so expensive? Maybe there are two more menus!

Timber merchant Defoni felt his flesh hurts, but for his own business, he still called the waiter over and asked the waiter to make a recommendation.

The waiter was a servant who came with Olivia. He was very clever. He knew what was going on when he saw Defoni’s painful expression. So he said, "Thank you, my lord, today I recommend seafood for 2 people. There are discounts for the package."

The prices of most commodities in different Makai shopping malls are the same, only the food is different. Food in Mülheim is much more expensive than in Magnolia City, on the one hand because of the freight, on the other hand because the food in Mülheim is too unpalatable, so Hill deliberately set this up.

At the same time, in order to attract customers, the restaurant launches a special dish every day. Of course, even the special offer is more expensive than Magnolia City. Hill believed that the people in Mülheim would never want to eat their old dishes after they had tasted it.

The waiter first served the appetizing blackberry wine. When he poured the wine, a strong fruity aroma accompanied by a light wine scent penetrated into Defoni's nose. Defoni couldn't help but move his nose. This smell not bad?

Blackberry is a kind of raspberry, also called dewberry. It is extremely difficult to preserve. Almost no one in Mülheim has tasted this fruit. The taste of blackberry wine is more delicate and soft than wine, and its nutritional value is also higher. All in all, it's delicious and nutritious.

Defoni picked up the glass. The blackberry wine in the glass showed a translucent purple-red color. When it was shaken, small bubbles would appear. It smelled quite mellow and looked very attractive. The scent of blackberries is refreshing and refreshing, reminding Defoni that he was standing in a strawberry farm when he went to the south. It was summer, the sun was warm, and the breeze brought the fragrance of strawberries, making him feel all Relaxed.

Take another sip, the fruity aroma of blackberry and the aroma of wine are mixed together, sweet and sour, really appetizing.

It took a long time for Defoni to slow down, which was beyond his expectation.

This pre-dinner wine is really good, I don't know how the dinner is... He wants to see how the meal that cost him so many gold coins.

The next thing that came up was not seafood, but Xiaolongbao as a snack. There were only two per person.

After eating a lot of western food, I began to miss the pure Chinese food. Hill developed Xiaolongbao. He thought Xiaolongbao was easy to make, but it turns out that Chinese food is more difficult than he thought. The first Xiaolongbao made him expressionless, and then he began to conduct careful research, from time to time. He carefully paid attention to the techniques, from flour to fillings to soups.

At present, the wheat grown in the Demon World has been harvested. Perhaps the soil in the Demon World is special, and the quality of the wheat grown is very good. It reminded Hill of some protagonists who traveled through the farm with the Lingquan plug-in. That kind of wheat flour has the sweetness of wheat, and it is delicious simply steamed into ordinary steamed buns. As for the steamers of Xiaolongbao, they are all woven from fresh bamboo in the dark elf forest. They are verdant and let the surface of steamed Xiaolongbao have a little bamboo fragrance.

This time the xiaolongbao is filled with mushrooms and minced meat in a soup dumpling. The skin of the dumpling is thin and transparent, but it still has this toughness. It is difficult for ordinary chefs to master the skill of rolling the skin. Hill will micro-manage the magic elements. The technique was applied to the dough, and finally a satisfactory finished product was made.

The fire element wizard chefs were stimulated and worked hard to learn the soup dumplings for a long time, so the pre-dinner snacks of the set meal were dumping soup dumplings...because the chefs are itchy and want to make them.

As for the heat of Xiaolongbao...this is what chefs are best at, so there is no need to say more.

At this moment, Defoni looked at the small steamed dumplings in the plate placed in front of him, and couldn't help swallowing.

By the way, knives and forks are mainly used here. Some people use chopsticks in coastal areas and overseas islands, but most people in the Magnolia mainland still don't know how to use them. So Hill provided spoons a little larger than normal in the restaurant. Otherwise, let them eat soup dumplings with a knife and fork?

The waiter reminded him when he served the soup dumplings, drink the soup first, and be careful of being scalded.

Defoni was about to eat while chatting, but now he changed his mind and asked me to take a bite first and then talk.

With this thought in mind, he carefully picked up the soup dumpling with a spoon, then took a small bite, and then his eyes widened.

What a delicious thing!

The rich soup scent contains multiple flavors: the scent of shiitake mushrooms, the scent of meat and the scent of the dough itself... What's more, the scent spreads out, and the smell has begun to challenge Defoni's endurance. Defoni remembered the waiter's reminder, so he took a sip, and then the rich and delicious soup encroached on all his thoughts. This is too delicious, isn't it? Sure enough, it is something that has something to do with the devil!

Then Defoni dipped a little vinegar according to the waiter's reminder, and put the remaining dumplings in his mouth. The thin but tough skin, the stuffing of shiitake mushrooms, and the slightly sour vinegar enhance its umami...Defoni's mouth was full of juice, and he couldn't help showing a rather happy expression.

After he finished eating one, he looked at the priest Ivan on the opposite side, and then he shook his heart.

Everyone had two dumplings, and Ivan had finished eating those two, and was currently watching the dumplings in front of Defoni.

No—you greedy priest! You can take my money! But I can’t take my Xiaolongbao! Defony roared in his heart. Then he called the waiter and asked: "Will there be more cakes of this kind?"

The waiter shook his head: "Sorry, sir, the Xiaolongbao has not been officially added to the recipe yet."

"Can you get along with the chef?" Defoni said, "I can pay double the price."

"My chef might disagree..." the waiter said, "I'd better ask you."

After a while the waiter came out, "Sorry, sir."

Defony was almost distraught. He reluctantly pushed the remaining dumpling beside him to Ivan the priest who hadn’t moved, and said as calmly as possible: "That, Lord Ivan, please Use it..."

At the same time, his heart was bleak. You greedy priest, you will get retribution.

Ivan tried his best to restrain his expression of joy, and he said reservedly: "Thank you for your generosity, businessman. I remember, you came to ask for help to drive away the ice wolf."

The negotiations seemed to go smoothly, but Defoni did not feel much joy...

It wasn't until the seafood dinner came up that his bleak mood improved.

After the meal, Ivan took Defoni to the church and officially settled the matter. Ivan needs to afford the military expenses and supplies of the knights, in addition to preaching in the church at the next prostration about how the church has generously helped him unselfishly.

Without selfless and generous help, you robbed me of a dumpling!

Although Defoni knew in his heart that this condition was already very favorable. After all, the church did not charge him any extra money. It was logically passed, but emotionally, he couldn't help but think of a dumpling he lost that day.

Defoni felt that a devil lived in his heart. But he willingly.

Um... Today’s special meal for one person is a grilled fish set meal, let’s go over and eat it in the evening...

For now, it seems that the decision to use food as a stepping stone to the Empire of Ice is very correct.

02.

When the noble ladies of the Magnolia Empire were immersed in the pleasure of raising wild men, Hill began to ponder a new movie.

Although he has been doing all kinds of things and pushing things out all the time, a movie must be shown every few months. This is Hill's rule for himself.

New movies, since they want to expand overseas markets, it really is—

Fight in the stormy sea

Mysterious treasure map and compass are covered with dust

The scent of rum is mixed with the smell of gunpowder

This is a civilized and barbaric world

There is betrayal and killing here, as well as the passion of a passionate man

This is a world where rudeness and elegance coexist

There are swords and witchcraft, but also artillery and poison.

Behold, the terrible skull banner is flying in the wind

—Welcome to the world of Pirates of the Caribbean.

But...what did he change his name to in another world, "Josh Kenny Pirates"? "Magnolia Pirates"?

I always feel that the low is a lot. Is it an illusion... How about applying with Magnolia the Great and naming the ocean over there the Caribbean Sea?

Is it easy for him to make a movie...

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