Struggle in the Steam Age

"Struggle in the Age of Steam(

The reason why Nora said that dealing with the emergence of Viscount Doropia this time is not dangerous, and the reason is very simple, because she could obviously feel the power of the gods in the samples when she tested those samples. It comes from a certain evil god, and when the churches discover this, they will naturally send enough people to take action. Lawrence and the others can easily reap favors as long as they fish in troubled waters.

The following day, Lawrence and the others went to the city for a stroll. As a rejuvenated ancient empire, although the history of the building is not long, the style adopted is quite antique, completely different from the White Eagle Federation, which is also a descendant of the western civilization of the Old World. The architectural style of Xinzhou Republic in the northwest is quite similar.

For example, both sides used bas-relief and colorful painting on the walls to imitate the style of their ancient buildings. In addition, the roofs of these buildings all adopted ancient styles to highlight cultural heritage. The only difference is that the eaves dome and vault are used in the New Continent Republic, while the onion dome and vault are used in the Erythian Empire.

In addition to architecture, local food is also unique. Because now the territory of the new empire is far more fertile than the old empire. So their diet has more fresh vegetables and fruits than the old empire. However, the style of the dishes has not changed much, and it is still based on a variety of grilled and stewed foods.

For example, there are pancakes with roasted meat filled with spices, and there are staple foods where rice, meat, onions, cream and various spices are all put into hollowed tomatoes or green peppers. There is also a special salad made with cheese and various local specialty vegetables.

"Compared with the White Eagle Federation, the food here can be called delicacy. As for the Federation, if you exclude the food from all over the world brought by immigrants from various countries, I think they can say what they are. Nothing." At lunch, Nora wiped her greasy mouth elegantly with a handkerchief after she was full.

"Food culture requires two things." Because Lawrence didn't want to go to the restaurant right after he had eaten a meal, he simply explained some of the knowledge to the puppet. "The first is to be rich enough and the country is stable. Only in this way will everyone have the energy to focus on making food more delicious."

"It makes sense." Nora nodded. After all, if everyone is busy surviving when they are hungry for a long time or barely eating, how can they have the time to develop various cultures. After all, even if there are extraordinary powers in this world, it is still true that the economic foundation determines the superstructure.

"On the other hand, from a historical point of view, it takes a long time to accumulate in order to develop a food culture. It’s hard to say that countries like the White Eagle Federation have their own culture. At that time, most of the food we ate came from other civilizations. The rare local dishes that resemble fish and potato chips or meat bread are hardly a kind of food culture."

"You're right. The only characteristic of the special diets of the White Eagle Federation is that they are faster when they are prepared and eaten. It is not so much a manifestation of food culture. It is better to say that it was for satisfaction after the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution. Food specially invented for a faster pace of life." Nora thought about it for a while and said, "But you are wrong. This can also be said to be a kind of food culture, but it is not a good food."

"What you said makes sense." When the puppet said so, Lawrence also recalled the fast foods he had seen in his previous life. To be honest, those fast foods are actually a special diet produced under the background of industrialization. Culture cannot be regarded as food that can fill the stomach alone.

"What do you think if we do fast food now?" This conversation also gave Lawrence an inspiration, he looked at Nora across the table and asked. "If I remember correctly, the catering industry is a relatively profitable industry. Especially this kind of fast food is highly profitable."

"Don't think about it, my dear brother." Nara said as Lawrence waved her little paw. "Don't you ever think that this kind of fast food became a rigid demand at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. But why didn't chain fast food restaurants be born until nearly 100 years after the Industrial Revolution."

"You must know that compared to modern people, people in ancient times did not understand many things because they had too little knowledge, but their IQ was not much worse. Especially when it comes to making money, you can see They can see it too." The little doll said to Lawrence with a little helplessness.

"If so—" Lawrence frowned after hearing Nora's words. But soon he woke up. "I understand why. Before the cold chain and transportation system can be established, the so-called standardized industrialized diet cannot exist at all, so naturally there is no such thing as chain fast food."

"This is indeed the case." Nara nodded and stood up and walked out of the restaurant with Lawrence. "So many new products are promoted because of various backgrounds. Many things are not as advanced as possible. This is the case in the catering industry. The same is true for other things."

Lawrence was quite satisfied with Nora's words. For example, after owning the territory, he did not take the most fashionable industrialization road of this era, but chose to farm the land. This seems a bit of a turtle, but from the perspective of adapting measures to local conditions, he is now more valuable to develop agricultural planting than to develop industry.

The next two people continued to stroll around the city. Unlike visiting the scenic spots in the morning, they mainly wandered around the city's business district in the afternoon to see if there were any special products that could be bought. As a result, they unexpectedly discovered that some of the crew on the Enterprise were also shopping in the commercial area.

After all, the Enterprise is a warship ~www.ltnovel.com~ The crew on it is also the coast guard organization, which is equivalent to the navies of other countries. In this case, the salary of everyone on the ship is not too low, plus a lot of spoils from previous attacks. Naturally, there is enough money to buy all kinds of souvenirs.

After saying hello to everyone, in order not to disturb everyone's shopping mood. Lawrence took Nora and quickly left the crew and went to the other end of the shop to buy souvenirs. However, considering the budget problem, Lawrence finally bought only a set of silver enamel jewelry and prepared to send it back to Seifer.

After all, the two parties were about to get married now, but after thinking about it carefully, Lawrence realized that he had not given her any gifts. So now that I have been here this time, as a person with normal emotional intelligence, Lawrence feels that he should buy some unique gifts between lovers for Syfiel.

After finally buying the present, Lawrence and Nora returned to the hotel where they had lived before. And just a few minutes after the two of them returned to the hotel, a rugged priest of the Crucifixion Church came to the hotel and sent them an invitation letter.

The content of the invitation letter is very simple, that is, they have almost prepared for the ceremony of the Holy Grail, if there is no accident, everything will be completely over at midnight today.

In other words, the church is finally able to allocate manpower to do other things. For example, accurately judge the contribution Lawrence and the others made last time, and give corresponding rewards.

"This time the reward should not be as big as the last time." After reading the letter, Lawrence had a more accurate judgment in his mind. "After all, finding the holy relic is only a temporary benefit for the church, but I proposed it last time. Those thoughts of these people can make a long-term contribution to the church."