Succubus' Manor

Lilia is very ambitious. It seems that there is a greedy dragon living in her petite body. She doesn't show timidity in front of Chi Yan. On the contrary, she straightens her chest and puts on a fearless posture. .

Chi Yan: "Does your family want to control the grain market in your own hands?"

This ambition is too great, and it is also a threat to Chi Yan.

Maybe other lords don't care, but he doesn't need any big power in his territory.

It is best to balance the forces and check each other.

Lilia: "My lord, we just want a share of the action."

Old Bob's lessons learned are there. If Old Bob was not too greedy, how could the lord have to find someone to divide the market?As long as the power in Old Bob's hands is small, the lord will keep him.

Lilia stretched her neck, and said eagerly: "Sir, our family doesn't need you to support it, and you don't want to give one to Fitch, it's not a small amount of money."

This moved Chi Yan a little, but he still remained motionless, and said with a smile, "This amount of money is not too much to me."

Lilia: "I know that you are a kind person, my lord. Everything you do is for the poor to live, but many people are destined to die this winter."

"Every winter, someone freezes to death."

Lilia: "Either die of fever, or die of cold."

Chi Yan looked at her and waited for her to continue. Lilia seemed to have made up her mind to negotiate this cooperation with Chi Yan. She gritted her teeth and showed her utmost sincerity: "Our family can guarantee that this We can provide charcoal in winter."

"Charcoal?" Chi Yan repeated the word.

Then he felt like he was making a fuss.

It is not surprising that there is charcoal here, there is no such thing in small places, but it is always available in developed places.

The working people are still wise.

Lilia breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, my lord, we can not earn a single copper coin."

Chi Yan: "How much can you provide?"

Lilia pursed her lips: "It's enough for half the city's people. If you save a little, you can get more."

Chi Yan stared intently into her eyes: "Is what you said useful? Will your people listen to you?"

Lilia assured: "My lord, my brother is a fool. The two sisters are about to get married and go to other people's homes. My father only takes me by his side. What I say has the same weight as my father."

Chi Yan smiled and said, "Since you are so sincere, let's try it first."

Lilia finally had a smile on her face, as long as Chi Yan was willing to help her, she would soon be able to gain a foothold.

After all, without Chi Yan, she just wanted to make enemies with all the grain merchants.

Lilia saluted Chi Yan politely before retreating.

Chi Yan suddenly stopped her.

Lilia turned her head: "My lord? What else do you want?"

Chi Yan: "I need you to build a canteen."

Lilia asked in confusion, "Canteen?"

Chi Yan: "In a canteen that can accommodate thousands of people, ordinary people can buy cooked food at a low price."

Chi Yan smiled at her: "It's my reward for helping you at that time."

Lilia was taken aback by the number of thousands of people—this city is full of people, and there are only more than 5000 people!

Only the holy city can accommodate so many people.

It's just for watching the fights.

Chi Yan: "Can you do it? Don't force yourself if you can't. I can let Fei Qi..."

Lilia gritted her teeth and said decisively: "My lord, I can! Just give me ten days."

She must be able to find a suitable place, accommodating 1000 people is not a problem, and she is not planning to build a house, as long as there is an open space, a place to cook, and put seats on it.

It's just that even so, the daily food money and the money for hired labor are not a small amount.

Lilia could only comfort herself - it would be good if this winter passed.

The loss can only be temporary, but in the long run, it is their gain.

Even that idiot Fitch earns a lot of money, there's no reason why she can't.

So Lilia bid farewell to Chi Yan again.

Chi Yan didn't keep her anymore.

Chi Yan knew that the canteen would not be as good as he imagined.

But no matter how little food there is, as long as there is a mouthful of rice that can be eaten into the mouths of ordinary people, he feels good.

After all, businessmen are not saints, and they cannot be expected to do many good things.

After Chi Yan finished talking with Lilia, it was time for lunch again.

What I ate today was not chicken breast, but a whole roasted chicken, probably because Amelia grasped the essence of fried chicken breast. She used a wooden stick to pierce small holes in the chicken, and then mixed the spices with water and spread them on the chicken , She also smeared it on the inside, and put it in the oven after marinating for a period of time.

However, because the chicken is not very fat, and all the chicken fat is roasted, it tastes a bit chalky.

But it was pretty good for Chi Yan.

Only then did he realize belatedly—he brought soy sauce and sugar here!

When cooking, add a little sugar to enhance freshness.

He also brought a can of pure handmade chicken essence made by Anna.

So the unpalatable food he ate for so long was actually his own fault?

After Chi Yan had lunch, he asked Kadi to give Amelia the soy sauce, sugar, and chicken essence that he brought, and also handed her the method of use.

Then he thought of Burris, Amelia's lover.

Burris is now teaching newcomers recruited from civilians, mainly telling them the rules of being a guard.

These civilians are all self-signed names, and they are all young men in their prime of life.

Chi Yan also recruited some women and old people to be in charge of cooking and logistics.

The lads obviously haven't figured it out yet, they're recruited because being a guard pays their bills, and being a guard is glamorous, and they don't know anything else.

"I heard that if you become a guard, you don't have to worry about eating in the future."

"Go to any stall, and the owner of that stall won't take our money."

"Wife is easy to marry!"

"It's nice to be a guard."

"This kind of good thing didn't happen to us before. I didn't expect that we would still have today."

However, after listening to Burris talking about the rules for a few days, they were all confused.

Burris said: "The guards must be loyal to the lord, obey the knights, and protect the safety of everyone."

"The most important thing is to protect the castle."

"If there is an enemy, if you want to fight with others, the guards have to obey the arrangement and command."

……

The boys were all foolish, they only heard Burris say what they must do, but they didn't hear Burris mention what they could get.

When Burris talked about the last day, he finally talked about what they could get: "Your daily food is provided by the lord, you can take home what you can't eat, and you may get thirty copper coins a month..."

Someone asked: "Why [-] coins? Anyone who builds roads outside can get [-] coins."

Burris: "They have thirty coins, but they can only buy beans and wheat bran to eat, and you can eat wheat, and you have black bread to eat!"

All doubts disappeared at this point.

Brown bread is of course more filling than beans. Even if there are stones and wheat bran in it, there is still wheat in it.

I don't know how many people haven't tasted bread for a long time.

Burris wiped the sweat from his forehead: "What else do you want to ask?"

The new guards said nothing.

They were just thinking, if they eat less, they can bring home more, plus thirty copper coins per month, no one in the family will starve to death this winter, but they don’t have time to chop firewood, Which one of the family should I let chop wood?

It would be good to accumulate more firewood before it snows.

Otherwise, if it snows, the mountain road will be difficult to walk, and cutting firewood may freeze you to death outside.

Burris breathed a sigh of relief and shouted: "No doubt, let's start training!"

Because the knights still hadn't started out and were always being beaten, Burris could only assume the role of instructor under Chi Yan's guidance.

Originally, Burris was irrelevant. He was a follower of the crowd in the guards, and he didn't dare to stand out. He decided that shooting the top bird would not end well, but he was persuaded by Amelia. up.

"My lord is training you!" Amelia was very happy for Burris, "My lord has been here for a while, and among all the servants, he only uses a personal servant and Amos that he brought, There is a shortage of people in the hands of adults."

"As long as you do things well for the adults and take this opportunity to stand firm, your good days are yet to come!"

"Don't you want to be regarded as an inferior person who waits on horses all your life?"

So Burris bit the bullet and took on the task.

The guards thought the training was fighting with weapons or bare hands, but Burris made them stand still in the cold wind.

In fact, Boris didn't know why...

But what adults say always makes sense.

Boris didn't know the military posture, so this group of people stood in a very unsightly manner. Chi Yan glanced down on the balcony and felt that his eyes were a little hot-this was worse than the first time a high school student stood in a military posture , These people are either standing crookedly, or standing with their buttocks pouted, or their shoulders are twisted, and their bodies are concave in an S-shaped curve, which is extremely enchanting.

Just a bunch of monsters.

Chi Yan, who couldn't stand it anymore, called Boris to his side.

"Stand like this." Chi Yan said, "Stand up straight, raise your head, hold your chest out, and draw in your stomach."

Burris quickly stood up according to Chi Yan's instructions.

Chi Yan: "The back of the hand is straightened, the palm is pressed against the seam of the trousers, yes, that's it, the eyes look forward."

Burris looked ahead.

Chi Yan nodded: "That's right, you hold on for a while, I think it's ok, and you go down and teach them."

Originally, Burris thought that he just stood still, and there was nothing he couldn't do. When he was a guard, he often walked around all day. Could it be more tiring to stay still than to walk all the time?

But Burris soon discovered - he was wrong.

Standing still, especially maintaining this posture, was really tiring. He felt that he had stood for a long time, until his whole body was shaking, and his legs could barely support his body.

But he had a rare desire to be competitive, and he didn't want to lose face in front of the lord, so he gritted his teeth and persisted.

He adjusted his center of gravity with difficulty, and when one leg went numb, he shifted his whole body weight to the other leg, which made him feel a little better.

Seeing that Boris was standing upright, Chi Yan felt that he should have suffered enough, so he said to him, "Okay, you go down, and let them stand like this."

Chi Yan doesn't think standing in a military posture has any effect in actual combat. After all, when the two sides fight, they can't stand better than anyone else.

But it can make the guards more obedient.

Obedience is the most important thing. Otherwise, if there is a fight, everyone will not obey the command, and if someone deserts, even if they win the fight, they will lose in the end.

After Boris went down, he began to teach the guards to stand in a military posture.

He was stricter than Chi Yan, thinking that if he had suffered, those who made him suffer should suffer more than him.

The guards dared not complain, for fear that if they complained, they would not be able to serve as guards. Not only would they not be able to eat black bread, but they would also lose their monthly income of [-] copper coins.

Bartley is a young man who finally became a guard. There are two younger brothers and three younger sisters in his family. His mother lost her life when the last younger sister was born.

And his father has taken his younger brothers and sisters to build roads.

Only he was lucky enough to be selected and became a guard.

Until now, Bartlet felt that all this was unreal. He actually became a guard, from an ordinary person to a master.

In the eyes of the common people, the guards are the masters.

So Barrett gritted his teeth and maintained the same posture, although this posture made him tired and uncomfortable.

Kleist on the other side is very relaxed.

The knights and guards were obedient, and behaved like quails in front of Kleist.

"My lord..." Ansair walked cautiously to Kleist's side, not daring to show his breath, "The sun is about to set."

Kleist glanced at Ansair.

Ansair took a step back uncontrollably.

He originally wanted to ask them if they could take a break, but as soon as the words came out of his mouth, it became: "Can we have a meal before continuing?"

Kleist felt that this was not good for the human race, and they had to eat a meal every once in a while.

It's as if they can't even hold food in their stomachs.

But it's not good to starve people to death. It's not that he feels sorry for these people, but that when these people die, Chi Yan will have a headache again, so he said, "Go."

Ansair, like being pardoned, quickly called the knights and guards to have dinner together.

The knights and guards who were fighting with bare hands just now stopped their movements instantly - they were tired all day, and now they have no strength at all. , the clothes were soaked with sweat.

But no one dared to go directly, they bowed to Kleist from a distance, and only looked up after they felt that time was enough.

Then they ran to the back kitchen. They all ate in the small room behind the kitchen. Since they trained together, the knight's preferential treatment was also cancelled. They ate black bread and drank bland soup like the guards every day.

But because he expended too much physical strength and was too hungry, even such food was eaten with relish.

Hunger is always the best sauce.

Anything is delicious as long as you are hungry enough.

While waiting for the good news from Lilia, Chi Yan found something for himself to do.

He asked the kitchen to pick out plump soybeans, and was going to ask the kitchen to order tofu.

He has already practiced this technique, just use the local sour leaves to grind into juice, then use a spoon to melt it into the boiled soybean milk in a clockwise direction, wait for it to slowly condense into a block, and then use a wooden board to press it with a heavy object. .

Moreover, bean dregs are also a good thing. When you are rich, you can feed them to cows and horses. When you are not rich, you can also eat them.

People in the city now eat soybeans by boiling them casually, and frying them with some salt if possible.

But no one uses soybeans to make bean sprouts.

Because beans are fuller than bean sprouts.

By the way, Chi Yan asked the kitchen to send out some bean sprouts. The kitchen knew the technique of making bean sprouts, so there was no need for Chi Yan to teach it.

Amelia ordered tofu in front of Chi Yan's eyes. The soy milk was ground with the heaviest stone mill, and the filtered bean dregs were very fine. It was made into bean dregs cakes and dipped in some sauce, which tasted good too.

But the best thing is the baked tofu that is brushed with sauce and baked.

Chi Yan felt that if Lilia was smart, bean dregs cakes should be the most food provided in the cafeteria.

Soybeans are a good thing to grow and grow fast. Although they are cheap, they are good things that can keep people alive.

Chi Yan said to Amelia: "You can do it when you go back. It's best to let your neighbors see it."

Although the cook lived in the castle most of the time, she also had her own home outside.

Amelia didn't quite understand what Chi Yan meant: "My lord... If I do it at home, I will be learned by others."

Chi Yan smiled: "What I mean is that you teach others. You not only have to let them see, but also tell them how to do it."

You can keep the tofu pulp after ordering, and then you don’t need sour sauce when ordering tofu next time. After all, tofu ordered directly with sour juice still has a faint sour taste.

Chi Yan explained in detail.

Amelia's expression gradually became serious: "My lord, I understand."

Chi Yan smiled at her, and after Chi Yan left, the servants in the kitchen surrounded Amelia, and they said in one go:

"What does that mean, my lord?"

"Should such a craft be taught to those untouchables?"

"It's good for the untouchables to eat boiled beans."

"Yeah, why teach them?"

"They are not worthy!"

Although Amelia thought so in her heart, she couldn't say it in her mouth. She scolded seriously: "What are you doing around me?!"

"Don't you think the lord is doing something wrong?"

People dispersed angrily.

Only the maid with the best relationship with Amelia came over: "Mom, can you give me some sour juice?"

This maid is the youngest, and Amelia has no children, so she has always taken good care of this maid, and the two also recognized their mother and daughter in private.

The maid never called Amelia mother when there were many people.

Only the two of them would the maid call Amelia that.

Amelia really relaxed a lot, and a smile appeared on her face: "Don't worry, I will definitely give it to you."

The maid said coquettishly: "I knew that my mother treated me the best."

Amelia knew that the lord is a person who is swift and decisive in everything, so she went home that day and handed over all the work to her recognized daughter. She only believed in the other party in this kitchen, thinking that her daughter would not Hold the kitchen while she is away.

Amelia returned to her home outside the castle. Her home had a courtyard. The people who lived here were all wealthy people. Amelia, who worked as a cook, naturally became the target of everyone's curry favor.

As a result, as soon as Amelia appeared on this street, someone greeted her eagerly: "Amelia! Why are you back?"

"Amelia, you haven't been back for a long time, do you need us to let the servants help you clean your house?"

"Amelia, would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight?"

"Amelia..."

Amelia was proud and proud, but now was not the time to show off to these people. She sighed and said, "I'm going to come back to live for a while. The lord sees me working hard, so let me come back and rest."

"What about the kitchen?"

"Amelia, this is not acceptable. You have been away for a long time, and those people will try to prevent you from going back."

Amelia smiled and said, "I also considered this and told the lord, so the lord asked my daughter to manage the kitchen instead of me."

"That's fine, that's fine."

"Yeah, you have to take care of yourself."

Amelia asked unintentionally: "How are you doing now? Is there still much food at home?"

The neighbors shook their heads and sighed: "We don't have much money. If this continues, we will have to eat beans like those untouchables."

"It's not good to eat beans, you can't hold your fart!"

"That's right, it's bad if you fart when you're talking to people."

"It's still very loud! It would be better if there were only smells and no sound."

Amelia: "I do know a way to turn beans into another kind of food, which is delicious and won't fart after eating."

The neighbors laughed and said, "Beans are only eaten by the untouchables. Unless my family has no money, I will not eat beans."

"Yes, my family can still afford wheat now."

"But meat is not easy to buy, it's really expensive."

"I haven't eaten meat for a long time."

Amelia found it useless to talk to these people, so she could only say, "I'm going back to rest first."

She could probably only focus on the servants in the neighbourhood.

These servants must not be able to afford wheat, and they may even save beans.

Amelia felt very tired.

As long as she leaves the castle, she will never have to deal with servants—not to mention that the servants in the castle are different from the servants outside.

They are all very decent people.

Many of them come from good families and are literate.

The servants outside are lowly stones, but the servants in the castle are noble gems.

Amelia didn't understand what the lord was thinking.

What's the use of helping those untouchables?

Is the role of the untouchables more useful than the merchants and squires in the city?

She has stayed here for so many years, and has worked in the castle since the earl's father was still alive. She thinks she has seen all kinds of things, and she can understand how ridiculous things are.

But she couldn't understand what the lord did.

He doesn't spoil his lover, he doesn't hang out with beauties, and he doesn't ask merchants for money.

What are you going to do with those untouchables?

Amelia couldn't figure it out, she could only think that the lord's brain was different from other people's.

Of course, this grown-up is a very smart grown-up, and he even knows how to make beans into another kind of food.

But he only cares about the lowly untouchables.

Amelia rubbed her wrist: "It's crazy."