Lady of the Lord From the East - Chapter 138

Adonis invited Dolores for a walk together on the morning of the 30th, which means that there are only two days left before the full moon ceremony. It is obviously impossible to make a new skirt, but some details are modified to change the style of the skirt. It’s simple.

And it doesn’t need a big change, anyway, as long as the makeup is appropriate, even a sweet girly style can be broken into a youthful temptation style in the end.

So Wei Wei only instructed Dolores to remove the bow on the neckline and waist, and change the small round neckline with ruffles to a size that completely exposes the collarbone. This design is still rare now, but it is not too outrageous. After all, although the clothing of this period is conservative, in fact, the square neckline with a faint arc on the edge of the square has actually taken shape, especially at noble banquets, you can often see noble women dressed like this. And if this square neckline is wider and lower, it will be very close to the luxurious and revealing ultra-low neckline most often worn by European aristocratic women in later generations. Of course Wei Wei will not let Dolores wear the kind of ultra-low collar that will be worn now. The skirt that is criticized, but the delicate collarbone is exposed, and with a suitable necklace, it is elegant and charming.

Especially for a precocious little beauty who is good-looking and has a well-developed figure, who can’t see that she is only fourteen years old.

Of course, Wei Wei is only responsible for telling her how to change it. The actual action is still up to Dolores to do it herself. The guests invited by the castle are coming one after another in the past two days, and she has too many things to do.

Because they did not receive the invitation to the naming ceremony, the guests consciously did not arrive at the castle before the 28th, so as not to embarrass the host or embarrass themselves, and the full moon banquet was scheduled for the evening of June 1, so most of the guests Choose to arrive at the castle the day before or in the morning, just in time for the evening banquet after a rest.

However, unlike the banquet in the castle, the flowing water banquet in the territory was set at noon, so when the guests arrived, the territory’s residents had already started to celebrate.

This time, there are ten running water seats in Sardinson County alone, and Thrott, which has a smaller population, has also arranged three places. Although workers who need to work cannot participate in the running water seats, they also have the same snacks, which can be said to be Celebrate the county.

The residents consciously brought gifts and went to the nearest running water seat. In addition to those located on the main traffic roads, Dingle Town, Uke Town and Melk Town are also three of the selected locations. The flowing water mat is placed directly on the town square. In addition to the townspeople living here and the surrounding villagers, those foreign businessmen and workers will not miss this kind of free food. Of course, it is really free. Most people still can’t do it, so guests who don’t have a gift will also send a gift, a silver coin for a better one, or a copper plate for those who really don’t have money, and then they can put it in the vacant place. Have a great meal.

The food made by the one-stop flowing water table cannot be said to be exquisite, but the taste is indeed very good, such as the banquet prepared by the Huaxia farmhouse, all kinds of stewed meat and cooking, each table has at least ten dishes, and the peasant women who are responsible for serving and cleaning up are neat. The action is fast. When someone finishes eating at this table, they will immediately clear their seats and let the next person eat at the table. If there are not enough dishes on the table, as long as you call, someone will quickly bring new ones, and the guests are also very conscious. , leave after eating, not occupying a seat to cause trouble for others, stand up here, and someone over there will take his place and continue to eat.

The running water feast lasted from noon to evening, and ended before dark. Many people who lived nearby even ate here twice. Of course, they didn’t eat for free. When the feast was finally closed, people nearby came to help. , the person who carried the tableware and chopsticks, the one who wiped the table, the one who swept the floor, and when they were all cleaned up, even helped them return the borrowed tables and chairs.

In the castle, the full moon feast belonging to Antonio also officially began.

The banquet of the nobles also begins with dinner. Pure gold candlesticks are placed on the long table. The exquisite silver tableware gleams in the candlelight. The table with flowers and fruit plates is full of various delicacies. Increased appetite.

The knight friends invited by Felix are of relatively low status in this group of nobles. Although they are all friends of Felix, the seating arrangement at this time can only be determined according to the status of the guests, otherwise it is easy to cause problems. The protests of other guests, most nobles always pay special attention to the rules at this point.

The banquet after dinner was the highlight of the day.

Although it was said to be a banquet to celebrate the birth of the heir to the Williams family, our little protagonist was only blown out and slipped around before dinner, and then was sent back to his room. The rest of the celebration was not with him. It doesn’t matter how much, adults are just looking for a suitable excuse to hold a banquet, and children should go to bed early and get up early.

The opening dance of the banquet was naturally performed by Felix and Wei Wei, and after them, the other guests entered the dance floor and started dancing.

As a dance partner, Dolores’ first dance was to dance with Adonis, but before that, they ran into a lot of trouble.

As the highest-ranking guest at this banquet, Adonis was indeed very welcome. Almost all unmarried girls set their sights on him, and even put aside the restraint of a lady, and took the initiative to invite him to dance, ignoring each other completely. There is already a dance partner by his side, and this dance partner is also the host of the banquet.

The lady of the Williams family is of noble status, but if she can become the wife of the Aldridge family, then who cares if she will offend the lady.

Don’t say that Dolores and Adonis are just dance partners, even if they are already engaged, with Adonis’ conditions, they will dare to grab it.

This made Dolores’ angry eyes almost red. This was the first time she officially participated in a banquet hosted by her own family. In order to impress Adonis, she even asked Wei Wei to help her with makeup. She had her hair trimmed and dressed up beautifully, and she had been praised by Adonis for this, and she was very happy to eat a meal.

As a result, this kind of bad thing happened at the beginning of the dance, who wouldn’t be angry.

But she is not the kind of character that can confront people directly, and the behavior of those noble ladies is hateful, but they have nothing to do except come over and invite Adonis to dance. If Dolores has an attack, it will appear that she is the one stingy.

But seeing that the opening dance of my brother and sister-in-law was about to end, and soon everyone was going to dance, and the ladies who came to invite Adonis became more beautiful. Dolores became more and more anxious, for fear that he would really agree One of them went to the first dance.

Fortunately, this did not happen.

Adonis is very used to being surrounded by a group of noble ladies when attending a banquet. He politely declined their invitation from beginning to end. No matter how outstanding the people came, none of them could make him give a different answer. , and not only the first dance, but also the second, third or later dance invitations, he refused one by one.

Immediately after the opening dance, Adonis invited Dolores to get off the dance floor.

The music sounded, and Dolores’s mood gradually improved, and then she became nervous. It was not the first time for her to dance, but the previous dance partner was either her brother or her friend, and it was the first time with a stranger, especially The identity of the other party is not ordinary, and she is the object of her favor.

It’s hard not to be nervous or shy to be led by the other party and dance with your waist.

And she was really scared that she accidentally stepped on Adonis with the wrong dance step, which would be embarrassing, so when dancing, Dolores didn’t dare to look anywhere else, just focused on staring at the corner of her eye. Under his feet, he counted the beats over and over again in his heart.

“Don’t be so nervous, you dance well.”

Adonis’s voice suddenly rang, and Dolores was shocked, and she almost lost her rhythm. The young man’s hand on the opposite side suddenly exerted force, leading her to make a circle, and complied with the rhythm.

She widened her eyes in shock, and when she raised her eyes, it happened to meet those green eyes with a smile.

It’s like, suddenly I’m not afraid anymore.

In the distance, Wei Wei, who exited the dance floor with Felix after only dancing the opening dance, looked at a man and a woman in the middle of the crowd and smiled.

The contact between Dolores and Adonis is progressing well. It can be seen that both sides have a good impression of each other. Although it is still too early to talk about marriage, the current situation is already a good start. , will get there sooner or later.

But this good impression did not make Adonis decide to stay in Sardinson. After the full moon feast, he, like other guests, proposed the decision to leave to the owner of the castle.

Felix politely asked him to stay in the castle for a few more days, but Adonis had been away from the family territory for a while, and he wanted to go back early, so he refused his stay.

It didn’t take long for Adonis to leave Sardinesburg with his servants and carriage.

Dolores sent him away at the gate of the castle, and when the shadow of the carriage disappeared, she withdrew her gaze in disappointment, and turned her head to meet Wei Wei’s teasing gaze.

“Reluctant?”

Dolores said embarrassedly: “There is a point, but we made an appointment to write to each other.”

Wei Wei touched the little girl’s head. The Aldrich family’s territory was not close to Sardinson. It would take ten days to send a letter to the other party. It was not easy to communicate.

Fortunately, they are nobles.

She gave Dolores a small tip: “You can ask Phil to borrow his pigeons.”

Carrier pigeons have a long history. Not to mention the Chinese side, the European side has already started to use carrier pigeons to communicate in ancient Rome. This is the fastest way to transmit information. A decree will be issued in the territory forbidding people to hunt pigeons, and the commoners are also very conscious of abiding by this rule. They don’t want to provoke a noble because of a pigeon.

There are naturally pigeons in Sardinson Castle, but there were not many of them in the past. Now, because there is more information to be received, the number of pigeons has also increased a lot. Felix should not mind sharing one for his sister.

Dolores’ eyes lit up, the speed of a carrier pigeon was faster than that of a horse, and the best horse could run the distance of a day, but a good pigeon could fly a distance of two hours. If a carrier pigeon helped her deliver the letter, maybe two or three In a day’s time, her letter will be delivered to the other party.

The little girl picked up the skirt and walked in hastily: “I’m going to find my brother.”

Not long after, Adonis, who had already walked away, suddenly heard the sound of horses running from behind.

He motioned for the carriage to stop, and the knight chasing after him handed him a rattan transport cage: “This is given to you by the Count.”

In the transport cage, a clever little guy was making a cooing sound.

Adonis accepted the gift with a smile: “Please go back and tell the count, I will take good care of it.”

Adonis was very clear about the meaning of sending a carrier pigeon to him, and he decided to send someone to send one after he went back, so that the communication between the two sides would be convenient.

After Adonis left, Felix’s knight friends also said goodbye. Most of them came after taking leave from their respective masters, so the time they could stay was also limited, and this full moon banquet, some knights were loyal The nobles also came in person, but the departure time was a little later than them. Now that the master is leaving, the knights will naturally leave with them.

Alan originally planned to stay for a few more days. In addition to visiting Felix, his friend, he also left the capital this time to take over Princia. In his opinion, this matter is not urgent, so as long as he is willing, in Sacramento It’s okay for Dinson to stay a few days longer.

But he is not in a hurry. His group of territorial stewards who are looking forward to it are in a hurry. Almost right after the full moon banquet, the urging letter from there has already arrived at Sardinson Castle. The housekeeper of the Xia family wrote the letter in tears, and he could only pack up and leave.

“Let’s make an appointment to go hunting after I finish dealing with the affairs in the territory.”

To Allen, what Wang has worth his nostalgia is the group of Yingyingyanyan, and his confidantes will not follow him to leave the capital, so when Allen left, the two sides almost broke up peacefully. .

Therefore, Ellen, who has no new target, can think of the entertainment method, and only asks Felix to go hunting.

Felix agreed, but he didn’t think the two sides would have the opportunity to go hunting together in a short time. Taking over the territory was not an easy matter. He didn’t know how much time it took to control Sardinson. It underestimated the difficulty.

Finally, the last guest was sent away, and Sardinson Castle regained its former tranquility again.

Felix has signed a cooperation agreement with several nobles from the capital, including Ellen and Adonis, for this year, Sardinson is ready to launch new products-mirrors and improved The self-sounding pendulum clock of , this market is a bit big, it is not good for him to eat alone, so after thinking about it again and again, he found a lot of partners for himself.

Glass mirrors have actually been sold to the public since last year, but at that time, they were all small hand mirrors, and the large half-length mirrors were only owned by the two mistresses of the Williams family, because they were so big. It is very difficult to make the glass of the glass. Wei Wei’s mirror was made by Master Raymond himself, while Dolores’s mirror was made by the craftsmen in the glass workshop after burning a lot of glass. Because of the difficulty Too big, so the more profitable big mirror has never become a commodity sale.

However, with the help of Master Raymond this year, the glass craftsmen in the factory finally made a new breakthrough. It is still difficult for them to make large life-size mirrors, but mirrors that can illuminate the entire neck and above can be made on a small scale. Now, the high-definition glass mirror is matched with a delicate and luxurious outer frame, so that a mirror that can be placed on the dressing table can be exchanged for hundreds of gold coins as long as it is placed out, and the cost is mostly based on the luxury of the outer frame. Yes, it can be said to be a profit.

Limited to the speed of pure manual production, the glass workshop can burn 30 mirrors in a month, plus the installation of the outer frame in the later period, it takes more than half a month for a mirror to go from raw materials to production. The output is very small, but aristocratic women have long been looking forward to having a larger mirror after buying a hand mirror. As long as the mirror starts to sell, they will not worry about no customers coming.

However, this production speed is obviously not satisfactory, and there is no way to expand the production scale in Sardinson’s situation, so he simply accepted Wei Wei’s proposal, found a suitable candidate, and prepared to jointly build a factory and run it together. , they provide technology, and the other party is responsible for the actual production. At that time, apart from the commission to Master Raymond, the rest will earn three or seven points, and Felix three and seven.

In the end, he chose five partners. Allen and Adonis are one of them. The other three are also nobles with great power and high reputation in Pradine. The four mirror factories were established in different places, and Satinson did not need to worry about the production and management. Felix and Wei Wei would just wait and collect the money.

The market for pendulum clocks is also not small. As the most advanced timing device at present, the appearance of pendulum clocks has obviously improved people’s concept of time, and it can be big or small. It is also very suitable for home furnishings, but The overly simple structure is the reason why Sardinson County has not sold pendulum clocks to the outside world. If it is really sold like this, I believe that imitations will be released soon.

And because Wei Wei wanted Master Raymond to make a mechanical clock that could automatically tell the time, in the end he only made a pendulum clock without the function of telling the time. The master was not satisfied with this and kept asking Wei Wei for more. Give him some time, and he will be able to improve the pendulum clock to her satisfaction.

Wei Wei was not in a hurry, and although the structure of the pendulum clock is simple, the production of gears can only be made by hand, which takes a lot of time to produce. Agreed to Raymond’s request.

Originally, Wei Wei thought that Raymond, who had been hiding in the newly built research institute since the drawing of the steam engine, would not remember it, and was hesitant to take the time to ask—finally Because of her pregnancy and her belly getting bigger and bigger, Felix was forbidden to go to such a dangerous place, so she never went to the research institute once until now – but she hadn’t gone, but Raymond, who thought she had forgotten about it, Sent his new apprentice with an improved pendulum clock.

The structure of this pendulum clock is much more complicated than the original one. After the clockwork is wound, the same bell will ring every hour depending on the time. far away.

The structure of the improved self-winding pendulum clock is much more complicated than the original pendulum clock, and it is no longer an object that can be easily imitated. People who are not familiar with the mechanical structure will be difficult to put back if it is disassembled. Complicated and not easy to disassemble the shell, it is more secure.

In order to prevent the appearance of counterfeit goods, Felix also badly asked Raymond to add some unnecessary internal parts to this pendulum clock, making it look more complicated and incomprehensible, ensuring that even if someone buys it back and dismantles it If you start research, you won’t be able to come up with a few if you don’t tear them down.

Of course, he also found a few partners for himself in this business, but unlike the mirror, this time the partner is only responsible for the processing and production of parts, and the final assembly is completed by the workers on the side of Sardinson. , that is to say, at least for a long time, the craftsmanship of pendulum clocks will not be passed down.

Of course, this kind of cooperation is likely to cause the gears made by the other party to not meet the requirements, and the transportation will increase the production cost, but as long as samples are provided, it is unlikely that the parts will not meet the standard. For confidentiality, a little bit They can still afford the shipping costs.

Of course, considering the transportation problem, Felix chose to cooperate with the nobles whose territories were closer to Sardinson. For example, Allen took advantage of the neighboring Princia and Slot. As well as the identity of his friend, he has more opportunities for cooperation than others.

Of course, before these factories were built, mirrors and pendulum clocks were only products unique to Sardinson, especially the first self-running pendulum clock with a delicate casing, which was sent to an auction in the capital by Felix To make a name for himself, in the end this pendulum clock was bought by the king with a price of up to 10,000 gold coins, and people who knew the origin of the pendulum clock also poured into the shop of Feilisachs to order the pendulum clock. It flew to Sardinson like a tide, and the quotations in the letter were higher than each other. Unfortunately, Felix did not plan to recruit blacksmiths who were not enough to build these time-consuming parts, so the next pendulum clock must at least wait. It was only possible to meet the guests last month.

While Felix was busy with his business affairs, Sardinson was in the new year’s wheat harvest season. With last year’s bumper harvest, this year’s residents were more looking forward to the wheat in the fields. They had a hunch that this year’s The harvest may exceed last year’s.

Originally, according to the previous situation, Wei Wei should also start caring about the wheat situation in the manor at this time, but now, she has absolutely no time to spare.

Ma’s pregnancy is about eleven months, and the jade lion is a little earlier than Wei Wei, so in June, when little Antonio was more than a month old, her jade lion finally showed signs of giving birth.

So these few days, Wei Wei went to the stables every day to see the jade lion and cared about its condition, and then one night, she was woken up by the maid who was watching and told her that her horse was finally going to give birth.