Chapter 780： Win-win feast

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The palace of the prince is brightly lit, and the main hall is already a banquet hall.

Rurik didn't deliberately waste time, it was because the dinner party needed some time to prepare.

A small reindeer that has been slaughtered and spread out and cooked is the final hard dish of the dinner. This dish takes a long time to roast, so that when the people in Kagan are busy taking a bath, the venison with a lot of salt is already String them up with iron bars and put them in the roasting pit.

In the end, the person who came was the son of Pechenegg Khan and the envoy who sent hundreds of good horses.

If Rurik wanted to cater to this unexpected guest with extremely high food treatment, then the dinner must be sumptuous and reflect the characteristics of the Principality.

The flour and the noodles form a dough. The high-gluten wheat from Britain is rolled into a dough crust, folded and cut, and boiled and placed in ice water for later use. Pottery urn is a mixture of venison, deer fat, diced mushrooms, diced carrots, onion chunks, chopped thyme, and a lot of salt. It is directly mixed with a small amount of flour to make it more viscous. If you can get some oil, chicken essence, and pepper, it will naturally make the stew more flavorful, but high-grade spices are really not available. Even so, such marinated noodles is the limit that Rurik can recover.

As a result, the noodles produced naturally have a Slavic-style thick soup boiled with similar ingredients.

Just after the autumn harvest, people around Lake Ilmen walked into the mountains and forests, taking advantage of an extremely short autumn rain to dig for mushrooms.

The most common local Pleurotus eryngii, bisporus, and oyster mushrooms have good yields every year, and these are eaten by the people themselves. After the rare matsutake is excavated, it is sliced ​​and dried. The prince is its big buyer, and the mushroom pickers are happy to use it in exchange for a batch of wheat to subsidize the family.

After all, mushrooms cannot be eaten as rice. They are a good source of protein, but that's all. The living standards of the people in the area around the lake have indeed improved, but they have not yet reached the point of abundance. They always crave starch, fat, and salt, so mushrooms are just a useful side dish and a barely satisfying hunger in a disaster year.

But here in Rurik, it became an extremely delicacy.

Buttered Matsutake is extremely fresh and mellow, and it has become a Ross specialty.

In addition, yellow root carrots are chopped and fried with chicken, the sea bass meatballs pounded into minced meat are fried with onions, chicken gizzards are fried with onions flavored with ale, and simple fried eggs.

Rurik even prepared dessert, which was a crispy baked tart.

The royal family must pay attention to eating, so as to introduce some new methods to satisfy the appetite of all the people, so as to increase the adjustment of life.

Perhaps the visitor may find it awkward to eat marinated noodles from forks in silver. Rurik also prepares biscuits, white bread and brown bread, which he can pick up as he needs.

Rurik firmly believes that these children of the prairie always have a great appetite, their lifestyle determines their unrestrainedness, and the opportunity to drink is definitely "to blow the bottle."

If the visitor gets drunk in a short time, things are going to be bad.

There are three kinds of drinks for the dinner party, ale, mead and kvass. These three wines indeed have both Viking and Slavic characteristics, which will definitely be an unprecedented experience for the people of the grassland.

Naturally combustible vodka must also be prepared. Drinking burning spirits is already a masterpiece of the Principality's feast, and it has been entertained.

Kagan grumbled in his stomach, he was full of anticipation for the prince's feast, and imagined that when he arrived at the venue, he would hold a large piece of barbecue and bite like a wolf. Because his colleagues and the invited Ma Ke Sake Yi said that he had come here, he enthusiastically introduced the son of the prairie to what he knew as "the king's dinner."

Barbecue is certainly the final hard dish, and all kinds of side dishes are like small gifts that are kept on offer, making diners always full of expectations.

The venue has been set up, and the top elites of the Duchy of Ross are all present.

It's just that this banquet is not a mere state banquet. Taking advantage of the banquet, we will continue to discuss the facts of the country as its political attributes. Rülik’s wife did not come, and only the maid and cook could enter the banquet hall to pass the food.

This is a feast for men, and it is also a negotiation scene for the top aristocrats of the two political entities in Eastern Europe.

Rurik needs to continue to implement the cavalry affairs through the banquet, which Kagan can probably guess, and even made some pre-plans for possible situations.

Although he had prepared himself, he really entered the prince’s banquet hall. Kagan was deeply shocked by this dazzling array of delicious meals!

He took off his hat, revealing his black hair, just because he had just finished taking a shower, his braid was completely loosened and there was no time to tie it again, so he simply tied it up with a rope to form a huge black ponytail.

Seeing Kagan's true face, Liu Rick almost sprayed the table with a mouthful of honey. Didn't expect this guy to learn his own hairstyle?

"You are finally here! How? At least I saw you changed your clothes, very decent!" Rülik said in a slavic language.

Is the corner of Kagan's eyes still gazing at the delicious food on the meal-sharing table, the greedy worms are aroused, and the saliva in his mouth is like an open faucet.

With Turkic etiquette, he covered his heart with his right hand in a gentle respect: "Thanks to the prince for the gift, I learned that my subordinates have a warm residence and a generous meal. They are all slave soldiers I raised. I can't think of you. Give them extremely high treatment."

Those Pechenegg soldiers were actually slaves? Although this surprised Rurik, it was reasonable to think carefully.

Any grassland nation has something in common, and the leader family must have a group of fans. Among them, domestic slaves are the most loyal because of their survival.

Rurik didn't answer for the time being, and pointed to the empty seat on his left hand, "Kagan, you are sitting in this type. The fattest deer legs are yours. Don't be polite, I believe you can eat it all at once. "

"Oh?! Then I will die."

Kagan came in a stride and looked very imposing, and he was also very happy that the Ross people understood the principle of "the left is respected".

He lightly lifted his robe and sat cross-legged, looking at the luxuriant food in front of him, if it weren't for the willpower to control his hands, he would really hold the deer's leg in his hand and gnaw it.

"It's really a delicious meal! This is a feast that you can't enjoy on the grassland." He did not forget to swallow the halazi as he complimented him.

"How?" Rurik asked with a side face knowingly.

"Perfect feast. There are many delicious meals that I have never seen before. Just smelling the smell will tell you that they are delicacies."

Rurik nodded: "You are the most noble guest visiting our country, and I ordered the feast. Just for you!"

The last word, Ruriek, increased his intonation, and Kagan was startled by this. Kagan was not sure whether the young Prince Rus really understood the etiquette of the grassland, but the attitude of Prince Rurik was...

Kagan hurriedly tested: "Maharajah, I'm just a visiting envoy and sold a horse, but you have such a fancy to me?"

"I admire you!" While speaking, Rurik held up the glass with honey water.

Upon seeing this, Kagan also held up a noble cup in return.

"You came to the north through forests, swamps, ice and snow. You are the sons of the eastern grasslands, and we are the conquerors of the northern ocean. Although isolated by a long distance, we let us unite and at least let trade flourish. So I think it’s good. Now, we should build mutual trust. I know some Eastern etiquette."

"Ah! Are you trying to be an alliance?!"

"Exactly!"

Rurik's affirmation of blood as an alliance indeed shocked the entire banquet hall.

Otto was old and even had a bad appetite, just like drinking. As for the son's alliance with other tribes, as long as the alliance is the result, it doesn't matter what the process is. Cut the finger, drip the blood into the wine and drink it together. The son had done this before, and the result was a close connection with the group of people in Narvik Port, and now it legally controls the northern port.

When everyone was astonished, only Old Otto smiled naively. He knew that there was not much time, and he probably guessed the distant and wonderful future-one day Ross would be able to swallow the grasslands of the far east.

Although Otto had never seen the boundless grassland in his life.

No one opposed Rurik's intentions, even his real cousin Arik had no objection. Everyone was surprised that things came too abruptly. The guests arrived at noon and the horse trade completed in the afternoon. How can they be called brothers and sisters at night?

Rurik has his own claim that the so-called opportunity is fleeting, and the opportunity to join forces is in sight. As long as the two sides have a blood ally, Rurik is not afraid of this Kagan not giving in to the rest.

There are fine wines and delicacies, Kagan opened his eyes and felt that he was so valued by Prince Ross!

He just thought about it for a moment, grabbed the knife on the table after slapped his thigh, and without hesitation cut his left index finger with the tip of the knife, and the blood dripped into the wine glass.

Seeing it so decisive, as a ruthless man who actually killed the enemy like hemp, Rurik also drew a knife and cut his finger, and dripped blood into the wine glass.

The transparent cup clearly showed the dissolution of blood drops, and Rurik stood up holding the wine glass: "We exchanged wine glasses and went outdoors to swear to the moon that we are all brothers. What do you think?"

"good!"

The banquet has not yet begun, first it is a big show of blood as an alliance.

The so-called "Alliance" is to hold a blood sacrifice to the sun and the moon.

Rurik was so cryptic, kneeling on one knee in the snow and holding up the **** glass goblet, and suddenly asked Kagan sideways, "In your language, is the **** called Tengri?"

Kagan was not only shocked, but also a stronger affection in his heart. "You people in Rus, actually worship Tengri?"

"Yes! No. You call it Tengri, Odin in the words of our Ross people."

"In the greatest existence?"

"Really!"

"It seems that I should go to my hometown and follow the customs." After that, General Kagan was lifted higher, bluntly: "Odin of the high sky, you will witness our pledge..."

Hearing it, Rurik secretly smiled, thinking that this person is really good at judging the situation, and it just proved that this person is not constrained to believe in a certain god, and his interests are above all else.

Then, the vows expressed by each of them, but the two drank the sacrifice wine.

Without warning, he was trusted by the powerful Khan (prince) of the Ross people and became a brother. He had no accomplishments. Kagan felt extremely happy to enjoy such a super high standard treatment.

He is happy not only in this, but also in his optimistic outlook on Pechenegg's prospects.

The Pecheneg khanate is not the overlord of the steppe. There is the Kasa Khanate and the Kingdom of Bulgaria in the south, the Magyar (Hungary) Khanate in the east, the Bolgar Khanate in the north, and a group of Ugus kinsmen in the east. The South Russian grasslands and the Kazakh grasslands are geographically connected, and the Pecheneg Khanate is still in the expansion stage. It is natural that it can be helped by a distant power.

It just so happens that Kagan's trip has the meaning of alliance. To his ecstasy now, his son of Khan has become the **** brother of Prince Ross.

With an intimate relationship, the rest is easy to talk about.

The delicious food of the Principality of Ross made him an eye-opener. Whether it’s marinated noodles or a large number of side dishes, or the most wonderful hard dish roasted venison, one of the characteristics of Ross’s catering is that they are willing to put salt, which is impossible to enjoy on the grassland. The ultimate experience.

Indeed, the salt content of the blood flowing in Kagan's veins is very low. He is expensive as a top nobleman, and he must save on the problem of eating salt. People don’t die if they don’t eat crystalline salt. People can get the key salt from a variety of foods. However, the salt content of the body can only maintain a lower limit. Such people can easily become tired and paralyzed after doing heavy physical work. The overall lack of salt seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Pechenegg fighters, so this meal gave Kagan too much shock.

As Rurik estimated, Kagan really had to eat a deer leg. This is not over, he finished another small pot of marinated noodles, which was not enough, and asked for another pot.

All the side dishes under the meal-sharing system were wiped out by him, and he was still not happy, and ate another sesame seed with one hand. As for the baked Tiandianzhi egg tarts, he simply took a bite.

Wine is of course indispensable, and mead is a rare fine wine to drink naturally. Kvass tastes unique, this wine has been experienced in Kiev, and now it can be poured in Novgorod, and the opportunity cannot be missed.

Kagan has a big appetite, but the whole person is not a ball of suet, because he is a doer, eats a lot and does a lot of things, is not tall, and looks solid and very strong, otherwise he won’t have the energy to get it. The "expedition" lasted three months.

His stomach is hard and he has gone four times to walk his kidneys. Of course, the prince even prepared a special toilet, although it surprised him. After thinking about it, there is no trace of feces on the roads of this big city. Obviously, this is a useful exquisite of the Rus people.

He was slightly drunk, and even though the night was late, the banquet could continue.

Ale with hops is beer, and Rurik prepared a lot of ale for this banquet. He instructed the cook below to continue cooking, but the meal was mainly charcoal kebabs.

The banquet turned into a midnight food stall in the literal sense, and Rurik doesn’t pretend it now. The 60-year-old soul in his young body appears as an old man, because the room has been burnt enough by lights and fireplaces. Hot, he simply took off his jacket, wearing only a soft shirt. He didn’t sit still, and then he was slightly drunk. He put his right hand on the standing right knee knee, hurting and clutching a bunch of grilled chicken gizzards, just like Kagan, who was completely released and bare-chested. Talk and laugh happily.

Only seven people continued to stay in the banquet hall. Rurik and Kagan were the protagonists. There were also Medvet, Arik, Spuyut, Yevlo, and Kyiv Maksakyi who had been fortunate enough to participate.

Everyone opened their stomachs and drank ale, yelling at each other about their merits.

Kagan didn't understand Gnoss at all, but he still learned of the "braggers" of many Ross people. It turns out that the northern world is not peaceful, and the Russ were just a small tribe in the past, and under the leadership of the wise and young prince, they carve out a large territory and become prosperous. He was even surprised that Novgorod was indeed not an imperial city, and this palace was only a palace. The true royal city of Ross is in the coastal area in the northwest, and even more distant north, there are still a large number of people, until Murmansk, the city of hunting animals facing the "sea at the end of the world".

Kagan's mind couldn't think of the possibility of danger. He only felt that these Russ were great heroes, and he became brothers with his prince, and Pechenegg successfully got an ally.

Rurik was half drunk and suddenly mentioned: "Kagan, since your people are all your slaves, or you will be divided into brothers and me."

Kagan was also excited: "Very good! In principle, I should sell my slaves. They are well-trained fighters, but if you are my brother, I will give you ten people! What do you think?"

"Okay!" Rurik's face was Xiaole, but the right hand holding the wine glass was too honest. The exquisite goblet fell and fell directly to the ground.

"Ah! Baby actually cracked?!" Kagan was slightly surprised in confusion.

Rurik curled his lips and smiled: "It's okay just pick another one."

"Ah, you are indeed very wealthy."

"That's natural. Of course I am very happy about your staying in Ross. Brother, I have one more request."

"Say it."

"Now I have bought a batch of good horses from you. I want to build a cavalry to defend our homeland. But we don't have good coaches. You can't go back to your hometown this winter. Just be my coach. What do you think?"

What Kagan eats, eats and enjoys is provided by his brother. He has a mentality to owe him. He decisively stops the opportunity to show it: "I fully agree. You only care about people. I can train you one in one winter. Cavalry."

"It's great." Rurik was very happy, and everything was under control when he got such a reply.

He snapped his fingers again, and asked the cook to bring another oak barrel of ale to make him open the cork, and signaled to Kagan: "Let's continue drinking! Until the sun rises tomorrow!"