Chapter 171： dinner party

The deacon of the Foster family led the crowd to a living room, and ordered several other servants to serve drinks and snacks.

"Please wait a moment, I will go to inform the second young master Quiller Foster, he will come to see you soon."

Then the deacon took his leave and left the parlor.

"The great nobles in the south are really extraordinary! Look at the place where they live, and look at their servants."

"Yeah, look at these utensils, they are all made of glass like ours, but their cups reveal a sense of art no matter how you look at them."

"Hey! You still know art?"

"Why can't I understand art?"

A business representative picked up the cup in front of him.

"Look! Isn't this made of porcelain? Earl Greiman has really sold the things produced in his factory to Jiaowan."

"I'm so envious, how did the earl get on the line of the Foster family."

Quick took a sip of the drink that was served.

"Oh! What is this thing? Why is it so bitter?"

"Haha, Captain, haven't you ever drank it? It's called tea, and it can't be grown in the north. It's not something ordinary people can enjoy!"

"It's really hard to drink, it's so bitter, isn't it just spending money to pay for it?"

"Captain Quick doesn't understand? This tea..."

While everyone was talking, a voice came from the door: "Master Quiller is here."

When they heard that the master was coming, everyone stood up and looked towards the door.

"welcome!"

Quiller Foster walked quickly into the drawing room and gave everyone a hug as soon as he came up.

Everyone was relieved. Before, they were worried that the other party would put on airs of a nobleman. Now it seems that the second young master is quite approachable.

Starting from Quick, everyone introduced themselves in turn.

"Please sit down! Please sit down!"

After Quiller called everyone to sit down, he opened up the chatterbox.

"Paul wrote me earlier about sending a ship south to open a new route. I was really shocked. When I was in the Northwest Gulf, he said he would build a full-sail ship. I thought it would take a year. It took two years to succeed, and I didn't expect it to be made so soon."

Quick thanked him on behalf of Paul: "This is also thanks to you and your family for recruiting so many excellent shipwrights for us, especially Mr. Benjamin, who has really contributed a lot to us Arda."

"Ha ha!"

The second young master of the Foster family smiled, and it was obvious that he was genuinely happy.

"It should be, it should be! Paul is my friend, and he saved my life, it should be."

Then he asked carefully what had happened to Arda during the last few months.

Quick recounted in detail the process of exterminating the pirates, but for reasons of confidentiality, he only briefly mentioned the performance of the battleship Hope and the guns and cannons in combat, although these things were very uncomfortable in his stomach.

Several business representatives introduced the development of many new industries in Arda. The output of porcelain, paper making, salt making, and canned food had greatly increased, and they earnestly hoped to cooperate with the Foster family.

Master Foster squinted his eyes: "It seems that Paul taught you manufacturing techniques? He didn't reveal a word about these techniques to us at that time."

The business representatives looked at each other, hesitating and hawing, not knowing how to answer.

Quick became nervous, and he thought of the worst possibility for a moment: the other party will not detain us, and with the power of the Foster family in Jiaowan, it is really hard to fly.

But Master Foster waved his hand and said with a smile: "Haha, forget it, I can understand Paul doing this."

Only then did everyone feel relieved.

Quiller called a servant, whispered a few words, and the servant hurried out.

"You guys are still hungry? Let me treat you well."

Everyone rose to thank.

Soon, a large group of servants came in with trays in their hands and placed the dishes on the table. In addition to the knives and forks, a stack of napkins was placed in front of each person.

"Wow~ Really particular!"

Captain Quick sighed in his heart. He quietly glanced at the two sides, imitating others to tie napkins, and several business representatives were very skilled.

Although the corner bay is covered with hills and the crop yield is not high, but because of the warm and humid climate, there are many types of crops. As a large trading city, Nessberg gathers ingredients from all over the world.

In the eyes of everyone from the Northwest Gulf, this is simply a table of delicacies from mountains and seas, and everyone eats it with great joy.

They ate and chatted with the second young master of the Foster family. Quick suddenly felt a little thirsty, so he took a big gulp of the glass of water in front of him.

With a sound of "puchi", a servant's laughter suddenly came from behind him.

It wasn't loud, but everyone heard it.

The people from Northwest Bay didn't know why, and wondered in their hearts whether the servants standing aside were telling jokes quietly.

Quick picked up the glass of clear water in front of him and drank it down.

He smiled and said: "Oh, my family doesn't have as many rules as other people's families. I'm rude, I'm rude, everyone, don't stop, keep eating A business representative praised: "Foss The young master is really kind and generous. "

Several other people followed suit.

In the Kingdom of Aldo, the nobles didn’t even look at their merchants—except for Earl Greiman, who was treated with such courtesy after coming to Horn Bay, and the other party was still ranked first in this land big family.

How can this not make a few businessmen excited.

Jiaowan really lived up to its reputation, a real businessman's paradise, more than one person had the idea of ​​relocating to Jiaowan to live.

But I just thought about it. I am based in the Northwest Bay, where my family business and connections are all there. I am not familiar with the place here, and I don’t even know the language. Moreover, the other party probably treats me only because of Earl Greyman’s face. so good.

Alas~ People always have to compromise with reality.

During the meeting, several businessmen expressed their desire to inspect the business situation in Nisberg.

Quiller patted his chest: "No problem, just ask me if you need anything, and I will prepare the translator and guide for you."

The representatives of the merchants are very grateful to see this young master who is so righteous.

After dinner, it was getting late, everyone in Northwest Bay got up to say goodbye, Quick wanted to return to the ship, and several business representatives were thinking about finding a hotel to sleep comfortably for a few nights.

Quiller showed an unhappy expression: "You guys are looking down on me. Could it be that my Foster family is so poor that they don't even have a few guest rooms?"

Everyone smiled wryly and explained that they just didn't want to bother the master too much.

But at the invitation of Master Quiller, the merchant representatives stayed.

Only the captain of the South insisted on returning to the ship to be with the sailors.

Master Quiller secretly admired him, so he no longer insisted on staying, and personally sent him out of the gate, and arranged for a carriage to take him to the pier.