Chapter 649 Problems at the Banquet
Although it was a banquet specifically to welcome Purficott, overall it seemed a bit boring.
At least for Purficott's boredom.
The banquet process was still no different from the past, and Purficott could even go through the entire process with his eyes closed.
How many steps into the door do people introduce their identity, smile for a few seconds, show a few teeth, how many people come up to introduce themselves, shake hands, or need to stay for a few seconds to wait for others to applaud...
It can only be said that with the development of society, when the entire society develops to a certain level of prosperity, this set of things will naturally form a fixed process.
Even a powerful aristocrat like Purficott, who is in a high position, is still bound by this set of things.
She can't do as she pleases, although she can.
But she couldn't do that unless she wanted to see everyone's jaws drop.
The prerequisite for doing whatever you want is that you can bear the consequences and that you really don't care about the trouble it may cause.
Purficott can live with the consequences of having her way, but she hates trouble, especially trouble she could have avoided.
So although she felt bored, she still dealt with the entire process of the banquet appropriately, and looked at other people like a fish, examining their clothes and manners, and at the same time observing her revealed in this banquet. care about the details.
Judging from the people who could hang out in front of her at the banquet, their lives were basically able to maintain dignity and glory, and it was not the kind of dignity and glory that was just trying to make someone look fat, but within the scope of their strength.
Although it has been downgraded by more than one level compared to the scenes that Purficott had seen during Langton's prosperity.
But judging from the splendor of these people's clothes and the materials used for workmanship, although their living standards have indeed declined, they are still maintained at a very luxurious level, or at a level commensurate with their status.
For example, clothing materials. In the past, ladies' skirts were made of expensive velvet or satin, and were handmade by tailors with the best skills.
Now they are still wearing the best natural clothing in the North, instead of the synthetic fibers used by Purficott to solve the clothing problems of ordinary people.
The furs on his body are also of the highest quality, and it can be seen that they are not old goods.
As for the quality of men's clothing, the decline in quality is not so obvious. Their dresses and other accessories are generally not much different from those in the Langton period.
This is actually easy to understand. After all, the face of nobles is these clothes and jewelry. Jewelry can be passed down from ancestors, and the older it is, the more valuable it is.
But clothes have to keep up with the trend relatively speaking, and they must be updated frequently to ensure that they can stay at the forefront of the trend and not be said to be outdated.
Purficott once complained that the clothes in Princess Anne's wardrobe from seven years ago had not been worn once, but now she also has clothes in her own wardrobe that are almost impossible for her to wear.
This is not because she is extravagant, but because some clothes are really not worn once a year.
And they must be maintained in the most decent and elegant condition every time, which makes these clothes either spend a lot of energy to maintain and maintain their condition, or simply make new ones.
Purficott is already relatively frugal. She has developed some special alchemy tools for the maintenance of these clothes to ensure that they will not be damaged due to long-term storage, and at the same time, they do not need to cost a lot of money to maintain. These props were produced by the diligent and thrifty old housekeeper and then sold on a small scale in Chernobog's upper-class circles. The current sales volume is very good, and it also supplements the daily expenses of the Lord's Mansion to a certain extent.
So from a certain perspective, Purficott really didn't spend as much money on clothes and face as these people.
However, from the current point of view, at least among the upper class of Belloberg, basic necessary expenses are still within the range they can bear, which means that the local economy at least has a bottom line to support it.
Relatively speaking, what truly reflects the consumption level of these people should be the catering level of the banquet.
Purficott could tell that today's banquet must have been carefully prepared, but the ingredients did reflect the current status of the empire.
The colorful and exotic delicacies that once graced Longton's tables have largely disappeared, and the roasted peacock seen at almost every banquet has been replaced by a giant turkey.
There are fewer fruits of various colors than fresh meat, and vegetables are even more scarce.
After all, meat can also be obtained through hunting. Considering the size of the North, it is not particularly difficult to obtain.
At least relatively speaking, even the average wealthy citizen can have meat on the table once a week.
This information comes from Purficott's visits to various towns and surveys, and also from reports from the northern civil affairs department. Generally speaking, the data is credible.
But fruits and vegetables have become scarce.
Or relatively speaking, its scarcity has reached the same frequency as meat appearing on the tables of ordinary people. The situation can naturally be said to be obvious.
Although most ordinary people in the north currently rely on compressed biscuits to maintain food and clothing, thanks to Purficott's efforts, at least there is still a supply of fruits and vegetables on the market.
According to her original plan, each shelter must also have a greenhouse that can grow vegetables, fruits, and regular grains to ensure the food supply of the shelter.
Although she has now solved the biggest problem of food supply by making compressed biscuits through alchemy, these greenhouses have not been canceled or used for other purposes. They are still performing their function of providing food to the people in the shelter.
But relatively speaking, most ordinary people do not consume much of these.
Each shelter almost invariably transports most of its output to the city in exchange for other living supplies.
This cannot be wrong, but in Purficott's view, this somewhat broke her original layout and plans and caused some problems.
At the very least, the greenhouses that were originally designed to meet everyone's needs are now insufficient in number and cannot satisfy everyone, which is naturally a problem.
Even if the surrounding towns transport fruits, vegetables, grains and other output to the city, the portion of vegetables and fruits at the banquet to welcome her can still be described as scarce, which can still explain some problems.
"It seems that the focus of the next stage will be agricultural issues. The current agricultural level in the north is really not enough." Purficott shook his head slightly, feeling that today's banquet was not in vain.
(End of chapter)