Chapter 513 Tea Party Politics
Perfect invited not many guests. Apart from Princess Anne, there were only a few aristocratic ladies who were in the same social circle as her.
After all, there are still few female nobles in the empire. The vast majority of women are titled Mrs. So-and-so instead of being directly crowned with titles like Purficott.
If it were an afternoon tea party at Langton, then Princess Anne would definitely be the absolute protagonist, and the others could only play a supporting role at most.
But this is the North, and Perfectcott is the real master. Princess Anne herself is not very interested in tea parties. If it weren’t for Perfectcott’s invitation, she might just find someone else. The reason was given away.
On the other hand, several other noble ladies were very interested in the tea party held by Purficott.
Not only did everyone dress up carefully, they also prepared very appropriate and thoughtful small gifts for Purficott.
They are not expensive things, but you can see that they are all carefully considered.
This made Purficott have a good impression of these noble ladies.
After everyone sat down, several noble ladies naturally chatted about the weather, the customs and customs of the North, and other topics, which soon livened up the atmosphere and brought them closer to Purfe relationship between Kurt.
At the same time, they did not neglect Her Royal Highness the Princess. They also took care of everyone at the mission meeting, allowing them to have the opportunity to speak. At the same time, they also left a sufficient impression in front of Princess Anne and Perfect Court.
This is actually the biggest function and purpose of the tea party, allowing the participants to have a sufficient impression in front of important people.
Men usually participate in social activities such as drinking parties or smoking cigars and hunting together, while women naturally participate in tea parties.
For nobles, lady politics is also a very important part of noble social life.
After all, there are some things that are inconvenient for men to communicate and talk about. You can communicate privately with the wife of the other party through your own wife, so as to avoid problems such as being taken advantage of openly. .
In many cases, lady politics like this are much more useful than noble social interactions on the surface.
This also made Purficott couldn't help but sigh. None of these noble ladies are fuel-efficient lamps. On the contrary, she herself is not good at this kind of thing. On the contrary, she is better at communicating with these noble ladies. Dealing with husband.
As a member of the Royal Council, Purficott can often see the husbands of these noble ladies.
In a sense, these aristocratic ladies accepted her tea party invitation for the purpose of establishing a good relationship with Purficott for their husbands.
After all, their husbands are imperial aristocrats who migrated from the mainland to the north this time. They have no foundation in the north. Although their status is here, the north is Purfe If she didn't nod to Kurt's northern territory, it would be enough to make the top nobles of an empire feel extremely uncomfortable.
Even Purficott doesn't need to deliberately target him. As long as he shows indifference to someone, that person is enough to be ostracized and isolated in the social circle in the north.
Even if the top nobles themselves are a social circle, there is a saying that when a wall falls, everyone will push it, and when a tree falls, the hozens will scatter. There is absolutely nothing wrong with establishing a good relationship with the northern lords in the northern lands.
"My Lord Count, thank you for your hospitality! Can you tell me the recipe for this dessert? I really like this kind of cake that doesn't taste so sweet." A noble lady cut a small piece of cake into small pieces with a small knife and fork and put it into her mouth. While tasting it, she praised Perfectcott.
Perfect just shrugged and said casually: "This is the Black Forest Cake. Because I don't like eating too sweet things, so I asked my baker to study it. This is a dessert made mainly with dark chocolate.
If you like, I can ask someone to write you the recipe, but some of the ingredients may be difficult to obtain. At least the sweet berries used in them are very worrying this year, even if I have an island dedicated to producing this kind of sweet berries. . ”
“Sweet berries? Is it the Sweet Berry Island located at the junction of the New World and the North? I heard that it is a famous product of the New World. Purficott, you also built a material transfer station there connecting the empire, the New World and the North? "Princess Anne suddenly interjected, steering the conversation in another direction.
But Purficott's purpose today was not to talk about Sweet Berry Island, so she quickly followed Princess Anne's words. Bringing the topic back to the issue she wanted to say: "Yes, Sweet Berry Island is an important transit point for supplies from the North to the New World and other colonies in the empire, but according to the reports from the island officials, it is not just the products produced on this island. Sweet berries, there are currently serious problems in the transportation of materials from the empire's colonies to the north.
Some serious cases have even been interrupted for several months, and the rest, even if they are slightly better, are intermittent.
My port officer even reported to me that if the situation continues to deteriorate, all material exchanges between the North and other colonies in the empire will be interrupted.
And this is almost a foreseeable future. After all, there is not much time left for the crisis of doomsday. Once the ocean is completely frozen, the interruption of maritime shipping will be inevitable.
And those overseas colonies do not have enough ability to withstand the apocalyptic disasters. Their climate will also be greatly affected, and the production of various materials should basically be cut off. ”
“What a terrible disaster! Can't they build a huge greenhouse like you, Lord Earl, to ensure the output of materials? "A noble lady asked in a slightly innocent tone.
Being able to sit in front of Purficott, of course, cannot be truly innocent. The other party is just using this attitude to cooperate with Purficott. It’s just Ficott.
So Purficott didn’t think the other party was naive, but showed a wry smile, and then explained: "They don’t have enough resources to do this. Although building a greenhouse is With the help of alchemy, the cost can be reduced to an acceptable range, but if you want to use the greenhouse to produce various materials, this is still a quite staggering expense.
Just like the pastries we eat today, the sugar needed to make them requires at least a field larger than my garden to grow sugar crops.
This forces me to find other ways to obtain sugar, otherwise we will have to drink black tea without sugar. ”
“That’s really terrible! Lord Count, have you thought of a solution? "Another noble lady handed Purficott the ladder at the right time.
Perficott smiled and nodded: "Of course. ”
(End of this chapter)