Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Chapter 833: Extra chapter·Past events in Fucheng·Cooking fresh food

Her Majesty Laxana, the former Lord of Forsbarrow and now the Emperor of Demacia, once said that governing a big country is like cooking a small one.

For Kick, who has been running restaurants in Forsbarrow for twenty years, this metaphor is a bit abstract, and he still cannot understand its connotation.

But this did not prevent him from showing an understanding smile when he heard this sentence for the first time - as a former professional chef and now a professional catering manager, in Kike's view, the three towns of Fucheng may be Lak The cauldron used by Her Majesty Zannah.

Whether it is the Freljord barbarians who trekked from the land, or the wealthy merchants who came by boat from the sea, or the wealthy landowners in the north, the nouveau riche of Forsbarrow... these people are all Just like the ingredients from all over the world, driven by various reasons, I came to Fosbello and actively threw myself into this fiery cauldron.

Then, under the stirring of a pair of invisible hands, they quickly became infected with the taste of Fosbairo.

Kike thinks that he is still a little behind the "ingredients". Even though his Kike food stall has become famous, in his opinion, a small citizen like himself should be regarded as the spice rolling in this big pot.

Although it looks inconspicuous, it is the source of flavor.

Kick still remembers when he first became a cook.

When he first set foot in the land of Forsbarrow, there was only one city of Forsbarrow among the three towns of Fucheng, and Kike was just a desperate chef who came from Mithril City.

The reason why Kike, who prided himself on his good craftsmanship, was desperate and depressed was mainly because the master family he used to serve was gone - his father, old Kike, used to be the chef at Cordora Crownguard's family. Mr. La is considered a very respectable person among the nobles of the Crown Guard branch of Mithril City. As his family's chef, Old Kike is considered a well-known person among the common people.

Even Kike, who often helped in the kitchen when he was a child, had seen many aristocratic pomps when he was a child.

Unfortunately, Mr. Cordola was later killed on the spot by Her Excellency Laxana who returned to Mithril City for inspection because he colluded with the mage and deliberately created a deficit. After that, most of the properties in his branch were confiscated. Although Old Kike did not As a result, I was implicated in some way, but I also lost my stable and decent job.

Fortunately, his skills were reliable. After losing his job in the inner city, he simply gritted his teeth and borrowed money to build a small shop in the port area, specializing in restaurants.

Kike, who is not yet an adult, is still working as a cook in the family restaurant, but this time he has obviously more work, and the level of cooking has also dropped.

The aristocrats are the ones who never tire of fine food. The roasted pork must use suckling pigs that are just one month old. The sauces are also dazzling at a glance. The tableware must be exquisite and beautiful. But in the restaurants in the port area, These don't seem to be as important as the size of the dish and the flavor.

In the port area, even if the common people are inviting guests to dinner, they don't have the time to sit down and enjoy the banquet like the nobles. This is different from the aristocratic banquet where they work all day long and even have to prepare food three to five days in advance. In the port area restaurant , Kike is only busy during the meal every day. After the meal, most of the work in the restaurant is only washing vegetables and selecting vegetables.

Kike's mother loves her child very much, so she usually doesn't let him sit in front of the well every day. In these free time, Kike sometimes learns various cooking techniques from his father, old Kike, and sometimes he just cooks. He sat at the door and watched the businessmen coming and going in the port area.

Mithril City is an important town in the north and an important commercial city. Kick likes to watch different people passing by at the door, not only to attract customers, but also to observe the outside world through them.

In this way, in the alleys of the port area, Kike grew up day by day, and slowly reached the age of marrying a wife and having children. However, before his parents could completely pay off their debts, and before they had time to ask someone to join the pork next door, The daughter of the shop family, the battle of Mithril City broke out.

Floods flooded the port area.

Although Lady Laxana provided timely support in the end and fought a brilliant battle, Kick's restaurant was completely destroyed.

Kike's parents were also drowned in the waves, and only Kike survived.

The money owed to buy the restaurant was just a few installments away from being repaid, but Kike couldn't even spare a single copper. Faced with the loan shark's unsolicited contract, which was called deferred repayment but was actually a contract of sale. , Kike finally did not press the fingerprint, but cashed out the shop cheaply, and then simply joined the team going to Forsbarrow.

It's hard to tell why he made this decision at that time - maybe he was unwilling to accept the deed of betrayal and lost his freedom, maybe he had been yearning for the outside world since he was a child, maybe he wanted to escape the sad place of Mithril City, maybe it was because He subconsciously believed that Lady Laxana could bring changes to his life.

In short, Kike carefully and personally took the gold coins from the exchange shop, followed the team of Northern Walkers, left Mithril City, and came to Forsbarrow.

On the way to Fosbello City, Kick also had thoughts of regret - he would always think of the small foreign businessmen he had seen who were bullied by the locals in the port area, and therefore worried about his future in Fosbarrow. Sparrow will not go well either.

Being a foreigner is not an easy thing.

However, after arriving in Fosbello, Kick was pleasantly surprised to find that the city was far more welcoming than its climate.

Because of his good cooking skills, Kick's first job in Forsbarrow was to cook for the Magisters. He worked in the public cafeteria for five years, serving oats and oats.

After work, Kick got to know many of Forsbarrow's mages. In Kick's eyes, these people who use magic are very interesting people. They come from all over Demacia, because Laxana Your Excellency came together.

When he has free time, Kike will chat with the Archon and learn their stories from their mouths. After getting to know each other, some Archon will take the initiative to ask him for help in dealing with some of the things they have collected from everywhere. "Delicacies from mountains and seas".

Get up early to make a big pot of oatmeal, bake the coarse bread from the public canteen, and then prepare other dairy products. After finishing everything, you and your colleagues will pack the ingredients and prepare lunch.

After the meal ends at noon, Kike will take a nap before going to prepare dinner - and after dinner, he often goes to help the mages and have a late-night snack.

This life lasted for six years.

In the past six years, the size of the public cafeteria has expanded a lot. In addition to the Archon, there are also more clerks and students who come here to eat. Kick also has many more colleagues, and even a few Archon also choose to eat here. I came to work in a public cafeteria.

In the spring speech of the eighth year of Forsbarrow's calendar, Her Excellency Laxana said that Forsbarrow was ready to accept more people, and from the ninth year of Forsbarrow's calendar, immigrants from the north began to Visible speed poured into Forsbarrow.

Kick, who was already twenty-five years old, gave up his job as a window supervisor in a public cafeteria. He believed in the promise made by Lady Laxana in her speech and bought a storefront in the Xinfu City community where no one had moved in yet. , once again launched the signature of Kikko cuisine.

Your Excellency Laxana is indeed not lying.

Just after the spring of that year, immigrants from Mi Silver City moved into the community. With their friendly local accent and old skills from Mi Silver City's port area, Kike Food became the most popular restaurant in the community.

Compared to when he was working in a public cafeteria, it was undoubtedly harder for Kike to run his own shop, but the profits were considerable enough—although the immigrants in Xinfu City had to search a little, they still had to eat!

However, Kike obviously would not be satisfied with this achievement, especially after he fell in love with a girl who also came from Mithril City.

Although his assets are enough to marry him decently, Kike thinks that he can save more to make the wedding more beautiful.

However, before Kike could make complete preparations and formally express his feelings, the girl who often ate at his shop and always praised his craftsmanship with a smile sent him a wedding invitation.

The moment he saw the collective wedding invitation, Kike felt like he was struck by lightning.

Even now, when many residents of the old Xinfugang community from Miyin City talk about the mass wedding at that time, they will shake their heads and say that it is a pity because they were not able to taste Kike's craftsmanship at that wedding. It's not a good time for Kike to get sick, but he got sick during a mass wedding.

But only Kike himself knew that he was not sick at all that day. He just closed the shop for a rare occasion, wrapped himself in a coat and turban, ran to Xinfugang, and got drunk facing the sea.

Even if this is just an unrequited love that ends in vain, for Kike, this is also a transformation.

After coming out, Kike devoted all his energy to his work, and Kike Food officially opened a branch in the community next door. In five years, Kike Food opened seven branches.

Unlike chain stores, the styles of Kiki cuisine in different communities are completely different, but the same thing is that they are all very suitable for the tastes of residents in the neighborhood.

Of course, although Kike's name is on Kike's gourmet food, he certainly can't take care of seven branches by himself. These stores are all under the pseudonym. As a "local snake", Kike applied for special talent recruitment qualifications from the clerk. , specially recruited skilled chefs from immigrants, and then opened many shops.

When the fourteenth year of Forsby's calendar came and trade in the north became completely prosperous, and caravans from all over Runeterra appeared in Xinfu Port, Kike, who had listened to Kasuga's speech, sold all the shares in his shop to After exchanging them all, I came to Xinfugang with thirteen ice gold coins and bought a gold shop.

After years of accumulation and precipitation, Kike's craftsmanship has become somewhat mature. Kike, who often chats with people from all over the world, has an eloquence that ordinary chefs do not have, so this time he collected a batch of After being an apprentice and teaching students at the same time, and operating at a loss for more than half a year, he finally made a name for himself as a Kike food stall.

Different from the previous civilian canteen, this Kick food stall focuses on business banquets. Although there are many professional and Demacia aristocratic restaurants in Xinfugang, these restaurants are often not very suitable for outsiders. Customs and complicated Demacia etiquette will make businessmen everywhere feel uncomfortable.

But that won’t be the case at Kik Food Stalls.

Although they also use aristocratic-style silver tableware, there will not be servants frequently setting the tableware on behalf of the diners during the meal, and there will not be strict arrangements of accompanying wine, while retaining the parts that are easy for people to accept. In addition to being stylish, Kike Food Stall's main goal is to "allow all diners to enjoy the delicacies of Demacia's nobility without restraint."

It is precisely because of this feature that Ji Ke Food Stall stands out among the restaurants, and its business quickly exploded relying on the customer base of Xinfukang.

As a chef and gradually developing into an executive, Kick not only made a lot of money, but also gained his own love.

In the fifteenth year of Forsby's calendar, the thirty-one-year-old Kike finally got married. His wife was not from Mithril City, not even from Demacia, but a girl from Baru.

Although this girl has tattoos on her body that are considered beautiful and noble by the Baru people, most Demacians are unacceptable. Although her light brown skin is completely different from that of Demacians, Kick and her The soul is quite compatible.

They both like to learn about the outside world, but Kike likes to listen to stories, and her wife Seraya prefers to see it by herself - but after she finally saved enough money to go out and see it, she actually boarded the After boarding the boat at Xinfu Port, she found that she was severely seasick. She gritted her teeth and arrived at Xinfukang to rest, but was taken advantage of by Kike.

In the winter of the next year, Zeke had his own child. Compared with the average Demacian child, his child's skin was slightly darker, but his hair was the dark flaxen color that Demacians like best.

Not long after his child was born, Celia's parents also came to Xinfu Port. Only then did Kike know that his wife had run away from home - she even lied about her age. She was obviously only nineteen, so Say you are twenty-three.

Seraya's parents were both devout followers of Nagakapoulos. In order to appease the angry father-in-law and mother-in-law, Kike donated five ice gold coins to the first Snake Mother Temple in Xinfu Port.

Perhaps the snake mother sensed his piety. Just when Kick was regretting that this year's winter lecture was not held in Forsbarrow and he couldn't leave to listen to the lecture, his son went berserk with a slight magic power. Phenomenon.

After hurriedly inviting the Dharma Master to check, Kike received a piece of news that surprised him greatly.

My five-year-old brat has a very good magic talent!

The father-in-law and mother-in-law who received the news said that it was the snake mother's blessing, but in Kike's opinion, it should be the blessing of Lady Laxana.

Kick, who was dragged by his family to worship at the Nagakapoulos Temple, resolutely refused the request to baptize and tattoo his son. Although he was in the temple of the Snake Mother, Kick thought of what he had just heard not long ago. Some news arrived.

I heard that Lady Laxana is going to the north in the spring.

I wonder if the Freljordians in Frost Harbor and Grazer Harbor would be willing to try the fusion cuisine of Demacia and the Blue Flame Islands?

Governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies - Hehe, Her Majesty Laxana can cook people from different places in the three towns of Fucheng. Although she is not as good as herself, she should have no problem cooking different styles of delicacies, right?

Her Majesty Laxana governs a big country, while I cook small dishes!

I heard that Xiongdu once held a cooking competition... I can't lag behind others!

It was so fun to watch the match between the two sides. Let’s add a chapter about the past in Fucheng today!

It is quite interesting to look at the development of Forsbarrow from the perspective of an early immigrant.