Chapter 152 The Beauty of Burning
The birthday banquet was held at five o'clock, and at four o'clock, the guests scattered around the Blue Bird Castle entered the banquet hall one after another.
Because before the birthday banquet begins, there is still an important process to go through.
That is the birthday gift part.
Whether it is Russell's home planet Earth or Longmian Continent, giving gifts is an indispensable means of communication. Especially among nobles, banquets and gift-giving were very frequent, and they also liked to receive gifts in public.
"Earl Merlin, the Grand Duke asked me to bring you a pair of walking sticks. It was forged by Vincecato, the master craftsman of the Volcano Iron Furnace, using a mixture of eighteen kinds of metals, and twenty-four different diamonds were inlaid in the walking stick. gem."
Lord Fisher immediately opened the gift box and took out the gorgeous cane that the Grand Duke had given to Count Merlin: "This cane was personally named by the Grand Duke... the Gauntlet of the Elder Dragoon."
Immediately, a servant came forward, took the Elder Dragon Rider's walking stick with difficulty, and handed it into the hands of Earl Merlin.
"Okay!" Earl Merlin sat in the main seat of the hall, holding the cane of the Elder Dragon Rider with one hand and leaning on the ground, with a calm smile on his face, "The Grand Duke is interested, Lord Fisher, when you go back I must convey my sincere gratitude to the Grand Duke.”
"Of course, I will convey your gratitude to the Grand Duke as soon as possible." Fisher bowed and retreated.
Immediately, the second gift-giving guest came forward, Lord Oort Shuiliu, representing Count Osclo Shuiliu of Gravel Stone, and sent a fairly expensive gem gift, but it was not quite able to match Earl Gravel Stone's. identity.
Earl Merlin was not even interested in looking at this gift. He just let the servant take it and waved Lord Alter to go down.
Lord Alter seemed to understand something, and returned to his seat happily without any embarrassment of being unwelcome.
Seeing this, Russell narrowed his eyes.
He knew there was a story.
The father of Oslo Shuiliu was the chief consul of the Senate for the first ten years. After ten years of power, he wanted to continue to be in power, but was defeated by Earl Merlin in the competition. He returned to the Gravel Territory in despair. Not long after, He died.
Therefore, there was a trace of resentment between the two earls.
Even though Kunli Shadowflame, the wife of Oslo Mizuliu, and Kunna Shadowflame, the wife of Major Yujiuka, are biological sisters and aunts of the Grand Duke, there is still resentment between the two families. Not much contact.
After the gifts from the Grand Duke and the Count were given, it was the Baron's turn.
Baron Roman and his wife did not take the lead, but asked the envoys of the other four barons to come forward one after another to present gifts.
Among them were Cooper and Rowling, who came to give gifts on behalf of Baron Blackcourt.
Then came Baron Roman and his family, who all came forward to give gifts. The baron and his wife gave them two bottles of "Clay Dragon Blood Wine" - during the Battle of the Fall, Lord Ross vomited three liters of blood when he fled back to the territory. The family collected the vomited blood and brewed it. Dragon blood wine.
It contains the original power of the flying dragon, which can be said to be more precious than any treasure.
"Okay, okay!" Even though Earl Merlin was used to seeing good things, his eyes lit up when he saw the dragon blood wine.
"Father, as long as you are happy." Mrs. Meryl smiled.
"I'm happy. My daughter and son-in-law are so filial. How can I not be happy?" Earl Merlin changed his gentle temperament and laughed, "And drinking more dragon blood wine can extend your life. I still want to live to be a hundred years old! "
"My Lord Count, you can definitely do it."
"Don't say a hundred years old, even a hundred and ninety-five years old is fine."
"Yeah yeah."
"The dragon is watching, and the boss will surely make this wish come true."
The guests present all followed Earl Merlin's words and flattered him, and the hall was filled with joy for a while.
After accepting the clay dragon blood wine.
It was the eldest brother Roland's turn to step forward and present the author's original notes of "Snowflake Rhapsody" that he carefully collected for Count Merlin.
"Yes, Roland, you are thoughtful." Earl Merlin expressed satisfaction with this gift.
However, this situation was somewhat different from what Roland imagined. He originally thought that Earl Merlin would be very happy, but now it seems that he is just ordinary happy.
So he was a little disappointed, and the smile on his face became a little stiffer.
However, seeing Russell holding the box in his hand and having someone to compare with, he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as his gift was better than Russell's, there would be no problem. What's more, there is a cheap uncle's family standing in the background.
His gift is definitely the best among grandpa's grandchildren.
"It depends on your performance." Roland patted Russell on the shoulder and whispered, "I hope your cigar didn't embarrass the Fluorescent Castle."
Russell ignored it and came forward holding the box and said: "Grandpa, this is my gift to you, a cigar."
Opening the box, there were dozens of cigars slightly thicker than a finger and about fifteen centimeters in length neatly arranged inside.
There are no cigarettes in this world, and pipes are used to smoke tobacco.
Earl Merlin glanced at Russell's gift and frowned: "What is this cigar of yours?"
"Cigar is a new type of sun-cured cigarette that I invented specifically for you, grandpa." Russell recalled the words he had compiled a long time ago and prepared for the demonstration. "Considering the traditional pipe, you have to add shredded tobacco and clean the ash every time, which is very uncomfortable. Conveniently, I invented the cigar.”
He took out a cigar and held it between his fingers smoothly. Ram, the valet, quickly handed over the large burning match.
Just start lighting a cigarette with a large match.
While lighting the cigarette, he introduced: "Cigar, cigar, because the ashes after burning are like gray snow, and the rolled shape looks like eggplant, so I call it cigar."
After a brief introduction, the cigar was successfully lit. Russell personally handed the cigar to Earl Merlin: "Grandpa, you can take two puffs to taste it, just like smoking a pipe, just inhale, but don't Smoke through your lungs."
to be honest.
If Russell hadn't been his grandson, Earl Merlin would never have tried the cigar. It looked like a dead branch and he had no idea how to smoke it.
But he took the cigar anyway, holding it between his fingers as Russell had done before.
This clip suddenly gave me a feeling.
Then he put it into his mouth and took a gentle breath. In an instant, the fragrant tobacco smell was sucked into his mouth along with the burning smoke, and then penetrated deep into the nasal cavity. It was lighter than the taste when smoking a pipe, but it had a sweet aftertaste.
"Grandpa, how do you feel?"
"It's not bad." Earl Merlin actually didn't taste anything special, but there was a faint freshness when smoking the cigar.
Russell laughed: "Grandpa, do you know how cigars are made... First of all, it is shredded tobacco. I chose sun-cured tobacco instead of flue-cured tobacco, because sun-cured tobacco will allow the sun to shine evenly on the tobacco leaves. Take a puff, and it will be like It’s basking in the sun.”
There was a pause.
Russell continued to boast: "The second thing is the packaging of the cigar. I chose a whole tobacco leaf to roll the shredded tobacco, so that when you smoke, you can fully appreciate the vitality and fragrance brought by a whole tobacco leaf."
"Hmm." Lord Merlin nodded and took another puff.
This feeling of holding a cigarette between your fingers and smoking it sublimated a little texture unconsciously in Russell's introduction.
"In the end, it is also the most important purpose of my invention of cigars." Russell said, "In a traditional pipe, you take a puff of cigarette and stuff a little tobacco, which is quite regretful intermittently. But cigars are different, from beginning to end. , it can burn itself completely."
He also lit a cigar, took a puff, and then exhaled the smoke: "Smoking a cigar is like savoring the life of a knight. A cigar is like life, burning and blooming. All beautiful.”