Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 118 Dinner

  Li Fushou thought about it for a while, worked **** the plan, and after a while, he raised his head and rubbed his aching wrists, and watched with satisfaction his own opinions gathered into the text.

  He stretched out his hand to hold the teacup, and was surprised to find that the teacup was empty.

   was asking people to add tea, and the door of the room was gently pushed open.

The attendant showed a pretty face with a copywriter in his hand and was about to come in. Seeing the empty teacup in Li Fushou's hand with his agile eyes, he was immediately startled and hurriedly bowed his head to grab a blessing; "Master, please forgive me, slave maid Here comes to serve."

  Just a turn around

  Waiting for the case came in with the brewed new tea in both hands, carefully placed the tea tray on the left, placed the tea cup within the master’s reach, and put away the used tea cup.

At this time, when waiting for the case, he dared to glance at the tall and young master secretly, and saw that he was holding a document in his hand and his brows were frowning, his body exuding invisible majesty from top to bottom, and a heart throbbing. Non-stop.

The master is undoubtedly the eternal **** in the minds of all close servants, the natural ruler of the world of Red River Valley, and Europa, which is thousands of miles away, is also a great figure. The image, temperament and talents are all top-notch. Which girl is pregnant. Don't admire deeply?

   "Master, please use tea."

"Oh well."

Li Fushou woke up from thinking, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, feeling a fragrance lingering around his lips and teeth, which made people feel more refreshed. He glanced at the attendant and said; I have a good cup of tea, and I will inform the housekeeper Li An in a moment, and I will wait outside the study from now on."

   "Thank you, Mr. Shiyan for raising him, and you must do things carefully." Shiyan quickly bent his knees and grabbed a blessing. He was about to explode with joy, and his voice was trembling.

   Li Fushou noticed it, and looked over with a little surprised expression.

I saw this pretty servant girl bowing his eyebrows and saluting his eyes. When he bent down and kneeled, his figure was exposed. The fitted dress outlines a beautiful figure. The white-born lotus roots look like a white bracelet with an emerald bracelet on his wrist. Extraordinarily tender and delicious.

When these 12 close-fitting maidservants were first selected, most of them were between 14 and 16 years old. In the past two years, they ate well, slept soundly, and sprouting. They were all developed and full of charming girlishness. .

  The cost of eating is all in the house, plus the monthly bills are provided on a monthly basis, and the dressing up one by one is really eye-catching.

  "Then tell the master, how do you work with your heart?" Li Fushou temporarily put down the files in his hand, turned to face the girl at the case, and asked interestingly.

  This soft sentence sounded in the ears of the girl attending the case that it was not stubbornly exploding thunder, as if the thoughts that had been circling in her heart countless times were seen by others, those full of pink and charming imaginations.

  Which girl does not cherish spring?

  When the master came to feast on Xiang Niu, sweet Niu, personal slaves and maids also needed to wait before and after, how much he could know the inner story of some young girls who were ashamed to talk about.

  I saw the girl trembling like a willow, a pretty face and blood-stained face, and one could not stand firmly, so she knelt in front of the master's legs.

  ……Some words are omitted here……

  Dinner

   More than ten exquisite European-style multi-branch silver candlesticks illuminate the magnificent dome restaurant. This is the smallest of the four restaurants in the Queensland Castle. It is only used for family dining without guests.

  The rectangular European-style palace meal is 10 meters long, with silver candlesticks, flowers and exquisite tableware on it, and servants in maid costumes stand on both sides of the restaurant.

  The countess Gu Liuyan, Fiona, Xiang Niu, and Sweet Niu who participated in the family meal sat on one side of the long table in turn,

  Zheng Canghai, Mai Debang, Bo Peng, Lei Xiao, secretary Fan Zhongzhai, Hou Guangde, Tian Shan, Wu Xuewen and others sat on the other side and talked softly across the dining table. The atmosphere was very relaxed and they all abide by the British aristocratic etiquette.

  The only difference is that men and women sit at different tables, which is a Chinese-style British etiquette.

  At this time, the attendant came over from the promenade. Wearing the costumes she had attended the banquet, she walked to the countess and bowed to her knees. She took a cup of tea from the attendant’s tray and respectfully gave Gu Liuyan.

  "Madam, my little sister will offer you tea."

  In this moment

  There was no sound in the restaurant. Zheng Canghai and Medbon looked at each other knowingly, nodded and smiled.

  Bo Peng and Lei Xiao are the leaders of the guards. They received the letter from the master as their confidantes. Naturally, everything is headed by the master, and they will remember them when they see it. The treatment of the girl attending the case will be different in the future.

  Fan Zhongzhai and other secretaries are confidant elites cultivated by the master himself, and they will be of great use in the future. After the initial surprise, they smiled and showed good intentions.

The maids standing behind and waiting for the meal all looked envious and hateful, especially Gu Liuyan’s two companion girls, Xia Guan and Qiu Yuehua, turned pale, and the tears of grievance rolled back and forth in their eyes, and finally "pulu" "Puff" fell off.

  At this moment, Gu Liuyan’s mood is complicated. She deeply admires and relies on Li Fushou. She knows that the master feels that she has never been consummated at a young age. She is deeply grateful for this, and at the same time she has an inexplicable sense of loss.

  Now that she saw the master accepting another room, the family’s mother-in-law’s words of a solid pet that she had repeatedly told her came to mind again. This mentality of gains and losses made her hesitate to decide, and suddenly felt wronged in her heart.

  She is a wise woman, how can she know the secret?

  The waiter knelt on her respectful legs and offered tea with both hands. After waiting for a few minutes, the Duchess did not take the tea bowl, but she froze here for a while, she continued with a respectful voice without daring to neglect;

  "Madam, my little sister will offer you tea."

  Mingcha, who was standing at the back, looked pale at the moment, standing as if she had lost her soul. Originally serving tea to the lord was her part, but now that she has been taken away from her life, how can she not resent in her heart, how can she not feel lost?

Not to mention that the little hooves of the paternity case took advantage of the vacancy and took away his favor. I blamed myself for being dizzy and uncomfortable when I waited so well. I sneaked back to the room and took a dose of Liuwei Dihuang Wan with honey water. Better.

  I blame myself for all the mistakes, and I cannot blame others.

"Ahem, ma'am, the master is here." Zheng Canghai saw Gu Liuyan's wandering things, and the sound of Li Fushou striding in his ears was heard, and he coughed slightly to remind him; "This is a good thing. Congratulations." Lord!"

  Li Fushou’s footsteps are very distinctive, with large steps and rhythm, and he walks fast and steady. The people around him have already developed the ability to discern people.

Both Zheng Canghai and Medbon are the vice-chairmen of the "Xinghua Club", but they are not the core of Hongmen, nor are they people with real power. This is destined to be just a response bug, and they are just a little bit pinched to death. There is no resistance.

  If you want to talk about standing in line, it is of course the right answer to stand on the side of the wife in the inner house. Zheng Canghai should give a reminder at this time.

  The call made Gu Liuyan suddenly wake up.

   Only then did I feel that I had lost his sense of measure for a while. If the jealous wife’s notoriety spreads, the reputation of Gu’s family will be ruined in my own hands.

  In case of annoying the master, and losing grace like Fiona, it is not as clean as hitting to death. .

  Think of it here

Gu Liuyan couldn't help but develop a layer of cold sweat on his back. He took a sip from the teacup and said in a faint voice; "After drinking this cup of tea, you will be a member of our Li family. You must learn the rules carefully. , Don’t be ignorant like some people, but if you break the rules, be careful about your skin."

   "Madam is here, my little sister must not mess with the rules."

   "Okay, get up, sit down and eat in the last place, lest you say that I treat you harshly in front of the lord."

   "Thank you for your grace, madam."

  The attendant kowtows his head respectfully. After getting up, Shi Shiran carried the skirt and walked to the end of the restaurant’s side and sat down next to the sweet girl.

   The heartless Xiang Niu grinned at her, put her white and tender little hand and said; "Great, it's much easier to have you with our sisters."

"Xiang Niu, what do you say relaxed, what?" Li Fushou's calm and powerful voice came from the door, he strode into the restaurant, and the family members on the left and right sides stood up and bowed in greeting; "Master ,good evening."

   "Well, sit down."

  Li Fushou nodded and sat down in the middle of the upper head. Other talents took their seats one after another. Butler Li Ping quietly walked up from behind, bent over and asked; "Master, can dinner begin?"

"what's for dinner?"

“Last night was mainly seafood. Tonight’s main course is French truffle with foie gras, grilled lamb chops, roast beef with tomatoes, stir-fried celery and lily, vegetable salad, and dessert is cheddar cheese with Mexican biscuits. There was a creamy shrimp soup with buns, and the ladies arranged a clear vegetable soup and fruit desserts after the meal."

   "Oh, let's start." Li Fushou nodded, and then said again; "Give me a double portion of the lamb chops, I'll just like this one."

"Yes, sir." Li Ping bowed respectfully, straightened up and looked at the servants around with majesty, his tone changed from being cautious and flattering to being a serious leader, and said; ."

  At this time, it was the turn of the surrounding servants to bow and answer; "Yes."

  The exquisite dishes came up like flowing water, and the personal maid got up busy to deliver food and drink, and waited carefully.

  Their gazes from time to time looked at the attendant who was sitting at the end in full dress. Once upon a time, this little girl was also one of them.

  Flying on the branch now and turning into a phoenix, becoming one of the masters, I really envy others.

Li Fushou had no time to take care of the thoughts of these maids. He smiled at the last maid from a distance, turned his head and said to Gu Liuyan; "Madam, we will leave for London in two days. I will pay a special visit to Mr. Victor, and thank him for his care for us. Madam will go with me at that time."

   "Oh, I get it." Gu Liuyan didn't seem to be in high spirits.

Li Fushou lightly patted her white tender hands, picked up a knife and fork to enjoy French truffles with foie gras, the wonderful taste mixed in his mouth to convey pleasure, which made him nodded and said; "The French in our castle The cook still has two hands. Sir Ferdinand is considered top-notch in the British Peninsula in terms of artistic taste and gourmet taste. Later Li Ping will ask him if he wants to go to Australia with us and pay him there. Doubled, all family members arrange suitable high-paying jobs."

   "Yes, sir, this is his blessing."

"Um."

Li Fushou responded vaguely, chewed a few times in his mouth and took a sip of the red wine. Medbon, who was sitting next to him, asked softly; "Master, when do I expect to return to Australia, I am here too early to prepare. ."

"We stay in London for at most 3 to 4 days. After meeting some celebrities and nobles, we set off for France, Italy and Germany to meet the gentlemen from Europe. It will take about half a month. We will return to Australia in late June. It was postponed further than the original plan."

   "Humble job, I would like to ask for advice, what should be done in this aspect of the UK business in the future, and how can I make sense of it?" Medbon asked cautiously.

"As for you, after returning to London, I will take you to meet some aristocrats. The London branch of Normandy Import and Export Company will be controlled by you from now on. You will set up a branch in the port of Lyon, France. France is our focus in the future. After the Red River Valley’s goods enter Europe, you will take over the distribution and you must establish your own sales channel network. This is very important.” After Li Fushou confessed, he began to deal with grilled lamb chops.

  "The humble job understands that you must follow the master's instructions, but how to deal with the relationship between Sears and the company, please let the master show." Medbon is also a veteran in business for many years, and now he puts his posture very low.

After Li Fushou wiped out a plate of grilled lamb chops, he took the hot towel and wiped his mouth and hands, took a sip of the red wine on the table, and said; "You must be clear in your heart that the hard-to-eat thorns are thrown to Hills first. Foreign companies will take the lead. For example, our flagship product, coking coal, first enters Europe and then hand it over to them to market. When the word of mouth is up, we can establish our own channels and leave some bones for them to chew, and everything else will be handled in the same way. "

   "Oh, I understand." Medbon nodded suddenly, seeing that the master was in a good mood, and took this opportunity to ask again; "The humble job is afraid that this will inevitably affect the close cooperative relationship between the two parties..."

  "What are you afraid of? Even if you are arguing with them, what should you do or just do it, don’t you dare to turn against me? It’s a joke, then I just kick him and do it myself."

  Li Fushou smiled indifferently, and looked at the vegetable salad that followed, frowning without moving a knife and fork. He is a pure carnivore and has always tasted vegetables.

   "Master is wise, you can understand the humble position now, and I have a sense of measure in my heart, and I don't need to be restrained in doing things." Medbon gave a flattery.

  (End of this chapter)