Roast beef with the aroma of black pepper, lamb chops coated in flour and egg liquid and fried, small desserts with the sweet smell of honey...

"Gudong..."

Zong Shen swallowed his saliva subconsciously.

He also hasn't eaten well for a while.

It seems that during this period of time, Mariel was not only responsible for the internal affairs of the territory, but even her cooking skills did not fall behind.

In fact, Mariel would read this book for a while every day before going to bed.

On the other hand, Zong spent three days fishing and two days surfing the Internet and reading. The two of them are completely different.

After another ten minutes, the dishes were finally served on the table one after another.

A set of tableware is placed on the seats on both sides.

The portions of the dishes are large and there are shared knives and forks.

Everyone can cut whatever they want to eat on their own plates.

It was a rare occasion to have dinner together, so Zong Shen would not be stingy.

Bottles of fine wine from the cellar of Mr. Mars's father were uncorked and placed on the table.

After the last dish was served, everyone welcomed Zong Shen to his seat.

Zong Shen was naturally not polite about this and sat directly at the top.

The others sat on either side of him.

While everyone was cooking, the blood wolf Gugart, the dwarf uncle, the tailor Alanna, the agronomist Salome Linyu, the pharmacist Clarissa Theresa, the goblin engineer Iron Hand Barenque and the Wind God's Reunion

Caniggia was also called over.

After everyone took their seats, they all waited quietly for Zong Shen to announce the start of the banquet.

The wine glasses in front of everyone are filled with fine wine.

As the lord, Zong Shen should give a pre-dinner speech.

He stood up on his own initiative, raised his glass, and spoke loudly.

"With this pre-dinner drink, let's toast to the territory!"

"I hope everyone will continue to work hard and build a great territory!"

"Here's to the territory!"

Everyone agreed and raised their glasses.

Then he raised his neck and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking the pre-dinner drink, Zong Shen sat down and put the empty wine glass aside.

Mariel, who was sitting next to him, immediately took the initiative to refill the cup for him.

"Bah bang bang!"

He clapped his hands.

"Now, let's start eating!"

"Let's talk while eating!"

Everyone got into action, and the atmosphere suddenly became much more lively.

The sounds of knives and forks and chatter came and went.

Zong Shen looked at this harmonious scene and felt very happy.

Sitting on his left and right sides were Luna and Mariel.

Without him having to do anything, the two women took the initiative to divide the food for him.

Soon his plate was piled high with food.

The two women, one on the left and one on the right, were even preparing to feed Zong Shen, but fortunately, he quickly waved his hand to stop them.

He is still used to eating by himself and is not a child.

It was too depraved for him to bear!

Zong Shen was really hungry. He waved the knife and fork in his hand and stuffed food into his mouth.

Three times, five times and two times, let’s get rid of the food on the plate first!

Joan of Arc, the new hero who joined the territory, and Alanna, the tailor, sat together.

She ate very simply, barely touching any meat, holding a piece of bread in her hand and praying with her eyes closed.

I have been praying for more than ten minutes and I am still not finished.

Seeing her like this, Zong Shen could only sigh in his heart, "She deserves to be a saint!"

Alanna, who was sitting next to her, took off her veil, revealing her crooked and ugly face.

He looked around cautiously.

After seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she picked up a piece of bread and spread a layer of jam on it.

He lowered his head, took small bites, and chewed slowly.

Perhaps no one else saw Alanna, only Zong Shen quietly looked at her.

As a subject with 30 points of charm but no level.

Her high charisma is clearly extraordinary.

Zong Shen had enough reason to suspect that Alana's current face was disguised.

It's just that he hasn't had time to go out of his way to expose it yet.

After all, Alanna has always been diligent and honest in the territory.

Recently, a lot of clothing and leather armor equipment have been produced for the territory.

Her loyalty is also steadily increasing, and it has reached 93 points now. As long as it goes smoothly for a while, her loyalty should be full.

When the time comes, Zong Shen will talk to her again and see if he can dig out any secrets.

His eyes quickly swept over everyone, taking in everyone's situation.

Finally, his eyes stopped on the blood wolf Gugat.

Gugat put away his visor, revealing a large four-petal mouth with fangs, and was stuffing a whole piece of steak into his mouth. Its mouth was biting like a worm.

Fortunately, everyone has good psychological quality and was not frightened by its true appearance.

And the goblin engineer Ironhand Barenque was sitting next to it.

While stuffing food into his mouth with a fork, he stared at Gugat with interest.

In this regard, Gugat chose to ignore it.

After finishing a whole piece of steak, it turned its head and glanced at Tie Zi with an expressionless expression, then casually locked onto a roast chicken with its fork.

Zong Shen felt interesting when he saw this scene.

God knows what Tiezi did to Gujiat in the name of research.

Only then did Gurgat selectively ignore the goblin engineer.

However, although Tiezi is a little more active, it can't defeat Gujiat, and it can't do anything too extreme. At most, it is talkative and rudely touching.

One is a Predator and the other is a Goblin. The sparks between them must be exciting!

Zong Shen looked at it for a while and then looked away.

Wait until everyone has almost eaten.

He clapped his hands again.

"Everyone, stop for a moment!"

"Let me explain tomorrow's tasks."

Hearing the lord speak again, everyone stopped and put their knives and forks on the table, waiting for Zong Shen's instructions.

"Ahem!"

He cleared his throat before continuing.

"First up, Mariel and Howie."

"Your task tomorrow is to shrink the defense matrix of the entire territory."

"Shrink the defense circle within a two-kilometer radius centered on the Lord's Fortress."

"At the same time, build several circles of fifth-order city walls at appropriate distances outside the lord's fortress!"

Mariel and Howie stood up immediately after their names were called, listening to Zong Shen's orders.

"The layout of the defensive arrow tower can be combined with the city wall to create three three-dimensional defense circles based on range, level, and type."
To be continued...