The coachman decisively bypassed Gildeman's mansion and came to Marquis Leven's mansion from another road.
Because several people left the house early, the detour did not waste time. When the attendant made the announcement, Marquis Leven was chatting with Duke Neptune.
According to Su Mingda's introduction, the nobles invited to the banquet by Marquis Leven this time were all from Duke Neptune's lineage. In addition to their own fiefdoms, the main source of income for these nobles comes from trade with the Southern Continent.
With the opening of new sea routes, specialties from the Southern Continent began to become popular in the Pan-Human Alliance, especially the densely populated City of Light, which has many nobles and wealthy merchants. It has always maintained a strong purchasing power for these novel products. Duke Neptune and Marquis Leven firmly control the market for Southern Continent products in the center of the empire, including the Capital of Light!
Therefore, the visits of Le Xinyi, Su Mingda and Ye Peng in the past few days were mainly concentrated among these nobles.
Because according to their investigation, the "Hunter Earl" Zhang Lang brought in was also a powerful fiefdom noble in the southern part of the empire, but this Earl had no interest in doing business and preferred to take risks (the altar will give Zhang Lang this identity, too) In order to be more consistent with the original owner of the identity...), he did not join the Southern Noble Business Alliance. And the territory of "Earl Hunter" is exactly on the only way to transport goods from the Southern Continent to the center of the Pan-Human Alliance!
If you use the territory of "Earl Hunter", you will need to pay a lot of business tax; but if you take a detour, you will also have to pay a lot more transportation costs. This is a problem that has always been a headache for the business alliance of the southern nobles. They have long wanted to win over the "Earl Hunter", but this noble has a too free and easy personality, has no business acumen, and is not very interested in making money... …
Now, Le Xinyi and others took the initiative to extend an olive branch on behalf of Zhang Lang, which can be said to be exactly what they wanted! Duke Neptune, Marquis Leven and others are very welcome in their hearts!
Therefore, as soon as Zhang Lang and others entered the mansion, they saw two distinguished elders welcoming them out.
"Earl Hunter!" Marquis Leven and Grand Duke Neptune both shook hands with Zhang Lang.
"It's not easy to meet you..." Archduke Neptune smiled and pretended to blame: "I heard that you have been fighting in the dungeon all day and have killed countless monsters! As expected, you are the first warrior in the empire and a nobleman. pride!"
"Yes, yes..." Marquis Liwen also chuckled: "Seeing that you linger so much, if you hadn't brought back a large number of monster corpses every time, I would have doubted that the dungeon is not a dangerous place, but It’s a happy house full of wine and beautiful women!”
Facing the courtesy of the two nobles, Zhang Lang also managed to smile: "It's all for the peace of mankind and the glory of the City of Light!"
"Well said!" Duke Neptune praised: "However, you must also pay attention to your own safety... In the past two days, your fiancée has been worried about you... I have to say, you have really good taste. Your fiancée is not only virtuous, but also well-educated and generous. She is always busy working on your affairs... When your wedding is held, I will definitely go and have a drink!"
"Please appreciate it!" Zhang Lang nodded and smiled.
"Stop standing here!" Marquis Liwen urged with a smile: "Come, please come inside, everyone is already here..."
Zhang Lang followed the two into the living room and found that several nobles were chatting, and the content was nothing more than politics, weather and business... Their family members were also standing around, chatting about topics of interest to the ladies.
In the discussions among the nobles, there seems to be no concern about underground cities at all... Maybe they think that the monsters underground are similar to the rats and cockroaches in the sewers... Ordinary people may be worried about being attacked by monsters that emerge from the night. Attack, these nobles protected by guards and servants, did not care at all...
Seeing Zhang Lang's arrival, other nobles also stood up and greeted one by one. Zhang Lang all looked familiar. They should have met him at the previous dance... Some still remembered their names, but some did not. No attention.
The superb water attribute did bring him extraordinary memory ability, but it did not mean that he would not forget it. The information that Zhang Lang paid attention to with his heart could be remembered with just a glance, but he did not pay attention to the things. , it won’t take long and will gradually fade away...
Everyone exchanged a few words. Zhang Lang has been trying to make as little noise as possible. He can't avoid it, so he will say something that is not painful. Su Mingda and Le Xinyi on the side will always help him to consummate things appropriately. , it’s not embarrassing at all…
Soon, it was time for the banquet. Everyone got up and came to the restaurant, where the guests and hosts began to sit down. Zhang Lang didn't understand the etiquette here, but Le Xinyi pulled him to the appropriate position.
The dinner dishes were very sumptuous, at least much more luxurious than those prepared at the Earl's Mansion in Zhanglang. After all, it was a meal for entertaining guests. The appearance, taste, and order and combination of the dishes were all very exquisite, and even contained some hidden meanings. Many ancient allusions and beautiful meanings.
At the beginning of the banquet, everyone just told some funny jokes and talked about some recent rumors. During this period, Zhang Lang was pushed to the center of the topic and asked to tell an interesting story about his adventure...
Zhang Lang was not good at words, but his thinking was fairly clear. He also knew that his topic was to shorten the distance with other people, so he considered it, picked an interesting story, and told it.
This is not what happened after he became a reincarnation. For him, whether it was the days of killing reincarnations or the adventure of officially joining the altar, they were not actually happy... What he said was that everything was still there. Before he started, he heard an interesting story about superpowers and wild monsters in his hometown... He heard it as a joke at the time and told it to his sister, making her laugh so hard that he told it again now.
To be honest, Zhang Lang is not a very good storyteller, and his originally funny jokes were a bit dry, but everyone still found the point of laughter and burst into laughter, which made Zhang Lang get through this. One level...
"After listening to Earl Hunter's story about an adventurer with supernatural powers, I remembered another piece of news..."
The speaker was a young viscount: "I found that most of these adventurers' ideas are not normal... Of course, Earl Hunter, you are definitely a noble and elegant nobleman of the empire, and the most dazzling existence among the adventurers... But I have to say that not all the adventurers who come to the City of Light this time have your character and cultivation..."
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