Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 836

The welcome banquet arranged by Governor Marcel was lackluster.

Although they had tried their best to present a banquet that was worthy of Perfectoct's status and had carefully prepared the dishes for the banquet, it was obviously a hastily arranged banquet with signs of being rushed everywhere.

Both the layout of the venue and the process of the banquet seemed unsettled, as if they were cobbled together in a very short time.

In addition, due to various reasons such as shortage of supplies, the dishes at the banquet seemed really shabby.

Although they tried to show their utmost sincerity with limited resources, the scarcity of ingredients and the monotony of variety greatly reduced the quality of the entire banquet.

Even some dishes that should have been exquisite seemed mediocre due to limited conditions and could hardly live up to the dignity they deserved.

Although the entire banquet managed to maintain a formal solemnity, its details revealed its inadequacies.

France has always been famous for its cuisine and is a well-known food country in the Old World.

Before the end of the winter, even the Victorian court had Chef France as the head chef. Their superb skills and unique flavors had fascinated countless nobles.

For this banquet, Governor Marcel also invited the best chef in the city, France.

However, the extreme shortage of supplies made this banquet extremely difficult - without enough ingredients, even Chef France could not prepare any dishes.

Or to put it another way, the other party was able to prepare all the dishes needed for a banquet under the current conditions. Regardless of the quality of the dishes, at least they did have all the dishes required for a traditional French banquet, including appetizers, fish, main courses, salads, cheese plates, desserts, etc. This was already quite difficult.

Behind every dish is the result of the chef racking his brains with limited resources. Although the quality and quantity of the ingredients were greatly reduced, the complete process of the banquet was still barely maintained.

So, although Perfect didn't care much about the banquet and could hardly say she was satisfied, she still carefully tasted the dishes that the chef had spent so much effort to prepare and praised the chef.

This seemed to be a signal, and Marcel's officials and local garrisons seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

In the following time, the atmosphere of the banquet barely maintained a superficial harmony. Although the communication between the guests and the hosts was not warm, it could be said that both parties had a great time.

Perfect remained cold and distant, neither showing much interest in the officials and garrison officers of Marcel, nor making any clear requests or instructions to them.

She just sat quietly in the main seat, occasionally responding to their compliments and temptations with brief words, as if she was indifferent to everything in front of her.

After the dinner, Perfecto, accompanied by her attendants, moved into the temporary residence carefully arranged for her by Governor Marcel.

Her attitude was calm and nonchalant, and she did not even raise any objections to the accommodation, as if she had expected all this. However, her gesture of seemingly planning to stay for a short time made the officials and garrison officers of Marcel extremely confused and uneasy.

They couldn't figure out what the most honorable person in the empire besides the empress was going to do - was she here to inspect? Or to rectify things?

Or, is there some deeper purpose behind her coming?

Although everyone was full of questions, no one dared to ask Perfector directly. Her majesty and indifference were intimidating, as if any unnecessary action might lead to unpredictable consequences.

Therefore, the officials and garrison officers of Marcel could only suppress all their speculations and anxieties in their hearts and deal with the current situation cautiously.

At the same time, they began to frantically control the city itself, fearing even the slightest mistake.

The entire Marcel seemed to be shrouded in an invisible atmosphere of tension. Everyone was on high alert, fearing that their unintentional actions would become the fuse that triggered a disaster.

All they could do was to continue to carefully maintain the superficial calm and pray that the Regent would leave as soon as possible to end this suffocating torment.
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Perfect stayed at a local hotel with a long history in Marsel. It is said that when France was still a royal family, the king had stayed in this hotel.

Although this place has obviously become much more depressed after the doomsday, because the local garrison commander loves luxury and uses this hotel as his base and headquarters, it still maintains its former luxury and decency.

That is why, when Perfecto arrived and expressed her wish to stay for a while, this place became the best place for her to stay.

Perfect was quite satisfied with this place. At least the surrounding environment was worthy of the reputation of the hotel where France once stayed as a royal family.

It’s just that Marcel’s situation is obviously worse than that of the North and Langdon.

During the conversation at the dinner just now, Perfect had learned that there were only three energy towers in the city: one was located in the city center, providing energy for administrative agencies and important facilities; one was located in the military camp to ensure the normal operation of the garrison; and the other was located in the wealthy area of ​​the city, providing shelter for those citizens with status and wealth.

In addition, only one underground shelter was built under each of the three energy towers to shelter part of the citizen class.

This so-called "bourgeois class" is a new concept created by France after he completed the "revolution" and eliminated the royal rule. It can be roughly understood as the middle class in the city.

They possessed a certain wealth and social status, were the main participants in the city's economic activities, and were also the emerging ruling class that emerged after France overthrew the feudal royal family and the old aristocracy.

After all, above them are the big capitalists who control a lot of capital.

The citizen class was equivalent to the petty nobility and knights of the past, filling the gap in the middle class of society.

Therefore, in France, these talents are the ruling basis of a city, and their interests and needs are often given priority.

However, for the lower class working class and the general public, the situation is quite different.

They have neither wealth nor status, and are simply not qualified to live within the coverage of the energy tower.

Under the ravages of the doomsday winter, they can only survive in the cold wind, relying on simple heating equipment and limited food to barely make ends meet.

Although the light of the energy tower illuminates the center of the city, it cannot warm the ordinary people who are forgotten on the margins.

This stark class gap made Marcel's social structure seem even more fragile, and also caused Perfect to have some doubts about his next plan.

(End of this chapter)