Gourmet Emperor : Building A Nation

"Master Ikki, how the trip in the forest? Do you find what you looking for?"

"Unfortunately I don't find what I'm looking for chief"

"Let sit and have some talk master Ikki"

"Okay chief"

I follow him to the sitting room and start talking with him about my trip today. Chief Harvard listen to my story and at the end of my story he asks me something

"Master Ikki, what your plan after today? Do you still want to search that cave or do you have other plans?"

"Actually I still want to search the cave chief, but I don't want to trouble you by staying in your house for too long. If permitted, I want to stay in this village, and make my own house first"

"Hahaha, no problem master Ikki. There's open space behind my house. You can build your house there and we can be neighbor. No need thinking about the material, we, the village people are like family. We will provide the materials for our new village member, your house will be done within a week"

"Really, chief? Thank you so much"

"Then after you have your house, what your plan master Ikki?"

"About that, I have a planning Chief Harvard. But I want to see the sea first"

"Master Ikki wants to go to the sea? You need to ride a horse to go there"

"Yes, can chief lend me a horse and a guide if not troubling you"

"Hahaha…this old man himself will take master Ikki there. Besides, I also haven't see the sea, I want to see it with my own eyes"

"I feel relieved Chief Harvard willing to take me there. When we can go there chief?"

"Tomorrow will do. Or master Ikki want to go later?"

"No, tomorrow is good chief"

"Great, we go first time in the morning. I'll prepare the horse, and master Ikki, if you don't mind, can you cook something delicious for our meal during the journey?"

"Don't worry chief, you'll see that in the dinner time"

"Um. Waiting for something delicious from master Ikki cooking is worthwhile Hahaha, right, master Ikki, is our trip to sea-related with garam thing?"

"You're right chief. I want to see if the area suitable for garam field. But if this garam field open, it would require many labor force to do it"

"Workforce huh? Don't worry master Ikki, I will provide the labor. I guess there are still many scattered refugee camps that can be persuaded to cooperate with us. If necessary, we can build a new village there"

"If we want to make new village there, along the way tomorrow we also look for a suitable route to make road too chief"

"Hoo…that great idea master Ikki, that's right, with the road, there'll be easy to transporting goods between here and there"

Me and chief Harvard still talking when Silvie come from the kitchen

"Oh, it's ready? I'm already waiting for that. Master Ikki let's eat!"

I following him at the dining table, there's food already prepared on the table. I also see my Frikadel which I made when lunch also already reheated and extrude some faint steam and the oil that still left on the Frikadel's surface shining under the candlelight.

"Is this that master Ikki made?"

"Yes father, it's made from meat and kentang together, that why we do not make kentang dish this night"

"Hooo…that's great and practical. We didn't need too many plates to eat"

"Um. Please sit down and try some father"

We all sit down on our respective seats and start to eat.

Chief Harvard takes one Firkadel and starts to bite and chew it. He chews it slowly like want to enjoy the taste. Not taking a long time before he speaks about the taste

"Oh my God, I can taste meat and kentang together in one bite. It's also easy to eat. Simple but have an elegant taste. Master Ikki, you're incredible"

"Chief Harvard overpraise me, it's only a simple dish that I make, even Silvie also able to make it"

"She can make this? Good! Finally, I can eat something nice every day"

I look at Silvie and she smiles shyly, I think she happy with her father praise. Without anyone speaking anymore, the dishes in the table already emptied within minutes.

After dinner over, chief Harvard talking something to me,

"Master Ikki, tomorrow trip maybe will tiresome because we must ride a horse for couple hours. I guess master Ikki able to ride horse right? But the road isn't smooth and even, that why I advised master Ikki have enough rest for tomorrow trip"

"I take your advice chief. I'd better rest and prepared for tomorrow trip"