A mid-level (middle-aged) office worker's laid-back industrial revolution in another world - Chapter 111

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“Lady Alice, it’ll be dinner soon.”

Takeo tapped Alice’s shoulder, who was sleeping on the bed to wake her up.

“Hn…………..Sir Takeo?”

Alice raised her upper body.

“You slept well didn’t you?”

“Umm………ah? I was sleeping in your study wasn’t I?”

Alice asked while looking around.

“Yes, you seemed to be sleeping comfortably.

Sometime back the chef came to call me so I moved you to the bed then.

“………………..I didn’t wake up at all.”

Alice seemed a little disappointed.

“Fufu, are you refreshed now?”

“Yes, I feel good.”

“That’s good. The tea is prepared.”

Takeo helped Alice up from the bed and guided her to the table.

Alice seemed relieved once she came to the table and had some tea.

“Did you finish cooking Sir Takeo?”

“Yes, since it was a simple recipe.

I had Mr. Fredrick and the chef taste it and they were shocked.”

“That much!?”

“Well, I only served some home-cooked food so I was surprised that they were surprised.”

“Is that so?”

“Well, the place where I’m from it was our culture to be interested in the pursuit of cuisine.”

“Pursuit…………?”

“That somehow makes me sounds devilish………………..

A culture where you enjoy delicious ingredients.”

“Heh………….. I don’t get it.

Food is delicious though?”

“Haha. As I said, it’s hard to understand.

Well, I love delicious food.”

“Is that so?”

A butler came in and let them know that dinner was ready.

“Shall we go to the dining hall?”

“Yes.”

Alice and Takeo headed to the dining room.

After dinner, Alice, Takeo, Grandpa Elvis, and Smith moved to the living room.

Fredrick served them their after-dinner tea and stepped back.

“The dinner today was excellent.”

Grandpa Elvis said and everyone other than Takeo nodded.

“The texture of the potato salad and the macaroni salad differs so much just because of the difference in ingredients.”

Smith gave his impression.

“The tartar was also good.

It seems suitable for fried food. It seems like it will go well with other kinds of fried food as well.”

Alice said.

“Sir Takeo’s recipe this time was pretty cost-effective which was pretty good.

If this is the case then it can be made frequently.”

Fredrick said.

“But since we used a lot of eggs so the cost of each dish increased a little bit right?”

“It did go up by a little.

But not by much so it isn’t a problem.

How much do eggs cost in your world, Sir Takeo?”

“How much does piece cost here?”

“About 1 copper.”

“That’s expensive! I could get about 10 eggs in 2 pieces of copper.”

“That’s very cheap.”

“There was a poultry business that supplied eggs on a large scale.

It was a stable supply in large quantities.

It’s no exaggeration to say that it was like a national dish that’s how often I ate them.”

“Sir Takeo, how large is large scale?”

Alice asks.

“They had at least tens of thousands of chickens.

Hundreds of farmers.”

“……………..You can’t do that unless you have a large area of land.”

“?………..No, I don’t think it was that big……………

It was common to set up birdcages in buildings without much space between them you know?

Or you had to prepare a dedicated hut to keep thousands of birds.”

That…….was there no illness?”

“There were times when it couldn’t be prevented but basically hygiene was well maintained.

Eggs are nutritious so I was grateful that they were cheap.”

“That’s true.”
Alice nodded.

“Lord, this…”

“Hmm. Takeo, can you give us some more details about that?”

“Yes.”

Takeo began his explanations.