Chapter 172

"Okay, you guys continue eating. I still have some affairs to handle, so I'll leave for now." Lucas stood up and made an excuse to leave. One of his goals for the day, tariffs, had been reached. Once the City Lord's Mansion announced the tariffs, the merchants present would probably be the first to pay those taxes, and the other smaller merchants would not dare to refuse to pay taxes.

With this, most of the taxes in Sedona City were complete. The rest, like luxury taxes, would be gradually added in the future.

Lucas got up from his seat and started to walk toward the exit. Annie, Nicole, and Ayesha also stood up. They couldn't bear to watch the way these merchants ate.

While attractive people eating barbarically was quite pleasant to the eye; ugly people eating barbarically looked just like pigs devouring food. And to them, these merchants were those pigs.

"Wait, City Lord, I have something to discuss with you." Joe hurriedly stood up from his seat and shouted, "It won't take much of your time."

"Come with me." Lucas didn't stop walking, and a faint smile was on his lips. Goal number two has bit the hook.

Joe's eyes lit up with joy, and he quickly got up and chased after Lucas, leaving the group of merchants looking at each other in bewilderment. However, they didn't have the qualifications to go along, as Joe was several levels above them.

Lucas and the others left the large private room and walked down the corridor. Joe prepared to speak several times but finally kept quiet.

"Accompany me to a place first, then we'll talk slowly." Lucas said softly.

"Okay." Joe nodded. As they walked, Joe was surprised to find that Drunken Night Restaurant was booming with business, but after considering the taste of the dishes he just had, he thought it was expected for business to be booming. He had even already decided that as long as he stayed in Sedona City, he would always come here to eat.

When they arrived downstairs, Joe was even more shocked. All the tables on the first floor were full, everyone excitedly chatting and shouting about the delicious dishes.

Lucas glanced around, nodded in satisfaction, and sighed, "When every commoner can afford meat with every meal is when I, as a City Lord, will truly be wealthy."

If everyone could afford meat with every meal, then it would mean that every commoner would have a monthly salary of at least a hundred copper coins. At that time, tax revenue alone could fill Lucas's treasury with gold coins.

"…" Joe was speechless. He didn't know how to respond to the statement. To him, making sure that every commoner could afford meat with every meal was too idealistic. After all, even in the capital, many commoners didn't have the ability to afford every meal, let alone commoners in remote areas like this one.

"Let's go." Lucas left the Drunken Night Restaurant and got on a carriage.

Joe could only sit in the front of the carriage, where the coachman sat. He couldn't enter the carriage because there were three female companions inside, even if two of them were female beastkins.

"Clip-clop"

The War Wolf Squad escorted the carriage towards the south gate of Sedona City, where the workshop area was.

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Elisa was led by a waiter to a private room 33. This room was small, with only a round table and two chairs. It was the smallest-sized private room in the Drunken Night Restaurant.

"Here's our menu. Please have a look and let me know what you need." The waiter handed over an exquisite menu with a wooden cover. Characters and patterns had been printed inside.

"Okay." Elisa took the menu curiously and flipped through it, softly murmuring, "Vegetables, 3 copper coins; stir-fried lean meat and vegetables, 10 copper coins… Braised pork, 20 steel coins for a serving…"

The more she read, the more astonished Elisa became. Towards the end of the menu were dishes priced over a hundred copper coins. For example, there was a whole roasted lamb that cost three silver coins. That's plain robbery.

Of course, there were cheaper options in the earlier pages that were reasonably priced. She hadn't heard of any of the dishes before, so she decided to give them a try. "I'll have braised pork, braised pork ribs, and also a tomato and egg drop soup…" Elisa ordered six dishes in a row, pausing reluctantly under the waiter's surprised gaze.

"Alright, please wait a moment. Your dishes will be served shortly." The waiter said politely after remembering the dishes Elisa ordered.

"Creak." The waiter left with the menu.

"Phew… Ordering food is quite addictive; I feel like trying everything." Elisa regretfully patted her stomach. Unfortunately, she didn't have a beastkin's big appetite. Just this morning she had eaten one meat bun and the rest of the meat buns were in a bag which she kept on the other chair. Her hand went toward the bag many times but she stopped it with great will.

Waiting was agonizing. Elisa restlessly fidgeted in her chair, occasionally glancing at the buns on the table.

"Creak."

Soon, the door opened, and the waiter entered with all six dishes placed on the tray. The waiter put all the dishes on the table.

"Here are all your dishes. If there's anything else you need, just call me. I'll be outside." The waiter smiled gently and left, closing the door behind him.

"Gurgle…"

Elisa's throat gurgled as she smelled the aroma of the meat. Her mouth was watering in anticipation.

The tray was equipped with chopsticks, forks, and a spoon. Unlike Lucas's mischievous decision to only provide chopsticks to those merchants (to promote chopsticks), forks and spoons were provided for other customers. Elisa looked at the two wooden sticks in the tray in confusion. Elisa picked up a fork and started eating, stuffing herself with braised pork, her eyes widening.

"Delicious, so delicious…" Elisa swore it was the most delicious meat she had ever eaten, without the salty, bitter, fishy taste of other meat.

"Delicious, wow! This one is also delicious…"

"This soup is so tasty. How is all the food here so delicious?"

"…"

"Burp!" Elisa burped, slumping down in her chair. She patted her stomach, having stuffed herself full again.

"So much food left. What should I do? Do I have to throw them away?" Elisa looked at the leftovers on the table, reluctant to waste them. "I shouldn't have ordered so much. What a waste."

Just as Elisa was torn deciding what to do, there was a knock on the door. The waiter entered, saw what was going on, and smiled lightly. "If you can't finish them, ma'am, we can pack them and you can take them home with you."

"Pack?" Elisa looked puzzled. "How do I take them home?"

"If you pay one steel coin, we'll provide a bamboo tube for you to put your food in."

"Okay." Elisa's face was filled with joy. She hadn't expected such a humane option. She could eat the leftovers at home for dinner.

Soon, the waiter brought a bamboo tube as thick as a thigh, about 15 centimeters high, and then put the food inside the bamboo using chopsticks.

It was also at this moment that Elisa realized how to use the two wooden sticks. She remembered the action of the waiter on how to use chopsticks.

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