Chapter 731: The Land of Ice and Local Products
Chapter 731: The Land of Ice and Local Products
When you return from the Northern Kingdom, can you bring some local specialties for Veronica?
Because of his own reasons, he had to interrupt the wedding halfway. In addition, Veronica, as the queen, rarely asked him for anything. Naturally, Leon took her small request very seriously.
From the moment he hurriedly left the banquet hall, to the moment he rushed to the boarding tower with the female cleaner, to the moment he finally boarded the airship bound for the North, Leon was still pondering this question.
As a human kingdom located at the northernmost part of the entire continent, with a small part even bordering the poles, the Northern Kingdom of Aixito is extremely vast, but at least 70% of it is ice field, so it is also called the Ice Country.
Or we can say it the other way around. The official name of the Northern Kingdom is the "Iceland of Aihito", which is named after the ice fields that are not suitable for human habitation. The "Northern" Kingdom is just a common name due to its geographical location.
As for the iconic specialties of this kingdom located at the northernmost part of humankind...it seems that there really aren't any.
After recalling what he had read in William's geography book about the natural conditions of the Northern Kingdom, Lyon couldn't help but scratch the back of his head in worry.
According to the records in the book, the climate and environment of the Northern Kingdom are extremely harsh, and more than half of the land is covered with ice and snow almost all year round.
The winters there are harsh and long, the summers are cold and short, and nearly 0% of the country is permanently frozen. Even in the hottest summer, the average temperature is basically below ℃, and rainfall is very rare...
Or to put it more bluntly, the word "precipitation" is redundant when it comes to the Northern Kingdom. There is no need to calculate the scattered rainfall that only falls occasionally during the hottest seven or eight days in summer, like endless urine.
In addition, in addition to the low temperature and snowfall, since large areas are flat ice fields without any obstruction, the Northern Kingdom often has terrible storms that blow from west to east and run through the entire border, at least fourteen or fifteen a year.
The average wind speed of this super-large storm is basically around 20 to 30 meters per second, but in extremely special cases, it can even reach hundreds of meters in one second. If there happens to be a heavy snowfall, the resulting blizzard can be truly devastating, destroying basically everything in its path.
Even the giant mammoths that were unique to the Northern Kingdom and weighed nearly ten tons on average would be blown to the ground in the snow if they encountered a snowstorm of this magnitude. As for the ordinary people of the Northern Kingdom...
The people of the Northern Kingdom are not Shabi, how could they possibly live on such a deadly ice field?
Although the area over there is extremely vast and has a lot of material resources and minerals, the area suitable for human habitation is actually quite limited. It would be useless even if one risked everything to dig an ice cellar underground.
After all, the Northern Kingdom had an incredibly harsh climate. If there was a snowstorm at night, by the time you woke up the next morning, there might be a three to five meter thick layer of snow piled up on the door of the ice cellar. You'd probably suffocate to death before you could dig it out.
As for the Northern humans with brain problems like these, they were completely wiped out by snowstorms eight hundred years ago. As for the remaining Northern humans with normal brain problems, most of them chose to live in the mountains, just like the Northern Kingdom's capital, Rehe City.
Even though living in the mountains is also risky, with disasters of varying sizes happening every now and then, it’s better than waking up to find your entire family ascending to heaven, with all your possessions, including horses, cattle, sheep, tents, and houses, dancing in the wind…
……
All in all, in a country with such a wild climate where even normal life is difficult, naturally everything is oriented towards practicality, and it is difficult to have any exquisite and unique specialties.
Liquor, bacon, candy, sausages, biscuits...anything that seems to be a little bit famous basically has all kinds of food and drinks, as well as a series of foods with terrifyingly high calorie levels. Veronica definitely has no shortage of these things, and it would be even more not worth it for her to bring them back from afar.
Although I felt that no matter what I brought back, she would happily accept it, but since she had asked, I must give her something more meaningful... Well... I could bring some strong liquor for the director, she would definitely like it.
After taking out the small notebook and charcoal pencil he carried with him and writing "strong liquor" on it, Leon, who was sitting next to the window of the airship, couldn't help but turn his head to look at the female cleaner next to him.
If he really wanted to get some local specialties, the most convenient way would be to ask her, a local pig in the North, for them. However, Veronica had just had a small fight with him because of her. What if she really liked him and had other thoughts about him? What should he do?
"Why do you keep looking at me?"
After noticing the look in Leon's eyes, the female cleaner who was eating the airship meal couldn't help but look stern, and subconsciously protected the fruit pizza on her small table.
But soon, she seemed to remember something, and put down her hand hesitantly, then gritted her teeth, picked up the knife, hardened her heart, cut off a small piece of pizza, and picked it up with a fork and put it on Leon's plate.
"That's all! I'm not full yet!"
"..."
Veronica, you really think too much this time...
Looking at the giant pizza in front of her that was bigger than a pot lid and had to be stacked into three layers, and then looking at the small piece of pizza on his plate that was not much bigger than a palm, Leon's face suddenly turned dark.
Logically, there's no way she would be interested in me! I'm not as attractive as a pizza in her eyes... a pineapple pizza at that!
"Eat it yourself."
After pushing back the sticky pizza that had at least three times more cheese, Leon looked at her lunch that was surprisingly large in diameter and couldn't help but complain:
"Where the hell did you get this? My tablecloth is not as big as your pizza!"
"Of course I brought it myself!"
After picking up the pizza that Leon brought back and stuffing it into her mouth, the female cleaner said happily:
"Although the food in your kingdom is exquisite and delicious, when it comes to filling your stomach, the food from our northern border is the most suitable!"
Indeed, there is something wrong with what he said... I have never seen anyone other than you who can swallow this cheese that is spread thicker than the table.
After secretly criticizing the food culture of the North, Leon glanced at the three branch directors who were resting with their eyes closed on the other side of the aisle, and then asked the female cleaner:
"Meli, do you have any specialties in the North?"
"Of course there are, and there are a lot of them!"
The female cleaner nodded and swallowed the pizza in her mouth. She counted on her fingers with great interest and said:
"There are many kinds of jerky, but I only remember the most famous ones, such as snow mammoth jerky, ice cave rhino jerky, spiny elephant smoked ribs, thick hoof donkey paws, saber-tooth tiger whips..."
(End of this chapter)