The Knight Retainers brought over the prepared dinner. Out here on the snowfield, it naturally could not compare to the lavish meals at Fluorite Castle.
There were only a few dishes: grilled ribs, baked snails, bacon, salted fish, vegetable salad, corn pies, grape toast, and a serving of creamy mushroom soup. Of course, the staple food also included the indispensable fish roe risotto.
After the meal, there would also be a caramel pudding for dessert.
As they ate and drank, Baron Roman eagerly passed on the lordly experience he had gained from managing Guangguang River Valley over the years.
"Don't try to control everything, but be sure to set a few thresholds... Give them a certain degree of freedom, but make the price of that freedom a little higher... Don't keep them trapped on the estate, but make sure they cannot afford the cost of leaving it..."
His elder brother Roland added from the side, "Give them a goal to strive toward, but that goal must remain in our hands. Like Phantom Beasts—they are the private property of the Fluorite Mushroom Family and must never be handed over lightly."
As he spoke.
Roland patted Russell on the shoulder. "You gave that Gold-Silver Wolfdog, Kevin, to Eric too quickly. You should have worn down his patience a little longer."
"Uh..."
Russell found it difficult to adapt to such blunt instruction, but when he thought it over carefully, it seemed rather reasonable.
Back when he had enjoyed the blessings of the 996 work schedule in his previous life, his boss had probably sold him dreams in much the same way.
Though they were different worlds, human nature was universal. Power systems and social institutions were merely the surface of civilization; human nature was the underlying logic.
After eating and drinking his fill,