Gourmet Emperor: Master Of Culinary World 42 First Morning In The Beach

After finish eating, I excuse myself to them to rest after leaving a reminder to keep watch the fire and the boiled fish head in the pot and ask them to add some fresh water if the water in the boiling pot already reduced to half. I return to my tent and continue my sleep while covering my body with a blanket. A gong sound wakes me up in the morning, it's a waking call to make all party member wake up and prepare for the next activity. My uncle Jason's head shows up at my tent door

"Morning, Henry. You wake up already? Good. I need you to supervise the project, so there will be no mistake during the process"

"Good morning uncle. Give me a minute, I'll fix myself first"

"Okay, I'll wait for you in outside"

I stand up and stretch my back. Some soreness can be feeling in my arms and back from yesterday activity. I look at my junior that still stands tall, usually at this time he already working hard with Clara and Claire. This time he must rest for several days, sorry junior, after we return to the castle we make a feast for you.

I'm wetting a towel from water basin in my tent and use it to wipe my face. Some drowsiness that still attached to my eyes wiped away with this wet towel. After combing my hair, I leave my tent and meet my uncle outside.

"I'm ready, uncle"

"Okay, let's go"

We take a walk to the forest near the beach that will be cleared for the salt pool. I'm checking the soil and type of trees that grow in the forest.

"Let's clear this part of the forest for the pool, uncle. And that part for water ca.n.a.l. We can't make it close to the cliff or else when rain, the rainwater will flood the pool from the cliff"

"Okay, how big the pool will be?"

"Let's make it 10x10 meters first with 1 meter deep for first pool and 1.5m deep for second pool"

"Alright, I understand. I'll order our lumberjack to clear the area"

"I want to inspect the area for other sources uncle. Can I ask one of the crew to accompany me?"

"Go, take Claude with you. He seems eager to adventuring outside"

"Okay, thanks uncle"

We part to work on our own duty. My uncle goes to the lumberjack crew to directing them in clearing the forest while I go to the stove to inspect the salt boiling pot there. When I arrive there, the firewatcher crew already changed shift, they greet me with respect but somehow I feel something that indescribable in the way they looking at me.

"Good morning master Henry" the shift leader who named Jesper, greeting me.

"Good morning, how the seawater cooking goes?"

"We just add another batch of seawater into the pot one hour ago, master Henry"

"Um, let me see"

When I check the pot, its content is really almost full. The bubbling sound from the pot indicating the boiled water already reach boiling point. After check the seawater pot I check the lobster in the barrel. I'm glad they still alive and swimming at the bottom of the barrel. After that, I'm checking on my fish head pot.

"We're adding more fresh water to this pot 2 hours ago, master Henry" Jesper explain to me about the condition of the fish head pot. The water inside the pot left ¾ part from its original amount.

"No need, I will use it in a minute. You don't have to add more water"

"I understand, master Henry"

I leave them to go to supply cart to get some ingredient. From there I take the potato, celery, tomato, carrot, and parsley. Actually, if I have one more ingredient, that would be perfect. But from production doc.u.ment in my father's archives, I don't see any production of that ingredient. When I'm in the middle of thinking to find the subst.i.tute item, I saw a cart driver unloading a sack from other carts. Curious with what in that sack, I call him to show me what the content of the sack

"Hey, you! Come here, bring that sack too"

"Master Henry, you calling me?" ask the cart driver

"Yes. I want to know what is that sack content"

"Oh, this is horse food, master Henry"

"Can I see it?"

"Sure master Henry"

The cart driver opens the sack and showing me the content. The content in the sack makes me surprised and want to cry. It's something that I just thought about a while ago, and now it's presented in front of me. Life is really a joke!