Chapter 7: Only the food can live up to it
It's just a big deal, and it's exaggerated enough to bring dozens of people, but it's super exaggerated to bring thousands of people around.
In modern times, even if you are very rich, it will seem exaggerated to bring dozens of people.
Who will take thousands of people out with them?
The head of state is not to.
However, in the Jin Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period, the higher the status, the more people will be brought when traveling.
Especially with the impact of the demise of the Zhao family, the number of people brought is not only about face, but also about taking care of one's own life, right?
Lu Wu Zhang Luo went to entertain things.
The elder of the family, with the cooperation of the Wei family's retainers, counted the things brought by Wei Xiang.
Since the old Lu family did not have supporting facilities for smelting ore, Wei Xiang brought twenty truckloads of iron ingots that had been smelted.
When the old man counted, he found that there was a cart of cloth that looked like something, which made the Wei retainers laugh secretly.
The rest is all kinds of food, some including aristocratic supplies, miscellaneous things.
"Fragrant, very fragrant!" It was difficult for Han Wuji to express his opinion in more words, and while watching Lu Wu cook, he was amazed, turned his head to look at Wei Xiang, and said, "Actually." ”
Wei Xiang said: "Don't deceive your feet." ”
"Foot" is an honorific title in the Jin Kingdom, and the allusion comes from the story of Jin Wengong and Jiezhitui in "Left Turn".
Jiezhitui is the hero who was successfully ascended to the throne by Duke Wen of Jin, set fire to the mountain and burned to death.
There is a stream within the feudal domain of the old Lu family.
Now is the time when there is no pollution, and even a stream will be abundant.
Lu Wu came to the conclusion that Wei Xiang would come over again from Wei Xiang's last meal, and guessed that he would bring relatives and friends over.
No one can resist the temptation of good food.
No one!
For the sake of hospitality, he specially prepared fresh ingredients every day.
It needs to be prepared every day, mainly because there are no good refrigeration utensils.
Prepare the ingredients.
Wei Xiang didn't come and cooked it that night, which refreshed Lu Wu's own stomach, and the only remaining retainer of the old Lu family, that is, Lao Zhuo, also followed suit. (The old grandmother is not at home)
But the rest, including the warriors, the subjects, and the servants, had no part.
Even if Lu Wu and the family Lao Zhuo can't finish eating, they won't have their share.
This is a very important and insurmountable class that is important to the Spring and Autumn Period.
Now, Lu Wu is cooking fried shrimp with ginger and shallots.
Most of the ingredients needed for this dish are currently available.
The live shrimp are washed and dried on the spot.
After heating the pan, add an appropriate amount of oil, add shredded ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, then put green onions and stir-fry again, then pour in the live shrimp directly, cover the lid and wait for a while to prevent the live shrimp from jumping out, lift the lid and stir-fry.
There is no relationship with light soy sauce, Lu Wu used the sauce that was available in this era, just put a little bit of it, and then put an appropriate amount of salt on it, and a dish would be finished.
He found out that Wei Xiang liked heavier food before, so he specially made some dishes with heavier flavors according to the ingredients he could collect.
I was busy for about an hour.
Once the dish is cooked, it is placed on plates or other carriers.
Several nobles saw from beginning to end, they knew that Lu Wu was cooking, but they couldn't understand the process, so they could only let out exclamations from time to time.
Lü Wu still entertains people in houses with wooden floors.
Last time, there were only two desks in the house.
When Wei Xiang came over, he found that there were as many tables as there were guests, and some of them looked very new, so he glanced at Lu Wu meaningfully.
Lu Wu was very calm.
A maid brought the dishes one by one, and then removed them like water.
A manservant brought in the soup cans that were always cooking, along with the stove.
Finally, the stove and wine for cooking sake were brought, and as soon as they were ready, they were all alive.
In the past, it was rare for the old Lu family to have a guest, so naturally there was no need for so many cases at home.
Lu Wu, who was sure that Wei Xiang would come again, specially asked the carpenter to rush to work, so that he had today's new cases.
It's just that he doesn't know how many people Wei Xiang will bring.
Simply enough, the number of cases made in a hurry is sufficient.
In this era, the aristocratic banquet guests were very particular, but the old Lu family really couldn't pay attention to it.
For example, there is a lack of retainers to preside over banquets, and there are no maids with excellent professionalism to serve by the side.
As for the music?
Not everyone is qualified to listen to music these days.
The old Lu family naturally has no music to listen to.
Lu Wu gave a congratulatory speech according to the current custom.
That is, the opening remarks of the banquet are carried out, and several nobles are welcomed, and then a toast is made to show the integrity of the etiquette.
After that, they can eat.
However, in addition to Wei Xiang, several nobles looked strange as if they had never seen tableware, some tableware did not know how to use, and they didn't know what to pay attention to when they came to eat, so they looked at each other.
Some of the dishes Wei Xiang had already eaten before, and he couldn't wait to use the utensils to taste them.
His appearance is elegant even if he is eager.
Lu Wu, who didn't understand the etiquette of the Spring and Autumn aristocracy at this time, walked around to help several nobles introduce dishes, while demonstrating how to use tableware.
They had Lu Wu's prompt, and then saw that Wei Xiang was eating happily, and they still waited for Lu Wu to sit back in his place before they started eating.
This time at the banquet, although Lu Wu was the host, it was Wei Xiang who sat in the main seat.
Cause? In addition to Wei Xiang's high status, he was also the son of Lu Qi.
This area is called "Lu".
Even if Lu Wu is the host, his status is lower than that of several nobles, so naturally Wei Xiang should sit on the throne.
"Delicious!" Han Wuji's belly bulged after eating, and he said with great admiration: "After that, there will be no time." ”
Han Wuji means that he doesn't know when he will be able to eat such a delicacy again.
With one speaking first, the silence of silence was broken.
"Wu, I already know what you mean." Wei Xiang raised the wine cup and said, "Very good! ”
Every time Lu Wu talked to them, he needed to read them carefully from a very short sentence in order to roughly understand what he meant.
Wei Xiang generally affirmed this cooperation, and praised Lu Wu as a person who knows how to share new inventions with others.
Of course, the most important thing is that Lu Wu knows how to pull the Wei family to make money together.
Lü Wu went to Lücheng to fight the iron pot and brought the Wei clan to cooperate.
But cooperation is not only about dedicating the technology of making iron pots, but also about the technology of selling iron pots after promoting new cooking.
If you want to run a restaurant in a big city, you need to have enough family strength.
The Wei family is not the top nobles of the Jin Kingdom, but their strength is not bad, at least they have enough face to make other nobles jealous and dare not rob the property.
And Lu Wu has the Wei family as a backer, in addition to avoiding the robbery of technology and industry, and then make something in the future, even if others find out, the basis for Wei's cooperation this time is to block the big stone of other nobles.
Because of Han Wuji's presence, Lu Wu needed to test whether the Wei clan wanted to pull the Han clan out of the field first, so that he could slowly tell what cooperation was needed.
Wei Xiang understood Lu Wu's hint and said heartily: "It's okay to say everything. ”
Very good, it's time for Lu Wu's performance!