Chapter 4: Success or Failure Depends on Today
Lu Wu still underestimated the courage and vision of the great nobles of this era.
He returned to his own domain, and half a month later, the Wei family came.
Half a month may be a long time for modern people, but now is an era when you can't do anything quickly, and it is already extremely efficient.
In other words, Wei appeared to be in a hurry.
It was Wei Xiang, one of the descendants of the Wei family, who was the son of Lu Qi.
And Lu Qi is the son of Wei Shou, and after the separation, he was called the Lu family, but the two families are actually as close as a family.
For example, Lu Qi's son is still crowned with "Wei".
Wei Xiang didn't come directly.
He sent his retainers to inform Lu Wu first and agreed on a time when he would come.
This is also a rather aristocratic set of practices.
It is not simple to prove his identity, but also to express his respect for the owner's family.
The old grandmother was very cautious about the arrival of the Wei clan, even if it was someone from the Wei clan who had already "come out".
The old grandmother, who had been staying in her house for a long time, personally commanded the servants to clean the house.
It was not enough to clean up the house, and the slave went to clear the weeds and all kinds of debris on the road leading to the house, and brought new soil to cover it again.
If it weren't for the short three days of the agreed meeting, Lu Wu would have reason to believe that the old grandmother would have made an even more exaggerated appearance.
"Wu, the Wei family is my (home) attachment (object)." The old grandmother said with full eagerness: "Wu, you have to seize (the opportunity)." β
A Wei son who has already been separated can make the old grandmother so cautious, you can imagine how big the gap between the small nobles and the big nobles is.
And now the Wei clan has not really developed, and it is not the top nobles of the Jin Kingdom.
There is no need for the old grandmother to remind him, Lu Wu, who designed this thing, was already full of expectations for this meeting, how could he not pay attention to it.
In the morning of a certain day.
A group of Wei people came first, and there were about a hundred or so of them.
A retainer of the Wei clan came to the Lu family first, and he didn't speak to anyone before seeing him, until he saw Lu Wu, he informed Wei Xiang that he was behind and would come over soon.
This Wei retainer called himself Yu Che. (It's called Toru, he is the royal hand who drives for a certain big man in the Wei family)
Even Mide can be a retainer, which shows that not everyone can be a chauffeur now.
This is very reasonable, literate and have other skills, in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was a talent.
The rest were samurai.
They did not enter the Lu Mansion and divided into several groups of people and began to patrol around the perimeter, or conduct a risk assessment.
Yu Che found various reasons to walk around the Lu Mansion, as if he had finished reading something, and said to Lu Wu without any apology: "Lu is already like this? (The Lu family has come to this point?) οΌβ
It's to see the rundown of a family.
Lu Wu knew that Yu Che was checking whether there was an ambush in the mansion or something. He felt offended, and his displeasure was on his face.
Yu Che changed the topic, talked about the new things he saw in the back house, and tested whether the Lu family had recruited any talents recently.
It's true.
Everything in the Lu family can be seen that the ruin is not caused by a moment and a half, but has been formed over a long period of time.
In this way, it shows that the Lu family itself has no talents, and new things suddenly appear, which will only be brought by outsiders.
Lu Wu ignored Yu Che's temptation, and just maintained an unhappy expression, but he did not slack off on what he should have entertained.
About an hour later, an even larger group arrived.
It was a huge team of more than a thousand people, and there were five chariots alone, one of which was Wei Xiang's car.
Lu Wu fully realized what a great nobleman was, and knew that the Wei family was still affected by the destruction of the Zhao family, and was worried about the safety of his own lineage when he went out.
After all, the internal fighting of the secretaries of the Jin State has always been bloody.
The aftermath of the destruction of the Zhao clan continued to repercuss, and the warriors loyal to the Zhao clan repeatedly assassinated the nobles who participated in the destruction.
The various nobles also took this opportunity to fight the hostile nobles, killed people and then deducted the black cauldron on the heads of the remnants of the Zhao family.
The Wei Xiang that Lu Wu saw was a beautiful young man, but he couldn't see any traces of pampering.
Wei Xiangyue was more than ten years old, and he was strictly educated in words and deeds, reflecting the demeanor of a nobleman.
LΓΌ Wu personally greeted Wei Xiang and took him into the courtyard, but he stopped at the pavilion with a wide field of vision, waiting for the warriors of the Wei clan to go to the various houses to inspect them.
"Chaos in the country......" Wei Xiang was about to explain, but he stopped after a few words, changed the topic, and said: "Evil gold is abandoned by all families (nobles), why does Wu use evil gold to make pots?" β
On that day, Lu Wu instructed the craftsmen to make a pot, not only to get some dishes today, but also to show their value.
The samurai finished inspecting, leaving some behind, and the rest withdrew.
Lu Wu invited Wei Xiang into the room, and after sitting separately, he said: "The family is ruined and the hospitality is not good, please don't blame it." β
When talking about business, it is natural to "enter the house" to show respect.
Only then did Lu Wu explain why iron was used to make pots, using as much language as possible that can be expressed now, and talked about some principles of heating, heat conduction, and heating.
He didn't know that Wei Xiang was known as the first genius of the Jin Kingdom.
Even if Wei Xiang only shows intelligence now, and does not have the reputation of the first genius of the Jin Kingdom, intelligence and thinking should also form a certain scale.
Wei Xiang tasted it carefully, not like he was here to talk about business, but asked about some of the knowledge mentioned by Lu Wu.
For some things that he didn't understand, Wei Xiang would ask questions repeatedly until he fully understood, and then show an expression of sudden realization.
Wei Xiang stood up and bowed, and said, "Wu, it seems that you have to be a (name) teacher and professor." β
Knowledge is never acquired for nothing, it must be accumulated and then taught.
Lu Wu can make up countless lies to explain why he understands so much.
For example, when you are asleep, you are taught by the gods to enter a dream, or you are empowered by God, or you meet a very powerful teacher.
Immortals and God would be a good statement, and if you want to find evidence, you can't find it at all.
Awesome teacher?
First of all, it's Spring and Autumn now, and there is no one who is not famous, and he has a deep background.
The Wei clan definitely has the ability to find out who has been to the Lu family recently, and even find out who strangers are in the fiefdom.
Therefore, making up a very powerful teacher is the worst choice.
Lu Wu said: "I asked for a book with a lot of money, but I didn't get it; I have been fond of pondering since I was a child, and I came to this conclusion by accidentally examining the weapons of the Golden Crow. β
If you want to buy a book now, you can't buy it at all.
And the book is actually a bamboo slip.
Any family that has a set of books that record bamboo slips, no matter what is written on it, will be regarded as a treasure.
The golden crow is the sun.
Lu Wu said that he had researched the knowledge himself, and Wei Xiang immediately believed it.
There is no such complicated reason.
First of all, Lu Wu is a nobleman, he must be literate, and he is superior to others. (Intellectually)
Then there is the ruin of the Lu family, as the actual heir (or the only) who has not yet performed the crown ceremony, with Wei Xiang's thinking, he will feel that Lu Wu is trying to revive the family.
A person who wants to revive his family is normal for him to do everything.
Something new has come up by chance, and it is absolutely reasonable to do so.
Wei Xiang looked at Lu Wu carefully, and could see that he was usually exercising very hard, and his eyes were very bright and smart.
Lu Wu was a little hairy, stood up and said, "No, I'll personally cook Ding and taste it." β
Now Confucius (Confucius) has not yet been born, there is no Confucianism, and no one will jump out and shout that the gentleman is far away.
Even Li Er (Lao Tzu) had not yet been born, and Confucius wanted to get inspiration from some of Lao Tzu's writings to create Confucianism.
In fact, many of the 100 schools in the future have not yet appeared.
Wei Xiang paid more attention to some of the opinions and knowledge that Lu Wu had not heard, but Lu Wu had avoided it, so he followed him to the kitchen to see how to cook in an iron pot.
Nowadays, there are very few types of dishes, such as sunflower, leek, green onion, shallot, knotweed, su, ginger, rue, garlic, camelina pursue, mustard, dogwood, turnip, lotus, turnip, etc.
There aren't many tricks that Lu Wu can make.
Just fried green onions is a cooking technique that spring and autumn do not have, Wei Xiang was stunned for a while, and at the same time, he smelled a fragrance that he had never smelled.
According to the vegetables that the Lu family can obtain, plus some things that are regarded as staple foods by people nowadays, but are actually ingredients in modern times, some side dishes were fried.
In addition to stir-fried vegetables (some of which were made of lean meat), Lu Wu also made steamed crabs, fried shrimp, fried shrimp, and stewed turtles...... and so on.
Lacking the relationship between some seasonings and condiments, it is naturally not very good from the perspective of modern people, and the taste is absolutely average.
But!
What do people eat now?
Even the aristocracy eats food that is only cooked with more kitchen utensils, and the way it is eaten and the taste of it are monotonous to the point of being boring.
Wei Xiang looked at the many dishes on the table, then looked up at Lu Wu opposite, and praised before eating: "Wu, you are 'tooth'." β
This "tooth" is a heartfelt admiration for a person who is extremely good at cooking.
For example, a person who is very interested in cooking and eating, his name is "Yi", and later he is called Yi Ya.
At present, the meal system is divided.
The common people lacked furniture, and they all wore food and ate wherever they wanted.
The aristocracy sat on their own desks and would not get together.
That is, they will not eat the food on the same plate.
Lu Wu was not modest, and motioned for Wei Xiang to look at the dining tools again.
Of course, there are cutlery in the spring and autumn, and a lot of cutlery has its own specific purpose.
For example, daggers used to cut meat, hairpins (not yet ornamental), chopsticks (chopsticks), and spoons (various).
The above four are widely used.
LΓΌ Wu prepared plates and bowls for various purposes, and added more tableware full of modern characteristics, but because the LΓΌ family did not have smelting craftsmen, they were all made of wood.
Wei Xiang couldn't understand what a variety of meals were for.
Lu Wu, as the host, took out fresh dining tools, and naturally demonstrated them in person.
Not to mention the use of various tableware, Wei Xiang picked up some dishes with chopsticks, put them in his mouth and chewed them.
And Lu Wu looked at Wei Xiang with expectant eyes, waiting for feedback.