Chapter 9: Strange Combinations
Wei Xiang and other aristocratic teenagers left.
Even if the old Lu family didn't need to give the Wei family any more gifts, they should prepare some small gifts for these noble teenagers.
Lü Wu prepared some pottery with new patterns as gifts.
Here's one of his precautions.
To put it bluntly, there is something new that a family is too conspicuous to use alone.
There are two children of big families who use it, others have found something new, those with too low status dare not ask, and the elders with high status will not ask about such trivial matters, and if the junior asks, the old Lu family can expand new contacts.
The young man who came with him before Wei Xianglin left commented on Lu Wu, saying that with someone like Lu Wu as the head of the family, the old Lu family would not be prosperous.
The Wei family knew that Wei was smarter than themselves, so they naturally believed Wei Xiang's words.
Regardless of things, Han Wuji, who was only responsible for eating, drinking, and having fun, only cared if he could send a cook to Lao Lu's house to learn cooking, and swore to Wei Xiang that he would not use it for commercial purposes.
In the ascending period, Wei needs to make good connections.
Of course, Wei Xiang agreed.
As for not asking the parties at all, they subjectively ignored it.
Lü Wu devoted his limited time to more urgent matters.
The samurai's families and slaves are here, so they can't eat and sleep in the open, right?
The old Lu family didn't want the samurai to complain, so they naturally wanted to speed up the construction of the house, and the food and other utensils that should be distributed should be given out in as short a time as possible.
To say that they were all full of pessimism about the change of master before, in a few days, ambitious and intelligent people, based on what they heard and saw, have had a change in mentality.
For example, a samurai named File, he personally saw how Lü Wu commanded them, divided labor and detachments, and then carried out collective labor.
He came to the conclusion that his new master did not know for the time being, and that his quality in commanding the army was the most powerful he had ever seen, and he did not worry that he would not have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
Taking another craftsman named Fang to see, he saw that Lu Wu attached great importance to craftsmen, could hear Lu Wu talk about a lot of new theories, and could actually make things, and decided that even if the old Lu family was a small nobleman, it would be a fairly rich little nobleman.
More people seem to think that Lü Wu personally commanded the labor in order for the warriors and craftsmen to have their own houses earlier, and felt that Lü Wu was at least a lord who took into account the feelings of subordination.
The old group of subjects, they saw the possibility of the family's revitalization again, and it would be far more prosperous than at any previous time, and some were just happy.
As for what the slaves will think? They can see it however they like.
The vitality of a collective is best reflected when the construction is carried out, and the people who can help come spontaneously, and the samurai and craftsmen are infected by the atmosphere and devote themselves to work with more enthusiasm.
When Lu Wu finished what he had to do and was about to take a break, the old man Zhuo came to tell him, saying that there was a wise man who came to take refuge.
Since they all say that they are wise men, Lao Zhuo must have taken the test, and he thinks that he is inferior.
Lu Wu is very happy, what he is most worried about these days is that the old Lu family has no talent at all, so he has to do everything by himself.
It's just that this Magi is a bit weird.
He was a middle-aged man, and he couldn't see the "elegance" that a wise man should have in terms of dress, and he even looked very embarrassed, and he was carrying a backpack.
And what was in the back basket, Lu Wu couldn't see it for the time being.
This person looks full of vegetables, I don't know what hardships and hardships he has experienced, and he looks like he has experienced many vicissitudes, giving people a feeling that he is going to die at any time.
Nowadays, when wearing clothes, it is generally a deep coat, that is, a garment that wraps the body with clothes and clothes together, and is cut separately but sewn up and down.
The dark clothes of the commoners will be tightened in order to save the fabric.
Of course, they can also wear irregular clothing, such as a shirt that looks like a undershirt and just shorts underneath.
The nobles wore dark clothes, and compared with the commoners, the cloth was better and the colors were more.
In this day and age, the brighter the color of the clothes, the more they represent wealth and status.
The Magi was dressed in a dark reddish garment that looked very old but was very cleanly washed, and the man was also very clean, but the clothes had many patches.
In any era, it pays attention to being poor, literate, rich and martial.
If you don't have enough money, if you want to become a wise man, you will succeed in your dreams.
Lu Wu guessed that the old Lu family would attract some talents in the big construction, and after waiting for so many days, it can be regarded as waiting for one.
He didn't see all the expectations of people before, and he didn't expect a great power, but ......
When the two met, they didn't have time to salute each other, but the cry of a baby came from inside the back basket.
Lu Wu and the Magi (who hadn't introduced himself yet) made eye contact.
"Wait."
"I ......"
Lu Wu thought to himself, for the time being, he couldn't see any talent for middle-aged people, but to attract people's hearts, start from a baby.
The Magi was too busy checking on the baby to care about Lu Wu leaving.
Lu Wu ordered the slave to squeeze goat milk and milk, and then personally handed the bowl and small wooden spoon containing the milk to the unnamed man, and said softly: "Hot." ”
Just now, the Magi was just holding the baby and patting the back, and didn't take out anything to give the baby to eat, when he saw Lu Wu handing over the bowl, he took it and drank some of each of them first.
The more Lu Wu looked at it, the more he felt that this middle-aged man was strange.
It's not that it's strange for a middle-aged man to drink something by himself, it's that he drinks both, but only drinks a little bit, more like he is trying to see if it's poisonous.
After the middle-aged man tried it, he waited for a while to make sure that he was not unwell and began to feed the baby.
Lu Wu asked quietly: "Zi (sir), where are you from?" ”
"It's rude." He bowed deeply, gasped twice as he straightened his waist again, and said, "From Zhao Di." ”
To put it this way, this is a person from the original Zhao fiefdom.
"The Zhao clan is extinguished, and he is frightened and takes refuge in the mountains and forests." The middle-aged man did have a Zhao Di accent, which was not so easy to hide, and said: "Passing by here, I saw that I was a promising (lord) lord, and I had the heart to serve. ”
Lu Wu asked, "Do you have a surname?" ”
The middle-aged man said, "Summon." ”
賏 (yīng) is an ornament on the neck.
Considering the custom of taking the name now, his family ...... Or his ancestors did neck jewelry?
But when Lu Wu heard that the middle-aged man was from Zhao Di, he had been hiding in the mountains and forests, and he was also carrying a one- or two-year-old baby, so he had more associations.
He began to talk to the middle-aged man who claimed to be a banker, and asked many questions, and found that the middle-aged man was not familiar with the others, but he was very skilled in knowing customers. (It is not excluded that it is a disguise deliberately performed by middle-aged people)
Talking to Lu Wu, I originally thought that it was just a small lord in a small place, and he had a little ambition to develop a good territory, which was probably very easy to fool.
Unexpectedly, after a while, after a while, some of his half-understood things obviously couldn't fool Lu Wu, and he was forced to show some real skills.
While Lu Wu was taking the test, he was constantly weighing it in his mind.
He had actually roughly guessed what a big and a small one were, but he couldn't be 100% sure.
If one big and one small are really the two that Lu Wu guessed, he needs to think carefully about whether to accept them or not.