Chapter 8: One step at a time is the best policy
There is no mouth.
LΓΌ Wu even had to pay attention to his choice of words, avoiding words that several nobles could not understand, and having to make a long list of explanations.
It's just that no matter how careful he is, there are still a lot of words that are not available now, and when he says it, he will inevitably be asked questions and explained one by one.
Sometimes, in the process of explaining a new word, it will be necessary to explain more words, which makes Lu Wu very tired.
What about the rest of the nobles, there is nothing to say.
Wei Xiang was the person in charge of negotiation and questioning, and he would always say something to Lu Wu that he had never heard of, and nodded frequently after listening to the explanation.
"Wu, Yiya." Han Wuji smiled helplessly and said, "There are so many slang, it's weird." β
This is an era of ten miles of different sounds and a hundred miles of different languages.
They felt strange that Lu Wuhui said some words that they had never heard before, and if they didn't think about it deeply, they would feel like Han Wuji, and they felt that it was a unique word for each region.
They generally understood Lu Wu's thoughts.
Some of the technologies used in the big iron pot will be dedicated to Wei's, and then Lu Wu will separately engage in catering with Wei's in the form of "patented" shares in the iron pot.
"Yes." Wei Xiang pretended to stop and think for a while, and then said, "I learned from you." β
He had already seen with his own eyes that Lu Wuhui cooked a lot of dishes, and if he wanted to engage in catering, he was too ordinary to make a lot of money, so he needed to send a cook (called Ku Ding at this time) to learn those dishes of Lu Wuhui.
Lu Wu agreed.
He took the opportunity to make some requests, such as whether he could get Wei Xiang's help when he transported the pottery out to sell.
It's Wei Xiang, not Wei's.
Lu Wu didn't have the qualifications to let the entire Wei clan endorse him.
Wei Xiang asked, "Wu, also make pottery?" β
When they were serving the food just now, they saw a lot of new styles of pottery, and in fact, they had already had doubts in their hearts.
Lu Wu used the set of words that he liked to ponder vaguely.
Han Wuji said with a smile: "The Shi clan cannot be humiliated. β
The turmoil of the Jin Kingdom because of the destruction of the Zhao clan has not completely subsided, and the Zhao clan, which accounts for the second of the eight Qings, perished.
The Jin Kingdom originally had twelve secretaries, and after a bloody battle among the nobles to replace the secretary, the Jin Jinggong adjusted the position of the secretary to only eight secretaries.
Shi Xie was one of the victors in that battle and was promoted to the rank of general.
He is surnamed Qi, and the reason why he is called Shi is actually that someone in his ancestors became a Jin State Judge (judge), and his son took the official as his surname, and his descendants were called Shi Shi. Later, because of the change of position and the fief, it was divided into three branches: Liu's, Fan's, and Yan's.
So Shi Xie is just a title of chasing his ancestors, and he is usually a member of the Fan family. (Posthumously nicknamed "Wen", known as Fan Wenzi in history)
Shi Xie's position as a military general is very prominent, and the Fan family is also an insurmountable mountain for all the Jin Kingdom that wants to sell or is selling pottery.
Han Wuji just ate a meal from Lao Lu's family, and he was extremely satisfied, otherwise he wouldn't bother to remind him.
The affairs of the high-level of the Jin Kingdom are not something that Lu Wu, a small nobleman, should be involved in, and he doesn't want to provoke the big nobles now, but just wants to improve the family's financial constraints.
Lu Wu hurriedly said that the amount of pottery sold would not be large, let alone sold in some big cities.
His current idea is to go to some villages to sell it first to see if he can get the porcelain out, and then take the high-end luxury route.
Wei Xiang thought about it for a while and replied, "Yes." β
Lu Wu, who had reached the goal, no longer made any requests, and did not even ask how the shares would be distributed.
It's only because he knows more or less that the ancient nobles won't personally take care of those "trivial matters", and it should be the steward of the family (now the retainers) to fight.
Otherwise, the nobles will go to fight in person, and it will be very embarrassing if it is not good-looking.
Han Wuji and several nobles were so tired that they didn't want to move.
Wei Xiang, who had a lot of questions, invited Lu Wu to go out for a walk to eliminate food.
And Lao Zhuo, the old Lu family, he found an opportunity to pick the important gifts brought by the Wei family and told Lu Wu again.
"Lord?" The old man Zhuo was both happy and distressed, and asked: "(Return) gift? β
Chinese etiquette, pay attention to the gift received to give a gift in return.
Many of the old Lu family, such as the small nobles, are very poor, let alone compared with the Wei family.
Lu Wu said: "You don't have to give it back. β
When he went to the big iron pot in Lucheng, it was for nothing to teach those craftsmen some new skills?
Technology has been dedicated to Weis.
In addition to the iron pot technology, some forging techniques are not techniques?
Therefore, the gift that Wei sent to the old Lu family was a return gift.
Technology is certainly more valuable than those gifts, but the status is not equal, and it can only be like that.
Therefore, the old Lu family can accept those things with peace of mind, and there is no need to prepare any gifts in return.
The old man got the answer and left happily.
Wei Xiang, who was standing aside and watched the whole process, waited for Lao Zhuo to leave before he came over, pointed to the building he hadn't seen when he came before, and asked, "Its speed, what?" β
It is not much to use huge manpower and material resources to build a house faster.
It took eight days for the old Lu family to not only prepare the required materials, but also build more than 30 houses, which really shocked Wei Xiang.
Wei Xiang felt that even if the old Lu family had prepared the materials to build the house, the speed of building the house was too fast.
Now is an era of vocabulary scarcity, which is doomed to a limited theoretical system.
Lu Wu thought about it for a while and talked about very rough management.
Start with the literacy of the people you want to use, take what kind of appointment you want to do, then explain the reasons for how to organize, provide necessary guidance in the process, and mention what incentives to take.
Wei Xiang didn't interject during the whole process, and when Lu Wu stopped, he began to ask "100,000 whys".
In fact, even if Wei Xiang didn't have so many problems, Lu Wu would create opportunities to guide.
The Spring and Autumn Period is an era when there is a relatively no ceiling for identity, and the premise is that you have enough talent, you must also know how to socialize, and you will not be blind. (Confucius's father went from a white body to a white body, and when he attacked the city, he carried a city gate to let the defeated army have time to evacuate, and was appreciated and promoted to become a nobleman)
Of course, Lu Wu has to show his talents appropriately and control a bottom line that is not "amazing", in order to get more appreciation.
He used a few steps to let Wei Xiang discover his talent, which was a very natural transition, not a sudden fright.
The Wei family, which is on the rise, has a family environment that determines that they will treat talented people with more respect and want to solicit; It won't be like the old conservatives, who will strangle if they are not their own.
Wei Xiang said, "No?" ", proved that Lu Wu's adventure was successful.
"Not even the crown." Lu Wu didn't refuse, just talked about his age, and said heavily: "Wait for the next day!" β
For nearly a month, Lu Wu was not breathing air in vain in the Spring and Autumn Period.
He learned from Lao Zhuo, who didn't know much, that if he wanted to climb up, there was a way.
And this way is that there must be a great aristocracy to appreciate and provide a position.
To put it simply, not only the Jin Kingdom, but all the countries, they control this and that, and the people below want to progress and get the opportunities they provide, which is the only way.
This "only" includes everything, even when going on a campaign, let alone getting some positions.
And now Lu Wu wants to make the family's current situation better first and build his "base area" well.
He didn't dare to take too big a step at once, lest he hit the egg.