Chapter 434: The Emperor's Road (50.)
When the car arrived at the gate of Wuqing County, it stopped temporarily. Gao Lishi hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the county order Lu Xiaochun led a group of officials to meet His Highness. ”
In fact, Wu Chu had already seen it, but he still raised the curtain slightly, and signaled: "Let the officials not have to be so polite, go to the city and stay before talking." ”
In fact, an important reason why he never wanted to come to Wuqing County with great fanfare was these annoying etiquette and the hypocritical compliments. Wu Chu was not carried away by his own power and prestige, he always reflected on himself, and was reminded by Yuwen Su'e and other women, so he knew very well how much respect and worship there was in those compliments and flattery.
The development of science is still very weak, and it takes several generations of efforts for such a brand-new idea to become an idea that leads people to glory and can be completely accepted by the world. And its beginnings shouldn't contain too much of a cult of personality and some hypocrisy.
Wu Zheng, what he wants is the pragmatism and truth-seeking of science officials, not to engage in pomp and circumstance, and to engage in some things on the scene.
Lu Xiaochun got Gao Lishi's response, so he felt nervous in his heart, isn't His Highness dissatisfied? But then there was an order, and the officials immediately got out of the way, and the gongs and drums stopped. The two big red lions only danced restlessly twice in the crowd watching the excitement.
Wu Chuan looked at the people on both sides of the street from the gap in the car curtain, they looked at the prince's car in the middle of the avenue, their eyes showed a look of hope, and they kept shouting "His Royal Highness the Prince", Wu Chuan sighed lightly, if the people did this voluntarily, then is he worthy of joy? But if these are all arrangements made by officials in Wuqing County. So what should he do with it?
But after a while, the car drove to the manor, which was the pastoral manor of Wuqi. There are renovated fields on the estate. It was about to be cultivated, and there was a small lake with two hexagonal pavilions on the edge of the lake for fishing, and a canopy boat on the lake, which was used for boating, and of course for other purposes. Once on this ship, there were three maidens of Wu Qi.
Although the manor is good, the scenery in early spring is still slightly decayed. But Wu Zheng had already made the itinerary, the slave had already prepared the cooking utensils, and it was sunny today, so he could just show his hand. Roasted whole lamb, teppanyaki, barbecue. That's the main event for today. And, of course, there is the Western Regions wine that you can drink as much as you want.
Princess Taiping had already received instructions from Wu Zhi, and she led her wives and concubines to begin preparing the tableware, spreading out a thick carpet, and placing things like melon seeds.
The eldest son, Wu Chongwu, and several younger siblings took Li Xian's children on a tour of the manor, Wu Chuan was dressed in gray and white kitchen clothes, wearing a white high hat, and holding two kitchen knives. A chef from a past life.
Li Xian, the king of loyalty, couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that the king of Wei was cooking. Mencius said: The gentleman is far away from cooking. How could King Wei cook? This is obviously beyond his cognition, and as the prince of the Great Zhou, he actually did cheap work, Li Xian felt a little disdainful in his heart, but there was only a touch of calm on his face.
After Concubine Wei was stunned, she sighed in her heart, sure enough, extraordinary people do extraordinary things, such a high-ranking and powerful His Royal Highness the King of Wei can actually cook, which has to be amazing, she and the women are snorting melon seeds, while watching the King of Wei and Ku Ding busy together.
Li Xianhui has a quiet temperament, so she stayed with her mother, she saw Wu Zhi's rapid chopping speed, and couldn't help but marvel at his knife skills, of course, if Wu Xianhui knew what Li Xianhui thought, he would be very cautious to tell her, in fact, his gun skills are even more powerful. But no matter what, the Wu Chuan that Li Xianhui saw at this time was a family man, a man who could make people feel warm, without that power and domineering.
After Wu Yu'er gave instructions to the slaves who washed and peeled the meat, she came to Wu Zheng's side, although she is the real virtuous helper of the entire palace, but she is not qualified to enjoy, one is her special status, the other is that she is hardworking and virtuous, and the other is not a pleasure to be able to cook with her own man?
Wu Shu saw that Wu Yu'er was dressed in plain clothes, so he smiled and said, "It seems that you want to help me?" ”
Wu Yu'er took the cut mutton, put it on the bamboo skewer, and said, "I like it." ”
Wu Chu suddenly remembered that he was on that boat back then, as if Wu Yuer was one of them, and he had a feeling that time was like an arrow, so he said: "If you like it, do it, and if you need my help, sue me." You've done a lot for Fuchu. ”
Wu Yu'er suddenly had a sour nose, tears almost flowed out, her nearly twenty years of hard work finally got the man's affirmation, she endured the surging tide-like touch, lowered her head, and did not make a sound.
Wu Chu sighed: "No matter what, I won't treat you badly, it's just that your identity is limited by this era, and I can't promise you too much." ”
As Wu Chu spoke, he quickly sliced the fresh beef. And neatly placed on a plate. Then he took the soft fish that was transported from Guangzhou not long ago, Wu Chuan saw at a glance that this was squid, Wu Chuan was very happy, because he loved barbecue, so he collected and planted a large number of mustard greens, took a part of the seeds and grinded them into flour every year, and then made them into mustard, which was used to eat seafood and barbecue.
Of course, Wu Chuan is not the first person to eat crabs, people who eat crabs have been there as early as the Zhou Dynasty, and when Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, he made crabs the first delicacy in the world, but the practice is very different from Wu Zhuang. Although there are no crabs now, fortunately, there are squid, which can be regarded as making up for some regrets.
Soon, the servant told him that the three lambs had been washed and skinned, and Wu Chuan immediately ordered someone to carry them up. Seeing the three fat and tender lambs that had been washed and peeled, he put the spices, salt, radish pieces and other things that had been prepared to remove the smell into the belly of the sheep, and then sealed it with an iron brazing, ordered someone to take charcoal, set up a wooden frame, and tied the sheep to the iron rod. ”
The slave was the apprentice of the cook in the house, so he quickly understood and bowed down to agree.
Wu Chuan ordered the servant to take the iron plate that had been prepared, and set up a charcoal basin below, Wu Chuan smeared with oil, and waited for the iron plate to heat up, not long after, the iron plate was hot, and the sesame oil on it exuded fragrance, Wu Chuan spread the squid, sprinkled with salt, pepper and other seasonings, and when it was ripe, finally sprinkled with cumin powder (cumin), at this time a rich fragrance suddenly drifted out, attracting the attention of the women.
Wu Chu smiled and said, "Yu'er, quickly bring this iron plate soft fish to them, so as not to come and fight." ”
Wu Yu'er had already recovered at this time, and she took the two large plates calmly and brought them to the two women's piles.
Princess Taiping was talking to Li Xian, smelled a fragrance, and said with a smile: "Let's go over and taste it, it's not an easy thing to taste King Wei's craftsmanship, let's go!" ”
"Sister, did King Wei do the same before?" Li Xian obviously still couldn't figure it out.
Princess Taiping smiled: "Third brother, King Wei is also a human being, and people will always do things that they don't expect." Don't think about it so much, it's just that the few dishes that the mother queen likes now are all the craftsmanship of King Wei. ”
Suddenly, Li Xian seemed to understand something, so he nodded and followed behind Princess Taiping, at this time, he was already a little hungry.
Seeing that Princess Taiping and Li Xian were finally willing to come over, Yuwen Su'e smiled and said, "Princess, King Zhong, there will be no more comes." ”
Taiping smiled: "Aren't our men still doing it?" ”
As he spoke, he picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of soft fish in the small saucer and handed it to Li Xian, Li Xian was slightly embarrassed, but when he smelled the fragrance, he couldn't help but have a great appetite, as if there was a rumble in his throat, and a trace of saliva almost flowed out of the corner of his mouth, he smiled, then took it, turned around and tasted it slowly.
Princess Taiping took another piece, tasted it, and praised it: "Ah Lang, it's so delicious!" ”
When Wu Chu heard this, he smiled and said, "You are still the first person to praise the deliciousness." Then he looked at the other women and complained: "You should learn from Taiping, sometimes the necessary praise will make people feel very happy!" ”
The girls laughed for a while, and almost said in unison: "Ah Lang makes it so delicious!" ”
Wu Chu was overjoyed and said with some excitement: "Thank you, thank you!" ”
Seeing the women flirting with Wu Zheng like this, Zhongwang Li Xian and Concubine Wei suddenly felt blushing and heartbeat, this is beyond their cognition, there is still such a thing in the world? Don't you really know what shame is?
Li Xianhui ate the iron plate squid, and said in her heart: "Your Highness is so delicious!" ”
At this time, the children smelled the fragrance and came back, and from afar, they heard Li Bao'er's exclamation, and said, "It's so fragrant, I want to eat!" ”
At this time, the servant brought the wine of the Western Regions, and the tables were also placed on the grass, and the tall glass cups were filled with scarlet wine syrup, as if human desires, burning.
Where there are children, there is naturally some joy, Li Bao'er is like a butterfly that has just broken out of the cocoon, flying around, because of a little drinking a little wine, her face is slightly red, and her appearance is more and more charming, almost becoming the focus.
When the mutton skewers, sizzling beef, and roast mutton were placed on the table one by one, the ladies did not have the dignified and virtuous women they usually had, and they all laughed, playing the game of pitching pots and eating barbecue at the same time. Wu Chu seems to have become a slave, serving every woman's needs and satisfying every woman's needs.
Li Xianhui's quiet face showed surprise for a while, a cunning look for a while, and a smile for a while. Today, she has completely reacquainted herself with King Wei, the person who once made her father extremely afraid, the powerful crown prince of Great Zhou, and the man who made her look up to the mountains.
At the moment, he is like a brother next door, taking care of his women, no, his women, all the needs of women. It turns out that men are sometimes so changeable, so that people want to be close, want to lean into his arms, let him pamper him, and make him pity. (To be continued......)