The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 109 The Law of True Fragrance
For several days, Lu Changle and the elders and Fangtou of the Lu family in Fuzhou went out everywhere,
Constantly lobbying various clan forces, local towns and towns to join their militia joint defense plan,

Every time one is persuaded, a mark is made on the map of Fuzhou,
On the seventh day, more than 20 marks, large and small, were drawn on the specially made map of Fuzhou.
The Wang family of Min'an, the Yang family of Fuzhou, the Zhang family of Jiahe Village, the Chen family of Min County, the Kengtian village group, the Luolian village group, the Lu family of Lianjiang, the Yang family of Yutian, etc.,
Lu Changle did some statistics, and in just a few days, three counties, Changle, Minxian, and Lianjiang, have joined the militia joint defense plan, with a population of about 15 people, and the mobilized militia group is about 7000 people.

The total number of Lu and Yang clans is nearly 2000, and the total of the 20 or so forces is only [-].
Because it is a voluntary principle, Lu Changle has no choice but to
A lot of people came out randomly and joined the militia joint defense plan with the attitude of giving it a try.

Zheng Zhilong's forcible arrest of strong men when he retreated, and the large number of deaths caused by pimple plague were also reasons.
In any case, both the site and the manpower have grown by leaps and bounds.

The influence is only three counties for the time being. In other places, either the government still has control, or there are bandits who occupy the mountain as king to block the way.

Taking Changle County as an example, it was in chaos at the beginning, and even a few yamen servants were beaten to death.
County magistrates and officials shivered in the yamen, afraid to go out,
Later, Bo Qian Zhengrong, the owner of Changle, with the support of the Changle Jewelry Guild, recruited a group of thugs with a lot of money, and also recruited more than 200 clan members from the Qian family, and regained control of Changle County.
According to the news from Liu Rufeng's inquiries, the county magistrate was placed under house arrest in Houya because he was infected with pimple plague and needed to be quarantined.
County magistrate Liu Zhongbin was killed for openly opposing Qian Zhengrong.

In the current Changle County, Bo Qian Zhengrong covers the sky with one hand,
In order to achieve the purpose of accumulating wealth, Qian Zhengrong extorted all kinds of money from the common people and merchants.
Seeing someone's daughter is beautiful, forced to accept her as a concubine, and then extorted a huge amount of money from the other party on the grounds of dowry,
On November 12th, Qian Zhengrong worshiped twice. One of the concubines had just turned [-] years old.
The people hated him to the core and called him Qian Papi behind his back.

For the time being, Lu Changle can't manage so many people. He counts the number of people, trains and deploys the militia, collects various materials, recruits talents, and even needs the blacksmith to communicate with Xu Yiming from time to time.
In addition to repairing and building weapons, the addition of a firearms workshop is also on the agenda.

Fortunately, Qian Zhengrong was short of manpower, and those people did not dare to leave the county easily.

For the time being, Lu Changle and him are like rivers and wells.

When people get busy, they feel that time flies very fast. Unknowingly, the year is getting closer and there are more things to be busy.
There are many things, but fortunately there are also many people,

The clan elders and heads of various houses unconditionally supported Lu Changle's work, and young people like Chang Geng, Changwei, Changsheng, Changhe also began to grow up, which greatly eased Lu Changle's work.

The Fuzhou Yang family, the most important partner of the militia joint defense, cooperated unexpectedly, and Lu Changle also admired Yang Zhengbao with admiration, and his favorability increased greatly.

What troubled Lu Changle the most was the problems of training and deployment.
Including the Lu and Yang families in Fuzhou, there are 23 forces joining the militia joint defense.

The largest number is Fuzhou Lu's. The 800-person rural protection team is full, and the number of Yang's rural protection team is also quite large, increasing to more than 700 people.

Like the Kengtian village group, the whole village only uses more than 100 households, and a group of only 30 people is assembled.
The rest are mostly two to 300 people, and it is very troublesome to train.
Lu Changle went out early and returned late every day, negotiating with this one, which one had a showdown, so to speak, and made a lot of compromises,

Finally, before the Chinese New Year, everyone was persuaded to set up four training grounds in Hutou Mountain in Min'an Town, the Dragon King Temple where the Lu and Yang tribes competed for the arena in Fuzhou, the back mountain of Zhujia Village in Min County, and the sun valley field in Lianjiang Shuihe Village.
All militias train nearby based on the principle of proximity,
Lu Changle also made detailed rules on how to communicate in an emergency and how to cooperate with the militia groups.
I don't know how much they can do now, Lu Changle has no choice for the time being, the year is coming.

For Chinese people, nothing is more important than the New Year, that is, the poorest and most frugal families,
During the Chinese New Year, add as many dishes as possible, buy new clothes for the children,

Then the family happily keeps the year old, worships the ancestors, and prays to the gods, so that the new year will be happier and more fulfilling.

Lu Changle is the patriarch of the Lu family in Fuzhou. He has to attend many ceremonies, the families of the dead and injured in the clan need to be appeased, and the recruited talents have to be recruited.

At most, I rushed to five seats a day, and I almost vomited.

Passing a year is more tiring than fighting a war,
There is no way, these are the ways of the world, no one can be exempted,
I have been busy until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and this is considered a little leisure.

Fortunately, those officers, soldiers and thieves will also celebrate the New Year. At least the clans and towns participating in the joint defense of the militia have not been attacked.

Lu Changle had a relatively peaceful year.

"My lord, what do you want to eat tonight?" Xiaoqing asked Lu Changle for a cup of hot tea.

From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the present, this is the first time for the young master to eat at home.

"Miss Yang, order what you like to eat." Lu Changle handed over the choice to Yang Xuan who was at the side.

When Yang Xuan first started, she was like a tool person who couldn't speak, elongated her face all day long, with her nostrils facing the sky,

Lu Changle has a lot of ways to deal with such a proud girl,

Tell anecdotes and anecdotes she hasn't heard, and jokes she hasn't heard from time to time,

Yang Xuan was originally a lively and active person, and she failed after only persisting for two days. She was amused by Lu Changle.
With a smile, the relationship becomes harmonious, at least there will be no all kinds of targeting and white eyes,
Sometimes the children of the Lu and Yang clans had conflicts, as long as Yang Xuan stepped forward, it would be more useful than Lu Changle.

This time during the Chinese New Year, Yang Xuan only stayed at home for three days before running back.

Many people talked about Yang Xuan's marriage without saying a few words, various introductions and recommendations,

Those three aunts and six wives stopped Yang Xuan one by one, saying that this young man is talented and that young man's family is prominent, Yang Xuan can't offend those enthusiastic elders,

He ran away very simply.

Yang Xuan tilted her head and thought for a while: "I'm tired of eating these days, let's try something new."

Xiaoqing suddenly became embarrassed, she was just a little maid, and she didn't know what the new trick was.

Lu Changle nodded and said: "It's really a bit boring, it's good to come up with some new tricks, Xiaoqing, you can help you in a while, and I will personally go out and make delicious food for everyone, so that you can't stop eating."

"My lord, just ask what you want to eat, and just leave the kitchen work to the servant girl," Xiaoqing quickly persuaded.

A gentleman cooks far away, so there is no reason for the head of the clan or the head of the militia to cook.

Yang Xuan also said with disdain: "A big man is still cooking, and he is useless."

Lu Changle waved his hands indifferently and said, "You can't do these well, so you should do it yourself. Besides, it's not like I haven't cooked before."

When I was not the head of the clan, I lived alone, and someday I didn't cook for myself?

Just do what you say, Lu Changle asked Xiaoqing to get fresh mutton, pork belly and all kinds of vegetables,

The meat is washed, cut into granules, then marinated with oil, salt, soy sauce, and spices, and then threaded into skewers with bamboo sticks.

Lu Changle is going to make some barbecue.

The weather is so cold, eating roast and drinking wine, not to mention how beautiful it is.

"History of the Ming Palace · Food and Drink" says that "whenever it snows, you can enjoy the plum blossoms in the warm room and eat roasted mutton." When walking in the snow and looking for plums, singing lyrics and chanting poems are all poor. Watching plum blossoms and eating barbecue is life !
Yang Xuan has never seen this kind of practice, and has been watching coldly with her arms folded.

When he saw that Lu Changle made some charcoal fire, and then put those skewers directly on the charcoal fire, he frowned,
"It's so dirty, dogs don't even eat it, so I thought it was a surprise." Yang Xuan said with a look of disgust.

Lu Changle didn't bother to quarrel with her, and said calmly, "I'll know if it tastes good or not in a while."

As early as in primitive society, human beings learned to cook meat with fire,
With the development of human beings, there are more and more styles of barbecue. In the Ming Dynasty, the popular way of eating is to roast,
Sunburn is different from roasting. Sunburn is cooking through heat conduction by substances, such as iron plates, stones, etc.

And grilling is to put the food directly above the fire without using other substances to conduct heat.

In the eyes of people with status in the Ming Dynasty, it was the practice of the poor to cook the meat directly on the fire, and they had no conditions.

Soon, Yang Xuan's attention was attracted by those skewers,

Under Lu Changle's constant flipping and seasoning, a seductive smell of meat penetrated into his nostrils, and he felt his index finger move when he smelled it.
Especially under the charcoal fire, the burnt meat on the bamboo sticks is full of oil, and the urge to eat it is there,

When it was almost baked, Lu Changle sprinkled a handful of precious cumin powder on top, which made Yang Xuan's mouth water.
But Yang Xuan didn't want to slap her in the face when she said so much before, pretending to be reading a book of unofficial history by the side,
With a book in his hand, he stared at the meat skewers from the corner of his eyes from time to time, his nose twitched from time to time, and he swallowed countless times.

You can't eat it, you can't eat it, these things look dirty at first glance, you can't eat them, and you will have diarrhea if you eat them, Yang Xuan kept persuading herself in her heart.

"Master, it smells so good, what is this?" Xiaoqing asked with a look of surprise.

"Grilled skewers, isn't it delicious?"

Xiaoqing nodded vigorously: "Sweet!"

Lu Changle turned over the skewers in his hand and grilled them a little to see the color of the skewers. The first batch of skewers were finally ready.

Picking up a string of mutton skewers and taking a bite, chewing a few times in his mouth, he nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, perfect."

The outside is charred and the inside is tender, the heat and the taste are just right. I liked this bite in my previous life. It seems that the craftsmanship has not been lost.

Seeing Xiao Qingyan swallowing saliva eagerly, Lu Changle said generously: "Miss Yang, Xiao Qing, Xiao Hong, you are all welcome, come and have a taste."

"Thank you son." Xiaoqing was overjoyed when she heard the words, picked up a bunch and handed it to Yang Xuan: "Miss Yang, try it first."

You have to let the guests taste it first, Xiaoqing still understands this truth.

"I don't eat it. It's dirty. You're not afraid of eating it yourself." Yang Xuan swallowed and said stubbornly.

Xiaoqing handed the string to Xiaohong beside Yang Xuan: "Little sister Xiaohong, come and taste."

He took a small look at his own lady, she didn't seem to object, took it and tried to take a bite, and quickly said with bright eyes: "It's delicious, it's so delicious, Mr. Lu, I have never eaten such delicious meat."

Lu Changle smiled, took a sip of the sweet-scented osmanthus wine next to him, and said generously: "Don't stop if it tastes good, eat more, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

More than 30 skewers of barbecue, the three of them were all wiped out in a while,

Xiaoqing and Xiaohong urged Lu Changle to cook quickly,
After the second batch of skewers were cooked, Yang Xuan reluctantly took a bite under Xiaoqing and Xiaohong's repeated persuasion.
It was just one bite, and soon it was out of control. Yang Xuan couldn't bear it anymore, and picked up a big handful at once,

Take a sip to the left, take a sip to the right, and start to eat,

It's not enough for one person to eat half of it, and he still has to grab the maidservant Xiaohong's. After eating, he kept urging Lu Changle to roast it quickly.
Forget what you said about "dogs don't eat".
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