There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Seeing the pottery packing up the things in the kitchen, Mi Zhen said strangely: "With the status of Taifu, how can he know how to cook soup? Isn't it said that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen?"

The potter said while packing his things: "The so-called gentleman stays away from the kitchen does not mean that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. Mencius's wish is that a gentleman is like animals. Seeing its life, I can't bear to see it die; hearing its sound, I can't bear to eat it." Meat is for a gentleman to stay away from the kitchen. This is his evaluation of King Qi Xuan's unwillingness to kill, and it is a compliment to King Xuan's benevolent heart."

After finishing speaking, the pottery merchant straightened up, shook his head and laughed at himself: "As for the gentleman who stays away from the kitchen, he stays away from the place of slaughter... Hehe, in the past five or six years, how many people have died at the hands of Tao? Care about these chickens and ducks?"

Mi Zhen basically didn't listen to what the pottery merchant had to say, she just watched the pottery merchant wielding a kitchen knife skillfully and skillfully showing off his knives on the chopping board.

Who would have imagined that the mighty and well-known Mr. Taiping would have such an ordinary and down-to-earth side?

"Red dates, ground bones, tortoise shells, gorgon seeds, purple ginger... Unfortunately, there are no mushrooms." The potter counted one by one, it seemed that he was reading to himself, but it was actually for Mi Zhen.

Mi Zhen watched quietly, watching the potter throw the chopped chicken and seasonings into the casserole for cooking, and secretly remembered it in her heart.

Next time, no matter what you say, you can't make this man look down upon.

While explaining the warmth and principles of various condiments to Mi Zhen, the potter adjusted the heat.

After about an hour, Tao's Chicken Soup was finally done.

After Mi Zhen took a sip, her eyes that were a little swollen from crying just now lit up.

"Teacher... unexpectedly has such skills!"

The potter laughed, filled a bowl himself, and said, "Isn't it delicious?"

Mi Zhen nodded vigorously.

After eating a pot of chicken soup, the sky has already started to turn pale.

The potter looked at the sun that was beginning to rise in the east, and said to Mi Zhen: "Miss Mi, it's almost time, you should go back."

After finishing speaking, the pottery merchant himself felt a little bit guilty.

How is it the same as the scholar in Liaozhai sending away the vixen who met him in the middle of the night?Is it a bit too much!

Mi Zhen blushed, leaned over to the potter Yingying, and said: "Thank you for the soup, the master. Originally, the little girl came to visit the young master on behalf of Diao Chan's sister, but the young master is so tired that the young lady has to work hard for the little girl."

The pottery merchant rubbed his nose and said with a smile: "Don't bother, don't worry, I'll ask Xu Chu to send someone to take the girl back."

Mi Zhen was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Teacher, the little girl has something to ask."

"what's up?"

"The Taifu's cooking skills are so superb... I wonder if Zhen'er is lucky enough to come here every night to learn how to cook from the Taifu?"

The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard the words.

Why do you have to come at night to learn cooking?

Also every night!

Why does it sound so awkward!

Could it be that this girl is really the same as what was written in Liaozhai, she is a vixen who absorbs yang energy in the middle of the night?

But these days, D-cup vixen are not easy to touch, if you are sucked, you will be sucked.

"If the girl is willing, she can come anytime." The pottery merchant smiled warmly.

What Mi Zhen returned to him was a red-faced smile.

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A few days later, Wang Xiu, Tian Kai's emissary, came to Pengcheng, Xuzhou according to Guo Jia's investigation.

As soon as Wang Xiu saw the pottery merchant, he told him the emergency of the counties in Qingzhou and asked Taifu Tao to send troops to help him.

The potter was silent.

After a long while, the pottery merchant sighed and said helplessly, "Wang Gongcao, it's not that Tao is timid, but I do have a problem right now. In Huainan, Sun Ce and Lu Bu are in a hurry to attack Lujiang. It would be turbulent to provide them with food and fodder support, and Jinling soldiers could not move lightly for the time being, and if Yuan Yao led his troops northward to defect to Yuan Shao, Xuzhou would have to send troops to hijack them, and in Langya Kingdom, Chang Xi would replace Zang Ba and unite with Mount Tai. All the ministries are enemies of my Xuzhou, and I have just taken over Xuzhou, I am afraid that I will not be able to separate the troops to save Qingzhou... It's not that Tao doesn't want to, it's true that I am also surrounded by enemies now."

Wang Xiu became anxious when he heard this.

"The Tai Tuo can't see that he can't save him! In the past, Governor Tian and Kong Beihai also sent troops to support Xuzhou. Although they were of no use in the end, they were still benevolent people to the Tai Tuo."

The potter felt a headache when he heard this.

"Wang Gongcao, I trouble you to go back to Linzi City and tell the governor of Tian that you are entering Qingzhou to confront Yuan Shao head-on. Tao is indeed not prepared for this, nor does he have the ability... If possible, Tao is willing to send troops. , Open up the retreat route from Qingzhou to Xuzhou, welcome Tian Cishi and Kong Beihai to Xuzhou, if they are willing to come, Tao will treat him like a guest, how about it?"

Chapter 426 Danyang Army Headquarters

It's not that the pottery merchant doesn't want to help Tian Kai, it's just that there are some things that he can't do at the moment.

Opening the passage between Qingzhou and Xuzhou to welcome Kong Rong and Tian Kai is already the limit of what the potters can do.

Wang Xiu was somewhat aware of the current situation in Xuzhou, and the crisis facing the pottery merchants was no stronger than that in Qingzhou.

The only difference may be that Xuzhou is strong and not easy to be bullied, while Tian Kai and Kong Rong in Qingzhou are weak.

Wang Xiu left with great regret. Even the pottery merchant felt a bit unbearable with that lonely expression, but there was no way around it. Fighting for world hegemony was not just a play, and there were too many things to plan on his own. I can't ignore the overall situation and compete with others at will because of a moment of loyalty.

The crowd is competing for the throne, the current situation is tense, and one wrong step can easily lead to doom.

Today's potters have too many things to worry about.

Family members, generals and counselors under him, gentry groups in Xuzhou and Jiangdong, more than 600 soldiers and horses under his command, and nearly [-] million people under the entire Tao family.

This is what he needs to take into consideration. Although he feels sorry, the most he can do now is to take Tian Kai and Kong Rong in.

The house leak happened to be raining overnight, and after the potter sent Tian Kai away with great regret, Zhang Hong from Hangzhou in Wujun suddenly sent someone to Pengcheng to deliver the news, saying that it was near Wujun and Jing County. Shanyue Zulang gathered people out of the mountains to plunder the prefectures and counties. The local soldiers and horses in Wu County were defeated, so he begged the pottery merchants to send troops to rescue them.

Hearing the news, the potter was not surprised, he could only feel helpless.

Historically, in the Jiangnan area at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shanyue and Baiyue rebelled repeatedly, consuming Jiangdong Sun's huge energy and material resources, sending troops to pacify them every year, almost endlessly, and now I am on this path old road.

Fortunately, I took precautions, so Baiyue in Kuaiji County and Yuzhang County became more and more obedient and gradually returned to Wang Hua under the blessings of Fuyi generals Tao Ying, Lu Dai, He Qi, Quan Rou, Liu Yao, and Yan Baihu. , on the contrary, these mountains to the north are even more disturbing.

Although the incident of Shanyue's rebellion was not small, it was not enough for the current pottery merchants to let him go out on his own. He decided to send a general, leading [-] elite infantry, to Hangzhou to assist Zhang Hong in quelling the chaos.

But who should this general send?

Thinking about coming and going first, the potter decided to send Xu Chu to reinforce.

Among the generals under his command, apart from Yan Baihu and Yan Yu, Xu Chu is probably the one who is best at fighting in the mountains and forests. Right now, the two Yans are assisting Tao Ying on the southeast border, and even if they are here, the potters will not dare to take it lightly. With two people, after all, they were all mountain thieves just like Zu Lang back then, who knows what tricks will be between them?

So the most reliable person is Xu Chu.