There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

There is no way, only to do it yourself.

The potter asked for some saltpeter from Yuji where he usually used to make alchemy, and ordered people to take two copper basins, one large and one small, fill the small copper basin with cold well water, put it in the large copper basin, and put the saltpeter in the large copper basin. Put it into a large copper basin, gradually add water to make ice, but because of the wrong ratio, it failed a few times, and only a small piece of ice was made.

Because of curiosity, even a child stood beside the potter, blinking his big eyes and watching him busy.

At the beginning, the potter thought that using the principle that saltpeter dissolves in water will absorb heat, he could easily create a lot of ice floes, but after the actual operation that day, he found that although the method of making ice with saltpeter is indeed feasible, the effect does not seem to be effective. He imagined so well, of course, mainly because he didn't master the most suitable ratio and method of deployment.

However, in the end, a small piece of floating ice was formed in the basin, which was also a good start for the potter.

Watching helplessly as a small ice floe emerged from the copper basin, the two children were startled from ear to ear.

"Father, how did you make ice so amazing?" Tao Ji blinked his big eyes and looked at the potter in disbelief.

Pottery smiled and pinched his face: "This is a spell."

Liu Xi said from the side: "Uncle can do magic?"

"Want to learn?"

The two children nodded vigorously.

"I won't teach you."

The faces of the two children fell instantly.

Such an elder is really out of shape.

Tao Ji pursed his lips: "Father is really stingy, but it's okay. I'll go to Weng Weng to teach me spells later."

The Weng Weng in Tao Ji's mouth naturally refers to Tao Qian.

The potter teased him with a smile, "You Weng Weng can also make popsicles?"

Tao Ji nodded vigorously and said: "I don't know if I can make popsicles, but Weng Weng said that he is a fairy, can make swords, and can make weapons. Recently, he and his grandfather are selling talisman water outside the Taoist temple!"

After finishing one sentence, the potter's brain hurts from what he said.

What is this called!

The old stuff really doesn't make any progress at all. Being a Taoist priest means being a Taoist priest well. What kind of talisman water do you sell?

Zhang Jiao started his career selling talisman water. Tao Qian, an old bastard, wouldn't he go back as he gets older, and embark on the road of inciting the people to rebel and holding high the banner of righteousness?

The relative father of the current prime minister rebelled in a non-governmental organization, what kind of crime is this?

"Oh, what a worry." Shaking his head, the potter continued to call for new water and studied the ratio of saltpeter to ice.

At this moment, Pei Qian walked in quickly.

Liu Xi waved vigorously at Pei Qian and said, "Uncle Pei, come and see, uncle is making us bachelors!"

There was a burst of sweat on the potter's forehead, and he corrected, "It's a popsicle."

When Pei Qian saw Liu Xi, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said loudly: "The last general, Pei Qian, see Your Majesty!"

Liu Xi was startled by Pei Qian's appearance, hurriedly ran trembling behind the potter and hid, sticking out his small head, looking at Pei Qian in horror.

"What are you making such a fuss about? You are guilty of scaring His Majesty to such an extent!"

Pei Qian originally wanted to show a good performance in front of the emperor, but he almost scared the emperor to tears. He was very embarrassed for a while, neither kneeling on the spot nor getting up.

Tao Ji looked at the Tao merchant suspiciously: "Father, why do everyone call Xiaoxi Your Majesty?"

The Tao merchant patted Tao Ji's head lovingly, and said, "Because Xiaoxi is the son of heaven, he is the emperor, and he will rule our entire Han Dynasty in the future."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xi hurriedly stood up and shouted to the potter, "I don't want to be emperor, I don't want to be your majesty."

The pottery merchant was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at him in amazement: "Stinky boy, if you don't want to be an emperor, you also have to be a Taoist priest?"

Liu Xi pouted, pointed to the ice floe in the basin and said, "I want to learn how to make popsicles from my uncle."

The potter couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Little calf, don't want to be an emperor, do you want to be a scientist?

Throwing the popsicle-making basin to the two boys, Potter wiped his hands with a towel, walked aside with Pei Qian, and asked, "How is everything going?"

Pei Qian hurriedly said: "The prime minister has a clever plan, and others can't match it. As soon as the prime minister's troops arrived in Pengcheng, Cao Cao's army and the army of the Guanzhong princes turned to Guanzhong, went straight to Luoyang and went to the south. Sun Ce's troops had already arrived. We have entered the boundary of Jinling City, and Zhou Yu led [-] soldiers and marched towards Nanchang City!"

The pottery merchant sneered: "I sent all the troops to the front line, and they are so unrestrained. It seems that Sun Ce is determined to fight against me this time."

Pei Qian said nervously: "All the generals are sweating coldly now. Although the prime minister has already made arrangements in the rear, Jinling City and Nanchang are our bases, and the other is the capital of the Han Dynasty. Both are really indispensable. No, prime minister, send more troops and generals back?"

The potter shook his head and said, "It's not easy for me to concentrate my troops once. As I said, I will take this opportunity to win the Central Plains no matter what! I believe that Lu Su and the others will definitely be able to defeat Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. Even with the current low number of soldiers in our rear."

Pei Qian swallowed lightly, and said: "I heard what the prime minister means, is he planning to send troops to Xuchang now?"

The pottery merchant nodded and said, "That's right, I'm going to send troops to Xuchang now, and quickly send people to contact the two brothers Bao Zhong and Bao Tao. I want to conquer Xuchang when Cao Cao is fighting fiercely in Guanzhong."

Pei Qian hurriedly said: "Although Cao Cao went to Luoyang, he also set up troops and generals in Xuchang. The governor of the whole army is Cao Ren, the number one general under Cao Cao's command, and Xun Yu is also in the city. There are also many generals in the city, Xuchang has been reinforced by Cao Cao for many years, I am afraid that it will not be able to attack in a short time."

When the pottery merchant heard this, a smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "It depends on the abilities of the brothers Bao Zhong and Bao Tao."

Chapter 862 Letting Sun Quan Go

Jinling City.

After Lu Su met Sun Quan in secret, Han Hao convened a court meeting the next day to discuss a strategy against Sun Ce.

During this court meeting, Lu Su hardly said a word. He just found a corner in the hall and stayed there quietly without saying a word.

Han Hao thought he had defeated Lu Su, his majesty soared, and his self-confidence was unprecedentedly strong. He looked around at the people around him and said, "Everyone, Sun Ce is currently camping not far from the city. Regarding this matter, do you have any advice?" What is the way to defeat the enemy?"

After the generals in Jinling whispered for a while, they advised Han Hao one by one.

But their advice is not very useful, and the actual effect is not great.

There are no suggestions available.

Han Hao was very helpless if there was no real way to retreat, and he could only look at Lu Su in the end.

But Lu Su just lowered his head and didn't look at him at all.

But at this moment, general Xu Sheng stood up and spoke.

"Mr. Han, from the point of view of the last general, although Lujiang is a rich place in the Jianghuai River and has a vast territory, it is not enough to use it to fight against the entire Jiangnan. If the prime minister hadn't gone north to recruit most of the southern army, we We have already defeated Sun Ce and returned to Lujiang!"

Han Hao grinned and sighed: "What's the use of saying this now? The most urgent thing is to discuss how to deal with them!"