The Three Kingdoms: I can't be a counselor, so I have to divide the world into four parts

Xu Lingji's words can be regarded as a summary of this incident.

At the same time, it also explains the direction that Tang Jian should work towards next.

Isn't this too virtuous?

All the unhappiness in Tang Jian's heart was swept away!

Start to plan for power.

This is her suggestion.

Including Bu Zhi, he also thinks so.

Tang Jian himself also feels that his entrepreneurship should indeed enter the second stage.

A plan soon emerged in Tang Jian's mind.

On the one hand, he wants to publicize the fact that he refuted Kong Ming and let his reputation spread to Boss Cao.

After all, Kong Ming came across the river thousands of miles away and sent him a wave of traffic.

If you don't make good use of it, you will really be a fool.

If you don't use such a big hot spot, you will not only be sorry for yourself, but also sorry for Kong Ming's selfless dedication.

Secondly, you have to find a way to make enough money and make a name for yourself in the Battle of Chibi.

This is also particularly important.

In this way, when Zhou Yu and his men defeated Cao Cao and Cao Cao retreated back to Xuchang, in order to check and balance Sun Quan, he would win over himself and grant him an official position.

He could achieve class leap and gain certain power.

This way is much faster than relying on anyone.

And much freer.

This has always been Tang Jian's strategy.

"Shopkeeper, today's income is 2,173 taels of gold. After deducting the cost, the net profit is a total of 1,996 taels of gold."

"Among them, the payment for the guest to open the VIP privilege is 2,160 taels, and the total consumption on the first floor is 13 taels."

While the two were talking, the accountant also calculated the accounts and reported the results to Xu Lingji.

Without saying a word, Xu Lingji asked the accountant to take out all the profits and give them all to Tang Jian.

So straightforward and generous!

Facing such a smart, generous and considerate beauty, Tang Jian was embarrassed to put the money in his pocket no matter how thick his skin was.

So he waved his hand and said:

"I originally wanted to attract customers for Madam's restaurant by hyping it up."

"But I didn't expect Sun Shi... Marquis Wu to visit suddenly, and something went wrong. I'm afraid it will affect the restaurant's future business."

"Let's do this. This money will be my partnership capital. In addition, I will write down a few more menus. Madam, please find a few smarter chefs and I will teach them these dishes so that we can add some more features to the restaurant."

"With features, you can keep people."

"And for those who have opened VIP privileges, let them eat for free for a few days with the VIP privileges. When they are hungry, you can let them renew their subscription again."

Xu Lingji heard Tang Jian's serious words, so she asked someone to find all the chefs.

Then Tang Jian wrote a few recipes and personally went to the kitchen to cook all the dishes in public.

Xu Lingji originally thought he was just joking.

It is impossible for someone to be both civil and military and cook.

After all, a gentleman stays away from the kitchen.

But when these dishes came out of the pot one by one, she was still shocked.

And tried it herself.

These dishes melted in her mouth with a delicious taste she had never tasted before!

She absolutely believed that as long as someone tasted this taste, then the rough tea and plain food in the past would probably never be swallowed again!

With these dishes as the finale, she immediately felt that her restaurant business would soon be able to monopolize the six counties of Jiangdong.

"Okay, these are the dishes I am good at."

"There are a few more dishes, although they are more delicious. But they are more complicated to make. There is not enough time today, so let's stop here."

Tang Jian rolled up his sleeves and explained.

"I didn't expect the general to have such skills."

Xu Lingji put down her chopsticks reluctantly.

It can be seen that the taste of these dishes has subverted her perception of food.

In this era, supplies are scarce.

Food is used to fill the stomach. Most people are lucky to be able to eat enough. There are very few cooking methods, and even fewer people who study gourmet cooking.

Therefore, even if some people are very rich, they can't eat any decent meals.

Tang Jian smiled and said:

"It's good to have many skills."

"I do have a few more delicious methods, but the cooking utensils are not right, so I can't make them now."

"I'll tell my wife when we meet next time."

It was already past midnight.

The carriages and horses under the restaurant were almost all gone.

Tang Jian said goodbye to Xu Lingji.

There were not many words in the farewell. Xu Lingji knew that he would definitely come back.

Tang Jian also knew that he would definitely come back to this place again.

The two of them were as plain as water.After saying goodbye,

Tang Jian took Lu Kuang and rode back to the camp.

A cold night fell, and the lights in the city gradually went out.

The next morning, the army assembled!

Sun Quan ordered Han Dang to be the chief general and Tang Jian to be his deputy, and to raise 20,000 soldiers and horses to rush to Shaxian for garrison.

Tang Jian now had the official position of Jiangzuo School Lieutenant, and was considered a regular person.

Immediately, he mobilized his 3,000 vanguards and sent people to Dantu to ask Fu Tong to transfer another 3,000 naval forces and more than 100 warships to Shaxian for reunion.

Han Dang originally wanted to show off his qualifications, but after seeing Lu Kuang behind Tang Jiansheng, he gave up the idea.

Along the way, except for the fact that he had the power and had the final say in everything, he was still polite.

The heavy team left Jianye, passed Yuhu and Wuhu, and then arrived in Pengze in twelve days.

They crossed the lake mouth again, went to Chaisang, went to Yangxin, and finally arrived at Shaxian in more than 20 days.

When they arrived at the garrison, Fu Tong and his men had arrived a day earlier, and had fought twice with Cao's small navy on the river, both of which were victorious.

The Cao army then stopped leaving the camp, but built camps and held on.

It is said that Zhou Yu and Cao Cao's troops fought on a small scale every day at Chibi.

Zhou Yu used the cannibalization tactics, killing some of Cao's troops every day.

For a period of time, the cumulative losses of Cao's army have reached five or six thousand people, and the northern soldiers are not familiar with water battles. Once they get on the boat, they get seasick and vomit and cannot fight. Many people are sick.

Therefore, the main force of Cao's army at Chibi also chose the strategy of holding on.

According to the time calculation, the final battle is not far away.

Just wait for Pang Tong, Kan Ze and Huang Gai's chain plan to come out, and the southeast wind will rise, so Tang Jian can row a boat along the river to make money.

In order to accurately grasp the date of the decisive battle, make arrangements in advance.

After Tang Jian set up camp, he took Lu Kuang, Zhang He, Zhou Ji and others to the surrounding fishing villages to ask local fishermen for information the next morning.

Although it was winter and the river was cold.

However, there were still fishermen on the river in the morning, driving fishing boats and casting nets in the thin river fog.

Soon, the fisherman rowed his boat to the shore, and Tang Jian and others went to meet him.

"Generals, do you want to buy fish?"

The fisherman was not afraid when he saw Tang Jian and others, but instead promoted his fish.

Tang Jian looked at the fresh fish in the cabin, nodded and said:

"Fisherman, we want to ask you something. If you are willing to tell us, we will take care of all your fish in the future!"