Sun Ce came to the hall to sit down. Zhang Xuan had prepared the defense record and placed it on the table in a straight manner.

Sun Ce knew that Zhuge Liang could handle it, but after reading the records, he was still very pleased. If it weren't for Zhang Xuan's current situation, he would have almost applauded. He asked him to do this defense, he might not have been able to do this.

Of course, this also has something to do with his guidance on the Purple Gold Mountain that day. If he had not put down his mind on arguing with Lu, Zhuge Liang would not have been so calm. He analyzed the possible direction of the Jingzhou war from a higher perspective and the need to let Li Tong and Lou Gui participate in the war.

Zhuge Liang still insisted on his initial suggestions, but his intention and starting point have quietly changed. If he wanted to take the opportunity to participate in the work, he was more for personal achievements, but now he was serving the situation and considering more overall interests.

He established Li Tong and Lou Gui to join the war for two reasons:

First, Li Tong, Lou Gui and Gan Ning were running in preparation for the formal attack on Yizhou. Gan Ning alone could not complete the task of attacking Yizhou from the Yangtze River, so it was inevitable to arrange people to cooperate. Lou Gui had been guarding Yiling for a long time and was wise. Li Tong had been guarding Nanjun for a long time and was brave in combat. He was undoubtedly the best candidate to cooperate with Gan Ning, but they had bad tempers and had previous experience in combat. If they were not adjusted in, it would be difficult to ensure that they would cooperate tacitly.

The second is to lure the enemy. Instruct Yizhou to attack Yizhou with discord. If Cao Cao thought that Gan Ning and Lou Gui and Li Tong had an opportunity to take advantage of the dispute and sent a navy to go down the river, he could wait for the effort to severely attack Cao Cao in Jingzhou and complete the expected combat plan. If Cao Cao did not come, he could delay time legitimately, neither attacked, and prevent Cao Cao from taking it lightly, and maintain Yu Fu's heavy army. Disagreement now does not mean discord in the future. This is not a problem that cannot be solved. As long as Sun Ce comes forward, even if the conflict between Gan Ning and Lou Gui and Li Tong cannot be resolved, he can forcibly suppress it for a period of time to ensure the smooth progress of the war. Perhaps it can also inspire the fighting spirit of the generals and use military achievements to induce them to do their best and strive for the first place.

In this way, he did not attack and only showed it in form. Most of the expected combat goals were achieved, but the expenses were only one-something that of the war. It can be said that he was light on the weight. He not only achieved the goal, but also saved money and food, but also led him without causing trouble. He did not dare to take it lightly even though his opponent knew it might be a plan, and forced Cao Cao to maintain the confrontation. Once Cao Cao removed Yu Fu's heavy troops, Gan Ning could really go upstream and turn the virtual into reality at any time.

The plan was so far as Zhu Ran defended Gao Tang and Lu Zheng attacked Chenliu. No wonder the soldiers had nothing to say.

After reading the records, Sun Ce turned to the last page. Guo Jia had signed the evaluation opinion and designated it as a high-level class and passed it. The high-level class is the highest class. This is the first time since the establishment of the Military Advisory Office. Sun Ce shook his head, raised the cinnabar pen, and approved five words: halved, passed.

Zhang Xuan saw it and couldn't help asking: "King, what's the shortcoming of Kong Ming's plan?"

Sun Ce looked at Zhang Xuan and understood what he meant. The high-level A grade was extremely rare, and he was the first one. It was not only very important to Zhuge Liang himself, but also the Xu team and the Qingxu team were honored. Half cuts were still the best results so far, but after all, there is a possibility that they would be surpassed.

"If you have the chance, ask Kong Ming how much you should do, it may be beneficial." Sun Ce smiled and closed the record.

Zhang Xuan was confused and picked up the record and went out.

Before discussing with Zhang, Yu Fan and others, Sun Ce met with the new Susu Duwei Xian Yu Cheng.

Xian Yucheng was Zulang's village party and was recommended by Zulang to serve as an official. He first served as a Tian Cao in the Danyang Prefecture Mansion, and later became a full-time military field commander and a lieutenant. This man was taciturn and not good at socializing. He spoke occasionally and was stinky and hard. He often rolled his eyes and had a very bad relationship with his colleagues. If it weren't for the hard work of farming, he would have been replaced by others. He was also troubled by socializing and was only comfortable in the fields. He ran outside at least 300 days a year, and was tanned and tanned, which was no different from a farmer. Yu Fan had a lot of contact with him and admired his work attitude, but he also had a headache about his behavior. With Yu Fan's eloquence, he was sometimes choked and uncomfortable.

It is precisely because of this that he has not been promoted in recent years and has not even received any rewards. He is nicknamed Xianyu Cheng, and he doesn't care. Last year, Sun Ce inspected Danyang and saw that his achievements in the military farming industry were outstanding and he was willing to support Danyang people. Then he thought of him. During the year-end assessment, he specially ordered Prime Minister Zhang to pay attention. Zhang took the opportunity of the plan and had a long talk with Xianyu Cheng. He felt that this person was available and accumulated merits, so he recommended to be transferred to Xianyu Cheng as the commander of the Susu Duwei.

In the official system of Wu State, the Suo Suo Duwei was one of the nine ministers. Xian Yu Cheng's promotion was suspected of being promoted. There were many people who had opinions in private. Some even said that Xian Yu Cheng embezzled the proceeds of the military farm to give gifts, which was a lot.

Xian Yucheng went to the hall, his thin body was like a bamboo pole, and he could not hold up his newly made official uniform. He saluted Sun Ce and handed the wooden box he brought with him to the waiter beside him. When the waiter took the wooden box, his hand sank obviously and almost threw the wooden box to the ground. He blushed, took the wooden box aside, opened it and checked it, and then looked at Xian Yucheng, his face turned redder and his eyes were angry, as if he was looking at an idiot. Looking at that posture, if it weren't for Sun Ce, he would have wanted to smash the wooden box on Xian Yucheng's face.

Sun Ce was very curious and asked the waiter to bring the wooden box over. There was a stone slab inside the wooden box, which was very large and rough. He only dug a shallow pit in the middle, and it was smoothly ground, like an inkstone.

"Is this a stone inkstone?"

"Report to the king, this is the rock in my hometown. Although it is ugly, it is a good material for making inkstones."

Sun Ce held back his laughter. Xian Yu Cheng was from She County, and it was indeed a place to produce good inkstones. But this stone slab was too big. "Since it is an inkstone, why bother to be so big? It's enough to find a good craftsman to cut it and make ten inkstones."

"The king is busy with all kinds of things and has many annotated documents. I think it's better to have bigger ones." Xian Yu Cheng paused for a while, raised his head, and looked directly at Sun Ce. "And if the king uses it well, he will inevitably take it again in the future. I simply take the big ones. The king can use it at any time to avoid wasting manpower and harassing the people."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and heard what Xian Yu Cheng meant. It seems that some people liked this kind of inkstone, either for personal gain or for personal gain, and forced the people to take stone-made inkstones. Xian Yu Cheng was indeed a stubborn person, and he was promoted to thank him for his gratitude, but he did not forget to petition for the people.

"I understand." Sun Ce stroked the rough inkstone and signaled to give the seat. The waiter did not dare to be negligent and prepared a seat for Xianyu Cheng. Sun Ce ordered someone to get the steamed buns invented and improved by the Qiao sisters, and signaled Xianyu Cheng to try it. Xianyu Cheng didn't say a word, picked it up and ate it. After taking a bite, he found that there was still filling inside. He was a little surprised, but he didn't say much, and finished eating a steamed bun in two or three sips, without even drinking water, and stretching his neck. Sun Ce ordered someone to get the soup again, and he took two big sips to make it feel more comfortable.

“How does it taste?”

Xian Yucheng was stunned for a moment and smacked his lips. "...it's okay."

Sun Ce was so amused that he told him not to hurry and taste another one. Only then did Yu Cheng realize that Sun Ce was not as simple as giving food. He became gentle and ate in small bites, especially after carefully savoring the filling, the more he tasted the more he became satisfied. He nodded repeatedly. "It's delicious, delicious, with noodles and dishes, and it seems to be meat. If the people can eat this, it will be much more convenient when they go to the field to work."

Sun Ce also thought so. The pasta at this time has not yet fermented, and it is all dead noodles. In fact, the taste is not good. However, for ordinary people, especially soldiers and people who cannot eat normally most of the time, this kind of food that can satisfy hunger as a meal and adjust the taste of vegetables and meat is still advantageous.

“These are made of noodles ground by Sumai.”

Xian Yucheng suddenly realized and grinned. "So that's it. So it's much easier to promote Sumai. King, with this Sumai, you can get one more season of harvest every year, but it has solved many problems. Moreover, Sumai does not use much water, so it can be planted in the mountains..."

When he mentioned farming, Xian Yu Cheng suddenly entered the chatter mode, without any reminder from Sun Ce, and he kept thinking about it. When Zhang, Yu Fan and others entered the hall, he was still talking, dancing with his hands and feet, brows dancing, and a string of white foam piled up on the corners of his mouth. Yu Fan coughed several times before he realized, and turned black again, picked up the last steamed bun, and ate and drank by himself.

Yu Fan was speechless. When he saw the stone slab on the table, his face suddenly looked awkward. He looked at Xian Yu Cheng again, and his mouth twitched.

Sun Ce clearly saw that Yu Fan was probably related to this matter. She County was on the bank of Zhejiang River. She picked stones and went down the river. It was easy to go to Kuaiji. In order to compete with Wu County, Kuaiji has recently promoted literary affairs. Not only have schools in each county, but also schools in the villages with conditions. You can hear the sound of reading everywhere, which requires a lot of inkstones.

Sun Ce did not say it out loud. This matter must be dealt with, but he cannot save some face for Yu Fan in front of Xian Yu Cheng. Zhang Ye saw it and immediately changed the topic.

"Master, what kind of new style of snack is this?"

Sun Ce made his own preparations and asked someone to take some more for Zhang, Yu Fan and others to taste. Zhang took a bite and then said, "King, although this thing can satisfy hunger, it is not easy to dissolve. Eating too much can easily cause swelling. However, I heard that people in the north can make wine and cakes to get rid of this problem. If people can improve it, staying in the south of the Yangtze River will be free of worries."

Yu Fan also tasted it and said, "I have heard that there is another way to make it, which is even more delicious."

“What’s the way?”

"Hu merchants from the Western Regions like to bake pasta, add eggs, milk and other ingredients to the flour and bake them in the oven. It is both delicious and resistant to storage."

"Are you talking about the bread from Daqin winery?" Guo Jia walked in and happened to hear Yu Fan's words. He immediately took over the conversation, full of interest. "I like it very much, but their family's urge to drink is better. He is beautiful and gentle, and has a very exotic style."

Sun Ce seemed to be smiling. "Daqin winery, I'm urging Hu to drink, you've been having fun recently."
Chapter completed!