PS: These chapters may be a bit dull. The beginning of a new volume is like a new book, and it will only be fragrant after precipitation.

Chapter 609 Getting to the Kitchen

Liangcheng

Black Flag Army Camp in the North of the City

Sun Kaidao hurriedly came in from outside the tent with a smile on his face. Fang Jie, who was sitting behind the Shuai Case, was reading a book without even raising his head. He smiled and said, "Why, what's the conversation today? You have joy in your footsteps. Did Zhong Xin let go?"

"Not yet, but I will know from the look of his face today that he is most likely planning to agree."

Fang Jie put the book in his hand aside and pointed to the teapot on the table: "I heard that your voice is hoarse, and I guess it's very difficult to talk about it. I pour water and drink it myself, and then talk."

Sun Kaidao poured a glass of water and poured it in in one breath, wiped the corner of his mouth and said, "Zhong Xin must have been wondering whether we really only need food and grass or to fight Beihui Road. So he kept testing, bargaining at the beginning, and his subordinates could see that he used this to speculate on our purpose. If his subordinates agreed to reduce some money and grain, they would probably think that we were taking the opportunity to delay another purpose, so his subordinates refused to give in and said that the number was as much as the number, and a copper coin could not be lost."

“Good done”

Sun Kaidao hurriedly said, "Since my subordinates have received this job, the general's instructions should not be slouching. Zhong Xin is an old fox, and probably is skeptical now. But if I go to talk again tomorrow, he should agree."

“No need.”

Fang Jie waved his hand: "I have asked Chen Dingnan and Lu Fenghou to lead the 50,000 horse and infantry army to Hui'an. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be possible to arrive tomorrow morning. Just talking to Zhong Xin, he will keep pulling it down, and it will not be so easy to agree. From tomorrow on, you will wait in the camp and wait for them to send people to discuss. If they don't send people, then I will attack Hui'an. Just like they come, I will withdraw Hui'an's troops, but... the army will consume food and grass as soon as it moves. The amount I said before will not work, and I will increase it."

Sun Kaidao was stunned for a moment, then understood what Fang Zhi meant.

"I understand!"

He nodded: "We can't be too proactive."

Fang Jie said, "Go down and have a rest. From tomorrow on, I will only wait for Zhong Xin to send someone to talk. Those who come here will not talk about people with enough weight, and they will never meet. In addition, don't tell me about the news in the camp. I asked Chen Dingnan to use my banner. People in Hui'an will definitely report to Zhong Xin for help."

"The military strategy is false and real"

Sun Kaidao clasped his fists: "How could Zhong Xin understand the truth and reality of the general's approach?"

Fang Jie smiled and waved his hand to let him go back and rest.

It is imperative to attack Beihui Dao. Although the speed of advancement seems to be a little quicker now, after all, the Huangyang Dao has not been completely stabilized, but now is the time. Luo Yao and Pang Ba, the two largest forces in Jiangnan, have now entered Jiangbei and have no time to take care of the southwest. The four southwest roads are empty, and Luo Yao is eager to advance to Chang'an City and almost takes away all the soldiers. Those governors are not loyal to Luo Yao, but they have no soldiers in their hands now, so it takes time to become a powerful force.

Fang Jie must not give them time.

Those who can become a governor must have a background behind him. Because Luo Yao has been strong in the southwest for years, they have been suppressed and unable to perform. After Luo Yao led his troops away, he still took away a lot of money and food. Once Luo Yao left, the pressure on them was lighter, but light pressure did not mean that they could make a difference immediately.

Luo Yao has dug up the military sources of the southwest roads in recent years. Those governors did not expect to have their army when Luo Yao suppressed them. Now, although Luo Yao has a solid foundation, it is equivalent to starting from scratch.

If Fang Jie does not attack the southwest roads, and wait for a year, at most two years, the governors who have strong family forces as their backing will have the strength to block Fang Jie outside. When the time comes, you can imagine that the loss of the team will be several times higher than that of now.

Even so, Fang Jie is not able to easily move troops by just driving troops against Beihui Dao. Most of his subordinates are Black Flag Army cavalry, and in terms of field battles, they are the best in the southwest. However, in terms of siege, there are no infantry, and no large amount of siege equipment, these are all disadvantages.

Although the infantry has recruited many people, it is an indisputable fact that the combat effectiveness is low.

Therefore, Fang Jie did not dare to act rashly.

To fight Beihui Road, you must work together with courage.

What he has to do now is to paralyze the governor of Beihui Dao as much as possible Zhong Xin and the wealthy families in the places, making them think that they are just greedy for money and blackmailing them, and then find the most suitable entry point to enter. Fang Jie is somewhat grateful that Dugu Wenxiu directly denied his random idea during the discussion. If Huangyang Dao began to promote the division of land and households, it would be even more difficult to fight Beihui Dao.

The North Hui Road and even the Southwest Road will immediately rise up to resist. How powerful will these people gather together?

So Fang Jie also understood that if you want the people to benefit more, it is not possible to solve it by blindly walking. Now, if he takes a wrong step, it will hurt if he falls. In the past, when he was just a scout in Fan Gu, he would not think about these things. If he did something wrong, he would have to keep running away. Later, when he entered Chang'an, his level could not be considered too high. Even if he fell, he could get up and continue to live.

But now, the height he reached is no longer allowed to fall, because it is already very high, and falling will hurt a lot.

The more things a person has, the more he will be.

"General"

When Fang Jie was a little lost, someone outside called him softly: "General, Sanjin Waiting to invite you over, saying that he had prepared the meal and wanted to invite you to have wine together."

Fang Jie was stunned and then realized that the little girl Wu Yinyu had been running to him for many years, but because of official business matters, he didn't have time to pay more attention to it. Wu Yidao sent someone to invite him over. Most of the time it was the young lady who had lost her temper again. Thinking that everyone in the world now regards him as a son-in-law, Fang Jie felt a little embarrassed.

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Wu Yidao lived at the end of the Daying, and the innermost part of the village was a row of five houses with a large yard. This was the best yard in the Daying, which was originally built for Fang Jie. But after Fang Jie got it, he lived in the Daying. Because Wu Yidao refused to be on an equal footing with him, Fang Jie felt a little apologized, so he insisted on asking Wu Yidao to move in here to live.

Fang Jie asked someone to prepare some cooked food and personally walked into the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the door, he smelled a scent. Fang Jie looked into the yard and found that the kitchen was steaming out along the window. He looked into the kitchen and saw that the delicate and graceful little girl was busy working, and several servants were busy serving her.

This is not the Wu Yinyu that Fang Jie once knew. When she was in Chang'an City, she would not touch the things in the kitchen, and she would not eat even if she didn't like them. But at this time, the little girl who had already fallen out was getting more and more famous, wrapped a scarf on her head and put her hair together. The weather was getting colder, but she was only wearing a single dress and rolling her cuffs, revealing her white forearms, bending over and busy.

A servant saw Fang Jie coming and was about to salute him, but Fang Jie waved his hand, handed the food box in his hand to a servant, and then walked into the kitchen with slightest steps.

He waved his hand, and the servants then retreated with a smile.

Wu Yinyu, who was busy, had no idea that the servants had retreated. At this time, her attention was all on the pot of chicken soup in front of her that had been stewed all morning, with a solemn face, as if facing a great enemy.

Because she had to work, she did not wear a particularly cumbersome skirt. Her upper body was a goose-yellow coat, and her waist was extremely narrow. However, compared with her slim waist, the clothes were even a little loose. She even felt that her waist was thicker with just pinched.

The skirt is a long home cotton home skirt that you can't wear when you go out. The hem is big and it feels very fluffy. This outfit makes her look particularly ladylike, and she can't tell at all that her willful temperament in the past.

She bent over and stared at the pot of chicken soup, as if she was guarding a treasure.

Because of the upturned hips, the slender waist is even clearer. Such a perfect arc starts to be thinner from the waist and gradually relaxes, and the two arcs on the hips form a very perky circle. Sometimes the beauty is so incredible, and this arc can make people feel distracted.

Wu Yinyu heard footsteps behind him, but he didn't know that Fang Jie was coming.

She scooped some chicken soup with a spoon and savored it, then frowned slightly, with some wrinkles on her small and delicate nose, which looked particularly cute.

"It's a little light... I haven't figured out his taste yet. Forget it, if he doesn't like salty, wouldn't it be bad... Long'er, I forgot to put red dates, go and get it for me."

She gave instructions without looking back.

Long'er, who had already been hiding outside the door, smiled with her lips and stuck out her tongue at Fang Jie and pointed to a place in the kitchen. Fang Jie nodded immediately, grabbed a handful of red dates and handed them to Wu Yinyu.

Wu Yinyu reached out to answer, and hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't washed my hands, and I don't know how to wash the dates!"

She straightened up and turned around, and Fang Jie leaned forward to observe the chicken soup. As a result, the two of them collided without warning. Wu Yinyu suddenly crashed into Fang Jie's arms, with his face touching.

"ah"

Wu Yinyu exclaimed, quickly retreated but accidentally hit the stove. Fang Jie held her waist and pulled it back, and took the overturned casserole with his other hand. But the casserole was kept, but the stove was poured down and the charcoal fire sprinkled all over the floor.

"hot!"

Wu Yinyu was startled and shouted anxiously.

"fine"

Fang Jie's face changed when he saw that she was anxious, and there was a layer of fine beads of sweat on her forehead.

“My chicken soup…”

Wu Yinyu murmured, or wanted to hide her shyness and embarrassment.

"Blame me."

Fang Jie smiled and said, "I scared you, otherwise I wouldn't have knocked over the stove. Are you okay?"

Wu Yinyu forgot to struggle out of Fang Jie's arm, lowered her head and said in a panic: "It's okay... I've been in a whole morning. Now the stove is overturned and it's going to rekindle the fire. I'm afraid it tastes bad..."

"No need to re-create the fire"

Fang Jie smiled, took Wu Yinyu's hand and walked out of the kitchen, and sat down on the stone bench in the yard.

"Do you know what my biggest progress in my practice these days?"

Fang Jie asked with a smile.

Wu Yinyu shook his head: "I haven't seen you all day long, how can I know what you do every day? Daddy asked you to come and have a drink, and I asked Long'er to invite you to dinner and you will refuse..."

Fang Jie smiled awkwardly, then held the casserole in the palm of his hand, and then flames were spit out from his hand.

"I'll help you stew chicken soup. I've been able to control the fire and be more obedient recently. In the past, the fire burned everything as soon as it came out. Now at least I can control it more freely."

"What's the use of this?"

Wu Yinyu was puzzled.

"It's useful, I can help you cook in the future."

Wu Yinyu blushed and stomped her feet: "Who wants to cook for you! I'm cooking for my father!"

"Huh"

Wu Yidao, who walked out of the house, smiled: "Yes, yes, you cook for me. Whenever you want to learn what kind of dishes you cook, you will let me eat the broken dishes. When will you learn it well, you will call him to taste it. He will eat the dishes you cook, and I will eat a few days of test-making, either burned, no salt, too much vinegar or too much sugar..."

"father!"

Wu Yinyu shouted, grabbed the corner of her clothes with both hands, and was at a loss.
Chapter completed!