Gentlemen are sometimes troubled by small problems like this.
If he were a despicable villain known to the world, if he had no ability, he would not save him without sending troops to rescue him. For him, it would not be a big deal, and others would not find fault with him.
Because he is a villain known to the world.
But for a pottery merchant who has such a high reputation and is praised as a gentleman by both the government and the people, he naturally has to "repay the favor of a drop of water with a spring of spring".
It's not because the pottery merchants want it to be like this, and the pottery merchants don't want to be mean, but because of the reputation they have to do it sometimes.
When ordinary people make mistakes or have problems with their lifestyle, it is not a big problem for the whole world. No one is willing to pay attention to them, and they cannot make any waves in the long river of history.
But if a pottery merchant commits a style or principle issue, things could get serious.
"Taifu Tao's character is flawed. Taifu Tao is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Taifu Tao is not as good as a pig or a dog. Taifu Tao turns out to be such a person"...
All kinds of comments and accusations are like huge waves among the people, and the pottery merchants can't even find a piece of slag.
Therefore, it is said that people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.
It's not a good thing if your reputation is too high. Everyone is staring at you.
Guo Jia also understood the pros and cons of this matter, so he began to think deeply.
This matter can be big or small. In any case, sending troops is definitely not possible. In the end, it all depends on how to solve the problem to the satisfaction of Dao Tian Kai and Kong Rong.
But after thinking about it for a long time, Guo Jia was stunned and found no good solution.
Just reject them directly, that's not the case.
But if you don’t reject them, it’s not that you don’t want to save them, but in the current situation, Xuzhou is handing over the old and the new, and Tao Ying, Lu Bu, Sun Ce and others in the southeast also need their own supplies. It is indeed difficult to send troops north.
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Although the landlord's family was wealthy, he did not have enough food to support so many tenants.
The two stared at each other for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.
"That's all, brother Fengxiao, you go back first. We will discuss this matter someday. Some things cannot be solved after all. If it doesn't work, just tell the truth to Tian Kai's envoy."
"promise."
…
After sending Guo Jia away, the pottery merchant returned to the main hall, only to find that Mi Zhen, who had looked like a little woman just now, was sitting there, secretly wiping tears.
Damn it, why is this woman crying?
Tao Shang asked curiously: "Miss Mi, what are you doing? You are so good, why are you wiping your tears?... Could it be that this house is haunted?"
Mi Zhen's eyes were red, she looked up at the pottery merchant, and said resentfully: "Master, why didn't you tell the little girl?"
"Not telling you?" The potter's face looked puzzled: "What did you say?"
"This soup tastes so bad, why did you drink so much of it?"
When the pottery merchant heard this, he suddenly understood.
It turns out that this girl secretly tasted the soup while she was talking to Guo Jia outside.
But there was only one spoon on the table that she used. What did she drink from?
She shouldn't have used it on me secretly...
The pottery merchant chuckled and said cheerfully: "Does it taste bad? Why didn't I feel it? It's because the girl is too worried."
Mi Zhen shook her head vigorously and said: "Master, there is no need to comfort me. This little girl has never tasted such an unpleasant soup in her life. It's just that I have little experience in cooking, so I didn't try it myself first. It's really a shame."
It’s because I have wronged my master... I really feel sorry for Sister Diao Chan.”
Seeing Mi Zhen crying so hard, the potter couldn't help but sigh in secret, feeling a little soft in his heart.
What a silly girl with a lot on her mind. Why would she cry over such a trivial matter?
However, this girl comes from the wealthy Mi family in Xuzhou. It is reasonable to know that she cannot cook, but it is not something worth crying about.
If you haven't made soup, why don't you ask your servants to make it and then bring it to me? Can I really know?
This kid is too real.
After listening to Guo Jia's report just now, the pottery merchant felt quite sorry for Tian Kai and Kong Rong. He was also feeling a little depressed now. Seeing Mi Zhen blaming herself for a trivial matter in the kitchen, the pottery merchant felt pity.
"Miss Mi, the taste of the soup is not important. When I drink soup, I drink the human touch in the soup. If you are not good at craftsmanship, you can learn it, but if you are not good at being a person, you cannot practice it or learn it."
When Mi Zhen heard this, she raised her head in surprise and looked at the warm smile on the pottery merchant's face. Her face suddenly turned red and she lowered her head in shame.
"Let's go. I'm a little anxious tonight. I might as well show you my special skills and let's all relax." The pottery merchant waved to Mi Zhen.
Mi Zhen was stunned when she heard this?
Show off your unique skills? What unique skills!
In the middle of the night, a man and a woman have a unique experience... and can they still relax?
Mi Zhen's heart suddenly accelerated a lot!
Why is it so sudden? This...this, will I feel sorry for Sister Diaochan by doing this? How should I explain to her later?
Should I agree or not?
Although she felt shy in her heart, Mi Zhen stood up unexpectedly and followed the pottery merchant out of the hall.
…
When she was young, the pottery merchant took Mi Zhen to the kitchen of the mansion.
Mi Zhen was stunned immediately.
It seems a little different from what I imagined.
Tao Shang showed his arms, rolled up his sleeves, and smiled at Mi Zhen: "It's been a long time since I've cooked in person. Today I'm going to teach you how to make chicken soup. Girl, come and give Tao a lesson."
Mi Zhen suddenly realized that she had thought wrongly.
She secretly let out a sigh of relief.
However, there is still a slight feeling of loneliness in his heart.
Watching the pottery merchant packing things in the kitchen, Mi Zhen said strangely: "With a status like Taifu, how can you know how to cook soup? Isn't it said that a gentleman is far away from the kitchen?"
As the pottery merchant packed his things, he said: "The so-called gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. Mencius's wish is that a gentleman should stay away from animals. Seeing them alive, he can't bear to see them die; hearing their sounds, he can't bear to eat them.
Meat is what a gentleman cooks at a distance from. This is his comment on King Qi Xuan’s unwillingness to kill, and it is a tribute to King Xuan’s kindness.”
After finishing speaking, Tao Shang straightened up, shook his head and laughed at himself: "As for a gentleman staying away from the kitchen, he stays away from the place of slaughter... Haha, in the past five or six years, how many people have died in Tao's hands? How many more?
Do you care about these chickens and ducks?"
Mi Zhen basically didn't listen to what the potter said. She just watched the potter waving the kitchen knife in a daze, skillfully showing off his knife skills on the chopping board.
Who could have imagined that the world-famous and powerful Prince Taiping could have such an ordinary and down-to-earth side?
"Red dates, ground bones, tortoise shells, gorgon seeds, purple ginger...it's a pity that there are no mushrooms." The potter counted them one by one, seemingly reading it to himself, but in fact he was reading it to Mi Zhen.
Mi Zhen watched quietly, watching the potter throw the chopped chicken and condiments into the casserole to cook, and secretly remembered it in her heart.
Next time, don't say anything to make this man look down upon.
While explaining to Mi Zhen the properties and principles of various seasonings, the pottery man adjusted the heat.
After about an hour, Dow's Chicken Soup was finally done.
After Mi Zhen took a sip, her eyes, which were a little swollen from crying, suddenly lit up.
"Master... actually has such skills!"
The pottery merchant laughed, took a bowl himself, and said, "Does it taste good?"
Mi Zhen nodded vigorously.
After finishing a pot of chicken soup, the sky started to turn a little white.
The potter looked at the sun that had begun 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 guilty.
How is it like the scholar in a Chinese novel who sends away the vixen who meets him in the middle of the night? Isn't it a bit too much!
Mi Zhen blushed, leaned over to Tao Shang Yingying, and said, "Thank you, Master, for the soup. Originally, the young lady came to visit the young master on behalf of Sister Diao Chan, but instead, the young master was tired and had to work hard for the young lady."
The pottery merchant touched his nose and said with a smile: "No need to work hard, no need to work hard, I will ask Xu Chu to send someone to send the girl back."
Mi Zhen was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Master, I have a favor to ask you."
"What's up?"
"The master's cooking skills are so exquisite... I wonder if Zhen'er is lucky enough to come to learn the cooking skills from the master every night?"
The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard this.
Why come at night to learn cooking?
And every night!
Why does it sound so awkward?
Could this girl be just like what was written in the Chinese novel, a vixen who sucks in Yang energy in the middle of the night?
But these days, vixens with a D-cup cup are not easy to deal with. If you want to be sucked, just be sucked.
"Girl, if you are willing, you can come anytime." The potter said with a warm smile.
Mi Zhen rewarded him with a red-faced smile.
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A few days later, Tian Kai's envoy Wang Xiu followed Guo Jia's investigation and came to Pengcheng, Xuzhou.
As soon as Wang Xiu met Tao Shang, he told him about the urgent situation of the counties in Qingzhou and asked Tao Taifu to send troops to help.
The potter was silent.
After a long while, the pottery merchant let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "Wang Gongcao, it's not that Tao is timid, but I do have difficulties at the moment. Over in Huainan, Sun Ce and Lu Bu are in a hurry to attack Lujiang. I am
It would be turbulent to provide them with food and fodder support, and the Jinling soldiers could not move lightly for the time being. If Yuan Yao led his troops north to defect to Yuan Shao, Xuzhou would have to send troops and horses to hijack them. On the Langya side, Chang Xi replaced Zang Ba and united with Taishan.
All the ministries are enemies of me in Xuzhou, and I have just taken over Xuzhou, so I'm afraid I won't be able to send troops to rescue Qingzhou... It's not that Tao doesn't want to, it's true that I am surrounded by enemies on all sides now."
Wang Xiu suddenly became anxious after hearing this.
"If you don't see the Taifu, you will not save him! Back then, Governor Tian and Kong Beihai also sent troops to support Xuzhou. Although they were of no use in the end, they were still kind people to the Taifu after all."
The potter felt a headache when he heard this.
"Wang Gongcao, could you please go back to Linzi City and tell Governor Tian that now that we are entering Qingzhou to confront Yuan Shao head-on, Tao is indeed not ready 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, and welcome Governor Tian and Kong Beihai to Xuzhou. If they are willing to come, Tao will treat them as guests, how about that?"