That evening,.

During the meal, Deng Zhan brought them a bowl of soup.

There were a few pieces of white flowers floating in the soup.

Cao Shuo knew that this thing was tofu.

Huainan is rich in tofu, just because when Liu An asked Lei to be alchemized by others, he inadvertently lit soybean milk with gypsum and solidified it into a white edible substance.

After tasting it for Liu An, he felt that it was delicious, and specially sent someone to Chang'an to taste it for Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu tasted it and praised it very much, and the tofu actually became a tribute to the royal family at that time.

There is also tofu in Shouchun City, and even many places Cao Shuo has visited have learned the brewing process of this food.

Seeing Deng Zhan send a bowl of tofu soup, Cao Shuo asked with a smile, "There is nothing else on the mountain?" Just serve us with tofu? ”

"Mr. Zuo Ci and Mr. Yu Ji said that the tofu on the mountain is different from other places." Deng Zhan said: "The tofu made with spring water from Bagong Mountain and soybeans grown nearby is more delicate and refreshing. ”

"I don't believe it anymore." Cao Shuo smiled and said to Guo Jia: "I think they are bragging, I don't know what Guo Gong thinks." ”

"Mr. Yu Ji and Mr. Zuo Ci are both immortals, so they shouldn't brag. Flash." Guo Jia said: "Childe might as well try it." ”

"Taste?" Cao Shuo asked Guo Jia with a smile.

"Taste it." Guo Jia also put on a posture of tasting tofu soup.

The two of them ate a few bites separately, Cao Shuo nodded and said, "They really didn't cheat me in this matter, the tofu is good." I'm going to go back and ask the Lingyun Pavilion steward to come back. ”

"What do you want the Lingyun Pavilion steward to do here?" Guo Jia asked in surprise.

"What can the chef do in the mountains?" Cao Shuo said: "Such a good thing, of course, has to be made by the chef of Lingyun Pavilion to make a suit. I plan to let Lingyun Pavilion buy a set of banquets, and the name will be Tofu Banquet. It can only be done near Shouchun. ”

"Childe's whimsy is always unexpected." Guo Jia said with a smile: "You can come up with ideas when you eat tofu, and it is difficult for the people under your rule to be rich or not." ”

"Since you are in charge of this place, you must always do things mainly by the people." Cao Shuo said: "Although the people are humble, but without them, what are we? ”

Guo Jia nodded and said nothing.

"Let the rich and the poor be low, but without the poor, where can the wealth be reflected?" Cao Shuo continued: "The real wealth is not that you are full of wealth alone, but that everyone in your place is rich, but everyone is richer than you. Flash."

"No wonder Cao Gong often says that Gongzi is the richest person in the Cao family." Guo Jia said: "The tree is a big move, but the son is a dime, and even Cao Gong can't get any benefits from you, can you blame Cao Gong for being suspicious?" ”

"It's not that I don't give my father any favors." Cao Shuo said: "Actually, I just look rich on the surface, but in fact, I am losing more than I earn. I want to raise a large army, I want to invest capital in all parts of the country, so that they can get rich quickly, I want to set up education, and I want to arrange medical care for the people. These seemingly basic things are actually the most expensive. In particular, in the development of new weapons, a large amount of money must be invested every day, but the results will not be seen at all in the short term. ”

"Childe has a long-term vision, and a lot of money is spent in front." Guo Jia said: "In another five or ten years, once taxes are levied in various places, I am afraid that no one will be richer than Gongzi." ”

"Levy taxes?" "There are some industries that can't be taxed at all. For example, if a peasant farms land, he can produce so much grain per acre of land, and if he wants to be rich, he has to raise the price of grain. How could I possibly allow this to happen? And the weaving and iron smelting industries must earn more than growing grain. The people who grow grain not only cannot collect taxes, but also have to give them subsidies, otherwise in ten or twenty years, I will have no harvest here. ”

"There are some things I don't understand." Guo Jia asked Cao Shuo: "How can Gongzi think of so much, you must know that Gongzi has done many things that no one in the world can do." ”

"The reason is simple." Cao Shuo grinned: "I'm smart, I'm serious." The most feared thing in this world is the word serious, not to mention that I think more thoroughly than ordinary people. ”

Cao Shuo lost no time in praising himself, and Guo Jia also had no way to take him.

Shaking his head with a smile, Guo Jia said, "When I return to Yecheng this time, I should have a lot to say to Cao Gong." ”

"Nothing else matters." Cao Shuo said: "The important thing is to be able to convince my father that he will no longer be wary of me. If there is no trust between father and son, who else can he trust in the future? ”

"That's what Childe said." Guo Jia first responded, and then asked Cao Shuo: "Previously, the prince said that he would march into Hanzhong and Yizhou, I don't know if there is any plan?" ”

"Intended?" Cao Shuo said: "The plan to march into Hanzhong and Yizhou is the plan. ”

"If you don't have a specific place to march from, how can you break through it quickly?" Guo Jia asked.

Cao Shuo pursed his lips: "Feng Xiao also knows that it is impossible to make arrangements before marching to war. You ask me that, how can I answer? ”

Guo Jia grinned a little awkwardly.

What Cao Shuo said is also reasonable, before the march to war, it is impossible to make a complete deployment, and many things can only be decided after the battlefield is made.

But Guo Jia knew very well that since Cao Shuo proposed to crusade against Hanzhong and Yizhou, he must have already made a plan, but he just refused to say it.

"Childe has a deployment, in fact, he can say it completely." Guo Jia said: "No matter whether Gong Cao lets Gongzi fight or not, the benefits will be the Cao family after all." ”

"You're right." Cao Shuo grinned, lowered his voice and said to Guo Jia: "But I don't want to say it, I used to have no reservations because I knew that my father was protecting me, and sooner or later I would take over the Cao family." But now it's different, my father supports Zihuan to check and balance me, if I talk too much is to make clothes for others, would a shrewd person like me do such a stupid thing? ”

Guo Jia was stunned by what he said for a while, and didn't know how to respond.

Cao Shuo was right.

Cao Cao was indeed unreserved about him at the beginning, but now that he is wary of him, he will do his best to support Cao Pi.

Cao Pi has always been ambitious, and he is likely to become Cao Shuo's fierce rival in the future.

If Cao Shuo said the overall deployment, Cao Pi did what he did and took Hanzhong and Yizhou, and he would have more capital to compete with Cao Shuo.

With Cao Shuo's character, he would definitely not do such a stupid thing.

Grinning at Guo Jia, Cao Shuo continued: "I like to do things that harm others and myself, not to mention that I don't say the plan this time, although I have suffered losses, some people have more losses than me." Why not? ”

(End of chapter) js3v3