Chapter 213: The Night Banquet in Qian County
When Yang Feng heard that he wanted to play the imperial court, he invited Yang Feng to be the pastor of Yuzhou, and he was overjoyed in his heart. Moreover, Yang Feng knew that he was not capable, but he didn't expect that Ye Mo had already thought of General Wenchen as his deputy. Xu Huang's ability naturally doesn't need to be said, and Yang Feng knows it best in his heart.
As for the Wenchen named Chen Gong, although Ye Mo claimed to be his old friend. However, a clear-eyed person can see at a glance that Ye Mo has never seen Chen Gong. But Ye Mo is so attentive to Chen Gong, and he is so confident, so Chen Gong's ability is needless to say.
It's just that now Yang Feng is full of joy, but Han Xian is a little depressed. Han Xian didn't talk much, but he was also a handsome, but now he was ignored by Ye Mo's gorgeous appearance.
After Ye Mo dealt with the matter of playing Yuzhou, he wanted to let Han Xian go back and explain the situation to Mrs. Guo. It is really that there are no extra military horses in the imperial court now, so Yang Feng can only be temporarily stationed in Yuzhou. But if Yang Feng doesn't have a good name, it will obviously not be recognized by the local family, so he has to give Yang Feng an official position. As for the post-rebellion, we will talk about it later.
But unexpectedly, Ye Mo saw Han Xian's depressed expression, although Han Xian quickly covered up that depressed expression. Seeing this scene, Ye Mo secretly said in his heart: Could it be that this Han Xian also has the heart to defect to the imperial court?
"Han Dashuai, General Lu has less than 5,000 soldiers in Huai County, but he has to face Han Fu's 100,000 army, and the situation is quite critical. I wonder if Han Dashuai can take action again and go to Huai County for emergency? Ye Mo looked at Han Xian and tried to ask.
Han Xian originally thought that the predicament of Yuan Shu in Yuzhou had been solved, so he could only go back to Taihang Mountain to do his old job, and wait for a hundred years to become a rebellious army thief despised by the world. When the time comes, his children and grandchildren will not be able to raise their heads in the guidance of the world.
Han Xian didn't expect that Ye Mo would ask him if he would like to go to Huai County to rescue Lu Bu at this time, this is not nonsense, a fool is unwilling. "Lord Taiwei has an order, and Han Xian should obey it." Han Xian stood up, gave a military salute, and said to Ye Mo.
Ye Mo also nodded when he saw Han Xian's attitude, and he had a plan in his heart. This Han Xian must also have the heart to join the imperial court, so he can find a reason to keep them when the time comes.
It's just that at this time, Sun Jian proposed to retire. Sun Jian came to Ye Mo's place, firstly, to inform Yuan Shu that he had abandoned the city and left, and secondly, to visit Sun Ce. Now, since Sun Jian's two goals have been achieved, and now that he has heard so much about Ye Mo's military affairs, he naturally wants to leave.
Ye Mo saw that Sun Jian was leaving, so naturally he wouldn't open his mouth to stay, and he couldn't stay well, so he still hoped that Sun Jian would recognize him as the master and dream about it. After saying goodbye to Ye Mo, Sun Jian also took Huang Zu and went directly back to the barracks. Yuan Shu had already retreated, and the purpose of their cross-state march had been achieved, so it was naturally time to go back.
After Ye Mo watched Sun Jian leave, he arranged for the army to enter the county. After entering, I found that Yuan Shu's army was still strictly disciplined, and there was no such thing as disturbing the people. When I left, it was also because I was in a hurry, not only did I not rob the people in this county, but I left a lot of weapons, grain and grass.
After arriving at the governor's mansion in the city, Ye Mo asked people to go out of the city to the military camp in the east of the city to send an invitation to Cao Bao. Now that Yuan Shu has withdrawn from the army, Cao Bao should also be sent back. It's just that before sending it back, it's to have a good chat about the next actions.
After Cao Bao received Ye Mo's invitation, he naturally asked the person who sent the post to tell Ye Mo that he would attend Ye Mo's banquet on time. Since Cao Bao had made up his mind to take refuge with Ye Mo, with the help of the Ye family, the Cao family became the first family in Xuzhou, so he naturally did not dare to be absent from Ye Mo's banquet.
At nightfall, Cao Bao, accompanied by Cao Hong, came to the governor's mansion in the city of Qiaoxian and attended Ye Mo's banquet on time.
It's just that the banquet prepared by Ye Mo is very different from the usual banquet. According to the previous custom, all banquets were divided into seats for the host and guest. But this time, Ye Mo set up a big table, and in the middle of the table, there was a big hole, and there was a big cauldron on it. Below, Ye Mo ordered someone to burn a charcoal fire.
Cao Bao looked at the table, but he was a little confused. It was Ye Mo, after seeing Cao Bao arrive, he hurriedly pulled Cao Bao and Cao Hong into their seats. After the two of them took their seats, they didn't know what to do. After all, in this way, there is no distinction between respect and inferiority, which makes Cao Bao seem very unaccustomed.
Ye Mo didn't have anything, anyway, there were only ten people, and it wasn't crowded. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Ye Mo asked people to divide the dishes they had prepared before into small plates and serve them.
Cao Bao looked at these dishes, and suddenly felt even more puzzled, there was some soup boiling in this cauldron, and he didn't know what was in it. Now, the dishes served by Ye Moren are also raw, how can people eat them? Is it possible to learn from the ancients to drink blood?
Ye Mo saw that everyone didn't do anything, so he picked up a stack of cut mutton, poured it into the cauldron, and then said: "This is called hot pot, that is, whatever you want to eat, you can pour it in, and you can take it out and eat it after cooking." As he spoke, Ye Mo took out a piece of mutton and put it in his mouth.
If you want to say that this is a hot pot, but because Ye Mo found some seasoning spices in the state pastor's mansion, otherwise, Ye Mo couldn't make it if he wanted to. Ye Mo is a foodie, a very senior foodie, and now he can finally be late for the hot pot again, and he has to give it a try.
Moreover, there were only a few dishes at this time, and the cooking methods had not developed to be as diverse as those in later generations. Even what the emperor ate relied on more advanced ingredients to make some delicious food. Now, Ye Mo was holding the mutton in his mouth, and he suddenly felt that it was delicious......
Dian Wei saw that Ye Mo had already made a move, and immediately took out a piece of mutton and put it in his mouth. It's just that after a while, Dian Wei's eyes straightened, and he hurriedly put his chopsticks into the pot again. When Sun Ce saw Dian Wei like this, he was also suspicious, and soon, Sun Ce was the same as Dian Wei, and even Sun Ce was even more terrifying than Dian Wei. Dian Wei is because Ye Mo is his lord, and he knows how to restrain himself, but Sun Ce completely ignores it, he is the youngest one here, and everyone else should let him be, although Sun Ce is already the peak of the second-rate general.
The rest of the people saw that these people were like this, and they also added some of their favorite ingredients to the cauldron. After these ingredients were cooked, they found that they couldn't put them in their bowls, because Sun Ce and Dian Wei grabbed them.
After these people ate it, they didn't pay attention to anything when they saw that Ye Mo, and they all began to add ingredients to the pot vigorously. Ye Mo saw the actions of these people, but he just smiled and didn't speak. Cao Bao and Cao Hong have some scruples, after all, the two of them are guests, and they still have to ask Ye Mo, where do they dare to be arrogant.
When everyone had almost eaten, Cao Bao and Cao Hong were not even half full. Dian Wei and Sun Ce were holding their stomachs, and nearly half of the dishes on the table were solved by these two people. Ye Mo saw these two people like this, so he asked the attendant to serve bowls of dumplings.
At this time, even a bun is delicious, not to mention dumplings. As the saying goes, the benefits are no more than dumplings, and the fun is no more than ...... Ahem, the dumplings are delicious anyway. Moreover, at this time, there is a bowl per person, even if you are not full, you don't have to worry about being hungry at night. It's just that they pity Sun Ce and Dian Wei, because they were too full to eat before, they can only watch the others divide the share of the two of them, and their eyes are extremely resentful.
After eating and drinking, Ye Mo dismissed everyone, and just called Cao Bao and Cao Hong to the study to discuss business.