Before Zhuge Jin came to Yuzhang, he thought about celebrating the New Year with his family, and he felt that he had plenty of time at that time.

I didn't expect the end to be so urgent, and I didn't meet my uncle until Chinese New Year's Eve.

I have to sigh that the plan really can't catch up with the changes in the war situation. Many of the warplanes were temporarily excavated and fleeting.

Fortunately, the results were indeed achieved faster than expected at the beginning.

In just more than ten days after arriving in Yuzhang, all the counties of Penglize Hukou have been occupied and stabilized, the order of Chaisang has also been restored, and the enemy who counterattacked has been defeated by heavy losses, and has made a good start in three battles and three victories.

Back at the mansion, Zhuge Jin personally invited his uncle to take a seat, and Guan Yu accompanied him, and then ordered a banquet.

Although tonight's meal is not Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve meal, Zhuge Jin also arranged it very solemnly, which is no different from Chinese New Year's Eve meal. He and Zhuge Liang could have been on an equal footing with Guan Yu, but with his uncle present, there was no way.

The regular food and drinks were already prepared, and the maids quickly brought the things and put them on the table according to the specifications of each table.

Zhuge Xuan, Guan Yu, and Gan Ning took a boat for several days, but there was no fire on the boat, and all they ate was dry food. They knew that they could rush to Chaisan tonight, so they were too lazy to eat at noon, so they kept their stomachs for hot food at night.

When the preheated wine and food were served, they ate it directly, and no matter what the number of toasts of "three rounds of wine", they were all their own people anyway.

Guan Yu saw a cold dish and vegetables during the banquet, which seemed to be pickled radish strips, rectangular strips, but smoother than radish strips, and chewed a little springy and refreshing, so he couldn't help but ask casually: "Ziyu, what is this?" Why haven't I tasted it elsewhere? ”

Zhuge Xuan on the side was actually curious, but he was holding the elder's shelf, and it was not easy to ask his nephew. Guan Yu asked for him, and he was so happy to prick up his ears to listen together.

He and Guan Yu have only been together for more than 20 days, but Guan Yu came to rescue him, kept his life safe, and respected him. Zhuge Xuan was quite grateful to Guan Yu in his heart, and he had introduced him as a brother and friend.

In terms of age, Zhuge Xuan is only thirty-five or sixteen, only fifteen years older than Zhuge Jin, and the age difference between uncles and nephews in ancient times is very normal. On the contrary, there is a teenage gap between him and his eldest brother Zhuge Jue.

And Liu Bei is Chinese New Year's Eve six today, and he will finish Chinese New Year's Eve seven soon, Guan Yu is only one or two years younger than Liu Bei, so they and Zhuge Xuan are considered the same age.

Zhuge Xuan also had a long beard, but it was not as thick and wide as Guan Yu. Guan Yu's long hair is spreading to both cheeks, and Zhuge Xuan's long hair is only on the chin, which looks like a fairy wind bone. Because they all have a relationship with a beautiful beard, it is easier to get along.

And Zhuge Jin listened to Yun Chang's question, and also replied:

"In fact, this thing is just to cut the mustard cabbage separately and pickle, and when pickling, it is pressed with a boulder to remove excess water, so as to avoid excessive water and not easy to exist for a long time, acidification and erosion. A few months ago, didn't I persuade Xuande Gong to replant winter mustard in Guangling, barely subsidizing the shortage of military food during the spring famine?

However, mustard is not good for a long time, by the way, I thought of this method, Yuzhang climate is warm, winter mustard matures earlier, and now it can be harvested. I tried to do it a little bit, and if it succeeded, I could bring it back to Guangling in February of the following year.

Although Yuzhang produces a lot of vegetables, it does not produce salt, and this thing can only be tried, not promoted. Guangling is an important town of Huai salt, and the salt is as cheap as the soil, which is just the right thing to do. The specific approach will also be adjusted when the time comes-

I was in a hurry this time, so I didn't seal the altar and pickle, but opened the salted stone, which could not be stored for a long time when I saw the wind, and it would soon rot. In the future, if it is to be stored for a long time, it is still necessary to seal it with an urn, and it can be marinated for at least half a month before it can be eaten in an open jar, otherwise it is afraid that it will be poisonous. ”

Zhuge Jin still has this bit of chemical knowledge, and knows that any salt-pickled food, if sealed and pickled, will initially produce a large amount of nitrite, and then slowly react in the next half a month and transform into other substances.

In later generations, on TV and on the Internet, the news of homemade pickles and pickled cabbage and kimchi, and as a result, I was hospitalized with nitrite poisoning, which is simply not too much.

These things are either allowed to circulate in the air to avoid anaerobic respiration, and eaten immediately after being marinated quickly, or they are sealed and left for more than half a month. Eating it when it has just been marinated for two or three days is the worst.

At this moment, the mustard served at the banquet was taken out by Zhuge Jin after only marinating for half a day, and the salt on the surface was re-washed.

Early in the morning, a few monks and officers who were captured and would rather die than surrender were asked to eat a lot of porridge and vegetables to ensure safety - if nitrite poisoning, it would show up in half a day at most.

Guan Yucai doesn't understand these chemical principles, but he has also formed an inertia like Liu Bei, as long as it is the trick of Zhuge Jinjiao, whether he understands it or not, he strictly follows it.

At that moment, he didn't dare to be negligent at all, and wrote down all the precautions that Zhuge Jin casually said, and then asked: "I don't know if this dish has a name?" Is it called pickled winter mustard head? ”

Zhuge Jin thought about it, but he still didn't want the name of mustard to disappear, so he proposed: "This thing needs to be pressed and dehydrated with heavy stones, so let's call it mustard." ”

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were originally pickled vegetables, but they were all pickled whole, because the mustard in this era had not yet been bred and differentiated, and there were no varieties with particularly developed leaves, bulbs, or rapeseeds, and all organs were very even, and it was not easy to split them in the end.

Compared with mustard greens, weadows are even less breeding differentiated, and they are all thrown in whole.

Because the dehydration is not thorough enough, and the oleic acid in the rapeseed is also pickled together, the final product has a very short shelf life, and it must be eaten in one or two months, and it will acidify without exception. So there are no pure pickles in this era, at most they can only be regarded as sauerkraut.

When Guan Yu heard this name, he heard that this pickle could be kept longer, so he hurriedly said that he would tell his eldest brother when he went back.

Everyone chatted about the benefits of this method of mustard, and soon another servant served the main course, only to see a long charcoal stove being served, with a thin layer of lit charcoal underneath, and then a piece of clean thin iron plate was brought and spread on the charcoal stove.

A small oil tank was placed on each case, and a maid helped to brush the oil on the iron plate from time to time. In front of each person there was also a freshly blanched mandarin fish, which was peeled open and attached to the iron plate on the inside of the abdominal cavity. There is also a little lamb, which is also thinly sliced and grilled on an iron plate.

Guan Yu and Zhuge Xuan were treated the highest, and on the iron plate between them, there was also a sturgeon that had been basically cooked and cut into a thin steak in the middle.

Looking at that posture, Guan Yu couldn't help but regret it: I ate too many side dishes just now! I knew that no matter how refreshing it was, I should eat a few fewer bites!

Fortunately, he soon felt that those side dishes did not make him feel full, but more appetizing.

"I really didn't expect that Ziyu not only came up with clever tricks, but also could come up with so many of these hedonistic tricks."

Guan Yu said as he frantically feasted. Mandarin fish have no small spines, and sturgeon fish are huge, and the ribs are similar to the bones of chickens, so they are easy to pick out, and they are as refreshing to eat as meat.

What's more, there are thin mutton rolls that can be grilled together, Guan Yu only feels that he has never eaten such a good thing in his life, he has been messing with his eldest brother for more than ten years, and he has also seen how people at the state pastoral level enjoy life, but it is not as creative as Ziyu's side.

But Zhuge Jin didn't show any enjoyment at all, but said with a straight face: "I invite everyone to taste this fresh today, not just for pleasure. It is also to let Yun Chang have an experience, knowing that the rapeseed of mustard greens can also be used to extract oil, and it can also roast food-

When I make mustard, I have to remove both the leaves and the seeds, because the oily stuff is too sour and can't be put together with other pickled things, otherwise everything will be rancid and rotten.

But these rapeseeds, in fact, after steaming and boiling, and then pounding and pressing, can also produce oil. I've just instructed people to try it these days, so the stone mortar used has only produced so many cans, and if you make a large number of mustard in the future, the cut rapeseed may be able to be pressed in another way to improve efficiency. ”

When Guan Yu heard this, he was in awe again.

It's my own superficiality! Where will Ziyu enjoy this, he is an all-inclusive service from beginning to end, persuading the eldest brother to plant winter mustard, and even thoroughly exploring the use of winter mustard after it is ripe.

Moreover, who would dare to imagine that the two things of experimenting with rapeseed and mustard were done in just three or four days after he entered Chaisang City and branched out Chen?

When Chen Zhi and Gan Ning were sent to pick up people, these two things had not yet been seen! Even Gan Ning hadn't heard of it.

How swift is this mind?

Guan Yu couldn't help but sigh: "I used to think that the Shennong, Suiren, and Youchao clans that the ancients said were just the wisdom of the sages who were scattered in ancient times.

Today, we know that there are really such people in the world, who can taste herbs like Shennong and discover all things to support people. Ziyu, my eldest brother and I still underestimated you! ”

Zhuge Jin hurriedly humbly: "Where, these two things, I just had an idea at the beginning, and I didn't know how to start." Who knew that on the day after Xingba left, I talked to Ah Liang and inspired him, so he immediately started to experiment several times before he had these. I just sent a few words of grumbling. ”

In fact, of course, Zhuge Jin could not provide only a few words of complaint.

It should be said that after he seduced Zhuge Liang to pay attention to these two topics, when Zhuge Liang started to do it, when he encountered something that he didn't understand in the general direction, Zhuge Jin would still find a way to hint, but the specific implementation details, it was indeed Zhuge Liang who made it up.

But today is the first meeting between Zhuge Liang and the top management of Liu Bei's camp, and Zhuge Jin doesn't want the image of Zhuge Liang originally created by him and the Song family to be too different from the real situation.

What Guan Yu saw and heard at tonight's banquet must have been sent back to Guangling by messenger soon to tell Liu Bei.

Zhuge Jin only took time to lay out the layout in the previous three days, in addition to cooking Chaisang's civil affairs every day, and played such two small surprises at this reception banquet and Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

The reason is that Guan Yu took the lead before he had a deep chat with Zhuge Liang.

After listening to Zhuge Jin's words, Guan Yu was really in awe.

Looking at the young man next to Ziyu who had only greeted him just now, but hadn't had time to chat, he also put away his previous contempt of "ten times that of Ziyu, I'm afraid it's a word of praise for each other".

This young man really has something, and he looks more handsome than Ziyu, and he looks like an immortal at a glance.

"Zhuge ...... Virtuous brother, he is really a great talent, I don't know if there is a word? Guan Yu was a little cramped for a while, and wanted to call the other party A Liang, but he felt that it was not dignified, but when the words came to his mouth, he remembered that the other party had no words.

Zhuge Jin was waiting for this moment, and hurriedly got up and bowed his hand to Zhuge Xuan, and suggested:

"Uncle, although Ah Liang has not yet reached the crown, he has made a lot of meritorious contributions to our family, and has also made some things, and he is kind to the people.

The day after tomorrow is the first day, the new year, why don't you just pick a word for A Liang, right? I've been thinking about it for a few days, and I think 'Kong Ming' is good, but I don't know what my uncle thinks? ”

Zhuge Xuan's mouth was stuffed, and he was eating iron plate roast mutton slices, so he hurriedly drank a few sips of wine and went down, wiped his mouth, and stroked his beard and nodded: "Yes, the word Kong Ming is good." Ah Liang, I hope that in the future, you will also be discerning and lofty, and be innocent. ”

Zhuge Liang got up and thanked him: "Uncle Xie gave the word, and the nephew will not forget the teachings." Chief Duke Xie Yun praised. ”

Zhuge Jin next to him also nodded silently, quite comforted. Fortunately, his butterfly effect did not make a mistake in this matter, and Ah Liang's development trajectory has not deviated badly so far.

From next year, everyone can finally call Ah Liang Kong Ming, and take the word at the age of seventeen, which is a little early. But Zhuge Jin himself was also nineteen years old at the beginning, a year earlier than normal.

And Guan Yu saw that Zhuge Liang finally had words, so he hurriedly continued the topic just now and praised each other with him.

Zhuge Jin took advantage of this opportunity to find a gap for the two to answer, and interjected and proposed: "Yun Chang, since you and your brother have a contract, there is a reluctant request, and you will need Yun Chang to take care of it in the future." ”

Guan Yu didn't even think about it and agreed: "What's so difficult about this, just say it." ”

Zhuge Jin arched his hand and said: "Actually, don't look at our army, within ten days, it has taken Peng Ze and Chaisang successively, in fact, it is a fluke to take advantage of the situation." My brother is only good at intrigues, but he is not good at running the army, and he does not know how to practice daily exercises.

After the battle of Chaisang, the number of available soldiers of our army has reached seven or eight thousand, and more than 3,000 people were captured in the battle of Lushan. Now that you have Yun Chang, you brought back all the Danyang soldiers, I calculated that until the follow-up decisive battle with Zhenrong, the total field strength available to our army was about 12,000 people.

But the old soldiers in the center of the belly, but more than 4,000 people, the rest are newly attached, the longest is only more than ten days, the latest is only three days. I don't worry about the tactics and martial arts of these captives, and I don't want to be quick. However, military discipline and loyalty urgently need to be improved.

If these soldiers can be turned into a resolute and disciplined division within a month or two, then the follow-up decisive battle against Zhenrong will definitely be able to win a big victory!

I have already calculated, although Zhenrong still claims to have forty or fifty thousand people, but the veterans of the county soldiers should be greatly weakened by the repeated battles, maybe there are only two or three thousand left, and the rest of the monks and soldiers should only be a few thousand, even if fanatical believers are temporarily dispatched to make up for it, at most 10,000.

It can be seen that what we will face at that time is only 3,000 veterans, 10,000 monks and fanatical believers, and the remaining more than 30,000 are all recruits and civilians who have been coerced. As long as our army's soldiers can be equal to the total number of county soldiers and monk soldiers of the enemy army, and then with the ability of Yun Chang to command the army, how can it be invincible? Those 30,000 pure rabble are no different from ordinary yellow turbans, so don't worry.

It is better to hand over the training tasks of our army and the whole army in the next two months to Yun Chang with full authority and unified responsibility, and the order will be prohibited. In addition, I also asked Yun Chang to allow Ah Liang to observe and study from the sidelines, I am really not good at this, and I can't teach him. ”

Zhuge Jin knew that what his younger brother lacked most now was the opportunity to practice training and governing the army, and he couldn't do it himself, and he hadn't seen it in his previous life.

Guan Yu is already a strong general in the first echelon of the army in today's world, how can he not seize this opportunity?

When Guan Yu heard this, he couldn't help but be proud, but he still brushed his hair and pretended to be modest: "Eh, the origin of the Zhuge family, what is my experience in self-exploration?" ”

It's a pity that Zhuge Jin couldn't stand it and gave him a high hat again, Guan Yu saw that the wise men of the world like Zhuge Brothers were touting his ability to govern the army, and he was so proud that he agreed to it all.