After Su came, Chaisang did achieve better development in people's livelihood and government affairs.

The city wall is neatly repaired, and every missing brick has been repaired. It looks particularly reassuring. The irrigation ditches outside the city are also dredged and smooth. Water transportation is available in all directions. The boat dock is very convenient for transferring materials and people inside and outside the city.

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Coupled with the two water fortresses and two land camps outside the city that serve as military fortresses and training venues, it can be said that no bandits dare to show up around Chaisang. Public security is also in good order and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

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All of this can be seen and felt, which makes every citizen near Chaisang feel at ease.

Amidst the sound of Zhou Yu's piano, there was a faint sound of horse hooves mixed in...

Zhou Yu stretched out his hand, held down the strings, raised his head, and looked toward the foot of the mountain.

The high platform has a wide view, and you can see directly below the foot of the mountain. Out of the foot of the mountain, there are more than a dozen strong men riding horses. Although they are not wearing armor, each of them is equipped with some swords, guns, bows and arrows, and they are strong and sturdy.

The leader is Huang Gai.

Xiao Qiao frowned, and her long and delicate eyebrows wrinkled slightly on her nose.

Zhou Yu smiled, reached out and shook Xiao Qiao's hand and said, "There must be something important when you come here..."

Xiao Qiao nodded helplessly, "I'll tell my servants to prepare some tea soup and cakes."

Zhou Yu nodded, then stood up, took Xiao Qiao's arm and walked off the high platform together. Then Xiao Qiao turned around and went to the back hall to order the servants, while Zhou Yu stroked his beard with one hand and put his other hand behind his back, slowly walked along the corridor, and arrived.

forecourt.

When Zhou Yu arrived at the front yard, Huang Gai and others happened to arrive as well.

Huang Gai stepped forward and said with a hearty laugh: "I went for a walk in the mountains today and happened to pick up two or three pheasants and hares. I thought I hadn't seen the governor for many days, so I came here to croak..."

"Are you thinking about my chef's skills?" Zhou Yu also smiled and extended his hand to invite.

Huang Gai did not deny it, "I dare not hide it from the governor... This is indeed true. Although there are wine shops in the city, the taste of the cooking always seems to be a little different... As for the cook in my family, if it is not because he has the same surname as me, For the sake of fellow sect members, I want to beat him up, but I can’t learn how to do it even after studying for a long time..."

Zhou Yu's eyes moved slightly, he smiled, and asked his servants to take the game brought by Huang Gai and pack it for cooking. In addition, he asked the attendants to bring a basin and cloth for Huang Gai to apply on his face and wash his hands, as if he was really just serving Huang Gai. It's normal to come here to have a meal.

Naturally, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai and others had known about the Shanyue rebellion for a long time.

For the people of Shanyue, basically speaking, there has been little peace and quiet in recent years. Just like the threat of barbarians in the northern desert, there are also threats similar to the barbarians in the south of the Han Dynasty and in the hills and mountains south of Jiangdong. Just like people, one mountain climb after another rises and falls, changing indefinitely.

It is said that these people are the descendants of the Yue State at that time, and some people say that these people are the people who fled when the Qin State destroyed Chu. However, these people who deviated from the center of the Han Dynasty gradually failed to keep up with the development and progress of the times. Just like They are both cooks, but the ones in Zhou Yu's house and those in Huang Gai's house are two completely different things.

Generals such as Huang Gai and Cheng Pu are all veterans who have stayed from Sun Jian's time. For these people, they will actively or passively protect the dignity of the Sun family, but it does not mean that they will nod and bow to Sun Quan and obey Sun Quan's words. After all, even when Sun Jian was still alive, he always discussed things with them, like brothers. How could he be so humble to Sun Quan, who is like his nephew now?

But similarly, it does not mean that Huang Gai and others will just sit back and watch Sun Quan being bullied by Jiangdong nobles or Shanyue thieves. Even if Sun Quan is a bit disgusting, after all, he is his brother's child, and he will still help when he should. A handful.

Now Huang Gai came here, nominally to have a meal, but in fact he just wanted to find out Zhou Yu's follow-up arrangements for the current situation.

It's just that Huang Gai used the cook to talk about things, so Zhou Yu naturally answered the "cook's" related questions.

That "same surname and same clan", a "cook" who can't be beaten and is not a good cook, can't he cook a pot of fine and high-quality ingredients into a dark dish with unknown taste?

"This is the art of cooking..." Zhou Yu said slowly, "At first, I learned from others... I saw how others cooked and thought it tasted delicious, so I learned it secretly..."

When you are relatively weak at first, of course you are plagiarizing or copycatting. Is this behavior right? Of course it is not, but when you are weak, your first consideration is to survive. This is like saying no to a person who is about to starve to death. You should eat what comes to you, and you should rely on your own efforts to plant crops and wait for the harvest to be the same.

Huang Gai nodded, "Yes, that's right, that's it, but I didn't learn this well. I didn't even take care of the hair and blood, and then boiled it in water. It doesn't taste good at all!"

"Well..." Zhou Yu nodded, his gaze was deep, as if penetrating the sky and looking into the distance, "The Han Dynasty is vast, and the rivers up and down each have their own customs. The taste of this meal should also be different..."

But no matter who you are, you can't live your whole life just relying on plagiarism and pirated copycats. Only knowing how to copy and pirated copycats means being rigid, without innovation, and only knowing how to plagiarize other people's successes, without focusing on the situation of the ingredients, the amount of meals, and the quality of the food.

Improvements and adjustments, even if they are successfully imitated once or twice, do not prove anything, and most of the time they are made naturally and are unappetizing.

"Today's meal of the four seasons is more innovative than the three auxiliary dishes in Guanzhong..." Zhou Yu continued, "It's just that the flavor of Guanzhong has many customs, which are very different from those in Chu, and cannot be generalized."

"Here's the trouble! The cook at home is stubborn and won't listen to advice..." Huang Gai patted his thigh, his gray beard trembling, "Every day I think about other people's good food and that one, so I just want to reach out."

I went to get it, but I never thought that the important thing is not to get the one or two kinds of dishes! It is to learn to cook..."

Huang Gai stretched out his finger and tapped his head. The meaning was self-evident.

You can start a business by plagiarizing and piracy copycats, but after your family business grows, you still want to make a living by plagiarizing, piracy and copycats?

The two couldn't help but be silent for a moment.

"Therefore..." Huang Gai leaned forward slightly and broke the silence, "Captain, next... this hunting, are you going to go..."

"I have never issued an order and a public reply..." Zhou Yu smiled and said pointedly, "But don't you often pick up some pheasants and hares in the mountains?"

Huang Gai rolled his eyes twice, smiled suddenly, clapped his hands, "I understand!"

Zhou Yu nodded with a smile.

Most of the time, who would be stupid enough to kill all the birds and beasts in the mountain just for one or two prey?

After another moment, Zhou Yu suddenly said, "There is a dish that Guanzhong does well...but here, it needs to be improved a bit..."

"Guanzhong delicacies?" Huang Gai was stunned, obviously interested, "The Governor might as well tell you in detail..."

Zhou Yu nodded slightly, then lowered his voice, approached Huang Gai, and spoke slowly in a voice that only two people could hear.

Qingfeng swung on the treetops, as if he wanted to eavesdrop on what the two people were saying, but after listening for a long time, he could only hear incomplete phrases such as "soldier armor" and "battleship", which were unclear.
Chapter completed!