The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 387 The Cook in the Kitchen

"No, that country is just a small country, but it dares to provoke our great country. If we don't send troops to suppress it, then what is the majesty of our Yan country? Is there any country in the Western Regions that can look up to it?" I am the country of Yan." Zhou Guang retorted from the side.

"General Zhou, whether a country is strong or not depends not on other people's opinions, but on the development of the country's national strength, the strength of the army, and the happiness of the people. If you send troops to the Western Regions to suppress the evil countries, you must not only recruit troops, We have to raise taxes and collect food and fodder. This is a waste of money and people. The imperial court has to provide food and fodder for His Majesty's counter-insurgency every year, and there is no spare power to conquer the country in the west." Pang Ping explained with a smile on his face.

"It is really because your majesty needs a lot of supplies for the northern expedition, so it is even more necessary to conquer the country in the west. That country is just a small country. It only takes two months to suppress it, and then the whole country can be conquered." It is the strategy to support war with war."

"If that country is allowed to develop, then the entire Western Regions will join the alliance formed by that country. Although it doesn't seem to have any impact on us at the moment, as long as the countries in the Western Regions stop doing business with our country, then other countries will In other words, at least the business tax will be reduced by a large part."

Changsun Ji glanced at Zhou Guang a little bit. He didn't expect that this person is not only good at fighting, but also very knowledgeable in economics, otherwise it would be impossible to say such a thing.

As for the fact that the Prince's subordinates will be divided into two factions, Changsun Ji is not surprised. He has long expected that the literati will lead the peace, and the warriors will lead the battle.This is based on their own interests.

The so-called immediate conferment, if there is no war, the general will not get any credit, and he will not be promoted at all, so the warrior is eager for war.

But there are only so many interests in the imperial court, and the more benefits the warriors get, the benefits the literati get will be smaller. If it is not in the end, the literati don't want wars to happen. Only when the world is peaceful can the literati get more. Opportunities are big.

However, it doesn’t care about his business, it’s better if he doesn’t fight, even if he fights, he has reason to shirk now, he has just entered the prince’s camp, and even the people in the prince’s camp have not yet recognized, so what Make a head bird.

As long as the crown prince didn't call him by name, he was going to hang on forever. In fact, he did just that, watching each other spit from left to right for an hour. After eating a bowl of noodles hastily in the room, he continued After spraying for two hours, the fighting power is no less than that of the court.

It was already late at night when Changsun Ji left the palace. Hearing their quarrel for so long, Changsun Ji felt dizzy all over his head. He finally knew why the efficiency of the court was so low.

One matter, because it involves their own interests, twelve hours and eleven hours are spent arguing with each other, only one hour is really discussing the matter, and more than half of them began to keep silent again.

This time it is just a small court meeting, and the people here are not big figures in the court, but the ability to wrangle is not inferior to the big men in the court. These people also have the qualifications to become the big men in the court. Then there is the merit of supporting the dragon.

Shaking his dizzy head, Changsun Ji felt that his eloquence and shame still needed to be practiced. Usually, generous officials would go to the court together, and they would fight for a long time for the slightest petty gain. Sometimes Xiaoli can't satisfy their lunch, but they are willing to spend an afternoon wasting countless saliva fighting, and they still enjoy it.

After getting into the carriage, he told the driver to slow down, and Changsun Ji leaned on the carriage for a rest.He felt that listening to their arguments for such a long time was more tiring than fighting a tens of thousands of people. If he hadn't had some sense to know that he was in the palace, he might have fallen asleep on the spot.

Hearing the soft shout of the coachman outside, Changsun Ji slowly opened his eyes. At some point, he had already returned to Changsun's other courtyard, and he got off the carriage.

I don't know if it was a gust of cool wind blowing, or the nap just now had an effect, Changsun Ji felt his head cleared up a lot.

It's not that he didn't gain anything from entering the palace this time, at least he learned how to fight with words.After fighting for three or four hours, there was still no result to be discussed.

After rubbing his stomach, Changsun Ji felt his stomach contract suddenly, and a "gurgling" sound came from his stomach.

Hearing that they fought for more than three hours, and just ate a bowl of fine noodles in the middle, he couldn't bear it long ago, but he was embarrassed to show it in the court. Now that he returned to the mansion, the first thing he did was Instead of going back to the room, he went directly to the back kitchen.

When he arrived at the back kitchen, Changsun Ji was a little surprised to find that the lights in the kitchen were still on.

Entering the kitchen, Changsun Ji saw a cook was baking steamed stuffed buns in it, and a few servants beside him were adding firewood to the bottom of the pot.

Changsun Ji walked in and saw a plate of hot buns just out of the pan beside him.He reached out and took one and stuffed it into his mouth, and his mouth was full of oil when he bit it.

Changsun Ji squinted his eyes in some comfort, his face full of enjoyment.

After eating one, Changsun Ji took another one and threw it into his mouth. I don't know if he was really hungry or the cook's skill in the kitchen had improved. Changsun Ji felt that the buns were extraordinarily delicious.

Seeing that Changsun Ji ate one after another, the cook couldn't bear it anymore.He rubbed his flour-stained hands on the apron, then walked over, and asked Changsun Ji, "How is it? Is this bun delicious?"

"Delicious, this steamed stuffed bun is really unique. Why haven't I eaten such a delicious steamed stuffed bun before? Are you new here?" Changsun Ji asked the cook after swallowing the steamed stuffed bun in his mouth.

"Hey, what you say is so big, there are so many things you haven't eaten in this mansion, and what you haven't eaten is the newcomer?"

Changsun Ji was taken aback for a moment, but soon realized that the other party did not know his identity. He lowered his head and looked. Although he entered the palace today, he did not wear an official uniform, but only a white one. He lit an oil lamp, and the light shone on his body. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to see how the material of the clothes was. It is estimated that the other party just regarded himself as a slightly higher-level servant in this mansion.

"That's my guess. You have been here for a long time?" Changsun Ji stuffed the remaining steamed stuffed bun into his mouth, clapped his hands and said.

"Hey, you really guessed right, I'm the newcomer."

(End of this chapter)