After a pause, Wang Qiong continued, "Jiangnan has seen little fighting and lax discipline, making it unsuitable for major deployment. The Penglai area's anti-Japanese guards have been training for three years. They possess eleven large Malaysian ships exceeding a thousand tons and 5,300 soldiers. We can sail south by sea, control the Yangtze River estuary, and cut off their retreat. We can also order troops from Wuxi and Hangzhou to march out of the city to encircle and suppress the enemy. The Shandong Governor-General, Qi Jingtong, is highly skilled in martial arts and disciplined, and is qualified for this important task."

"What do you think, Zi Chong? You participated in the suppression of Prince Ning's rebellion and have experience leading troops to suppress bandits."

"Dehua's strategy is mature and prudent, and Qi Jingtong is also well-known and prestigious. This will surely lead to immediate success."

"What do Jingzhi and Weizhi think?"

Seconding

Seconding

Seconding the motion is probably similar to Zhang Fei's "Me too!"

Li Gang nodded and said, "In that case, let's draft the imperial edict. Once it's drafted, I'll go get the emperor's seal and sign it."

At the same time, Xishan Taiping Village.

Zhao Huan was directing Xiao A Si to cook the chicken, boiling water, plucking the feathers, and cleaning it.

High-end ingredients often only require the simplest and most unpretentious methods.

Zhao Huan thought it was mainly because of poverty. For the common people of the Song Dynasty, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were as precious as meat, and the old man only had a little oil and salt at home.

"Heat up some oil in a wok and stir-fry the blanched chicken until it changes color slightly. Add a spoonful of Shao Chengzhang's privately-held rice wine to remove the fishy smell. When the chicken is golden brown, add enough water from the Wuding River to cover it and simmer for half an hour."

Bubbles were bubbling in the pot, and soon the aroma of chicken wafted out.

Old man Li couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He felt that the one made by the young master was more fragrant. He only used a little more oil, but the fragrance was completely different.

Old Man Li observed Zhao Huan's cooking and felt that he had learned a lot of secret recipes today. Braising is a better cooking method than boiling.

Zhao Huan lived in an era of information explosion. Any information he wanted to know could be obtained by searching on the Internet. Although he knew that he had knowledge that was five hundred years ahead of others, he did not think that a cooking method was a secret recipe.

The ancients advocated, "Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles." This emphasis on both book knowledge and social practice is crucial. However, due to limitations in papermaking and printing technology during the Song Dynasty, books were scarce, and transportation was difficult. Many people spent their entire lives traveling less than a hundred miles, resulting in limited knowledge.