Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao is stunned when he reveals his time-traveling identity.

Although Su Chen spoke with such certainty, he still didn't believe that Su Chen could truly refine fine salt on his own.

This is simply impossible.

Modern times do not lack the means to refine fine salt.

But that requires a huge amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to achieve, and the output is pitifully low.

As for Cheng Yu and the others, they all stood with their hands behind their backs, waiting to see Su Chen make a fool of himself.

He's making such boastful claims; isn't he afraid of biting off more than he can chew?

Su Chen calmly walked to the bag and looked inside.

The sack contained what was called coarse salt, but it was more like large, unprocessed blocks of salt.

Not only was it much larger than the coarse salt Su Chen remembered, but it also contained a considerable amount of impurities.

This salt was clearly only roughly extracted by sun-drying and had no processing whatsoever.

One lick and you might just find half of the periodic table.

"I request that you allow me to set up a tent in the next camp. I will be able to produce fine salt in no time."

After briefly reviewing the situation, Su Chen spoke calmly.

"If you can truly master the method of salt production, then this request is naturally not a problem."

Cao Cao didn't hesitate and waved his hand, saying:

"Dian Wei, listen to my command!"

"Your subordinate is here!"

Dian Wei immediately knelt on one knee, his movements powerful and imposing.

"Take Jingming to the chief clerk's tent."

"Furthermore, assign three agile guards to stand watch beside Jingming's tent to ensure his safety!"

"If Jingming has any requests, you must do your best to fulfill them without fail!"

Upon hearing this, Su Chen couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

Guards?

What danger could there be in such a large area as Yanzhou?

The three men sent were ostensibly guards, but it would be more accurate to say they were there to monitor us.

As expected of Cao Cao, even under these circumstances, he did not forget to send people to monitor him.

It seems that gaining Cao Cao's trust requires taking concrete actions.

"I thank you in advance, Minister Sikong."

"General Dian, please lead the way."

Su Chen naturally didn't take Cao Cao's ulterior motives to heart.

After all, he never intended to run away.

Following Dian Wei, they soon arrived at the chief clerk's tent.

The tent of the army clerk was not far from the commander's tent, only about a hundred paces away.

"This will be your camp."

Dian Wei said with a stern face:

"Does the gentleman have any other requests?"

"Make a fire for me, and a large pot will suffice."

"Thank you, General Dian."

Su Chen didn't care about Dian Wei's lukewarm attitude.

After all, he is just an unknown nobody nowadays.

Talk is useless; only action can change everything.

After Dian Wei nodded and left, Su Chen searched his memory for traditional salt-making methods.

Extracting fine salt is actually quite simple.

The most crucial step is removing impurities.

First, dissolve the substance in water, then filter and cook it.

Only by repeating this process can fine salt be obtained.

These steps seemed incredibly simple to Su Chen.

However, it is knowledge that has been accumulated over hundreds of years of cultural development.

……

Meanwhile, inside the commander's tent.

"Zhongde, what's your opinion of Su Jingming?"

Shortly after Su Chen left, Cao Cao asked with his eyes half-open.

After thinking for a moment, Cheng Yu spoke up:

"I would like to report to the Minister of Works that, in my humble opinion, this man is indeed quite learned."

"But his claim of time travel is truly absurd and unbelievable."

"I'm afraid it's just a clumsy trick to get under Sikong's command."

Cao Cao raised an eyebrow slightly, but shook his head and said:

"A poor plan?"

"It's not hard to tell from his words that he has a very high opinion of Sun Ce, Liu Bei, and others."

"Even if they weren't from later generations, they wouldn't be ordinary people. How could they possibly use such a clumsy trick to get my attention?"

Cheng Yu pursed his lips and remained silent.

Because of Su Chen's strange background, Cheng Yu really couldn't feel any goodwill towards him.

"So, do you think he really knows how to make fine salt?"

Is this person capable of being put to great use?

Cao Cao suddenly spoke up and asked.

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment, but did not answer.

Just then, the voices of soldiers suddenly rang out from outside the command tent:

"Report! Minister Qi reports that Military Advisor Guo requests an audience!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he straightened up and smiled:

"please!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a refined strategist who looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, wearing a turban and carrying a feather fan, entered the tent.

"Does the Minister have business with me?"

The strategist smiled calmly and asked.

This person was none other than Guo Jia, also known as Guo Fengxiao, the military advisor and chief strategist under Cao Cao!

"Fengxiao! You've come at the perfect time!"

Cao Cao chuckled and said:

"Have you heard about what happened earlier?"

Guo Jia hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"Are you referring to the matter of a 'time traveler' who came to the tent, Sikong?"

Cao Cao nodded and said:

"Indeed, Fengxiao believes that if this person truly knows how to make salt, could he be employed?"

Guo Jia was taken aback at first, then chuckled, but didn't say a word.

Why is Fengxiao laughing?

Cao Cao couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Guo Jia waved his feather fan and laughed:

"Sikong probably already has a decision in mind."

"If this person truly possesses such great power, he might actually be from the future."

"If that's the case, then this person must remain in our camp."

"Use them if they can be used; if they cannot be used, kill them."

Guo Jia spoke with great nonchalance.

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao laughed heartily:

"Fengxiao understands me best!"

"Does Fengxiao think this person is capable of being employed?"

Guo Jia smiled slightly and continued:

"Sikong, you might as well do that."

"This person has never seen me before."

"I shall go and make a first impression on him, to ascertain his true strength."

"If this person is not a wandering sorcerer, it will be good to see just how talented he really is."

Cao Cao straightened his expression and said in a deep voice:

"Excellent, excellent!"

"However, this person's words and actions are quite strange."

"Fengxiao, don't fall into his trap."

Guo Jia nodded slightly in agreement and quietly left.

Watching Guo Jia's departing figure, Cao Cao couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

Whether Su Chen is a time traveler or not is irrelevant.

The important thing is whether he is available.

For Cao Cao, there was no distinction between people from the future and people from the present.

There is only a distinction between those who are usable and those who are not.

Those who are available should be treated as honored guests with the utmost courtesy.

If someone is just a useless person who talks nonsense, then there's no need to keep them around.

And it would be most appropriate for the State Council to determine this standard.

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