In the southern Wangwang City, the second and third floors of Huiwen Building are full of guests, and the traffic coming and going keeps stopping in front of the building, and wealthy businessmen and well-dressed scholars come and go.

At this time, it was lunchtime, as one of the symbols of the entire royal city, Huiwen Lou has always been no shortage of business, and the upper circle in the entire royal city likes to set the place for deliberation and hospitality.

Originally, there were only four floors, covering an area of only a few hundred square meters, and it has already been expanded to a large attic with six floors and an area of 3,000 square meters.

Among them, the most influential is a pair of merit-seeking orders left by Shi Guoyuan, the head of the palace on the fourth floor, which is also one of the reasons why the guests in Huiwen Building are tireless.

After all, Guo Yuan was the first old man to follow Sima Yu, the king of the south, and he was the chief of the palace, which was equivalent to the position of the prime minister of a country, and his status and appeal could be imagined.

Huiwen Building is also the main gathering place for talents from all over the world, and it is often a place where high-level officials of the palace may appear, and if you can get the appreciation of these adults, you may be able to climb to the sky in one step.

The first, second and third floors of Huiwen Building are all open banquet halls, and dozens of guest tables are placed on each floor, and most of them are full. Starting from the third floor to the fourth floor, all the way to the sixth floor are relatively independent private rooms, and most of the people who can eat in these private rooms are wealthy businessmen, high-ranking officials of the royal palace, military officers and some people with special status.

In a box on the fourth floor facing the street on the west, five men are sitting in the box drinking together.

"The prosperity of Qilin City is really rare in the world, and this kind of prosperity is not weakened even when the army is used on a large scale in the north and south!"

In a seat by the window, a middle-aged man in a strong shirt looked at the lively scene on the street and sighed.

"Shao Bao first came here, I don't know about the prosperity of Qilin City, Liang has been here for more than half a month, and I know a little more about the prosperity of Qilin City than Shao Bao. Judging from my observations during this period of time, there are no less than 1,000 large caravans entering and leaving Qilin City every day, reaching as far as the two provinces of Yongliang of the Qin State in the north, and expanding the two provinces of Jinghu and Jiangxi in the south, radiating as many as 100 national forces. These caravans will carry a large number of materials between them, the small caravans and small merchants scattered are countless, known as the city that never sleeps, the two major trade areas in the east and west of the city are probably no less than 100,000 taels of gold per day, which can be worth the tax of our Shu Kingdom in January, just like the heart of the entire southern king power, driving the development of the economic arteries in various places. Moreover, since the establishment of Qilin City, there has never been a major upheaval, and the people and merchants here have strong confidence in the entire southern royal palace, and in their eyes, the southern royal army is a real invincible soldier."

On the opposite side of the middle-aged man, another middle-aged man dressed in Confucian clothes shook a feather fan and sighed softly, and his words were quite lonely.

This Confucian man Hao Ran is Zhuge Liang, the envoy of Shu State, and next to him is Ma Yan, who followed him to the envoy.

"Sure enough, it is a pearl along the river!"

The middle-aged man in the strong suit also showed amazement when he heard this, you must know that Shu is not a small country, it has two states, and the people in its territory are as high as more than 6 million, and the tax of one city and one day can be offset by the tax of Shu in January, how prosperous this is.

"It's a pity that the prime minister is so talented but is jealous of the mediocre master!"

After speaking, he may have seen the loneliness in Zhuge Liang's heart, and he felt a little sorry for the middle-aged people.

As a descendant of the Three Kingdoms, a teacher table made Zhuge Liang for Kuang Fu Shu Han regime, painstaking, dedication, and the image of his death has been widely spread, has been a model for many officials to learn, and his extraordinary ability to govern the country is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Although Liu Bei is the founder of a generation, his image has not been beautified by the later "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the reputation of the king of benevolence and righteousness has not been widely recognized.

Therefore, after learning about Zhuge Liang's deeds in this world, the middle-aged man in Jinfu naturally congenitally leaned towards Zhuge Liang's side, and he was also dissatisfied with Liu Bei in his heart.

"Shao Bao said cautiously, Liang Jin's ability to be the prime minister of a country is all thanks to the trust of the lord at the beginning, and now although the lord has a misunderstanding of Liang Xiao, there will be a time to understand!"

Zhuge Liang's expression changed when he heard this, and he solemnly defended to the middle-aged man.

"Understood? Why should the prime minister deceive himself? At present, hundreds of thousands of troops of Qin are waving south, and the Three Kingdoms have been at war for several months, which is the most difficult time for the state, at this time, the king of Shu does not leave the prime minister in the country to help the war, but sends the prime minister as an envoy to the southern palace, and he stays for half a month, which is clearly afraid of the prime minister's ability, and excludes the prime minister from the decision-making level, how can this be so simple! According to his opinion, since the king of Shu does not need the power of the prime minister, why not stay in this Yongzhou with peace of mind, with the strength of the Qin State and the prosperity of the Qin army, the Three Kingdoms may not be able to stop it, and it may be a good choice for the prime minister in the future! ”

The middle-aged man in Jinfu disdained Zhuge Liang's defense, and said bluntly without scruples.

Zhuge Liang's expression was gloomy when he heard this, and his middle-aged words undoubtedly directly debunked his self-deceptive thoughts, he was not worried about his career, but about the people of Sui, Jian Erzhou and the future of Shu.

"What about Shaobao? Outside Qutang Pass, hundreds of thousands of Hunan troops are eyeing each other, how can Shaobao be in the mood to come to this Qilin City? ”

After being silent for a long time, Zhuge Liang raised his head and turned to the middle-aged man in Jinfu.

"Haha, don't hide it from the prime minister, this time Jue is here to ask for help from the king of the south and even to serve, the Hunan army is powerful, with the power of my Qutang may be difficult to suppress anymore, for my millions of Qutang people, Jue must choose a master for them, if you can withstand the pressure of the north and south this time, the king of the south will be my Qutang's choice, so Jue wants to persuade the prime minister so actively, with the assistance of the prime minister, I want to come to the Hunan army!"

Regarding Zhuge Liang's question, the middle-aged man did not shy away from it, and said bluntly.

It turned out that this middle-aged man in strong clothes was entrenched in Kuizhou Meng Heng, southeast of Yongzhou, and led tens of thousands of troops to Qutang Pass.

Meng Hui, the word Puyu, the number Wuan layman, Suizhou Zaoyang (now Zaoyang, Hubei) people, originally from Jiangzhou (now Xinjiang, Shanxi). Southern Song Dynasty military strategist, commander, national hero, anti-Jin, anti-Mongolian famous general. The fourth son of Zuo Wuwei General Meng Zongzheng.

Meng Hui was born in Jiangmen, and his great-grandfather Meng An and grandfather Meng Lin were both Yue Fei's generals. Meng Hui followed his father to fight against Jin in his early years and participated in the Battle of Caizhou to destroy Jin. After the outbreak of the Song-Mongolian War, Meng Hui single-handedly commanded one-third of the war on the Second World War front in the Southern Song Dynasty, and was called the "Master of Mobile Defense" by later military historians because of his outstanding performance in resisting the Mongol army. Tired officials and privy councillors undertook the decree, pacification and system envoys of Jingxi Hubei Road, Sichuan Xuanfu envoy and governor of Kuizhou, and was named the founding prince of Handong County. In the fourth year of Chunyu (1244), he also knew Gangneung Province. Later, the Ningwu Army made the envoy.

The current Meng Hui came to this world when Kuizhou resisted the Mongol invasion, with tens of thousands of troops dominating the entire Kuizhou, and blocking the northward and westward advance of hundreds of thousands of Hunan troops with the danger of Qutang Pass.

When I first came to this world, if I hadn't met Zeng Guofan, who was dominating Yiling Mansion in the southeast, and was restrained, I am afraid that there would be nothing to do with Sima Yu in Yongzhou later, how could there be the rising king of the south now.

"Shao Bao is really sincere! However, Shao Bao is worried about the battle between the north and the south, and soon Shao Bao will be able to make the right choice! ”

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly when he heard this, and then pointed out with a smile.

"What does the prime minister mean?"

Meng Heng's expression froze and asked.

"According to our manpower statistics, more than a month ago, the southern palace would transport a large amount of ordnance, grain and grass materials to the northwest through the merchant alliance every day, enough to supply the 200,000 army for several months."

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and said softly.

"This!"

Meng Heng's pupils shrank suddenly.

There was such a large-scale material mobilization more than a month ago, which means that the Southern Royal Mansion may have been preparing for this battle more than a month ago, and the meaning contained in this made Meng Hui, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, shudder.