Two months later, in the Yizhou Governor's Mansion (also the Shu Palace) in Chengdu City, there is a unique banquet on the golden and brilliant palace hall, the King of Shu Yang Xiu sits firmly on the upper seat in the middle of the hall, and frequently toasts to the Pingnan generals who are separated on the left side, and the civil officials and military generals of the Shu Wangfu who sit on the right side are also staggered to the generals sitting opposite, and the banquet atmosphere is warm, but there is always an indescribable strange atmosphere.

Yang Xiunian is about twenty-five or sixteen, his eyebrows are clear, but there is an indescribable arrogance between his eyebrows, when he laughs, a pair of big eyes will become a little triangular, which makes people look very uncomfortable, he is wearing a purple brocade robe at this time, wearing a purple gold crown, and is toasting to Shi Wansui, who is sitting on the left hand side: "General Shi, this time to pacify the Nanban, the road is far away, and I have to work hard for you, come, this king will toast you again." ”

Shi Wanzai is dressed all over today, with a large armor robe, and the gilded helmet with a tiger skin around is being placed on the futon next to the seat, listening to Yang Xiu's words, he also smiled, picked up the wine glass, and saluted: "Contributing to the country, the matter of duty, the front battle still needs to rely on the king to transport grain and grass in the rear, it should be the king's hard work." With that, he drank all the wine in the lord.

Wang Shichong, who also wore a fish-scale chain mail and a white robe, sat in a position next to Shi Wansui, today's banquet was carried out in strict accordance with the ancient rites, the seats were all the low couches of the Han Dynasty, everyone had to kneel on the couch, and there was a small number in front of each person, on which was placed a cow's head, a roasted whole sheep, and a roast suckling pig, plus two plates of side dishes, and in addition to these main dishes, there was also a bronze wine vat in front of each person. A beautiful maidservant sat beside her and kept pouring wine for the guests.

Today's wine is not the same as other places, it is the Mianzhu Shochu Spring Liquor that is a specialty of Shu, that is, the famous Jiannan Spring in later generations, the name of Jiannan is the administrative division of the land of Bashu in the Tang Dynasty in later generations, and it has not been popular in the Sui Dynasty, but the history of Mianzhu Shochu has been hundreds of years before this, and what Yang Xiu took out to entertain everyone today is also the most famous "Tianyi Laohao" ancient yellow mud shochu spring wine in Mianzhu and even the entire Shu region, poured into the bronze wine vat. But it's all the real kind of old altar wine sealed with yellow mud.

The water used for the brewing of Mianzhu roasted spring wine is all taken from the famous Chinese spring in the west of the city - Yufei Spring, which is made of sorghum, rice, glutinous rice, wheat and corn "five grains" as raw materials, and is produced in the fertile fields of western Sichuan. Draw the essence of the gods. Hundreds of years of winemaking secret techniques are tempered with precision, and the essence of five grains is gathered. Jade liquid waves. Aromatic and striking.

And Wang Shichong just drank a few jue, and also felt that this wine has an elegant aroma, mellow and harmonious, sweet and refreshing, a long aftertaste, and an elegant and unique style. The wine is plump and perfect, with a unique fragrance and elegance since ancient times, which is completely different from the wine I used to drink elsewhere. Honesty is a heavenly creation, a jade liquid, and a national color and fragrance.

It's just that Wang Shichong saw the pig, cow, and sheep banquet in front of him, and shook his head secretly,

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, there has been a saying that the Tai Prison Banquet, the so-called "Tai Prison" is the main livestock of pigs, cattle and sheep, which are sacrificed to the three main livestock, and generally only the emperor is qualified to eat the Tai Prison Banquet; The sacrifices of the candidates can only be made of pigs and sheep, without cattle, which is called "Shaojiao"; Ordinary officials and ordinary people could only eat the whole pig at such a banquet, which was called a "prison".

Wang Shichong secretly thought in his heart, today is the banquet set up by Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, for the generals of the south, and it is said that it should not be able to fight with the sacrificial eight poles, but this banquet is directly on the emperor's qualified prison, I don't know what Yang Xiu wants. Fortunately, there are no officials of the Ministry of Etiquette and the imperial history here, otherwise Yang Xiu can be impeached for transgressing the etiquette system just by virtue of today's dishes, and Shi Wansui is also a rough person, he doesn't understand these etiquette, so he sat down to drink wine and eat meat when he came, and he didn't even have a chance to persuade him, and now he can only enjoy it.

At this moment when Wang Shichong was thinking nonsense, Yang Xiu and Shi Wansui drank two more glasses of wine, at this time, it can be regarded as three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, and the stamina of soju wine is not small, some of the people present have a slight red face, Yang Xiu suddenly sighed and patted his thigh: "It's a pity that this time Gu didn't go to Ningzhou with General Shi to establish the immortal feat of Zhuge Wuhou, it's a pity." ”

Shi Wansui said with a smile: "The king doesn't have to be annoyed, the Nanban in Ningzhou is really just a clown who jumps off the beam, and there is no need to kill chickens with a knife, the king just sits in Shuzhong and listens to the good news of my army." ”

Wang Shichong also followed and said: "Yes, king, compared to those barbarians in Ningzhou, this land of Bashu is an important town in the southwest, and the imperial court is an important place, but there must be chaos here, with you sitting here, Shu has not had any chaos over the years, this is much more than the credit of the expedition to Ningzhou, this is the real immortal achievement." ”

Yang Xiu's face softened slightly, and he smiled: "I have heard for a long time that General Wang is resourceful, has conquered the south and the north, and has repeatedly performed miraculous feats. ”

Wang Shichong dared to refuse, hurriedly stood up, picked up the wine lord in front of him, drank it all, wiped his mouth after finishing it, and said with a smile: "The last general is just following the marshals to build some small credits, I really can't mention the chopsticks, the king can actually remember the last general, which really flatters the last general." ”

Yang Xiu smiled, pointed to a white-faced man in silk clothes who was in his thirties with a thin face and a shrewd face in the third place on the right, and said to Shi Wansui: "General Shi, this person's name is Wan Zhiguang, this king has followed this king since he was a child, he is a long-term follower, and he has also read some military books, and when the fangs in Shu were in rebellion, he also followed to quell several rebellions, and he still has some skills, this time my father ordered that I send 20,000 troops to Shu to assist the general's army to quell the rebellion, this king intends to let Zhiguang lead the troops to learn the art of war with the general, I don't know what General Shi wants?" ”

After Yang Xiu finished speaking, he glanced at Wan Zhiguang, who hurriedly stood up, walked out of the table, with a humble smile on his face, bowed deeply to Shi Wansui, held the wine glass in both hands, and said in a thin voice: "General Shi's tiger name is like thunder, Wan Mou will inherit the general's advice this time." ”

Shi Wansui looked Wan Zhiguang up and down, this person was thin and weak, it looked like a gust of wind could blow away, and he spoke in a sissy voice, no matter how he looked like a soldier, he suddenly felt disgusted in his heart, he put down his wine glass, and said in a deep voice: "I dare not take the word advice, may I ask General Wan, what is your position in the army now?" ”

Wan Zhiguang's face changed slightly, and he replied: "General Shi, Wan has always followed the king, and now he is only white and has no military position. ”

Shi Wansui's face sank suddenly, and he didn't pay attention to Wan Zhiguang, but turned to Yang Xiu: "King, may I ask what's going on?" Our dynasty has a military system, and those who are white are not allowed to serve in the army as generals, let alone lead an army, so you should not be unaware of this. ”

Yang Xiu's face also pulled down, put the wine glass on the case in front of him, splashed the wine, and said in a deep voice: "General Shi, everything can be flexible, the so-called generals are outside, the king's order is not affected, this king did not say that he wanted Wutong to lead the army, only said that he should follow General Shi's side and learn the art of war, isn't this okay?" ”

Shi Wansui said "oh": "But the general just heard the words of the king Chrysostom, it was to ask this Wan, Mr. Wan to lead the troops to follow the general, I don't know if the general heard it wrong." ”

Yang Xiu's face was red and white, he didn't expect this Shi Wansui to be so dogmatic, and his voice raised a little: "The person who leads the troops will naturally be the general of the imperial court, just now this king was drunk on a whim, maybe he didn't say it too strictly, does General Shi want to be more serious?" ”

Shi Wansui hurriedly got up and arched his hand and said: "Don't dare, I will lose my words, and I ask the king for forgiveness for the abruptness." ”

Yang Xiu gritted his teeth and said: "Since General Shi said that people who do not have a military position cannot lead troops, then this king will now be the king of Shu and the identity of Shangzhu State, and recruit Wan Zhiguang into the camp of my Shu Wangfu, grant the post of general of Kaifu, and take charge of 20,000 troops, and follow General Shi to the south, General Shi, are you satisfied this time?" (To be continued......)