The man smiled slightly, "It's the Oiran of Xiaoxiang Tower, Miss Baguio." Everyone moved, and an old man sighed: "If it were Miss Baguio, the prime minister would be satisfied!" ”

……

In a quiet courtyard in Xiaoxiang Building, a woman in a pink dress with inlaid yarn was sitting in front of the dresser in a daze at herself in the mirror. This woman has a slender and graceful figure, her hair is as soft and shiny as a waterfall, and her delicate face is thinly powdered, but she is very bright and moving, but there is some sadness and confusion between her eyebrows; Hao wears a delicate gold bracelet on his wrist, and the brilliance of gold sets off the woman's Hao wrist more crystal clear and white jade is moving. In the past few years, I don't know how many talented people have been amazed by her, and I don't know how many sons have been fascinated by her. This peerless beauty is none other than the head of Xiaoxiang Tower, Baguio.

A middle-aged woman came to the room excitedly and said with a smile on her face, "Miss Baguio! You're in luck! ……”

Baguio's eyes moved, and he smiled bitterly, "What good life can I have?" ”

The middle-aged woman hurriedly said: "An uncle came from Guanzhong today, and he threw ten thousand taels of gold to redeem the young lady!" ”

"Oh."

The woman said, "Dress up, that old man will be here in a moment." Baguio didn't respond, and the middle-aged woman went out in a hurry.

……

Zhang Lang stayed in Chengdu for a few days and then went south to Nanzhong.

Half a month later, the group came to the bank of Zhuti Mountain in Jianwei County, and Zhu Rong personally commanded 20,000 female soldiers to greet them. The team then continued southward, heading towards Dianchi Lake.

Dianchi City on the south bank of Dianchi Lake is now the core city of the entire Nanzhong, and it is also the place where Zhurong, the queen of Nanzhong, sits, and the goods and merchants of various tribes in Nanzhong are gathered in Dianchi City, in Dianchi City. Of course, Dianchi City can not be compared with the big city of the Central Plains, although it is a rare city in Nanzhong, but it is only 70,000 or 80,000 people, a considerable number of which are residents of various tribes in Nanzhong, and the Han people do not have an advantage here.

"Zhu Rong, I've worked hard for you this time." Zhang Lang and Zhu Rong walked together, and Zhang Lang smiled. Zhu Rong hugged his fists and said: "The subordinates are not hard!" The subordinates thank the general for his trust! ”

"Zhu Rong, how many soldiers do you have under your command now?" Zhang Lang asked.

Zhu Rong hugged his fists and said: "A total of 120,000 soldiers and horses." ”

"How's the training equipment going?"

Zhu Rong said gratefully: "The general asked Lord Fazheng to send tens of thousands of sets of armor and weapons, and the equipment is very good!" ”

"What about training?"

Zhu Rong sighed, "These soldiers under his command are all people of the mountains and wilderness, and it is difficult to understand the battle formation, and there has been no progress in the past few months!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled, "Take your time." This kind of thing can't be rushed. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Lang glanced at Zhu Rong and suddenly asked, "Has Meng Huo been honest lately?" ”

Zhu Rong hesitated for a moment and said, "Meng Yu is very honest. ”

"Really?"

Zhu Rong nodded, but did not look at Zhang Lang.

……

The team traveled day and night until they came to the outside of Dianchi City on the south bank of Dianchi Lake. Taishou Li Ji led all the subordinates out of the city to greet him. Li Ji, in his fifties, is thin and thin, looking a little wooden, the Taishou of Yizhou County, was originally an official who managed the barbarians in Nanzhong under Liu Zhang, and is still an official in charge of Nanzhong under Zhang Lang, this is a quite talented official. The jurisdiction of Yizhou County includes the vast area around Dianchi Lake and is the core of the management of Nanzhong affairs.

Zhang Lang placed a queen of Nanzhong in Nanzhong, and also placed a Taishou of Yizhou County, which seems to have overlapping powers, but in fact, they learn from each other's strengths. Zhu Rong, the queen of Nanzhong, is mainly in charge of the army, while Li Ji, the Taishou of Yizhou County, is mainly in charge of civil affairs, and often asks for Zhu Rong's help when it comes to ethnic issues.

Li Ji followed Zhang Lang and his party, and then entered Dianchi City.

Zhang Lang glanced at Dianchi City, the largest city in the south. The scale is not large, the buildings seem a little sparse, but the streets are very lively, people come and go, on both sides of the street are shops and hawkers, there are Han people among the vendors, there are also local Nanban people, pedestrians on the street, most of the clothes are very different from the Central Plains, most of them wear green cloth shirts that are very different from the Central Plains, with headscarves wrapped around their heads, and some women also carry baskets woven with bamboo strips on their backs.

Zhang Lang's group attracted the attention of a huge number of people, and people gathered to watch and discuss.

……

The group dismounted in front of the county guard's mansion, and Taishou Li Ji led everyone into the lobby.

Zhang Lang sat down at the top, Dong Ying stood on Zhang Lang's side with his sword, the guards spread the vigilance, and Zhu Rong and Li Ji led some important officials and generals in Nanzhong to meet Zhang Lang.

Zhang Lang smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite. ”

Everyone thanked them and stood in two columns, left and right.

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "Just now I saw that the merchants on the streets of Dianchi City gathered to live and work in peace and contentment, and I was very pleased. ”

Li Ji hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "This is all the work of holy virtue education!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled, "Don't kneel on me for all the credit, I'm thousands of miles away, even if I have the heart, I can't control the affairs here." It's all your work, you've worked hard! Everyone couldn't help but be a little excited.

Zhang Lang said to everyone: "I'm a little tired today, you all go back, and come back to the meeting tomorrow." Everyone hugged their fists and left the government one after another, only Li Ji, the Taishou of Yizhou County, stayed.

Zhang Lang stood up, walked up to Li Ji, and asked, "On the way here, Zhu Rong said to me, Meng Shu was very honest during this time, what do you think?" Li Ji thought for a while, hugged his fists and said: "During this time, Meng Huo really did not make any moves, Meng Huo's tribal cottages and the tribal cottages that were close to them were almost all in a state of retreat, and few people appeared in Dianchi City. The subordinates thought that nine times out of ten, Meng Huo didn't want to cause trouble and attract our attention! ”

Zhang Lang nodded.

Li Ji hugged his fists and said: "The general is tired from the journey, please rest early, the backyard has been vacated." Zhang Lang nodded and walked towards the backyard surrounded by everyone.

……

Zhu Rong left the Taishou Mansion and led dozens of female soldiers back to his mansion. Zhurong's mansion and governance office are in one place, not far from the Taishou Mansion, and the scale is comparable to the Taishou Mansion.

Before the group reached the gate, a female officer rode a horse and hurried towards them. When Zhu Rong saw her, he frowned and reined in his horse. The female officer galloped to Zhurong's horse, reined in the horse, made a chest salute, and reported: "Queen, King Meng Huo led 50,000 troops to Qinzang County. Qinzang County, a county seat more than 100 miles northwest of Dianchi City, has always been Meng Shu's sphere of influence.

Zhu Rong frowned, and scolded angrily: "I warned Meng Shu a long time ago, why didn't he listen!" ”

"Queen, do you want to report to the general?"

Zhu Rong thought for a while, "No need, let's solve this matter ourselves." You immediately ordered the army to the west of Dianchi Lake to assemble in Lianran City. The female officer answered, turned her horse's head and ran down. Lianran City, located in the northwest of Dianchi City sixty or seventy miles, just in the middle of Qinzang County and Dianchi City.