Yu He nodded, his mouth full of surprise.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Meng Tian and Zhang Liang hurriedly tasted it.

Meng Tian had a happy look on his face.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's grace, what the minister wants most every day on the Great Wall is to be able to eat a meal of food at home. But as soon as I ate this Zhong Ding Pavilion meal today, the food at home was simply unpalatable! ”

I laughed and teased: "Don't let your wife hear this, otherwise the next time you go back to Xianyang, I'm afraid you will only have to drink the northwest wind." ”

Several people burst out laughing.

Later, several people tasted several other dishes, and they were all full of praise.

Halfway through the meal, there was a sudden sound of string music outside. Meng Tian, who was close, opened the inner window and looked down, there were several graceful women dancing on the high platform in the hall, and the bells and drums were ringing next to her, attracting bursts of applause.

This upstairs private room was also renovated by thinking about it for a long time before I ordered Yinglan to renovate it.

The staircase to the second floor is divided into two sections, the first section is an overhead corridor, and the corridor has a staircase leading to the second floor at intervals, and each staircase corresponds to a room.

Not only does this provide privacy, but it also means that there is only one corridor in each room, so that people going to the next room don't have to go through any of the other rooms. Secondly, you can not only see the scenery outside the window in the room, but also see the singing and dancing in the lobby on the first floor, which meets the preferences of different people.

Meng Tian was fascinated for a while.

It wasn't until Li Si coughed lightly that Meng Tian came back to his senses, looking at Yu He frowning slightly, I looked at him with a smile on my face, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, a few adults have seen a smile, Meng Tian has been in the border for a long time, and it is rare to see this scenery......"

I don't blame him, it's understandable that men are human. In the north, where birds don't poop, in addition to cows and ewes, where are women to see, and even the war horses are mostly male......

"Haha, what's so embarrassing about this, I also like to look at some beautiful girls like flowers, pleasing to the eye. Men, who doesn't like that. ”

After saying that, I realized that Yu He was next to him, and he might really not like it......

Then he added: "These girls are from Taoge. ”

Everyone was immediately aware.

After I entered the Peach Pavilion by mistake, I asked Meng He to ask what the Peach Pavilion was for. According to historical records, brothels were first established by Guan Zhong, the famous prime minister of the Duke of Qi Huan, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

First, to meet the needs of single men and avoid harassment of good families; Second, to increase taxes, the tax of this industry is not low; the third is to send prostitutes to the enemy, and the soldiers are not bloody; It is said that there is a fourth, which is said to attract a large number of talents, but I don't know what kind of talents......

When Meng He came back, he told me that it was the official prostitute of Daqin, and that it was ordered by Yingzheng to be run by Ba Shi.

However, there is a special feature of Peach Pavilion, which is also the main reason why it has few guests, that is, most of them are women from the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms! It is even said that there is a former princess inside!

After I ascended the throne, I gradually learned that those people were either the culprits who charmed the princes and nobles and caused the destruction of the country and the family, or the wives and concubines and daughters of traitorous ministers and prime ministers.

Ying Zheng has a lot of opinions about these people, so they all become official prostitutes. As for those who normally sat well at home and were wiped out, they were all moved to the Xianyang Forbidden Garden.

Just imagine, a litter of remnants of the Six Kingdoms, or the kind of woman that Yingzheng hates very much, who dares to consume? Except for the occasional earthen bun from other places, I don't know the inside story and go to try it, but as long as I know who is in the peach pavilion, no one dares to step further.

Unfortunately, I've made that kind of bun too......

After learning the inside story, I realized that Yingzheng was enough of a chicken thief, so he not only asked Taoge to help him raise this group of people for free, but also put a big bait in Xianyang, where there are often plainclothes patrols by the forbidden army...... So I must have known that day I went, but I don't know why he didn't reprimand me.

Before the opening of Zhong Ming Pavilion, I asked Ying Lan to tell the people of Ba Shi that making full use of these people can not only increase the mood of Zhong Ming Pavilion, but also solve the problem of these people eating and not working.

Ba Shi was naturally happy, and the housekeeper in Xianyang City immediately picked a group of people to come over.

After listening to this, Li Si was a little worried: "Your Majesty, these people are all remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and I am afraid that someone will collude with them to cause trouble." ”

Yu He nodded in agreement.

I waved my hand: "It's okay, I have ordered a fully enclosed corridor to be built behind the house, leading directly to the Peach Pavilion." After these people finish performing on stage, someone will escort them back to Taoge through the corridor, and no one will be able to reach them. ”

Only then did the two of them relax their hearts.

Zhang Liang was there, just listening to us, occasionally eating something, and didn't open his mouth to participate in the discussion.

After a while, a few people had eaten almost enough, and the guy brought a few steamed buns, which attracted four people to watch it repeatedly, and they were amazed after tasting it.

Seeing that several people were full, I opened my mouth and asked Xiang Mengtian.

"General Meng, there were a lot of people in the court yesterday, and you said that the Xiongnu united with Beihu and Donghu to loot the border passes, I have some ideas."

Meng Tian came back to his senses, closed the window, and arched his hand: "Listen quietly." ”

"I have ordered Wu Jian to go to Liaoxi, but now that the main forces of the Xiongnu and Beihu are at the border pass, Wu Jian is afraid that he will be able to catch something, so he can't participate in the defense of the border pass, and my expectation of him is not defense."

"Back to Your Majesty, the Huns have plundered over the years, and this time they united Beihu and Donghu to go south, which was also expected by the minister, and there was no big problem in relying on the border army to defend."

I nodded, frowned, and said, "That's fine." It's just that I don't know when to let Wu Jian attack and attack Donghu? ”

Meng Tian thought for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, although there is a Beihu between Donghu and the Xiongnu, Beihu and the Xiongnu are not very good at dealing with each other. This is also one of the reasons why the Xiongnu did not cooperate with Er'er in Beihu in the 37th year of the first emperor, but chose to conspire with Titomur in Donghu across Er'er. ”

"Now the three of them are conspiring together, and they are jointly targeting Great Qin, if one side is exhausted or blocked, the other two parties can quickly come to the aid along the Great Wall. Therefore, the minister thought that General Wu Jian was not suitable to attack, and the best time would be in the early spring of next year. ”

I wondered, "Why is that?" They can cooperate in attacking Qin this autumn, and won't it be beneficial for them to plunder south next spring? If they still choose to conspire in the next spring, won't they never have a chance to attack. ”

Meng Tian smiled slightly and said confidently: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry. They can cooperate in the autumn, one is because my Great Qin is in the autumn harvest, and they have to store the grain for the winter by looting, and the other more important reason is that their pasture is also the time when the water and grass are abundant, and the cattle and sheep are fat, so they don't have to worry about the lack of food in the army, and the grain they grab can be taken out and divided among the three families. ”

In the spring, their goal changed, and they needed to solve the problem of running out of food after a winter. At that time, the food that was grabbed was the ration of the moment, and the urgency and consumption greatly increased. The things they robbed were only enough for their own use, and there was no surplus food at all, and they took out the food to share among the three families. Your Majesty, think about it, if there is no interest involved, how can they choose to cooperate? ”

"Hahaha, General Meng is also talented!" After listening to Meng Tian's words, I smiled and nodded. If I hadn't been at the border for a long time, how could I have such an understanding, if it were me, I would never have thought of this.

Not in his position, not in his politics, it is true!