The caravan to be traveled by the Quartet was what was later called the "Silk Road". To Chang'an, the nearest is to go north, but the north is Cao Cao's sphere of influence, although the Quartet has the order of the whole country to clear the customs documents, but when the heroes are divided today, no one takes the imperial court seriously, and this customs clearance document is only in name. If the caravan reaches Cao Cao's sphere of influence, it will inevitably be hindered by Cao Cao, and even if Cao Cao finds a random name, it is not impossible to take the caravan in one pot.

In order to avoid Cao Cao, the Chengjia caravan decided to set out from Xiangyang, enter Yizhou in the west, and then go north out of Jiameng Pass to Hanzhong. In this way, he bypassed Cao Cao's sphere of influence, entered the Hexi Corridor, and embarked on a journey to the Western Regions.

The caravan traveled for a short time, and when it arrived in Longzhong, Cheng Quartet said: "Today we will rest here first, and then we will hurry tomorrow." Everyone responded, found a vacant place outside Longzhong Village, and set up camp. Cheng Sifang has experienced a lot of things, and this time he was completely prepared for his departure, and even bought a tent, in order not to let everyone fall into danger again.

After setting up camp, it was still early, and it was convenient for Cheng Si to leave Zhou Chonghan and others behind, and entered the village with Zhuge Xu Feng, Xiao Zhihan, and Qing Xuan. However, I saw that the farmland in this Longzhong was extremely fertile, which was not inferior to Houwangzhai, and even if it was isolated from the world, it could be self-sufficient. Cheng Sifang came out of the back village, just one look, you know that Longzhong is very peaceful.

Cheng Sifang couldn't help but sigh: "I can't imagine that there is such a happy place in this troubled world." A farmer walked past Cheng Sifang, and when he heard Cheng Sifang sigh like this, he smiled and said, "This little brother is a foreigner, right?" Cheng Sifang hurriedly saluted the farmer and said, "Yes, I don't know which adult is in charge of this place." "To be able to govern Longzhong in such an orderly manner, the parents and officials here must be extremely capable people, and Cheng Quartet can't help but want to see each other.

The farmer said: "Hey, who is in charge of this chaotic army will pay attention to us ordinary people? These water conservancy projects were all taught to us by Mr. Wolong." The farmer pointed to the hill: "Mr. Wolong, he lives in Wollongong, if you are interested, go and look for him." ”

Cheng Sifang smiled and said to everyone: "Let's go, let's go visit Mr. Wolong." Zhuge Xu Feng and the others were also curious about this Mr. Wolong, and they also wanted to go. Just after walking a few steps, Cheng Siyi stopped, thought for a while, and said: "No, this person must be a master, a few of us went to meet like this, and it was rude." So he returned to the camp and called the people.

At this time, it was the season when watermelons were ripe, and Cheng Sifang also purchased a batch of watermelons in Xiangyang and prepared to sell them along the way, so he asked everyone to take a lot of watermelons and go to Wollongong to visit Mr. Wolong.

Everyone went to Wollongong, and when they went two miles, they saw a thatched house, elegant and natural, surrounded by water on all sides, backed by a hump, and even a feng shui treasure. On the left side of the thatched house, there is a melon orchard, the watermelons are ripe, and the watermelons in this garden are big, and the watermelons they brought are dwarfed by one of them, and the four sides touched the back of their heads: "This Mr. Wolong's watermelons are planted so well, but we still bring watermelons to embarrass people." So he shook his head and said to the people, "That's it, let's exchange some gifts and come back to see you." ”

Everyone was about to go down the mountain, the door of the thatched hut opened, and a boy came out, shouting, "Everyone, go slowly!" The boy said, "My husband said that since the guests are here, please come in and talk about it." Cheng Sifang looked at the watermelon in his hand, then looked at the watermelon in the melon garden, and said embarrassedly: "In this case, Cheng Sifang is bothered." ”

Cheng Sifang asked everyone to leave the watermelon outside the door of the thatched house, and when they entered the thatched house, they saw a young man holding a goose feather fan, sitting at the wooden table in the courtyard making tea, with a smile on his face. When Cheng Sifang saw it, he knew that this person was the owner of the thatched house, and he saluted and said, "Cheng Sifang meets Mr." ”

Everyone thought that "Mr. Wolong" must be pale and white-haired, but who knew that it was such a young person, and they all felt that it was too different from what they imagined. Mr. Wolong stood up, also bowed, and said, "Everyone has worked hard from afar, please sit down." There were so many stakes in the courtyard that they were cut into chairs, and they all sat down.

Mr. Wolong said: "In Xia Zhuge Liang, the word Kongming, I don't know who the guests are?" Cheng Sifang said: "My name is Cheng Sifang, and I am a businessman. Zhuge Liang laughed and said: "It turned out to be Boss Cheng." Zhuge Liang was not disgusted by Cheng Sifang's businessman, but was very curious about Cheng Sifang's birthplace: "Houwangzhai should be a small village hidden in Mount Tai east of Pei County, right?"

When everyone heard this, they were taken aback, although Cheng Sifang claimed that he came from Houwangzhai, but no one had heard of this place, and they all thought that Cheng Sifang was unwilling to report his birthplace, and he made up a small lie, and he didn't ask about it. But listening to what Zhuge Liang said, he not only knows this place, but also knows the location of Houwangzhai!

Xiao Zhihan said curiously: "Mr. Zhuge , do you know where Houwang Village is?" Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "I have only seen it in ancient books, and I have visited it in person, but I have not found this village." Saying that, Zhuge Liang saluted to Cheng Sifang and said: "It is really a great fortune in my life to be able to meet the boss of Houwang Village today, I am very curious about Houwang Village, and I hope that Boss Cheng will talk about the things in Houwang Village to satisfy my curiosity." ”

Since Cheng Sifang left, it was the first time he met someone who knew his hometown, and he immediately felt very cordial, and said: "It's very rare! ”

So, Cheng Si conveniently said the things about Houwangzhai, but it was all done at sunrise and sunset, except for being isolated from the world, there was nothing special. Everyone was originally full of curiosity about Houwangzhai, but after a bland and boring description, the truth was presented, but they felt extremely boring.

Zhuge Liang was very interested, and said: "It is rare for the people of Houwangzhai to be less than 100, but they can be self-sufficient. Cheng Sifang laughed and said: "Our tall, short, fat and thin four village chiefs are proficient in water conservancy and irrigation, and they have a lot of experience in farming, so they can be self-sufficient." Zhuge Liang smiled: "I see, those four elders are also very interesting, tall, short, fat and thin, haha!" Cheng Sifang smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, it is our juniors who blindly take it from the village chief, Gao Village Chief, Ai Village Chief, Pang Village Chief, and Wang Village Chief, we don't care whether Wang Village Chief is thin or not, we just connect, I am actually named Wang Cai, and I am the eldest son of the Wang family." ”

Speaking of this, everyone figured out the origin of Cheng Sifang, if it weren't for Zhuge Liang knowing that there was such a village, no one would believe the origin of Cheng Sifang.