Since Bao Yuan personally ran to Fangcheng to find him for wine, Meng Zhong naturally did not dare to neglect, so he immediately set off for Fangcheng.

After all, he felt that with Bao Yuan's identity as a Korean Sima, it was impossible for him to come to him without any trouble. He must have something to discuss with him.

It is worth mentioning that when he went to Fangcheng this time, Qu Yuan also went with him because he told Meng Zhong sincerely: "I am also quite confused about Bao Yuan's personal visit to this area."

Meng Zhong guessed that the Doctor Qu was somewhat worried that Wei and Han were conspiring against Chu, so in order to show goodwill to the great sage, he agreed without hesitation. After all, this was just a matter of Qu Yuan's guess out of thin air.

Since Qu Yuan could not ride a horse, Meng Zhong found a carriage from Ye Yi and ordered one of his guards to drive the Doctor Qu. After that, the group set off for Fangcheng.

On the way, Qu Yuan was naturally inevitable to ask about the cavalry, and Meng Zhong answered it one by one.

Fangcheng is not far from Ye Yiben, and even if the road is blocked during this season, it will take only about half a day to go back and forth.

Around noon, Meng Zhong and Qu Yuan arrived in Fangcheng.

In Fangcheng, there are many generals under Meng Zhong, such as Meng Sui, Meng Hu, Hua Hu and Mu Wu, who are all in this city, responsible for patrolling around, training new soldiers, and re-planning the location of military farms.

Next year, after Duan Gan's promise to send 5,000 war horses to Meng Zhong arrived, Meng Zhong also planned to build a ranch nearby to facilitate the raising of some animals with strong breeding capabilities, such as chickens and rabbits, as the source of meat for the city army in the future.

Unfortunately, any war horse must be castrated and lose its ability to reproduce. Otherwise, the seriously injured war horses can be brought here in the future to reproduce some foals or something.

I remember that on the way to Fangcheng, Meng Zhong also told Qu Yuan about the local terrain from time to time, saying that it is suitable for building military camps and guard posts there. Although Qu Yuan was not very interested in these military affairs, he did not show any lack of interest. After all, he also understood that the reason why Meng Zhong told him this was that he hoped that both sides could trust each other more.

When he arrived at Fangcheng, Meng Zhong's brother Meng Min and others were outside the Xuyan city gate. He didn't bother to chat with Meng Zhong and immediately said: "The Korean Grand Sima has come to Fangcheng, and Asui has invited him to the county government in the city."

"Okay! I'm here for a brother."

After a while, the city gate opened and Meng Zhong led Qu Yuan straight into Fangcheng.

I remember that a while ago, Qu Yuan passed by Fangcheng. Due to the obstacles of patrol guards, he did not see the changes in Fangcheng with his own eyes. Until today, he only saw the changes in Fangchengcheng: he could sometimes encounter Wei soldiers wearing armor in the city, but ordinary people could not see any of them. This Fangcheng was like a huge military camp.

Maybe he noticed Qu Yuan looking at the city, Meng Zhong said with a smile: "It looks a bit deserted now, but when the army is formed in the future, it will be lively here."

lively?

That's right. According to Meng Zhong's idea, Fangcheng would have to station at least 30,000 soldiers, which did not include the soldiers responsible for doing chores. If these soldiers were allowed to bring their families to the city to live, Fangcheng would probably have exceeded 100,000 people in the future.

A city with a population of 100,000 is still a gap between Linzi and Handan, which has a population of tens of thousands, but it is also a very remarkable thing. After all, not every city can support an army of 30,000 to 50,000 troops in this world.

Looking at the Hedong (county) of the Wei State, dozens of cities and towns of all sizes can only support 100,000 Hedong Army, which shows that the consumption is huge.

Following the street to the county government in the city, Meng Zhong turned over and dismounted, took Qu Yuan and a group of guards, and strode into the mansion.

After walking only a dozen steps after entering the door, Meng Zhongbing heard Bao Yuan's laughter coming from the main hall of the county government's main house.

He quickly walked in and happened to see Bao Yuan and Meng Sui having a good chat.

It is worth mentioning that this time, Bao Yuan was not the only one who came to Fangcheng. There were two other people. Meng Zhong knew one, who was Gong Zhonggao, whom he met in South Korea some time ago. The other was a general wearing armor. He was dating that he was thirty years old, but Meng Zhong did not recognize him.

"Master-in-chief, Mr. Gong Zhong."

After entering the door, Meng Zhong smiled and bowed to the two of them. After all, these two can be called his old acquaintances in Korea.

"Haha, brother is here."

Turning back to see Meng Zhong, Bao Yuan immediately stood up from the table, clasped his fists and said, "Brother, Brother Yu is here to find me to have a drink."

From the side, Gong Zhonggao also stood up and smiled and said, "Meng Shishang, don't be fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bao Yuan corrected, "What is the coach Meng Shishuai? Now I should be called Fang Chengling..." As he said that, he smacked his lips, afraid that he didn't think Fang Chengling was a high-ranking official.

At least in Bao Yuan's opinion, Meng Zhong's appointment as Fang Cheng Ling is Qu Cai.

While Bao Yuan and Gong Zhonggao returned the gift to Meng Zhong, the general, who was obviously in his thirties, also stood up to salute Meng Zhong and introduced himself: "I'm going to Han Xiao and I'll be guarding Wancheng."

It turned out that this person was the Wancheng garrison who Meng Zhong decided to visit after the Spring Festival some time ago.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhong immediately replied, "When I was here, Meng Zhong, when I passed Wancheng a while ago, I wanted to visit the city guards, but I had important matters at that time, so I finally failed to pay my respects in person, and I would forgive my sins."

Wancheng Guard Han Xiao smiled slightly.

Of course he knew what Meng Zhong was busy with some time ago. After all, thousands of Chu people moved from Chu to Yeyi, and the Han generals in Wancheng were not blind, so how could they not see it? It was just that this was the matter of Yeyi in Wei State, and they did not interfere.

As for Han Xiao himself, he had no special opinion on Meng Zhong. He had not thought of coming to see the young Fang Chengling before, but Bao Yuan and Gong Zhonggao came to Wancheng and came to Fangcheng to meet Meng Zhong, so Han Xiao came with them.

That's all.

Just when Meng Zhong and Han Xiao greeted each other, Qu Yuan, who was one step slower than Meng Zhong, had just stepped into the house.

Hearing the movement, Gong Zhongqiu turned his head and looked at it, and was stunned.

You should know that since Gong Zhonggao was expelled from the position of prime minister, he has been an envoy and a disciple of his brother Gong Zhongmin, and sometimes he sent his brother to Qin and Han. Therefore, he certainly recognized Qu Yuan, the former left disciple who failed to preside over the reform in Chu.

"Doctor Qu?"

With a scream, Gong Zhonggao hurried forward to salute Qu Yuan.

Qu Yuan also recognized Gong Zhonglu, and bowed his hand and said, "Mr. Gong Zhong."

After the salute, Gong Zhonggao asked curiously: "Why is Doctor Qu here?"

"Just because of a misunderstanding."

Qu Yuan did not hide it, and quietly invaded Meng Zhong and abducted the Chu people, making him wary of Fang Cheng, so he came to investigate the matter. He said it out in full, and everyone present couldn't help laughing.

Thinking about it, Fang Cheng Order, who restrained the army's flags and sneaked into the State of Chu, used the land to abduct the people of Chu, and was sneaky and like a thief. Isn't this funny?

However, when they heard that Qu Yuan was exiled by Chu for the second time, everyone present still felt very sad.

Especially Gong Zhongqiu.

It has to be said that Gong Zhonggao and Qu Yuan are very similar. Both have the ability to be the prime minister of a country. The only difference is that Gong Zhonggao is unwilling to be used by King Han Jiu, while Qu Yuan wants to contribute to the country but is not used by King Xiong Heng of Chu. So that the two are obviously talented wise men, but now one is white and the other is guilty, which is really regrettable.

At this time, Meng then interrupted, "Everyone, I have ordered the soldiers to prepare the wine and food. Why not drink and chat while I am waiting? Ah Zhong."

Meng Zhong nodded and immediately ordered the soldiers to deliver wine and food.

When the food and food were served, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Qu Yuan, Bao Yuan, Gong Zhonggao and Han Xiao sat opposite each other in the hall, drinking while continuing the previous topic.

At the beginning, the topic seemed relatively relaxed, mainly focusing on Qu Yuan's exile by Chu State.

Gong Zhonggao was dissatisfied with King Han, and King Xiong Heng of Chu was definitely not a wise ruler. Therefore, he stood on Qu Yuan's side from the beginning, scolding Xiong Heng for being stupid and unable to recognize Mingzhu with his eyes, resulting in Zhongliang being exiled. Although Qu Yuan's face was calm, he was afraid that he would feel very happy.

Then, Bao Yuan began to take the opportunity to poach people: "Doctor Qu is a fool, but he was exiled. Instead of exiling to Jiangnan, it is better to join me, South Korea. I will definitely regard Doctor Qu as a guest of honor."

When Meng Zhong heard this, he was dissatisfied. He thought to himself that I finally convinced Qu Yuan to stay in my Yeyi. You, Bao Yuan, kept calling me brother, but poached people in front of me. What's the matter?

So he joked: "Master, your habit of poaching people everywhere is to change..."

After hearing this, Bao Yuan did not react for a moment until Qu Yuan politely rejected him: "I was treated well by Fangcheng's order and decided to stay in Yeyi for the time being. The kindness of the Grand Sima can only be disappointed."

Only then did Bao Yuan realize that the relationship was poached by his brother.

He quickly accused Meng Zhong of crimes: "Brother, forgive me, forgive me... I am fine, I am fine."

I have to say that it is actually not a fault for Bao Yuan. After all, who would have thought that Meng Zhong would leave such a great god like Qu Yuan in the small temple?

Now, Gong Zhonggao also showed a surprised expression on his face when he heard Qu Yuan's words, and then he felt thoughtful.

Seeing that Bao Yuan was punished to drink and apologize, Meng Zhong naturally would not hold on to him anymore. After all, he also understood Bao Yuan's suffering: Korea is too weak now and has no appearance of a king and domineering person, so that today's wise men gathered in Qin, Zhao, and Wei, and rarely defected to Korea.

Even if a wise man defects to South Korea, South Korea may not be able to keep it.

Just like the Xishou Gongsun Yan back then, he was framed by Tian Xu, an important official of Wei State, and fled to Han to become the Prime Minister of Han. But not long after, Gongsun Yan wanted to return to Wei State.

Did South Korea treat Gongsun Yan badly?

Of course not!

After all, it was because South Korea was too weak to realize Gongsun Yan's ambitions and could not allow him to display his skills.

Under such circumstances, as the Grand Sima of South Korea and an important official in the decision-making level, Bao Yuan naturally tried every means to attract more talents for South Korea. This was the case, from winning over Meng Zhong that day to inviting Qu Yuan today.

After drinking for three rounds, the topic of chatting among the crowd gradually changed from Qu Yuan to Meng Zhong.

Of course, it is naturally inevitable that Bao Yuan took the opportunity to eliminate Wei State, accusing Wei State of Qu Hui Meng Zhong, and sent the biggest hero of the Battle of Yique to Fangcheng.

And Meng Zhongfu smiled at this.

Of course he understood that Bao Yuan had not given up on winning over him to become an official in Korea.

Furthermore, although Fangcheng was poor and backward, he was defeated by almost no strong local nobles. In addition, the King of Wei allowed him to have an army of 50,000, so Meng Zhong felt that he could do a great job in Fangcheng, so he naturally ignored Baoyuan's discord.

Bao Yuan was testing Meng Zhong's attitude, feeling that Meng Zhong was quite satisfied with his current situation, so he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to alienate Meng Zhong and Wei.

As a result, the topic of the banquet gradually shifted to the current common threat of the two countries, namely the Qin State.

Bao Yuan told Meng Zhong: "A memorial sent news from Qin, saying that Qin began to raise food and grass in early October and gathered his troops. I wonder what other actions were going on."

Although he did not say it explicitly, almost everyone present could guess that Qin State raised food and grass and gathered troops, probably to attack Chu State.

After all, in recent years, Qin has taken turns to attack Wei, Han and Chu, and has defeated one country and surrendered, and then changed another country to continue attacking, and in one year or two, another offensive target.

It has to be said that after Self-Defense Yang implemented the "military merit system" in Qin, Qin became extremely aggressive and attacked the three kingdoms of Wei, Han and Chu in a row without stopping for a moment.

Such intensive wars shocked the Central Plains: Could such intensive wars not cause the Qin army to rise up and resist?

But the fact is that the Qin army still maintains a high level of morale and combat effectiveness, which is daunting.

At this time, Bao Yuan also expressed his purpose for this time. He wanted to know what Meng Zhong had about the "Qin State's attack on Chu State".

Although Qu Yuan was right next to him, Meng Zhong naturally would not abolish private affairs due to public affairs. He shook his head and said, "Unless the King of Wei has an order, our city will not interfere in this matter... I am now the general of Wei State and should consider the interests of Wei State."

This last sentence is obviously for Qu Yuan to hear.
To be continued...