Chapter 2622: Moving mountains, what kind of mountains are they?
Many things cannot be accomplished by just one person.
Like moving mountains.
Even Yu Gong only exists in fables and legends. In reality, it is already very remarkable for a person to be able to carve out a mountain road. It basically requires a lifetime of life. As for wanting to move the entire mountain
…
And there are many mountains in Nanzhong.
It is obviously impossible for Zhuge Liang to move these mountains away alone.
If Zhuge Liang wants to move mountains, he needs people, helpers, and people to move mountains with him.
Or, let those "mountains" move away by themselves.
Zhuge Liang arrived at Nanzhong, met with the important surnames of various families, and then announced relevant matters and conveyed the message, "If you want to move mountains, let's come together."
At the same time, these big names in Nanzhong also knew that they would have to work hard if they followed Zhuge Liang.
Hard work, tiring work, even costing your life.
So, is it worth it?
Meng Huo was thinking about this problem. He was not good at thinking, but he also understood that there were advantages and difficulties in this matter. It was really difficult for him to grasp whether it had more advantages or more difficulties, so after the meeting, he found
Li Cuanli.
If you judge people by their appearance, you will suffer big losses. This is especially true when facing Cuan Li. If you think he is a barbarian, he may be rude and stupid. Well, he is actually a Han, shrewd and cunning. If you think he is a Han, well, he is
Like the barbarians, they only seek benefits and do not pay attention to etiquette.
The Cuan family and the Meng family had a good relationship with each other, so when Meng Huo found Cuan Li, he didn't show any pretense of politeness or pretend to be stupid. He just invited Meng Huo to sit down for dinner while frowning.
Discuss with brows.
"I'm afraid we can't just look at the superficial things about this matter..." Cuan Li said slowly.
Meng Huo took a sip of the syrup and said, "I think so too."
When talking about eating in Nanzhong, it seems that the music of Baigangan is played, or the corpses of various insects, large and small ants, etc. However, in fact, if you can eat serious food, how many people will like those things that look like that?
Not so serious about eating? Do you really think everything tastes like crispy chicken? You must know that the real great one is not Mr. Pei, but the anti-camera master who follows Mr. Pei.
South China is short of salt.
In order to allow the human body to absorb normal electrolytes, Nanzhong people chose acid.
Nanzhong suffers from dampness and heat. In order to remove dampness and detoxify, people in Nanzhong later became addicted to spicy food.
Therefore, the eating habits of a place cannot be chosen arbitrarily, just like the future direction of a family, it cannot be chosen arbitrarily.
Whether they are the Meng family, the Cuan family, or other surnames such as the Lu family, when they migrated from the Central Plains of China to Nanzhong, they basically carried the mark of a loser. Maybe they
They thought that they were natives of Nanzhong and local rulers, but in fact they were all losers in the early struggle for Chinese political power.
Just like the Yi people, some of them are actually the losers who competed with the Yan and Huang for their territory.
These Nanzhong surnames, under the pressure of surrender and death, chose the third way and fled.
So, what now?
"The Academy is a good thing, but there is nothing to learn from those scriptures. The main thing is the techniques, the farming equipment, the methods of digging mountains and digging..." Cuan Li said in a deep voice, "What can the scriptures be used for?"
?We want our children to go there, mainly to learn skills..."
"Yes, that's what I thought too." Meng Huo nodded, then grabbed a stick of dried meat and gnawed on it.
Cuan Li's eyes rested on Meng Huo for a moment, then he picked up a piece of dried meat and started chewing it without saying anything.
Most of the dried meat in Nanzhong is smoked rather than pickled.
Smoked with pine and cypress leaves, it tastes like pine and cypress...
The Cuan family and the Meng family had a good relationship, so Cuan Li also knew that Meng Huo had a bad habit, that is, when someone around him was using his brains for him, Meng Huo himself was reluctant to use his brains.
Just like that.
So sometimes, when you need Meng Huo to use his brain, or when you need Meng Huo to express something, you must make it clear. If you go around the corner with Meng Huo, you will often get yourself killed.
Cuan Li chose to speak directly. After chewing a piece of meat, he patted the crumbs on his hands and said, "I said, what do you think?"
Meng Huo then stopped eating, patted the crumbs on his hands, and smeared the stained oil on the table gum, "That Zhuge, well, it should be said that he was sent by Hussar, of course there are Hussar."
plan, we actually have no choice now..."
Cuan Li nodded and said, "That's true, continue, continue."
Unless there is a completely irreconcilable conflict of interest, most of the time, politics is not about life and death, but about mutual compromise.
In history, the Nanzhong Rebellion was probably inspired by Sun Quan. After all, Sun Quan also needed to consider his retreat when he was preparing to stab Guan Yu. What if he didn't stab Guan Yu to death? What if Guan Yu died, but Liu Bei still had to make a big move.
What about revenge? What if Lu Meng can't stop it? Then the Shu Han army marches eastward, and the rear Nanzhong rebels, which can give some conditions for both sides to ease.
Well, that's right, at that time Sun Quan valued Lu Meng, not Lu Xun.
Therefore, generally speaking, most people did not treat Nanzhong as a serious meal whether it was in the Eastern Han Dynasty or the Three Kingdoms period.
"Unless, unless..." Meng Huo touched his beard with a somewhat greasy hand, "Unless all the big names in Nanzhong unite, will they be qualified to negotiate terms with Hussar..."
When Meng Huo said this, he and Cuan Li looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.
wry smile.
"However, it seems that I can give it a try."
"Give it a try? What if..."
"Why don't you try it? If it doesn't work, then it won't work. What if it does?"
"Eh? Then, try it?"
The two immediately began to contact each other.
……(〒︿〒)……
On the other side, Zhuge Liang was smiling.
"Engage, you just let the people of Nanzhong know about the lord's strategy..." Faping said from the side, "Aren't you afraid that these people will unite...I heard that some people are starting to contact each other..."
Faping is Fazheng's younger brother, so he should be the son of Fazheng's uncle. He is slightly younger than Zhuge and has not yet formally entered the official service. This time, Fazheng recommended him to Zhuge and asked him to serve as a secretary under Zhuge.
Miscellaneous matters, accompanying and serving, and of course the most important thing is to learn from Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang did not refuse Fa Zheng's overtures.
Historically, Fazheng and Zhuge Liang were not CPs, and there was no difference between one good and one evil, one black and one white. In movies and TV shows, Fazheng and Zhuge Liang were made CPs, but it was just driven by interests. After all, who is following the show?
The screenwriter pleases whoever pleases him, just like an information cocoon.
Both of them have high emotional intelligence and pragmatism, but their methods of doing things are slightly different.
Fa Zheng must retaliate, sharp-tongued, and hurt his colleagues, but he did not dare to make too many mistakes in front of Zhuge Liang. Those who were bullied by Fa Zheng ran to Zhuge Liang to report, but Zhuge Liang, who always claimed to enforce the law impartially, did it for Fa Zheng.
What Zheng said was just to comfort the victims and did not indicate that there was anything wrong with Zheng's handling.
Generally speaking, Fa Zheng means not only doing things, but also saving face, and Zhuge Liang will take care of face a little bit after doing things. The two people have very different styles of behavior, but they can consciously avoid each other and get along peacefully. Liu Da'er held the left hand
One, holding one with his right hand, he was so happy that he couldn't even close his legs.
Think about it, if either party had Guan Yu's character, they would probably be fighting like fire and water, and the fight would be earth-shaking...
Of course, in history, Fazheng died early, and it is difficult to predict whether he will be like Li Yan in the future. However, after Zhuge Liang's defeat at Yiling, he lamented that "Fa Zheng is as filial as ever", which at least shows that Zhuge Liang failed to do many things to Fa Zheng.
Just as an enemy, Zhuge wouldn't say anything like "if the right side is still there" after all.
Therefore, in history, Zhuge Liang regarded Fa Zheng as an important colleague who could even save crisis situations.
At present, there is no competitive relationship between Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng.
After all, the current world is much larger than the Sichuan and Sichuan corners of history...
If the cake is big and enough to be eaten, there will naturally be no disputes. Unless you are a mentally retarded person who feels that even if you can't eat it, you won't allow others to eat it. Obviously, Zhuge Liang and Fazheng are not such people.
Moreover, Zhuge Liang also felt that among the people in Nanzhong, although there were dull people, there were also smart people.
At least he's not stupid.
The cooperation between the various ethnic groups in South Africa and China proposed by Faping is not completely impossible.
But first, there must be an indispensable prerequisite, which is to have a leader who is prestigious enough and can coordinate and balance the conflicts of interest among various tribes and surnames...
Or in other words, if Nanzhong wants to negotiate terms with Zhuge and Fei Qian behind Zhuge, he must first form an alliance and produce such a character.
"It doesn't matter...you can do something for me..." Zhuge Liang picked up the pen and wrote something slowly, then put down the pen, blew on the ink he had just written, and handed it to Faping, "Please come here."
Attending a banquet...』
"Meng's son?" Faping looked at the name on the invitation and was stunned for a moment. Then he seemed to have thought of something, "Do you want to be engaged in..."
Zhuge Liang smiled and waved his hand, "Go ahead and bring the chariot and horse flags."
Faping lowered his head and saluted, "Understood!"
……(o?▽?)o……
When Meng Huo received the invitation, he was confused.
Then when Meng Huo was still thinking about it with the invitation, Cuan Li got the news and lived nearby, so he rushed over immediately, "I heard that you were invited by Zhuge Zongzong? Why?"
"Why?" Meng Huo's eyes widened.
Cuan Li frowned and looked at Meng Huo, but Meng Huo still had his eyes wide open.
The two people looked at each other for a moment.
Cuan Li found a seat and sat down. He was silent for a while, then waved his hand and said, "I mean, why did Zhuge Zong invite you?"
"Yes, why do you think Zhuge invited me?" Meng Huo still stared at Cuan Li.
Cuan Li took a breath and was speechless.
"Say," Meng Huo flipped through the invitation, as if there was some secret hidden in the few words on it, "Should I... go, or not?"
Cuan Li said in a deep voice: "If it really comes down to me, you'd better not go."
Meng Huo snorted, and then said, "What if Zhuge Liang blames me for this?"
"Just say you fell, got split, or got sick, and find a reason anyway," Cuan Li stood up, "Unless Zhuge is engaged and invites other people to join him...otherwise..."
When Meng Huo saw Cuan Li walking out, he asked again: "Well, if Zhuge Cheng invites you, will you go?"
Cuan Li paused for a moment, "Those invited individually will not go. Those invited together, they will."
Meng Huo was stunned.
Cuan Li left, and not long after that, Lei Shi Lei Dong, who had received the news, came.
The Lei family is not very powerful, and like the Cuan family, they have close relations with the Yi people. Lei Dong seems to have a good name, but he is relatively short, a head shorter than Meng Huo. He found Meng Huo and asked about it.
The matter of invitations.
"Didn't Zhuge invite you?" Meng Huo looked at Lei Dong and asked.
Lei Dong smiled and said, "I'm from a small family. Zhuge wouldn't hire me if he wanted to do it...Brother Meng, if you have any chance, remember to support me..."
"What opportunity?" Meng Huo asked.
"Does that need to be said?" Lei Dong laughed and tried to look very friendly, "This is a great opportunity...Brother Meng, you are from a wealthy family, so you probably don't care much about this...I am just a small person, haha."
, whatever this big man misses from his fingers is enough for us to eat for a while... Tsk tsk, Brother Meng is so lucky... Ah, Brother Meng has a guest, so the younger brother said goodbye first. After saying goodbye, Brother Meng stayed.
, stay...』
In this way, people with other common surnames basically came to visit Meng Huo, either to inquire about information or to build relationships.
Then he left, leaving Meng Huo in a state of confusion.
Meng Huo wanted to tear down all the flowers around the house, and then use them one by one to determine whether he would go to the banquet or not.
If the time given by Zhuge Liang was tight, it would be difficult for Meng Huo to get in touch with the attitudes of other surnames in a short period of time, so he might just act based on Meng Huo's personal feelings and choose to attend the banquet or refuse.
On the other hand, if Zhuge Liang gives too long, then Meng Huo can report it to the Meng family, and then the family will give him an order...
But now, the time is just right, no more, no less.
what to do?
Meng Huo looked at the invitation with great pain.
It was like the invitation was not inviting him to a meal, but inviting him to behead his head.
The relationship between the Meng family and the Cuan family is very good. This can be seen from the fact that Meng Huo can go to the Cuan family to eat at will, and the Cuan family can come and go freely without a pass. However, the Meng family is still
The surname is Meng, and the surname Cuan is still Cuan.
Meng Huo and Cuan Li may be friends, but Meng Huo is also a member of the Meng clan.
He realized that if he went to the banquet, he might be in a lot of trouble, but just like Lei Dong said, he was also worried that if he didn't go, he would lose the "opportunity" to follow up on Meng's family.
Can Meng Huo really be able to resist this responsibility?
If Meng Huo is the clan leader, the most important talker, and the core of the Meng clan, then whatever decision Meng Huo makes, even if it is wrong, there is nothing to say, but Zhuge Liang was not taken seriously before, or not that seriously.
The consequences are now showing.
Meng Huo was originally just a microphone, but now...
The invitation on the table was like a heavy stone, weighing heavily on Meng Huo's heart.
"Zhuge Kongming..."
……?(;′Д｀?)……
The time specified on the invitation is approaching.
The banquet in the hall has been properly arranged, and the aroma of food and wine is filling the air.
Faping sat on Zhuge Liang's side, feeling slightly uneasy.
Zhuge Liang glanced at Faping slightly and said, "Whatever you want to say, just say it."
"Engagement, what if... what if the Meng family doesn't come?" Faping couldn't help but raised his hands and said.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "If I invite Lu Jiping, or any one of the Jiao family, or the Zheng family, then there is a real possibility that they will not come, but the Meng family... do you know the difference?"
"The Meng family...are not as smart as those three people?" Faping replied.
Zhuge Liang shook his head, "No."
Just as he was about to speak, some sounds came from the street outside the wall. Zhuge listened carefully and smiled slightly, "Listen...here he comes."
Meng Huo entered the courtyard very anxiously and met Zhuge Liang. Meng Huo was very afraid that Zhuge Liang would say something that would make him make a decision, but he also vaguely expected that Zhuge Liang would reveal some information.
This contradictory and uneasy mood made Meng Huo almost unable to eat.
The banquet was very good.
The dishes are very exquisite.
Cook Ding, who has been baptized in Chang'an and received the true inheritance of Fei Qian, can always process simple ingredients into shapes that ordinary people can't afford. Coupled with the reasonable use of spices, it can be said that the dishes at the banquet are all made before Meng Huo.
Delicious food I've never tasted before.
But Meng Huo's mind was not on the dishes. He was all focused on what Zhuge Liang said. He tried hard to write down every word Zhuge Liang said. But before he could figure out what the taste was, Zhuge Liang said softly.
It easily drew his attention in another direction.
Finally, Meng Huo ate food and drank wine. His stomach was full and his head was full.
Zhuge Liang seemed to have said a lot and barely made Meng Huo feel any discomfort. But those customs, the local customs, and the scenery of other places, are they really the focus of this banquet?
Having enough food and wine, and a full stomach will cause temporary ischemia in the brain.
Under such circumstances, Meng Huo still had to cheer up. After hearing that he had returned from Zhuge's banquet, people came to ask him one after another.
Repeated inquiries.
"What did you say?"
"Customs and customs."
"What have you been saying for so long?"
"Customs and customs."
"What did Zhuge say during the entire banquet?"
"It's really just about local customs and customs!"
"Brother Meng, it's pointless for you to be like this. With our friendship like this, can't we tell us what Zhuge Zheng said?"
Meng Huo almost went crazy, "What I told is the truth, it's really the customs of the country! Really! If there is a lie, it will be like thunder!"
After everyone heard this, they looked up at the sky one after another, and then left in dismay...
