Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 246 Youzhou Palace, Zhuge Kongming (Please subscribe, please vote for the monthly ticket, please vote for the recommendation ticket!)
"Wow, this is huge!"

“And this one, it smells so good!”

In the busy streets of Youzhou City, Chi Meng looked at the dazzling array of food and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He was about to buy some, but when he touched his wallet, his face immediately fell.

There was no way, because she had a big appetite and loved to eat. Before she met Meng Fan, she had already spent most of the money.

Just when Chi Meng was feeling dejected, Meng Fan looked at her drooling expression and couldn't help but give Dian Wei a look, then took a bag of scattered small silver ingots from Dian Wei.

He threw it into Chi Meng's arms and said, "Take it!"

"Since you have accompanied me to Youzhou City, will I still give you food and drink?"

Chi Meng hugged the purse tightly and held it in front of her body, like a hen protecting her cubs. She glanced at Meng Fan and said, "We agreed that you gave it to me voluntarily. You don't need me to pay it back!"

"Hahaha!"

Meng Fan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I don't need your little money!"

Afterwards, Meng Fan chose to dismount and walk slowly. Looking at the bustling scene in Youzhou City, he couldn't help but sigh: "This is what it means to be in a peaceful and prosperous era!"

Chi Meng had already come to the snack shops and dessert shops on the street: "This, this, and this, pack them all for me!"

"You have a good eye, young lady. These jujube honey cakes and eight-treasure shortbreads are the best sellers in our store. How about you try our new milk-flavored nut shortbreads?"

The shopkeepers work hard to promote their products.

Youzhou is rich in resources, especially after Meng Fan occupied Youzhou, he brought a variety of advanced skills, the most obvious of which were the changes in food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Soon, Chi Meng's hands were filled with a mountain of paper bags, candied gourds, various snacks, grilled skewers, roasted chicken, dried fruits and candied fruits. It could be said that there was everything you could think of.

"Xiao Guoguo, please help me get some of this. There are so many delicious things here. I need to buy some more!"

Meng Fan looked at the mess in his hands and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He then asked the soldier following behind him to help share some of the burden.

Then he walked forward and said, "I'll have someone take you around Youzhou City later, but for now, why don't you come with me to a place first?"

Chi Meng's mouth was bulging, just like a hamster. He looked at Meng Fan with innocent and lively eyes and asked incoherently, "Where are you going?"

"Youzhou Palace!"

Chi Meng: “?!!”

.........

Arriving at the Youzhou Palace, what caught everyone's eyes was a majestic and spectacular city gate tower that was comparable to that of a prosperous city. It was soaring into the clouds and was magnificent.

The four large gold-plated characters "Youzhou Palace" on the plaque sparkled in the sun.

Two huge black stone lions stood guard in front of the magnificent Youzhou Palace, and hundreds of burly soldiers in golden armor and holding spears stood on both sides.

Seeing the solemn killing intent, Chi Meng couldn't help but frown. She grabbed Meng Fan's arm and said, "Xiao Guoguo, what are you doing here? They are so fierce!"

Meng Fan smiled and walked forward, and Chi Meng couldn't stop him.

When the guards saw Meng Fan's face clearly, they all knelt on one knee, bowed respectfully, and shouted, "Your Highness, welcome back to the palace!"

Chi Meng looked around quickly: "Which pot? Which pot are they talking about? Why can't I see it?"

"Be flat!"

Then, a voice came from behind Chi Meng, and she couldn't help but look back.

Meng Fan smiled playfully and said, "Chi Meng, returning to Youzhou means I am home!"

Chi Meng: “……?”

"Your Highness they are talking about, is it you?!"

Chi Meng was extremely surprised by this. He originally thought that Meng Fan was just a young master or the young master of some force.

But he didn't think about His Highness.

Meng Fan stood with his hands behind his back and nodded, pretending to be innocent: "Of course it's me. My Youzhou Xuanjia Army is my personal guard. Although it has been newly established, it is also well-known on the list of major forces. I thought you knew my identity."

Chi Meng said sadly: "I have only been in the Central Plains for a short time, who knows this?"

"I don't care. I've been sleeping in the open with you all this time. Seeing that you eat the same as everyone else, I didn't dare to eat too much. But now you're such a high-ranking official, you have to compensate me!"

"I want to eat it back!"

Seeing Chi Meng stuffing food into her mouth with an aggrieved look, Meng Fan patted her head and said, "Don't worry, the chef in my house is an excellent cook. There will be times when you can't eat anymore."

Meng Fan led a group of people towards the Youzhou Palace.

The construction of the Youzhou Palace began three months ago because the Da'anshan Palace built by Liu Rengong and his son was too extravagant.

So Meng Fan ordered the demolition of the Da'an Mountain Palace and sold it for money and grain, and used another ten thousand Ruhua divine machines to build the Youzhou Palace in just forty days.

Although it was built in a short period of time, it is extremely large in scale. It consists of five parts: the front yamen, the central palace, the backyard, the left garden, and the right garden. A lake was dug in the backyard to store water and raise thousands of koi.

The lake water flows through the left and right gardens, thus forming a river, converging in front of the gate arch bridge of the Youzhou Palace, and merging with the underground river to form running water, similar to a moat.

The entire palace combines the essence of ancient architecture with the exquisite craftsmanship of later generations. The top of the gate tower is covered with vermilion glazed tiles and has a double-eaved roof.

In order to facilitate government affairs, the entire Youzhou government office was also moved here and placed in the front yamen, which can be said to be a true integrated center.

After entering the Youzhou Palace, Chi Meng touched everything here and there, extremely curious, and exclaimed in admiration: "This place is so big!"

“It feels like a palace!”

Meng Fan smiled and said, "It's very big, right?"

"But we haven't reached the front yamen yet!"

Chi Meng's eyes widened: "What did you say?!"

The south gate of the Youzhou Palace is the main gate, which is of extremely high specifications, with a gatehouse, battlement towers, and east and west que towers. In addition to the royal guards stationed here, there are also officials from the palace and all the yamen runners of the Youzhou government.

Behind it is a martial arts field with a radius of several hundred meters. After walking through the martial arts field, you will reach the front yamen. It can be said that the Youzhou Palace is a small city.

Originally, Meng Fan didn't want to build such a big one, but he had to rely on the big boss Zhuge Liang, who insisted on building it according to the Feng Shui layout, and every scene in it was arranged according to his plan.

The overall layout is north-facing and south-facing. The northern pool houses thousands of dragon carps and black turtles. There is a mountain in the center that looks like a unicorn. The western animal garden houses tigers and other animals. The eastern garden has thousands of trees welcoming spring, and dense vines are like dragons. The front yamen is like a bird with wings spread, and the glazed tiles are vermilion. The purpose is to suppress fate and draw in the energy of the northern dragon vein, forming a situation where a dragon coils and a tiger crouches, holding wind and water, and looking majestically to the south.

Although it occupies a large area, the main material consumed is manpower. Other materials can be obtained from local sources, such as cement, etc.

With the magical machine Ruhua in hand, he doesn't even need to impose labor.

Moreover, the construction of the Youzhou Royal Palace has partially driven the development of Youzhou. After all, only when there is demand will there be trade, and only when there is trade will money flow.

From then on, Youzhou's commerce began to develop, and with the endless stream of specialty products and maritime trade, it attracted merchants from all over the world.

After just over a year of development, Youzhou City can now be said to have strong walls and smooth roads, and has initially achieved the goal of sharing wealth with the people and the country.

Chi Meng was arranged by Meng Fan to have a meal.

Afterwards, in the Central Palace, Meng Fan summoned Zhuge Liang. Now Bai Qi was leading the expedition to Bohai Kingdom, and Liu Bowen was the military advisor. At this time, Zhuge Liang was the only one left in Youzhou City to coordinate the overall situation.

Zhuge Liang bowed respectfully and said with a smile: "Your Highness, after hearing the news of the Khitan civil strife, I guessed that Your Highness would be back soon. Now I see that it is just as I expected!"

Meng Fan laughed and said, "Okay, I won't hide the reason for my return this time from you. I want to lead the army in person and take advantage of this opportunity to attack the Khitan in the north!"

Zhuge Liang said in embarrassment: "Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to support you, it's just that there is no one!"

Meng Fan ignored all this and said to himself: "I will also sweep Li Ting and break the backbone of the Khitan."

Zhuge Liang's mouth twitched: "No one!"

Meng Fan said again: "This time I will wipe out their lair and drive the Khitans to the Khitans and Uighurs!"

Zhuge Liang closed his eyes and said, "No one!"

Meng Fan said angrily: "Will you let me speak?"

Zhuge Liang spread his hands and said, "Your Highness, go ahead and say what you want to say. I'm not stopping you!"

Meng Fan said helplessly: "No one, no one, where is that person? Where is the army that was trained before?"

Zhuge Liang said aggrievedly: "Your Highness, we have to speak with conscience. You disliked the original Youzhou army because they were crooked and disbanded half of them, and then you streamlined the troops and only recruited from outside."

"It takes people to repair the city, it takes people to reclaim wasteland, it takes people to develop maritime trade. Youzhou is a cold and harsh place with few people."

"Although you have used the convenience of sea trade to buy... ahem, in the prefectures and counties in the south, and have shown mercy to the victims and invited them to Youzhou, but now we have only gathered a total of 150,000 troops."

"There are 50,000 soldiers stationed in various places. Don't move lightly. Bai Qi raised 90,000 soldiers to attack Bohai State, and only 10,000 were left to guard Youzhou. My Lord, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run a household. You don't know how few soldiers you have until you run a household!"

"Anyway, you want to attack Khitan, I only have two words: No one!"

Meng Fan couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard this. Youzhou's current weakness has actually been revealed, that is, the lack of foundation.

Although we have money and food, what is the most precious thing in this chaotic world?
People!

Meng Fan thought for a moment and said, "Daliang was destroyed some time ago, and many people were displaced by the war..."

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, I have already recruited those who can be recruited. Now those who are building the road are provided with two meals a day, one dry and one liquid, and they can eat meat every three days. Many people are scrambling to come!"

Meng Fan's face darkened when he heard this.

Originally, he thought that if he recruited these people, he could just fill in the gaps in the construction staff in Youzhou City.

As a result, Zhuge Liang had already calculated it.

Meng Fan was annoyed by Zhuge Liang's "no one" and felt overwhelmed. Finally, he sighed and said, "Okay, I will just take the soldiers and generals under my command. Is that okay?"

Zhuge Liang then smiled and said, "Your Highness, I think you should do this. Those heavenly soldiers and generals are divine weapons endowed with the concept of divinity. You should make the best use of them."

Meng Fan curled his lips and said, "Then tell me, what should I do with the territories I conquered? I can't leave them unattended, right?"

Zhuge Liang smiled cheekily and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. We knew you were coming back, and we have already prepared everything for you. The 30,000 garrison soldiers are not enough to attack the city, but they are more than enough to defend it."

Meng Fan nodded at Zhuge Liang with an angry smile and said, "You have made every possible plan, but Kong Ming, let me remind you that these soldiers will never grow up if they don't experience bloodshed on the battlefield."

Zhuge Liang also sighed and said, "Your Highness, I know all this, but these garrison soldiers have only been trained for a month. If they are asked to go to the battlefield, especially to fight against the brutal Khitan, even if they have the help of heavenly soldiers and generals and the situation is favorable, there will inevitably be casualties!"

"I, your humble servant, really cannot bear it..."

Meng Fan smiled and said, "Oh, you won't bear it?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "It is because of the evil deeds I committed in my previous life, using too much water and fire attacks, which harmed the harmony of nature, that I want to do my best to save some people's lives in this life."

Meng Fan looked at Zhuge Liang and said with understanding: "I remember that you died young in your previous life. In addition to the frequent divinations that revealed the secrets of heaven, it was also related to the large number of murders you caused."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "That's right!"

Afterwards, he looked at his feather fan lovingly and murmured to himself, "I promised her that I would live longer, but unfortunately in my last life, I was still... Alas, I failed her!"

"Not long after I died, she also died of this illness!"

Zhuge Kongming, who was second only to the emperor, still had a spirit in the world after his death, who was worshipped by the Zhuge family for generations. As a result, he witnessed the early death of his wife Huang Yueying.

A wisp of fragrant soul will go with you.

Only two spirits were left to accompany each other.

Unfortunately, over the years, Huang Yueying was not as strong as Zhuge Liang's spirit, and she could not withstand the ravages of time and disappeared.

Zhuge Liang became so compassionate, perhaps because of regret, or perhaps because of reminiscence, or perhaps for something else. His experience is really heartbreaking!

One of the most powerful sorcerers in the history of the aliens, in the end, he had to watch his wife's spirit dissipate and witnessed his wife's death twice. He didn't know whether his decision to leave Longzhong was right or wrong?
He was worthy of Shu Han, worthy of Liu Bei, and worthy of the people, but he was not worthy of her.

Meng Fan looked at Zhuge Liang's dejected expression and sighed, "After you finish your work in this world and your plan to replace the heaven with the heaven succeeds, the girl you love will come back!"

"That's what I promised before, isn't it?"

Zhuge Liang nodded.

The reason why Meng Fan was able to completely convince these talented people and make them willingly serve him was that in addition to the necessary means, he used both kindness and severity.

After all, everyone has something to worry about in life!

(End of this chapter)