"Haha, my father-in-law is finally here, but I have to wait so long." Yang Qing said as soon as he entered the living room and raised his hands to Pu Yuan.
Pu Yuan stood up from his seat, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "If it weren't for your insistence as a prefect, I would still be enjoying the blessings in Chengdu. Why would I have to travel thousands of miles to come to Hanzhong?"
"Haha, it's my blessing that my husband can come to Hanzhong. There are a lot of delicious food and wine here. I won't let you down."
Pu Yuan replied: "That's what you said Mingzhi. If I can't drink good wine, I won't let you go."
"Don't worry, Pu Gong. If Yang breaks his promise, he will personally pour tea for him to make amends." Yang Qing said, "By the way, has the matter in Chengdu been settled?"
Pu Yuan solemnly nodded his head: "This is natural, otherwise the Prime Minister would not let me come." He looked outside the door and said, "By the way, this time I will bring you someone when I go north to Hanzhong."
"Who is it?" Yang Qingqi asked.
Pu Yuan pointed to the door and said, "You'll know just by looking at the door." Yang Qing looked over after hearing this and found a woman walking into the hall with a tea tray. He took a closer look and said happily: "It turns out to be Mulan."
He patted his forehead and said with a wry smile, "It's my fault that I have so many official duties that I almost forgot that I said in my previous letter that Mulan would come with you."
Mulan put down the tea and bowed to Yang Qingfu: "Your Majesty."
Yang Qing smiled and said: "Mulan, you are here. Let other waiters do these tasks. It must be hard to travel for days. It is better to go and rest early today."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Mulan bowed Yingying, knowing that everyone had something serious to talk about, she immediately withdrew.
After recounting the old friendship, Yang Qing came back to his senses, pointed at Ma Jun and said, "By the way, Pu Gong, this is Mr. Ma Jun."
Since Ma Jun defected to Hanzhong, Yang Qing had mentioned Ma Jun's abilities in a letter to Pu Yuan, so Pu Yuan had long wanted to meet Ma Jun, his colleague. He had already discovered the middle-aged man behind Yang Qing and was guessing his identity. He did not expect that this man was Ma Jun.
"I have admired you for a long time!" Pu Yuan quickly bowed his hands in greeting.
Ma Jun also quickly returned the courtesy and said, "Jun, I've seen Pu Gong."
"Haha, two skilled craftsmen finally met today. What a great event." Yang Qing laughed heartily and was in a great mood. There was nothing happier than when something he had dreamed of came true.
"I'm going to stop standing here. Let's sit down and talk."
After everyone took their seats, Yang Qing saw that it was almost noon, so he called out to someone who was coming, and the waiter outside the door came in in response.
"You go to the kitchen and let them know and ask them to bring some good dishes."
"No." The waiter agreed and quickly went out to make arrangements.
"It's too late at noon. Let's hold a formal banquet in the evening to welcome Pu Gong." Yang Qing said to Pu Yuan apologetically.
Pu Yuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "You know I never care about these red tapes, as long as I have good wine."
"Haha, don't worry sir, good wine is definitely indispensable."
Yang Qing then said to Zhou Xing: "De Mao, go and get my two jars of Nanzheng juice later and let Mr. Pu Gong and De Heng have a taste."
"yes."
"Mingzhi, is this Nanzheng Liujiang?" Pu Yuan became interested when he heard the name of the wine and asked immediately.
Yang Qing replied: "This Nanzheng juice is the most famous wine in Nanzheng. It has a sweet taste and a mellow aroma. Not long ago, General Wei Yan saw that I was used to drinking this wine, so he had ten jars brought to me. Waiting After you taste it later, keep the dandelion if you like it."
Yang Qing had previously covered up Wei Yan's involvement in Cui Xiang's case and preserved his reputation, so Wei Yan specially sent ten altars of Nanzheng liquid to express his gratitude. Because of this, the relationship between the two became much harmonious.
When Pu Yuan heard that Nanzheng juice was so delicious, the wine bug in his stomach was immediately aroused. However, the food hadn't been delivered yet, so he couldn't rush people to serve wine immediately. He could only keep looking at the door, hoping that the food and wine would be delivered soon. superior.
Seeing the anxious look on the powerful craftsman's face, Yang Qing felt funny in his heart. He winked at Zhou Xing. Zhou Xing understood and immediately got up and went out to get some wine to drink.
"Mr. Deheng, you and Pu Gong are both rare and skilled craftsmen in the world. Now we can be together
What a rare blessing it is to be in one place. With the help of you two, the great man will have another big help in conquering the Central Plains! ” Before the food and wine were served, Yang Qing got down to business.
Ma Jun and Pu Yuan saw that Yang Qing had raised his role to such a high level that they didn't even dare to do it, but they felt that it was quite useful.
After all, Pu Yuan was an old man from the Shu Han Dynasty. He knew that Prime Minister Zhuge and Yang Qing had always valued the role of craftsmen. Ma Jun also knew that Yang Qing valued craftsmen very much these days. However, seeing Yang Qing value him so highly at this moment, he still felt in his heart. I was so moved that I felt more and more that coming to Hanzhong from the south was the right thing to do.
Yang Qing added: "It goes without saying that the two gentlemen are talented. One is good at forging swords and the other is good at machinery. Both of them will help the country strengthen its military. I hope that the two of you can communicate more and cooperate together in the future."
"Don't worry, Mr. Jun. Jun has admired Pu Gong for a long time and has long been interested in asking Pu Gong for advice." Ma Jun said, cupping his hands.
Pu Yuan understood what Yang Qing meant and said, "It's useless to say too much. I have many questions here and I want to ask Mr. Deheng for advice."
"Haha, that's very good, but Qing was overthinking it. I was afraid that the two gentlemen wouldn't be disturbed when they met for the first time."
Pu Yuandao: "We craftsmen don't have so many rules. As long as there are no problems with the craftsmanship, we can negotiate anything."
"That's right." Ma Jun also agreed with this statement.
Yang Qing smiled and said, "That's good."
"Master Fu, the food and wine are ready." At this time, Zhou Xing walked in with a wine jar in one hand.
"Okay, let's serve the food. Let's chat while we eat."
"yes."
After Zhou Xing put down the wine jar, he waved his hand, and the waiter outside the door brought the dishes one by one. Although the lunch dishes were simple, Zhou Xing specifically asked the chef to carefully prepare several Nanzheng dishes. Specialties and famous dishes are guaranteed to give Puyuan a try.
It's just that although the dishes are fragrant, in Pu Yuan's eyes they are far less attractive than the two jars of fine wine. As soon as the maid behind him filled the wine glass on the table, he couldn't wait any longer and immediately picked up the wine glass and took a big sip.
"Pandong, how does it taste? Did Qing lie to you?" Yang Qing saw this and smiled slightly.
Pu Yuan didn't seem to hear him. He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, smacked his mouth several times, and then replied: "Good wine, really good wine!" He raised the wine glass and told the maid: "Come on, come on. , fill it up again for someone.”
"Haha, sir, drink slowly. We have to drink this glass of wine together no matter what." Yang Qing said with a smile.
After all, this was the first time Ma Jun met and they were not familiar with each other. Pu Yuan also knew that etiquette should be like this, so he raised his glass and said, "Here, I will drink from this cup, please."
Yang Qing and the other three also raised their glasses and said, "Please."
With wine to add to the fun, the banquet soon became lively. Even Ma Jun, a stutterer, seemed to be able to speak much more smoothly after three glasses of wine. Everyone was drinking wine and eating delicious food, chatting happily and laughing constantly.
After they had had enough wine and food, the waiter removed the banquet and served fragrant tea, and the four of them talked about national affairs.
"Mr. Deheng, in the future our focus in Hanzhong will not be in Nanzheng but in Mianyang, so the important workshops will be set up over there in Mianyang."
Yang Qing had not told Ma Jun about this before. Until Pu Yuan came today, he felt that it was time to make a clear plan for Ma Jun's work focus.
Ma Jun thought it didn't matter, he could develop the equipment anywhere, so he handed over his hand and said, "How Junru arranges it, Junjiu will do it."
Yang Qing nodded and said: "Mr. Pu Gong, Deheng, next year Prime Minister Zhuge will be stationed in Hanzhong to teach military management by force. Therefore, in terms of equipment, our focus should be on weapons and offensive and defensive machinery. I hope that you two I understand."
These words were actually addressed to Ma Jun alone. Pu Yuan already knew the mission of coming to Hanzhong, so there was no need to dwell on it. Only Ma Jun had just arrived and was not familiar with the affairs of Hanzhong and even the entire Han Dynasty. Therefore, Yang Qing had not explained anything to him before and only asked him to improve the catapult first.
Only because Pu Yuan arrived in Hanzhong today, Yang Qing felt that it was time to give full play to the power of these two skilled craftsmen.
Pu Yuan expressed his position: "Don't worry Mingzhi, I will never miss something important."
Ma Jun also said: "Jun Huan, as I said before, the ruler of the government has his destiny, and he will not give up even if he is responsible for his humble position."
"Okay, with what you two said, Qing believes that the combat power of our Han army will be greatly improved." Yang Qing patted the table and thought about the grand event in the coming year, and his pride increased greatly.
