Birth, old age, sickness and death, in this life, Liu Yi has experienced too much, Liu Bei died, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, this time Wangcai died, Liu Yi felt very uncomfortable, but his emotions did not fluctuate greatly, after all, for a dog, it is already a long life to live for thirty years.

In this snowy weather, Liu Yi built a shack under the castle and helped Wangcai build a tomb.

Although it was cold, Lu Lingqi had always been by Liu Yi's side, even after leaving the castle, the temperature dropped suddenly, and she was always by Liu Yi's side.

It wasn't until the tomb was built and Wangcai was buried that Lu Lingqi leaned next to Liu Yi and said, "Husband, don't be too sad, for Wangcai, it's actually very good." ”

"yes." Liu Yi touched the tombstone and said with a smile, "Wangcai has been with me for thirty years, and for him, our family may be his life." ”

Although he was smiling, there was a sense of vicissitudes in his eyes, Wangcai was still a puppy back then, and Liu Yi was just a small craftsman nesting in Wollongong, this time, thirty years have passed.

Liu Yi suddenly looked at Lu Lingqi and said, "Wait for this matter, Madame will accompany me back to Wollongong." ”

In this world, Liu Yi has always felt that he has no hometown, but at this moment, he suddenly had the idea of going back to Wollongong to see, after all, it has been more than 30 years, and I don't know how many people I knew back then are still alive? There are a few more who are still in Wollongong, which can be regarded as half of their hometown.

"Hmm." Lu Lingqi nodded lightly in response.

The snow in Dawan has been falling for several days, this is actually a good phenomenon, is it a good year, for the people, even if the days are a little hard, but at least there is hope.

The people of Dawan have now gradually settled down, for the rule of the Han people, they have begun to gradually accept, although the language of the two sides is not comprehensible, but the Han high-ranking official has indeed been running for everyone, and previously promised that the annual tax burden will be reduced by half, although many people do not think this is true, but there is some hope in their hearts.

Some people with flexible minds began to actively learn Chinese, because this may be the mainstream of Dawan in the future, Dawan has a special academy, there will be people there to teach and learn Chinese, but the teachers are not Han people, but Liu Yi specially selected Dawan people who can speak Chinese.

In the winter of the tenth year of the Xingyuan Dynasty, the Kangju people launched a tentative attack and were beheaded by Luthor with his troops.

In December, Kangju sent an envoy to rebuke and demand compensation, but Liu Yi ordered someone to behead and collect it and hang it in the most conspicuous place.

King Kangju was furious after learning the news, personally led his troops to attack, was defeated by Liu Yi on the bank of the Fu River, this time, Liu Yi showed a different ruthlessness from the past, 30,000 Kangju soldiers were killed by Liu Yi, King Kangju was captured alive, sent back to Chang'an, at the end of December, Liu Yi selected a Kangju nobleman who knew Chinese and was friendly to the Han as the king of Kangju.

At this point, the name of the Han Dynasty began to threaten Kangju, Guishan and other places, and the two countries did not dare to come to provoke again, and at the same time, the people gradually attached themselves to the land of Dawan.

Before the Great Wall was raised, Liu Yi built several small towns in Dawan for merchants from all over the world to rest, as the gateway to the west of the Han Dynasty, and also an important trading city, Liu Yi maintained an encouraging attitude towards commerce, but on the other hand, he paid special attention to commercial taxes.

In the spring of the eleventh year of Xingyuan (238 AD), this season is the rainy season of Dawan, which is particularly precious, Liu Yi recruited several old farmers from Dahan to exchange farming experience with the people of Dawan to improve the agricultural output of Dawan.

Manure, ditches, intensive farming, 300,000 people are by no means the limit that Dawan can bear, at the same time, the first batch of immigrants transferred from Xiliang were also sent, a large number of Han people came in, and when the two sides did not understand the language, there would naturally be a lot of contradictions.

As for Liu Yi, who is the highest official in Dawan, he is very idle during this time, of course, he is not really idle, but he rarely pays attention to military and political affairs, he has been improving the manufacture of steam engines during this time, and the water resources here in Dawan are relatively good compared to the Western Regions, and the most important thing is that a large number of iron ore, copper ore and rare metals have been discovered, and the steam engine has also decreased a lot of resource consumption under Liu Yi's continuous streamlining.

After years of research and continuous improvement of mechanics, the steam engine can now be used in various mineral deposits, which greatly improves the work efficiency and reduces the demand for manpower.

Steam engine power conversion +68, airtightness +69, wear -66, power transmission +61, efficiency +68

Looking at the equipment in front of him, which was more than one person tall, with the help of attributes, he finally barely met Liu Yi's airtightness requirements, and the heat energy conversion rate should be higher than that of the steam engine in the previous life.

"Sikong, this ......" Zhang Yuan looked at the steel monster in front of him with a look of horror, with a look of disbelief in his expression, although he knew that Liu Yi had been studying this machine that could provide dozens of times more manpower over the years, but when the steam engine really appeared and put into use, he was still shocked.

"It's time to make a train!" Liu Yi seriously flashed a look of excitement, although the steam engine does not represent the industrial age, but its appearance is definitely the benchmark of the industrial age, the future into the steam age will not be a dream, the first thing Liu Yi thought of is to make the steam train, from Dawan to Chang'an is too far, even if it is a rail car, it will take more than half a month, and the rail car carrying capacity is limited, if the steam train is made of the painting, most of the time can be reduced to two to three days, so that The Han Dynasty may not be able to see it when it enters the mechanized civilization, but in the next two or three hundred years, it will definitely be able to do it.

"Trains?" Zhang Yuan looked at Liu Yi puzzled.

"You'll understand." Liu Yi smiled, and did not explain, and looked at Zhang Yuan at the moment, "Inform the counties of the Western Zhou Dynasty to prepare manpower, and in the next three to five years, there will be a big project to do!" ”

The train may be important, but the more important thing is the track, in the absence of rubber, even if there are a lot of oil resources here, Liu Yi is also very good to get the car out, so in the next many years, the train will be a very important means of transportation, as for the rails, Liu Yi also thought that in the case of iron is still an important resource, it is impossible to completely eliminate people's coveting of it, so in addition to the law, in addition to the heavy punishment of those who steal the rails, its own protection also needs to be improved, Liu Yi is ready to build a corridor to increase the cost of crime for those who want to steal railroad tracks, from Dawan to Chang'an, a distance of nearly 7,000 miles, and the manufacture of railroad tracks alone is a terrifying amount.

It also has to pass through the entire Xizhou and some important cities in Xiliang, which at present, require a lot of manpower support, whether it is the construction of the track or the smelting of itself and the construction of the road, in which the consumption of cement and iron ore is absolutely calculated in 10,000 tons, of course, there is no ton in this year.

With the current mining speed of the Han Dynasty, the iron ore required alone may have to be mined by the entire Han Dynasty for two or three years, which is impossible for the imperial court to accept, so before building the track, Liu Yi first had to raise the iron ore output in various places, but he could build the Yongdao first.

"Whoa!" Zhang Yuan nodded, although he didn't know what Liu Yi was going to do, it must have something to do with this steel monster.

"Next, I will go to various places, the situation on Dawan's side has stabilized, it depends on the two of you." Liu Yi patted Zhang Yuan's shoulder and smiled.

"Whoa!" Zhang Yuan saluted.

Liu Yi didn't say much, and immediately took Lu Lingqi to pack up and set off, the first battle, first go to Khotan, where the mineral resources are abundant, and a steam engine is needed to develop minerals, and the second stop has to go to Shancheng, and then Yizhi, Dunhuang, Wuwei, Jincheng, Yunzhou (Hetao).

Liu Yi took Lu Lingqi and stepped on the rail car in a hurry.

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"Steam engine?" Chang'an, above the court, looking at the information sent by Da Wan, Liu Chan looked at the ministers with some confusion, "I remember that Sikong said this back then, and made a model, but what is this steam engine, can anyone know?" ”

The concept of the steam engine has a very mature concept in the Mo Academy, and now many people in the Shaofu are studying it, but for these ministers above the court, this is not clear.

"Back to Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang stood up and bowed down and said, "As early as the Jian'an period, Bo Yuan had proposed that water could be boiled through combustion, and the water vapor overflowing from the boiling water could be converted into mechanical power through the mechanism, so as to replace manpower. ”

"Sikong is done now?" Liu Chan said a little incredulously.

Although there are people studying this thing in academies all over the country, and even the steam engine has been written into the tenth volume of Tiangong Kaiwu, it is not difficult for people who are proficient in this aspect to understand in principle, the problem of force conduction and transformation, but for so many years, no one has been able to make it, Liu Chan has always thought that it was just a fantasy, but he didn't expect Liu Yi to do it.

"Now, it seems, it is." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, he himself likes to study these in his spare time, and has always been very interested in Liu Yi's concept, and even made a few simple steam mechanisms, which can be regarded as a kind of steam engine, but if this kind of thing is really put into practical use, Zhuge Liang has not been able to do it, and now that Liu Yi has made it, it will also represent that the Han Dynasty will enter a new era.

"It's really a blessing for me to have Sikong to assist!" Liu Chan sighed, "Spread the edict, the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Western Liang Prefecture will be sent by the Sikong, but if there is a need, it should be given priority to supply, and there must be no mistake." ”

"Your Majesty, Sikong also said in the book that tens of billions of dollars will be needed to support ...... in the early stage," Huang Hao on the side reminded carefully.

"......" The smile on Liu Chan's face gradually froze, and he said silently for a long time, "Come step by step, right now, the imperial court has everything except money." ”

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