The Deng family's mansion was also designed by Liu Yi himself, but it seems that he hasn't been here for many years.

When was the last time you saw Tang?

Ten years or more?

In my memory, Deng's appearance is still stuck in the time when Deng Ai married Guan Feng, when Guan Yu was still alive, but when he said goodbye, in front of him, he was already an old woman in her old age, the wrinkles on her forehead were already very deep, and her eye sockets were deep, and it was difficult to associate with the woman who still had the charm back then.

"Head of the house~"

The moment she saw Liu Yi, Deng, who was originally lying on the bed, seemed to have more energy suddenly, struggling to get up, and Guan Feng on the side hurriedly supported her.

"I haven't seen you for many years, sister-in-law, ......" Liu Yi sighed, stretched out his hand to hug Deng's, and for a while he didn't know what he felt in his heart, and shook his head and said: "It's still like this." ”

"If the concubine can see the head of the house again before leaving, she will be content." Deng tilted his head and carefully looked at Liu Yi's appearance, as if he wanted to remember him in his soul.

"Don't talk nonsense, there will be a long time in the future." Liu Yi shook his head, this is the second time he has said such a thing, after saying it last time, Huang Zhong is gone, and he hates saying this kind of thing now.

"The concubine has her own body, and she knows it." Deng shook his head, and his somewhat shriveled face showed a little regret: "There is a saying, the concubine has always wanted to ask the head of the family." ”

"Well, sister-in-law asked." Liu Yi nodded.

"If there was no Ai'er, would the head of the family take a concubine as a concubine?" Deng looked at Liu Yi fixedly.

Liu Yi's chest was blocked, and after being silent for a long time, he said, "Yes." ”

But if there was no Deng Ai, the two would not have much intersection, the young Deng was knowledgeable and considerate, and Liu Yi did not deny that there was a time when he really had similar thoughts, but he ...... After all, it didn't happen, and it's useless to say this now, even if they do it again, it is still impossible for the two to have any results, unless God can arrange for him to be before the Deng family marries his husband, the two will have to intersect.

"In the life of the concubine, the most important thing is Ai'er and the head of the family, although the head of the family did not accept me, but the concubine has always regarded herself as the family of the head of the family, and the head of the family is not strange." Deng said with a smile: "Now I am leaving, the etiquette is shameful, and the concubine body does not want to be guarded anymore, does the head of the family still remember the wooden figure carved for the concubine back then?" ”

Liu Yi nodded silently.

Deng took out the wooden figure from his arms, and it can be seen that it is often taken care of, it is a wooden figure carved by Liu Yi for Deng's at the beginning, and now I look at it again, the Deng family was really beautiful back then.

"The concubine has always been with me, and she has never left her body for half a moment." Deng Shi sighed, broke Liu Yi's palm with trembling hands, and put the wooden figure on it: "Leave it to the head of the family now, and it can be regarded as a thought." ”

Liu Yi solemnly took the wooden figure into his arms and said with a smile: "Later, I will carve a better one." ”

"That's enough." Deng shook his head, hesitated, and silently brought his body closer to Liu Yi's arms.

Liu Yi froze for a moment, but finally didn't push it away.

"Does the head of the family know how envious the concubine was when she saw the head of the family holding her wife like this?" Deng leaned on Liu Yi and said leisurely: "Counting up, the days with the head of the family are not long, but it may be the happiest time in the life of the concubine." ”

"Without my sister-in-law, the family has been in chaos for a long time, and Xiaohuan's sister-in-law knows that she can't afford a big deal." Liu Yi said with a smile.

"The concubine still wants to go back to her hometown to see, but unfortunately she can't walk, after the concubine leaves, can the head of the family hide the coffin of the concubine in her hometown?" Deng asked suddenly.

"Okay." Liu Yi nodded a little dotingly and said, "But I'm afraid I'll have to wait a long time that day." ”

"Not long after, the concubine's life is very bitter...... Really, sometimes, what women want is not wealth, but it's a pity ......" Deng leaned on Liu Yi's arms, closed his eyes, and never opened them again, looking very peaceful.

There was a cry in the house, Liu Yi silently put Deng's body away, patted Deng Ai's shoulder, and left, without going home or looking for friends, silently walked to the Tiangongfang and began to help Deng build a coffin, the last ...... It's really the last one.

In the tenth year of Yanxi (246 AD), for the Han Dynasty, it was in a stage of rapid development, but for Liu Yi, this year was not good, in July, Deng died, and in September, Zhao Yun also died at home, and the generals under Liu Bei in the past died in this year.

Liu Yi left Chang'an with Deng's coffin, which was his promise to this woman, and he would take her soul back to his hometown.

At the end of the tenth year of Yanxi, when Wei Fei brought the news of Wei Yue's death and was hidden in Jiuyuan, Liu Yi didn't know what his mood was at that time, and he had already begun to become numb.

The construction of the Yangtze River Bridge has never stopped, and after Liu Yi buried Deng's coffin in Nanyang, his life became busy, perhaps only in this way can he make his heart feel better.

The Yangtze River Bridge began to be built in the sixth year of Yanxi and was completed in the fifteenth year of Yanxi, which took nine years, but for Liu Yi, this speed is not bad, one year ahead of the expected ten years, and in this nine years, Liu Yi completed the laying of wooden rails in the Central Plains including Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou and Jiangdong, and in nine years, hundreds of academies were built in the states and counties of the Han Dynasty, and thirteen docks were built at the same time, three of which were docks specializing in the production of steam ships, and the others were basically the production of sea ships.

In the nine years of the Han Dynasty, the seafaring experience is constantly enriched, and now, it has basically taken shape, and the annual income from the docks adds up to nearly 10 billion, and at the same time, the Han also maintains a navy composed entirely of steam ships, Fuso, Sanhan and the Eastern Wu who retreated to Yizhou in these nine years, have successively presented letters to the Han Dynasty, which belongs to the subject countries of the Han Dynasty.

As for the technical support, Liu Yi has been holding on to it, and has returned to the dynasty several times to persuade Liu Chan that he can trade, but the shipbuilding, agriculture, and industrial technology of the Han Dynasty must be grasped in his own hands.

In the sixteenth year of Yanxi (252 AD), after finishing the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge and the infrastructure construction in the Central Plains, Liu Yi returned to the dynasty with his wife and prepared to go north to the Western Regions to put the Western Regions Railway plan, which had been prepared for more than ten years, on the agenda.

"Taifu!" Chang'an, Imperial Palace.

Liu Chan, who was forty-five years old, looked at Liu Yi and said with a wry smile: "Taifu is already in his prime, why bother?" There are still many important things in the court, and I want to discuss them with the Taifu. ”

"The world says that the minister is an undefeated commander, but in fact, in this life, the minister never thinks that the minister is a powerful general, and the minister's greatest ability is here." Liu Yi stretched out his hands, even if he was over seventy, but his hands were very well maintained: "The major events of the imperial court, assisted by Kong Ming, Shiyuan and Zhou Ping, have been talented in the court over the years, even if the old minister comes back, in fact, it is not beneficial to the world, it is better to consolidate the country for my Han." ”

"Or ...... Too Fu Xie for two years? Liu Chan said helplessly: "There is ...... in this treasury."

"Dahan should have paid a lot of taxes over the years, right?" Liu Yi looked at Liu Chan suspiciously.

"It's a lot." Liu Chan didn't know what to say: "There are treasures from various countries, pearls and agate, and precious things from various countries in the treasury, but ...... If Taifu asks for money, I'm afraid I will have to wait for some time, at least wait for this year's tax collection to come up, I don't lack anything now, that is, this has just ended the construction of various parts of the Central Plains, and I can't take out so much money at once, Taifu wants to open two more railways in the Western Regions this time, and not only to Chang'an, but also to Luoyang and even all the way to Yuyang, the budget I have seen, and now Dahan's iron ore and coal mines have been prepared for more than ten years, but there is no shortage of money, but only the money for hiring craftsmen is still almost. ”

"How much worse? The old minister also has some savings in his family, if it is not enough, he can discuss it with Kong Ming and them. Liu Yi looked at Liu Chan and asked, because this railway is very important in Liu Yi's plan, so he is ready to build it according to the level of the eighth level, which does cost money, but if this railway network is completed, it will be much easier for the local governance of Dahan.

"This ......" Liu Chan glanced at Liu Yi cautiously and said, "Two hundred billion ......"

"......" Liu Yi looked at Liu Chan, sure he wasn't teasing me? The total budget of the entire railway line is only more than 280 billion, so there is a shortage of 200 billion?

"Taifu!" Liu Chan took Liu Yi's hand and spit out bitter water: "Over the years, with the continuous laying of tracks in various parts of the Central Plains, the continuous construction of cities, and the construction of various water conservancy facilities, it has indeed made my Han richer and richer over the years, and taxes have increased year by year, but not to mention the maintenance of the army every year and the income for officials, most of the money has been reinvested in construction, and now this money is also squeezed out of the imperial court industries from all over the country after receiving the Taifu report, and by the end of this year, the income from the sea should be enough to make up for 100 billion, plus taxes from various places, At least let Taifu get to work. ”

After Liu Yi was silent for a long time, he saluted Liu Chan and said, "It's a minister who is a little anxious, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." ”

"It's too much!" Liu Chan hurriedly supported Liu Yi and shook his head and said: "Not to mention the last words of my father, this big man, if it weren't for the Taifu who has been running around for decades, how could he have today's scene?" In this palace, the four seasons are like spring, now don't say here, it is the Hetao, there are few people who have frozen to death over the years, I have checked the historical data, when I went to Dunhuang from Chang'an, it took a month to arrive at the earliest, but now, it doesn't take a month to go to Dawan from here, all the people in the world, including the hundred officials in the court, including me, can now live in Chang'an but can clearly grasp the affairs of the world, all of which are the work of the Taifu, I can accept everyone's guilt, but the Taifu and I ask for the guilt, I am ashamed. ”

Didn't Liu Chan ever be afraid of Liu Yi at all?

That's impossible, especially when Liu Yi destroyed Wei, the momentum can be said to have climbed to the top, and at that time, Liu Yi's influence, not to mention that the left and right sides of the court and the central government were intersecting with him, and most of the generals of the Han Dynasty at that time were taught by Liu Yi, and the father and son held the male soldiers, and Liu Yi at that time wanted to rebel, Liu Chan really couldn't stop it.

But after Liu Yi destroyed Wei, he quickly handed over the military power, without the slightest stay, and began to run around the country, building cities, building bridges and paving roads, for more than ten years, the time spent in Chang'an may not be less than a month, and there has never been a voice of Liu Yi in the local power, and Liu Yi himself, basically not at the construction site, or on the way to the construction site.

And after so many years, most of those veterans have passed away, and the new generals have little to do with Liu Yi, Liu Chan's status has become more and more stable, and that fear has naturally gradually disappeared, not to mention that Liu Yi is now in his old age, and it is not easy to do anything he wants.

Up to now, Liu Yi has almost faded out of the government and the opposition, although he has the name of Taifu, but he basically does not have the real power of Taifu, the only thing he grasps is also the Shaofu in various places, without this right, Liu Yi can't do things, such a courtier, for decades, it is difficult for Liu Chan to be suspicious, if you want to say that among the ministers in the court, who is Liu Chan is the most assured, it must be Liu Yi.

Of course, this is also related to some people's psychology, far away from the smell of the smell, far away, always feel good, close to the close, no matter how good you do, you will be inexplicably disgusted.

"Your Majesty is serious." Liu Yi shook his head and said: "Okay, the old minister will rest in Chang'an City for a while, and when the taxes come up this year, the minister will leave, and the old minister's grandson will also reach the age of marriage, if there is a suitable one, please ask Your Majesty to help come forward." ”

"Definitely." Liu Chan nodded with a smile and said, "When the time comes, I will personally officiate the marriage!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."