I didn't sleep all night, and when I woke up the next morning, it was unexpectedly refreshing.

After saying goodbye to his wife, when Liu Yi came to the government office, Mi Zhu, Deng Ai, Pang De, Ma Dai and Mi Wei had already started to work, and they were busy during this time, even the generals were pulled by Liu Yi to fill the number.

"Where's Ming'er?" Liu Yi looked at the figure of his daughter, and said with some surprise, with so much work, there is no need to do it with a prodigy.

"Sikong, the little sister said that she has completed her share~" Deng Ai smiled bitterly, Liu Ming this girl was grown up by him, this mental arithmetic ability is really amazing, Deng Ai is also a smart person, but in this regard, he really can't catch up with this girl.

"Then add another one." Liu Yi picked up a dossier and came: "Someone brought her back for me." ”

"Whoa!" The guards outside the door agreed and sent someone to find Liu Ming.

"After a while, after the New Year's Pass, I'm going to go to Jiuyuan, but the projects in various places can't be stopped, and I'll go here for about a month, and the things here will be managed by Brother Zizhong on my behalf." Liu Yi looked at everyone and smiled.

"Don't worry, Bo Yuan, it's just a month, I can handle it." Mi Zhu nodded, the reward from the imperial court allowed Liu Yi to build a temple for his father-in-law, everyone naturally knows, Mi Zhu can't help but sigh a little in his heart, if Liu Yi appeared ten years earlier and became Lu Bu's son-in-law, what would the world become, I can't say, even now, with Liu Yi's son-in-law, Lu Bu's reputation may not be too bad in the future, maybe he can still go down in history.

"Bozhan." Liu Yi looked at Ma Dai and said: "The matter of Zhiyang, you are going with me to deal with it, I am not here during this time, you lead three thousand soldiers and horses to Zhiyang to station, and fully support Wei County's order, I will not pursue the matter last time, but if someone dares to stretch out his claws, he will chop his claws for me first!" ”

Speaking of the end, Liu Yi's face flashed a touch of murderous intention, before he sent the collected evidence back to Chang'an and let Zhuge Liang deal with it, this can be regarded as a mercy, it is conceivable that whether Zhuge Liang or the Son of Heaven may punish some people, but it is only to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and will not really move the core characters, this is Liu Yi to save their face, but if they don't know what to do, then Liu Yi will not be polite.

The clay people have three points of fire, not to mention Liu Yi today?

"Whoa!" Ma Dai intervened and received the general's order.

"Shizai is responsible for the planning of the farm, this Hetao, I plan to build another eight cities, the address has been chosen, you take someone to dig the foundation, the design drawings are there in the Tiangong Workshop, the location of the farms is selected and marked, and the people in the Tiangongfang will deal with the foundation." Liu Yi said with a smile.

Since his wife and children have come here, he is not in a hurry to go back, he is ready to stay here for a while, study and study the engine matter, and even if he is ready to have nothing to do with the imperial court, he will stay in this northwest region for a few more years, at least build a railway from Chang'an to Hetao.

Although iron ore is constantly discovered at present, but the backwardness of mining technology makes the development of iron ore not high, Liu Yi is now also struggling to study the application of steam engine in mining or the application of trains, at least today's iron ore production, is not enough to replace wooden rails with a large area of rails, and like Shuzhong area, wooden rails are no problem, but there are many problems with laying rails.

Wooden rails are relatively easy to lay and do not require much assistance, but a track that can carry heavy trains through cannot be supported by many plank roads now, and tunnels must be dug and it is not easy to have a steam engine.

In short, although the world is peaceful now, there are too many things to do for Liu Yi, of course, the most important thing is the issue of money, the two and a half billion that the imperial court allocated to itself one after another, and now because of the Hetao battlefield, plus the laying of the Xiliang wooden rail and the construction of the two capitals, it has been almost used, Liu Yi is thinking about how to talk to Liu Chan recently, and euphemistically proposed to Liu Chan the request for the imperial court to support some funds, but now the imperial court is in the matter of cutting down Wu, and the financial situation is tight. At this time, if you open your mouth to the imperial court and ask for another five billion, I am afraid that it will be a little unauthentic.

"Ling Ming." Liu Yi looked at Pang De and said: "You are now the general of the Huns, and now there are many Xianbei tribes on the side of Jilu Village, these tribes do not need to be strong, I am ready to open trade with them to attract more traders here, and you need to maintain the safety along the way." ”

"Rest assured." Pound said with a smile: "The last general will not let Sikong down." ”

Liu Yi nodded, he was still relieved of Pang De's ability.

Liu Yi looked at Mi Wei and said: "Previously, the Western Regions seemed to have some relationship with Cao Wei, but we didn't know much about the Western Regions, and now the imperial court is short of money, and many projects have been forced to stop. ”

Previously, when he was in southern Xinjiang, Liu Yi sent people to find a road to Shenzhi (ancient India), but there were some small roads to pass, but before the development of shipping, it was difficult to open trade.

The topography of China is very interesting, the grassland on the back, the mountains in the west and the surrounding Dajiao form a relatively closed vast area, in which it is easy to form a unified civilization, but such a terrain also limits the ability to expand externally, at least before the development of shipping to a mature stage, it can form a stable relationship with the outside world, and it is suitable for opening the road, only the Silk Road, so Liu Yi is ready to further strengthen and stabilize the Silk Road on the basis of the previous one, and even if the technology meets the standards, Incorporate the Western Regions into the Han Dynasty.

If the problem of trains can be solved in the next twenty years, and the countries of the Western Regions are willing to accept his help to build railways in various places, it may not be impossible to include the entire Western Regions in the territory of the Han Dynasty, which is a lot of financial resources, so Liu Yi decided to focus his energy on this side for a long time in the future, where there are large areas of resources that the Han side does not have, if civilization can form a kind of suppression...... Liu Yi is ready to produce glass beads in large quantities to sell!

"Whoa!" Mi Wei bowed down to receive the order when he heard this, this is a time-consuming plan, but there is no need to rush to leave immediately.

After the matter was arranged, Liu Yi continued to look through the file, this year is not very peaceful, Xiliang is especially so, there are many things to deal with every day, halfway through, Liu Yi suddenly looked at a bamboo slip and frowned, a few days before the letter, Jiang Wan sent a letter, the content is not much, but it is a little shocking, there is a rare place in Longxi, someone has been the emperor there for more than 30 years!

His name is Song Jian, when the Xiliang was in turmoil, he established the imperial court in Zaohan, and also set up officials such as the prime minister.

Later, Cao Cao won Guanzhong, but Liu Bei followed closely and occupied Hanzhong, Cao Liu Zhengfeng, and folded the generals Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, although he occupied Guanzhong, but Cao Wei's energy was more on the side of Hanzhong, and no one cared about this kind of remote and small place.

Until recently, when Liu Yi's track was paved to Longxi, he was stopped by this Song Jian, although Liu Yi was responsible for the track laying project, but in terms of safety maintenance, it has always been coordinated by Jiang Wan, before Liu Yi was busy dealing with the Huns and Xianbei, Jiang Wan did not report the matter, and now that Liu Yi's side is over, Jiang Wan will report the matter.

Theoretically, it was set up in the pre-Qin period, and after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, it was also regarded as the territory of the Han Dynasty, but after all, no one has paid attention to it for a long time, and Jiang Wan does not know whether this place should be defined as the territory of the Han family or counted as a friendly country.

"Huh~" Liu Yi didn't know how to express his feelings for a while.

"Sikong, what's the matter?" Deng Ai was a little curious.

"See for yourself, strange things happen every year." Liu Yi handed the bamboo slip to Deng Ai and said with some amusement.

A county also dares to stand on its own as the emperor, and the king is directly saved, I really don't know what Song Jian is thinking in his head, but the most ironic thing is that the world has been in turmoil for so long, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liubiao, Tao Qian, these princes have all died one by one, but this Song Jian has been nourished by the emperor for more than 30 years, which wants to let those princes know at the beginning, I don't know if they will feel wronged.

"Weigh...... Emperor!? When I looked at the bamboo slip, I suddenly became a little stammering.

The others were also stunned when they heard this, and it was not a trivial matter to be called the emperor.

Deng Ai handed the bamboo slip to others for circulation, but his eyes were looking at Liu Yi: "Sikong, this Caohan is the territory of my Han family, and this matter must not be connived up!" ”

"Not bad!" Mi Zhu also nodded, frowned, and said, "This person, deserve to be punished!" ”

Although in terms of influence, the land is barren and the population is not large, but in terms of nature, this is more serious than the division of the princes, and he will be called the emperor directly!

Whether it was Cao Pi or Liu Bei or Sun Quan at the beginning, who didn't try his best to be the emperor, but now someone has been the emperor for more than 30 years? Which will be recognized?

"Ling Ming ordered the troops, and sent two thousand soldiers and horses to follow me to this Caohan." Liu Yi nodded, I don't know if this matter is the same thing, but now that I know it, I can't ignore it, to put it mildly, there is another son of heaven on his own territory, is this still a country?

"Whoa!" Pang De nodded, a remote county town, it is indeed unlikely that there will be too many soldiers and horses, two thousand elite soldiers are enough, and any more is a waste of resources.

"Inform the suspension of rail cars along the way, we will pass first."

Liu Yi gave another order, this year is approaching, he doesn't want to waste time on the road, so he is ready to go directly with the rail car with soldiers and horses and supplies, as for the rest, after arriving in Longxi, it is not too late to make plans.

Everyone agreed, and they went to get busy, in short, Liu Yi regarded this matter as the last thing he did before the end of the year, and he rushed back immediately after finishing it.