Perhaps because of seeing their old friends, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei seem to be in a particularly good spirit today, and they have been babbling about some old things with Liu Yi, including the past when Liu Yi did not exist.

When people are old, they always like to recall the past, this kind of psychology, Liu Yi can probably understand some now, Liu Yi just listened quietly, occasionally asked a few words, and held it just right, trying to make them feel happy.

Until the evening, Guan Yu moved, leaned on the edge of the bed, closed his eyes, and seemed to have fallen asleep.

"Second brother is tired." Zhang Fei seemed to be aware of it, looked at Guan Yu's old face, and smiled: "Since the eldest brother left, I haven't been so happy for a long time." ”

"I'll be happier in the future." Liu Yi said with a smile.

"Hah, maybe." Zhang Fei took Liu Yi's hand and suddenly said, "Bo Yuan, I want your help with something." ”

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded, he didn't ask anything.

"When we die, you will build a temple for us, right?" Zhang Fei looked at Liu Yi and smiled.

"Don't talk about that." Liu Yi shook his head and said.

"People will always die, big brother will, you and I will too, I thought before, can you build a yin temple? The eldest brother is still the emperor, and those of us who follow the eldest brother to fight the world are all set up in the eldest brother's hands, after the death of people, if there is really a spirit, let us get together, and when the time comes, we will still fight the world together, how about it? ”

"It's like you came up with it." Liu Yi laughed, but tears fell uncontrollably.

"I promised you!" Looking at Zhang Fei's closed eyes with a smile, Liu Yi smiled.

Hua Tuo stepped forward, checked it, sighed, and saluted Liu Yi: "Sikong, the two generals ......"

"I know." Liu Yi nodded, closed his eyes, then wiped the corners of his eyes, and turned to look at everyone: "The future generations...... Are you ready? ”

"Not yet." Guan Xing and the others shook their heads.

"Coffins and mausoleums...... I'll build it. Liu Yi stood up and said, "Collect the corpse first, and the coffin can be built tonight." ”

Two old friends died, and Liu Yi was ready to build it himself.

"Thank you, uncle!" Guan Xing and Zhang Bao said sadly.

"Let's deal with it." Liu Yi stood up and walked out, and Deng Ai sent Liu Yi out of the general's mansion.

"Go get busy, the next few days will be very busy, don't accompany me." Liu Yi waved his hand and went straight to the Tiangong Workshop, the sky had already darkened, but Liu Yi didn't feel too sleepy, and went straight to build a coffin for the two.

Coffin: Embalm +69, Corpse Qi Accumulation +69, Yin Qi Convergence +69, Tomb Robbery Curse +69, Anling +69, Blessing Descendants +69

The next day, the morning sun was rising, but in the heavenly workshop, there seemed to be a little more gloomy.

Looking at the coffins with almost the same attributes and reaching the current full value, Liu Yi didn't have too much joy in his heart, even if Liu Bei died at the beginning, Liu Yi didn't have the lonely feeling he has now, probably when people reach his age, they will start to miss the old relationship.

Witnessing the death of two old friends, occasionally Liu Yi will feel ...... It seems that death is not far away.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as veterans of the two dynasties, famous generals of the world, and at the same time the uncle of the Son of Heaven, Liu Chan issued an edict to mourn the whole country and bury them with princely gifts.

Liu Yi also personally led people to build a mausoleum for the two, the area is naturally not as good as the imperial mausoleum, but the design is quite exquisite, and the statues of the two are deterred, and a large number of mechanisms are designed inside, he doesn't want anyone to disturb the resting place of the two old friends, even if he knows that this kind of thing will be cracked by future generations after thousands of years, and the best way is to simply bury it, so that no one will worry.

It's just that Liu Yi can't accept this result in his heart, the heroes of this era should always leave something for future generations to know, maybe they are not perfect, but they are the indelible existence of this era.

At the funeral, Liu Yi was very calm, the deceased was gone, and the living people still had their own things to do.

"Sikong is back this time, why don't you stay longer?" Liu Chan accompanied Liu Yi all the way to the outside of Chang'an City, and when he saw that Liu Yi was about to board the car, he suddenly asked.

"In this life, when you reach the age of a minister, you will feel that time flies quickly." Liu Yi saluted Liu Chan and said, "The minister wants to leave more things for future generations, and he doesn't want to waste his time." ”

Liu Chan nodded and said with a wry smile: "What Sikong said is extremely true, but when will Sikong come back?" ”

"The minister has reached an agreement with Yiwu, Yizhi, Yanqi and other five countries to lay the track, Wusun and Dawan merchants have opened trade last year, and the Guishan country further away has also begun to send merchants, and the day when the Western Regions enter the territory of our Han Dynasty, it is the time for the minister to return." Liu Yi thought for a while.

"Sikong ......" Liu Chan looked at Liu Yi, sighed, and saluted Liu Yi: "I hope that Sikong can return to the court as soon as possible, and I can't live without Sikong." ”

"Your Majesty is serious." Liu Yi stepped into the lane: "Don't pin this world on anyone, the country is strong, it should never be prospered by just one person, if Your Majesty can only see the merits of the old ministers, but put those craftsmen who stay in the Western Regions all year round for this reason, and those who can't return their homes, as well as those soldiers who defend the territory and open up the territory for my Han Dynasty?" They may be small, but they are not humble! Everything the ministers do is obtained by pooling the strength of the people, and only one minister will die, and he may not be able to build a city! The old minister retires! ”

Liu Chan watched Liu Yi's carriage gradually disappear, shook his head with a wry smile, accustomed to seeing the partisan dispute between the DPRK and China, Liu Yi's concept made him a little uncomfortable, and at the same time, he also understood why Liu Yi would rather be invaded by the cold and heat in the Western Regions than enjoy wealth and prosperity in the court.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" Huang Hao was a little puzzled by Liu Chan's intentions, and asked cautiously.

"You will never understand, it is a blessing for the big man to have Sikong to assist." Liu Chan shook his head, turned around and led his ministers towards Chang'an.

Sikong has his ideals, and it is time for him to fight for the Han.

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After Liu Yi returned to Juyan in May, he issued a conscription order, but the scope was the entire Western Regions, with the gradual recovery of the Silk Road in the past two years, many items from the Central Plains were brought to the Western Regions for sale, and the countries in the Western Regions were not peaceful, although there was no war, but the disputes between the countries because of the conflicts of interests have never been broken, as the actual ruler of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions, these disputes need to be reconciled here, the garrison of the Han in the Western Regions has begun to be a little stretched with the expansion of the commercial territory, Liu Yi returned to Chang'an this time, also asked for the right to conscript with Liu Chan's permission.

Liu Yi's conscription in the Western Regions this time is different from the past, as long as he is willing to fight for the Han Dynasty, he can obtain the Han household registration, regardless of race, he can enjoy the benefits of the Han soldiers, such as family members can move to the Han household registration together and obtain certain tax exemption rights, and the children of meritorious soldiers can obtain the qualification to learn the Han culture.

With Liu Yi taking root in Juyan, the welfare of the Han soldiers has gradually spread in the Western Regions, compared with the conscription system in this era, the various privileges of the Han soldiers have undoubtedly attracted many people, and in the past two years, they have joined the Han household registration through Juyan City, and the population of the countries that have joined the army is quite a lot, and even in the Han army in the Western Regions today, there are soldiers from Dawan and Wusun.

With the issuance of Liu Yi's conscription order, more and more people choose to settle down in Dahan and join the household registration of Dahan, just Juyan City, from the 8,000 population that Liu Yi took over at that time, to now it is close to 20,000, some of which are Han people who moved to stab, but more are traders from various countries who choose to settle here, which is why Liu Yi attaches so much importance to Juyan.

In the fifth year of Xingyuan, Dunhuang Academy was founded, and at the same time the track to Yiwu was established, in the same year, Yiwu chose to surrender, Yiwu City was changed to Yiwu County, Liu Yi moved the governance office to Yiwu, and the Han army in the Western Regions expanded to 50,000 in this year, which corresponded to the continuous weakening of the population and national strength of the surrounding countries.

Yiwu's attachment seems to be a signal, in the same year, Yizhi, Jinmancheng, Liuzhongcheng, Jiaohe City successively annexed, set up counties, east of the Tianshan Mountains, by Liu Yi played the Son of Heaven, set up in Yan County, but the governance is in Yiwu.

With the establishment of Juyan County, the states west of the Tianshan Mountains began to unite and abolish the five-baht coin, refuse to trade with the Han Dynasty, and even prohibit domestic traders from going west.

"The five-baht coin has already been circulated, and now refuse? It's not that easy. After Liu Yi got the news, he just smiled, the initiative of economic blockade has always been in the hands of the strong country, and the weak country carries out economic blockade against the strong country, and the relationship between supply and demand is reversed.

"Sikong, do you want to send troops?" Huang Rong said with a little excitement, in the past two years, he has been tempered by Liu Yi here, and the smug spirit in his body has disappeared, and now he is the commander of the guard army next to Liu Yi, but he is quite belligerent.

Liu Yi shook his head: "Let them make trouble on their own, I want to see if these small countries can survive this year and cut off all transactions with these countries." ”

The foundation of the Western Regions has been firmly established, and it is really better to fight an economic war with yourself at this time.

"In addition, in the future, the Han and all the countries that want to trade with the Han will only accept five baht coins regardless of whether they buy or sell, and no longer barter." Liu Yi put on his cloak and smiled.

In fact, with Liu Yi's large number of coins, the five-baht coin has gradually replaced the previous barter, but for a long time, there has been no provision that only five baht can be used for trading, and now it is the first time that the five-baht coin is officially stipulated as the transaction currency, which seems to be a bit redundant, but in fact, it is a complete regulation of the trading market in the Western Regions, because of the previous foreshadowing, it is also a matter of course to do this, and the resistance encountered is much smaller than that of this provision at the beginning.

"No war?" Huang Rong said with some disappointment.

"It's the New Year, don't keep thinking about fighting and killing, give you half a year off, and go back to meet your father." Liu Yi glared at him and said.

Jingzhou is thousands of miles away from here, and with half a year off, you can actually stay at home for a short time.

"Thank you, Sikong!"

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