Chapter 384: The Journey
It can be said that this time Liu Bei first scared Sun Quan, and then fought such a big battle with Cao Cao in Nanyang, all of which paved the way for this form.
As a participant in this, Liu Yi naturally knows how important this form is, so along the way, Liu Yi has put a lot of thought into the design of the altar, he has referred to a lot of records of the previous altar, as well as the etiquette and specifications of the princes and kings from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the present.
This king of Hanzhong was beaten down by Liu Bei, forcing Cao Cao to seal and force the world to recognize, which can be said to be very strong, so at this ceremony, it is also necessary to show enough domineering.
Xiaohuan also gradually let go of the apprehension in her heart, these days Liu Yi is making drawings or models most of the time, and she has no time to pay attention to her, and the little girl's mood of gains and losses is also much soothed, at least she can communicate normally, and Liu Yi will make her think of those things with every look and action.
"Go and call Guan Ping." Liu Yi carefully studied the finished model for a while, then put it into a box and faced the small ring.
"Whoa!"
"Tinghou, are you looking for me?" Soon, Guan Ping came to the outside of the carriage and asked.
"Send this to Nanzheng, let them find a place to put it, the drawings and models of the altar are in it, let Wen Chang dig the foundation first, don't worry about the rest, I went to officially start construction." Liu Yi held the box and handed it to Guan Pingdao.
"Tinghou rest assured!" Guan Ping nodded, took the box, and arranged for someone to send it to Hanzhong quickly.
Regarding the preparations for the sacrifice, Hanzhong began to prepare as early as a month ago, but the matter of the altar was to be personally responsible for Liu Yi, and he didn't even choose a place, and now Liu Yi attached the location and the things that needed to be prepared in the box, these preparations actually didn't take too long, Liu Yi hoped that he would be able to start construction as soon as he arrived in Hanzhong, after all, there were still more than three months on the ninth day of September, but in fact, it was really not much.
The problem of design is solved, the next journey is a little boring, when there is nothing to do, you will feel that time passes very slowly, Liu Yi will occasionally open the car window, enjoy the scenery outside the window, now it is considered to have entered the Qinling Mountains, the eyes are green mountains and green waters, after a long time, you may be able to see some villages in some terrain that is not too steep, in general, from Zhuyang to Hanzhong in this thousand-mile journey, because of the terrain, the road is basically inaccessible, and it is not a strange thing to meet tigers on the road.
In addition to building roads, Liu Yi is not ready to develop other things, it is not easy to come, and secondly, it is not necessary, at present, the places opened up by human beings can fully accommodate the existing population, and resources or something can feed people, even if they want to open up new places to live, there is no need to run into the mountains.
In addition, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft water, such a large forest resource can completely use the commercial and Fangling areas as an important forest mining base in Nanyang.
"Head of the house, it's time to rest!" The carriage stopped in the middle of the mountain road, and Xiaohuan obediently brought a plate of washed fruit.
"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded, glanced at the little girl, and suddenly the little girl was nervous again, as if every time she rested, this girl would be very nervous, which made Liu Yi very speechless, and had the intention to tease her, but he was afraid that the little girl would take it seriously, before his wife mentioned this, he also thought about it, if he really wanted him to do something in-depth to a girl who was ten years younger than himself, he still couldn't do it, just appreciate it, besides, in terms of his own aesthetics, this kind of small jasper is actually not very easy to eat, and it is not just as simple as enjoying the other party's body, It is also a responsibility, for the wife is already less together and more separated, the husband and wife have suffered a lot of parting over the years, there is no need to harm one more.
Five hundred soldiers chose an open area to rest on the side of the road, this way, the most tired naturally could not be Liu Yi, who was in a car, he could clearly feel that the marching speed of the past few days was a little slower, and he was in a hurry, and there was no means of transportation, he would definitely be tired.
"Tinghou, we have passed the Shangyong, and we will be able to reach Hanzhong in about seven days." Guan Ping walked up and bowed to Liu Yi.
"There's still enough time, don't make everyone tired." Liu Yi nodded, looked at Guan Ping and said with a smile: "It's not a march to fight, so you don't have to rush so much." ”
Liu Yi has already calculated the time required for the construction of the altar, hiring ten masters, and hiring three hundred ordinary hired laborers left, if Hanzhong can be fully prepared, the altar can be completed in almost twenty days, mainly hollow, it is relatively easy to build, but I don't know what kind of attributes it will have.
For such a thing as an altar, Liu Yi is still building it for the first time, and he has no bottom in his heart about what kind of attributes will appear.
"Tinghou, when do you say this battle will be over?" Guan Ping sat next to Liu Yi and suddenly asked a very profound question.
"I can't say." Liu Yi thought for a while when he heard this: "Maybe thirty or fifty years, maybe longer, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future." ”
"Thirty or fifty years?" Guan Ping looked at Liu Yi, this time was beyond his imagination, would he be able to see that day in his lifetime?
"At present, the momentum of the three kingdoms has been achieved, and they will definitely contain each other, it is impossible for any one to face the other two at the same time, Cao Wei can't, we can't, Sun Quan can't, no matter which one declines, the other one will definitely stop it, the next contest, it depends on the development of the three, and if you go fast, you may be able to go to the end." Liu Yi said with a smile.
At present, the population of the world is withering, whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Bei or Sun Quan, now they have begun to pay attention to the internal comprehensive strength, the competition is no longer a simple military strength, economy, population, internal affairs, people's hearts, the competition between each other is no longer just a military competition, system innovation, talent training, all aspects have to compete, in fact, the current Three Kingdoms are more stable than the Three Kingdoms in history, because Liu Bei Group did not lose Jingzhou because of Guan Yu, but brought Nanyang into control.
Although this period in history is called the Three Kingdoms, but in fact, Shu and Wu only have the power of self-preservation, relying on geographical advantages, natural risks to compete with Cao Wei, now Liu Bei and Cao Wei are competing for power, Jiangdong also occupies the land of Huainan, the forces between the three are staggered, as long as Liu Bei's rear can be stabilized, and then send troops to capture the land of Yongliang, there is enough potential to compete with Cao Wei.
But if you want to end this Three Kingdoms chaos in a short time, no one can do it.
There is another reason, Liu Bei and Cao Cao are both old and may leave at any time, the replacement of the old and new regimes will be a turbulent period, what will happen, no one knows, Liu Yi estimates thirty or fifty years, it is still relatively optimistic.
"It's useless to think about this, do what we need to do now, as long as we can walk steadily step by step, when our army sends troops next time, it will be the day when the pattern of the world changes again, and when the time comes, maybe Cao Wei and the animals will have to join forces to fight against our army." patted Guan Ping's shoulder and smiled: "It's night, rest early, I have to hurry tomorrow." ”
"Whoa!" Guan Ping stood up with some preoccupation, obviously Liu Yi's words touched him a lot.
Liu Yi didn't know why Guan Ping was so concerned about this kind of thing, but the battle of the Three Kingdoms was indeed a protracted war, and now even as a traverser, the advantage of foresight is basically gone, and then it depends on who can grasp the opportunity that is fleeting in this troubled world.
Among them, the construction of intelligence agencies is the most important, whoever has fast intelligence, who can grasp the opportunity, at this point, in fact, Liu Bei and Sun Quan are lagging behind Cao Cao, Cao Cao's awareness in this area is undoubtedly leading, Cao Wei, the intelligence agencies have done quite perfectly.
There is no entertainment, even if there is, no one will go to play after a few days, Liu Yi returned to his tent early to prepare to rest, but saw Xiaohuan hesitantly holding a silk quilt in, looking at Liu Yi, his face was red, and he didn't dare to speak.
"What's wrong?" Liu Yi looked at Xiaohuan suspiciously: "It's so late?" Anything else? ”
"Husband...... Madame said...... Let Xiaohuan serve the head of the house to sleep. Xiaohuan hugged the silk quilt tightly, lowered his head, and made a sound like a mosquito.
"Okay, come over here?" Liu Yi smiled and patted the mat beside him.
"Huh~" Xiaohuan blushed and walked over slowly, but found that Liu Yi, who was still talking to her just now, had fallen asleep soundly, knelt beside Liu Yi, and gently pushed it, but there was no response.
Slightly relieved, Xiaohuan was a little speechless, the head of the family slept too well, right?
After thinking about it, Xiaohuan still stood up, bowed to Liu Yi, helped Liu Yi cover the silk quilt, and then turned to leave.
If it was at the beginning, Xiaohuan might not know, but now, for more than half a month along the way, Liu Yi has never even touched her, Xiaohuan can probably guess that Liu Yi doesn't want to force her, or can also see that he has other thoughts in his heart, for this, Xiaohuan can only silently send his gratitude, if there is a chance, he will definitely repay the kindness of the head of the family.
As for when Liu Yi saw it, Xiaohuan didn't know, and he didn't want to ask, but Liu Yi's attitude made Xiaohuan very grateful, after all, there are not too many people who can consider the feelings of the handmaid in these years and years, and can maintain the dignity of the handmaid in such a way, or there are no people at all.
Early the next morning, as if nothing had happened, Xiaohuan served Liu Yi to get up and wash up as usual...... In fact, nothing happened, but the communication between master and servant was no longer as stiff as before.
The team set off again, and after seven days of some boring journey, they could already see the outline of Nan Zheng, but it was not Wei Yan who greeted Liu Yi, but ...... Zhuge Liang!