After the Sword Pavilion, there are still three hundred miles away from Fucheng.

The next morning, it was still raining, but it was already a light rain. Liu Xie ordered the whole army to continue the march and strive to reach Fucheng before dark tomorrow night.

Through the study of rubber, the Han army has made a breakthrough in this area, not only manufacturing solid rubber tires, but also making raincoats made of rubber materials, so now the Han army on the march has raincoats.

This raincoat is many times better than the previous one, although it is not comparable to the modern plastic raincoat. But it made at least two major advances in that era: it was more effective at protecting against rain than the lily coat, and secondly, it was much, much lighter than the lily coat.

It's just that the rubber technology of the Han dynasty is not particularly mature, because rubber trees were only found in South America during this period, and even in Southeast Asia during the same period, rubber trees were not planted.

Bringing in rubber trees from South America is impossible in this day and age.

An alternative to the rubber tree came to mind: the fig tree. (Note 1)

So during the same period, the Han army was much more comfortable than other armies, and the same rubber technology was also top secret. The Liu Association sold finished rubber products to the princes at a high price, but the technology was absolutely forbidden to be taught.

Under the conditions at the time, it was impossible to figure out the technology even if it was a finished product.

During the march, Zhuge Liang accompanied Liu Xie's side, Liu Xie said: "You divided the world into three parts, and now you have also said it, now in addition to the Han family, there are two princes in the world who refuse to submit, one is Liu Zhang of Western Shu, and the other is Sun Ce of Eastern Wu." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "But the situation in this three-point world will end soon." ”

"Oh? Look at what you say. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Liu Zhang and Sun Ce are all going against the sky. Under the management and governance of His Majesty, my Han is rich in resources and popular among the people, and Liu Zhang and Sun Ce will be subdued sooner or later. ”

Liu Xie asked: "Then with the opinion of the military advisor, how long will it take to subdue them?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Weichen has made the most conservative estimate, and it will be subdued by the end of the year at most, and at that time, my Han will be truly unified." ”

Liu Xiexin said: The second systematic task is to unify the world at the age of 21, which is also the second ten-year task since his rebirth. If, as Zhuge Liang said, Liu Zhang and Sun Ce can be subdued this year, then he will complete the task two years ahead of schedule.

Once he completes the mission, he will have two years of free time.

And in the two years of free time, he can relax himself and have a good time to play.

Or use these two years to continue to develop the military and economy, and strive to make the entire Han strong to prepare for his third year of systematic tasks.

He had speculated many times about what this third system mission would be?

The Han world, the unification of Kyushu, in fact, is thirteen states, after all are unified, the next task, he feels that it will definitely not be as simple as governing the country, and nine times out of ten he will be asked to expand.

Judging by the first two system tasks, each system task is a ten-year period, the first task is to rise before the age of eleven, and he did it when he ascended the throne at the age of nine

The second task was to unify the world before the age of twenty-one, and he was now nineteen years old, with two years to go, but he was about to do it.

So the time limit of the third mission must also be ten years, then there will be a fourth, fifth, know the eighth mission.

Before he was reborn, the two mysterious men said that he had eighty years of life, and if the time limit for each mission was calculated in years, then he would have eight missions.

Rise, unify, expand...... Yes, it's definitely expansion, but where is it going? And there are still more than sixty years of mandates, and there are six more missions, probably six expansion missions.

Conquer neighboring countries? Expedition to the West? An expedition to the east to Fuso?

He expected to go on an expedition to the sea, so he ordered Zhang Liao to build a sea warship in Donghai County in case of emergency.

Liu Xie asked again: "Kong Ming, you said that you would be able to dominate the world by the end of this year, so I will ask you a question." ”

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Liu Xie said: "You and I are both nineteen years old, and we are still imaginary years old, you say nineteen years old, we will unify the world." So why don't we have fifty or sixty years to live? What about the remaining fifty or sixty years? Enjoying your old age? It's too early, right? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "I can govern the country and build my Han into a rich and powerful Han." ”

Liu Xie shook his head, "Governing the country can be carried out at any time, while I purge the remnants of the Yellow Turbans and pacify Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Yuan Shao, they are also governing the country, and they have never been abandoned because of the war." So governing the country is not a problem for us to face. ”

"Bright and dull, unable to imagine the problems of the future."

Liu Xie smiled and said: "You're not stupid, you just don't want to say it." I treat you like a confidant, but you don't want to have a heart to heart with me. ”

Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said: "In fact, Weichen's idea is not very mature, so he didn't dare to show off in front of His Majesty." ”

"It's okay for you to say it, it's okay for us to communicate with each other and learn from each other's strengths."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Zhuge Liang said, "the minister thinks that under Your Majesty's rule, our Han Dynasty has made great progress, and we must not be confined to the current situation after reunification." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Expansion," Zhuge Liang said only two words.

"Expansion?"

"Yes, expansion, Your Majesty, look," Zhuge Liang said and took out a piece of paper, on which a simple map of Kyushu was drawn, Zhuge Liang pointed to the picture to Liu Xie, and said: "You look at the surroundings, Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wusun, Tang Ming, Faqiang, Baicheng, Shanguo, Fuyu and other small forces, either loot the border people, or do not accept the king, must be subdued in order to ensure the long-term peace and stability of my Han Dynasty." Once everything is calmed down, the situation of our Han can be consolidated. ”

Liu Xie said: "The border is too long to conquer quickly." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "This is not difficult, didn't Your Majesty say that he was governing the country when he was fighting?" Your Majesty can ignore these small countries first and go on an expedition first. ”

"Expedition?"

"Yes, the expedition," Zhuge Liang said, "the east expedition to Fusang, the west to conquer Daqin." (Note 2)

"Kong Ming, is this your idea?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Zhuge Liang said, "Only in this way can we fight and live our ambitions, and Liangyuan swears to follow Your Majesty to the death, and fight in the east and west, without fear of hardship!" ”

Liu Xie groaned.

Zhuge Liang also said: "The eastern expedition to Fusang, the western expedition to Great Qin, according to the minister's view, it will take at least twenty years to succeed, during this period, His Majesty's princes have gradually grown up, and they can divide the feudal kings and fight everywhere." One of the most powerful Han dynasties at home and abroad! ”

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Note 1: The fig tree has been introduced by Persia in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and secondly, the fig tree can indeed refine rubber, but the quality is much worse than that of the real rubber tree.

Note 2: Great Qin: The name given to the Roman Empire in the Eastern Han Dynasty.