Chapter 48: Baoding

After three years of Jian'an, a very peaceful year for Liu Xuan passed in such a blur.

In this year, he didn't seem to do much, nothing more than to go around the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, take the dragon qi of the Qin Dynasty and some materials that can be used to make magic weapons, and then go around the northwest counties along Weishui, and when he came back, he swallowed Diao Chan, a fruit that had been raised, into his stomach.

Calculate the time, this year is the fourth year of Jian'an, about 193 AD, he really can't remember what major events happened in history in this year, but now this world events are one after another.

Sitting in the gazebo in the courtyard of the Xuan Room, looking at the sparse snowflakes floating down, Liu Xuan lifted the hot tea in his hand and took a small sip.

Tea, this kind of thing was discovered by the Han people in ancient times, but it was first used for medicinal purposes rather than as a drink, when did it become an indispensable item of the Han nation, Liu Xuan didn't know, he only knew that the Han Dynasty under his rule had not popularized tea, and even at this time, tea was not called this tea.

Of course, this is nothing wrong with Liu Xuan, with his identity, no one dares to talk more about the name of the tea directly, not to mention that he can't compete with the emperor for these things.

What's more, after the small-scale planting last year, many ministers in the imperial court liked this drink and couldn't always drink alcohol, and the water was light and tasteless, but this tea was just right.

It's just that the tea still needs to go through a lot of processes after planting and maturing, and these processes are only known to this part of the people who specialize in helping the emperor plant tea, so the best tea is currently a luxury in the imperial court, except for Liu Xuan who can drink it casually, and only a few tea leaves in his hands are used to entertain guests.

They didn't know that Liu Xuan was going to use tea as one of the main exports of the Han Dynasty in the future, and to exchange the tea that could be obtained from planting for strategic materials from other countries, which was simply the most perfect deal, although it was a bit too far away to consider it now.

His eyes were a little empty, and when Diao Chan next to him saw it, he thought that Liu Xuan was worried about the affairs of Yanzhou, and gently grabbed Liu Xuan's arm: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, General Cao has been taught by His Majesty to practice the exercises for several years, and his skills will definitely not be weak, and the generals under his tent are all good people, and there are elite soldiers in hand, so the yellow turban thieves will definitely be defeated by General Cao." ”

At this time, Diao Chan has already determined the identity of the nobleman, and she is the officially canonized concubine, and the clothes on her body are naturally different from the original, although they are not much gorgeous, but when this dress is worn on her body, there is naturally a kind of nobility revealed.

Liu Xuan knew that in addition to dressing up, it was also the phoenix power on Diao Chan's body, and after his own Heavenly Son Dragon Qi stabbed Ji, he began to show some characteristics.

Not only Diao Chan, Cai Yan practiced for a while, Xiu Wei also caught up and Diao Chan was next to her to discuss what she didn't understand, Liu Xuan and Cai Yan were in love with each other, so that she finally caught up with the part that fell behind, plus she was already from a wealthy family, and her temperament was already good.

Now that there is the power of the phoenix, sitting there really has a motherly demeanor in the world, and someone comes in at this time, even if no one introduces it, it can be seen that Cai Yan is the current queen.

Liu Xuan stretched out his hand and stroked Diao Chan's long hair like water: "It's not that I'm worried about Yanzhou's affairs, but I'm thinking about some trivial things." ”

Everything in this Han Dynasty is good, but some of the habits of dressing up do not meet Liu Xuan's preferences, especially women, who always coil their heads into a big ball, Liu Xuan didn't like it, so he asked Diao Chan and Cai Yan to put their hair down, only a small bun on the back of their heads, and then decorate it with hairpins and the like.

This change is really much more pleasing to the eye, and these hairstyles are still popular in the palace, and it is said that there is a tendency to spread outside the palace.

In this regard, Liu Xuan was naturally very pleased, and with his own slowly influencing the whole world, even if it was just some trivial things, it was worth being comfortable for a while.

"What's that?"

Diao Chan seemed to like Liu Xuan so gently stroking her hair, the corners of her mouth unconsciously curved up, and she usually narrowed her eyes, as if she was enjoying it. But he didn't today, but stared at his big eyes, wanting to hear what Liu Xuan was curious about.

Don't worry about the national righteousness, the rise and fall of the country, Diao Chan retains a trace of childlike mentality, and she will not hide her curiosity about these things, so she asked very simply...

"I'm just thinking, what should I do after recovering the country?"

You must know that the situation in the imperial court today is not so good, and the place it really controls is only the land of two states, there are less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and there are only a few generals.

It's not the case for Diao Chan, she even thinks that there is no suspense at all for the imperial court to restore the rule of this country, even if there are many princes outside, fighting each other in the dark, and even some powerful princes have a much stronger military power than the imperial court (on the surface).

But as long as you get along with Liu Xuan, the more curious you will be about how powerful Liu Xuan is?

Diao Chan has made leaps and bounds in her skills because of her cooperation with Liu Xuan during this time, if she fights with others with all her strength at this time, I am afraid that except for Liu Xuan, only Lu Bu can fight with her.

But even if she is like this, she still has no power to fight back when facing Liu Xuan, and when she is impressed by Liu Xuan's strength, she will inevitably be curious: What level has Your Majesty reached?

In fact, Liu Xuan's skill did not progress quickly, and the dragon qi he obtained from the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum was not completely refined by him in the end, because after he cultivated the first golden dragon to a state close to maturity, he put the remaining dragon qi into strengthening himself in one go.

At this time, Liu Xuan's strength has increased by a few grades, and now if he is against Lu Bu, he doesn't even need to use dragon qi, he can fight with Lu Bu and win the battle with only his physical strength.

Even if he ran into Nanhua, if the old man was not careful, he would be beaten to death by his own punch, so it can be seen what level Liu Xuan's current physical body has reached?

At present, Liu Xuan's ** has reached a limit, at least in the current situation, his physical body can no longer be further improved - even if he reunifies the Han Dynasty and restores the powerful dragon qi of his heyday, he will not be able to continue to improve the strength of ** in a short period of time.

If you want to further improve, I'm afraid you will have to wait for him to unify the entire planet, and then he can use more advanced means to temper his body.

And before that, all he had to do was to improve his dragon qi cultivation.

Diao Chan didn't know this, but as the closest pillow person day and night, she could still detect some changes, and she could feel that Liu Xuan was stronger, but she didn't know how strong it was. After all, his cultivation is limited, and his vision is smart enough.

Fortunately, she didn't care about those things, and after hearing Liu Xuan's words at this time, she just responded casually: "Your Majesty can do whatever you want! Your Majesty is the lord of the world, so she can naturally do whatever he wants." ”

Liu Xuan smiled: "Yes, the lord of the world, this goal is not bad!"

Unification of the planet was already in his plan, and what he said just now was just a casual remark, what did he really mean where to start?

The most realistic situation is naturally to occupy the Korean Peninsula while seizing the northeast land, and then cross the sea to occupy Dongying, as for Australia, New Zealand and the like will not be easy to do for a while, but the so-called South Sea, because the islands are grouped, it is easier to reach.

"In any case, this navy has to be developed, and as far as the current navigation technology is concerned, going to sea casually is almost tantamount to seeking death, and such navigation conditions cannot really form a rule even if they occupy other islands. ”

After thinking about it, he smiled self-deprecatingly: "If you think far, if you want to develop the navy, you must at least take back Qingzhou or Xuzhou first." ”

looked at Diao Chan next to him: "When the country is unified in the future, I will take you to take a big boat." ”

"How big is the ship?"

Diao Chan has always lived in the north, don't say the sea, even the big rivers and lakes are rare, and the big rivers that I have really seen are the ones who traveled with Liu Xuan and looked at Weishui. As for the boat?

"Huge!"

Liu Xuan can't say how big it is now, and he doesn't know how big a ship he can build at this time, but he thinks that he once designed (copycat?) a ship for interstellar navigation, and it shouldn't be difficult to build a ship. Although the current conditions are a little worse, the demand is also much lower, but it is just a sea crossing.

"When the time comes, build a warship with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, and see how those natives' small cylinder plates can resist?"

The thought that suddenly popped up in his heart made him laugh, and at this time, Shi Daoren and Sima Yi, who had already entered the palace and began to preside over the affairs of the Refining Division, came with Li Su to ask for a meeting.

Calling a few people closer, Liu Xuan immediately noticed Shi Daoren's moving expression.

However, the young Sima Yi was quite calm, and then respectfully handed the two things in front of him under Li Su's instructions.

A Liu Xuan knew that it was the quiver he had said at the beginning, and the function was not bad at all as he required, but the appearance of this quiver was a little worse.

The other one seems to be a copper Fang Ding, about a circle bigger than a watermelon, what does this thing do Liu Xuan didn't know.

"What is this?"

Seeing Liu Xuan's inquiry, Sima Yi turned around and nodded to Shi Daoren, and then said respectfully: "This is a thing proposed by Xun Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, let the Refining Division try to make it, and now only such a sample has been made, just ask Your Majesty to see how it is." ”

"Huh?"

Shi Daoren stepped forward, then took out a piece of ore from his arms-Liu Xuan saw that it was a piece of copper ore-and threw it into the small ding, and then stretched out his hand to put a little on the copper tripod, Liu Xuan immediately felt a fluctuation of mana.

Later, I saw Shi Daoren reaching into the Ding, and when he retracted his hand again, he held a large handful of brand-new copper coins in his palm. (To be continued)