The third year of Jian'an, a very peaceful year for Liu Xuan, passed in such a blur.

During this year, he didn't seem to have done much. He just went to the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, took the Qin Dynasty Dragon Qi and some materials that could be used to make magic weapons, and then visited the northwest counties along the Weishui River.

When he came back, he swallowed the ripe fruit of Diao Chan.

Calculating 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 during this year, but at the moment, major events in the world are happening one after another.

Sitting in the pavilion in the Xuanshi courtyard, looking at the sparsely falling snowflakes, Liu Xuan raised the hot tea at 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 for the Han nation? Liu Xuan didn't know. He only knew that under his rule

The Han Dynasty had not yet popularized tea, and even at this time, tea was not called tea.

Of course, this was no problem for Liu Xuan. With his status, he directly determined the name of the tea leaves and no one dared to say anything, let alone argue with the emperor over these things.

What's more important is that after the small-scale planting last year, many ministers in the court fell in love with this drink - they can't drink it all the time, and drinking water is bland and tasteless, so this tea is just right.

It's just that tea leaves still need to go through many processes after they are grown and matured. These processes are only known to those who specialize in growing tea for the emperor. Therefore, good tea is currently a luxury item in the court, except for Liu Xuan who can drink it casually.

, Zhu Wenwu, who only had a few tea leaves in his hands, used them to entertain guests.

They didn't know that Liu Xuan was planning to use tea as one of the main exports of the Han Dynasty in the future, and exchange the tea that could be continuously obtained by planting it for strategic materials from other countries. This was simply the most perfect deal, although now considering those

A little too far away.

Her eyes were a little vacant. When Diao Chan saw it, she thought Liu Xuan was worried about things in Yanzhou, so she gently held Liu Xuan's arm: "Your Majesty, don't worry, General Cao has to teach you the skills and practice them for several years."

They must not be weak, and the generals under his command are all good people, and with elite soldiers at their disposal, the yellow turban thieves will definitely be defeated by General Cao."

At this time, Diao Chan had confirmed her identity as a noble person and was a concubine who was officially canonized. The clothes she wore were naturally different from the original ones. Although they were not very gorgeous, the clothes she wore on her body naturally revealed a sense of nobility.

However, Liu Xuan knew that in addition to dressing up, it was also the Phoenix power in Diao Chan that began to show some characteristics after being stimulated by his Emperor's Dragon Qi.

Not only Diao Chan, Cai Yan also caught up with her cultivation after practicing hard for a while. Diao Chan was beside her to discuss things she didn't understand. Liu Xuan made love to Cai Yan every now and then, making her finally fall.

The part of her caught up with her, plus she was born into a wealthy family and has a good temperament. Now that she has the power of the Phoenix, she really looks like a mother to the world when she sits there. If someone comes in at this time, even if no one introduces them

, it can also be seen that Cai Yan is the current queen.

Liu Xuan stretched out his hand and gently stroked Diao Chan's long, watery hair: "It's not that I'm worried about things in Yanzhou, I'm just thinking about some trivial things."

Everything was good in the Han Dynasty, but some of the dressing habits were not in line with Liu Xuan's preferences, especially women who always had their heads tied up in a big ball. Liu Xuan didn't like it, so he asked Diao Chan and Cai Yan to let down their hair.

, just put a small bun on the back of the head, and then decorate it with hairpins and the like.

This change really made her look more pleasing to the eye, and these hairstyles became popular in the palace, and it is said that they have a tendency to spread outside the palace.

Liu Xuan was naturally very pleased with this - he was slowly influencing the whole world by himself, even if it was just trivial things, it was worth being proud of for a while.

"What's that?"

Diao Chan seemed to like Liu Xuan stroking her hair so gently, and the corners of her mouth turned up unconsciously. Normally, she would also squint her eyes, as if she was enjoying it. But not today, but instead

His big eyes were wide open, wanting to hear what Liu Xuan was curious about.

There is no need to worry about national justice, the rise and fall of the country, Diao Chan retains a trace of a child's mentality, and she will not hide her curiosity about these things, and simply asks them.

"I was just thinking, what should I do after regaining the country?"

If you talk to others about this question, you might think that Liu Xuan is too arrogant? You must know that the current situation of the imperial court is not that good. The area that he really controls is only two states, and he has less than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

There were only a few generals, and they actually thought about what would happen after the imperial court resumed its rule over this country.

For Diao Chan, this is not the case. She even feels that there is no suspense for the imperial court to restore the rule of this country, even if there are many princes outside and they are fighting each other, and even some powerful princes have more military power than

The imperial court was much stronger (on the surface).

But the longer you spend time with Liu Xuan, the more curious you become about how powerful Liu Xuan is?

During this time, Diao Chan's skills have improved dramatically due to her cooperation with Liu Xuan in training. If she were to fight with all her strength at this time, I am afraid that besides Liu Xuan, only Lu Bu would be able to fight her.

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

In fact, Liu Xuan's skills did not progress very quickly. The dragon energy he obtained from the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum was not completely refined by him in the end, because after he was able to cultivate the first golden dragon to a nearly mature state, he refined the remaining ones in one breath.

All dragon energy is invested in strengthening itself.

At this time, Liu Xuan's strength had increased several levels. If he faced Lu Bu now, he wouldn't even need to use dragon energy. He could fight Lu Bu and win with just his physical strength.

Even when he met Nan Hua, the old man would be punched to death by him if he wasn't careful. From this, it can be seen how far Liu Xuan's physical body has reached?

For now, Liu Xuan's physical strength has reached a limit. At least under the current circumstances, his physical body can no longer be improved - even if he reunifies the Han Dynasty and restores the powerful dragon energy of the heyday

, he will not be able to continue to increase the intensity of his body in a short period of time.

Want to improve further? I'm afraid he has to wait until he unifies the entire planet. At that time, he can use more advanced methods to temper his body.

But before that, all he had to do was improve his dragon energy cultivation.

Diao Chan didn't know this, but as her closest friend, she could still detect some changes. She could feel that Liu Xuan was stronger, but she didn't know how strong he was. After all, his cultivation level was

It's limited, but the vision is smart enough.

Fortunately, she didn't care about those things. After hearing Liu Xuan's words, she just responded casually: "Whatever your Majesty wants to do, just do it! Your Majesty is the lord of this world, so naturally you can do whatever you want."

Liu Xuan smiled: "Yes, Lord of the World, this is a good goal!"

Unifying the planet has long been part of his plan. What he said just now was just a casual remark. What he really meant was where should he start?

The most realistic scenario is to seize the northeastern part of the country and occupy the Korean Peninsula at the same time, and then cross the sea to occupy Japan. As for Australia, New Zealand, etc., it will not be easy to do for a while, but it is the so-called Nanyang area, because there are groups of islands.

, easier to reach.

"No matter what, the navy needs to be developed. As far as the current navigation technology is concerned, going to sea casually is almost equal to courting death. With such navigation conditions, even if it occupies other islands, it cannot truly form a rule."

After thinking about it, he smiled to himself: "Thinking too far. If you want to develop a navy, you must at least take back Qingzhou or Xuzhou first."

He looked at Diao Chan next to him and said, "When the country is unified, I will take you on a big boat."

"Big ship? How big is it?"

Diao Chan has always lived in the North. Not to mention the sea, there are few big rivers and lakes. The only big river she has ever seen is the Weishui River when she traveled with Liu Xuan. As for a boat? She has never been on one.

“Big!”

Liu Xuan couldn't tell how big it was now, and he didn't know how big a ship could be built at this time, but he thought he had designed (copied?) a ship for interstellar navigation, so it shouldn't be difficult to build a ship.

Although the current conditions are a bit worse, the demand is also much lower, and it's just a matter of crossing the sea.

"When the time comes to build a warship with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, let's see how those small indigenous sampans can withstand it?"

The sudden thought that popped up in his mind made him laugh. At this moment, Shi Daoren and Sima Yi, who had already entered the palace and started to take charge of the affairs of the Weapon Refining Department, came with Li Su to ask for an audience.

After calling a few people closer, Liu Xuan immediately noticed Shi Daoren's excited expression. On the other hand, the young Sima Yi was relatively calm, and then at Li Su's signal, he respectfully handed the two things in front of him.

An acquaintance of Liu Xuan's was the quiver he had mentioned earlier. Its function was exactly as he requested, but the appearance of this quiver was slightly different.

The other one seemed to be a copper square tripod, about a circle larger than a watermelon. Liu Xuan didn't know what this thing was for.

"What's this?"

Seeing Liu Xuan's inquiry, Sima Yi turned around and nodded to Shi Daoren, and then said respectfully: "This is something proposed by Xun Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, and he asked the Weapon Refining Department to try to make it, but now only this one has been made.

Sample, just ask Your Majesty to take a look at it."

"Um?"

Shi Daoren stepped forward, took out a piece of ore from his arms - Liu Xuan saw that it was a piece of copper ore - then threw it into the small cauldron, and then stretched out his hand to touch the copper cauldron. Liu Xuan immediately felt

There was a wave of mana.

Then I saw Shi Daoren put his hand into the cauldron. When he retracted his hand, he was holding a large handful of brand new copper coins in his palm.

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