The news of Dian Wei's death was sent to the palace early the next morning.

Liu Bei had just gotten up and was feeding fish in the West Garden.

Wang Zhi hurried to the West Garden and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Dian...General Dian Wei died of illness last night."

boom.

The fish food bowl in his hand was smashed down, and the fish food was scattered on the ground. Some of it splashed into the fish pond, and countless fish came to fight for it.

"Oh! Wei is dead..."

Liu Bei sat slumped on the chair,

His expression was sluggish, his eyes were sad, and his whole body seemed to have been drained of energy, and he was still unresponsive.

The same scene also appeared in the Duke's Mansion of Qin, the Duke of Wei, and the Duke of Qi.

and among several other princely mansions.

Especially the Lingyang Houfu where Jushou is located and the Xinchenghoufu where Tian Feng is located, there is a hint of crying.

Liu Guan, Zhang Chen,

Jushoudian Wei Taishi Ci,

They basically met each other in the first year of Zhongping. They are the most senior senior members of the Liu Bei Group and have the deepest feelings for each other.

Tian Feng has been partnering with Zhang Fei and Dian Wei all year round. Their years of comrade-in-arms friendship have made him and Dian Wei and Zhang Fei very close, and they have known each other for many years and have been old friends.

Tian Feng was actually the oldest. During the Battle of Guandu in history, he was already over fifty years old. He once scolded Yuan Shao with a cane.

Now he is nearly seventy. After pacifying Bingzhou, he has begun to live a life of retirement. He spends his days planting flowers and plants, or entertaining his children and grandchildren, taking care of himself and enjoying family happiness.

This morning,

Tian Feng got up early,

I went to the backyard with a cane to water the flowers and plants. There were many exotic flowers and plants in the backyard.

They are all valuable gifts given by the emperor from the Western Garden.

After watering the flowers and plants as usual, Tian Feng picked up the scissors and carefully began to prune the branches and leaves that had grown lush over the past few days, acting as a potted gardener.

At this moment, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion hurried in and whispered beside Tian Feng: "The head of the family, Marquis Cheng Wu... died of illness last night."

Click.

Tian Feng's hand shook and he accidentally cut off the main branch of his favorite orchid, leaving only half of the bare root.

"The head of the family..."

When the housekeeper saw Tian Feng just standing there, motionless, he stepped forward to inquire with concern.

After Tian Feng spoke for a while, tears silently slipped from the corners of his eyes, flowing down his old cheeks to his chin, staining his gray-black and white beard.

He waved his hands and said: "It doesn't matter, it's hard to go against God's will, God's will is hard to go against, go prepare the vehicle.

Go to Cheng Wuhou Mansion."

"yes."

The butler quietly retreated.

Tian Feng turned his head and staggered a little.

But he still walked to the bedroom unswervingly.

My old friend is gone,

He always has to dress up to give him a ride.

.......

.......

The seventeenth year of Zhang Wu was obviously a year full of sadness for the core members of the Liu Bei Group.

The shadow of Tai Shici's death at the beginning of the year is still not blurry in everyone's memory.

At the end of the year, Dian Wei passed away in his sleep again.

Liu Bei could only mourn Dian Wei with grief. The funeral was held for seven days, and the entire Chengwu Marquis Mansion was completely white.

After the funeral, he was buried in the cemetery of Mang Mountain in the north with the courtesy of a public minister for people to worship.

At the same time, Dian Wei's portraits and sculptures were also moved to the Taoyuan Hall and were ranked fifth in the Ancestral Temple. Taishi Ci was given the posthumous title of "Shunhou", and Dian Wei was given the posthumous title of "Zhonghou", so that their names would remain in history. Yongji.

This overflowing sadness lasted until after the New Year of Zhang Wu's 18th year, and then it eased.

Nowadays, the whole world is prosperous, the weather is smooth, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, at least I can take comfort in this.

At the beginning of the year, the Han Dynasty Prime Minister Chen Mu visited Guangzhou and Yangzhou in the south, and in the middle of the year he went to Hebei to inspect the situation of the steel plants.

Our country has been a big mineral country since ancient times, with no shortage of coal and iron ore. Especially in the Han Dynasty, which had not yet been mined for two thousand years, the resource reserves were extremely rich.

After the start of the industrial age, steam engines hummed every day. Even with vigorous mining, underground mineral reserves continued to flow, providing the Han with endless steel resources.

After a large amount of steel is produced, according to the current national policy, it is not to start large-scale infrastructure construction, but to concentrate it first and continue to expand production to manufacture steel plants, workshops, lathes and ships.

Not only is the Hebei region starting to industrialize, but also the Youzhou region, which is later Tangshan, the center of industrial development will slowly move to the north, and may eventually go to the Northeast region.

At this time, these places are now occupied by Goguryeo, Buyeo, Uryu, Woju, Yilu and other countries, leaving a large amount of mineral reserve resources that cannot be used, which is obviously not an ordinary waste.

If troops are sent to capture these places, there are no plans for construction yet. Now the court mainly focuses on construction along the Grand Canal, rather than in the remote northeast.

It's a bit useless to beat it now, and it's a pity to throw it away if it's tasteless. Therefore, Chen Mu can only leave this work to future people and write it down in future national policies.

By the eighteenth year of Zhang Wu, some generals and high-ranking officials died one after another, such as Han Hao, the general who conquered the North, died of illness, Zhang Xiu, the general of Anton, and Xu Qiu, the great general, died of illness.

But overall, the Han Dynasty still maintained an upward trend this year. Under Liu Bei's governance, Zhang Wu's resurgence was unstoppable.

In Laizhou Bay, Qingzhou, there is an endless stream of people taking boats north to the Americas every month. The giant steamships are humming, and the people on the ships wave goodbye to the people on the shore. In the eyes of countless people, they set off towards the unknown continent.

In Yushui Bay of Guangzhou, in the bay of the lower reaches of the Pearl River in later generations, ships of all sizes sailed westward. Countless ships went to Southeast Asia or Hainan Island to collect rubber, spices, and minerals, contributing to the prosperity of the Lingnan region of Han Dynasty. A flower of prosperity.

At Yumen Pass in Liangzhou, the cavalry from the direction of Chang'an traversed the entire Silk Road. Groups of caravans slowly moved along the desolate and ancient Gobi towards the deserts of the Western Regions. Looking far away, the oases were like dots of stars, dotted with This ancient road.

The inner city of Zhuo County in Youzhou, which has now been renamed Beidu, has become an old city. The city walls are mottled with vicissitudes of life, and the outside of the city is densely packed with numerous markets, shops, and workshops.

There are thousands of small workshops and nearly a hundred large workshops with thousands of workers.

Whether it is a steam engine or a spinning machine, they are constantly working every day. Linen, silk, satin, and silk from the south, and wool from the northern grasslands, have gathered here to contribute to the Han Dynasty's clothing industry.

From this point of view, we can see the foresight of the imperial court in establishing the five capitals.

Linzi, the eastern capital, has several large seaports and shipyards. Countless Han people set out from Linzi to America or along the route. Some of them went to cultivate fields around the world, some to dig for minerals, and some to hunt for treasures and explore, which brought Linzi

Countless prosperity.

Chang'an, the western capital, is close to the Silk Road. The main destination of merchants from the Western Regions is Chang'an rather than Luoyang. Therefore, after being connected through the Western Regions, commodities from all over the country gathered in Chang'an and were transported to the west, bringing back a steady stream of gold, silver and jewelry.

The southern capital is Xiangyang. Although Xiangyang is still relatively far from Guangzhou, because Xiangyang is the thoroughfare of nine provinces, it is not only the only way to go south to Guangzhou, but also radiates to the east of the Yangtze River. Most of the food from the south is transported to the north through Xiangyang, so its position is very important.

Zhuoxian County, the northern capital, started the latest and was originally the most ordinary county town. However, because it is close to the grassland and is a production area of ​​wool and meat products, it developed suddenly after being connected to the canal. Live cattle could be transported by steamer.

Sheep were transported to the south, bringing cheap meat products to the Han people.

It can be said that these four capitals have played a great role, and the place where the four directions meet is in Luoyang, so the meat in the north, the rice in the south, the wealth of the Silk Road, the resources of the Maritime Silk Road, and the craftsmanship of the entire Han Dynasty

The products are all concentrated here.

Luoyang serves as a central point for transportation to all parts of the country. Countless gorgeous clothing, silks, tea and porcelain from Chang'an and Guangzhou can be sold to the West, relying on Luoyang for transit.

Rice grains from the south were transported to the north by water transport, and cattle and sheep from the northern grasslands were transported to the south. They also spread around Luoyang.

The only one injured is Sichuan.

In addition to being able to go to Bajun, that is, Chongqing, through the Yangtze River, Chang'an and Chengdu cannot be directly connected through water transportation in Hanzhong. They can only go overland, and their development momentum is relatively slow.

But in any case, with the advent of the industrial age, the Han Dynasty's productivity and people's lives have also grown by leaps and bounds, and it has become the world's first empire.

In contrast, although the territory and population of the Roman Empire exceeded that of the Han Dynasty, its actual productivity and development level lagged far behind.

Given time, when the Han Dynasty's mobility can span the globe, world domination will be just around the corner.

In the second half of the 18th year of Zhangwu's reign, the imperial court once again conducted a nationwide census.

The last census was in the twelfth year of Zhangwu. The vigorous census lasted for half a year. By this time, all the hidden households and black households in the country had basically been counted, and they had been given household registration and land, and Han people had been included.

In recent years, in addition to the local Han population, there are also many foreigners who are willing to naturalize as Han people. In areas such as Southeast Asia and East Asia, nearly 100,000 people have flowed in.

The year before last, the Sanhan Peninsula was officially included in the rule of the Han Dynasty and was listed as Chaozhou. Although the Sanhan area has been the residence of the Sanhan tribe since ancient times, it was actually called the Korean Kingdom at that time. This country name dates from the time when the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty.

, known as Jizi Korea.

Therefore, the Samhan Peninsula is not called Hanju, but Chaoju.

In addition, Wano Island was also included in the rule, but it was not the whole of Japan in later generations, only Kyushu Island. At that time, Japan's main center of gravity was around Kyushu Island, such as Hiroshima, Osaka, Shikoku Island and other areas, where Japanese people lived.

The Tokyo area of ​​later generations was still a vast ocean at that time. It would be more than a thousand years later before the Edo Castle was cast by the military commander Ohta Michichi during Japan's Warring States Period.

Therefore, the Kanto region of Japan was an inaccessible area at this time. If the large ore silver mine at that time was not located in the coastal area north of Hiroshima, the imperial court could directly build a dock there and transport various gold and silver minerals to the country, and wanted to open mines in Japan.

It's really not easy.
To be continued...