In the development plan of Qin Lei and Guantao's royal palace, the first three years were the foundation-building stage. The two hoped that by about 20 years of Zhaowu, they could build a military escort force that was sufficient for self-defense, have a certain political voice and influence, and at the same time achieve self-sufficiency economically.

Both of them thought that at this stage, they would always be in a strong and weak position. They should take the initiative to give up the main battlefield for the struggle between all forces. However, they should not stay away from the political center, otherwise they would miss the opportunity to make profits from it.

Therefore, economy and intelligence became the primary issue. Qin Lei proposed the idea of ​​"to understand the world of goods and obtaining news everywhere in China". Specifically, it was to set up trade networks in various countries in China to communicate with them, so as to achieve the goal of buying at a low price, selling at a high price, and making huge profits.

At the same time, it can also reliably rely on the sales network to collect the livelihood and people's conditions in various places, collect them in Zhongdu and analyze and process them uniformly, and obtain useful information for Qin Lei's judgment. After repeated thinking, Guantao finally agreed to Qin Lei's grand vision. Of course, Guantao, who was planning this matter in detail, was the one who was suffering from life. After several discussions and repeated weighing, he finally finalized the final plan at dawn.

After Xu Wei, Qin Lei met Yu Qian again, and he passed Qin Lei's order documents to Shen Qing and Qin Qi. When he said goodbye, Qin Lei asked a distracted question: "Have you learned Master Xu's success?" Yu Qian said ashamed: "The skills are good, but the sunset bow is still not good. I'm afraid that only Master Xu's talent can do it." Qin Lei patted his shoulder and said nothing.

When he walked away, Qin Lei muttered softly. Guantao heard something like "I'm not dead yet".

After that, Qin Lei met with more than a dozen guards who were going to send to various places one by one, and encouraged them one by one. When they met all the ones they should see, they asked about the time that it was almost Yin. Qin Lei remembered that poor Ruolan was still waiting in the bedroom, and he couldn't help but curse himself for not counting. He thought that it was at most until the third day of the day, but who would have thought that he would be lingering until now?

Qin Lei felt guilty and grinned at Guantao, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep." He was about to go back to the room to sleep. As soon as he got up and walked out, Manan's tired and excited face appeared at the door again.

Before Qin Lei could speak, Ma Nan said happily: "I've called it, Prince, Prince, I've called it all!"

Qin Lei was depressed, but he looked extremely surprised on his face and cursed: "What nonsense, why did I do it?"

Ma Nan's face turned red and muttered in a low voice: "It was the two people we caught tonight, we both caught them." Then he said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the torture manual you wrote is really useful."

Qin Lei knew that this was Ma Nan's first time to work. This smart young man with a particularly motivated spirit may have a bright future, but now he is just a rookie who hopes that his first job will be recognized. Qin Lei was unwilling to negotiate his enthusiasm. He sighed in his heart and said to Ma Nan: "That is your credit, just like the Four Books and Five Classics are well written, but not everyone can pass the Jinshi." Then he pointed to the tea and snacks on the small machine and heard this, "You eat and drink first, take a break. I will stay alone for a while."

Manan just thought that he wanted to go out and then thanked the prince and sat with Guantao with a strange smile.

Qin Lei took this opportunity to return to the bedroom. There were only two women in Ruolan and the female assassin she caught in this pleasure boat. Could it be that the female assassin sent a message to Ruolan, saying, "The prince is coming back later, and tell the girl to go to bed first." This is obviously inappropriate. So Qin Lei had to come back in person. He still hoped to be better for Ruolan.

Ruolan was not asleep yet, and was sitting on the edge of the bed with a graceful gauze. She had indeed finished her bathing obediently and waited for Qin Lei to come back. Hearing the footsteps, Ruolan felt happy and quickly put away her work plan and stood up to greet her.

Qin Lei looked at the delicate and infinite beauty walking towards him, and almost threw the ghostly Ma Nan behind his head. He strode forward, hugged Ruolan's soft and boneless body, and kissed his delicate and cherry lips hard. Ruolan did not ask for it like she used to be, but actively stretched out her tongue to cater to Qin Lei.

After a long time, Qin Lei sighed in Ruolan's ear, whose body was already hot, and said, "I have something to do now, so you go to bed first. I'll be with you tomorrow."

Ruolan's body stiffened and she recovered in a blink of an eye. She shook her head slightly and said softly: "I am just a servant. I am waiting for me to be my duty. I am really killing me when I come back."

Qin Lei was slightly displeased when he heard this. He felt a little disliked. He felt that the status of the two sides was too different, and his tightness put too much pressure on the dedication girl. Even if he wanted her to let go, it would take time. It was obviously not the time to speak. Qin Lei bent down and reached out to pick her up horizontally, walked to the bed and put it down. Then he pulled the brocade quilt to cover her. After doing this, Qin Lei gently kissed her on the forehead and whispered: "Sleep, don't wait for me." After saying that, he blew out the lights beside the bed and turned around and left the bedroom. He wanted to prove to Ruolan with his actions that he did not treat her as a servant.

A pair of beautiful gems flashed in the darkness, which were Ruolan's big eyes. She stared at Qin Lei's departure back in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

Not a servant? What can it be?

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Qin Lei returned to the study, Guantao and Ma Nan quickly got up to greet him. After each of them sat down, Qin Lei smiled at Ma Nan and said, "Tell me the situation."

Ma Nanfang had just been reminded by Guantao that he had come at a certain time. He secretly thanked Qin Lei for his tolerance and intention, and stood up and said concisely: "Return to the prince, after interrogation, the man who was arrested by his subordinates with Miss Ruolan last night was named Qu Guan, and he was the prince of the Eastern Palace Xima. The female assassin was named Wen Zhi, who claimed to be a blood-killing assassin. But according to his subordinates, she should be from Nan Chu."

Qin Lei was finally a little surprised and asked, "Where did you know?"

Manan said excitedly: "When the subordinate was executing her, she found signs of having her feet wrapped around her."

Qin Lei nodded. There was a period of foot binding in the upper class of Chu State, but the Empress Dowager hated it deeply. Emperor Jingtai, who was filial to his mother, strictly prohibited this trend. Because the social atmosphere had not been formed, this creepy aristocratic style gradually faded.

However, in Qin and Qi countries, this bad habit has not been spread.

After listening to Ma Nan's description, Qin Lei asked him to sit down and said gently: "I was surprised that you pried open their mouths in such a short time." A happy smile appeared on Ma Nan's face.

Qin Lei smiled and looked at his young face, and asked again: "Who do you think the person who is called trumpet is?"

Manan knew that His Highness was taking the exam and pondered: "The prince Xima directly belonged to the prince, and he must be the prince's confidant. Is it because our actions during this period that have offended the prince?"

Qin Lei took a sip of tea and said to the throat: "You may not know much about our prince. He is tolerant in his heart and is determined in his work before moving. If he is not sure, he would rather use calmness to control his movements."

Seeing that Man Nan was a little confused, Guantao smiled and explained, "If the prince really wanted to use the room, he would have to send a female room here. Why should he cram the Buddha's feet at the moment?"

Qin Lei nodded and said, "It's true. The prince is a person who likes to set up the overall situation and will never be so despicable."

Manan understood a little, "That's someone who framed him. That person must hope that the relationship between His Highness and the Prince will deteriorate further, and the deeper the suspicion, the better."

Qin Lei heard his words and a thunder flashed through his mind, instantly illuminating the entire darkness. Qin Lei closed his eyes and pondered for a long time before muttering: "This man is so scheming, he actually wants to disturb my Daqin."

Man Nan said in surprise: "Prince, why did you say this? It's really that serious?"

Qin Lei looked at Guantao and saw that his face was rare solemn. Qin Lei then said in a deep voice: "My Great Qin army is invincible in the world, and its national strength is also thriving. Even if Qi and Chu join forces, it will be only 50% or 50% for us."

Manan knew that His Highness was teaching him, otherwise there was no need to start from scratch. So he calmed down, for fear of missing a word.

"It can be said that the external force is not enough to hurt my Qin Dynasty. This is not something that can be changed by Yu Sheng Gong. Qian Sheng Gong. If there is any way to change this situation..." Qin Lei looked at Ma Nan considerately.

Manan tentatively said: "Civil strife."

Qin Lei and Guan Tao both held their hands together to take advantage of the good. Guan Tao sighed: "Yes, the situation in my Qin seems calm, but in fact it is like a critical momentum and is in danger. In the past ten years, the Li family has become a big shot, and they must have thought about going further. Even if the old Grand Marshal is clear-minded, he cannot suppress the expectations of the Li family forever."

Qin Lei nodded and received: "And my royal family has gradually recovered from the civil strife seventeen years ago. After all, we have the title of orthodox for 200 years. As long as we spend time, we will definitely be able to cut off this big tail."

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