When Qin Lei returned, he talked about this matter with Guantao. Guantao smiled and said, "The prince has understood that he can do his best, but don't forget another one. He has ulterior motives, and he knows the heavens."

Qin Lei nodded and smiled, "I'll have to ask the sir to be loyal." As he said that, he came to the kang, sat down cross-legged, picked up a map on the small table, and looked at it carefully. This was the one that Guantao showed Shi Meng yesterday.

Qin Lei gesturing on the picture while looking, and after a while, he pondered: "The State of Chu must also add it. There are more opportunities in the south than in the north."

Guantao said with a frown: "After that being said, we don't have money. One million is a huge sum, but it is extremely difficult to open so many stores at the same time. If you want to expand to Chu, just by opening joints and getting a good place, you will be inexpensive. It's really a shortage of money."

Qin Lei pointed his finger on the map and said firmly: "I can find a way to deal with money, but the network will be effective one day earlier. We start later than others, so we cannot follow the steps like others, otherwise we will never have a chance to make a comeback."

Guantao smiled helplessly and said, "As long as the prince can borrow another 500,000 taels, my subordinates will vomit blood and will help you get things done for Nan Chu."

Qin Lei looked at Guantao, who was obviously haggard, and couldn't bear to say, "There is no end to do things, sir, please pay attention to rest."

Guantao rolled his eyelids and said, "I'm afraid his subordinates will be busier before his highness finds a helper for his subordinates."

Qin Lei leaned on the bedding and said depressedly: "Talent is rare, and loyalty is even more rare!"

Guantao remembered someone and smiled at Qin Lei, "Can the prince get Qin Qi's idea back?"

Qin Lei clapped and said, "Missive, anyway, the training over there is almost over, so let them come back together. I will talk to my father about this." Then he asked earnestly: "Sir, how do you think I should recruit talents? I will have something to do next time, but I really can't find anyone."

Guantao thought about it and said carefully: "Your Highness is generous and generous, and it is easy to attract the hearts of warriors."

Qin Lei narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Your Guantao scolded me for not having a few drops of ink, which made literati look down on you, right?"

Guantao sat upright and said seriously: "Wealth can make Your Highness strong, but only literary can make you stable. If this problem is not solved, the prince will inevitably be excited and weak in the future. However, now, several of His Highnesses and the Prime Minister's Mansion have opened doors to accept guests. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are respectful to the wise and the wise. It is difficult for a great man to take the initiative to surrender to us."

Qin Lei also became serious and said respectfully: "Please teach me sir."

Guantao nodded and said, "Three ways are available. One is to learn from the Li family, abandon literature and military affairs, and hold on to one's own military power. This way, you can play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, accumulate strength within a few years, and keep your own."

Qin Lei shook his head and said, "It's more than self-protection, in other words, it's not enough to make progress. Moreover, I have a different identity from the Li family. In the future, the emperor can tolerate the giant Li family, but it's impossible for him to tolerate brothers who are too big to lose."

Guantao said, "The second one is very simple. Your Highness has heard the story of Lu Meng's 'Three Days of Farewell'. Your Highness only needs to study hard from now on. With your talent, I believe that the scholars can be admired for up to five years."

Qin Lei suddenly lost his energy and said without thinking: "I have a headache when I read the book. If I insist on reading it, I will definitely fall asleep within a quarter of an hour. This trick doesn't work, so let me say the third one."

Guantao knew that Qin Lei was so lazy that he was useless, so he kept the advice such as "Nothing is difficult in the world, and grinding an iron rod into a needle" in his heart, and said again: "The third one requires great financial resources, great courage and great perseverance. But as long as he can persist, twenty years later, Your Highness can replace him."

Qin Lei suddenly felt energetic and said happily: "I have all these conditions, so talk about it quickly."

Guantao almost pulled his beard off, and he bared his teeth in pain: "Your Highness is becoming more and more powerful, but you should also pay attention to receiving and receiving freely to avoid accidental injury."

The two laughed and passed the hall Tao Cai said seriously: "The third is to study the school. Please give some intelligent children who cannot read books the opportunity to learn the Four Books and Five Classics. Twenty years later, the peaches and plums will naturally be your supporters. If you truly have this strategy for ten years, the administration of the Qin Dynasty will be the Qing Dynasty, and Prime Minister Wen's network can be destroyed without conquering it. If you persist for another ten years, the national strength of the Qin Dynasty will be unparalleled in the world, great things can be accomplished, and the world can be determined!"

Qin Lei bowed and sighed, "This is the old man's plan to plan the country. Mr. He is a real national scholar." Suddenly he remembered something and asked, "Does this matter also be mentioned in Mr. He's "Zou's Proposal on the Improvement of Qi State"?"

Guantao knew Qin Lei’s concern and smiled: “Prime Minister Shangguan is good at calculating, but his vision is a little inferior and he is a little eager for quick success. Besides, the subordinates who are waiting to be officials are lined up. He will not use this thankless method.”

Qin Leisai said: "This matter is a century-long plan and needs to be discussed for a long time. Moreover, running a school is a purely expensive business. If you don't make good calculations, no amount of money will be enough to fill this black hole. So, you write a note and let's discuss it before talking about it." After thinking for a while, he added: "It must match our development plan and don't make a rash move."

Guantao nodded, and the two of them carefully took stock of the first batch of stores to budget. This kind of thing seems simple, but every link needs to be carefully considered, which often leads to many new problems. Time passes like water, and even dinner is delivered by Qin Sishui.

This was the time when the chicken cried three times, and the sky turned white. Qin Lei rubbed his stubborn eyes, stretched his waist, and said to Guan Tao, who was tired and full of eyes, "I have to go back to sleep, you can sleep too. I really have to hire a few think tanks, and I will definitely give you a long life."

Guan Tao nodded, forced himself to tidy up the scattered paper on the table, and then lay down straight and fell asleep. He was no match for Qin Lei, who was negligent in exercise all day long, and was greedy for the sake of the body and bones. He couldn't stand the night.

Qin Lei pulled the quilt and covered him randomly. He put his shoes on the floor and left Guantao's residence. Qin Sishui, who had not slept for a night outside, quickly met him. Seeing that he was too upset, Qin Lei said kindly: "Give you a day off, go back to sleep."

Qin Sishui smiled bitterly and said, "This is the Shangyuan Festival, which is originally a public holiday."

Qin Lei said 'um' and then suddenly said: "This year is over."

Qin Sishui took out a gold-painted invitation from his arms and handed it to Qin Lei, saying, "Prince, this is sent by the fourth young master of the Li family."

Qin Lei took it and opened it and saw that it was an organization called Huimo Caoshe. He was going to hold a lantern festival with the name of raising charity funds on the Lantern Festival. He invited His Highness Prince Talong to come here.

The fire on the eighth day of the lunar calendar made the carnival of the Spring Festival a bit out of place, so there was no lantern festival organized by Kyoto Prefecture this year. Qin Lei guessed that this was probably because the young masters and ladies were unwilling to spend the Spring Festival, and they pulled a fig leaf for disaster relief, and had a good heart and peace of mind. He threw the invitation back into Sishui's arms, shook his head and said, "Don't go."

Qin Sishui knew that his prince was a decisive master, and without saying much, he took the invitation in his hand and followed Qin Lei to the front hall. As he walked, Qin Lei suddenly asked, "Who did you just say that he sent it?"

Qin Sishui repeated: "The fourth young master of the Li family, Li Sihai."

Qin Lei said strangely: "Why did this little fat man come to the door? It seems that we are not close to his family's Liangzi."

Qin Sishui nodded and said, "It's very thick."

Qin Lei snatched the invitation and looked it again, but didn't see any reason. He threw it back to Qin Sishui and said, "When did that little fat man come? Why don't you know me?"

Qin Sishui hurriedly explained: "Mr. Li Si came for dinner. The prince did not give orders. No one is allowed to disturb your discussion with Mr. Guantao? The young man dared to block him."

Qin Lei thought about it and said that this was the case, so he stopped pursuing the matter. He ordered Qin Sishui: "Go and reply to Li Sihai, and say that I will attend on time."

Qin Sishui didn't mention the holiday anymore, so he quickly agreed and went out to do the job.

Qin Lei looked at his back and nodded with satisfaction. Qin Sishui's broken gong was to be beaten and beat from time to time.

He turned back to his dormitory and saw Ruolan leaning against the edge of the bed, lying slanted on the side of the bed and sleeping in her clothes. The two red candles on the table had already burned out. It seemed that she had been waiting all night.

Perhaps it was because of the easy thing that Qin Lei always inadvertently ignored her existence. But no matter what, this is always the first woman in Qin Lei's life. Looking at Ruolan's quiet pretty face in her sleep, the girl always silently gives and bears it silently. Even when the two of them are mixing oil in their honey, they never ask for anything.

Qin Lei couldn't help feeling guilty and bent down to kiss her smooth forehead. The girl opened her eyes and said softly, "Master, you are back." She was about to get up to serve. Qin Lei stretched out her arms and hugged her whole arms, took her back to the bed, and said in a gentle voice: "Don't move, let's sleep with me."

Ruolan lay quietly in Qin Lei's arms, feeling his warm chest and strong heartbeat. After a while, Qin Lei made a slight snoring. Ruolan dared to look up secretly.

Looking at Qin Lei's clearly contoured face, his erect nose, and the corner of his mouth that was tightly pursed in his sleep. Ruolan was so crazy that two lines of clear tears were involuntarily left along her cheeks. The girl hurriedly took it, for fear that she would wet the highness's clothes and disturb his good dream.

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Sorry, everyone, this chapter was posted so late. I was helpless and the weekend was the more things happened. After all, I am not an otaku now.
Chapter completed!