Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

So without even thinking about it, Zhao Dan said to the Shaofu Ling behind him: "From next year, the area of ​​cotton planting will increase tenfold."

Looking at the Shaofu Order who hesitated to speak, Zhao Dan smiled and said: "Don't worry, this business will not be lost."

Zhao Sheng on the side coughed and said, "Your Majesty is the ruler of a country, so it's better not to talk about this business."

Zhao Dan laughed and said: "Mr. Pingyuan's words are wrong. The Shaofu is the property of the widow. If the property of the widow can make more money, it is for the good of the widow and Zhao Guo."

Zhao Dan doesn't have the stink of big nobles like Zhao Sheng. He obviously flirts with big businessmen in private and even secretly supports many big businessmen to make money for him. Same.

Among other things, just take Zhao Sheng as an example. There are three thousand wives and concubines in this Pingyuan monarch's mansion. If he only relied on his salary and the share of the output of the fiefdom, he should have starved to death long ago.

The reason why Zhao Sheng was able to live such a wealthy life was not because Zhao Sheng's family had two of the largest private smelters in the country of Zhao, five lacquer gardens, and a lot of other things that even Zhao Sheng himself could not afford. Is there an industry that cannot be counted?

"Economy is very important, Mr. Pingyuan. Only by improving the economy can Zhao Guo's future be hopeful." Zhao Dan boarded the carriage, while not forgetting to educate Zhao Sheng who seemed to understand.

But Zhao Dan is not very worried that Zhao Sheng will not understand, because it is a big deal, just change to another Xiangbang.

Now the whole world does not lack capable people, what is lacking is obedient people.

Chapter 948 Lu Buwei's Big Trouble (Second Update)

The depths of winter have come.

It was snowing heavily in Guanzhong, and Xianyang City became a world of snow.

A carriage was traveling on the snow-filled road with some difficulty, and then slowly stopped in front of a mansion.

"Wu Chengjun Mansion", this is the name of this mansion.

Qin Xiangbang and Wu Chengjun Lu Buwei stepped down from the carriage, their tired faces could not be concealed, and they looked haggard.

Lu Buwei has had a hard time recently.

King Chu of Qin did not hide Lu Buwei's fact that Cai Ze was investigating Neiying.

After Lu Buwei heard the news, he knew that something was wrong.

Although it has been a long time since the incident, and Lu Buwei thinks that he has almost cleaned up his hands, there is no fire in this world. As long as this thing has been done, no matter how you cover it up, you will always be able to cover it up. There will be some clues to be revealed.

What's more, the person in charge of the investigation is Lu Buwei's sworn enemy Cai Ze.

Cai Ze, as the imperial censor, has jurisdiction over criminal justice and is the leader in this area.

Cai Ze seemed to be very aware that this matter might become an opportunity to completely trip Lu Buwei, so after accepting this task, Cai Ze has rarely continued to engage in political struggles with Lu Buwei in the past few months. , but all his thoughts were put on the matter of investigating internal response.

You must know that there have been secret investigations for several years before this, leaving a lot of information.

So this time Cai Ze can be said to be standing on the shoulders of giants to continue investigating this case. The difficulty is naturally much easier than starting from scratch.

As for Lu Buwei, since he knew that Cai Ze was going to conduct an investigation, he must also try to find out about Cai Ze's progress.

It would be even better if it could be disrupted.

Just earlier today, Lu Buwei learned a piece of news like a bolt from the blue from an insider who was buried next to Cai Ze.

When Xianyang City was breached for the second time, a Qin Imperial Guard was once a member of the internal response.

After Zhao Jun retreated with a large amount of loot, this neiying also retreated with Zhao Jun, returned to Handan, and became a Zhao native.

With Zhao Guo's reward, this man opened a silk shop. Although the business was not booming, it was so-so.

But it should be said that this person's life is bad, not long ago, his identity was accidentally recognized by Qin's spies.

So after a very soul-stirring secret contest, Hou's subordinates paid a huge price and finally brought this Nei Ying from Handan back to Xianyang.

At this very moment, Cai Ze is interrogating the internal respondent.

Lu Buwei didn't know the name of this insider, nor did he know how much information this insider had.

It was because of this that Lu Buwei was so worried.

If the insiders happen to be those people who have been in contact with Lu Buwei, and then they can't resist the questioning and confess Lu Buwei, then Lu Buwei is really going to be completely finished.

Lu Buwei stepped into the door, and asked the confidant butler who came up to him, "Where is he?"

The confidant butler said respectfully: "I'm already waiting for your lord in the study."

Lu Buwei hummed, and when he left he didn't forget to say: "I don't see any visitors today."

After a while, Lu Buwei walked into his study.

Here, there is already a guest waiting for Lu Buwei's arrival.

This special guest is none other than the leader of Zhao Guo Hu Yiwei Xianyang branch who has dealt with Lu Buwei many times.

I saw the leader of Hu Yiwei said to Lu Buwei: "I don't know that your majesty is so anxious to summon you, but what is the important matter?"

Lu Buwei nodded, and said in a very heavy tone, "Yes, my identity is likely to be exposed."

"What?" The leader of Hu Yiwei was taken aback: "How could such a thing happen?"

Lu Buwei smiled helplessly, and then said, "Isn't it because of General Li Mu?"

As he said that, Lu Buwei told the ins and outs of what he knew in detail.

After finishing speaking, Lu Buwei said with concern: "I have some doubts now. I don't know if this merchant is doing business in the firm of my Lu family. If so, then the trouble will be even greater."

After listening to Lu Buwei's words, the leader of Hu Yiwei also changed his face. After a while, he said: "Since this matter is so important, why didn't Mr. Wu Cheng inform us earlier?"

Lu Buwei glanced at Hu Yiwei with some displeasure, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is obviously your own problem with Hu Yiwei! The dignified Hu Yiwei was able to be brought by the Qin people from Handan to Xianyang It is simply a shame! You use this matter to question me now, don't you think it is too much?"

The leader of Hu Yiwei blushed slightly, and explained: "When the king established Hu Yiwei and monitoring guards before, it has been stipulated that the monitoring guards are in charge of the borders, and Hu Yiwei is in charge of outside the borders."

Lu Buwei snorted and said, "So according to what you mean, the current Hu Yiwei is only active in Qin and Chu?"

The leader of Hu Yiwei nodded and said: "Exactly."

What the leader of Hu Yiwei did not say was that after the destruction of the kingdoms, a large number of Hu Yiwei spies who had been lurking in the kingdoms were liberated, so now a new batch of Hu Yiwei spies have begun to go to the Western Regions and Lingnan, small countries such as Yelang Kingdom in the southwest, and Dongyue Minyue in the southeast slowly infiltrated.

It was this delicate period of time when Hu Yiwei began to shrink, and the manpower of the monitoring guards did not completely fill the vacancy left by Hu Yiwei, that contributed to the successful operation of the Qin spies.

After listening to the leader's explanation, Lu Buwei finally looked a little better, but only a little better.

Lu Buwei said in a deep voice: "Even so, it is a fact that the internal affairs have fallen into Cai Ze's hands. How are you going to deal with this matter?"

The leader of Hu Yiwei thought for a while, and said: "Can you send someone in to assassinate?"

"No." Lu Buwei said decisively: "This prisoner is Cai Ze's hope to overthrow me. He will definitely add more people to guard him. It is not impossible to even set a trap and wait for him."