"Hey, Liang Qiming, you still have to pay attention to your image, you are now the head of a mansion, not a disciple who lives in the imperial capital, no one who understands it will say it, and those who don't know it still think that our officials in the northwest are all like you, so it's troublesome." Qin Duan joked to Liang Qiming.

"Sitting and talking doesn't hurt your back, you are surrounded by beauties every day, poor us are still running around day and night for you, going home at night, long nights, lonely sleepless." Liang Qiming shook his head and sighed.

Qin Du scoffed at this, "Come on, come on, don't pretend to be high in front of me, I heard that someone also bought a beautiful female slave from a passing slave caravan two days ago, well, by the way, I heard that it is still a beautiful woman of Indean!" ”

Qin Duan's words immediately made Liang Qiming blush and thick-necked, and he was a little annoyed and angry: "It must be Zhuge who let this villain go, he happened to meet him that day, he wanted to flirt with others, and I taught him a strict lesson, so he left in disgrace, so he ruined people's reputation everywhere." If he molests women, the supervision department should investigate and punish him. ”

Qin Duan's heart blossomed, "Zhuge Fang just said a fair word, how did he become a flirtatious ~ woman?" ”

Liang Qiming was stunned and didn't say anything, Qin Duan continued: "He said that it is really ...... for a flower to be inserted in cow dung, alas! ”

Liang Qiming was overjoyed, "He is indeed deceiving people too much, for the sake of my old friend, I didn't bother with him." ”

"No, you misunderstood, I mean it's so incisive!" After Qin Duan finished speaking seriously, Liang Qiming realized that he had been deceived.

Seeing Liang Qiming's angry appearance, Qin Duan continued unhurriedly: "I also heard from the supervision department that some officials lingered in the wind~moon place at night, and Yan zhòng damaged the image of our northwest government officials. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhuge Fang's heart immediately hung up and secretly beat the drum. Don't dare to talk again.

"I demand that the supervision department strictly investigate and deal with it, no matter who he is involved in, he must investigate to the end!" Qin Duan's words were righteous and strict.

"Well, this, in fact, government officials are also people, and you also said that one piece and one relaxation is the way of civil and military affairs. It's okay for people to have fun during their breaks. Liang Qiming stubbornly defended those behaviors.

"Well, it looks like you're doing the same,"

Qin Du stared at Zhuge with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "In this way, I also agree with your opinion, I heard that Tokugawa County has just opened a new place called Shuiyue Champs, which is said to be the Liansuo store of Shuiyue Champs in Yuhang Mansion, Jiangnan, and the style is extraordinary, although the price is expensive." But it's still full every night, and it is said that Tao Qian, who has recently become famous in the south of the Yangtze River, is also coming to perform on the stage, how about it, you invite me to watch it, how about it? ”

Zhuge was relieved and shouted, but he had to agree.

"Also, you're going to have to make up a reasonable reason for me." Qin Du pouted and said to the inner room.

"Alright, it's time to get down to business. It's a bit of a hassle. Now we have a good relationship with the Huns, and they control our main trade routes. If the relationship deteriorates because of this matter, I am afraid that our losses will be quite heavy. But if we don't accept it, it will also have a considerable negative effect, and those small forces and tribes who have always defected to us will be disheartened, and it will also be a considerable blow to our image. Qin Duan gently rubbed his forehead.

"Yes, the Huns have always regarded the Juris as a branch tribe of their own. If we take in the Jurites, they will certainly give up on their will, and the Huns will certainly take this opportunity to stir up trouble. Our economy has just picked up, and the export of goods depends on the northern trade route for a large extent. Once interrupted, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

"Well, I know this, now it's up to us to come up with a mutually acceptable solution, but it's really difficult to get the Huns to accept it."

Qin Duan had already stood up, put his hands behind his back, and slowly paced around the small tree-lined courtyard, thinking bitterly.

"Alas, in the future, we still have to find a way to make the goods more shipped, otherwise it will be too passive once we are controlled by others. The five countries of the Western Regions also need to find a way to open up the joints and do work to see if they can reduce their tariffs, so that the pressure on relying on the northern passage can be reduced. Qin Duan said in a deep voice.

"I'm afraid it's difficult, the countries of the Western Regions have always had high tariffs, and they belong to several countries, and it is probably unrealistic to hope to take this path, unless we can control their right to survive. But this is far from quenching the thirst of the near, and the most urgent thing is how to answer the representatives of the Juli. Zhuge Fang shook his head, disapproving of Qin Duan's idea.

"I know that, I just feel it."

To be honest, Qin Duan has not come up with a way to get the best of both worlds so far, and what annoys Qin Duan even more is that this incident has also disrupted the military plan he was about to prepare.

"In this way, Zhuge Fang, you first arrange for the envoy of the Juris to rest well, and tell him that we will give him a satisfactory answer in the next two days, but pay attention to secrecy." In the end, Qin Duan still didn't have a better idea, so he had to let Zhuge Fang leave first.

……

It was dark late in the summer in the northwest, and it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, the sky was still bright, and the streets were still full of people, many of whom were walking from their homes after dinner, and some women took the opportunity to catch the night market, and from time to time they could see patrolling patrols walking around dutifully.

Qin Duan didn't want to swagger around the city anymore, so he pulled Liu Yan and returned to the mansion under the escort of the guards. As soon as she returned to the mansion, Di Rena, who greeted her, told Qin Du that Lord Jin Ningjin of the Intelligence Agency had been waiting in the living room for a long time, saying that there was an emergency to report.

Qin Duan didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he came to the meeting room, he knew that there must be some very urgent situation, otherwise Jin Ning would not have come to the house to wait for him in person, he could wait until the next day to report to himself in the Jiedu Embassy Office.

"Your Excellency!"

Seeing Qin Duan coming in, Jin Ning hurriedly stood up and prepared to salute.

Qin Duan waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and he sat down at will.

"I have urgent information about Loulan to report to your lordship." Jin Ning said straight to the point.

"Speak."

As soon as Qin Duan heard the word Loulan, his ears pricked up.

As early as three months ago, Qin Duan ordered the intelligence department to step up the collection of intelligence on the southwestern neighbor Loulan Grand Principality and its surrounding countries, although the new director of the Intelligence Bureau, Jin Ning, did not understand Qin Dui's intentions, but he still resolutely implemented the arrangement of his boss, and he also knew that his legendary boss had always acted as unexpectedly as a whimsical antelope, but it was by no means untargeted. (To be continued......)