Huo Guang once again felt that his prince's ability in governing was hard to say, but his ability to make money was definitely first-class, just look at all the new ideas that came out.

However, as a prime minister who has always been worried about the national treasury, he chose to go against his conscience and go along with his prince - there was no other way. If he continued like this, his prince would probably have to pay for it. Then where would he put his face?

Liu Tan said, "We need to hurry up and sell all the shops as soon as possible so that everyone can open one. Oh, by the way, I'll buy a few later."

He also has things to sell, such as broken evil gold, but it seems that he doesn't have much to sell now.

Huo Guang said, "Just get it done before His Majesty arrives. Your Highness doesn't need to be too anxious."

Liu Tan said, "We have to be anxious. We still need money to build roads."

This wave of major actions did not actually require much money from the national treasury. The high-ranking officials built the houses they bought themselves, and the people also built their own houses. Even Liu Che's palace was paid for by Liu Tan.

The real spending areas of the treasury are the street shops in the East and West Quarters, and the continued expansion and construction of the post stations.

Huo Guang had been feeling relieved recently, but he was surprised to hear Liu Tan say this: "Where else do you need money?"

Liu Tan said, "Build the road."

Huo Guang was stunned for a moment: "How much does it cost to build a road?"

Liu Tan silently took out a map, which showed the routes that extended in all directions.

Huo Guang gasped after seeing this and said, "Your Highness, are you planning to renovate all the official roads in the northern border?"

Liu Tan said, "No, outside of Shuofang City, we'll first build the official roads that the emperor's motorcade will use. As you know, when we came here, my ceremonial procession was so crowded that I almost couldn't arrange it, not to mention the emperor's procession. So these roads must be expanded. Since they've already been expanded, they naturally need to be repaired as well. The money for road construction will be jointly funded by the court and the local authorities."

Huo Guang did not object. After thinking for a while, he said, "These counties are relatively close to the Central Plains, so their tax revenue is quite good."

Originally, Liu Che wanted Liu Tan to choose one of the counties close to Chang'an as the capital, but Liu Tan chose Shuofang. Now it is unclear whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

Liu Tan said, "Well, but the national treasury will have to spend a lot of money. There is still a distance from the border to Shuofang City, and then there is also the distance to Shoujiang City that needs to be repaired."

Huo Guang was a little surprised: "Your Majesty, do you want to go to Shousuang City? Will Your Majesty go to Shousuang City? This... I need to persuade him. It's dangerous there after all."

Liu Tanxin said that if Shoujiang City was dangerous, then they could just push the border line to Madam Fan City.

However, he didn't dare to say this. He thought that if he showed any intention of starting a war, Huo Guang would faint on the spot in front of him.

Liu Tan said, "It's better to take precautions before they happen. Let's fix it first."

Huo Guang calculated and found that there was no pressure. The latter said that there was no pressure on the national treasury because the construction of the imperial palace, which was the most stressful thing for the national treasury, was undertaken by Liu Tan.

The following proposals were basically about military affairs. Liu Tan suddenly remembered that he still had a thousand elite soldiers who had not been trained. He took out the map of the industrial zone and the proposal for the scenery arrangement along the way from Shuofang City to the palace. For a moment, he felt overwhelmed.

Looking at these things, only one sentence popped up in Liu Tan's mind: I'm afraid Lu Xuan will be left alone in her empty room.

However, it was impossible to let Lu Xuan stay alone in the empty room. After discovering that Liu Tan was indeed very busy, Lu Xuan simply prepared to leave.

He has been out for quite some time, and it's time for him to lead his troops back. Even if he doesn't miss home, his soldiers must miss it too.

Moreover, they basically became monks for as long as they came out, which was really not conducive to the population development of the small Wusun. Even if it became a vassal county of the Han Dynasty, he was still the King of Wusun.

The day before Lu Xuan left, Liu Tan specially finished his work early and came to accompany Lu Xuan.

As a result, when I entered the study, I saw Lu Xuan reading a book seriously.

Liu Tan leaned over and said with a smile: "What are you looking at so conspicuously..."

Liu Tan paused mid-sentence, because he had clearly seen the contents of the book in Lu Xuan's hand—two little figures were fighting among goblins, and both of them were men.

Lu Xuan calmly put down the book in his hand and said, "I have to study."

Liu Tan was more ashamed than him in this regard, and couldn't help blushing as he asked, "Where...where did you get this?"

Seeing his rosy complexion, Lu Xuan found it truly delicious. He pulled him over and tenderly caressed him before saying, "I asked Miao Rui for it."

He spoke so confidently that Liu Tan felt that it was no big deal to let others know such a private matter.

Then something even more outrageous happened. Lu Xuan leaned close to his ear and gently bit it while asking, "What do you like?"

Liu Tan shuddered suddenly, feeling that Lu Xuan, who had read this kind of book, seemed to have more tricks. He wanted to hide, but because his waist couldn't stop weakening, he was held in Lu Xuan's arms.

He saw Lu Xuan flipping through the book with his own eyes, and he felt a little uneasy.

To be honest, before he came here, he didn't feel embarrassed even when watching short videos, but now these pictures made him feel disgusted, and his heart beat faster at every glance.

Especially when you put it in your shoes...it's a bit bad.

Lu Xuan flipped through the pages for a long time before finally stopping at a page. Seeing the various props painted on it, Liu Tan couldn't help but reach out and close the book. He put on a serious face and said, "You have to travel tomorrow, don't... don't mess around."

Lu Xuan felt a little regretful, but he didn't say anything. He just said, "Then we won't be able to see each other for many days."

Liu Tan turned around and sat astride him and said, "Then why are you wasting your time?"

Lu Xuan thought that time really couldn't be wasted, so when Liu Tan woke up the next day, getting dressed felt like a torture. At the same time, he felt a sense of crisis - it seemed like he should exercise, as he couldn't handle Lu Xuan's physical strength!

But this is just a thought, he doesn't have time to exercise in the short term.

Liu Tanxian dealt with the issue of the industrial zone. This time, Huo Guang was merciful enough to choose a place for him to rebuild the industrial zone.

And this time they learned their lesson and did not place the industrial area too close to the mine.

The Xiongnu also taught Liu Tan a lesson. If the industrial zone was built in the middle, the explosion of the coal mine might have affected the industrial zone. What's more, if it weren't for Lu Xuan, Wu Shilu might have led his troops into the industrial zone. At that time, not only would there be heavy losses, but the bigger problem would be that many of the technologies there were not allowed to be obtained by the Xiongnu.

So this time the location chosen for the industrial zone was very close to the hinterland, but he didn't care about the layout of the industrial zone and just left it to his subordinates.

Because his focus now is on the thousand elite troops, he has to start training these people. For the sake of his own physical strength, Liu Tan also plans to train with these people.

Then the first day of training was just halfway through, and Liu Tan said: Goodbye!