Jade Offers a Pivot Strategy and Whispers in Private; Cheng Hears of the Coalition and Enters Seclusion

The bamboo slips not only laid out in detail where the Mohist Pavilions, workshops, and markets should be established in each region, but also listed the prices of livelihood tools and fabrics, along with their transportation routes.

Even the resettlement plans for the Old Qin People and the wage standards for workshop workers were listed one by one. She had even considered details like the distribution of "steam machinery repair stations."

In such a short time, Duan Yu had not only brought every matter within the fief into perfect order, but had also planned so thoroughly for the future. Her abilities were truly extraordinary.

Zhao Cheng couldn't help but sigh. "If you weren't unwilling to step into the limelight, I'd want you to serve as the governor of this fief."

Duan Yu's face blossomed into a radiant smile, tenderness nearly overflowing from her eyes.

She stepped forward, her jade-white arms suddenly encircling Zhao Cheng's waist. She rested her cheek gently against his chest and spoke in a tender voice. "Rather than serve as governor here, your humble servant would much rather attend to Your Lordship's side."

Zhao Cheng paused, set down the bamboo slips, and lowered his head to look closely at Duan Yu.

Only then did he realize that Duan Yu had become even more captivating.

She had already been exquisitely beautiful, with a delicate, graceful charm.

Now she possessed an even more mature allure, mingled with the nobility and softness of her features. She had a startling, soul-seizing beauty, as though one glance were enough to draw a person into its unfathomable depths and leave them lost there.

Her figure, too, had grown even more full and flawless.

Her beauty was not the fragile, boneless sort. It carried an innate pressure and power to captivate the soul, along