"Cough, cough... hmm." Qin Shi Huang held a memorial, his brow furrowed.
Stroking his beard, Qin Shi Huang pondered for a moment before picking up his brush and marking the document.
"With that, today's work is finished. Next comes the matter of Afang Palace." Setting the brush aside, he waved for the palace maid tending the lamps to leave, then stretched lazily.
He rose to his feet and headed toward the rear of the Qin Royal Palace.
Judging from the remaining mysteries, Afang Palace would likely be fully completed in another three years.
Because of the incident of burying Confucian scholars, he had executed a great many Confucian scholars and fangshi who had swindled him out of money. It had felt satisfying to vent his anger, but it had also greatly reduced the manpower available to construct Afang Palace.
Afang Palace was an enclosing mechanism of the Central Plains, a crystallization of Mystery. Ordinary people certainly could not build it; only the various schools that understood Mystery and magecraft possessed the means to do so.
"Sigh, take it slowly. There's no rushing this."
Shaking his head, Qin Shi Huang continued toward the rear.
Come to think of it, Xu Fu in Langya should have nearly finished preparing for his second voyage overseas. Likewise, it was nearly time for his fifth tour of the realm to set out. During his first four tours, he had found quite a few remnants of Mystery hidden in every corner of the land. This time should be no exception.
During his first tour of the realm, he had headed northwest, to Qin's homeland. After unifying the world, it had been necessary to pay respects to his ancestors, and he had also found a great deal of information in Qin's ancestral territory.
The second time, he