As soon as Cuthbert arrived at the gate of the manor in his own domain, he heard someone running down from the watchtower, and shouted loudly: "Master, ma'am, the young master is back!"

Cuthbert and his entourage jumped off their horses. He looked at everything familiar around him and sighed, "Ten years have passed, and this place still hasn't changed at all!"

"Who's to say it hasn't changed, I'm getting old!" a spirited old man hurriedly stepped out of the room.

"Father!" Cuthbert immediately bowed deeply.

The old man looked Cuthbert up and down and said, "You've been back to Erathia for almost two months, and you don't think of going home until now?"

"Father, I beg your forgiveness for not coming home to see you and Mother in the first place...... You know the situation in Erathia right now, it's pretty grim!"

"I won't forgive you! Can't you spare a few days no matter how busy you are?"

"Yes......" In front of his majestic father, Cuthbert looked very reserved.

"Son, you're finally back!" came a crowd of people from the garden. A richly dressed middle-aged woman rushed forward in three steps and two steps and hugged Cuthbert.

"Mother, are you alright?" Cousbert's eyes moistened. He kissed his mother's head, which was now mixed with a little white.

"Let me take a good look at you!" Madame caressed Cuthbert's cheek lovingly, and sighed for a long time: "Alas, you have grown such a long beard! When you first went to the Lost Land to cultivate, you were still an ignorant teenager!"

"Mother, your son has grown from an ignorant teenager to a strong man!"

"Yes, now you are elegant and heroic, I dare say that many girls will be obsessed with you! You have been in the Lost Land for so long, haven't you met a girl you like?"

"I beg your pardon...... I'm not very good at dealing with girls!" Cuthbert blushed.

"It's really useless!" the old man snorted heavily.

"You are talking nonsense!" Madame was angry: "My son is not good in any place? I think he is much more promising than you! When you were as old as him, you only knew how to drill into the pile of women! I really regretted marrying you at that time!"

"Mother, from today onwards, I will be the new Prime Minister of Erathia! Iron Fist Castle is not far from here, and I will have a lot of time to see you in the future!"

The crowd screamed!

"Oh, is this true?" Madame looked at her husband excitedly and said, "Look, you have been mixed up for most of your life, and at most you have become the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Erathia, and my son has already become a prime minister at a young age!"

"What's the big deal about that?!he's my son!, and I can discipline him if he's done wrong!" the old man snorted.

"Father, mother, I came this time, the time is relatively rushed, and there are some important matters that I want to talk to you and the second elder. ”

"Then come on in!" said Madame, taking him by the hand.

Cuthbert smiled and bowed politely to the people around him, and followed his mother into the room.

The fire in the closet is blazing. A thick manuscript with a pair of glasses lying horizontally on the sand on the sand beside it.

Needless to say, the old man was reading the manuscript before Cuthbert came.

"What about my brother?" asked Cuthbert.

"Your father has entrusted him with all the business of the castle, and now we will stay in this little manor to retire. ”

"Say whatever you want, see if it's the same as I think!" the old man sat down on the sand.

"Father, you know the economic situation of Erathia. The tax revenues of the autumn have not yet had time to begin because of the sudden arrival of the war, and the treasury is now very empty! I would like to ask you to temporarily fund me with hundreds of thousands of gold coins to help Erathia tide over the current difficulties!"

"I'm not going to lend money to anyone in the Einfast family! Kendall's damn old man has coaxed and blackmailed me for more than a million gold coins, and he hasn't paid me back yet! Every time I go to him to ask for money, he always talks about him!"

"Father, the king of Erathia is now Princess Saiya, not Kendall! I can vouch for my personality that you can absolutely trust the character of Princess Saiya and Prince Regent!"

"And what about the money Kendall owes me?"

"If you have his loan contract, I will gradually repay it for him in the future!"

"Of course there is! I wouldn't be as stupid as a three-year-old kid to believe Kendall's rhetoric! But I said you're pretty bad! Other people are officials who get money into their own homes, but you'd better post the money in your own house!"

"Isn't he on business?" Cuthbert, you say, how much gold do you need?" said the lady.

"Don't speak! I lent it to Erathia, not to your son. ”

"Father, if possible, I would like to borrow more!"

"I won't lend you much! You must remember that wealth cannot be used to show off, and showing off may even bring you disaster! Always uphold the virtue of humility, which is the secret of our family's longevity. ”

"I'll keep it in mind! Father, how much can you lend me?"

"I'll lend you 200,000 yuan, but you still have to give me an IOU, write the interest on the loan, and the date of repayment. ”

"Father, can you give me an extra 200,000?" asked Cuthbert.

"No, do you want people to know that our family is rich?"

"Father, Erathia is going to have a large amount of national debt, and the return rate will be very high, would you be interested in learning about it?"

"I won't be stupid enough to buy a lot of waste paper with real money! In this special period, I will feel comfortable holding hard currency in my hand!" the old man put on his glasses and began to flip through the thick manuscript.

"Father, the purchase of national bonds is not only good for the country, but also for the individual! If Erathia perishes, then who can protect your life and property?"

"Use your rhetoric to trick the foolish and ignorant to go! I won't be moved!" said the old man, waving his hand

"Father, I beg you to think again......"

"Say no more! If you're here to borrow money from me, then you can go! Tell the butler to take my seal and go with you to King's Road in the city, where I have some shops. You go to them to get 200,000 gold coins! Remember, you must write an IOU!"

Looking at his father, who was pretending to be reading, Cuthbert sighed. He bowed down and said, "In that case, then I will say goodbye to you and my mother!"

"Why, are you going to go?"

"Yes, Mother, today is my first day as Prime Minister, and there is still a lot of work to be done in the Privy Council!"

"Wait, I'll send you!" the lady glared at the old man disapprovingly, and ran upstairs in a hurry. A moment later, she ran downstairs again.

The old man's gaze was projected from the top of the frame of his glasses: "Old lady, what are you holding in your hand?"

"It's something I've been married to, what's wrong? It's not yours, I have the right to dispose of it!"

"Whatever you want!" muttered the old man, "don't say you don't have any decent ornaments for the banquet in the future! I won't buy them for you! They have no purpose except for the sparkle of light!"

"Take your money and die!" said Madame, angrily running out of the room.

Cuthbert and the butler were already waiting in the courtyard.

"Mother, did you quarrel with your father?" Cuthbert heard his mother yelling in the room.

"Don't mention that stubborn old man!" the lady handed the package to Cuthbert, "take care of it, and let your name be engraved on the monument of Erathia's history!"

"Mother......" Cuthbert was speechless.

"Go, kid......"

Until Cuthbert and his party disappeared into the forest, she was still watching obsessively.

Inside the palace, Gu Shiyu and Kendall were debating fiercely.

"You're wrong! Holy Light Island just used the three million gold coin loan as a temptation, and firmly choked us by the neck and made us subject to them!"

"Since you are so capable, then you can give me some money! I also want to lead my first corps to teach the demon army of Fiona a good lesson, but where is the food, grass, military salary, and military materials? I really doubt that those waste papers you printed can really be turned into money?"

"Since there is no food and grass, then why did you agree to the request of the High Priest of Anel and send 20,000 troops to attack Eric with him?

"Defeat Eric, and we'll be rich!"

"You're asking our soldiers not to protect their own relatives and homes, but to be mercenaries for others for money! This is what the Holy Light Island Parliament is best at! Won't you feel guilty if our soldiers die in a foreign land because of this?"

"The men of Erathia should die on the battlefield!"

"Then it depends on whether the things they are fighting for are worth it!" Gu Shiyu sat on the chair with a huff.

The Queen Mother and King Saiya watched the two men who were blushing in argument.

"Kendall, let me ask you, do you want a powerful Dia as a neighbor, or do you want a Diya who is split in two to be a neighbor?"

"Of course Dia is weak, so they have to rely on us! But they can't be too weak, otherwise who will defend us against the army of the undead going north?"

Gu Shiyu really wanted to tell this reckless man the story of Candle Zhiwu's retreat from the Qin Division, but he didn't particularly understand those "Zhihu also" himself. He had no choice but to say, "Once we send troops to attack Eric, it will not only weaken our own strength, but will allow the Duke of Elares to take advantage of the situation to unify Dia." I don't want to do such a thing that harms others and is not good for myself! And as far as I know, Duke Elares and you are not good friends! As for how to resist the army of the undead heading north, aren't Eric and Duke Elares working together very well now?"

"But I've promised Anel!You can't make me talk like a fart!"

The Queen Mother began to speak: "His Royal Highness Prince Regent, what you said is very reasonable. But I have to say that this is a promise he made before he became king, and therefore it should have the force of law! We must not let people in the world question the authority of the king, that would make us lose our trust!"

"You mean that we know we're doing something wrong, but we have to keep doing it?"

"Yes...... The king is a symbol of a nation, and we must not let anyone know that we have done a bad job! Therefore, we have no choice but to hold on! But we can make fewer or even no similar mistakes in the future!"

"What's your opinion?Sea?" Gu Shiyu looked at Seya and said.

"I think what my mother said makes a lot of sense. I don't want to fall into trouble when High Priest Eric is in trouble, but if we help the Isle of Light attack Eric, we will not only be able to better consolidate the alliance between Erathia and Dia, but we will not offend the Isle of Light. Seya looked at Gu Shiyu worriedly and said, "And...... There is accurate information that my sister has set a wedding date with Prince Roland of Dia...... Aren't we helping her by doing this?"

Speaking of Catherine, Gu Shiyu's heart ached. He said gloomily: "Since you all say so, then let it be, I will not interfere in this matter! But I must add: since you Kendall went out to fight with 20,000 soldiers, then you must promise to bring back the vast majority of them!"

"Don't worry!" Kendall got the result he wanted, and finally stopped sulking. He patted Gu Shiyu on the shoulder and said: "Although our two grandfathers had a fight today, I have to say that you kid has a good grasp of the general strategic direction, but when it comes to specific tactics, I am much stronger than you! Do you know how to set up an ambush, how to block, how to intersperse, how to divide, and how to encircle? Tell you, so far, I have not lost a battle!"

Gu Shiyu only knows a little bit about these things, and he is not very good at them. He sighed and left the palace directly.