Facing Lin Zhan's pressing step by step, Ah Tai's face turned pale and his body trembled slightly. After half a ring, he used all his strength to squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth: "I will report everything I know to the head of the family." After that, I will personally go to Gongzi to ask for guilt and judge myself to thank Gongzi for his reconstruction. ”

After saying that, Ah Tai collapsed to the ground like mud.

Ah Tai's answer was definitely not the answer that Lin Zhan really wanted, but after listening to Ah Tai's words, Lin Zhan's expression involuntarily eased. looked at Ah Tai's eyes with a little more solemnity.

Lin Zhan had already obtained the information of Wu Tian and others a long time ago, so Lin Zhan was very clear about Ah Tai's specific situation.

Ah Tai is now an orphan. His father was a general under Lin Tianxiao's account, and unfortunately died in battle with the enemy. His mother, a martyr woman, fainted on the spot when she heard the news of her husband's tragic death, and died of depression not long after. At that time, Mrs. Ah was just a six-year-old child.

In the Celestial Star Empire, there are no martyrs' children who need preferential treatment from the government. The Celestial Star Empire is located in the center of the continent, and it is a land of four wars, surrounded by the five great empires of Yantang, Shenlong, Holy Light, and Amitya. Such enormous military pressure has always been the heaviest burden on the empire. In order to ensure the security of the empire, the standing strength of the empire reached more than 7 million, and the reserve force had more than 10 million. Even in the era of peace and stability, conflicts on the frontier have never stopped, and tens of thousands of soldiers are killed every year. Once the fighting expands a little, the casualty toll will skyrocket.

With so many fallen soldiers, it is natural that more widows and orphans are left, and if the Celestial Star Empire really wants to properly settle all these people, the empire's financial expenditure will increase by at least forty percent.

Plainly to come up with so much money, how could those misers in the upper echelons of the empire who love money and don't want to die agree to come down. As for the widows and orphans of the fallen soldiers, they just hastily paid a symbolic pension and then ignored them. As for the life or death of these people after that, it has nothing to do with them.

As for the final destination of this meager pension, it also needs to be studied. If you are lucky enough to meet an official who still has a little conscience, this pension will be handed over to the relatives of the fallen soldiers in relatively complete form. But in most cases, officials at all levels divide up the symbolic pension layer by layer. In the end, the families of those martyrs can only receive the news that their relatives are buried in their homeland. As for pensions, they are just rhetoric used by officials to flaunt their image.

Compared with others, an orphan like Ah Tai, who has lost both his father and mother, is bound to be even more miserable. If it weren't for the Lin family's rescue, Ah Tai would have died ten years ago.

Those high-ranking officials and nobles who enjoy glory and wealth in the upper echelons of the empire, and are drunk all day long, can not care about the life or death of these fallen soldiers. But the Lin family, as the military god of the Celestial Star Empire and the idol in the hearts of tens of millions of troops in the empire, naturally couldn't pretend to turn a blind eye.

In fact, a very important job of the Lin family on weekdays is to help the orphans of those fallen soldiers who have a difficult life. This matter was even handled by Lin Tianxiao, the head of the Lin family.

If these people who are living in difficulty come to the imperial capital to ask the Lin family for help, the Lin family will also lend a helping hand most of the time.

And an orphan like Ah Tai, whose parents died directly or indirectly because of the war, the Lin family will find a way to adopt him once they find out. After cultivating for a period of time, they will be assigned to various positions in the Lin family, so that they can support themselves.

Regardless of whether the Lin family did this to enhance and expand their own strength, the Lin family's approach gave these orphans hope to live after all. Therefore, the whole empire gave high praise to the Lin family for doing this.

The Lin family has been doing this with all their heart and soul for so many years. After all, the Lin family is just a family, and its human, financial, or material resources are always limited. No matter how powerful the Lin family is in the empire, it is impossible to completely replace the role of the government in this regard.

When the entire government is indifferent to this matter, the power of one person and one family can only be a drop in the bucket.

Lin Tianxiao naturally knew this situation. But even Lin Tianxiao didn't have the ability to change the attitude of the entire empire.

Therefore, Lin Tianxiao can only do his best to help those who need help the most.

As for those that the Lin family can't reach, Lin Tianxiao can only say sorry.

According to Lin Tianxiao's words, he didn't do this to earn much fame or benefits. I only hope that I can end up with a peace of mind. When he is a hundred years old, he can meet those former subordinates with a little face.

Lin Tianxiao's desireless attitude has won Lin Tianxiao more praise. As for the orphans who were adopted by the Lin family, they were even more grateful to the Lin family.

When the Lin family arranged these people, they once gave these people the opportunity to choose. According to Lin Tianxiao's meaning, it is necessary to arrange these people to safer positions as much as possible, such as various industries of the Lin family. Let these people live a peaceful life under the protection of the Lin family, and don't go to the kind of days like their fathers to lick blood.

Lin Tianxiao's meaning was clearly conveyed to everyone, so that they could freely choose their own future path. But every time, there are many people who are willing to sacrifice their loyalty and lives for the Lin family.

The lady in front of her is a representative of these people.

For Ah Tai, the Lin family has a life-saving grace for him, and it is where his father has fought all his life. And Lin Zhan also has the grace of knowing and recreating him, giving him unprecedented strength and trust.

The Lin family gave Ah Tai the destination of life, and Lin Zhan gave Ah Tai the meaning of life.

To choose between the two is undoubtedly a great disaster for Ah Tai.

Ah Tai struggled to the end, and could only give Lin Zhan such an answer.

Ah Tai's answer was not the one Lin Zhan wanted most, but it was the one that Lin Zhan wanted to hear the most.

If Ah Tai chose to swear allegiance to himself without hesitation, Lin Zhan would despise Ah Tai instead.

In terms of priority, the Lin family rescued Ah Tai first, and Lin Zhan received Ah Tai last. In terms of degree, the Lin family gave Ah Tai hope to live, and Lin Zhan only gave Ah Tai more strength. From a hierarchical point of view, Ah Tai came to Lin Zhan's side because of the Lin family's orders, and Lin Zhan was also able to accept Ah Tai as his subordinate because of his identity as the second son of the Lin family.

Combining these points, Ah Tai just turned his head and returned to the Lin family, and Lin Zhan couldn't complain. And Ah Tai had to judge herself in the end to apologize to Lin Zhan, which made Lin Zhan speechless.

Lin Zhan patted Ah Tai's shoulder lightly, and said in a softened tone: "Ah Tai, you can give me such an answer to show that you are indeed a loyal person. You are loyal to the Lin family first and then to me, and there is nothing wrong with this order. I reuse you because I have high hopes for you. I have no reason to blame you for this, you should get up first. ”

Hearing Lin Zhan say this, Ah Tai's whole body was relieved, and she couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Thank you, childe. ”

After Ah Tai finished speaking, he stood up and stood respectfully in front of Lin Zhan.

"Since you have returned to my question, then I will also answer your question, which can be regarded as an explanation for you. ”

Hearing this, Ah Tai's heart was shocked, and she looked at Lin Zhan with solemn eyes.

"Since you have come this far at the age of fifteen, and you have come to me to ask this question, it shows that you are a wise man besides loyalty. To Ah Tai, Lin Zhan did not hide his appreciation: "You have been in the Lin family for so many years, and you know in your heart what the situation of the Lin family is now, so I won't bother to speak." To be honest, I'm quite unhappy with what my grandfather is doing now. No matter what he is afraid of, letting others bully him on his head and blindly retreating from it is not acceptable to me, let alone a man. ”