In the city of Daliang, on a street where cars and horses are like flowing water, a deep house compound is scattered among them, just look at the threshold of the gate to know that the owner must be noble.

It's just that in front of the door of such a compound, it is unusually cold, not only are there no *** nobles carrying heavy boxes of wood shuttling through it, but even the peddlers and pawns almost walk around here, as if they are hiding from the plague.

The door, decorated with red paint and brass, was even tighter, and even faintly spider silk lingered on it. Obviously, this main door has not been opened for too long.

After Xinlingjun finished handing over the talisman with the King of Wei, he had been sitting in seclusion in this mansion for more than ten days.

A fishing rod, a jar of deep water, and a few small fish are all that Xinlingjun has now. The lotus bed in front of him is still watery, but the lotus seeds on it have long disappeared, leaving a mess.

"Your Majesty." Suddenly, an old voice sounded from behind.

There is no need to look back, Xin Lingjun also knows that this is his old housekeeper here.

"What?" As if he was afraid of disturbing the fish in this pool, Xin Lingjun opened his mouth lightly, but he never turned his head.

"Your Majesty, another guest asks to leave." The old butler's voice became deeper and deeper, "This is the seventh batch of doormen who have asked to leave."

Sighing, the old housekeeper looked at Xinlingjun again, who was still sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, and couldn't help but worry: "Your Majesty, do you want to talk to all the guests, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will ......."

"Heh......" Seeing that the old man's sigh scared all the fish away, Xin Lingjun simply put away the fishing rod, turned to the old housekeeper and said, "Didn't the housekeeper still complain that Benjun kept too many guests back then, and spent a lot of money?"

"This?!" The old butler was a little speechless for a while when he heard this.

Xin Lingjun waved his hand indifferently, he was used to seeing death on the battlefield, and he didn't care about the defection of these disciples at this time.

What's more, Xinlingjun, who has experienced ups and downs, knows deeply that there are only a few really useful and useful subordinates, which are enough.

Immediately, Xin Lingjun put away the fishing rod and said to the old butler, "If you want to leave, give some silver money and cloth, and you can complete this friendship, and you don't need to worry too much."

Seeing that Xinlingjun was so free and easy, the old housekeeper's hanging heart was also slightly relaxed.

After all, the backbone of the history of Xinling Jun's Mansion has always been just Xinling Jun. No matter how many people there are, they are just strong and mighty, and the most important and fundamental thing is Xinlingjun himself.

If it weren't for the fear that the departure of the doorman would affect Xinlingjun, the old housekeeper wouldn't care so much.

Immediately, the old butler bowed slightly, and agreed, "Yes."

"Also." Just as the old housekeeper was about to leave, Xin Lingjun stopped the old housekeeper again: "How is the grain purchase?"

"Oh." The old butler seemed to have just remembered, and immediately replied: "Your Excellency, this year's domestic Dafeng, the price of grain is quite low, and about 100,000 quintals of grain and grass have been purchased near Daliang, and the rest will probably be collected from the surrounding counties, and the time will be slower, and ......

Saying that, the old butler glanced at Xin Lingjun cautiously again.

"How?" Xinlingjun asked with a frown.

"I don't have enough money at home." The old housekeeper hurriedly explained, "Although the price of grain is low, after all, 100,000 quintals is not a small amount, and there are still costs for transporting grain from other places, so it is ......."

"If it's not enough, sell some of the jade treasures at home." Xin Lingjun sighed slightly, and then said, "If it is still insufficient, then sell some fields."

"How does this work?" The old butler immediately jumped three feet high.

Sure enough, the Chinese people's dedication to the field is engraved into the blood.

"This is not the king's business, how can the king be able to bear it, even to the point of using the land?!" The old housekeeper immediately held grievances for his own king.

"Shut up." Xin Lingjun immediately interrupted the old butler's words and scolded sharply.

Hearing this, the old housekeeper immediately bowed and saluted, not daring to say anything more.

"I led the army of the country, and if I failed to benefit the country, I just lost my teacher and humiliated the country. It is not an exaggeration to say that the sin is to cut off the city and abandon it." Xin Lingjun threw the fishing rod in his hand to the ground and continued to reprimand angrily, "If my king does not surrender for the crime of defeating his master, how can I spend the country's money for my own sake?"

"The one who owes Zhao Guo grain and grass is the king, and the two hundred thousand loads of grain and grass are also redeemed by the king's life, and they should be repaid by the king." Xinling Jun frowned, looked at his old butler, and said word by word, "Don't you think that this gentleman is not worth these 200,000 loads of grain and grass?"

Hearing this, the old housekeeper immediately shook it to the end and said busily, "Little old man doesn't dare. It's just ......."

Although Xinlingjun took all the faults on himself, as an old housekeeper in Xinlingjun's mansion, he was also quite familiar with the generals under Xinlingjun, how could he not know the reason.

In the eyes of the old butler and the generals under Xinlingjun: On the battlefield, the Korean army defected, if it wasn't for Xinlingjun's quick decision, I am afraid that even the last 20,000 troops would not be able to be saved.

And the grain and grass borrowed from Zhao was obviously forced to rescue the last elite helpless army of Wei. Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, it should be funded by the national treasury.

Naturally, for Xinlingjun's practice of raising grain and grass by himself to repay the debts of Zhao State, everyone's hearts were very unwilling, and they were even more unfair.

In fact, how could Xin Lingjun want to use his own family assets to make up for the holes in this country.

However, there is no way! He's afraid!

He was afraid that if he didn't come forward to repay this debt, with the greed of King Wei, it was very likely that he would treat this incident as if it had never happened, in the hope of being able to rely on it.

Although this debt, from the point of view of the state, is nothing at all.

But the king who can't stand himself is so greedy!

If this is the case, if Zhao directly sends an envoy to ask for it, or if the army is pressurized, then it is okay, under pressure, the king of Wei should still repay this debt.

But how wise King Zhao is, it is very likely that Zhao Guo will not even mention this matter at all.

And when the Wei State gradually forgets and the Qin State completely retreats back to Hexi, this incident will be the best excuse for the Zhao State to send troops to the Wei State. Obviously, this excuse can allow Zhao State to smoothly occupy the moral high ground, even if it is Qin State, it may not be able to send troops to help him.

Even if the Qin army came forward to coordinate, what Wei needed to pay was not just a matter of hundreds of thousands of loads of grain.

Therefore, in order to dispel this stupid and greedy idea of King Wei, Xin Lingjun could only take this foreign debt hard. Even if this grain will make the already somewhat declining Xinling Monarch's Mansion even more decadent.

For the sake of Wei's safety, he could only do this.

And since he has decided to bear this debt, Xinlingjun naturally wants to create his own patriotic character. Of course, this act is enough to show his patriotism.

"Go ahead and buy food." Xinlingjun then said calmly: "Eat the king's luck, and be loyal to the king. Besides, as long as the Wei State is still there, the Xinling Monarch's Mansion will not be defeated."

Hearing this, the old housekeeper's spirit was also invigorated.

Obviously, he also understands that as long as Xinlingjun does not fall, even if he scatters a little money, he will come back soon.

In the Wei State, which is now short of soldiers and major generals, in the face of the complex situation of Qin and Zhao's struggle for hegemony, Xinlingjun is obviously confident enough that he will be reused, whether it is government affairs or military, Xinlingjun is indispensable in today's Wei State.

Although Xinlingjun led his troops twice and returned home twice, you must know that Xinlingjun's opponent is the invincible Qin army! Countless famous generals have fallen into the sand in their hands, and even the former old general Longjia was defeated and captured.

was able to retreat from the hands of the fierce Qin army, or twice, which also shows that Xinling Jun knows the soldiers.

Yes, among today's countries, if you can defeat under the hands of the Qin army and not die, you are already a famous general, and if you can win or lose with the Qin army, you are already a top famous general.

Speaking of which, Xinlingjun's second failure, he really can't be blamed, the main reason is also

It was the defection of the South Korean army.

And even in such an unfavorable situation, Xin Lingjun was still able to bring back some of the soldiers and horses in a disorderly manner, and to be honest, there was no way to blame.

Of course, more importantly, Xinlingjun will take it away, in addition to being the elite of the Wei State, there is another important identity - Xinlingjun's own lineage!

This may not be a deliberate choice by Xinling Jun, but it is the final result of the screening of the laws of the battlefield.

Obviously, if it weren't for Xinlingjun's lineage, he might not obey Xinlingjun's orders when faced with a choice between life and death, and at the same time, if it weren't for the lineage troops, Xinlingjun would not be able to lead such a force to rush and kill in the chaos without scruples.

Coupled with the appearance of Xinlingjun and the soldiers sharing weal and woe along the way, the soldiers of the Wei army also saw it. Although they may not feel anything on the way to the defeated army, at a critical time, the troops who followed Xinlingjun back to China will obviously trust Xinlingjun more, a general who has experienced life and death with them.

And this group of troops who have really fought against the Qin army will obviously become the backbone of the Wei army in the future.

In other words, in today's Wei army, Xinlingjun has invisibly established his own name. The present and future of the Wei army will be under the control of Xinling Jun.

Maybe next time, even if Xinlingjun doesn't have a "stealing talisman", he will be able to "save Zhao".

In the two wars, although Xinlingjun lost some reputation and reputation among the people, what he gained was prestige and recognition in the army. Obviously, King Wei, who was sitting high on the temple, did not notice this.

With the Wei army behind to support Xinlingjun, this is the most fundamental reason and confidence for Xinlingjun to be able to fish in his own pond with peace of mind regardless of the snub in front of his house, not worrying about the scattering of doormen.

There are soldiers in his hands, and his heart is not panicked. And this is what Zhao Kuo, the king of Zhao today, taught him.

As for the so-called politics, not to mention, in the past ten years, he has taken in too many customers and recommended too many officials.

Although he is now frustrated, as long as the situation changes and he returns to power, he will soon be able to regather a large force.

This is politics, and it is also interests.

As Xin Lingjun himself said, as long as the Wei State is still there, he Xin Lingjun will not fall. As long as Xinlingjun does not fall, naturally Xinlingjun's mansion will not collapse!

It's just that Xin Lingjun really didn't expect that his recovery would come so quickly.