After the separation, the family had a lot of fish and meat every day, and the best was furious

After a night, in the Xiluo Palace, King Xiluo pushed all the wine glasses and fruit plates to the ground, and was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Jingchuan used a trick to kill all of Saren's troops. Over 500 of our Xiluo soldiers were captured, including General Saren."

Bater was thirty-six years old and had only been the King of Xiluo for two years. The Kingdom of Dongxia was the spoils of war left to him by his father, but now Dongxia dared to rebel against him.

"What a Dongxia, after a few years of peace and stability, now they dare to climb over Xiluo's head..."

"What should we do, my king? Next, once Dongxia's reinforcements arrive, Xiao Jingchuan will attack our Yangcheng. Should we send a large army there to crush Dongxia?"

The person who was talking to Bater was his cousin Bai'e, who supported him to become the King of Xiro. He could do nothing but flatter.

"Humph, Yangcheng is the most important city in Xiluo. Naturally, we cannot let Xiao Jingchuan capture it. We will send a large army to garrison it."

Although Bater is young, he is not an ordinary person to become the king of a country.

"Bai E, the Dongxia Kingdom doesn't want to pay tribute unconditionally like before. Do you want to change the method?"

Mr. Jiang has been to the Xiluo Palace on a diplomatic mission and talked about this matter last time. No matter how the food changes, its essence will enter the territory of Xiluo.

But Bater could not agree. It was like someone who had been suppressed all the time suddenly jumped up and started negotiating with him. How could the new king deal with this?

"My king, are you going to agree to them?"

Xiro has a new king, and Bater has not yet gained the support of the people, so it is not appropriate to fight a war at this time.

The fact that Dongxia dared to put forward this condition shows that they will not give up even if you don't agree.

"At this point, we can only rely on fate. Aren't Dongxia's reinforcements about to arrive at the border town?

There is a severe drought in the border town, and even drinking water has become a problem. With so many people pouring into the border town, it is unknown whether they can survive.

Even if they really want to attack Yangcheng, it will take more than a day or two to capture it. By then, without a water source, I will see how they fight."

Bater imitated the previous king, grew a full beard, and strung agate beads on his goatee to show his nobility.

Bai E didn't know much about politics, but he was very good at observing people's words and expressions. According to the king, if Xiao Jingchuan led the border town army to find Shui Yuan, he would agree to Dongxia's proposal.

If they can't find a water source, then even with so many people, they won't be able to capture Yangcheng. This battle depends on God's will.

"Your Majesty is wise. Dongxia is a tiny country. Even if Your Majesty agrees to let them make some money from the grain, it would be like feeding a dog.

Once the king secures his throne, the entire Dongxia will be under your control. You are the most powerful warrior and hero in Xiluo, and the entire world will be yours."

After reaching a high position, Bater liked to hear these words to satisfy his vanity, and Bai E just happened to satisfy him.

"Humph, Dongxia Kingdom will sooner or later become part of Xiluo."

Bai E: "Yes, sooner or later it will belong to the king."

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In the Weirui Pavilion in the border town, only the wives of wealthy families have come to buy clothes in all the days since it opened. The business situation can be described as bleak.

The ladies who came here to buy clothes asked Lin Ting in confusion why he chose to open a store in the border town at this time. Isn't this courting his own destruction?

If Lin Ting really had the purpose of making a profit, he must have had money but nowhere to spend it, so he opened this Weirui Pavilion.

"Madam, these are all the bills for Weirui Pavilion. We haven't even earned back a penny of the money we spent on building this attic."

Lin Ting held the brush between two fingers and closed the account book of Weirui Pavilion. There were only a few lines of words on it, which was boring to read.

"Aunt Jing, are we ready with all the cash?"

What Lin Lin exchanged for Lin Ting were all genuine gold, silver and jewelry, enough for her to do business here for two years.

"Everything is ready. Dongxia's reinforcements are almost arriving at the border town today. Madam, are you still sending food to the barracks?"

As far as Lin Ting knew, the reinforcements came with a lot of food and supplies, so Lin Ting didn't need to have any more food delivered.

"No need, Aunt Jing, go to the warehouse and distribute some food to the people in the border town on a regular basis in my name, Lin Ting.

But I have a rule: only the elderly, weak women, and children can come to claim it. No one else can receive it."

In this cannibalistic age, Lin has heard too much about human nature. If anyone can get it, the quantity is small and it is not enough to eat.

Many families sell women, girls, and children in exchange for food and clothing. Lin Ting does this for the safety of these children and to make them an indispensable part of the family.

"Yes ma'am, I'll do it right away."

After the reinforcements arrived at the border town, Lin Ting also rested in Weirui for two days. This should have been a good thing, but after only two days, chaos broke out in the military camp.

A lot of people suddenly came into the courtyard behind Lin Ting's Weirui Pavilion.

"Hurry up, don't dawdle."

Lin Ting and Bai Lu walked towards the location of the footsteps, only to see Han Yian leading the way, followed by more than 30 soldiers from the army.

Everyone carried a shoulder pole with wooden buckets on both ends.

"Yian, what are you doing?"

Han Yian trotted to Lin Ting, snatched the teacup from her hand, and drank the tea that she had not yet drunk.

"Lin Ting, you don't know, the military camp is now fighting over a sip of water. The Second Prince took people to the outside of the city to find water. They were gone for a whole day, but the water they brought back was not enough for the soldiers to drink.

As the number of people increases, the amount of water used will also increase. I remembered that you have a well in Weirui Pavilion, so I brought them here to fetch some water. I will leave some for you to use first, and I will take whatever is left."

Lin Ting knew that the well was dug very deep. Even if all the water in the well was scooped out, there would still be groundwater coming out, and there would still be water available the next day.

Han Yian also wanted to come here after seeing that Lin Ting's Weirui Pavilion was not providing porridge today. Nowadays in the border town, it is not an exaggeration to say that water is more expensive than gold.

"Go fetch some water. The water tanks in Weirui Pavilion have enough water for today."

Han Yian pulled Lin Ting to sit in the pavilion in the backyard and watched the soldiers in the yard pull up water from the deep well bucket by bucket.

Seeing this, Lin Ting fell into deep thought. The wells in the border town were guarded by General Han's men, so they were not occupied by others.

But it was only enough to distribute to the people so that they would not die of thirst. If they wanted to drink enough, they had to buy water. Some people went outside the city to find water and brought it back to sell. A water bag started at five taels of silver.

It is almost June now, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter, but there is no sign of rain in the border town.

If this continues, how can the army attack Yangcheng in Xiluo?

It has only been two days and chaos has broken out in the military camp with strict military discipline. I can’t imagine how they can implement their plan to protect Dongxia in such a situation.

"Yian, General Saren of Xiluo is still imprisoned in the dungeon. Is there any movement from Xiluo? Has the Second Prince mentioned anything to General Han?"