"Eleven thousand gold coins!

Eleven thousand gold coins! That’s not silver or copper, you two are worthless!"

In a spacious study room in the Marquis's residence, Jie Yin was sitting quietly behind his desk. After listening to the report of the two guard captains, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot.

Just now, the financial officer of Augola City reported to him that the captain of the city defense army took his handwriting and went to him to withdraw 11,000 gold coins. After figuring out the whereabouts of this huge sum of money, Jack

Yin's head is about to explode...

"Ten thousand gold coins is how many months of tax revenue does the province of Gust have?

How many soldiers can it feed?

How much food can be exchanged for?

Do you two idiots know that?"

He looked angrily at the two trembling captains in front of him, and resisted the urge to rush forward and strangle them to death.

"But...uncle..."

The older captain curled his lips and tried to argue, but there was a roar in Jie Yin's head. He suddenly stood up with a heavy breath, and smashed the desk in front of him to pieces with his right palm filled with strong wind.

"Call me Marquis! Lord Marquis! How many times do I have to teach you before you remember it!"

This is not a border, and you are no longer gangsters drinking and fighting in the village all day long! As an officer of the kingdom, you must address me in the national standard!"

He roared wildly, frightening the two captains and taking a few steps back.

"But...but...

It was you who said that you should stabilize Her Highness the Princess's mood and try to meet all Her Highness's requests...

Moreover, that old fox Riggins gave us a discount, all for the sake of Her Highness Jaina..."

The younger guard captain lowered his head slightly, pursed his lips and defended in a low voice.

"Did you get a discount?"

After Jie Yin calmed down, he suddenly smiled. He rubbed his cheeks vigorously with his thin hands, and a stiff smile suddenly broke out on his dark face.

"It's 60% off, 60% off!

The original price was 18,800, but now it’s only 11,000, saving a full 7,000 gold coins!

Such a stingy dwarf is willing to cut off his flesh, this is the charm of Her Highness Jaina..."

Upon seeing this, the young guard captain quickly explained, but before he could finish his words, Jie Yin suddenly walked over quickly and knocked him to the ground with a slap.

"Come on! Drag this obsessed bastard out and give me a leg!"

Jie Yin roared angrily, his nostrils flaring, and after hearing this, the guard at the door hurriedly ran in and dragged out the captain who fell to the ground with blood on his face and groaned.

When the other one saw this, he quickly lowered his head in horror, staring closely at his polished riding boots, not daring to look directly into Jie Yin's eyes anymore.

"Eleven thousand gold coins...Eleven thousand, this is cutting my flesh! It is cutting my heart, these damn bastards from the finance department, how can they allocate eleven thousand gold coins so easily?

To those two idiots who have no brains!"

Jie Yin's face was ashen, he was breathing heavily, he was walking around the room with his hands behind his back, and he kept muttering in his mouth.

"A bunch of rubbish! Trash!"

After wandering back and forth in the room for a few times, he suddenly turned his head and seemed to finally realize that there was a so-called fool left at the door...

"And you!

what are you waiting for?

Wait for me to give you a discount too?

How about 40% off too, 40% off on each leg!"

Seeing that the older captain was still standing in the room, Jie Yin showed that stiff smile again.

When the guard captain saw this, he nodded hurriedly. But after thinking about it, he quickly shook his head, then turned around and ran out as if running for his life.

"Trash! They are all trash!"

Kicking away the fragments of the desk scattered on the ground, Jie Yin felt so depressed that the arrow wound on his chest almost recurred.

Ten thousand gold coins, one million silver coins, one hundred million copper coins...

This is enough to feed and drink 50,000 infantrymen for a year, but he only exchanged two "toys" for a wayward princess. Moreover, his two nephews, whom he trained as his confidants and sent to monitor the princess, actually happily served her

Purchased the order...

This gave him the urge to hit the wall!

"It doesn't matter...it doesn't matter!"

After venting to the empty room, he slowly sat back on the chair before, but his hands flat on his legs were still trembling.

"It doesn't matter. Compared with the value of Jaina, those gold coins are nothing at all. I just need to wait now, wait quietly..."

Just murmuring softly like this, he comforted himself for a while before finally suppressing the anger in his heart.

"Your Majesty the Marquis!"

An anxious call broke the tranquility in the room, and then an adjutant in full armor ran in quickly. It can be seen that he was a little overwhelmed when he saw the messy scene on the ground.

"I hope it's good news!"

Without any unnecessary nonsense, Jie Yin lowered his head and looked at the ground and said nonchalantly.

"It's news from the Royal City! Ole has already replied!" The adjutant replied carefully after closing the door tightly.

"Ole?" Hearing these two words, Jie Yin suddenly raised his head, an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes.

The adjutant quickly took a few steps closer and continued in a low voice: "Aure basically agreed to all the conditions proposed by the Marquis. However, he was given a national surname, the title of prince, and the control rights of two provinces...

"

"Don't worry, he can think about it slowly!" After understanding the adjutant's words and Ao Lei's meaning, Jie Yin sneered, "Anyway, there are two other provinces that are also interested in Her Royal Highness the Princess, and those two combined can be enough to compete with Ao Lei.

Lei resisted."

"But Ole has the support of the White Night Empire, are we..." After thinking for a while, the adjutant reminded worriedly.

"Hmph! Do you really think that the White Night Empire is helping Ole to seize the throne in order to indirectly control Ogilia? How can they be that simple?

If they want to invade us, why do they need a puppet like Ole..."

Jie Yin stood up slowly, put his hands behind his back and said disdainfully.

"Ole is just a troublemaker! Although I don't know what the White Night Empire is going to do, I can tell based on the results.

They don’t want to invade Ogilia, at least not now, they just disturb our stability and tranquility!”

"You mean, the White Night Empire is also stirring up trouble?" the adjutant asked in confusion.

"That's right!" Jie Yin nodded, with a cunning smile on his gloomy face, "But no matter what, the result now is that Ogilia is in chaos.

And this chaos will last for several years, or even more than ten years, until the kingdom becomes unified again, or completely breaks apart..."

This coup is a national tragedy, but for some careerists, it is also an opportunity..."

As he spoke, Jie Yin slowly turned around and looked towards the south. His obscure gaze seemed to have passed through the Baili Plain, seeing the majestic royal city and the continuous flames of war...

"Then let's..." After listening to his analysis, the adjutant suddenly became excited, his face turned red, and his voice trembled a little.

"Lord Marquis! Our Gust Province also has the strength to participate in the competition!

Strong combat readiness, sufficient food and grass, and most importantly, Princess Jaina is now in our hands!"

As the adjutant spoke, his tone of voice gradually increased uncontrollably. His whole body trembled with excitement, and his eyes shone with a strange light.

"us……"

After understanding what the adjutant meant, Jie Yin suddenly shuddered.

He slowly turned around and looked at the adjutant who had followed him for many years, but his eyes were full of exhaustion and weakness.

After looking at the young adjutant quietly for a while, he suddenly sighed, walked over and gently patted the adjutant on the shoulder...

"Sorry to disappoint you, kid!

But I am not a careerist...

As long as I strive for the greatest benefit in this melee...

From a commoner to a marquis, King Lipu gave me everything I have now, including the current province of Gust, so I have been fighting for the king. Even though I can no longer hold a sword, my loyalty to King Lipu remains.

Not erased.”

Turning around and looking out the window again, Jie Yin's back looked a little lonely...

"For many years of guarding the border, I have seen too many terrible things...

The intrigues between the powerful and the intrigues between the royal family. Therefore, my allegiance is to King Lippe himself, not to this country.

But now the king is dead, and a little seventeen-year-old, playful and indulgent little princess is not worth fighting for."

"So what I can do is to protect Gust and prevent it from being stained by the war. Because this is the task that King Lippe has given me, and I promised him that I can handle it well.
To be continued...