In the prison, there was no light, Lu Chao could only use the general time of eating to infer what time it was now. In the prison, there was one meal in the morning and one night. When it was dinner, it should have been dark outside.

Returning from Shannan County, he was arrested and imprisoned by officials from the Ministry of Justice. He didn't know what his mother is now, but Lu Chao was not worried about it. First, Lu Bin would take care of his mother, and second, the teacher is still in Xianyang. With the teacher there, his mother would not be bullied.

The prison door was pushed open again with a bang. Lu Chao raised his head and took advantage of the light from the torches in the prison. He saw the prison leader bringing the two in. He stood up suddenly, rushed to the fence a few steps, and knelt down with a loud bang.

"Mother!"

At this time, Mrs. Lu had long lost her pampering place in Fufeng and western Liaoning. Her face was full of frostbite that had emerged after running around in the severe winter. Her originally mottled hair turned white in just over a month. Looking at the long iron chains connected to Lu Chao, she couldn't help but scream.

Through the fence, the mother and son hugged each other tightly, and Lu Bin, who followed Mrs. Lu, couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Mother, are you okay? Have you found a place to settle down?" Lu Chao asked withstood in his heart.

"Hello, I'm fine. Butler Lu rented a small yard and we have settled down. Chao'er, you, you're suffering." Madam Lu held back her tears while touching Lu Chao's thin face.

"I'm very good. In more than a month, it's the most leisurely time I have in recent years. After eating, sleeping, and eating, if I continue like this, I'll almost become a pig!" Lu Chao said with a smile.

"Young Master, you have lost a lot of weight. Where can people live here?" Lu Bin said while wiping his tears.

"Why can't people stay? I am a person who is guilty, so there are so many requests!" Lu Chao shook his head, "Butler Lu, how did I do what I told you?"

"For this period of time, my wife and I have been working on these things and have made some progress, but the wealth that my wife brought from western Liaoning has also been sent out." Lu Bin squatted down and whispered: "In order to make the young master redeem his sins with silver, the wife gave him 100,000 taels of silver just by giving gifts."

Lu Chao nodded, "For my crime of losing Shannan County, it should be a decree. There is no verdict yet. It should be that the money has played a role. If the money is gone, it will be gone. As long as people can go out alive, they can be repaid, Mr. Lu. Have you seen the teacher?"

Lu Bin shook his head, "Everyone Li has always lived in the palace, where can I and my wife see?"

Lu Chao was silent for a while, "I don't think the teacher will ignore me. Mr. Lu, I took out all the money in the family. How can my mother and you live now?"

"Although all the money has been sent out, the old slave is still a little saved, and it will be fine to survive this winter. However, in a few months, there will be a deficit. I have already dismissed some servants from my family, so that I can save some mouths and save some food."

"Now you and your mother are the only ones left at home?"

"Yes!" Lu Bin lowered his head, "Young master, it's useless to be an old slave. Even the girls around the old lady were sent away."

"Thank you for your hard work!" Lu Chao closed his eyes slightly, "I will never treat you badly after I come out."

"What are you saying? My life is saved by the master. I should do these things. As long as the old lady is safe, the young master will escape the disaster as soon as possible."

"Wait, everything is getting better." Lu Chao nodded, dragged the chain to the corner of the wall, and found a large pile of paper from where to go. "Transport the teacher's blessing. I have not suffered much in prison. I can still ask for pens, ink, paper and inkstone. This is the government gains and losses of Shannan County that I have summarized over the years, and what should we pay attention to if we run these places again. Take it out and give it to my teacher."

"It's the young master!"

"You go back with your mother. The prison is cold and cold. My mother is weak. Staying here for a long time will hurt your body. Mother, go too. Don't worry, my son will come out soon." Lu Chao looked at Mrs. Lu and whispered.

The Xianyang Royal Palace, located in the highest hall, King Wulie of Qin sat cross-legged on the black marble floor as before, with clear lines outlining the geographical map of the entire Central Plains. Unlike in the past, the former Korean territory has now been included in the territory of Qin. Although Xinzheng has not yet taken it down, in King Wulie of Qin, this is just a matter of time.

Opposite him, a thin old man was sitting on a cotton pad, smiling and looking at a stack of paper in his hand. On the side of him, the other man looked at his nose and his nose, and could not sit still, but he was the head of the Black Ice Platform, waiting for Zhongli in the pass.

Although he lost Shannan County, King Wulie of Qin still looked in a good mood. He pulled the lines under his body with his fingers and was full of interest. Indeed, although the loss of Shannan County was a loss, it was not a big deal for Qin's current strategy. This was just a play of idle chess to restrain Zhao, attack Zhao, and destroy Zhao. Qin's current state of Qin still has not yet been able to catch up. Only after taking Han Wei and crippling Chu, King Wulie of Qin would truly turn his gaze to Zhao.

"The younger brother is arrogant and arrogant. I am afraid he feels very sad after being hit hard this time." King Wulie of Qin knocked on the marble floor and made a sound, laughing: "Especially the person who defeated him is actually the Gao Yuan who he has always looked down on, which may make him feel even more heart-stirring."

The old man opposite put down the paper in his hand and smiled and said, "Lu Chao is very talented, diligent and studious, and can afford to endure hardships. His enthusiasm for endurance is something you could not match back then. Of course, your status is very different."

King Wulie of Qin laughed, "I know, teacher, you value this junior brother, but I didn't expect that you value it so much."

"Of course I value it!" The old man said lightly: "You have become stronger with my academic knowledge and will unify the world in the future, but I am more optimistic about giving up Lu Chao to carry forward my doctrine and inherit my Taoist tradition. But he is too arrogant and suffered a lot of setbacks this time, which is a good thing for him. The sword is sharpened by itself, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. If you don't suffer a few times, how can you know the difficulty of doing something?"

"Not so!" King Qin Wulie nodded and said, "This time it seems that the junior brother has indeed learned some lessons. What does the teacher think about what he summarized from the prison?"

"It's still very pertinent. I didn't get confused because of this failure. I also made a good summary of this failure. I did not blame everything on Gao Yuan's cunning, but reflected on the gains and losses of our Daqin government in Shannan County. This is the most important thing. In the future, we will retake Shannan County. His experiences can be very useful." The old man smiled with his beard.

"Yes, after we defeated the Huns, we just wanted to prevent the Huns from gathering together again. But we didn't expect to take these Huns for their own use. This mistake made Gao Yuan catch a straightforward. If we could join several Hun tribes to support them, how could they easily succeed this time?" King Wulie of Qin sighed.

"This matter is extremely easy for Gao Yuan. But it is very difficult for us." Zhongli, who was on the side, shook his head and said, "The Huns were defeated by our Great Qin, and even their royal court was destroyed by Prince Yingying. Wang Xiao killed tens of thousands of Xiongnu prisoners in one go at the Hulan Mountain Pass, which made the Huns extremely hated us. On the other hand, Gao Yuan has always had a good relationship with the Hun tribe. He did this with half the effort, and we probably got half the effort with twice the effort with twice the effort."

"After that being said, there are many people in this world who seek profit and avoid harm. Gao Yuan's strength is really not worth mentioning. It's not too late to make up for it. Zhongli, you have to start doing this. Gao Yuan took down Shannan County, but gave it to Zilan, just to restrain us. If we can support one or two Xiongnu tribes, invade Dai County, and cut off the logistics channels from Dai County to Shannan County, then Shannan County will definitely return to my hands in the near future."

"The king's words are justified. Zhao is not stable in its own country. Zilan cannot get the support of Zhao. It is already very difficult to deal with us with the power of a county. In addition to this, people should also be sent to Zhao State to constantly fuel the conflict between Zhao and him. They talk about gold and accumulate bones. Over time, there will be irreconcilable conflicts between the two. With Zhao Wuji's mind, most of them have to attack Zilan. If this is true, any county will be in chaos. It will be easy for our army to replace the county." The old man said.

"Yes, after I go down, I will arrange this matter immediately!" Zhongli said with a hunch.

"Teacher, I've almost had enough of the crimes of junior brothers, and some people in the court have asked him to discuss the crime and pay the money to redeem his crimes. But the teacher thinks that where to arrange the junior brothers, is the most suitable?" King Wulie of Qin said with a smile.

"Let him go to Li Xin's army to make meritorious contributions!" The old man said: "General Li is just around the corner, and Lu Chao is also very talented in managing the country. Let him go to Korea to raise military rations and supplies for General Li, so that General Li can focus on planning the Wei State in the following days."

King Wulie of Qin closed his palms, "The teacher's words are exactly what I want. The younger brother is a prime minister. If he wants to help him for a few years, he will definitely be able to support me in the Qin Dynasty in the future."

Zhongli, who was on the side, smiled and said, "Mr. Lu's family is rich. This time, in order to ask the man to file a controversy, he actually gave the man 100,000 taels of silver. As far as I know, Mrs. Lu is willing to give all of her to save Master Lu and get out of prison."

"Just ask someone to tell me, I gave me 100,000 taels of silver." King Wulie of Qin widened his eyes, "No wonder that man has worked so hard this time, so I can save me another way. I wonder how much money Mrs. Lu has prepared for the crimes?"

Zhongli stretched out a slap, "Five hundred thousand taels!"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, even King Wulie of Qin took a breath. "I didn't expect that my junior brother's family was so rich?"

"The father of Chao'er used to do business with Gao Yuan, and almost monopolized the entire Yan State's wine industry. It was no surprise that he saved such property." The old man said lightly: "King, this time Chao'er's controversy was set at 500,000 taels. General Li used his troops. Although he won consecutive battles, the national treasury was also empty, and he was just enough to supplement it."

"Well, I feel embarrassed, are you?" King Wulie of Qin touched his chin and said with a dry smile.

"It is precisely to make Chao'er have nothing to stimulate his greatest motivation!" The old man smiled, "How can he really become a talent without being forced to reach a dead end?"

King Wulie swallowed a mouthful of saliva. The teacher was really cruel, but when he remembered how he dealt with him back then, he didn't think it was strange. He smiled and turned to Zhongli and said, "Zhongli, don't let him be better than Luo. When the matter of junior brother is settled, you can find a mistake and you must let him spit out the 100,000 silver."

"I understand that I will definitely include the 100,000 taels of silver in the national treasury!" Zhongli nodded.

The three of them decided everything here after a few words, and then threw the matter behind them. For them, this fact is not worth showing off.
Chapter completed!