Realm of Power

On a balcony on the second floor of the palace in the main city of Austin under the setting sun, Belushi met Duke Langla, the leader of the Austin rebels.

This is a middle-aged man that people cannot help but notice. The unique flaxen hair and thick beard of Austin people show his extraordinary prowess. His strong body gives people a feeling of explosive power.

Under the bushy head, there is a pair of piercing light blue eyes, full of fiery faith.

When he stood there quietly, his eyes gave his face a cheerful expression that made people approachable, but occasionally the piercing light flashed from his eyes, like lightning, which made people feel a little nervous.

There were two tall, strong Austin warriors wearing heavy armor standing on the balcony. Different from the Duke's deep gaze, the eyes of these two Austin warriors looking at Belushi were full of provocation. One on the left and one on the right standing at the balcony entrance, like two sharp swords about to be unsheathed,

"Your Excellency," Officer Austin, who was leading the way, stood at attention, with a hint of fanaticism on his face.

The Army has always been the military branch with the largest concentration of passionate young soldiers. Duke Langla, as the leader of the Army, is also an extremely famous Austin general. Together with the Austin Carlos claimed by the south, Known as the Austin Double Wall, it is the idol of most young people in Austin. tbsp; Belushi completely ignored the cold murderous intent in the eyes of the two Austin guards, straightened his clothes indifferently, and then said to Duke Langla in a nonchalant manner according to the diplomatic order, "My lord, my name is Belushi. The person in charge of this negotiation has long-term battles that have already given him a compelling aura.

This is the temperament of a true soldier, the accumulation of countless bloody battles. Just standing there gives people a feeling that the atmosphere around them is solemn.

Duke Langla's eyes stopped on Belous, and there was a hint of surprise that was not easy to detect. On the surface, it looked like this. This middle-aged man, whose face was a little pale, and who was looking at him with a deep gaze, was actually very different from what Belushi had imagined, the ruthless man who was rumored to have ordered the rebels to plunder for a day.

Belushi said, "Your Majesty the Duke, I am here to convey the results of the last negotiation to you. Unfortunately, the empire cannot accept your request to reduce the exchange amount.

You know better than we do that the value of this food is definitely more than just this amount of money, and you want this food now. The Duke is not the only one, I believe that if it is sold to the Austin royal family or the Austin Carlos in the south, they will be happy to take over."

"Are you threatening me? That food belongs to me. Do you believe it? As long as I say a word, your head will be hung on the city gate of Austin." After hearing Belus' words, Duke Langla's face I was a little angry, and the robbers robbed the owner's things. Immediately changing the name and selling it to the owner made him feel very angry.

The two Austin warriors also took a step forward in unison. Both hands were placed on the hilts of the swords, and the sunlight shone on the two warriors. Their murderous auras were like bloodthirsty beasts.

It was obvious that as long as the master in front of them gave an order, the two Austin warriors would pull out their swords without hesitation and chop Belus into bloody pieces.

No Northlander would question the brutality of the Austinites, talking about massacre and destruction. The Austins are definitely among the top three tribes in the North.

"Haha, it would be very gratifying to be able to watch Austin perish from the city gate." Belushi was not afraid and sneered at the corner of his mouth.

On arrival. He was already prepared to deal with this situation. According to intelligence, the rebel leader Duke Langla was not only an outstanding general, but also a seasoned politician.

In such a situation of internal and external difficulties, we must not accept all the conditions without even humming. The old-fashioned method of being polite first and then fighting is still performed.

Belushi responded calmly, "I just don't know if the Duke will come to the city gate to keep me company by then."

"Ahem, what are you saying? It's just a joke, why should you be so serious?" Seeing that Belushi was unmoved at all, Duke Langla, who felt that his strategy had failed, coughed in an awkward voice,

The two fierce-looking Austin warriors turned around and left, leaving only Belushi and Duke Langla. For some reason, the sudden change in the atmosphere in front of him made Belushi suddenly feel that Duke Langla had something confidential to do. As expected, the Duke of Langla across from him stretched out his hand to Belushi and made a gesture of asking him to sit down.

Then he sat down opposite Belushi and said softly, "Actually, we don't want this, but you have also seen the actual situation. The wealth in the main city of Austin has been almost exhausted, and the battle situation on the front line is not going well. We just I tried my best to collect only 2 million gold coins, but it was really impossible."

"Is it possible that such a huge main city of Austin can't raise a mere 4 million ransom? No way, are you kidding me? This is the richest city in the North Sea."

Belushi had a strange look on his face, pretending to be disbelieving, and kept making various exclamations from his mouth, wishing he could describe the main city of Austin as the most majestic and rich city on earth.

Duke Langla's face turned red and white when he was ridiculed. His face was as pale as a piece of paper. He wished he could crawl into a hole earlier.

Although he did not understand how powerful the empire behind Belus was, he only knew that it was a large empire with tens of millions of people. Compared with such a real empire, the Kingdom of Austin had a population of only 180,000. , as shy as a little ant compared to an elephant

"If you can slow things down a little bit... on behalf of all Austinites I would be grateful to you."

Duke Langla suddenly stood up and gave a respectful military salute to Belushi. This sudden move caused Belushi's voice to stop abruptly. His eyes glanced at Duke Langla opposite him. It was obvious that he had been in a bad situation recently. The situation has made this famous Austin general exhausted mentally and physically. The presence of white silk can be faintly seen between the once flaxen temples.

The original southern allies actually defected and are now allied with the royal family. The situation on the frontline is getting worse day by day. Although they have an advantage in military strength, this advantage is quickly disappearing due to poor logistics. The situation in front of us is unsustainable. , forcing him to come forward personally to deal with this embarrassing and embarrassing matter

Belushi finally wavered and said slowly, "Your Majesty the Duke. I am just a special envoy. Even if I agree to the shortfall of 2 million gold coins, the empire will not agree."

In fact, he knew very well that what Duke Langla said was basically true, after observing it for the past few days. Belushi can guarantee that the reason why the unrest in the city has not been quelled is because the rebels need to use this as an excuse to plunder the citizens' wealth. However, yesterday the unrest was suddenly and forcefully quelled by the army. Many wanderers called The scapegoat for this unrest,

The rows of corpses hanging on tree trunks along the street also prove that the city's wealth has indeed been plundered. For a building with only 10,000 gold coins, it is already a waste of money.

When the blood dries up, all that is left is an extremely weak body, just like the groveling rebel leader Duke Langla in front of him. Even though he has a noble status, he has to bow his head to his special envoy.

"We really have no choice..." Duke Langla took a deep breath and repeated in a daze.

"If we can work around it, maybe there will be a turnaround." Belushi was definitely about the same. He glanced at Duke Langla with pretense of sympathy and was silent for a while. He said tentatively

"I heard that there are a lot of homeless people in the city now. Although these people are of little use, if they are transported to the south to be slaves, they should be able to sell them for a little money.

There are also some pointless little coastal ports. . . . There are also those cheap wood, which seem to be plentiful near the city. . . . . "

"This..." Hearing what Belus mentioned, Duke Langla's face changed slightly, and he hesitated for a while before saying, "Your conditions make it very difficult for me. You have to know those wanderers." It's a dangerous mob. If you can accept it, take it all away. I can give it to you.

Duke Langla paused and said with an embarrassed expression, "It's a little difficult for you to control the coastal ports. Many coastal ports are not controlled by us. Most of them are under the control of local lords. And now the situation in the south It is very disadvantageous to us, so even if I agree to your request, the lords of the Chest Port will not agree. As for the wood you mentioned, if you are willing to use it to pay the bill, we will be very grateful."

"Don't worry, we won't embarrass His Excellency the Duke." Hearing that Duke Langla basically agreed to what he proposed, Belushi smiled at the corner of his mouth.

He said with calm relief, "The problem of the port is not as complicated as the Duke thought. We don't necessarily need the main city to send a navy. What we need is the name of other things from the main city. We will take care of it ourselves."

"You mean...you have to directly send troops to occupy these ports..." Duke Langla looked at Belushi with piercing eyes like a cat that had been stabbed in the butt. At this moment, he realized that the strength of the Imperial Navy seemed to have Having completely controlled the northern seas, all they lack is a name.

Or, this is what the other party has been paying attention to. Lang La felt a burst of bitterness in his heart. He felt like a surrenderer who was surrendering to the enemy. This tragic feeling made him feel heartbroken.

Belushi picked up a glass of water on the table and blew it lightly as if nothing had happened. "Isn't this better? As far as I know, the lords of the coastal ports are all standing in the queue of your enemy, Austin Carlos." Li, I believe that if the Imperial Navy attacks, the troops in those ports will return, and the balance of strength on the front line will change. Once the military strength is reduced, the strength of Austin Carlos in the south will shrink significantly. In fact, we are saving Your Excellency the Duke"

"Okay. I must admit that your vision is unique and far-reaching." Duke Langla hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Those damn guys should have been punished. Since they chose their side, they should bear the consequences." The result that comes”

When the last ray of the setting sun finally set on the horizon, Belushi came out of the Austin Palace in a hurry. Compared with when he came, he already had a stack of documents stamped with the seal of the main city of Austin in his hand. ,

Belushi walked towards the carriage parked at the door. The moment he boarded the carriage, he turned his head meaningfully and glanced at the majestic palace behind him. He said in a voice that could only be heard by himself, "The glorious building lacks a soul and is only empty." and powerless"

After returning to the hotel, Belushi excitedly sent the contents of the document to the North Sea Fleet using a carrier pigeon. The result of the negotiation was so smooth that it was unbelievable. In order to save the rebels' final struggle, the rebel leader Duke Langla finally agreed to sign the document. The document that later became known as the Austin Fork in the Road Agreement was a formality.

According to this agreement. The Falcon Empire only used a bad check of 2 million gold coins in exchange for the nominal control of 22 ports along the coast of Austin and a large number of precious Aussie cedar trees, but the most important thing was the seemingly insignificant Wanderer.

Belushi had already investigated secretly. Most of the wanderers are the family members and servants of members of the Osting Army. There are about 3,000 people in total. Although most of them are women, children, old and weak people of little significance, there are also some elites of the Osting Army among them. and experienced craftsmen, the consequences of their loss were enough to allow the various North Sea maritime information that the Austinites had hoarded for hundreds of years to fall into the hands of the Falcon Empire without reservation. Let the Imperial Navy truly become the actual controller of this sea area.

At the end of August, the feeling of approaching winter is getting stronger and stronger.

The ground was fluttering, and the space was white. After integrating the northern land, Fatty decided to withdraw the Central Army from the cold north.

During this period, the empire had built a large military naval port on the southeastern promontory, and used tens of thousands of captured Northland prisoners to build a brand new northern city five miles long and wide. The city's stones are all shipped from the south, so the route between the southeastern cape and the mainland has been expanded.

Now many imperial businessmen know it. Along the long coastline to the north, you will see a majestic port and city. Even the cheapest goods can double in price there. Under the stimulation of such economic profits, the northern route has become invisible. Opened by businessmen themselves

In August, the new city was built. Fatty rushed there personally and named the city the Eye of the Empire, as can be seen from the name. The importance of this city is extraordinary. It will be the eyes of the empire looking at the northern cold land. 5,000 elite soldiers will be stationed here, and another 11,000 people will be recruited from the northern cold land people. of the Northern Garrison,

In mid-August, the Imperial Northern Fleet entered the military port on the southeastern cape. At this time, the Northern Fleet has become a main fleet with 45 combat ships and 3 Dragon-class battleships. The total fleet strength is 7,000 people. Their mission of returning to the southeastern cape this time is to escort the Central Army back home along the sea route.

As the order to withdraw was issued, three of the four central army flag regiments participating in the Northern War began to move towards the Southeast Cape. The Dongting Cavalry left a thousand people to garrison the Southeast Cape, and other troops also retreated to Dongting. grassland direction,

The various tribes in the North began to obey the order. Moving closer to the two newly established large-scale trade zones of Southeast Cape and Andrade respectively, Fatty has ordered Nei6 to fully open the border to the northern cold land, and goods from the northern cold land will be exempted from trade taxes for ten years. , this virtually encouraged merchants to transport goods to the cold northern regions,

Because they can bring the goods to the cold area, make a lot of money in the northern cold area, and then come back with the goods from the northern cold area to make another fortune. Fatty believes that this kind of economic system is far better than using Surrender forced by force is much better in effect. What a country needs most is cultural and economic cohesion. The cold northern land where you have fought for hundreds of years now has a rare dawn of peace.

After this period of development, some grievances within the Kingdom of Rode began to disappear. The peasants of Rode who received the land had no intention of opposing the empire that gave them the land, and most of the aristocratic elites of Rode were concentrated in the newly established Rode Chapter 1081: At the request of the elite generals of Rode's army, the Second Southern Army was formed.

Compared with the continuous retreat of the Sixth Army, the Northern Navy's offensive has also shown an increasingly fierce form. Relying on the southeastern cape, the Northern Fleet that stayed in the northern seas began to frequently attack the coast of Austin at the end of July. Regional infiltration attacks, 6 consecutive captures of seven ports including the coastal town of Austin. Due to the lack of naval support and unified command, the Austin lords in these coastal areas were defeated under the strong pressure of the imperial navy. Throw away your armor,

Because they were afraid that the emperor would take advantage of the situation and invade the coastal interior, these emboldened lords hurriedly withdrew their own troops from the front lines of the civil war to defend the castle.

This caused the Austin Carlos Group, which had just shown strength, to be greatly weakened, and the plan to join forces with the royal army to recapture the main city to besiege the Austin rebels had to be shelved.

Everything is unfolding and nothing is stopping. Little does Fatty know, an unknown new world has quietly opened its door. To be continued. .

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