Realm of Power

Baozi sincerely thanks: Yelan Yuejun for the reward of 10,000 starting coins, Hua Ji for the reward of 100 starting coins, Liangliang’s dad for the reward of 20,000 starting coins,

The fat man stood in front of the window, looking calmly at the retreating prairie cavalry in the distance. His nose twitched, and he seemed to be able to smell the intoxicating fragrance of the beauty.

"Since Your Majesty likes her, why not let her stay!"

Ruitang Tingna came up from behind with a wine glass in her hand and a long white dress. The fat man would let the women of the Yelu family go, which really puzzled Rui Tangtingna. Since the empire decided to support the Yelu family to take over the Imperial Capital Plain, how could it be the same? Need some guarantee

This woman is the best hostage, both from the grasslands. Rui Tangtingna believes that Yelu Hongtai’s original intention of using this beautiful daughter as a special envoy should be the same. Without a stable relationship, how can the Yelu family gain a foothold in the imperial capital? Rui Tangtingna Tang Tingna didn't believe that the fat man couldn't see this. He let go of the fat meat delivered to his door. What kind of plans did the fat man have in his heart?

"We are about to return to the empire, what's the use of keeping her? As for Yelu Hongtai caring about his daughter's life and death, I believed it in the past, but now, Yelu Hongtai has completely believed that he is the king of the grassland to which he is destined. , How could you give up the great cause of the Yelu family just because of a daughter?" The fat man smiled slightly, turned around, and took it from Ruitang Tingna's hand! He took the wine glass, swung the liquid in the glass, drank it all, and said in a deep voice, "Let her go back. Only then will Yelu Hongtai believe in the sincerity of the Empire in cooperating with him, and will not always be wary of the Empire!" "Sincerity?" "Ruitang Tingna's pretty face was stunned for a moment. It's such a rare thing to be able to hear the word "sincerity" in the fat man's mouth. "This time, it is indeed sincerity." The fat man laughed. "If you know the content of the secret agreement between the empire and the Yelu family, you will know what it means. In the secret agreement, the empire promised to provide the Yelu family with fifteen thunder gods, and to sell subsequent thunder god bombs to the Yelu family, as well as a series of material trade. Agreement. But at the same time, the Yelu family must ensure that the imperial people enjoy grassland-like enjoyment in the areas under their control. It is the privilege of the nobility. If the empire commits a crime in the area under its control, only the liaison officer stationed by the empire is qualified to deal with it. The empire must choose a city in the Imperial Capital Plain as the empire's liaison station, and the control of this city belongs to the empire. After all, the empire has the power to station 10,000 soldiers... You see, the empire spares no effort"

The fat man said more than a dozen things in one breath, each one of which made Ruitang Tingna's eyes light up a little. His chest rose and fell unnaturally, and finally he couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty wants to turn the Imperial Capital Plain into the largest distribution center for trade goods in Central Asia, and then completely tie the Yelu family to the empire's commerce!" After all, he is also a powerful figure. , how could you not hear the true meaning of these terms? "Well, how did you figure it out?"

The fat man's face was slightly surprised, and he asked shamelessly, looking at the Tianlang Mansion under the bright light. In the distance, beside a small exquisite lake in the wilderness, the breeze floated, and the clear and transparent water seemed to be combed out by invisible hands. There are white water lines, and plump fish can be vaguely seen. A group of white waterbirds are swimming among them, and a group of white waterbirds in the distance are splashing and flying from the lake, like a V-shaped line, full of the wild charm of nature. This place may not be as colorful as the mountain lakes in the south, but it has The natural simplicity of the northern wilderness reveals innocence and beauty in its roughness

"Isn't it? The empire has opened the southwest and south, opening the door to the trade route to China and Libya, but when it comes to what can really be used as a trade center. The first choice is naturally the Imperial Capital Plain, which is located at the hub of north-south transportation and has a dense population. And this secret agreement is to raise the status of the imperial merchants to the level of the prairie nobles. Even if they commit crimes, only the empire can judge them. With such privileges, the imperial merchants cannot Crazy to devour the entire market structure of the Imperial Capital Plain." Ruitang Tingna took a deep breath before continuing, "I believe that in less than a year, the imperial merchants will be able to control the entire Imperial Capital Plain's economy. This should be the lifeblood of the Yelu family! "If the Yelu family goes back on their word, the empire will have lost so much investment!" Ruitang Tingna flashed a sly smile. But there was an astonishing charm. "Repent? Do you think the Yelu family has that courage?" The fat man's face darkened, and he curled his lips slightly in disapproval. "The Yelu family is not a prairie royal family, and Nanxia is not from the prairie royal court." Yelu Hongtai gave the order completely with coaxing and deception. Hundreds of thousands of grassland people captured Dijing Plain. When people were starving and were about to die, they could risk their lives, but now that they have enough to eat and drink, who would be willing to risk their lives now that Zhongbia has captured Dijing and is sitting there? On top of piles of gold and silver mountains, do you think those leaders who went south , and still have enough enthusiasm? Going further south, they are forcing the Zhongbia people to fight hard! Although Zhongbia has lost the Imperial Capital Plain, there are still more than 100,000 troops in the south, and there are still Luzhou troops who dare to fight to the death. "Fengjiang is not a small river in vain like Hanling, but a real broad river. Crossing the 100-meter land river, the river water is 34 meters deep. It is not something that can be overcome by riding a horse and relying on a large number of people. "The fat man paused and continued, "Do you know what happened in the report from the Song people in the south? "What did you say?" Ruitang Tingna looked curious.

The fat man said, "When the Central Asian army abandoned the Imperial Plains, they ordered all the ships to be taken away for hundreds of miles along the river. They also piled large rocks on the hulls of the ships along the way, and then dug through them and sank to the bottom of the river to form man-made obstacles. The grassland army was not good at water skills. ,look Seeing the river hundreds of meters in front of me made me dizzy, not to mention shaking a few times on the boat, and suddenly there was a spectacular sight of tens of thousands of people lying on the side of the boat, vomiting. How could we fight against the lack of food when all ethnic groups went south in such a situation? , the clothes do not cover the body, complete All with a determination to die, now they are sitting on the rich Imperial Capital Plain, they have millions of Central Asians, they are dressed in gorgeous Central Asian silks and satins, and they want them to fight to the death like beggars. , who wants to do it? Things are booming, but looking around, the royal court in the north is unreliable, Zhongbia is an unrelenting enemy in the south, the Long family's Western Army and the Luzhou Army are eyeing each other, and the Yelu family seems to be in the middle of the sky, but in fact they are sitting on the crater of a volcano.

And I also gave it to Longyang Thunder God. I believe that the Long family’s Western Army in Yanzhou in the north will soon go south!

The fat man smiled slightly and dropped a bombshell. He said categorically, "The current Yelu family can only rely on the Empire's God of Thunder to intimidate Zhongbia, intimidate all ethnic groups, and obtain material support from the empire. Only then can the Yelu family gain a foothold on the Imperial Plains. Once the empire announces that it has severed ties with Yelu For all the family's transactions, I believe that the leaders of the grassland will choose to leave the Yelu family and move closer to the northern royal court. What else does the Yelu family want to be the king of the grassland? It is not up to him to get on the ship of the empire. Hongtai! "Your Majesty, you also know that we grassland people are not good at doing business, so we have never been able to stand in the Western Continent's trade. This time we carve up the Imperial Capital market, no matter what, I, Dongting, will take one-fifth of it!" Ruitang Tingna rolled her eyes, and she pressed forward as if she had no bones. Once the big cake of the Imperial Capital Plain is made, it will be quite something. The entire Central Asian continent uses the Imperial Capital Plain as the dividing line between the north and the south. of. "One-fifth is definitely not enough. Even if you sell iron in Dongting, you can't come up with that much wealth for trading, unless you want to illegally sell war horses? At most one-twentieth, no matter how much more, there will be no more. "The fat man stood up straight and rolled his eyes at the eldest princess's coquettishness.

"One-twentieth, that's too little!" Ruitang Tingna was willing to do it. I wish I could hang on to the fat man. "One-twentieth is already the limit, and the two thousand cavalry in the garrison must be your responsibility in the east court!" The fat man's attitude is very firm. No matter what Ruitang Tingna said, it was useless. Money was the bridle for the empire to control the grassland army. If the grassland people were so rich, would you still expect them to kill people for you? Therefore, no matter what, the fat man will not allow the grassland people to obtain too heavy commercial rights and interests in China and Bia. The grassland people are a fierce horse. If you feed it too little, you won’t be able to run; if you feed it too much, you may not obey commands!

Realizing that there was nothing she could do, Rui Tangtingna walked out of the room with a very unwilling expression. Who knew that as soon as she walked out of the door, she immediately put on a smile, obviously she felt happy!

"Come here, call the clan chiefs of all clans for a meeting immediately!" The first thing Ruitang Tingna did when she left the room was to immediately summon all the clan chiefs belonging to the East Courtyard. The one-twentieth share was a little less, but after all, Wealth is also considerable, with hundreds of thousands available.

Onnacuo was defeated and his reputation suffered a big blow. He was thinking about how to recover. He had previously stated that he would give up control of the East Courtyard. Part of it was frustrated, and the other part was actually pretending. All the tribes were standing up for themselves. The emperor, as a leader, naturally has to express something.

By declaring himself imprisoned, he actually pushed Fatty to the front line. Otherwise, it would be easier said than done for Fatty to deign to take command in person!

With this emperor god here, there is nothing to be afraid of in the battle ahead! Sure enough, the combined army with the Imperial Guards and the Dongting Army as the main body fought with dead grassland people everywhere in the fields. The hundreds of thousands of grassland people they fought were forced to move forward within five days. They were very proud and proud. Bundle

The army returned with high morale. Although the various tribes have not wavered yet, as a superior, Ruitang Tingna knows very well that for a leader to want his subordinates to follow you, the most important thing is that you can bring them benefits. As for identity and bloodline , are all secondary!

"The empire is about to set up a trade point in Central Asia. The emperor promised to give us a share of one million gold coins! I want to hear your opinions on whether we want this share or not!"

Ruitang Tingna glanced at the clan leaders present with disbelief. Under the confused gazes of everyone, she suddenly sighed helplessly. As soon as the words came out, there was an uproar. Hundreds of thousands were blown into one million by Ruitang Tingna, but this Who would really care about this kind of thing?

"One million, Your Royal Highness, is this true?"

The leaders of the tribe suddenly became excited, and their eyes turned green. The emperor would soon withdraw from the wilderness. Although this was not said, it could be seen from the mobilization of the Imperial Guards and some vague rumors. Guess,

Everyone thought that this time the war was over. Although they had made some money, thinking about the more than 10,000 grassland tribesmen who died in the war, they still felt that it was not worthwhile. Unexpectedly, such good news would suddenly fall from the sky, and a windfall would come from the sky. ,

It is really not easy for the grassland people to do trade. The empire has laws that strictly restrict the sale of high-quality war horses. Most of the grassland war horses have been included in the purchase list of the imperial army. Therefore, the most valuable trade goods in the East Courtyard, war horses, are basically not available. Entering Opalo's business circle, how much money can you make just by selling the animal skins you hunted on the grassland? How could we let go of such an opportunity after a long time! Everyone ran out of the grassland hard and fought with the enemy covered in blood. Their income in a year was only a little more than this!

"The emperor has consulted my opinion! He asked us to send two thousand cavalry to garrison the trading point. I think it is a very cruel thing to allow the tribesmen to be stationed in Central Asia for a long time just for one million gold coins!" Rui Tangtingna Fatty's ability to pull off this tiger skin is getting better and better. He obviously got it from Fatty by force, but he still pretends to be very passive. With an expression on her face, she spoke solemnly while showing a very troubled expression, "Her Royal Highness the Princess is really a kind person!" The patriarchs were moved, and they all looked proud of such a leader, but they immediately expressed , it does not necessarily need to be stationed for a long time, everyone can rotate it, once every six months, this problem can be solved.

"Rotation? Yes, it can be rotated! Isn't it just two thousand people? Now there are permanent troops stationed in the grassland north of the long wall of the Obaro continent. Two thousand mobile troops is not a problem!" Ruitang Tingna's face was stunned. For a moment, it looked like he was suppressed by this method, but in fact, he was already making plans in his heart.

The proposal of rotation is really what I want. I am the eldest princess, the leader of the tribe, and the princess of the empire. No matter how I calculate it, the decision-making power of who goes and who does not go is in my own hands. This is much more effective than simply using intimidation and win over. , I will take more care of the tribes that are loyal to me. With the nourishment of these trades, within a few years, the tribes that are loyal to them will grow to such an extent that other tribes will be unable to fight against them. The control of Dongting will truly be firmly in their own hands. Well, this method , why does it sound like what the fat man is doing to the prairie people!

In another room, the fat man put down a report in his hand, glanced in a certain direction in the distance, and sighed secretly, "Trading can make money or lose money. In one fell swoop, all the tribe's money was lost." If you go in, even your loyal subordinates will fall out!" (To be continued.)