Realm of Power

"Your Majesty, after half a year of surveying the waterways along the way, the Navy Ministry believes that although the southwest waterway varies in width, if certain sections of the river can be widened, it can barely allow the Imperial Dragon Teeth class battleship to pass through." Along with them, navy personnel wearing black imperial uniforms respectfully delivered a thick stack of reports to the emperor.

"I won't read the report. You can just mark the areas that need to be widened on the map of the southwest waterway. I will send people to negotiate with the Long family for the rest!" The fat man stood at the height of the Guangling River mouth with bright eyes. He waved his hands, and two big rivers were rolling through the water channel below them. The water surged into the river channel, and continuously rolled up streams of water smoke, like two fierce dragons rushing towards the river. Before the Southwest Long family attacked the central part, they generously agreed in a secret meeting to open up the southwest waterway to the empire. The condition was that the empire must clearly support the Long family in the battle of Yanzhou. Long Po wanted to force the empire to attack Yanzhou. When using troops, I would never have thought that I did not order the troops to participate in the war, but went to Guangling, the headquarters of the Long family in the southwest. I came in person. If this is not called a stand, what else is a stand?

Even if he is a mute, the Long family can only swallow it with blood!

Now that the empire has fulfilled its promise, the Long family can no longer find an excuse to completely liberalize the southwest waterway. In the current situation of the Long family, they are not qualified to negotiate terms with themselves. The main force is still in Yanzhou, the elite is in central China, and the remaining There are only about 30,000 garrison troops left behind. Although the empire has evacuated 20,000 people from the border, Berlant Bonnie's 70,000-strong Second Army can still be on the border and ready to launch an attack on the southwest at any time. The battle of destruction, I believe that the Long family is not a fool and should know how to do it!

"Yes, understand"

There was a touch of excitement on the face of the naval officer. Indeed, with the current strength of the Long family, it is difficult to show toughness at all. Although the Imperial Navy is already the well-deserved overlord of the Oparo Continent, the thought of the Imperial Navy's warships can Having the opportunity to appear in the waters of the Eastern Continent, it is still difficult to conceal the excitement on his face

This waterway that connects the two continents is still in the draft stage, but the Imperial Navy actually began to embed itself in the southwest as an imperial businessman half a year ago, and secretly completed the survey of the southwest waterway. The terrain, rivers, mountains, rivers, and water in the entire southwest were only I'm afraid I know it better than the Long family themselves.

In the birthplace of the southwest waterway, invisible to the Long family, in the upper reaches of the Nawumu Lake, which belongs to the empire, several large shipyards stand on the edge of the rippling clear lake. A large number of craftsmen are working hard. In half a year, During this time, five Dragon Tooth warships for testing have been launched on the Nawumu Lake.

As long as everything is ready, these Dragon Tooth Ships can set off from the Nawumu Great Lakes to conduct the first navigation test of the entire lane. They will use the southwest river channel to enter the southern river channel of Zhongbia, and then enter the southern sea of ​​​​Zhongbia from the southern river channel. This A bold guess. In fact, it was originally proposed by the Imperial Navy. Yes, it has been implemented secretly after getting the emperor's approval. If this plan is really successful, the imperial navy will no longer need to risk passing through the Aden area, nor will it need to go around a European route that takes several months of dangerous navigation. Only the southern continent of Barrow can enter the waters of the Zhongbia region!

After sending the head of the Imperial Navy away, the fat man rubbed his temples. As soon as he turned around, he saw a group of knights galloping on the mountain road not far away. The dust was kicked up by the horses and blown by the wind, like a dragon. Juan leaned over, and as he got closer, he realized that the knights on horseback who performed well in this group were all sturdy green men wearing the same color as the blue archer robes. Year, with a long-handled mountain sword slung on his waist and a white bandana on his head, the leader turned out to be a pretty woman in a sky-blue short-sleeved robe with a red rope tied around her uncontrollable waist. On the waist of the willow leaves, there is a bit of heroic appearance, which makes people feel like they can see the beauty of empty mountains and clear springs rushing towards their faces. It makes people's eyes light up, what a mountain girl!

"Your Majesty, he should be from the Song tribe in the south," a guard whispered with a solemn expression.

"I can see it!" The fat man snorted. His sky-blue clothes and white handkerchief were all known throughout the south as the symbol of the Song Clan. The Song Clan was originally a mountain people in the south. rule of the Asian empire, but it has never truly The Biya region has been integrated, but they have always closed their doors and been their own emperors. They have never regarded the clothes of the Central Biya people as beautiful, but still maintained the true colors of the mountain people with azure white handkerchiefs. They thought they were sending a message to the Song people. It would take five or six days no matter what. I didn’t expect the Song clan to come so quickly.

These are extraordinary times. The Southwest Long Family’s purge of local nobles is said to have involved no less than a few nobles related to the Song Clan. The Southwest Long Family and the Song Clan have been constraining each other for decades. Although they are not enemies, they are It’s not that different. I thought that when I asked someone from the Song tribe, the other party would be careful, careful and cautious, but the Song tribe’s cavalry in front of me could run so blatantly, as if they were on their own land. Just like running! Something is wrong with this situation! Could it be that the Song family and the Long family had reconciled privately?

The people of the Song clan opposite also saw the fat man and the more than a hundred imperial cavalry in full armor behind him, and their faces immediately became nervous. Each of them was a proud and arrogant young man, and they were originally thinking about how to scare these Western barbarians. , but unexpectedly, it was one of our own who was suppressed by the murderous aura emanating from the other party's heavy armor.

"These murderous Westerners"

The leading woman raised her hand, and the Song knights behind slowly stopped their horses. The woman's eyes fell on the dark black armor of the imperial cavalry, and she paused unnaturally. She saw the swords of these Western Continent warriors. , there is still a faint trace of red rust left, which is the blood stain that can only be produced after being soaked in the blood of an unknown number of people. There is no mountain of corpses rolling in the sea of ​​​​blood, so murderous,

It is said that the Westerners in the Falcon Empire are murderous, and I have seen it today. The woman frowned slightly, and her confused eyes finally fell on the fat man. It could be seen that this black-haired man with a Central Asian face Youth is the core. With a hint of hesitation and uncertainty, she asked crisply

"You are the one who asked us to meet you?"

"What's your name? Did you paint that picture?" The fat man snorted heavily. He asked the Song clan to send the person who painted that picture in person, but he didn't expect that it would be a woman. A woman , What are you doing going to the sea?

"My name is Song Li. I didn't paint that painting, but I ordered it to be painted. I was there at the time!"

When she heard that the other party did not answer her, but directly asked about the painting, Song Li knew that the black-haired young man in front of her was the imperial minister she had been waiting for for several days. This time, her family made a secret agreement with the empire, just because of the other party's words. The head of the family did not hesitate to use the fastest horse to send him here, which is enough to show the importance of the other party.

She did not dare to delay, and immediately got off her horse, saluted respectfully to Fang, then waved her hand to her subordinates behind her, took an exquisite and gorgeous box from his hands, raised the box in her hand and said, "This is the day." I don’t know if what we picked up on the sea will be useful to your country. It is also proof that I was on the scene. Your warships are very brave and tenacious, which is admirable."

A guard walked in front of her, took the box, opened it, took a look, his face changed slightly, and hurriedly handed it to the fat man, "Your Majesty, this is the naval flag of the Dragon Crow"

The fat man's eyes fell on the box, and suddenly became extremely cold. He picked it up from the box with slightly trembling fingers. The blue and gold Falcon Navy flag, which was almost torn into rags, was in the air. It seems that the temperature has dropped a few degrees in the surrounding areas, and all the Imperial Guards' eyes are a little red.

The naval flag hanging high and on the mast was shattered into pieces like this. You can imagine how violent the explosion on the Dragon Crow was that day. Unless it was a last resort, the Imperial Navy warship would not choose to self-destruct. The Aden Navy is really bullying others, fat man Suppressing the grief and indignation in his heart, he put the naval flag back into the box, and then handed it to the guard next to him in a very grand manner.

The Dragon Crow was destroyed, but the blood cannot be shed in vain, blood for blood, tooth for tooth! Aden Navy, I remember it! The fat man looked at Song Li in front and said with emotion, "I am very grateful to you for what you have done for the Imperial Navy. In this matter, the Empire owes you the Song people in the south a favor. For the sake of your loyalty to retain the military flag for the Longcrow, I can fulfill one of your requests in my personal capacity.”

"A request? Is this true?"

Song Li looked at the other party's extremely serious face and felt a little touched in her heart. She didn't know the identity of the fat man, but she also heard that the emperor of the Falcon Empire was in Guangling, southwest China. The confidants of Emperor Manzi were not far behind. This time he went to the Kingdom of Aden for advice. He thought that Aden The kingdom is already a first-class maritime power, but she did not expect that the scene of a naval battle she saw on the way back completely overturned her understanding. One imperial warship defeated seven or eight Aden naval warships. If it were not for the war, With so many people in attendance, it was really hard to predict who would win and who would lose that day. From this, we can see how powerful the Imperial warships are!

After hesitating for a moment, Song Li said, "I hope to get the construction drawings of the empire's most powerful warship."

"The construction drawings of the empire's most powerful warship?"

The fat man was slightly stunned. With the accumulation of countless money and the absorption of the essence of the navies of various countries, the improvement of the Imperial Navy warships, even if they are not equipped with Thors, are ahead of this era in design. The naval construction drawings, even if they are his own If the emperor wants to take a look, he needs to go through several procedures.

"Are you having difficulty?" A trace of disappointment flashed through Song Li's beautiful eyes. She also knew that her request was a bit too much. The blueprint of the strongest warship owned by a country's navy is like a treasure in any country. It cannot be kept secret. Show people, how could you take it out so easily?

"Song Li, right? Okay, I'll remember it. I'll have someone give it to you in half a month."

It was the first time that Fatty answered so seriously. I don’t know how many people would break their heads if the Falcon Emperor’s promise was placed in the Western Continent. A blueprint of the most powerful battleship can barely be said, so no one should laugh at it. Fatty was a little worried and decided to give up the drawings of the dragon-class main battleship. The Ministry of the Navy sent a copy over. This kind of super large battleship is far larger and taller than other battleships. It also includes many unique secret construction technologies of the Imperial Navy. Not to mention it is just a blueprint, even if it makes the opponent watch. No matter how you build it, the other party may not be able to build it!

"Thank you very much. I will stay in the southwest for half a month!" Song Li smiled happily, her pretty face blooming like a flower. She didn't expect that what she had always wanted could be so easy.

"By the way, isn't your Song clan's relationship with the Southwest Long family tense? Half a month is long or short, aren't you afraid of something unexpected happening?" The fat man blinked and read from the other party's words. Hearing some other meanings, he pretended to be curious and asked, "Don't you know that the Long family has secretly proposed a marriage alliance to the Song clan? Now even if we walk sideways in the southwest, there will be no problem at all!" Song Li turned around with an excited look and got on her horse, raised her whip, and brought His subordinates quickly disappeared into the smoke and dust in the distance, and a cheerful folk song came from the distance.

"It's interesting." After a long time, the fat man turned around and looked at Guangling in the distance. He had just purged the southwest noble clan and immediately married into the southern Song clan. No wonder the Long family was able to stabilize the fluctuating hearts! (To be continued.)