Realm of Power

Standing at the window, the fat man stared at the cloudy sky in the distance. It was late autumn, and the streets were full of yellow leaves blown down by the wind. He turned around and lowered the negotiation book in his hand, and looked at a pair of slender men opposite. A prairie woman with straight thighs tightly together and a wild and beautiful appearance, her thick voice echoed in the living room, "You should know very well that if I want to stay in Yeluguda, it will not be difficult."

"Your Majesty did let my brother live." Yelu Qiyueguang looked at the fat man with a serious look on his pretty face, deliberately turning the corner of his mouth with disdain, and said in a cold voice, "But your Majesty deliberately revealed the news and asked the Southwest Long family to intercept and kill him in Tianlang City. My brother, how does this count?"

"That was the decision of Long Po, the Southwest Long family, and has nothing to do with the empire."

The fat man walked back to his bench and rolled his eyes disapprovingly. Yelu Qiyeguang actually wanted to use this to deceive him. How could this be possible? Revealed the news to the Southwest Long Family, and deliberately left Tianlang City empty in the first place, so that the Southwest Long Family could intercept the retreating Yeluguda in Tianlang City.

It's just that something unexpected happened in the battle. I thought that Long Po, who had been fighting the grassland people for more than a year, would be enough to face the exhausted Yelu Army. However, I didn't expect that Long Po was stupid enough to use cavalry. Attacking the grassland people, not only did they not stop Yeluguda, but they almost allowed Yeluguda to attack Tianlang City.

When I heard such a battle report, Fatty couldn't find any other adjectives to describe the Southwest Long Family except pig teammates. But it wasn't completely bad. At least in the battle of Tianlang City, more than 30,000 Yelu Guda's soldiers Nearly 10,000 of the Guards were killed in the battle, and their strength was greatly reduced and they returned to Xijing. Of course, not to mention the time wasted, the reputation of the Long family has suffered a serious blow, and the losses of the Long family have also been heavy. It took nearly half of the financial resources of the Southwest Long family to build the Southwest Long family cavalry, Tianlang City, for more than a year. He was so badly beaten in the first battle that it was said that Long Po immediately vomited blood after the war.

"The interception in Tianlang City is really not His Majesty's arrangement?" Seeing the fat man's face denying it, Yelu Qiyeguang's eyes flashed with suspicion. "If it were not for the relationship between the Yelu family and the empire, Yelu Guda would have died in the wilderness long ago. , where can I return to Xijinggu safely and without worry?" The fat man stood up, took a deep breath, and said coldly, "I only collected a small amount of interest from the northwest ministries. For the empire's style, it is already breaking the rules. Such a big example, how could it be possible to put it back! But seeing how courageous you are to go deep into the wilderness alone that just caused the Yelu family’s disastrous defeat, I’ll tell you a little bit about it.”

"Oh, what the hell?" Yelu Qiyeguang's eyes lit up,

Under Yelu Qiyeguang's pair of eyes that were as beautiful as stars, the fat man curled his lips in disdain, shrugged his shoulders, and glanced at the pair of eyes that were quietly placed on his lap. They seemed to be fair and well-proportioned, as soft as silk. Bones, only those who know can understand Chu, who could be the hand that could pierce the throat with an arrow a hundred meters away when necessary, said calmly, "The Yelu family violated the agreement and went south. Yeluguda even rushed into the empire. No matter what, the Yelu family needs it." Give the empire an explanation"

"For the misunderstanding caused earlier, my Yelu family will naturally compensate for it," Yelu Qiyeguang said with apologetic expressions, stood up with a very sincere expression, and said excitedly. "Moreover, my brother and I have jointly submitted to my father a comprehensive protection document for the imperial merchants in Yelu." Report from within the faction, my Yelu family At the same time, I also ask the empire to send special officials to be stationed in my Yelu family and become the royal merchants of my Yelu family. In the future, any imperial merchants who move within the sphere of influence of my Yelu family will only collect 70% of the tax. I believe His Majesty should be quite satisfied with this explanation."

"A businessman from the Wang family of the Yelu family? Are you afraid that you can't make this decision?"

The fat man's eyes flashed. Hearing Yelu Qiyeguang's conditions, the fat man was also moved. The size of the Zhongbia market was almost equal to the empire's control area in the Oubaluo region. Moreover, although the Yelu family has risen, the grassland people are not good at production. His nature has not changed,

The urgent large-scale expansion and conquest war, hundreds of thousands of weapons, brutal raids and massacres, production has been destroyed long ago. If it were not for the imperial merchants, countless people in the area controlled by the Yelu family would have starved to death. , because the people on the grasslands do not pay attention to the value of Sino-Bian products, most of the Sino-Bian products sold to the empire are unimaginably cheap, which also greatly stimulates the empire's trade with Sino-Bian.

The means of war always serve politics. Fatty is eager to establish an imperial force around Zhongbia. It is also out of such interests. The market in Zhongbia really cannot make the empire give up, just like Who is willing to do this kind of thing after having a seafood dinner and then letting people eat steamed buns? Once a few forces that have made agreements with the empire fall out, the empire's losses will be too great. The empire's trade surplus with Central and South-Bia is so huge that only a fat man knows how staggering it is. Just the transaction volume in the previous year, It has already exceeded 60 million gold coins, which is equal to the entire income of the empire for more than a quarter.

According to intelligence from Zhongbia, this is also an important reason why the Yelu family suddenly fell out. The Yelu family and the grassland tribesmen who joined the Yelu family fought in Zhongbia for nothing more than wealth and slaves. But when I found that I had been fighting life and death for more than a year. In addition to increasing my territory and having more slaves to feed, my wealth had not increased at all. Instead, I had been saddled with quite heavy debts. Everyone would be in a good mood. Fall into the water

"All that money was swept away by the damn empire businessmen! We have been busy for more than a year in vain, all working for the empire."

There are also people with outstanding insight among the grassland people. After some people discovered the problem, they immediately tried to ban trade with the empire. However, these tribes who ordered the ban soon discovered that without the operation of the imperial merchants inside, they could not even get food when they went on an expedition. Qi, they are no longer on the grassland, this The land here is not covered with grass, nor are cattle and sheep following the tribe in droves. This is the Zhongbia region. Wheat grows in the soil here. Cattle and sheep grazing in such an area are often unable to get up. Hey, the living environment of the prairie people is changing, but the prairie people have not paid attention to this.

"The future head of the Yelu family will only be one of me and my brother. Now that our brother and sister are proposing it together, and with the current war situation in the northwest, I believe that father has no choice!" Yelu Qiyeguang smiled charmingly. She was at the Yelu family. She originally belonged to the side that supported the empire. She didn't care about the so-called economics and trade surplus and deficit. What she valued was the importance of the empire to the Yelu family. She watched how the Yelu family expanded step by step, so Learn more about the role of empire in this

At the Yelu family meeting, she looked at the tribal leaders who loudly demanded a ban on imperial merchants because they had lost money, and she also firmly admitted, "Isn't it just that there is a lack of money? The Central and Asian regions are so vast and rich, and there is only a little trade." Can't you bear the pressure? And if it weren't for the behemoth empire? Continuously supplying blood to the expansion of the Yelu family's power. How could the Yelu family become a huge dynasty spanning thousands of miles in just two years? The northern royal court and the southwestern Long family can actually not shake the Yelu family's current dominance. status, on the contrary, once the empire stops supplying, have you ever thought about the consequences? "

"What's wrong if we don't supply it? It's been fine for so many years. Will these vampires die if we leave them?" Someone expressed disdain.

"If the empire stops supplying, there may be problems with the rations for the army ahead, as well as the cloth we ordered, and with winter coming in a few months, there is still a big gap in food preparations. In addition, the ministries recently took over the Chinese There are too many Biya slaves and we can’t supply them at all!” Some people also expressed concern.

"Yes, this is not the time for the prairie. There are too many slaves in Zhongbia!" There were various voices of discussion, and the clan leaders got into a quarrel. They had been away from the grassland for more than a year, and they were used to using Zhongbia. In order to exchange Asia's wealth for supplies with the empire, the tribe's ability to be self-sufficient has long been inferior to what it used to be.

The reliance on imperial merchants is increasing among Yelu's forces, so the opposition is extremely fierce. Of course, Yelu Qiyeguang will not talk about this kind of thing. This time he ran from Daizhou to Xijing Gulai. In addition to dragging Yeluguda to attack Yanzhou, there is another point where he is rushing to repair the relationship with the empire.

"If you can do it, the empire can continue to maintain its relationship with the Yelu family." The fat man nodded solemnly,

"Since His Majesty agrees, let's wait and see. I believe there will be a surprise soon." Yelu Qiyeguang showed a touch of joy on his face. He said goodbye to the fat man on the grounds of the war in the northwest. She had already persuaded Yelu Guda and her to attack Yan by surprise. state, but was also very worried. The empire immediately launched troops after capturing the northwest ministries. Entering the northwest, the emperor will be in charge, and the army will press to the northwest, which is only three or four hundred miles away from Yanzhou. It is a joke for the Yelu family to conquer Yanzhou. Coming here to see Fatty is more of a delaying strategy and delaying time, but What she said is also true. After all, the consequences of angering the emperor are extraordinary.

A team of about a thousand Yelu cavalry escorted her away from the city where the emperor's headquarters was located. At the city gate, Yelu Qiyeguang stopped his horse and glanced at the large number of tribal tents settled outside the city. A trace of determination flashed in his eyes. Thinking that hundreds of thousands of northwest tribes actually let the empire make dumplings, it shows how badly Yelvuguda failed in the wilderness.

This is clear evidence that the Yelu family does not have the strength to resist the empire. Facts have proved that it is wrong to want to resist the empire forcefully! Falling out with the empire just for the sake of lost wealth is not worth the loss. Even if the Yelu family has the power to establish a country, they may still fall in front of the behemoth empire!

Not to mention that the Yelu family's advantage in the northwest has now fallen into the dilemma of being attacked from the north and the south, so winning over the empire is still the national policy that the Yelu family should adhere to.

Since there has been a deviation in the past, we can only try our best to pull it back. My father asked him to go to Daizhou and let Yelu Guda come to the northwest. Didn't it express the Yelu family's two attitudes towards the empire? As long as he succeeds in conquering Yanzhou, the direction of the Yelu family will be completely reversed.

"Your Majesty, do you really believe what that woman said? I always feel something is wrong!" Bonnie Bonnie walked in from the other door of the room with a gloomy face. "The situation in the northwest war is not to the extent that she needs to come to the empire's base camp. Wang Tingjun It looks like a menacing attack, but in fact it only has 20,000 combat troops. One person dies. There is only one missing. The shortcomings in military strength are destined to be insignificant. Since entering the northwest, he has not even fought a hard battle. He has only been opportunistically wandering in the north of Xijing, just thinking of forcing the small and medium-sized tribes who fled back. You know that Wang Tingjun doesn’t dare to actually fight to Xijing Gulai! "

Bertrand Bonnie took a deep breath and said, "And the Southwest Long Family Army is even worse. The weak combat strength of the Central and Asian Army cannot be changed in a short time with one or two opportunistic moves. The so-called Long Family The 100,000-strong army marched north. In addition to breaking through Luya Mountain at the beginning, they tried their best to knock on the door. They are all trying to conquer the areas that the Yelu family voluntarily gave up. Under Tianlang City, even Yeluguda, who has been running for several days, cannot defeat him. Ever since Long Yang died in the battle, the Long family is no longer the same person as before. In Yanzhou, the Long family was able to withstand the onslaught of the Yelu family's army of more than 100,000 people. A person who is ambitious but lacks perseverance is just a cunning rabbit in front of the eagle of the Yelu family. He cannot stop the general trend of the Yelu family. If he has the chance, he will come out to nibble a few mouthfuls of grass, and the eagle will be in the sky. At that time, he was so scared that he hid in the cave and didn't even dare to move. If Long Po really dared to break With such courage, Yelvuguda would not have escaped so calmly in Tianlang City. "Yes, it seems that he has truly taken over the identity of the empire's general person in charge in the wilderness, so he carefully analyzed the situation in the northwest. If he continues I can’t see this at all, which really makes me wonder if I’m being entrusted to someone else.”

The fat man unexpectedly curled up the corner of his mouth as a sign of forgiveness to Bonnie Berlant. He looked out the window and said, "Actually, what's the difference whether you believe in Yelu Qiyeguang or not? The Yelu family already has considerable power, and with the addition of the empire The northwest tribe has just gathered hundreds of thousands, and it will take some time before the entire northwest tribe is lured into the wilderness. At this time of "Ye Lai", it doesn't make much sense to break up with the Yelu family directly. On the contrary, if the content proposed by Yelu Qiyeguang can be achieved, the empire's business in Central and South Asia will once again surpass other merchants and truly complete the deal. The commercial monopoly in Central Asia can achieve such results without spending a single soldier, so why not?"

"What about the northwest?" Berlant Bonnie hesitated with a pretty face. In her opinion, the empire's march into the northwest is really the right time, place and people. With these captured northwest tribes in hand, the Yelu family can't stop them at all. !

‘Don’t worry, the fat in your mouth won’t fly away! "The fat man burst into laughter and his eyes became more profound." I have a hunch that Yelu Qiyeguang is so impatient to come to repair the relationship with the empire, there must be some big move, and the most likely one is Yanzhou in the north of Daizhou! When I asked the Northern Royal Court to jump into the prison of Yanzhou, it seems that someone noticed it! (To be continued.) 8