Realm of Power

Seeing that Bonnie Berlant's face had improved a lot, the fat man glanced at a charming figure dodging around the corner outside the door intentionally or unintentionally, and coughed dryly, "Why, you have caused so much trouble, and as the culprit of the trouble, you turned around and wanted to run away." , hundreds of thousands of military application reports were directly turned into waste paper, don’t you feel a little bit guilty? "

"When did Your Majesty come, why didn't anyone tell me?" Princess Mingyue blushed with embarrassment, smiled awkwardly, and looked at the fat man quietly with her wide eyes.

"Her Royal Highness Princess's demeanor of listening to the wall is probably unparalleled by anyone in the whole of China."

The fat man looked up and down with interest, his eyes were bright. A few buns of hair hung down from his ears to the towering Jade Girl Peak. He wore a scarlet tight-fitting dress with narrow sleeves, which showed off his slender waist. Yes, straight up and down, round and gentle, the majestic and trembling jade girl will wear the coat She was rumbling and tall, and her long black hair was hanging loose at this time without makeup. Viewed from the back, it flowed down like a waterfall and covered half of her perky little butt, just like those beautiful girls in Japanese comics. Like a beautiful girl, people can’t help but have wild thoughts,

"I don't know what your Majesty is talking about. I just came to see Sister Bonnie to discuss some matters regarding the resettlement of the refugees." Princess Mingyue's always bold and aggressive side was fully displayed. She glared at the fat man resentfully, bit her lower lip, and said out loud. "But it would be better if His Majesty is here. I have always thought I would like to ask Your Majesty, now that the weather is so cold that dripping water turns into ice, those grassland people can still get help from the empire. Is it possible that the empire is biased against us Central Asians? All the trade camps have been reserved for those grassland people. We What should the Chinese people do?”

"Didn't we already set aside an area in the border area for you to settle in?" The fat man said deliberately with a smile on his lips.

"The camp of nearly 100,000 people is only less than fifty miles away, and all the supplies are only enough to prevent people from starving to death. Is this the resettlement your Majesty mentioned?"

Princess Mingyue was ashamed and angry, and was about to scold her when she heard the fat man say, "The prairie people have camps and settlements. That is because the prairie people deserve what they receive for their service to the empire. As for material rations, these prairie people have officially submitted to the empire's jurisdiction." , even the Imperial people should receive material rations, is there any problem? "

"What does your majesty mean by this? Those grassland people can get enough food and supplies. Why is there such a big difference in the amount of income when they come to us?" Princess Mingyue glared at the fat man with angry eyes.

"If I remember correctly, the Central Asians under the princess are not part of our empire, and they have never contributed to the empire. The empire's ability to accept them for self-cultivation is already a special case. What else does Her Highness want to propose?" The fat man's eyes were cold. Leng looked at Princess Mingyue,

Hearing Emperor Falcon's words, his tone was as stern as the cold wind. Princess Mingyue's pretty face turned red with aggrievedness, and she was speechless for a long time. Yes, what can I say! Those grassland people have all surrendered to the empire and are now real subjects of the empire.

This winter, hundreds of thousands of grassland people spared no effort to open up thousands of miles of roads in the wilderness for the empire. Not only the young and strong showed up, but also many old and weak women and children went to build the roads. In fact, after discovering that the empire allocates supplies based on the completion of road construction, the grassland tribes really became desperate.

From morning to night, the whole tribe went out and never stopped even when it was snowing heavily. For this reason, more than 2,000 old people died in the entire northwest grassland tribe this winter, but there was no complaint from each tribe. That was because, If he hadn't received supplies from the empire, the person who died might have been this Ten times, twenty times the number. Only two thousand people died in one winter, which is already the lowest in history. The grassland people are not a nation that cherishes life. The young and middle-aged generation either died on the battlefield or died in hunting. Mu Zhong, this time the empire captured 100,000 young men, but they did not kill them. This has already made all the ministries burst into tears of gratitude.

As long as the tribe can grow and continue, most of them will sacrifice their lives without hesitation. This kind of tenacity, like strong grass in the cold wind, is the foundation for the grassland tribes to thrive in harsh environments from generation to generation. Wherever they are, now they only need to work hard to provide the tribe with enough food to prevent them from starving to death. The grassland people I am already sighing for embracing the golden thigh of the empire. If you look at the current situation in the northwest, you will know that there is really a thin line. One side is heaven and the other side is hell. Hundreds of thousands of grassland people can starve to death in the northwest, let alone millions of people. It is conceivable that there are millions of Central and African people, even if they feed all the grassroots and bark of the entire northwest, it will not be enough.

What all the grassland ministries fear most now is that the empire will drive them back to the northwest, so the empire's development progress in the wilderness is quite amazing. Hundreds of thousands of grassland people are working hard, causing the empire to change its original expectations again and again, so The fat man was so kind to the prairie people only when he came here. As a boss, he really couldn't keep a straight face towards the laborers who worked hard day and night. From any aspect, the empire gave these prairie people their due. The care and placement of special envoys are all taken for granted.

On the contrary, the nearly 100,000 Central Asians under the command of Princess Mingyue are now embarrassing the empire.

These Central Asians, who have strong traditional concepts, have never considered them to be the subjects of the empire, especially the so-called national backbones among them. They even held their heads high and claimed that they entered the wilderness of the empire solely because they came to follow Princess Mingyue. Yes, I don’t have the slightest recognition of the empire. I felt the same way, and even encouraged the Central Asians to go back several times, let alone contribute any effort to the empire's construction in the wilderness. Now I see that the grassland people receive far better supplies and care than I do, and I feel angry again. To express dissatisfaction to the empire, why? Just because you are a Central Asian?

"Since His Majesty does not welcome us Central Asians so much, then I can only take them back to Central Libya!" Princess Mingyue's fiery character is not as patient as Fatty after all. She just said a few fierce words and immediately said Bring all the Central Asians back to the northwest

"If the princess insists on doing this, I won't be able to keep her here anymore. I can immediately order the border troops to let her go!" The fat man smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth. Return to the northwest? You should go back! Now that the entire northwest is about to collapse, he is really angry at Princess Mingyue for bringing out Zhongbia's methods of harem chaos and political interference.

This extremely dangerous sign must be resolutely nipped in the cradle. The reason why the Zhongbia Empire became what it is now has a direct result from the struggle for power and profit among several major families in Zhongbia. The empire has just emerged, and it cannot withstand it. This kind of internal fighting based on favor and pride,

If Princess Mingyue still doesn't know how to repent, it would be no shame to give up this imperial chess piece. What's more, the situation in the northwest is so unbearable now. The Southwest Long family is guarding the southwest, and they have fought several wars against the Yelu family. They have been hoarding internal resources for many years. Materials and food supplies are almost empty. Faced with the hunger of people in the northwest for hundreds of years, the only way to alleviate the crisis is to absorb young people. Yes, it is to slow down.

The Long family is stalling for time.

It is impossible to fill such a large food gap. Even if the food from the entire southwest region is transported, it cannot be solved. The Long family naturally knows this. The northwest is now a large volcano that may erupt at any time. Once millions of hungry people revolt, no one can stop the torrent.

In such an impatient manner to recruit young men and exploit the already pitiful resources, the head of the Long family, Long Po, was already planning to evacuate the northwest. He was just waiting for the heavy snow to stop, and the Long family army would return to the southwest with these resources. , leaving millions of hungry people to fend for themselves in the northwest, Long Po has always had good intentions Come wherever you can, and run away when there is no benefit. Anyway, you have already earned the reputation of rescuing the northwest, and you have also obtained useful strong soldiers. How can you be willing to sink yourself into the mud of the northwest? Once the Yelu family's army counterattacks, it will be more difficult. It was possible to lose all his capital, so how could Long Po be willing to do it!

"What happened to me just now? Why did I say such a thing? If I announce my return to China now, I'm afraid no one will be willing to follow me!" Princess Mingyue shuddered, her face was slightly pale. She was flushed. Now that she was aroused by the fat man, her face could almost bleed. Her delicate body was trembling, and she couldn't say anything for a while.

She looked at Bertrand Bonnie pitifully. Princess Mingyue was beginning to regret it at this moment. She originally just wanted to threaten, but she didn't expect that the damn fat man actually agreed and went back with 100,000 Chinese people. In other words, it is simply impossible to do

Apart from anything else, in the past month, although the life of the Central Asians who entered the empire has been a little harder, it is completely like paradise compared to the past when they were tyrannically ruled by the grassland people. Just look at the life they lived under the grassland people. I know, prairie people always ask for money Silver property was raided many times in the city, often by confiscating all the gold and silver from the homes of rich and poor households in the city. Those who were slightly in the way were killed by the whole family, and heads were piled up on top of the city gate. Sometimes, there are hundreds of them, just like Shura hell on earth.

The number of women kidnapped into the mansions of the prairie people is even more numerous. No matter what status they are, nobles or commoners, they are not immune. Prairie people also hunt down craftsmen and young men as slaves in the city. This kind of search for property, arrests young men and women, The strong cycle often lasts for several months before it stops. After squeezing out the last bit of food from the Zhongbia people, under the oppression of the grassland people, the cats, dogs, and even tree bark in the city were all eaten by the Zhongbia people. They were humiliated by the grassland people and committed suicide or were tortured. The corpses of dead women and women can be found everywhere on the slopes of mass graves outside the city every day.

Compared with these, what does it matter if life is just a little harder? Don't look at the Central Bians under your command who are very dissatisfied with the empire, but the look of envy revealed in the words of conversation cannot be concealed no matter how hard you try. The ferocious and tyrannical grassland people who crushed the entire Central Biya are in Why is it like a sheep meeting a wolf in front of the empire?

A country that is strong enough to protect itself. Only people who have experienced painful wars will know what being strong means! If you want to say envy, who wouldn’t envy it! Even those people from the northwest grasslands are called good luck dogs!

"I just wanted to ask Sister Mingyue to help with the plan proposed by His Majesty just now. Berlant and Bonnie came out with a sweet smile to smooth things over. She walked gently between the two of them with her stunning beauty, and said with a smile, "After all, it is directly from the empire. There is still some confusion about the military coming forward. If Sister Mingyue comes forward to take charge of this matter, with the prestige of Her Royal Highness the Princess, I believe it will be more likely to get twice the result with half the effort. I wonder if Your Majesty will agree."

The fat man looked silent. Indeed, setting up a smuggling market would be acceptable to both parties if Princess Mingyue came forward.

"Since it is Sister Bonnie's request, she will naturally not refuse!" Princess Mingyue showed a look of gratitude. If she didn't know how to follow her at this time, she would be stupid. Do she really want the empire to send 100,000 Chinese coins to Bonnie? Will they be driven back? At this time, even if Bonnie said that she wanted to serve the same husband, she would have to admit it!

"Actually, it's nothing. In fact, His Majesty is planning to set up several trade fairs on the border of Sirius City," said Bonnie Berlant. "Don't Sister Mingyue's 100,000 Central Asians have no place to resettle? Then we can resettle them in It’s near these trading markets.”

"Trade bazaar?" Princess Mingyue was stunned for a moment. What does this thing have to do with resettlement?

She has little impression of trade fairs, because there are no trade fairs in the Central Biya region. Merchants are untouchables in the Central Biya region. How could the country set up a trade fair specifically for them? At most, it is a small gathering every seven days, and in many cases it is at the level of bartering. Princess Mingyue has never seen or even heard of a purely large commercial market with tens of thousands of people like the Empire. .

"It's a black market open to smugglers from all over the world."

Bertrand Bonnie smiled sweetly, took Princess Mingyue's hand, and explained in an emphatic tone, "Although my sister doesn't know the meaning of the trade bazaar, I believe that my sister also knows the merchants who walk on this trade road every day." How many teams are there? The existence of a trade bazaar is to allow these merchants to gather in one place for trade, which can facilitate management and communication among merchants. The population groups formed by such bazaars often number in the tens of thousands. Thirty or forty thousand people are not that many people.”

Bertrand Bonnie licked her red lips, squatted a little, and blinked fiercely at Princess Mingyue. "Being near such a big market, as long as my sister's people participate a little, it will be enough to solve the current shortage of supplies." The above dilemma is over, and there will be more benefits in the future. However, some aspects of the market still need to be discussed in detail. It is getting dark. How about my sister staying? "

"Since it's my sister's order, it's natural to be respectful rather than obey." Princess Mingyue's eyes swept over the fat man, her arrogant and pretty face couldn't help but blush, and her eyes were filled with the slightest expectation (To be continued.)