Realm of Power

The morning wind of Erqi was blowing against the roadside woods with a biting cold. The bare branches of a few green saplings were trembling like little flowers trembling in the wind. The gurgling river was frozen in the ice. Issued under the river surface. There was a crunching sound, broken ice swirled in the whirlpool of the river, and the morning frost dyed the earth a grayish white. Dots of eye-catching green interspersed in the middle remind passing travelers that the light footsteps of the spring goddess have quietly approached.

The warm ocean monsoon blows away the cold air currents spreading from the north, and the earth returns to spring. The southern region of Samor, which had just ended the Battle of Tilburg, ushered in a rare winter wheat harvest under the intensive farming prescribed by Samor, and the food crisis was dissipating. Business also became busy, and the Samor shipping system came to a standstill in winter. As the thawed river network quickly started to operate, one after another the big-bellied merchant ships began to run happily in the river again after being idle for a winter.

Go through one. Open expansion development in winter. Statunko, who is good at internal affairs, followed the fat man's instructions. Expand the dense southern water network to coastal islands.

Moore set up maritime trading stations on various islands. All kinds of marine specialties are connected with the Wochize military port. shipped inland.

Every three days, the combined fleets of Samor, Hurin, and Dillens cruise here to carry away the hoarded goods. Leaving behind all kinds of goods and payments needed by the islanders, Samor is using his own unique way to change the fear of the residents of these isolated islands towards mainland power, and the effect is successful.

In the face of sufficient interest and friendly interaction, the fishermen generally believe that the Samor people are friendly and bringers of wealth. The Samor people even encourage the scum people to send representatives to the southern military port to establish their own residential areas and encourage Samor people at sea. Self-organized chamber of commerce. Full-time responsible for the business contacts of his own island,

The warships of the Hulin tribe, known as the wolves on the sea, have become herders on the sea. According to the agreement, the Hulin tribe can share half of the benefits. In order to ensure that their own interests are not harmed, the Hulin tribe, the overlord of the sea, takes advantage of the winter information. Taking advantage of the wind, several raids were launched on the entire sea area. More than ten pirate forces either fled or surrendered.

Dozens. Islands of different sizes are thriving under the governance of the administrators of Samor. Samor also selects all kinds of outstanding marine talents from among the people and sends them to the War College in Riva Chetse to study. To train officers for the Samor Navy.

In this stable environment. Samor's merchants gathered in Wocheze and the large port of Samor in the south. Maritime trade has become a new highlight of Samor's business. The southern island nation of Salander sent a representative. A formal trade agreement was signed with Samor, and many novel and precious Salander goods flowed into the Samor region along with the sea caravans, becoming the upstarts of the Zhivadin trading station.

Early February. Pangchu transferred 600,000 tons of grain from the Riva truck that had a good harvest this year, and a total of 400,000 tons were used as rewards for the coalition forces to send these foreign plague gods away. The remaining 200,000 tons of grain are used to appease the victims and rebuild Tire.

In accordance with the National Compact. Lianchen is a foreign force for hire. After Samor paid the remuneration, the employment relationship ended, and they were a unit.

For such reasons. These foreign coalition forces entered Kugit from the northern territory of the kingdom with food in a grand manner, and then each bypassed the Kingdom of Yin Erdian and returned home. This was the fat man's plan from the beginning.

Originally, the fat man wanted to take the opportunity to bring down the Stian family, but the Tilburg religion was there, and external forces were unreliable after all.

Compared to Samour, which had just gone through a heavy snowstorm and war. What is needed most is not external expansion, but a period of recuperation.

For this huge coalition force passing through their own territory. The Stian family, who did not want to cause trouble, could only turn a blind eye and formally expressed several protests to the Kyoto royal family, accusing Samour of hiring foreign troops to attack their lords.

Regarding the royal family's accountability officer, the fat man curled his lips indifferently, "They were summoned by Rui Erdian. It has nothing to do with me. If you have any objections, go to the Miao Erdian people! As for the destruction of the Tire family, that is their internal responsibility." The result of the fight. Is this also our responsibility?"

In order to quickly restore the vitality of the three counties of Tire, Samor issued an eastern trade decree and a relocation order. All merchants who go to Tire to do business can enjoy a one-year tax exemption policy. Tens of thousands of people were moved from the southern areas such as Zhivadin and Zhivacheze, where there were more people and less land, to the three counties of Tire.

With the introduction of the completely tax-free policy for the first year of the new land, a large number of Tire people who fled the country began to return. No matter how difficult life is, no matter how simple and shabby their hometown is, this is the place where their families have lived for generations, and it is their dream. place,

Because it was not the farming season yet, Samor arranged for the hundreds of thousands of refugees from Tilburg to build roads. Every day, Fatty led people to walk through the refugee camps in various road construction sections, asking for their welfare. Distribute supplies. This approachable fat man made the Tire people feel warm. It turned out that the lies spun by the Tire family could not be exposed, and many refugees who had fled into the mountains came out one after another.

Unknowingly, most of the day and two passed like this. Wheat seeds shipped from the south have been distributed to Nanyin Primary School. The busy spring plowing was about to begin. Fatty originally planned to wait for the spring plowing to be completed before going to Wocheze to fulfill his promise to the Dylans family, but suddenly a piece of news came from Kyoto. The fat man had to change his original plan

Tilburg main hall

The beige wall appears and disappear in the torches. The fierce battles have left traces on the wall. Dark blood stains can still be seen on the spotted wall. Several collapsed stone pillars are leaning against the corner.

Several Samor guards stood at the door of the hall with serious expressions, and the fat man sat in the main hall. The howling cold wind of early spring blew in through the windows that had not yet been repaired, making the brazier in the hall whistle.

"When did this start? Why didn't anyone report it then?" The fat man raised his head with a livid face. Opposite him was the Jones family envoy who came from Kyoto.

The fat man stared at him with sharp eyes. He was at a loss and didn't know how to let go. The anger in the fat man's tone made people feel chilly in the hall, but the Jones family envoy was sweating profusely and responded with a trembling voice.

"At the beginning of January, the Kingdom Council passed the damnable "Kyoto Protection Act". At that time, the family did not expect it to be so serious! They thought it was just an ordinary bill. By the time they realized it, the entire Kyoto had been completely controlled by several major families. Due to the current situation, many forces that had a good relationship with the family in the past have chosen to remain silent. In this case, the family can only temporarily retreat to the territory."

"Confused". The fat man stood up almost angrily and cursed, "How could such a shrewd man like the old Duke still make such a low-level political mistake? This bullshit decree is just a piece of paper! I don't believe it, those idiot nobles in Kyoto really dare to If the Jones family takes action, is it possible that Samoor’s tens of thousands of troops are just decorations?” “But there are still royal orders from the royal family.

"The messenger of the Jones family looked ugly and hesitated to speak.

"Damn! Bullshit royal family." When the royal family was mentioned, Fatty's anger became even greater. The whole incident was obviously about the royal family. The black hand was adding fuel to the flames, and said to the messenger angrily, "Have the Jones family gone through so much, and they still can't tell that what they own is the most real! Haven't the Kugit cavalry made the Jones family sober?"

The roar of the demolition made the Jones family envoy look embarrassed, his face turned red and white. It turned out that with the tacit approval of the Kyoto royal family, Kyoto conservatives suddenly threw out a so-called "Kyoto Protection Act" at the court meeting in early January. This incident broke out in a hurry, except for conservatives. None of the other forces were prepared;

With the strong push from the royal family and conservatives, this conservative proposal passed almost without any obstacles in the parliament. This bill is called the "Kyoto Protection Act." The reason for enacting this bill was that a large number of foreign feudal lords were stranded in Kyoto. It seriously affected the kingdom's governance of the outer areas. This is a violation of the trust and authority of the royal family

Because Samor's Northern Army deployed two flag regiments near Kyoto to go south to fight against the Tire family, the Jones family, which has never been politically astute, made the mistake of waiting and watching. Unexpectedly, the Jones family soon felt that something was wrong.

Conservative forces in Kyoto on the third day after the bill was passed. With lightning speed, they carried out a large-scale cleanup of the small lords who had fled Kyoto. 20,000 soldiers had already assembled to force the small lords out of Kyoto. Although the Jones family had not yet been touched,

However, it has already dealt a heavy blow to the Kyoto Business Federation formed by the Jones family. These small lords and nobles who fled account for about half of the business federation and are the backbone of the business federation.

The Kingdom's Kyoto Protection Act drove them out. Other middle-level aristocrats who are not very powerful do not dare to take the lead under the pressure of Kyoto's strong conservative aristocrats.

Families continue to withdraw from the business association. For a while, Kyoto was covered with thick fog, and a tense and depressing atmosphere permeated the entire place. Kyoto, on the surface, this seems to be the censure of the outer feudal lord, but in fact it is a complete dismemberment of the Jones family's power.

And Fatty felt it keenly. This matter is far from as simple as it seems now. The Jones family is just a scapegoat, and Samour is the real target of this bill.

Samor is also an outer feudal lord. It is also within the expulsion scope of the Kyoto Protection Act. Taking action on the Jones family at this moment is not only a test of Samor's bottom line, but more like a major move by the royal family to regain its prestige.

And the time is so coincidental, January. It was when he led the army to evacuate from Ruidian and let the Miao Erdians and Luode people fight to death. If there were no Gang Erdian people involved, the fat man would not believe it.

There is no support from the Myrtian people. The royal family would not dare to do this even if they had the heart of a bear and a leopard. Unexpectedly, I had a good time in front of me, but someone would have my asshole fucked in Kyoto. How can this fat man swallow his bad breath?