Realm of Power

Golden leaves covered the ground and window sills overnight, and the breath of winter became clearer and clearer. Early in the morning, Fatty immediately stood on a high slope. Below the slope, a long belt-like road extended from a distance. Come, the fat man raised his head and saw a group of southward geese passing through the vast wilderness and undulating mountains, rivers and hills. The vast river was galloping towards the distant horizon.

"If your Majesty follows this road, will you really be able to reach the Imperial Capital Ocean City within two months?" An official from the Imperial Academy of Engineering pointed to the road ahead and reported to the emperor with a satisfied look on his face. The emperor's brows were unnoticeable. He frowned slightly, how could he talk about such a confidential thing casually?

But it was already too late. Yelu Qiyeguang, who was next to her, covered her mouth with her hands and looked surprised. She had been to the Western Continent. When she went to Lisbon, she spent more than three months on the road because she was not familiar with the roads. It is clearer what this road means. As the empire expands to a considerable extent in Central Asia, this road is completely under the control of the empire, and the caravans from the empire will continue to flow far and wide unhindered. Entering the Central Asian region,

"In other words, the time for the caravan from the Imperial Capital area to arrive in the empire should be reduced to about one and a half months. A round trip is three months. Is this what you mean?" The small face under the waterfall-like straight black hair With a charming face, Yelu Qiyeguang’s tall dark eyebrows were tightly knitted together.

"His Royal Highness Qi Yeguang is right. If everything goes well, it will indeed take a month and a half for the caravan from the empire to arrive in the Imperial Capital area." The official from the Imperial Engineering Academy replied. Hearing the affirmation from the imperial engineering official, Yelu Qi Yeguang's eyes lit up. Liang, her pretty face was filled with shock, "Oh my god , one and a half months, that's still the speed of a caravan. Wouldn't it be faster if we rode on horseback? "The speed of a caravan is definitely not as fast as riding a horse. If the caravan takes two months, then it should take one and a half months on horseback. Yelu Qiyeguang is Prairie people, so they are more interested in the time of coming and going on horseback. "This, it should be like this!"

Sweat was already showing on the forehead of the official of the Imperial Engineering Academy. As an imperial engineering official, he had a deeper understanding of the significance of roads in the empire. He also realized that he had let something slip. He glanced at the emperor subconsciously and found that the emperor's expression was cold. The official secretly exclaimed, "It's over." Oh, how could I have forgotten that roads in the empire are not just used for business? To a certain extent, the rule of the empire is connected by these roads.

These are not roads, they are the empire's ruling lines. Just like the road in front of you, from Dahai City, the core of the empire in the north, to the Central Asian Imperial Capital, the journey is compressed to two months. In other words, the empire's cavalry group sets out from Dahai City. It takes one and a half months to cross a range of two thousand miles, from the Western Continent to Central Asia. Although the speed of the infantry is slower, the empire has sufficient transportation horses, and it even has the practice of renting caravans for transport during wartime. , it can be said The completion of this road can truly bring the Imperial Capital West Road area into the empire's ruling area. Once there is a war on the Imperial Capital West Road, the empire can simultaneously mobilize troops from Angnacuo and northern Gangfei in the north to cooperate with the original Imperial Capital West Road. The garrison strength, and the mobilization of 300,000 imperial troops within two months is not a joke. The path of the empire is the most important strategic layout. The strategic layout uses the earth as a chess game. Such an important secret was revealed casually by himself... …

Fortunately, Yelu Qiyeguang didn't notice this. He was still in shock about this road. He curiously looked at the road in front of him, which was completely made of large stones. There was also a layer of dark pure surface paved on top. It looks flat and spacious, wide enough for eight carriages to travel in parallel. It is like a long strip lying on the ground. It looks like the kind of road that is most suitable for carriages to travel.

On such a road, the caravan should be able to move smoothly! Yelu Qiyeguang was slightly stunned. Such a road was more than two thousand miles long, extending to the core of the empire. Even Yelu Qiyeguang felt the enormity of it. It was such an amazing project that he didn't dare to think about it. Looking at the whole world, I am afraid that only the empire has such human and financial resources.

The empire's tradition of letting prisoners of war build roads has been regarded as a joke by other forces. Some people even called the Emperor of the Falcon Empire a road-building madman. The role of roads was not valued by the monarchs in this era. Road-building was not only It only requires a large investment of human and financial resources, and the results cannot be seen in the short term.

"Instead of having the financial resources to build a road, it is more cost-effective to use that financial resources to purchase weapons and ordnance." Yelu Qiyeguang also agreed with this point, but now he is a little shaken. Building such a road means a huge financial investment. , how many manpower and horses were involved, could it be that the emperor put so much effort into it just for the sake of good looks?

In order to advance northward, Yelu Qiyeguang also proposed to restore the two large commercial roads built by the Central Asians north of the imperial capital. This required too much financial and human investment, which caused a lot of opposition within the royal court. , I had to give up in the end, and now that the empire has built such a road, I don’t dare think about investing in it.

Yelu Qiye's luminous fingers gently stirred the ruby-encrusted riding crop in his hand, and asked with a stern face, "My lord, the empire spent so much to build this road is unimaginable. I wonder if you can tell me something about this?" Road..." The official of the Imperial Academy of Engineering had noticed his omission and looked at a loss. The fat man laughed and answered on behalf of the official. "This road was built when the empire conquered the wilderness of the empire. As the empire expanded in Central Asia, potential The force stretched and stretched, and finally completed the connection with the northern part of the empire. A total of more than 600,000 grassland people and wilderness people from the wilderness areas and northwest areas were mobilized. The construction took four months, and nearly one million transportation horses were mobilized. , costing the empire 21 million gold. With this road, the commercial trade between the empire and China should be able to increase by at least 10%. "Twenty million... Are you sure!" Yelu Qiyeguang took a breath of air. , my tongue was so scared that it curled up a bit.

"Just a lot more!" The fat man's eyes were deep, and the corners of his mouth revealed a mean smile that drove Yelu Qiyeguang crazy. He categorically stated that he must attract this woman's attention.

"Twenty million gold to build a road!" Yelu Qiyeguang's heart has exploded. She doesn't know how much the empire has gained from China-Biya trade, but think about it. In the past few years, just the Yelu family has been crazy about expanding their army and marching south. During the Northern War, at least 200,000 weapons and ammunition were purchased from the empire, as well as a large amount of incalculable supplies. I'm afraid even 10 million won't be able to defeat them, not to mention the Long family in the southwest, the Song clan in the south, the court in Central and South Asia, and the various tribes in the northern grasslands... The 10% that the damn fat man said is probably more than 2 million. This Where is the road? It is simply a golden road. Thinking about his embarrassment again, Yelu Qiyeguang felt like crying and clenched his fingers fiercely.

This northern march consumed the Yelu family's inventory for several years, and finally, with the help of a belt and seduction, they used 80% of the wealth of the Dongbo royal family and half of the gold mine to borrow 1.5 million gold from the Imperial Bank, and immediately It was discovered that the financial resources the emperor had were completely worthless. To build a road, the emperor casually spent 20 million gold. The emperor's so-called 10% was enough to make his small Yelu family faint in tears in the toilet.

Today's winter is probably going to be very cold, and even the time will be greatly extended. Last night, the emperor's warning made it difficult for her to calm down. The cold winter will make the Dongbo battle more difficult. If the emperor's words come true, the Dongbo battle will be more difficult. It will increase greatly. The cruelty of winter in Dongbo is not that of the North Grassland. Now adding the figure of 20 million echoes in her mind. The beauty of Yelu had no intention of pestering the emperor. She proposed to return to the imperial capital with a sad look on her face, "Your Majesty, the army has just returned, and winter is coming. The royal court still needs to prepare for the winter for all the ministries. This is the first step for the Yelu family to establish a royal court. Year, whether it can be handled well is related to whether Yelu Royal Court can be recognized by various ministries. ""Whether you go back, take me to say hello to Yelu Hongtai."

The fat man nodded, and Yelu Qiyeguang turned around and rode away with the twenty Yelu Wangting behind him. When Yelu Qiyeguang's beautiful shadow disappeared on the road in the distance, the fat man turned around and took a look, his face turned pale. An official from the Academy of Engineering said in a cold voice, "For the sake of your continuous supervision of work for four months, go to the Supervision Department to collect the punishment yourself. You can arrive at Dahai City in two months. If you do this, don't say it again. From now on, keep saying it to the outside world." It takes four months, got it?”

"Yes, I understand!" If the Engineering Academy official is granted amnesty, he will go to the Ministry of Supervision to receive his punishment. After the investigation finds no suspicion, he will often be released. It is much better than being taken away by the Ministry of Military Affairs.

The fat man turned back to the mansion on Dijing West Road. Before he reached the door, he saw Li Yuehua waiting at the door. He stopped with a look of surprise on his face, "Your Majesty!"

Li Yuehua walked towards her, wearing a Chinese-Bia palace dress that showed her unparalleled elegance. The slender waist was a narrow silver-white girdle, and then from the waist down was a mulberry silk long skirt, with a skirt as smooth as flowing water. Extending to her ankles, with her light and elegant steps, the skirt of her lower body was like a pool of spring water stirring,

The style of China's high-ranking and wealthy families is clearly demonstrated

After a night of bloodbath, Li Yuehua cleared away the Sino-Bian forces that had blocked him at first. Li Yuehua is now trying his best to integrate the remaining Sino-Bian forces. Therefore, dressing up like this in a traditional family can win the favor of those remaining families. In fact, this is also true. Those who are panicking The uneasy remaining aristocratic families all calmed down invisibly after seeing Li Yuehua dressed as a woman from an aristocratic family.

The murderer king Lu Yangyu was sent to the south. Now the Imperial Capital West Road is completely in charge of Li Yuehua. Since even Li Yuehua is dressed like this, it is enough to show that Li Yuehua means goodwill to the aristocratic family. Logically speaking, Li Yuehua should be very busy at this moment. , the middle and upper level of the Biya branch of the Business Alliance There was a collective vacancy. I don’t know how many aristocratic families from China and Biya were queuing up to ask for an audience. In just a few days, those aristocratic families who had criticized Li Yuehua at the beginning all fell into Li Yuehua’s camp. Imperial Capital West Road The aristocratic families in the area seemed to be Li Yuehua's followers, and Li Yuehua also began to pay attention to him. Imperial Capital West Road launched drastic reforms, lifted the privileges of most aristocratic families, and began to fully implement imperial decrees." The south urgently sent people to send news. Lu Yangyu may be trapped. According to the news heard from the south, Luzhou fell, causing the Luzhou Army to There were a lot of complaints, and the main counterattack force was suddenly lost. Other armies did not dare to approach Luzhou anymore. The Central and Asian sides seemed to be having secret talks with the Aden people, proposing that as long as the Aden people did not attack Xinjing, they would not stop the Aden people from attacking our imperial capital west road from the north. They even said, In order to show sincerity, the imperial envoy Lu Yangyu can be handed over to the Kingdom of Aden."

Following the emperor into the office, he took out a secret letter from his arms, handed it to the emperor and said, under the emperor's surprised and slightly hot gaze, Li Yuehua blushed rarely, damn it, because the matter was too big Urgent, why did I forget to change my clothes? I haven’t worn the clothes of the aristocratic family for I don’t know how many years. If it wasn’t to show goodwill to the aristocratic families, I’m afraid I wouldn’t wear them.

The clothing of the Zhongbia family has always been clear and elegant, and this is especially true for women's skirts. Under the white sand skirt, the outline of two slender and smooth long legs can be vaguely seen in the long skirt. This long skirt wraps the body tightly. Strictly , but it reflects the beauty of female curves everywhere. In conjunction with her elegant and dignified manner, her slender figure is taller, and her pair of breasts wrapped in a long skirt are visually longer. These beautiful breasts Gotta let all the fat people Unable to help swallowing, the fat man took a look at the secret letter. The handwriting was scrawled, and it seemed that it was written in a hurry. Lu Yangyu had already received the news that he was trapped, mainly because there was controversy within the Zhongbia court about whether he had taken refuge in the Imperial Bank. , let’s take a look at the situation and argue endlessly. In order to prevent some ministers from discussing privately, Yu Fenglong, the prime minister of the Central and Asian court, simply put Lu Yangyu under house arrest. However, it was said that this was the first time that the Central and Asian sides had secret talks with the Aden people. hear

"My subordinates believe that the secret talks between the Central and Asian courts and the people of Aden are very important, and we must find a way to verify it." Li Yuehua said clearly with a slightly cold face, "I want to confirm the truth of the secret talks between the Central and Asian courts and the people of Aden." The fastest and easiest way is to recall Lu Yangyu. If the court releases it, it will prove that the secret conversation is false. If it is forcibly detained, it will prove that the secret conversation is true."

The fat man glanced over sharply and glanced deeply at Li Yuehua, "Your suggestion is good, but it has no effect on the overall situation. Lu Yangyu has a heavy responsibility. It would be a pity to retreat like this. In fact, no matter whether the Zhongbia court is in The people of Aden are talking secretly, we just need to let the people of Aden move towards Xinjing in Central Asia." What does your majesty mean? "Hearing the emperor's words, Li Yuehua felt a cold feeling for some reason. Is the emperor going to take the initiative?" After passing the order, the army entered the river again. This time, it was not just the troops from the Imperial Capital West Road, but also There are 80,000 imperial cavalry." The fat man showed a sneer on his lips, crumpled the secret letter into a ball with his fingers, and then Throwing his hand into the trash can, he said coldly, "There are two forks in front of a boat, the left and right. I don't know whether the boat will go left or right, but I want to make the boat flow according to my wishes. The best way is Stretch out a hand and toggle it. If the court wants to please the Aden people, first think about whether it can withstand the empire's 80,000 cavalry."

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