Realm of Power

"Special envoy, please forgive me. Your Excellency also knows that the Imperial Capital West Road incident has offended many wealthy families in China and Biya. This time I heard that the special envoy of the Empire is Your Excellency, the major families are furious, and even the outside of my Prime Minister's Office is overcrowded. The special envoy must be killed to avenge their relatives who died on Dijing West Road. Feng Long asked the special envoy not to leave here. There is nothing we can do about it." Yu Fenglong stood in front of Lu Yangyu with a sincere face, his attitude was sincere, and every trace of hypocrisy could be seen. If he didn't know, Yu Fenlong was the one who was obstructing it, and even advocated secret negotiations with the people of Aden and handed him over to Aden. People, even Lu Yangyu, would think that the prime minister of China and the Biya court is a very good person.

"I also know that the Imperial Capital West Road incident will definitely make all the major families hate me. But as a deacon of the Imperial Bank, I have to come to this loan negotiation. I didn't expect that it would cause so much trouble to the Prime Minister."

Lu Yangyu looked respectful and grateful. Both of them were from Zhongbia aristocratic families. Although there was an age difference of twenty years between the two people at the table, Lu Yangyu had to admit that the Prime Minister Yu Fenglong was very concerned about the current situation. The grasp is quite sharp, otherwise I would not have risked crossing the big river to meet the sudden appearance. The emperor of Zhongbia in the imperial capital area subsequently suppressed Li Long, the chief minister of Yinglong, and then made the emperor stagnate in the river. This finally forced the powerful Long family to go to the southwest and magically took the throne in Zhongbia. Even though he is in the position of prime minister, what such a person says may not even be half true.

"It's fine if the special envoy doesn't blame the special envoy. I also ask the special envoy to give Fenglong another ten days. Fenglong will do his best to make the major families give up revenge on the special envoy." Yu Fenglong expressed gratitude and waved his hand to a servant behind him. Soon, the servant came up with a document on a plate.

"Master Prime Minister, what is this?"

Lu Yangyu looked at Panjuan with a surprised look on his face. In fact, he sneered in his heart. The negotiation habit of the Central and African courts was still the same. He would first give him the most solemn treatment, and then suddenly imprison him for a period of time until the other party could not understand the situation at all. Under normal circumstances, if there are all kinds of intimidation and threats, people will generally fall into panic and uneasiness. Back in Liucheng Port, Lu Yangyu also used this method to deal with the unruly local powerful. However, the specifications this time were much higher. It used to be much higher , the red face was directly sung by Yu Fenglong, the dignified Prime Minister of China and Bibia, and all the major aristocratic families joined together to sing the bad face. I have only lived here for ten days. In addition to being under house arrest, various assassinations from outside me have also been continuous. Continuously, the latest one This time, a maid's dagger almost hit her throat, but she pretended to miss. Every night, there were all kinds of noises from outside. So many people came to sing this play with her. , I really think highly of myself,

"This is a loan agreement that we have re-examined"

Yu Fenglong glanced at Lu Yangyu, who looked haggard, and felt that after so much effort, it was time to test the results. He smiled and sighed apologetically and said, "Originally, we thought we only needed 10 million, but His Majesty the Emperor believes that the Imperial Bank robbed our Six Cities Port of the tax revenue for the first half of the year, which is what caused our court to The main reason for the fiscal deficit. As a deacon of the Imperial Bank and the head of the Lu family of Liucheng Port, you will not deny this matter. In this case, please ask the Imperial Bank to return the half-year tax of Liucheng Port and add more The loan we borrowed this time requires 20 million imperial gold." "How do you think, Mr. Prime Minister, that I, Lu Yangyu, am worth 20 million?"

Lu Yangyu looked at Yu Fenglong with a smile but not a smile. He did not deny that the Liucheng Port incident had nothing to do with him. The Zhongbia court was so poor that he actually wanted to get back the half-year financial and taxation of Liucheng Port that had been taken away. , this is no joke! I don’t know what kind of confidence the other party has, but he actually thinks that he can do this. After turning it over in his mind, Lu Yangyu confirmed that he should have nothing to do with the other party. "I also think that your majesty's request is a bit excessive, Liu Cheng The half-year tax in Hong Kong was taken away by the Liucheng Port family. What does it have to do with you, sir? However, His Majesty the Emperor insists that since the Lu family is the manager of Liucheng Port, they must be responsible for this. Now all the major families are also involved in it. Fanning the flames in front of others, even mentioning If the Imperial Bank does not lend money, it will simply open the road from Luzhou to the north and allow the 200,000 Aden troops to go north. Winter is coming. It seems that the 200,000 Aden troops trapped in Luzhou will inevitably seek supplies for the winter. Who doesn't know, looking now The whole of China "Dijing West Road is the most prosperous area. After all, Yangyu is from China. Do we have the heart to sit back and watch millions of refugees die of cold and hunger in the winter?" Yu Fenglong sighed, looking quite good. He was embarrassed and played the emotional card with Lu Yangyu.

"Although I am a Central African, I am also a deacon of the Imperial Bank. There is nothing I can do about my responsibilities." Lu Yangyu said firmly with a heavy face. These aristocratic families actually wanted to threaten him with millions of refugees, which made him feel uneasy. With a burst of anger, these aristocratic families really dared to say anything. He, Lu Yangyu, knew very well how these millions of refugees came, because he, Lu Yangyu, was once one of them. They were all released from the Imperial Capital area by the Yelu family of the grassland. Central Asians returning to the south

"Hey, why should Yang Yu be so stubborn? Although Feng Long is the prime minister, he can't fight against the entire family group in the court. Anyway, this loan with the Imperial Bank, a loan of 10 million is also a loan, and a loan of 20 million is also a loan. This For the Imperial Bank, it is also a miracle It's a big good thing. Since both sides have benefits, why refuse it? "Yu Fenglong saw Lu Yangyu being so tough, and his tone suddenly turned cold." Haha, what the prime minister said makes sense, but I don't know what the Zhongbia court will use to repay the two parties. A loan worth tens of millions of dollars?'

His face was torn, but Lu Yangyu had no scruples. He looked at Yu Fenlong's cold and breathtaking eyes and sneered at the corner of his mouth. When the empire forced the Yelu family to abolish slaves, nearly ten million slaves crossed the river and returned south. Instead of resettling these refugees, the Biya court came up with a vicious method, which was to drive millions of refugees south, driving them all to the edge of the southern mountains. Countless refugees starved to death along the way. After arriving in the southern mountains, there were many casualties due to the competition for land with the southern mountain people. It is conservatively estimated that in just one month, there were more than 200 conflicts between the refugees and the southern mountain people, with more than 20,000 casualties. In the end The persecuted mountain people in the south had to retreat, and the local government reported this as a merit, claiming that in one month, they had opened up a county. It can be said that China and Belgium have expanded all the above in the south in more than a hundred years. The most glorious achievement achieved

"Why should you be so serious about raising a fool? The money belongs to the Western Barbarians anyway, why should you care about this!"

Yu Fenglong looked embarrassed and said to himself, "Pay back the money. Isn't this a joke?" He had no intention of exchanging money. The war in Luzhou in the south caused great controversy in the Central and Asian courts. Most of them still believed that the people of Aden The main reason for the landing was because of the war between the Aden people and the empire. Zhongbia was completely fighting the Aden people on behalf of the empire. , then the imperial contribution is reasonable and is still the most important argument in the Central Asian court. Even the Luzhou Army from Luzhou believes that the Aden Army will not stay in Luzhou for too long, and Luzhou has been wiped out by the Long Family. , even if Luzhou is taken back, it will only be a land full of desolate ruins. This debt will eventually be settled on the empire.

Yu Fenglong is definitely not a literate and rotten scholar, and his judgment of situations in many matters is superb. Above the court, facing all the important ministers and families, his heart was shaken when he said, "Without the empire, there would be no Aden people landing, there would be no The Luzhou catastrophe, not to mention the bloodbath on Dijing West Road, uprooted the Xiao and Wei families who were strongly supported by the Biya family in China. , the affected people are incalculable, and it is appropriate for the empire to pay 10 million to compensate. As for the empire going south to retaliate, there is no worry. The 200,000 Aden troops are in Luzhou. If the emperor goes south, then the empire west of Beijing will The road is vacant. Now the Imperial Capital West Road has returned to its heyday. How could the empire allow the Aden Army to advance northward?

"The Prime Minister is right. The Aden Army landed to attack the Empire's areas in Central Asia. If we open the road, the Empire will face an attack by 200,000 Aden Army. So as long as we use this as a threat, don't say Ten million, that is, twenty million, the empire can only compromise." The Zhongbia Emperor's face was inexplicably excited. The most powerful Falcon Empire on the earth had to be threatened by himself, and he was trembling slightly with excitement.

He has already experienced the power of the empire. It is a kind of nightmare similar to fear. In his dreams, he can still occasionally dream of the imperial thunder god roaring on the sea, and the red light of the explosion flashes through his eyes like lightning, but he He was able to huddle in the cabin and tremble, and he still had the dignity of an emperor. The ministers who were released with him had already been treated in various ways. No one knew about the scandal of being captured by the Aden people, but the empire knew that it was the imperial navy that took him off the Aden people's ship. Thinking of this, the pale fingers of the Central Asian emperor couldn't bear it. Hold on tightly, first defraud the Imperial Bank of the loan, and then let go of the northward march, letting the Falcon Empire and the 200,000 Aden Army fight to the death!

The light flickered. Seeing that Lu Yangyu could not be persuaded, Yu Fenglong turned around and came to the door of the other courtyard. Several Central and African warriors in armor were already waiting outside, a little impatient. When Yu Fenglong came out, one of them had a tall figure. A burly middle-aged general with a dark mole on his eyebrows came up to him and asked eagerly, "Prime Minister, that guy agrees." Are you done? "Now that it has been determined that the empire will not go south, the major families will be bolder. They will not come forward, but they can ask the military generals to come forward and teach this Lu Yangyu a lesson. Anyway, the military officials are all killed on the battlefield and are bloody and impulsive. At that time, it was said that the conflict broke out in a verbal argument, and Lu Yangyu just hit him!

"Be careful, don't maim or kill yourself, otherwise it will be difficult to explain!" Yu Fenglong whispered with a cold face.

"Understood!" The middle-aged general with the mole on his eyebrow showed a sinister smile and walked into the courtyard with more than a dozen people behind him. He happened to see Lu Yangyu sitting at a table drinking tea. The leading general He walked over and shouted loudly, "Lu Yangyu, as a Central Bian, has gone to work as a lackey with the Western Man. If I don't teach you a lesson today, how can you be worthy of the brothers who died on the battlefield?" "You want to teach me a lesson? Are you really?" Want to teach me a lesson? "Lu Yangyu put down his tea cup and stood up with cold eyes. A sense of oppression spread from his body. The one with the red face left. As expected, the one with the bad face came. He said softly, "Look at how arrogant you are. No matter how powerful the force is, I can’t teach you a lesson, but I want to tell you, on Dijing West Road, some people just verbally humiliated me, even though tens of thousands of people’s heads fell to the ground, and the streets were stained with blood, even those aristocratic families did not dare to come. Are you sure you want to teach me a lesson? I?"

Under Lu Yangyu's cold eyes, he spoke word by word. The general was stunned for a moment. It seemed that he had just realized at this moment that the person he was grabbing was not a weakling, but a man who had just been on Dijing West Road. The murderous king who ordered the killing of tens of thousands of people from the Zhongbia court family because he was verbally humiliated could no longer hit with his raised fist. The entire court did not dare to grab this hot potato. Why did he get so excited for a moment? Standing down, is the person in front of me so easy to fight? No, we can't fight. Not only can we not fight, but we must leave immediately, otherwise once the opponent sees his appearance clearly, it will be all over. The empire is rich and powerful, and even without using the army, a huge bounty is enough to kill countless people. The assassin found me, but it was too shameful to just leave like this.

The general deliberately let go of Lu Yangyu's clothes in annoyance, asking for trouble, and said forcefully, "You are such a shameless person who has forgotten his ancestors. If you hit him, you will only dirty my hands." !" He said a long string of words. He said he was thirsty. He picked up the teapot on the table and drank a few sips. He wiped his mouth and said, "That's it. I feel refreshed and let's go."

The dozen or so subordinates following him looked confused. Didn't they say that at least a few ribs would be broken? It would be best if the screams could be heard throughout Xinjing, but why did the general's martial arts fight turn into a civil fight?

The autumn wind blew the leaves and fell from the sky. Lu Yangyu was alone and left... The other party actually came to criticize him? "Isn't there even one brave person left in Biya Chaotang?" Lu Yangyu sat down angrily and funny, picked up the steaming tea cup, and drank it all in one gulp. He was scared away. It seems that His Majesty the Emperor was right. These Chinese and Biya court families hated him to the core, and were also afraid to the core.

"Damn, I was scared to death. Fortunately, I reacted quickly!" The general angrily arrived outside the mansion and stopped. He leaned against the wall and gasped for air. He was still thinking in his heart, "The lights are so dark, I shouldn't remember it." It looks like me." Although the imperial army will not go south for the time being, who dares to say The imperial army will never go south, not to mention that my family has to move to the West Road of Imperial Capital. If this fist is hit, it will be completely out of the question. It can even be said that the entire family will be pushed to the edge of the empire. Such a price is only Just to help those ministers vent their anger? You really think I am stupid, none of you dare to move, let me move!

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