Realm of Power

The vast land is full of autumn flowers, full of desolation after late autumn. The sheep in the distance are like pieces of white clouds. What comes is a singing voice as loud as celadon. A beautiful prairie girl holds a shepherd's whip in her hand. The large leather robe cannot conceal the naturally precocious and graceful figure of the prairie woman. She rides on a white horse with a red face. The fluttering face gives people a sense of natural beauty without any carvings. The girl looks curiously at the edge of the hills in the distance, a line of black emerging, and in the distance, thunder is rolling. If it were on the grassland before, the girl would have done the first thing The thing is to turn around and run away immediately. This is the sound of the cavalry's hooves moving at high speed. But now, there is no need to do this.

Because the entire wilderness has been under the management of the empire, the empire's management of the wilderness can be described as loose. In fact, when the entire tribe surrendered to the empire, they never thought they would receive such treatment. In the past, when they were in the northern grassland , each tribe needs to turn over a certain amount of cattle and sheep to the royal court every quarter, but in the empire, there is no need to turn over anything. Instead, merchants from the empire have brought more good things to the tribe. These goods include those that were previously just I’ve heard of it, I’ve never seen it, I’ve never even heard of it , it is said that there are also special products from across the sea thousands of miles away. In just a few months, the leaders of the tribe have begun to enjoy luxuries from all over the continent, and the tribe no longer has to worry about what will happen in the future. A large number of tribesmen freeze to death in winter because The empire has designated areas for each tribe, and even built a wooden castle for each area that can accommodate a thousand people. The tribes can exchange cattle and sheep for enough food for the winter. To put it bluntly, as long as the tribes don't cause trouble, , the empire usually doesn’t show up,

The various ministries are still very satisfied with the rule of the empire. The only wording is that the empire strictly prohibits plundering by all ministries, especially for the caravans coming and going. Once looting is discovered, the imperial cavalry stationed at Wamu Fortress will will be dispatched, and within three days, you can get the news that the tribes that violated the imperial laws have been annihilated, so Four grassland tribes have been wiped out for this decree in the past two months, including two medium-sized tribes with a combat strength of 2,000 cavalry. For the leaders of each tribe, this is not a big deal. It's not a bad thing, because for them, it's equivalent to four more wooden forts where tribesmen can be stationed, and more pastures for grazing cattle and sheep.

The black shadow in the distance became bigger and bigger. Soon, a row of cold armors reflected the light of the sun above their heads and became clear. The earth trembled under the trampling of this rapidly approaching black line, and the formation was as neat as a knife. Normally, a girl would fly past a hundred meters in front of her. The girl would very wisely get out of the way, get off her horse respectfully, and lie down on the ground.

The elders of the tribe said that as long as they lie on the ground to express their surrender, these tough and capable imperial cavalry will not cause trouble to the herdsmen. For the grassland people, these are the conquerors of the grassland people and the rulers of this land. It is said that they rule The territory spans two continents, and the supreme emperor even has With the title of the Apostle of the Immortal Heaven, even the Northern Royal Court was destroyed by the empire, and the emperor still had the title of King Khan, and he also ruled two other powerful grassland tribes under his command. It is said that they both have more than 200,000 cavalry. In the Grand Royal Court, in comparison, the tribes in this wilderness are really inconspicuous, like ants.

Four Centuries passed in a row, what happened? The girl lay on the ground, confused in her heart. Under certain circumstances, the imperial cavalry would not come here, and the combat power of four centurions was enough to deal with a thousand-man prairie troop. What confused the girl the most was that, The tribe did not inform that imperial troops would be coming here recently. "Is there any water? After running all day and night, I have finished drinking the water and I am really thirsty." The horse's hooves stopped in front of the girl, and a gentle voice asked. The girl raised her head carefully, and what appeared in her eyes was a slightly fat man. The young man jumped off the horse. Behind the black-haired young man, a dozen imperial cavalrymen stopped behind. The girl quickly took off the sheepskin water bag on her waist. Although she did not know the identity of the young man, the dozen or so imperial cavalrymen from behind him From the perspective of the Imperial Cavalry, he is at least an officer-level figure.

"Thank you." The fat man took the water bag and smiled at the girl. A guard wanted to come over to test the water, but the fat man stopped him with his eyes.

"Are you an imperial noble?" I don't know where the courage came from. The girl asked with a trembling voice. The girl herself didn't know why she asked this. It was because the young man in front of her looked too harmless. If it weren't for the imperial cavalry behind her, Then, the young man reminded the girl very much of someone who came to the tribe to propose marriage a few days ago. Personally, that kind of temperament seems to give people a strange feeling. It is neither like the unruly young people on the grassland nor the sharp edge of those imperial cavalry. If I really have to use one word to describe it, it is no pressure. It’s just those eyes that are as black as the starry sky, giving people a feeling of being sunk deep into them. "A nobleman? That's right... Ahem, the smell is too strong!" the black-haired young man said nonchalantly. He picked up the water bag and took a sip. The thick smell of sheepskin suddenly poured into the nasal cavity. For those who were not used to it, For humans, it is definitely comparable to torture. Even the black-haired young man made a dry cough sound.

"Pfft." Seeing the embarrassment of the black-haired young man, the girl let out an uncontrollable laugh. She took out a handful of unknown dried leaves from the robe on her chest and handed it over. "This is made of the skin of the first lamb after autumn this year." The taste is not completely gone yet. Even I don’t dare to drink that much in one gulp. Chewing this dry grass can suppress nausea.”

The young man took the withered grass and put it into his mouth and chewed it. The special fragrance of grass leaves made his mouth feel better. He looked at the vast scene around him and asked, "How far is it from Wamu Castle?" "Aren't you from Wamu Castle?" The prairie girl's pretty face was startled. When she saw the imperial cavalry, she had already identified him as an imperial noble from Wamu Castle. She didn't expect that he was not from Wamu Castle at all. , where did that come from?

"I came from the direction of Zhongbia Dijing, and my goal was Wamubao." The black-haired young man withdrew his gaze from a distance and said with a wry smile, "You should be from the grassland department who moved from the northwest region, so you should have heard of Zhongbi." Ya Di Jing is the right one.” "They said that Zhongbia Dijing is the most prosperous city on this land. Any prairie people who arrive there can return home with a full load." The girl's eyes were shining and she looked very fascinated. She hesitated and looked at the black-haired young man. "Since You are an imperial noble, so can I ask you for a favor? ""As long as it's not too much." The black-haired young man shrugged and got on his horse half-jokingly. "They said that as long as they have permission from the empire, the tribe's caravans can go to the Zhongbia region. I want to go to Zhongbia's imperial capital to have a look, but my tribe is too small and I'm afraid I won't be able to get permission from the empire. "The girl's fingers gently twisted the belt of her toga, and her white jade-like teeth bit her red lips. There was a charm in her innocence.

"If this is your request, I can agree to it. Tell me your name and tribe." The black-haired young man grinned. "The Gong Yangyang of the Qiran tribe!" the girl said with a slight blush. "Gong Yangying? Okay, I remember. I will ask Wamubao to give you a caravan license, and it will only be valid for you. If your tribe chooses someone else as the caravan leader, it will be invalid. "The black-haired young man murmured in a low voice, showed a smile to Gongyangying, and turned around with more than a dozen cavalry subordinates.

The tiled fortress towering among the hills is a large stone building with a length and width of one thousand meters, plus two auxiliary forts extending to both sides. It is condescending and overlooks the Imperial Avenue that traverses the entire wilderness of the empire. This is the headquarters of the Eighth Banner Regiment of the Imperial Wilderness Legion. Eight thousand Imperial cavalry are stationed to guard this place. The highest official of the empire in the wilderness, Commander Munar of the Eighth Banner Regiment, was like a local emperor in this wilderness. At this moment, he stood respectfully in front of the open door of Wamu Castle, and the black-haired young man stopped in front of him. Stopping the war horse, Munar quickly stepped forward and knelt on the ground with one knee, put his right hand on his chest, and respectfully shouted "Your Majesty" "Get up, you are also an old man from the Guards, so you can skip these etiquettes!"

The fat man got off the horse and handed the reins to the guards next to him. The guards were all direct descendants of the fat man and were the backbone of the imperial army. The guards who followed from the Samor era have now become two Part, one part is the Emperor's Guards Corps, the other part is the Imperial Central Army, and part of the Imperial Wilderness Legion , the Eighth Banner Regiment of the former Central Army, under the command of Varisien, Wamu Fort serves as a control point to guard the Imperial Highway across the wilderness. It is also an obstacle to the corridor of the east and west continental trade routes. Fatty will mobilize the main force of the Wilderness Legion. Entering Zhongbia Dijing West Road, but leaving the Eighth Banner Regiment, a direct descendant, alone in the wilderness, you can see how much emphasis is placed on Wamubao.

After a night's rest in Wamu Castle, Fatty told Munnar the promise about the Ram Warbler early the next morning, and then continued to move towards the empire.

"The incident this time has been too big. Many weapons orders that have been placed have been cancelled, and some have been shipped and unloaded. Even those that have arrived at the port have been returned. The weapons are The things that ordinary people have no use for are now being returned and they have lost all their money. Just when I left, many weapons dealers in Lisbon had already filed for bankruptcy with the empire. It is said that most of the weapons workshops in the north have also filed for bankruptcy! Temporarily closed”

A caravan leader sighed with emotion. Beside him, sat a black-haired young man, accompanied by imperial troops to escort him. This caravan leader heading towards Lisbonto from the north of Congo naturally He was full of joy, and he knew everything about this unknown imperial officer. He seemed to be very interested in this weapons storm. He just talked about the impact of this weapons trade, even the caravan leader. A sad look on his face "This incident has had a huge impact on the empire's arms trade. Although the empire has tried its best to clarify that the weapons in the Eero fiasco were not sold by the empire to Eero, the eldest prince of Eero insisted that they were sold by the empire. The wind direction is such a thing. It cannot withstand time, because the empire cannot prove it. Many countries that were originally leaning towards the Empire began to lean towards the Eero side. In order to stimulate the war spirit of the Eero people, the Eero people also determined that the reason was caused by the empire selling shoddy weapons to Eero. The empire should be responsible for the disastrous defeat of Eero, not because of the inability of Eero's army to fight." "The empire is responsible for the fiasco of Erro, are you sure?" Hearing these words from the caravan leader, the black-haired young man's eyes narrowed into a thin line.

"Anyway, Eero has sent people over. It is said that he was beaten up by the military. The Eero envoy simply sent people to block the port of Lisbonto and told everyone who got off the ship how inferior the imperial weapons were! Because Eero Everyone knows about Luo's fiasco, so many arms dealers just got off the ship and immediately boarded the ship and left."

The leader of the caravan said that the route Fatty traveled this time was exactly along the route of the Imperial Avenue. Fatty wanted to personally measure whether it would take only one month to return to the Empire from Imperial Capital West Road as the Academy of Engineering said. Another reason , is to understand the current impact of the empire's arms trade in this incident. The news of Eero's fiasco reached the Imperial Capital West Road in Central Asia. This period of time was enough to severely damage the empire's arms trade. From what the caravan leader heard, it seemed that Even more severe

"Where's Governor Tire? Doesn't he just ignore it?"

The black-haired young man's face was gloomy, and he snorted heavily. Lisbonto is the largest trading port in the empire. It is also known as the troika of the empire's commercial center along with the southwest region of the empire and Dahai City. The fat man specially adjusted Tiernalan. He came here to serve as the governor of Lisbonto. According to Tiernarante's style, how could he let the Eero people behave like this?

The empire has been successfully expanding externally over the years. Within a few years, it has risen like a hurricane, sweeping across the entire central and northern parts of the Europa continent. It took millions of people's bones to establish the empire's high-quality label of number one in the continent's ordnance. Now because of Egypt. The disastrous defeat of the Battle of Hérault, and the danger of crumbling, the impact of the Battle of Hérault is really It was too bad. The 150,000-strong elite army of Ero was defeated. The efforts of the entire Ero Empire were wasted. Even because of this fiasco, the country was on the verge of destruction. With the news that the reason for the defeat was the inferior weapons of the empire, The news of the news immediately set off a wave of unsubscriptions of imperial weapons in the Obaro region.

Hundreds of thousands of weapons flow out of the empire every year. It can be said that as long as there is a war in the Oparo region, the empire's arms dealers are active. The arms trade has become a huge source and pillar of the empire's fiscal revenue. The backbone of the industry, from mining ores to craftsmen in forge workshops, to military transit, to There are probably more than hundreds of thousands of trading agents in various places, and if such a huge industry is affected by the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Hero, it will definitely be a huge disaster for the entire empire. Economic catastrophe, Tillnarant definitely knows how serious the consequences of the empire's arms trade have been hit. "I'm not sure, but the acting governor of Lisbonto is Lord Vihari, not Tire."

The caravan leader's face was stunned for a moment. Bang, the caravan leader heard a crisp and shattering sound coming from the hands of the black-haired young man next to him who was holding a wooden cup and preparing to take a sip of water. The extremely hard elm wood was said to be as hard as The iron actually shattered in the hands of the black-haired young man. The water flow wet the black-haired young man's hands. The caravan leader's expression changed. "Sorry, I made a mistake." The black-haired young man let go of his hand, with an embarrassed look on his face. Smile "It doesn't matter, it's just a tea cup. It's not a high-end product. I just bought it casually." The leader of the caravan glanced at the fragments on the table and grinned unnaturally. This was too exaggerated. Although I know that soldiers are stronger than ordinary people, but it shouldn't be so ridiculously big. I bought this wooden water cup because it was strong enough.

The closer to Lisbonto, the more obvious the impact on the empire's arms trade was. Through the curtain of the carriage, the fat man's eyes fell on the side of the road. It was a huge area with rows of closed kiln entrances. On the first floor, The layers are spread out. This should have been Lisbonto's busy weapons workshop. Fang District, the weapons forged from here, is called the city of weapons by merchants because of its excellent quality and good toughness. But now, there are only a few black smoke rising, and it is not completely empty. Some people There are still craftsmen sitting at the door of the workshop, but the closed door is just like the depressed expressions of these craftsmen.

19619