Realm of Power

"Hey, this is too bad. I just hope that this incident will not affect the income of the business group. Otherwise, I am afraid that this quarter will be in vain." In the plaintive voice of the leader of the caravan on the opposite side, the carriage will last for a long time. Miles and miles of large gray weapon workshops were abandoned behind, and in front emerged an endless arc of the city that gradually stretched to both sides.

Lisbonto is the largest sea trade center in southern Congo and Congo. Its current territory has occupied the entire southern part of the original Principality of Putau. It is a super urban community with more than two million people. From this center, it radiates to the entire southern Congo. The huge commercial influence has caused the main body of this super large port to exceed 150 miles and 18 There are six large ports twenty miles apart in each district. The number of ships docked there all year round can reach up to 4,000. The endless urban clusters, the ship docks like forests of sails, and the constant flow of fully loaded carriages are the empire's extremely powerful commerce. A symbol of the economy, anyone who sees this city will immediately feel the power of the empire.

"I wonder if soldiers need special approval to enter Lisbon. Is it still applicable?" The black-haired young man shook the wine glass in his hand, took a sip, and said to the leader of the caravan.

"It is said that there was such a regulation in the Governor's Palace of Lisbon in the past. I don't know whether it is still applied now. At least it is just my understanding. It seems to have been tacitly suspended." The caravan leader let out a sigh of relief on his face. His eyes were filled with memories. "After all, it was an emergency measure taken in response to the war. Soldiers are also citizens of the empire. Special approval is required to enter Lisbon. It is somewhat unjustifiable."

"Disabled by default? It's just a wartime regulation. I forgot about it, haha. In this way, I can also enter the Lisbon Trust." The black-haired young man laughed and seemed to be very happy to be able to enter the Lisbon Trust, but in the black pupils Inside, an imperceptible chill flashed through. It was originally stipulated that soldiers were not allowed to enter Lisbon Tower at will. Was it just a wartime regulation? Who has the courage to directly ignore this order!

"Is this your first time in Lisbon?"

The caravan leader looked at the straightforward and honest face of the black-haired young man, and had a natural affection for the black-haired young man. It was not that he had never seen young soldiers in the empire, and even the nephew of the caravan leader was a young officer at the level of a squadron leader, as The strength shown by the empire to the outside world is generally too sharp for the young soldiers of the current empire to the old people of the Ikadiva era like the caravan leader. The invincible emperor of the empire is the object of their worship.

"I've been here several times before, but it was still during the war, so I didn't really take a good look at Lisbonto. I remember it was still a battlefield at that time, and many people died!"

The black-haired young man's eyes swept across the plain outside the window. He seemed to have thought of something and suddenly stopped talking. In the silent box, the black-haired young man radiated a flaming pressure that made the caravan leader opposite feel It was bone-piercing, and the hairs on my hair stood on end. I secretly felt regretful. How could I forget that the person in front of me was an imperial officer, and he also had an accompanying guard? In the imperial system where military merit is the first priority , that senior officer is not a murderer who has experienced many wars. Although the leader of the caravan is not a member of the empire, he also knows that at the most basic level in the empire, he needs to be a general at the level of flag commander to be qualified to equip cavalry guards. "Do you need to find a guide who is familiar with Lisbon? I have a ready candidate here. As long as you name it, he can take you there, even if it is some old streets in the past, you know the current ones. Spento has changed a lot. "The leader of the caravan was extremely polite. When we met him on the way, the black-haired officer told him that he came to Lisbon to find an old friend. "It shouldn't be necessary. My friend's location is easy to find." The young man smiled and said, "Is it really not necessary? The city has been expanded three times in this year alone, and many streets have been renovated. When I left three months ago, the construction of the outer city wall had just begun. New residential areas are being demarcated now. If you still search based on your original impression, I'm afraid you will get lost. "The leader of the caravan is still a little unwilling to give up, and his tone is pleading. No matter how he didn't say it, the other party must be If we can build relationships with senior generals in the Imperial Corps, it will be of great benefit to the caravan. "No, my friend's residence should not be included in the renovation."

The black-haired young man declined politely and his eyes flickered. Now it seems that the entire political management of Lisbonto has been replaced. It is impossible to go to Tiernarante directly. Fortunately, he knows the situation of Lisbonto and In other words, there is another more suitable candidate, the Duke of Putau. This Duke has been officially promoted to the king of the Principality of Putau two years ago, and officially claimed that Putau The principality became a vassal of the empire. In name, Lisbonto was still part of the Principality of Putao. The empire was only managed as a suzerain state. The Duke currently lives on Huacheng Island fifteen miles outside the sea of ​​Lisbonto, and there It is within the scope of the Imperial Navy. I believe that no matter how the political personnel change, no one is bold enough to provoke the behemoth of the Imperial Navy.

It would be great if Dostelenko was in Lisbonto, or there would be no need for such trouble. As Minister of the Navy, he is enough to control the current situation in Lisbonto.

Unfortunately, judging from the work plan submitted by the Admiralty last month, the Imperial Navy Minister is still conducting his last inspection in the waters of Istanbul before winter, and will not return to Lisbon until mid-November at the earliest. He is currently stationed in Lisbon. The Admiralty is led by Chekov, Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Naval Squadron. This admiral with a background as a pirate is famous for his bravery in combat and for being too brave and rushing the flagship of the squadron into the enemy fleet several times.

And most recently, the squadron commander's flagship was damaged by a hurricane while patrolling the inland sea area. It is now being repaired at the naval dock in Lisbon. It is brave but reckless. This is the fat man's evaluation of the naval squadron commander. , if it is a battlefield between two armies, such a character can first raise the morale of his subordinates to full, but also, the battle losses of such a character's subordinates will also be It can definitely be described as tragic. To put it bluntly, this is a patient with renal hormone secretion problems. He can't even control himself when he is excited. If he tells him his whereabouts, I'm afraid it won't take the emperor a whole morning to come to Lisbon. The news about the entrustment will spread throughout the streets and alleys. "Just park at the intersection in front of you." The fat man raised his hand, straightened his clothes, and said to the leader of the caravan on the opposite side. The leader of the caravan looked pale. Regretfully, he stopped the carriage in front and looked at the caravan that was gradually going away. The fat man withdrew his gaze. Since he couldn't go to the Admiralty directly, he could only find someone to replace him. "Put on your plain clothes and take this to Lisbon. I want to see the person in charge of the supervisory branch of Lisbon Trust." The fat man took off the heraldic ring on his right little finger and handed it to the captain of the Imperial Guard behind him. The internal affairs of Lisbon Trust are handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. , and the Supervision Department belongs to the emperor himself, and the head of the Supervision Branch in Lisbonto is the top priority. The adjustment was only made in March this year. Fatty remembers that a flag commander from the Guards was in charge. , whose name seems to be Aisa. Because his left arm was cut off during the Civil War, he was transferred from the army to logistics. He was recruited to the Ministry of Supervision by the Minister of Supervision, Lidasv, and then proposed to be appointed as the head of the Lisbon Supervision Branch.

Lidatov's suggestion mentioned that this man was bold and careful, flexible in style, and extremely loyal to the emperor. What the fat man valued most was that before joining the imperial army, Aisa was one of Ruidian's subordinates. A famous businessman joined the Imperial Army after going bankrupt due to the war. There were many famous generals in the Imperial Army, but There are not many people who have both leadership experience and business experience. As one of the troika of the empire to promote commercial trade, Lisbonto needs more than just a tough supervisor. The fat man still remembers what is attached to the report. This portrait of Isa has an obvious arrow wound on the left brow bone.

In the afternoon, a black carriage drove out from the direction of Lisbonto. Aisa, the head of the supervision branch, looked out the window at the dense town, with carriages constantly passing by. The afterglow of the setting sun has gradually disappeared, and the end of the sight has begun to be dark. A black eagle wing ring is clutched tightly on the finger. "Sir, there are people following us." The adjutant sitting opposite said in a low voice. The direction is facing the back. Carriages traveling in the dark will hang wind lanterns to tell the vehicles in front and behind, and the carriage behind is obviously guilty. There is not even a single lamp hanging. "The guys in the Governor's Mansion are really lawless!" Aisa showed a hint of anger on his face. "Sir, in fact, we in the Supervision Department don't need to be afraid of the Governor's Mansion," the adjutant sitting opposite said cautiously. "Nonsense, our Supervisory Department is directly under His Majesty the Emperor, and we don't need to be afraid of anyone." Aisha put the ring in her pocket and said coldly, "But the Governor's Mansion After all, he is the first manager of Lisbonto and is directly under the Ministry of Interior. Lisbonto is the most important source of finance and taxation for the empire. The Ministry of Internal Affairs even directly sets up a special office in Lisbonto. As the department led by the first princess of the empire, in Lisbonto During the emperor's expedition to Central Asia, he had full authority to act as agent for all affairs of the empire. Even the Ministry of Supervision, which was feared by everyone, was not willing to provoke the Ministry of Internal Affairs. , and the former Governor-General Tirnalant was assassinated and injured in March, and finally a witness died, which also made the Governor-General greatly dissatisfied. Now, arms counterfeiting has broken out, and arms transactions must be monitored. The people in the department now suspect that there are moles in our Supervision Department, so they can’t understand. "Just ignore them and find a way to get rid of them. The other party is just doing routine things."

Aisa sighed. The former Governor of Lisbonto had a tough style and repeatedly suppressed the unscrupulous wealthy businessmen of Lisbonto. These wealthy businessmen did not dare to take action on the surface, but secretly bribed assassins to assassinate the former governor. The Governor of Tire was quite lucky. He was hit by eight arrows in his body and was urgently transferred back to Dahai City for recuperation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In retaliation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the new interim governor came to Lisbon and, with an extremely tough style, arrested all the businessmen who might be involved in this matter. After four months of continuous interrogation, it was finally traced that the matter might involve Aden. Just when the result was about to be submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the wealthy businessman who was the most important witness died in the tightly guarded building of the Ministry of Supervision. In the prison, Lisbonto's ordnance fraud broke out. It broke out so suddenly that the Governor's Palace was unable to respond. The Ministry of Supervision's attention was suddenly overwhelmed by the wave before it could turn around. Got it

What should we do now? Both the Ministry of Supervision and the Governor's Office are completely helpless.

The arms trade in Lisbonto is really too big, involving tens of millions of imperial gold. In addition, Special Envoy Aero is fueling the flames and belittling the quality of imperial weapons. For other people who want to buy imperial weapons, For a country, it is really stupid not to know how to take advantage of such a good opportunity. Now it seems that Special Envoy Eero is playing rogue in Lisbon. In fact, behind it is all the purchases of imperial weapons and equipment. Countries want to take advantage of the fire. As long as the empire gives in this time, the price of imperial weapons will inevitably plummet. With the same money, more weapons can be purchased by then. This will also be a good time to suppress the empire that has always used weapons transactions to restrain them. Don't worry about your resentment. Anyway, there are Eero people charging ahead. You can make a lot of money just by waiting and watching. Why not? Everyone outside the empire is an enemy. This is a war between the empire and the entire continent! And the battlefield of this war is Lisbonto! But it doesn't matter now. If there is one person who can be the enemy of the entire continent and win this surprise battle, then this person has already arrived in Lisbon.

Although I don’t know what the emperor will do, Isa believes that those countries are destined to lose everything! It wasn't until midnight that Isa ditched the carriage from the Governor's Mansion. The muddy carriage slowly drove into a manor in front. An imperial guard was already waiting. He opened the door and Isa stepped out of the carriage. , looked around, the villa was not considered Luxurious, but with a strong atmosphere of time. The evergreen trees that cover the courtyard indicate that someone cleans this place frequently. Follow the imperial guard up the steps in front of you and walk through the long corridor with flickering lights. In front of you A door was pushed open, and in front of The guard leading the way stepped aside, and Aisa walked in with a respectful expression, "Are you Aisa?" A thick voice came from the other side. "I am Aisha, the head of the Lisbonto branch of the Imperial Supervision Department, Your Majesty." The most loyal servant, His Majesty is the most powerful in the world. , invincible, invincible and invincible. As long as His Majesty says a word, his subordinates will never flinch even through fire and water..." Isaac knelt on the ground respectfully, and a series of compliments immediately popped out of his mouth. Lord of the Empire, what do you say? It’s not too much! "It seems that what Lidatov said is right. You are indeed not a rigid person." The fat man looked at this guy who kept talking for three minutes and couldn't help but grin. It was hard to imagine this guy. He turned out to be a flag commander who fought on the front line, rolled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. If he didn't say it, would he keep talking about it until dawn?