Realm of Power

The sun was shining brightly, and the golden waves drew a golden line along the coastline.

The Lisbon Port Trading House is crowded with people. The past three days have been a climax. Explosive news has been released constantly. Each time, there has been a discussion among the Lisbon Trade merchants. As the first arms trade sign appears, , the whole of Lisbon was still guessing about the identity of the other party, and there was immediately He bought the 300 sets of armor at a fixed price. He thought it was just an accident. Who knew that just an hour later, the Second Fast Arms Trading sign popped up again. The same 300 sets of armor were priced at the same price. But what is unexpected is that the price was even higher than the previous price, and it was bought again.

An hour later, the arms trade sign appeared stubbornly on the trade wall again, and the angry buyer bought it again, like two angry children. This situation lasted for three days, and every time it was released, it would appear on the wall. It was bought in the shortest time, and the price on the brand has reached a very high price, but the quantity is still very small, 300 sets of armor, but the number of batches has exceeded 36.

"This time it's really eye-opening. It's out again, it's out again!"

At the sixth counter, there was a commotion, as if something was lit. It immediately attracted the merchants from other counters to rush over. There were waves of sounds, revealing excitement.

"It's amazing. This is the thirty-seventh batch. There are still 300 sets of armor. Even if there are only 300 sets at a time, the total is not a small number. Someone who can produce such a large amount of inventory is definitely a strong person. businessman, I just don’t know who it is!”

"Whoever he is, I haven't seen such an interesting thing for a long time. I didn't expect to see such a thing in Lisbon Trading House. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, no one would believe it if I told him!" Someone said with emotion, "The Karus Chamber of Commerce has also met its opponent this time. The Subcarus Chamber of Commerce sold 80% of its property and hoarded millions of funds, waiting for the imperial ordnance to be purchased in large quantities at reduced prices, and then doubled the profit. Unexpectedly, they were about to succeed, but were If you mess up the situation like this, I'm afraid Carrus himself will be so angry that he will vomit blood. I really don't know how much more the other party can unleash. "

"The person who did this must be a master!" A mature-looking businessman curled his lips. "There are only 300 sets of armor each time. Even if a hundred batches are released, it will be 30,000 sets. What matters is the price." , the price of ordnance, which had been pushed down to the edge of collapse, has now returned to the previous level, and has even risen a little. Such methods are simply It's incredible. Although this price increase is only temporary. After all, the quantity is too small to really determine the price. However, the Carus Chamber of Commerce knew that the other party was intentional and had to bite the bullet and buy it. It completely became the whole of Lisbon. It’s a joke, I heard that the Kalus Chamber of Commerce has announced a reward of 10,000 gold for the other party’s true identity!”

"The Karus Chamber of Commerce is really going crazy this time." There was laughter all around.

At the headquarters of the Karus Chamber of Commerce, the people running back and forth seemed extremely busy. Many people's eyes carefully scanned the door of the president's office. Several burly guards blocked the door.

In the president's office, a blond-haired young man turned back from the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the bleak-looking, bloodshot Carruth with cold eyes, and said coldly, "Carrus, don't you say you can suppress this matter quickly?" Is it serious? Is this the result you gave me? In three days, the price of imperial ordnance increased instead of decreasing. We invested in this matter. With so much money, I didn’t expect you to let the situation turn into this. For three days, you didn’t even know who your opponent was. How could you help us take away at least 400,000 sets of armaments from the empire? I’m here to give you the final The ultimatum, I’ll give you two more days, if you still can’t suppress this matter, then I’m sorry, we have to withdraw the funds.”

"No, you can't do this. It was you who asked me to come forward. Now that I see that the situation is not right, I want to withdraw the funds again. If you leave, what will I, the Karus Chamber of Commerce, do?" Karus looked sad and angry. The sudden change in the situation made He felt like he was dreaming, but this dream was a nightmare. From the Ministry of Supervision suddenly banning arms trading to The appearance of an opponent who could not be defeated no matter how hard he fought, and the situation he had created by investing a lot of energy and financial resources, suddenly turned into a joke. If it were normal, there would be only three hundred sets of armor, and a total of hundreds of thousands of ordnance in Lisbon. In trade, it is simply a wave in the sea, and its impact is almost negligible.

However, the Ministry of Supervision prohibits the arms trade. There are no arms sales in Lisbon, but this is the only one.

Let this inconspicuous wave suddenly protrude and turn into a stormy sea. The situation that emerged is that after the imperial ordnance counterfeiting incident, when all countries reviled the imperial ordnance, the sluggish price of the imperial ordnance suddenly rose. , every time the other party hangs up, the price goes up by one point. Such an incredible thing is something that he has never dreamed of. What makes Carruth unbearable the most is that the other party who caused such a situation turned out to be himself!

"There shouldn't be many merchants in Lisbon who can own such a large amount of arms. As a wealthy businessman in the arms trade in Lisbon, do you really have no clue?" The blond young man also looked confused and tapped Karu with his finger. "That big brown table." You should know very well that how many forces, even the country, have used the imperial ordnance counterfeiting incident to suppress the price of imperial ordnance. All forces are involved, and everyone is waiting for the price of imperial ordnance to collapse. With such a powerful alliance, even the empire can only choose to surrender. But now, the entire Lisbon Trust and all the businessmen involved in this matter are shaking. If not You, there is absolutely no way that the price of imperial ordnance has skyrocketed to the level it is now, even higher than the original highest price!"

"Please tell everyone that I will definitely be able to get this done," Carrus said word for word with a livid face. "I have already released the news of buying the other party at a high price of 10,000 empire gold. I believe there will be results soon." Yes, I don’t believe that there is really undisclosed information in this world. As long as we find the other party, I, Kalus, will let the other party know how disastrous the consequences of offending me, Kalus, will be."

"Within two days, suppress the other party and continue to disrupt the situation like this. Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless. I hope you won't disappoint us. After all, I recommended you in the first place." The blond young man let out a long sigh and left Carruth's side. In the office, I walked onto the Yiliang carriage parked outside. The carriage quickly disappeared around the corner of the street.

At Huacheng Port, fifteen miles offshore from Lisbon, an imperial guard opened the front door with a report he had just received. What caught his eye was the emperor placing a chess piece in his hand on the chessboard. The grand duke and an old man sat opposite the emperor. Seeing the emperor's position, he showed a look of joy that could not be concealed.

"Your Majesty, you lost again" Bapra laughed loudly, "According to the agreement, Your Majesty must accept the job of one thousand one hundred sailors in my Strand?"

"Okay, I'm willing to admit defeat. I'll accept these eleven hundred people. Come on, let's continue. I don't believe that I will always lose to you." The fat man's eyes were bloodshot, and he showed an annoyed expression, but actually he was worried inside. He was overjoyed. He had just returned from the Central Biya region. The Central Biya Southern Squadron had repeatedly requested to send more sailors, but the foundation of the Imperial Navy was still in the inland sea area. Even within the Imperial Navy, they were unwilling to go there. After all, it is too far to go to Central and South-Bia. And it is still unfamiliar to fight in the waters of Central and South Africa. Now we know that the sailors of the Strand Sea Kingdom are being squeezed out in the inland sea and can hardly survive. The sailors of the Strand Sea Country are already extremely good sailors and only need a little training. It can be put into naval operations. This is simply pie in the sky for the Southern Fleet of China and Bibia, which is in urgent need of sailors. After asking Bapra how many sailors from the Strand Sea Kingdom are left, the fat man will One of the chess pieces falls on the newly opened chess game

"The empire is interested in expanding its navy in Central Asia, but unfortunately there is a serious shortage of experienced sailors. If Mr. Bapra doesn't mind, the empire can take over another 6,000 sailors from Strand Sea Kingdom."

"Your Majesty means what he said." Bapura couldn't sit still. Ever since he recommended sailors from Strand Sea Kingdom everywhere, the total number of people recommended has not been like this.

"This is just the initial quantity. We may need more later. Can Mr. Bapra also come up with it?" The fat man's face became serious. There are so many sailors in Strand who are unemployed. If these elite sailors are all unemployed. Entering the enemy's side of the empire would be quite troublesome. Fortunately, I discovered this problem early.

"As long as His Majesty can accept it, everything else is not a problem." Bapra was so excited that he threw away all his demeanor and directly slapped his chest and assured him. There are still fifty to sixty thousand sailors left on Strand's side, because all the naval warships have been confiscated by the empire. , which leads to such large-scale overall life difficulties

"Okay, it's settled." A proud smile appeared on the fat man's face. The biggest deterrent of the Imperial Navy in Central Asia was not the lack of ships, nor the too powerful Aden Navy, but the fact that no one was willing to leave Oba. When Luo went to China, China lacked excellent naval sailors. The biggest problem of the Southern Sea Squadron is that the training of excellent sailors cannot be solved in a short time. The shortage of manpower is the biggest weakness of the Southern Sea Squadron in the empire. Now that Strand Sea Nation sailors are available to fill it, China will definitely be able to The strength of the Biya Southern Naval Squadron has been strengthened again!

"Your Majesty, the report just sent, the people behind the Kalus Chamber of Commerce have appeared." An imperial guard walked up to the emperor and bowed respectfully to report. The smile on the corner of the fat man's mouth stopped and he took the report and looked at it. Sweeping it, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. Sure enough, the fox's tail was exposed. This Kalus Chamber of Commerce is indeed The person who was pushed out was that just this morning, a high-ranking nobleman from the Kingdom of Rilla went to the Karus Chamber of Commerce in person. Following this nobleman, the Supervision Department searched the residence of this high-ranking nobleman. The exchange of letters shows that this time, six countries in central Europe jointly participated in the run on the price of imperial ordnance.

"It seems that the batch of ordnance sold to the Eero people must have something to do with Rilla." The fat man closed the report in his hand and snorted. He asked the Supervision Department. The original investigation pointed to the Kingdom of Aden. But if it were really the Kingdom of Aden, then there would not have been protests from the businessmen behind.

The Kingdom of Rila was in alliance with the Empire during the Great War in the Central Region. After the Empire won the victory, it still paid considerable attention to Rila merchants. Many of the privileges only possessed by the Empire were also open to Rilla merchants. Rilla merchants pretended to be imperial merchants and sold goods. Give the Ero people weapons, that is to say In the past, it’s no wonder that Erro tried to correct them. The person who sold them fake and shoddy weapons was the Imperial merchant. But Fatty didn’t expect that the person who stabbed the Empire in the back was actually a Ruila man. The Empire took action in the first place, otherwise Ruila La had long been destroyed by the Hungarian Prime Minister’s army.

"Do we need to order an immediate arrest?" Konoe asked, looking at the emperor's livid face.

"No need, it's not the time yet!" The fat man shook his head, his eyes as sharp as knives, and said coldly, "Although it was the Rilla people who initially guided this matter, the whole of Lisbon is entrusted with the control of the people who suppress the imperial ordnance. , it is absolutely impossible to be as simple as the Karus Chamber of Commerce, and it is not just a Rila. If we touch the Karus Chamber of Commerce, those other people will immediately stop Hand, since they dare to reach out to the empire, then don’t blame me for being rude." The fat man paused in his voice, took out a signed order form from his pocket and handed it to the guard, and immediately sent this to the Admiralty in Lisbon. Tell the Admiralty that from now on, any merchant ship leaving Lisbon that is found to have a large amount of weapons, regardless of identity or country, will immediately be sunk as a smuggling ship."

"Yes." The guard took the order, nodded and left.

In the distance, Duke Putao and Bapula heard the fat man's order. Duke Putao blinked his eyes, while Bapula's expression changed drastically. What a powerful method. In the past few days, he had been looking at this imperial man. How could the emperor turn his hand to make clouds and rain, but there was no big move. The disastrous consequences of counterfeiting imperial ordnance were suddenly reduced to a minimum, and then they took action one after another. While everyone was still in the dark, they had already cast a dragnet in Lisbon, and ordered the navy to conduct a strict investigation this time. As soon as the order for the weapons smuggling ships was issued, those who tried to control Lisbon were completely eliminated. All the forces trying to fish in troubled waters were suddenly stuck in Lisbon. This was too cruel. Just like when these forces used Eero's fiasco to kidnap the price of the Empire's ordnance, the revenge from the Empire was so fast and so cruel. Now those forces Even if the forces want to withdraw, I'm afraid they can't do without Lisbon!