Realm of Power

Huacheng Island, when the big waves sweeping across the entire Lisbon Island began to rise, Huacheng Port, fifteen miles away from Lisbon Island, seemed to have been forgotten. At dusk in the dry afternoon, in front of the three-meter-high transparent floor-to-ceiling glass windows, The golden sunshine is shining down from outside. In the golden light pillar, there are countless tiny things. Flying, the whole room seemed to be filled with a layer of tranquility. An old man stood leaning against the glass window with his hands behind his back. He looked around, and finally landed on a middle-aged businessman sitting on the sofa next to the chessboard. The middle-aged businessman holds a chess piece in his hand. It has not been dropped for a long time, and even sweat has fallen on the chessboard.

"Carrus has confessed, and the young highness of Rilla has been detained by people sent by the Rilla royal family. Six big businessmen involved in this matter have disappeared from Lisbon. It doesn't take much to know that they must be in the Supervision Department at this moment. In the dark prison, everything can no longer be hidden, are you still taking chances? "

The old man turned around, pressed a report on the middle-aged businessman's chessboard, and said in a solemn voice, "Admit defeat, the big wave fades, and the hidden things will be revealed. The Imperial Supervision Department will soon find out here, you unite The Rila people sold low-quality weapons to the Ero people, and then used the Ero people to suppress the Riela people. Sbento's arms market, and the plan to control the Lisbonto arms market should be on that person's table now. ""I am not willing to accept it. I am the monarch of Putou, and Lisbonto is originally me. Yes, I just want to get back what belongs to me. Is this wrong? "

The middle-aged businessman's ferocious-faced fingers tightly grasped the chess piece that had not fallen for a long time. It was the king inside the chess piece, the position he wanted to sit in his whole life. When the empire launched an attack on the Gangfei Empire from the Putao area, I once promised myself that as long as I could defeat the Gangfei Empire, I would give Putao the opportunity to turn from a principality into a kingdom.

But in fact, the Gangfei Empire was crushed by the imperial army, and the Principality of Putau did not become the Kingdom of Putau. Instead, the entire south was carved out. The glorious rise of Lisbonto and the flow of millions of funds every day seemed like It is already the most prosperous area in the entire empire, but as the nominal monarch of Lisbon, I can't even get a cent of it. "Stupid, haven't you seen the situation clearly yet?"

The old man snorted with a stern face, came to the middle-aged businessman's chessboard, and glanced disdainfully, "When you concealed your true identity and came to Strand to study the navy, I once said that the sea is impermanent. Before the port is sighted, there is always the risk of the ship capsizing, no matter how good the plan is It doesn’t mean anything. The reality is like this. In the face of absolute power, all conspiracies are useless. You spent so much energy, combined with the situation arranged by the Eero people, to suppress Lisbon’s ordnance prices for eighteen days. After hoarding more than 10 million in funds, in just six days, the situation in Lisbon collapsed. The world has been turned upside down. Special Envoy Aero has chosen to commit suicide because he knows that if he does not die, the empire will open a gap in him and finally tear out all the other countries involved in this matter. The Luo Empire was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and there was no chance of a comeback, so he had no choice but to die. , other countries will acquiesce to their previous promises and dare not say anything about helping the Eero Empire, at least they will not add insult to injury. "" Just a little bit, just a little bit... I should be able to use this matter to control Lisbonto's arms trade. Yes, why, it was the empire that asked me to be ambitious, but now it is killing my ambition? It's also the Empire! "The middle-aged man's eyes were red, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and the chess pieces he pinched with his fingers rattled, muttering to himself, "You are too anxious. I said at the beginning that the Governor's Palace in Lisbon cannot be moved, but You just..." The old man glanced at the middle-aged man's increasingly ugly face and knew that the other man was actually in despair. I looked at it, but now I just couldn’t bear to hold on to it, and shook my head. Although it was only a little bit, if I lose, I will lose everything, and there is no room for a comeback. "I can’t move without moving, and the trade was blocked twice. It has been found out that the Lisbonto Governor's Palace has begun to pay attention to the sale of counterfeit and inferior weapons by the Duke's Palace in the name of the empire. Once the Lisbonto Governor's Palace investigates the matter clearly, the Putau Duke's Palace will inevitably face the harshest punishment. And the facts have proved that my bet was right. Tiernarant's departure has caused the Lisbonto Governor's Palace to no longer have the intention to investigate. I also made a lot of money from the Elo people. Until now, the Elo people don’t know that those fake I sold the inferior ordnance to them. If that person hadn't returned suddenly, I would have almost touched the tail of success. I didn't expect that the entire Oparo wanted to see the empire's joke, but he was ruthless. A slap in the face to the entire Oparo! "The empire actually won. Logically speaking, they shouldn't win, right? Bapra...teacher! "The middle-aged businessman's voice became weaker and weaker, and finally became inaudible. His whole body seemed to be paralyzed, and he leaned heavily on the bench. His hand fell weakly, and a chess piece representing the king slipped from his fingers to the ground. scrolled a few times

The old man's face was silent, and the only sound in the garden could be heard was the sound of the wind blowing through the courtyard. He was Bapra, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Strand Navy. He regretfully picked up the prince's ring that fell on the ground and walked away. He went to the middle-aged businessman and gently placed the prince on the man's chest. He probably hoped to take him away. Bapra turned and walked towards the door of the flower hall and saw a man wearing a The black-haired young man in the black imperial uniform held a report in his hand and stood at the door with a stern expression. Bapra stopped and smiled bitterly. He didn't know when the emperor came. "When did your majesty guess?" Duke Putao was behind this matter? ""It should be said that when I saw you appearing on Huacheng Island," the black-haired young man shrugged his shoulders.

"Me? Absolutely impossible. Although I know about this matter, I definitely did not participate in it!" When Bapura heard the emperor's call, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. Although the other party was an extremely noble emperor, But as the former president of Strand Sea Kingdom, he also has his own dignity.

"I didn't say that this matter has anything to do with Mr. Bapra." The black-haired young man smiled and explained, "I just heard that Mr. Bapra was here to promote sailors from Strand, so I unnaturally thought, The Duke of Putau has a Lisbonto Empire fleet under his command and is very curious as to who dares to attack a dignified Imperial Governor in Lisbonto. Moreover, the Ministry of Supervision and the Lisbonto Governor's Palace have searched for several months with no results. One hundred thousand counterfeit weapons posing as imperial ordnance It was transported to the Eero Empire and severely deceived the Eero people, but the Eero people insisted that it was sold by the empire. This is incredible. A fleet that can fly the imperial flag can also sail in the inner sea with dignity... Such a large movement, such a large number, and it is impossible to detect even a single trace. This is simply a magical power. Such a behemoth can actually lurk in Lisbon. The Imperial Intelligence Department and the Supervision Department can jump there. Hai committed suicide"

The black-haired young man's voice paused, and he glanced at the figure on the sofa in the flower garden, and then continued, "But the moment I saw Mr. Bapra, I suddenly thought that if it were true, Lisbon would return the favor." Really so One, with Lisbonto's connections, also has a legitimate Lisbonto local fleet under his command, which can openly carry fake and inferior weapons, fly the flag of the Imperial Navy, and transport these weapons to Hérault, thousands of miles away, and finally In the past six days, I personally sat in Huacheng Port and specifically ordered the navy to intercept all ships leaving Huacheng Port. As I expected, all three ships sent out to deliver messages Intercepted, the other party in Lisbon, after losing contact, knew that the ordnance was sold in the name of the Duke's Palace, and the other party bought it all without leaving any money. If I didn't know that there was a problem with the Duke's Palace in Putao , that’s really stupid!”

The black-haired young man shrugged his shoulders in a self-deprecating manner. Under the words of the black-haired young man, the sea god Bapura, who had been traversing the inland sea for decades, felt a biting chill and sighed in his heart. The Duke of Putao suddenly came to visit from the emperor. In a moment, he was already in disarray." Then His Majesty's punishment for the Duke's Palace of Putau..." Bapura asked with a solemn face. For the entire Obaro, the emperor of the empire is known for his brutality and strength. He has two faces that no one can see through. For The enemy, he is the most terrifying opponent. He can slaughter a city and destroy a country without mercy. Counts, especially the Feishan War, in which 300,000 elites of Feishan, who were at the height of their power, were wiped out in one battle. Seventy percent of Feishan's aristocrats, from Feishan to the king, were beheaded in one night, which made his reputation for cruelty arrive. Peak, and another reason why Fei Shan suffered this bad outcome is that Feishan's attack on the Imperial Governor Doze led to Doze's death. Now, the Putao Duke's Palace has also attacked an Imperial Governor. No one knows whether this brutal emperor will bloodbath the entire Huacheng Port in a rage. , Huacheng Port is the seat of the Duke’s Palace of Putao, although It is far away from the bustling center of Lisbon, but the residents of the island, together with the slaves of the Duke's Palace, total about ten or twenty thousand people. "I am not a murderer. I need to use the blood of innocent civilians to calm my anger. Since Tiernalant was only injured, And now that the murderer is dead, this That's the end of the matter." Under Bapra's gaze, the black-haired young man grinned and threw the report into the trash can at the door. Just as Bapra secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor started again. The guard behind him took a document in his hand and said in a solemn voice, "Now we Now we can talk about your affairs." "I have absolutely nothing to do with the Lisbonto incident." Bapra's face turned gloomy and a little blue. "I didn't say that you had anything to do with Lisbonto. What I said was that the empire hired Strand. "The black-haired young man raised the document in his hand." In view of the current situation in the inland sea, I think the empire's employment of sailors from Strand needs to be changed. The new changes are in this document. It's straightforward. To put it bluntly, the empire hopes to hire all sailors from Strand!"

"All of them, your Majesty, are you kidding? The number of Strand's sailors is tens of thousands, such a large number..." Bapra's face was horrified. This is excellent news, and Bapra can even imagine himself taking this. How much impact will the news bring back to Strand, but he is Bapura, not a young boy who just came out to hang out. He hesitated and said, "Your Majesty hired so many Strand sailors at once. In addition to the previous ones, The Empire mentioned refers to the Southern Fleet. In addition to the needs, the others should not be used as merchant sailors, right? ""The local fleet under the Duke's Palace of Putao can no longer be used, the ships are retained, and the personnel must be disbanded. I need Strand sailors to fill these vacancies." "Putao The Duke had just committed suicide in front of him. The black-haired young man knew that if he did not make it clear, the Sea God of Strand would not trust him. "It is just a local fleet and does not need so many sailors from Strand!" Bapra is not that easy to fool,

The black-haired young man also coughed in embarrassment. "Of course it's not just a local fleet, but also the fleets of the six inspected chambers of commerce. These six chambers of commerce are all first-class large chambers of commerce, otherwise they would not be qualified. Cooperate with the Duke's Palace of Putau to control the arms trade throughout Lisbon. I will use the merchant fleets of these six chambers of commerce. To form a transport fleet, the first thing to do now is to transport out all the ordnance that Lisbonto has hoarded for more than a month. You should know that according to the size of Lisbonto’s arms trade, the Duke of Putao This guy is also crazy about money. He united with six other chambers of commerce to purchase low-priced weapons worth millions."

"Millions! It's impossible. Such a large amount of ordnance cannot be hidden in a place like Lisbon."

Bapra couldn't help but gasped. No wonder the Duke of Putau was so unwilling before his death. He thought that he could control the entire Lisbon arms market and carve out a large chunk of the empire's most lucrative trade. , it’s just that such a large amount of ordnance cannot be kept secret in the well-informed commercial center of Lisbon. It’s no wonder that the emperor immediately suspected that he had fallen in love with Duke Putao, it was so conspicuous!

"You are right. Such a large amount of ordnance cannot be hidden in Lisbon, so these ordnance can only be hidden in one place, Huacheng Port. The fake and inferior weapons sold to Eero are also shipped from here, so The Supervision Department doesn't know at all!" The black-haired young man shrugged calmly. Passing the document in his hand to the stunned Bapra, he said coldly, "I hope that sailor Strand will come to Lisbon as soon as possible. Fifteen days is the maximum deadline that the empire can give."

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