Realm of Power

"Only by walking through it can you realize that the world is so vast. No wonder the extremely powerful Golden Family hundreds of years ago gradually split and dissipated during the conquest. Although they left traces, they have been swallowed up by time. Even Zhongbia Such a prosperous area is now in ruins!”

The rosy-cheeked Yelu Hongtai had a look of emotion on his face. He stood thinly in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window of the emperor's office. He stared at the blue sky outside the window with blurred eyes. The sun shone through the window on his thin figure. The fat man didn't take it seriously. Putting a document in his hand into the drawer, he raised his head and looked at the old fox who had been staying in his office for an hour.

"It is a foregone conclusion that the Aden people will capture Xinjing in Zhongbia. The Song clan in the south and the Long family in the southwest will definitely take action at the critical moment. At this time, the prime minister came to me, fearing that he was not just here to express his feelings about the imperial capital. Prosperous, right? The fat man rolled his eyes speechlessly. They all say people are thick-skinned, but this old fox is really not ordinary thick-skinned. He actually has the nerve to sigh about China and Bia.

It should be said that the imperial capital of Central China was defeated by the prairie people and hundreds of thousands of people were massacred. However, the prairie army withdrew later. Although it was full of devastation, it was just a serious illness. After spending some time, it may not be impossible. Returning to the heyday of China and Biya, maybe in more than ten years, Yanzhou can be brought back again.

The one who really turned China into a battlefield was not you, Yelu Hongtai!

It was you, Yelu Hongtai, who went south and became the straw that broke the Central and Bian court. The number of refugees in Central and Bian Dynasty was probably several times greater than that of the previous grassland army who went south, not to mention the battle of Linhang. The Yelu family How come I haven’t seen you show any compassion for the wronged souls that have been punished by the butcher’s knife for decades? Now you come to the Imperial Capital to sigh with emotion. “It is the greatest honor for the empire to have a hero like Your Majesty who forges swords into plowshares. The empire is now proud of the world in terms of military and national power. The imperial capital is so peaceful and beautiful that it is intoxicating. Even if there are occasional provocateurs, they will only be defeated by His Majesty's hands and become irreversible. However, the war is still raging in southern China and hundreds of people Tens of thousands of people in Central and South Africa have been displaced. I wonder how His Majesty is going to deal with the situation in southern Central and South Sudan. When will the people of Central and South Africa be able to enjoy the joy of peace? "

Yelu Hongtai realized that the fat man was not fooled, so he pinched his beard and pretended to be serious. At just over fifty years old, Yelu Hongtai's temples were completely gray. If it were just from the robes of a Chinese and Bian scribe, no one would know this. This seemingly weathered and compassionate old scholar from China and Bia was actually Yelu, a generational tycoon who drove 300,000 grassland tribes southward a few years ago, killing the blood of Zhongbia and almost crushing the mountains and rivers of Zhongbia. Hongtai.

"Tell me, are the Yelu family also interested in participating in the Southern War?" Fatty took a deep breath and suddenly asked in a cold tone. He knew that if he kept pretending to be stupid, this old fox jumping up and down would probably cry. ," How could your Majesty think so? "Yelu Hongtaigu Zuo Zai's face was startled. Under the fat man's sharp eyes, the old man's face finally turned red and said, "There are indeed these calls within our Yelu family, but your majesty can rest assured that without your majesty's consent, our Yelu family will never do anything." Will cross the south of the great river again"

"In that case, why has the Yelu family been in frequent contact with major chambers of commerce in the empire recently? If I'm not mistaken, some of the chambers of commerce are not selling products from the Yelu family, but from the southern region of Central and South Asia!" The fat man looked calm. gave a dry cough

"Really? I really didn't pay attention. Your Majesty should know that we grassland people know nothing about business. Let me just say that these chambers of commerce were too decisive in rejecting the good intentions of my Yelu family. I almost just proposed it. I refused immediately." Surprise flashed across Yelu Hongtai's face, and there was even a hint of surprise, but he still couldn't fool the fat man's eyes. If this old fox were to act, he would definitely be an Oscar winner.

As the founder of the Yelu Dynasty in the Eastern Continent, the old fox was a heroic figure of a generation. He traveled thousands of miles to come to the Imperial Capital quietly this time. Naturally, he would not come here for sightseeing. Yelu Hongtai was extremely low-key during the Imperial Capital Annual Meeting and almost didn’t show up. Why did he show up so that most people didn't know that the Yelu Dynasty in the Eastern Continent also sent people, but in this seemingly inconspicuous situation, Yelu Hongtai still did something that shocked even the fat man, that is, this old fox unobtrusively smashed the situation in which several major chambers of commerce in the empire jointly monopolized the trade in Central and Bibia. If this was a In terms of war, the old fox's trip to the Imperial Capital was no less impressive than the surprise attack that he had decisively led 300,000 people to the grassland south, catching several major chambers of commerce in the empire by surprise.

This old fox actually took advantage of the Imperial Annual Meeting to get a good feel for the foundations of many imperial chambers of commerce. Then he took advantage of the opportunity for major chambers of commerce to gather in the Imperial Capital and visited them one by one. No matter what the other party was in business, he just made a promise. The Yelu family welcomes them to set up trade routes! And we are willing to give them safety guarantees and the best discounts! You can even not charge any business tax in the first year.

If it weren't for the Empire's annual meeting and the empire's major chambers of commerce gathered in the Imperial Capital, who would pay attention to a regional dynasty far away in Central Asia?

But Yelu Hongtai made everyone in the empire's chamber of commerce know that there was a Yelu dynasty in Zhongbia. They knew that a large part of Zhongbia's goods in the empire came from the Yelu dynasty's area. They knew that the Yelu dynasty did not charge commercial taxes in the first year. The business community in the empire is almost in a state of excitement. Who doesn’t know about the products sold in the empire? The most expensive products are those from Central and Libya, and the silk, cotton and linen from Central and Libya, as well as tea and porcelain, are still in short supply due to the war in Central and Libya. What is most exciting to businessmen is that these Central and Libyan products are only available. It needs to be transferred to another hand and sold to other countries in the mainland. The profit will be doubled several times.

In the past, I was wary of the war in Central Asia, and coupled with the monopoly of several major chambers of commerce in the empire, although I wanted to intervene, I couldn't find a way.

But now that Yelu Hongtai jumped out, a large number of large chambers of commerce with considerable strength immediately took action. The old fox has shown his face fiercely in the past few days, signing dozens of agreements in one go, replacing several major imperial chambers of commerce. The monopoly and fragmentation of one-handed division have made these chambers of commerce, which have invested a lot of manpower and financial resources in Central and South-Bia, cry without tears!

Yelu Hongtai underestimated the power of the imperial merchants, and did not know the existence of the imperial merchants. The name of the Yelu Dynasty might be able to shock some small and medium-sized chambers of commerce, but in the eyes of these wealthy merchants who controlled the trade channels between countries, the Yelu Dynasty was just a middle-class merchant. Biya is just a source of materials on the trade route. At first, they were just middle-level personnel sent by these big chambers of commerce, and they were already treated as honored guests by various grassland ministries. Now the Yelu family wants to jump out and destroy their monopoly. How is it possible!

Now that the agreement has been signed, how can it be overturned just because of your Yelu family? I really think that your Yelu family has such a big reputation. Believe it or not, your Yelu family will collapse in just three months! Several major chambers of commerce that previously controlled the Sino-Biya trade routes jointly issued a message to make the Yelu Dynasty look good! Don't look at the fact that the Yelu Dynasty is currently in the limelight. It has just defeated the Northern Prairie Royal Court. The area it controls extends from the Baili Long Court in Beijing to the Northern Prairie. Although it does not use the name of the Northern Prairie Royal Court, it is actually the territory of all grassland tribes. In the eyes of the new royal court, there are more than 200,000 troops under his command, which is close to the peak period of the Yelu family. However, in the eyes of several major imperial chambers of commerce, it is really not enough.

The power of these merchants in Central and South-Bia is really great. With the deliberate connivance of the empire, they almost caused the Yelu family to split. The imperial merchants exploited all the grassland tribes, so much so that some of the grassland tribes' trophies gained from their campaigns in the east and west were lost. Nothing left fell into the pockets of the imperial merchants, and now there are still The grassland tribes owe money to the imperial merchants, and the economic lifeline of these grassland tribes is controlled by the imperial merchants. Once the major chambers of commerce in the empire work together, it may not be possible to reignite the war within the Yelu family, but the old fox is the old fox. No, Yelu Hongtai came directly to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about anything. I am indeed old, and this trip to the imperial capital also made me realize how huge the gap between the Yelu family and the empire is! Even if there is a chance to go south again this time, Yelu Qi Ye Guang would not agree, because The Aden people, the Long family, and the Song family, no matter which of these three parties they are, cannot be easily defeated by the Yelu family at present. It is a very unworthy behavior to plunge the Yelu family into such a chaotic war without authorization. "In Fatty Yin Qing's words, Under his uncertain gaze, the corners of Yelu Hongtai's mouth suddenly revealed With a wry smile, his clothes were fluttering in the wind, he stood proudly with his hands behind his back, and said calmly, "I came to see His Majesty this time, in fact, I came to tell Your Majesty that I, Yelu Hongtai, have no intention of resisting the empire at all. We, the Yelu family, Willing to open all our regions to the Empire, Your Majesty I only need to do some research to find out that our Yelu family contacted the Imperial Chamber of Commerce this time in the hope of re-signing agreements with these chambers of commerce. We hope that from now on, the prosperity, honor and disgrace of the Yelu family will all be connected with the empire. Such an answer, Is Your Majesty satisfied?"

The old fox shared the joy and sorrow with each other, but it actually made the fat man a little reluctant to do anything.

You must know that the current Yelu family is no longer the Yelu family that was in a state of embarrassment after the setback in the First World War in Yanzhou, suffering from internal and external troubles. Instead, it is the Yelu family with 200,000 prairie cavalry. It has actually become the master of the royal court recognized by the prairie people. The Yelu family is the source of 60% of the goods in the Zhongbia region within the empire. Not to mention, there is also a gray wolf Yelu Hongtai sitting in charge. Even if it is an old gray wolf, it is What a wolf!

Unlike Yelu Qiyeguang, who has become the queen of the Yelu family, but is a little immature in politics and vision, Yelu Hongtai came from the era of the Royal Court of the North Prairie. Decades of wind, frost, rain and snow, the rise and fall of the prairie, the honor and disgrace, What we have experienced is far from comparable to Yelv Qiye Guang, just like this time

Being able to think of using this imperial annual meeting to get through the long-term financial constraints of the Yelu family directly from the sources of imperial merchants without touching the interests of the empire is enough to show that the former Northern King's court minister is still the same person as before. In a fleeting moment, he accurately captured the opportunity to go south and set off that storm. The unrivaled tycoon. Once this unrivaled tycoon shows interest in southern Central Asia again, I am afraid that many of the empire's arrangements will be disrupted. The empire spent a lot of financial resources and materials to make the Central Asians recognize the empire's efforts to rule. I am afraid that it will also be in vain because the Yelu Dynasty moved south as a vassal state of the empire!

If possible, even the fat man is not prepared to let Yelu Hongtai go back alive. China and Bibia are so chaotic that they are really not suitable for retirement. The imperial capital is so prosperous, with wind, flowers, snow and moon, the sea breeze is like sleep, and the blue sea and sky. Although the empire is not very rich, a Yelu Hongtai is still He could afford it, but now, looking at the old man who had been bullied by the empire's merchants and came to his place to escape the disaster, the fat man couldn't say anything harsh if he wanted to.

In fact, Yelu Hongtai was not having a good time this time. A powerful figure, the founder of the Yelu dynasty, groveled down to the empire's businessmen. Although marriages between the empire and the Yelu family were common in the Central Bia region, they were rare in the Oubalu region. I have heard that after all, the Central Asian region is too far away. Even if they want to pay attention, most of the Sanghui are focused on the war between the empire and the southern European Barro. For the wealthy businessmen in the empire who have their eyes set on the top, What is a mere Yelu dynasty? Do you dare to come to Imperial Capital to bargain? Yelu Hongtai, the majestic and murderous god of his generation, has always been rejected by others!

"I heard that you have been hard pressed by several major chambers of commerce in the past two days. If you want any help, just say it directly. We don't need to beat around the bush like this!" The fat man sighed helplessly and looked at the empty table. The plate contained some of Fatty's favorite pastries, and they were all stuffed in Yelu Hongtai's mouth.

"It's not that miserable, isn't it? It was even worse, didn't I, Yelu Hongtai, survive the same?'

Yelu Hongtai swallowed the cake in his mouth, his voice was a little blurry as he sobbed, and there was a hint of pride on his face unconsciously. However, after seeing clearly that the person in front of him was the emperor, he sighed and said with a wry smile to himself, "Yes Ah, it's really tragic. I, Yelu Hongtai, was so majestic back then. I defeated China's second capital, Linhang, in one battle, and it greatly swept the entire China. However, at such a critical moment, the Southwest Long Family moved into the northwest. Later, in Yanzhou, Yeluguda was ambushed by the Southwest Long Family and the North King's Court. The rise of the Yelu Family was terminated by the First World War. The Yelu Family The wind turned sharply, with internal and external difficulties, and the aggressiveness of the four Fengtai tribes. If they had not decided to join forces with the empire at the last moment, the Yelu family might have It has become a historical term, and the price of joining forces with the empire is that our Yelu family is no longer able to compete for the hegemony of Central Asia. Compared with these, being despised by several imperial businessmen is nothing. Dijing, if we were in Central Asia, I wouldn’t cut off their heads and make them into wine glasses, and I wouldn’t cut off every piece of their flesh. Come and feed the dogs, I am not Yelu Hongtai! ""But the Yelu family still established a country, didn't they?" "Swept over Zhongbia, my Yelu family can still establish a country!" Yelu Hongtai was very polite as he picked up the wine on the table. After drinking it in one gulp, his eyes were already red. After drinking, Yelu Hongtai truly showed some ferocity of a grassland overlord.

"If your Yelu family really takes over Zhongbia, I'm afraid you won't have the chance to establish a country."

"Your Majesty wants to say that if our Yelu family sweeps across Zhongbia, your Majesty will personally defeat our Yelu family, right? In fact, I also know that when the Long family in the southwest moved north to the northwest and Yelu Guda defeated Yanzhou, it was all because of your majesty. I pushed for it, but in the end, the Southwest Long Family would join forces with the North Royal Court. It was indeed beyond my imagination, but His Majesty might not have thought of it, right? Lu Hongtai's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and his eyes were red and frightening. Under normal circumstances, he would never have dared to directly ask the Lord of the Empire like this. The Emperor had driven him southward from Onna like a lost dog. , and was later defeated by the imperial army in a battle in the northwest. The rise of the Yelu family finally had to be included in the empire and became a vassal state. At this moment , Yelu Hongtai could no longer suppress this question that he had asked countless times in his heart. Even if he was the lord of the empire in front of him, a person who could destroy the entire Yelu Dynasty with his own hands, he, Yelu Hongtai, would still ask it, otherwise he would not die even if he didn't. "I'm not a god, how can I know everything!" The fat man said calmly, "As for the Long family moving north to the northwest, that's what my empire means." , that would be even more of a joke. Don’t forget, the empire and the Long family also collided once at the northwest gate, and the Long family was driven out of the northwest by me. "The fat man smiled coldly, knowing that Yelu Guda died, This is the biggest knot in Yelu Hongtai's heart. This kind of thing must never be admitted. "Are you really not Your Majesty?" Yelu Hongtai's red eyes looked straight at the fat man. "If you say no, it's not. Believe it or not!" The fat man stood up with a serious face, picked up a document from the table, opened it, and said coldly, "This is the marriage announcement between the Yelu family and the empire that I asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to draft." It will be announced to the public this afternoon. From now on, the Yelu family and the imperial royal family are one family, a family married to the emperor. For a dynasty that controls 60% of the source of goods in China, even if the empire's major chambers of commerce want to retaliate, they will be helpless in the face of this announcement. Moreover, the Yelu family can take advantage of this huge advantage to compete with the empire. Several major chambers of commerce have re-negotiated their business cooperation shares with the Yelu family, instead of negotiating with the major chambers of commerce within the empire as before. They knew nothing about their strength and could only passively accept the squeeze from the empire's merchants. "" A conservative estimate is that this time, the Yelu family can at least increase the original profit of only 10% to 30%, which is a full two An increase of ten percentage points means that one or two million imperial gold coins will enter the Yelu family's treasury every quarter. For the Yelu dynasty, which is currently financially tight, it is absolutely great. Yes, it's a surprise income! The fat man paused and closed the document in his hand. He was helpless for such an old fox, but the attitude of those businessmen towards Yelu Hongtai really made the fat man feel angry. The Yelu family is also a marriage alliance of the empire. Although it is not well-known in the Obaro area, it is not something that wealthy businessmen can bully at will.

This time it should be a lesson! Even if the Yelu family increases it to 30%, the profits will still be huge!

"Okay, it's good to have this!" Yelu Hongtai stared at the document like a wolf that has seen meat. The corners of his mouth were cracked to his ears. He didn't know what he thought of. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Your Majesty really didn't let Yelu The idea of ​​going south to fight the Aden people?”

"During the entire New Year's Eve meeting, not one of the imperial ministers proposed that the Yelu family go south to stop the Aden people. To be honest, you gave the major chambers of commerce in the empire a tax exemption for one year to make all forces in the empire not want the Yelu family to go south. Very successful!" The fat man's eyes narrowed slightly. Old fox, do you really think you can't see the trick here?

"It should be because everyone doesn't want my Yelu family to go south. I didn't believe in people's desires before, but now I do!" Yelu Hongtai grinned. He was obviously afraid that the empire would give in at the annual meeting. The Yelu family went south to stop the Aden people and served as cannon fodder for the empire in vain, so they came and ran away even though they were thousands of miles away. Come to the imperial capital and keep an eye on it. Behind the major chambers of commerce in the empire, all the forces in the empire are involved. Now that the Yelu family has agreed to fully open up, naturally the more stable the better, no one wants to involve the Yelu family in the war in southern Central Asia. , breaking the monopoly of the empire's major chambers of commerce on Sino-Biya trade is just a incidental move!