Realm of Power

“Zhivadin, the commercial capital”

This sentence is undoubtedly the best name for this prosperous and huge city in front of you.

Countless broad trade routes crisscross each other, centered here, spreading to the invisible sky like a dense spider web.

The wheels of the carriages turned happily on the road paved with large stones. The six huge open-air markets outside the city were like monsters, constantly handling carriages filled with goods.

Countless merchants gathered here, and the shouts of the merchants were mixed in a chaotic manner, which could be heard even from several miles away, creating a unique and beautiful scenery.

There are millionaire businessmen with large caravans, and there are also small traders with strange faces driving dilapidated carriages.

No matter who it is, they all look at the city in front of them with a complex and heartfelt respect.

This is different from the flattering respect they expressed when they were forced to bend down to the noble lords and lords.

Here, their status is equal, whether they are nobles, civilians, businessmen, or soldiers! They don’t need to bend down to anyone, and they don’t need to smile flatteringly against their hearts.

There will no longer be too many checkpoints on the spacious road. They can move smoothly and happily with their goods without having to worry about being unreasonably exploited.

Because this is a gathering place of wealth, legendary, unparalleled, a true paradise for businessmen!

The bustling commercial trade makes the entire city look like a living giant, with incredible vitality and hope.

The eye-catching silver carriage creaked and stopped on a flat ground outside Zhivadin City. The huge sound of water in the distance attracted the attention of the people in the silver carriage.

A white and delicate hand gently rolled up the carriage window, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes full of curiosity.

"This is probably the legendary Zivadin Gate!" Ideya's oriole-like voice was filled with unconcealable surprise. A beautiful girl looked at the huge building on the rushing Satsuma Ri River not far away in trance.

She was attracted by the huge project in front of her. It was a huge water gate, where the rushing Satsuma Rijiang River was artificially divided into two.

One churning white wave continues to rush down the wide waterway like a giant dragon, and the other is smaller than each other. It leads from a relatively gentle artificial waterway at the main road fork to the interior of the huge city.

The huge sky arch of Watergate looks like a rainbow lying on it. Inside, you can vaguely see countless swaying merchant ship masts, shining in the sun.

"Papa" white water waves hit the heavy bow. From time to time, merchant ships filled with cargo would turn from this separate fork.

Then, as if being held up by invisible giant hands, he quickly disappeared into the depths of the huge arch.

This is the water gate built during Zivadin's third expansion, spanning the entirety of the surging Satsumauri River.

In order to expand the increasingly tight river transportation line in Zhivadin,

Taking advantage of last year's cold winter when the Satsuma Rijiang River froze, Fatty mobilized nearly 300,000 people from the Riwadin Plain to build a huge embankment across the wide Satsuma Rijiang River to divert the entire river.

Let the branches of the river circle around the inner edge of the city, and then spurt out from another river outlet.

It's like equipping the entire city with an ever-flowing water transportation line. Of course, this is a very common use method in cities now.

But at that time, this grand project undoubtedly shocked the beautiful girl from the soul.

She could not imagine that people could rely on their own power to turn the huge Satsuma Rijiang River into a passage within the city, and this magical project was right in front of him!

Everyone who comes to Zhivadin for the first time has had such a shocking experience.

The white rolling Satsumauri River water collides with each other at the fork. With the push of this huge resurgence,

Merchant ships loaded with cargo were effortlessly carried by the current from the other side and sailed into the waterway that can enter the inner city. Zhivadin's waterway transportation capacity has been greatly improved again.

According to statistics from the tax officer of the Business Alliance located at the dock in the city,

The cargo that Zhivadin needs to handle every day reaches a terrifying five million tons, and more than a thousand merchant ships come and go.

The taxes generated also quickly exceeded the original maximum limit of fifteen thousand.

The powerful river network and the trade agreement signed with the Kingdom of Rode at the beginning of the year have allowed Samor's commercial transportation lines to expand from Kugit in the north to the entire south.

The extremely powerful commercial influence is undoubtedly becoming the soul of this huge city with a population of 600,000.

"Or! This is what father wants me to see!" Mao Monaqing put down the curtains in her hands with a complex expression. The water vapor coming from her face wetted her hair, but she was unaware of it.

Traveling from the desolate west to the prosperous southern Vecchia,

Mao Monaqing originally thought that what she saw would be a terrible scene of militancy and people living in poverty.

But unexpectedly, what he saw was a scene of prosperous life, prosperous commerce, and people living and working in peace and contentment. This was in great contrast to the Samour in Mao Monaqing's mind.

Unexpectedly, Princess Maomo from a desolate area felt a little lost.

"It seems that father's decision to open up the western trade route was correct!" Mao Monaqing's beautiful and delicate face showed a bit of desolation.

With Samor's comprehensive defeat of the Northern Stian family, Samor has become the co-owner of Vecia. All that is left is a formality issue to change from a duke to a king.

The Maomo family, which is clinging to the west, has decided to agree to Samoor's three conditions.

According to the agreement, the West will open up trade routes to Samor and recognize Samor's rule over the entire Vekia.

Naturally, this also includes becoming the nominal master of the West,

Regarding the third request for 1.5 million military expenditures, the reaction of the Maommer family was very strange.

In fact, when Mao Mo Dayin, the leader of the Mao Mo family, saw the first two conditions, his eyebrows were furrowed.

It wasn't until he saw the third condition that Zou's frowning eyebrows relaxed.

Money is not an issue! Although the Maomo family is located in the desolate west, they can still afford 1.5 million gold coins after decades of accumulation and development.

Mao Modaine, who has become mature with age, values ​​​​the deeper meaning of the three conditions.

The first two conditions are both false,

The so-called liberalization of business and recognition of Samor's rule are just promises in words. In the eyes of the real powerful, these are just pieces of waste paper that can be discarded at any time.

Only real things can truly connect the two.

When seeing the third condition,

A knowing smile appeared on the corner of Mao Modaine's mouth

That little guy, Samour, had obviously guessed the various plans he had used to push Samour and attack Stian.

It was only on this last and most practical and sincere question that I came up with a problem.

According to Fatty's idea, even if he couldn't help the old fox Mao Modaine, it would be better if he could be disgusted.

sometimes! Fatty's prank mentality is still very serious.

Anyone will be very depressed when they find that they have been secretly calculated but still have to jump in. Give money or give away, you choose for yourself!

Unfortunately, Fatty still underestimated the political sophistication of this old fox, Mao Modaine.

Mao Modaine at least saw two weaknesses of Fatty from the third condition. First, this king and god with great military exploits was also a master with seven emotions and six desires, otherwise he would not have signed such an important agreement. , expressed in this funny way

Second, the most powerful young man in the kingdom seems to be interested in his little daughter!

Mao Modaine was worthy of being a tycoon who single-handedly created the entire western situation. Regarding the fat man’s mischievous third condition, Mao Modaine just smiled knowingly.

I kicked the ball to the fat man again, didn't you want me to choose?

good! I sent Mao Monaqing to personally deposit 1.5 million gold coins to Rivadin. Is it to choose people or money?

It's up to you!

This is a funny condition, and the Maumo family also gave a funny promise,

History is always full of invisible mists, and no one can fully understand the truth.

No one can think of it,

This important agreement that determines the fate of the entire western region turned out to be just a grudge agreement between two young and old people.

Is this the city of Zhivadin? "A confused female voice sounded from Mao Mo Naqing's carriage, "It's really unbelievable! I remember when I came here before, it was just an ordinary southern town, but now. . . . . . "

A somewhat wild beauty looked up from opposite Mao Mona Qing, with two beautiful black eyes looking at the majestic city in the distance with a bit of disbelief.

There was still a bit of flushing on her face that she had just woken up from, making her look as attractive as a ripe apple.

"Oh, has His Highness Scerlis been here before?" Mao Monaqing couldn't help but curiously asked after hearing the wild beauty's emotion.

"Of course! Two years ago, I was the liaison officer of the royal court going south." Sceris showed a look of reminiscence on her face, seeming to remember the embarrassment of the Kujit army at that time, and sighed.

"Zhivadin at that time was completely different from what it is now. It had low and ugly gray city walls and a narrow dirt road going south. Even a medium-sized city in the north was better than it." The sexy beauty couldn't help but sigh.

"I had been here before in order to raise food! I didn't expect that in just two years, this place would turn into this.

I heard many businessmen coming and going from Wikiya talking about this place, and I thought they were exaggerating a bit.

Now it seems that this place is far more beautiful and rich than what they said. That silly fat man who likes to stay at home still has some skills!

"Silly fat guy squatting at home!" Mao Monaqing was amused by Sceris's weird name. Who dares to use this title to call the most powerful person in the kingdom now?

Probably only Sceris, a grassland person with an unrestrained personality, dared to call it this. Legend has it that the beauty in front of her has the blood of the Kugit royal family. Mao Monaqing was also full of curiosity about this rumor.

This time, Maumona Qing went south. In addition to fulfilling the agreement, she also had an important task. She accompanied the special envoy from Kugit to Zhivadin.

Although the West has recognized Samour as the co-owner of Wikia,

However, the Maomo family has close ties with Kugit, not to mention that this time the Kugit royal court came forward in person, and Mao Modai did not dare to refuse.

"Finally we're here! I was suffocated along the way." Looking at the Zivadin gate getting closer and closer in the distance, Sceris stood up in the carriage and took out a completely closed box from under the seat cushion.

"To be honest, if it weren't for the privacy, I would prefer riding a horse. It's such a pleasure to gallop on such a wide road!