Realm of Power

In the sea north of Salander, the sun is shining brightly,

The hot sunshine shines directly on the sea in August, as if it will completely evaporate the sea water, and shines deeply into the depths of the sea. It is a blue color, and the continuous reefs at the bottom of the sea are clearly visible. The white seabirds flying back and forth on the sea are visible. The battleship's white mast rises and falls,

A huge fleet appeared on the sea, slowly heading north under the scorching sun. There was no wind on the sea, and it was difficult to open all the sails. The speed was very slow. A large Julius family flag was hung on the top of the mast of each warship. The blue flag flower coat of arms seems to be sliding quietly on the sea,

It is autumn at this time, the climate is hot, and thermal air currents and rain may be encountered at any time on the sea. For the sake of stability and safety, many merchant fleets heading to the south sail close to the coastline of Salander. In the current, the fleet going upstream is the fleet of the Julius family coming from the Normandy continent.

An imperial battleship-level flagship, 2 medium-sized battleships and a transport fleet, a total of 21 ships.

In order not to expose the strength of the empire, the fat man specially asked the guide ship sent by the Minister of the Navy Dostelenko to stop briefly in the south of Salander for supplies, and then took the Julius family's fleet north to the Rode Sea without stopping. ,

Luode is now the poorest region in the empire. The martial arts in Luode are prevalent. The traditional martial arts forces have been in power for a long time. The agricultural and commercial foundations are very weak. In addition, after the war and the drought in the south, in the later period, the royal family of Luode was even worse. Invest all the strength of the country in military expansion at all costs,

Luode's economy has already collapsed, business is in decline, fields are barren, and there are countless refugees. Although after more than half a year of recuperation, it is only barely stable. By using such an area as a negotiation venue, Fatty just doesn't want the Julius family to know that he is How strong is his trump card?

pity. Fatty's good intentions still cannot be hidden from some discerning people.

On the bow of the flagship of the Julius family, a middle-aged man with a majestic body and a broad face was looking at the edge of the sea with keen eyes.

The edge of the continent. Under the sunlight printing and dyeing, it looks like a beautiful golden arc.

The sun in the sky poured all its heat on him, but he didn't seem to feel it at all, as if he didn't know the scorching sunshine at all and was trying his best to test himself.

His face was very calm. There wasn't even sweat on his forehead, and his short flaxen hair stood straight up. In his cold-as-iron sight, a fleet of merchant ships loaded with cargo split the waves and drove past the side of the fleet, bringing up a wave of spray.

It was so full that it was almost bursting with goods, which made the middle-aged man look slightly surprised.

"Which team is this?" The middle-aged man turned to him. He looked serious and asked without looking back.

"Team 27, sir"

Behind him, a young adjutant was writing notes in a notebook with a cautious expression.

"There are so many middle-aged people with stunned expressions on their faces. "What if we include those from the past few days?"

The adjutant counted in his notebook with a pen, "If you count the day before yesterday and yesterday, we have encountered 112 similar large merchant fleets along this coast, not counting those with less than five ships. "fleet"

"One hundred and twelve teams? If converted into warships, how big is this?" The middle-aged man squinted his eyes slightly, and the sea breeze blew his short hair like an arrow. He murmured in a low voice, with a very regretful expression on his face. He was obviously angry and dissatisfied that so many large ships were not used as warships but only as civilian merchant ships.

"That's why I said that overseas barbarians are overseas barbarians. How can they know the concept of navy?" A voice as clear and sweet as an oriole. Coming from behind the middle-aged man, a young girl with a pretty face was seen wearing a knight's hunting attire and riding boots. He walked up from the back deck with a pale face.

"Theresa, aren't you seasick? Why are you on the deck?" The middle-aged man frowned and turned around, looking at the girl walking over. Even his father seemed to be concerned about this notoriously unruly daughter. Extreme headache,

, "Even if I am seasick, I still have to come up and have a look, otherwise I will be sold to some unknown wild land without even knowing it. Wouldn't it be the biggest joke?" The girl bit her lips, with a cold expression on her face. , the upper body is in tight leather armor, the full breasts are perfectly highlighted, the lower body is in a brown and black long skirt, and the slender legs are actually wearing black leather pants with metal patches, which completely accentuates the beautiful curves of the legs Outlined, there is a cold coquettishness,

"Your Highness the Princess may not know that these merchant fleets are private." A young man with flaxen hair followed up and explained with an awkward look, "In this country, private individuals can also own powerful fleets. As far as I know, on the northwest coast of the empire alone, the Falcon Kingdom's fleet trades more than 2 million gold coins every quarter. This time, it even made a 20 million deal with the family in one go. This amount of money For the family, it plays a vital role."

"Just because of this? You conspired to sell me to a smelly barbarian?" The girl looked very dissatisfied, and her eyes wanted to cut the young man in front of her into pieces.

"This is the family's decision." Julien Hayden wiped the sweat from his head with an embarrassed face. "In fact, it's not that unbearable. He is still a good-looking man, and he is also the leader of a country. He is not as important in terms of status. There’s nothing wrong with it”

"What kind of leader of a country? Look at these merchant fleets. They look like lazy people who are content with having fun. Only such people will attach importance to the development of caravans. Otherwise, why would he need so many merchant fleets? Isn't it just to satisfy him? "It's extravagant."

The girl curled her lips, "Such a scumbag should be killed. This is the good husband you chose for me? Julie Hayden, don't be fooled just because I don't know the details of this guy. I heard people say that." This guy has ten wives, and there are even more outside She has countless lovers. She is simply a model of shamelessness. She is called the lecherous king of the generation. Do you want me, a noble princess of the Gallic Empire, to twist my butt, take off my clothes, and fight for sex with ten shameless barbaric women? A bed?”

"Ah...this." Julier Hayden had a black line on his forehead. He was completely defeated by the harsh connotation of the girl's words. As a high-ranking noble, he could say such shameless words. It is really unimaginable.

But this was different, the violent princess who once ordered the massacre of tens of thousands of Slavs, the apple of Lord Julius Fordburg's eye, the eldest sister who walked sideways in Kyoto. Although he has been banned for 3 years, his temper has become more and more unscrupulous.

The girl saw that Julie Hayden was speechless by her words, her eyes moved, revealing a hint of stunning charm, and she laughed sarcastically, "If you make me unhappy, you are not afraid that I will destroy him, just like I abolished him in the first place." Just like that little gangster who wanted to humiliate me in public."

"Theresa. You are too presumptuous. The little hooligan you call is already His Majesty the Emperor." The corners of the middle-aged man's eyes were also twitching, and he looked very angry.

"So what, but in my eyes, he is just a little kid who is as petty as a needle. And he has no courage." The girl looked unconcerned, her eyes as charming as crescent moons.

"If you have any dissatisfaction, you can return immediately, but there is no room for change in the family's decision. Even if you commit suicide, we will transport your body over." The middle-aged man had a gloomy face and a stern tone.

"You guys are working together to bully me..." Tears welled up in the girl's eyes, looking extremely sad.

Both men tilted their heads, each paying attention to her

"I hate you" girl found that it didn't work, covered her face with her hands, turned around and ran down the deck with a look of grief and anger.

"Sir, what you just said was too heartless. After all, she is your daughter." Julier Hayden looked at the crying figure of the girl, and a trace of unbearability flashed on his face.

"Do you think a woman who can calmly order the killing of tens of thousands of prisoners under the gaze of a barbarian army would be hurt by such words?"

The middle-aged man curled his lips and looked at the mainland coastline in the distance with a melodious expression, "Don't forget, this girl grew up in a cruel military and has never seen anything. If I guessed correctly, this girl must be I'm thinking about how to get more dowry from this old guy like me. Ikadiva, the youngest monarch, I can guarantee that this girl who is worrying about how to get married must have smiled at the corner of her mouth. I still need to thank you for helping me this time. This is the girl from a wealthy family who has done a big favor and no one dares to propose marriage at the age of 18."

"No way, this is too..." Julie Hayden was stunned,

"Tsk, in terms of acting skills, I'm not even a third of what I was back then. I even need to put onions on my hands when I'm crying. It's so unprofessional. I thought back then, I could do it at any time... A middle-aged man's face He shook his head sadly and looked into the distance, with infinite memories of the glorious years flashing on his face.

Julien Hayden was already in a completely sluggish state next to him. They were indeed a father and daughter. Their virtues were exactly the same.

I remember that Mr. Julius Fort, who was known as the most romantic man of the Imperial City and the greatest scourge of the Imperial City, seemed to cry like this when he learned that he was forcibly sent to serve in the Northwest Army by his family. At that time, the family was like It was like sending off a plague to the God of Plague, and he spent more than one million gold coins to get rid of this guy who was crying and refused to leave. No one would have thought that the playboy at that time would become the most relied upon core member of the family more than ten years later. figure

"Ahem" Maybe he realized that he had let something slip. "The middle-aged man also showed a rare expression of embarrassment on his face. He immediately became serious and coughed heavily, "Juliet Hayden, how long do we have until we reach Rode? "

The middle-aged man who asked this question is one of the most important figures in the Julius family this time, the commander of the fifth army in the northwest of the Gallic Empire and the new consul of the Slavic region, Julius Fort. Chief Negotiator of the Julius Family

"We have passed the Arnis Cliff and should enter the Rode Sea within a day." Julier Hayden suddenly came to his senses and hesitated for a moment. "I don't know why, I always feel that something is wrong, but I don't know." know where'

"There's nothing surprising about this." Julius Ford looked away from a distance, with a smile on his lips. "With so many merchant fleets, we didn't see a real Falcon Kingdom navy. This is already the most wrong thing." It’s a good place. You can imagine what we will see in Rode, which is designated as the location for negotiation.”

"My lord, what you mean is that the other party has been concealing its true strength."

Julier Hayden and others had a look of realization on their faces, yes, from beginning to end, a guide ship came out, but not a real warship was seen. This is really inconsistent with the background of the Falcon Kingdom's developed maritime trade. Without naval protection, where would it be? Let sea trade prosper

"Have you noticed the coastline in the distance?" Julius Ford raised his head, his eyes sweeping towards the distance like a razor blade.

"Coastline?" Julius Hayden was stunned for a moment. What does Lord Julius Ford mean by this sentence?

"I have been looking at it for two days. The coastline in front of us is basically straight. In other words, since we arrived in Salander, we have been sailing northward in a vertical direction for two days, more than 800 kilometers. length,

"If what you just said is correct. We are facing Salander, which is actually a peninsula thousands of miles long." Julius Forbaugh looked extremely serious.

"According to the information you provided, the location of the negotiation in Rode is only the southernmost tip of the main body of the Ikadiva continent. The land above is several times the size of the Salander Peninsula. It can be deduced from this that, The territory of the Falcon Kingdom is definitely much larger than we imagined."

"With such a vast land, it may not be as large as Obaro, but it is definitely larger than any major monarchy. Our negotiating opponent is not as weak as it seems on the surface. On the contrary, we may have relied on a giant beast this time. Or maybe this is It's the truth that the other party has been hiding." Julius Fort's voice stopped, and he said decisively with bright eyes, "I can't wait to see this military god of Ikadiva. I hope he won't let me." disappointment"

If a fat person hears such comments, he will definitely feel that he has met a confidant.

Unfortunately, he was now busy rushing to the negotiation site, across the Palawan plain, into the rolling hills of the south, and then over the mountains. Entering Lod, traversing more than 500 miles, and finally arriving at Macduff, the seaport in the southern part of Lod.

This is a small, inconspicuous port in the south of Lod.

With the development of maritime trade, although trade markets appeared and there were many horse-drawn carriages, there was no standardized management. The sounds of buying and selling goods were noisy on the streets, and some private goods gathered here. There were also leather tents used by merchants to buy and sell goods on the hillside, with striped flags of various colors flying above them.

Fat women carrying baskets were shopping in the market, merchants were bargaining loudly, and people of all colors were coming and going. From time to time, a merchant ship could be seen slowly docking. It was a very mediocre place, completely compounding the so-called "chaos." , the image of poverty,

In order to achieve this effect, Fatty even asked the town tax collector to go to the market to collect taxes every day, each time it was a pitiful few dozen silver coins.

Fatty felt very depressed when a disciple was forced into Palavon. However, if he could force Duozei to Normandy, he could at least keep this overseas enclave of the empire and there would be no need to worry about the risk of rebellion in five to ten years. ,

According to Duocai's good-natured nature and the eloquence of politicians who deceive people without losing money, there is no problem in appeasing people's hearts. As for the military, Salon is in charge.

A disciple can be exchanged for a development period of five to ten years in Normandy. Fatty thinks this deal is still a good deal. Isn't it just a disciple? So what if he learns something? The area of ​​the Beisu tribe is in the cold Northland. Even if Beisu Kaya is a genius that is rare to see in a thousand years. How many flowers can she embroider in such a desperate situation?

On the cliff side of Macduff Harbor is the famous Macduff Castle, with its blue spire and white castle, and even the outer walls are made of milky white marble. Although the entire castle is not large in size, it is Under the support of the blue sea and blue sky, there is a fairy-tale dreamy feeling coming to your face.

The fat man only thought that the scenery of this castle was good, but for Besukaya behind him, that was another matter. This castle was very famous in Nord, and the lord who originally built it built it for his favorite little daughter. , for women, it has extremely powerful lethality. On one side is the beautiful blue sea, on the other side is the majestic rolling hills, living in a ridiculously beautiful little castle. If there is another handsome prince, that is A dream place for all female creatures

"It's so beautiful"

The fat man heard Besu Kaya's low exclamation. The outer door of the castle opened, and the horse team entered the castle. What he saw was a large green lawn with hundreds of flowers blooming on it, including daisies, dazzling purple violets, and white hyacinths. , Foreign Minister Lidakus, who was in charge of the pre-war, was dressed in a crisp tuxedo, walked down the steps, and personally held the fat man's horse,

"Your Majesty, everything is ready for negotiations."

"Prepare two more chairs." The fat man got off the war horse and pointed to the old man and the girl behind him. "Duo Ze, former Doroke President, the first administrative governor of the Normandy region, Besu Kaya, Besu tribe." Princess, um, my disciples, I think they will also attend this negotiation."

"Okay, no problem." The hesitation on Lidakus's face only lasted for half a second, and he quickly returned to normal. He turned around and whispered a few words to the clerk behind him, and the clerk hurried away.

"Have the Julius family arrived?" the fat man asked again

"No, but according to the news sent back by the guidance ship, it has entered the Rode Sea this morning." Lidakus responded, "If nothing happens, we can arrive tonight."

"So, we may meet each other tonight." The fat man unexpectedly smacked his lips, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. "I'm really looking forward to it. Even the list needs to be kept secret. Who are the people coming?" "Not finished yet." Continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Mobile users please go to read