Realm of Power

After resting for a night at the Governor's Mansion of the Southwest Territory, Fatty hurriedly summoned the three giants of the Southwest Territory and strictly ordered them to secretly investigate the interior of the Business Alliance. In the afternoon of the next day, Fatty had already set off again, leaving the capital of the Southwest under the escort of dozens of cavalry guards. , heading non-stop towards the Liad military port on the southwest territorial coast,

Liad Military Port is an important maritime stronghold that was converted from the original Gallic Navy base after the Falcon Empire occupied the southwest territory. At the beginning of the year, the Imperial Navy Minister Dostronkai reported to Fatty a huge number of 5 million gold coins. Military port expansion budget , requiring a large-scale expansion of the military port left by the original Gallic Navy in the Southwest Territory, the construction of nineteen various docks capable of repairing large Falcon Imperial Navy warships, eight shipyards, and large-scale military camp facilities that can accommodate 50,000 sailors. and three Admiralty buildings,

In Dostronquet's report, it was specifically stated that the Liard naval port, which was once the headquarters of the Gallic Navy, has excellent water depth and is located at the important geographical location at the junction of the Barro Sea in Central Europe and the Barro Sea in Northern Europe. Heading south into the Congo Sea, the gateway-like maritime hub of Kasili Island was called "the two nails that stabilize the central waters of Obarro" by the Imperial Navy's Admiralty Department.

"If we can continue to obtain high-quality wood transported from the Putau area, every quarter, a Dragon-class main battleship will be launched from the Liad Naval Port. This will be extremely conducive to the Imperial Navy's absolute control of the Barrow Sea in Central Europe. "Strategic goal" Dostelenko's categorical conclusion undoubtedly hit the point where Fatty is most concerned. The stability of the Barro Sea in Central Europe is related to the security of the northwest of the empire.

And it can be seen that Dostronquet has a special liking for this former base camp of the Gallic Navy. Although the empire's finances were still a bit tight at the time, the fat man still gritted his teeth and approved this very life-threatening plan, because the navy's combat line . With the empire's victory over the Congo Navy, it has been pushed to the Congo sea area. It is impossible that every time a warship is damaged, it must be dragged to the northwest city of Dahai City for repair. This will constantly require the deployment of a limited number of forces, and it will also cost a lot of money. A lot of funds, so the importance of building a strategic supply center in the southwest territory away from the Gangfei Sea is self-evident.

When we arrived in the Southwest Territory this time, Fatty naturally wanted to see this largest logistics port where he had invested huge amounts of money. There is also a plan that Dustrunke came up with incidentally,

The navy is also a human being. It fights at sea all year round. The combat cycle is calculated in months. It is almost impossible to have time to return to the empire. This leads to complaints among the navy soldiers. Therefore, when proposing to expand this military port, Dustrunkai took the opportunity to Xiang Fatty advised, "Since His Majesty can provide settlements for other forces, the Navy Ministry also hopes to build some settlements belonging to the navy's family members within the scope of its own military port. This can reduce the naval soldiers' concern for their homeland. And it can effectively attract immigrants from the mainland.”

This is a reasonable request that kills two birds with one stone and is beneficial to the empire. The fat man will naturally not refuse.

His reply to the report simply stated that the empire's financial resources were limited and that land could be allocated to the Admiralty. Everything else would have to be sorted out by the Admiralty itself. After receiving the reply, the Navy Department immediately made a decision. The first settlement of naval families was Liad Military Port. The distance from the southwest capital to Liad Military Port was 180 miles. In the past, even riding a horse would have taken at least two days, but it is different now. After half a year of restorative construction, the main roads in the entire province have been built in accordance with imperial standards and can run three abreast. The wide road of a four-wheeled carriage was paved with gravel blocks and rolled back and forth with huge rolling stones. Of course, it was possible to quickly complete such a large project in half a year. The Gallic prisoners of war were indispensable. There are currently as many as 130,000 Gallic prisoners of war under the control of the empire. This is an extremely objective construction army. It is divided into ten labor camps by the Falcon Empire. The roads leading from the southwest to the Rusty area are all made of After these cheap labors were repaired, the empire did not treat these precious labors harshly. The food was not bad, and the empire still had many places that needed labor, and they did not want the captives to work hungry!

Riding horses on such a flat, straight and smooth main road undoubtedly shortened the time greatly. We rested in a small town passing by in the middle of the night. At noon the next day, Fatty and the Guards Cavalry had already appeared in the mountains outside the Liad Military Port. Qiu, the sea breeze blows against my face with a light salty smell,

In the area 20 miles from Liad, we can already see some small towns. The closer to Liad, the greater the density of population. Finally, through a long and narrow walkway, a sloping mountain road leading to the coast appeared in Fatty. In front of you, you can see the outline of the city in the distance.

"hiss!"

The fat man suddenly stopped his horse, looked forward with bulging eyes, took a deep breath of air-conditioning, and was a little dumbfounded. The military port that suddenly appeared in front of him was simply a medium-sized city. Although the report said that the Liad military port and the city The area is isolated, but looking from the intersection, it really belongs to The scope of Yujun Port is not large. Instead, the civilian area covers three-quarters of the entire military port. Various buildings are gathered together. Civilian and military ones are mixed together. The area is very large, almost covering the space of more than ten miles in front. The interior The roads crisscross each other, making it look like a densely populated medium-sized town.

Although he had been mentally prepared, this huge surprise made the fat man involuntarily raise his eyebrows. He did not expect that the Admiralty would make such a big move. The Admiralty had hidden a lot of private money!

The fat man was a little angry. In his original imagination, although Dostelenko suggested that there was no problem with the so-called naval family gathering area, he asked him to raise funds by himself. In accordance with the style of the Navy Ministry, which is known as the "Moonlight Tribe", It would be great if the scale of immigration can reach 5,000 people.

But he didn't expect that what would suddenly appear in front of him would be such a behemoth.

Here, densely packed residential buildings cover almost half of the area. Opposite are the navy barracks that look like blue clouds, the port location, the tall large shipyards lying on the seaside like giant reptiles, and the tall admiralty building. , forming an independent area,

The combat area and the living area are separated only by three walls of the Imperial Navy Port fifty meters apart.

The dense building complex has a pleasing layout, like a concave ring in the center embraced by the blue sea. Expanding outward layer by layer, reflected in the golden sunlight of the setting sun, it looks particularly peaceful and beautiful. Countless white sails and black spots are coming and going on the nearby sea.

It can be seen that the terrain here is excellent, the land is fertile, the fishery resources are rich, and it is located at the key point between the north and the south, whether for commercial or civilian purposes. They are all excellent places to live. In a word, this guy Dustrunkai had already planned for a long time when he made the report!

The fat man didn’t know that since the approval was received at the beginning of the year, the Navy Department had started to immigrate while expanding, taking advantage of its own convenience of maritime transportation. In just over five months, a total of 55,000 immigrants had entered from the mainland of the empire. Riad region. It was like moving a medium-sized city here, but the Supervision Department found out part of it.

But after seeing the document submitted by the Admiralty and approved by His Majesty the Falcon himself, I turned a blind eye.

His Majesty has given permission, and the Ministry of Supervision has no reason to ask for trouble. You must know that in the imperial world, the navy already has a position to compete with the army. Especially at the beginning of the year, the Navy's performance in the Congo-Africa War was very strong. It almost completely surpassed the army that only fought a few battles.

The navy officers were fighting bloody battles at the front, and the Supervision Department was too embarrassed to come out and hold them back!

"Let's go in!" The fat man raised his hand angrily. Riding horses into the civilian area of ​​​​the port, the scene in front of them is even more lively. Several civilian docks have never been deserted, and they are equally busy even in the middle of the night. In the evening when Fatty arrived, it was now the busiest time of the day. You could see densely packed transport ships docking. Dock workers, as dense as ants, pushed large and small cars, unloading goods from the transport ships, and then Additional cargo is moved from the dock warehouse to the cargo ship. The noise was the neighing of mules and horses, and the loaders were constantly shouting and gesturing to each other to avoid accidents.

The fat man looked at the four dock berths near the clock tower. After loading the cargo, the docked transport ships swayed and disappeared into the distant sea without going through the port's inventory. His face looked a little dazed, and he couldn't help but curse. "You bastard Dostelenko! You are just blatantly smuggling!"

"Your Majesty, do you want to inform Lord Dostronkai?" the guard captain who was following him asked cautiously, looking at His Majesty Falcon's face as if he had been defrauded of his pocket money.

"No, Dostelenko is now in charge of the withdrawal in Puntau!" The fat man suppressed the anger in his heart and waved his hand, "Let's go to the Admiralty first and tell that bastard according to the normal procedure that I will be waiting for him in Liad. ! , I want to see how he explains this."

Ptau Regional Port, La Arup

The sunshine is particularly beautiful, like slender lines falling on the tranquil sea, embroidered with a faint golden light as the waves rise and fall. The sunshine falling on everyone's body brings a warm and warm feeling. However, this is only relative to the morning. When noon comes, the sun gradually begins to become stronger. The tallest building in La Arup is undoubtedly the bell tower near the pier. Different from the ordinary bell towers in other ports, the bell tower in Jinling Port is particularly tall. There is a very spacious space inside, enough to accommodate a hundred people.

This is not only the office space for daily dock management personnel, but also a landmark building that guides ships to dock. The bell tower was specially painted, and the air was filled with the strong smell of limewater.

"Ah!" There was a sound of sneezing in a certain room. Imperial Navy Minister Dostelenko touched his itchy nose blankly, and felt a chill coming from behind for no reason. "Today, this is... What's wrong? Why haven't you sent your business agreement yet? I'll be leaving soon, but I don't have much time to linger here."

He said a little anxiously in his heart, walking around in the big office at the top of the bell tower. This office is relatively cooler because the sea breeze blows in continuously. Although the weather is gradually getting hotter, the sea breeze is still very cool. Unfortunately, the sea breeze often changes disorderly and comes and goes.

"Come soon, come soon, we'll be there, we'll be there soon"

Several Strand nobles said with smiling faces. They all felt a little frightened towards the military minister of the Falcon Empire. In early April, the Falcon Empire had signed an agreement on mutual trade with the Strand Sea Kingdom. Agreement, and mutual commitment to protect each other's merchant ship trade within the scope of their control. Based on this, the Strand merchants have obtained the right to enter the northwest sea of ​​Obarro, while the merchants of the Falcon Empire have obtained the right to enter the inland sea. power. As they got to know each other, Strand realized that the Falcon Empire that suddenly rose in the northwest region was the continent that was rumored to be missing. In excitement, the Strant nobles found Durst again. Lun Kai, asked the Falcon Empire to also open up the trading rights of the empire's mainland,

"Your Majesty, your Majesty's order!" At this moment, an Adjutant of the Admiralty came. Dostelenko came in anxiously holding the document. Dostronkai took it and looked at it, his body trembled, he stopped and asked, "Why is His Majesty in Liad? Why is there no news at all before!"

"The ministry is also in a panic. It is said that His Majesty was so furious that he almost lifted the roof of the Admiralty!" The adjutant of the Admiralty said with a bitter face, "Your Majesty seems to have gone to Liad on an impromptu basis, and he was on his way to Liad." Before Yade, he went to the Southwest Territory Governor's Mansion, and it is said that he criticized Master Salon quite severely! "

"Damn it. This is going to be troublesome!" When Dostronkai heard that even Salon, his confidant, was scolding him, his face turned slightly pale and he looked anxiously at the busy dock outside, where more than a dozen ships were docked. Imperial troop transport ship. A large number of soldiers wearing light armor. Carrying heavy backpacks and holding weapons in their hands, they lined up on the transport ship. These were the troops who had not yet completely evacuated during the Ptau War. With the weak move of the Congo Empire to Beijing, it is obvious that it has given up the possibility of military retaliation, and it is obviously unrealistic to continue to garrison tens of thousands of troops in a small place like Putao. And this time, many troops are also adjusting to return home. Fatty specially asked Dostelenko to lead the fleet to bring back the troops stranded in Putau, leaving only a standing guard of 8,000 people.

"How many people have already boarded!" Dostelenko asked.

"There are more than 16,000 people, and there are still 3,000 people to complete," the Adjutant of the Navy replied cautiously. Dostelenko nodded with a heavy face. Thinking of His Majesty Falcon's angry face, the Imperial Navy Admiral couldn't help but feel a little headache. His Majesty Falcon's anger may be coming down this time! His hand holding the letter was shaking a little

"Sir, look at that agreement..." Noble Strand seemed to feel something.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to present it to His Majesty the Emperor for the time being. Next time! Your agreement can be handed over to the administrator of the Empire's Putau area and asked to submit it according to the procedures." Dostelenko said angrily. Waving his hands, these Strand people immediately showed their tendency to act according to the current situation when they felt something was wrong. It was really annoying!

The Strand people left in dejection, leaving Dustelenko alone to think about how to deal with it.

"My lord, a letter for you!" Just when he felt anxious, the adjutant pushed the door in again, holding a letter in his hand and saying with a strange expression.

Dostelenko glanced at the exquisite and gorgeous cover. The smooth and neat cover and the delicate handwriting should have been written by that noble lady. This made him frown slightly, what's going on! When did the majestic Imperial Navy become a courier!

He angrily wanted the adjutant to throw away the letter, but his eyes swept over the adjutant's strange face, and finally he held it back and asked angrily, "Who sent it?"

"A woman who calls herself Turrit Colleen! She said that the Lord will meet her!" the adjutant said with a complicated expression.

"What did you say?" Dostelenko's face was stunned, his eyes brightened slightly, thinking that he had heard wrong, he quickly confirmed again, "What was the name of that woman you said?"

"Turrit Colleen! My lord!" The adjutant was startled by his expression and quickly repeated, "That woman is at the door below!"

"Asshole, idiot, what are you waiting for here! Let Her Royal Highness the Princess come in immediately!" Dostelenko was arranging his collar in a panic and shouted to the adjutant. Suddenly something occurred to him and he shouted "No, I will do it myself." go!"

A gorgeous carriage stopped under the port lighthouse, holding a travel certificate issued by the imperial administrator. Turrit Colleen, wearing a white dress and a veil on her head, stood at the lighthouse. From here, it was just right She could have an unobstructed view of the entire port. Looking at the large transport ships parked in the port, and seeing the murderous soldiers walking onto the transport ships one after another, Turrit Colleen's eyes were filled with a glimmer of light.

She had never interfered with military matters in the first place because Fatty didn't want her to interfere with military affairs.

Next to Turit Corinne, there was a beautiful woman in palace clothes wearing a long black dress. She looked somewhat similar to Turit Corinne. She was watching the evacuation of so many imperial soldiers from Puntau. This was not the case. A small move, which means that the Falcon Empire's strategy for Pu Tao has undergone a huge change.

She couldn't help but become curious. What kind of important figure is the person my little sister talks about in the Falcon Empire?

If the name Falcon Empire was still unfamiliar before, in the past three months, the name Falcon Empire has shocked too many countries.

Although she was not involved in government affairs, she also heard some news about the northern part of Obaro. The Falcon Army defeated the 500,000-strong army of the Gaul Empire in the north. That was after the Falcon Empire forced Gangfei to move to the capital, which once again shocked the entire Obaro continent.

Even her serious duke, who always disdained to express himself, said that the battle of Gangfei had made it indisputable that the Falcon Empire had entered the ranks of the continent's powerful countries. The defeat of Gaul again proved that the Falcon Empire was on the throne of the overlord of the northern region of Obaro! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature. The novels are better and updated faster!