Realm of Power

Under the winter snow, the southern coast of Congo was far less cold than the northern region under the influence of ocean air currents. The head of the Burrows family, Burrows Cady, had just sent away a chilling guest and looked at the omen that represented an ominous sign. The carriage disappeared into the distance, Boroskedi turned around and immediately had a secret letter sent to Puntau.

The visitor is the foreign affairs officer of the Kingdom of Rila. The Burrows family has established a country. The name of the country is the original family name of Feiya. The principality of Feiya, although the entire principality covers an area of ​​less than one hundred square miles, with three small cities and one port. There are more than a dozen scattered villages, always It has a population of less than 100,000, but after all, it can be regarded as possessing an independent territory. On this, Burrowskedi is still very satisfied with the credibility of the Falcon Empire. The Kingdom of Rila, one of the powerful Barro countries in Central Europe, came to visit. Ross Cady also attaches great importance to it.

This is the first foreign affairs officer from another country that the principality has welcomed since its establishment. However, during the conversation, this foreign affairs officer from the Kingdom of Rilla made a clumsy attempt to provoke the relationship between the Principality of Feiya and the Falcon Empire, which made the shrewd fox like a fox. Burroskedi smelled the smell, and at the end, the foreign affairs officer of the Kingdom of Rila clearly said

"As long as the Principality of Feiya stands up and accuses the Falcon Empire of violent suppression of itself, then the entire Central European Barrow Alliance will support the situation of the Principality of Feiya."

"Give support to the Principality of Feiya?" Hearing this, Burroskedi shuddered, a chill flashed in his eyes, and the initial enthusiasm on his face suddenly disappeared, and he turned coldly to the special envoy of the Rila Kingdom. He smiled coldly, "Your Excellency, you are joking. Do you want the Principality of Feiya to be the first to stand up against the Falcon Empire? No matter how stupid our Burrows family is, we know that, if not With the support of the Falcon Empire, the one who most wants to destroy the Principality of Feiya is probably the Barrow Kingdom of Central Europe led by the Kingdom of Rilla. As for support, let King Rilla ask himself, if it goes back a thousand years. Years later, the entire Central European Barrow belongs to our Feiya Dynasty. If you support it, please stand up and support our Feiya Dynasty’s power over Central European Barrow!”

"Grand Duke, this is too much of a joke!" The special envoy of Ruila Kingdom heard this. His face was twitching, he was a has-been wealthy family. I don’t know how many people still remember this thousand-year-old dynasty. I’ve given you a huge favor by deigning to come here. To talk about the Feiya Dynasty is really shameless!

The special envoy felt that staying any longer would be a loss of status. So Leng Ran said, "The Feiya Dynasty was indeed strong for a while, but after all, a thousand years have passed. I can only say that if the Grand Duke can stand on the side of the Alliance and the Alliance defeats the Falcon Empire, then the Principality will have the possibility to survive." , otherwise, the principality will wait to be destroyed together with that arrogant Vecian Falcon!"

Ruila's foreign envoy stood up with a cold face and walked onto the carriage parked outside without wanting to stop for a moment.

He had no interest in persuading this small principality, and his current focus was on Gang Fei, who had a lot of resentment against the Falcon Empire. As long as Gang Fei's affairs were successful. The situation in Barrow in Central Europe will undergo earth-shaking changes. As for the so-called Principality of Feiya, it is just dispensable. If it succeeds, it can make the Falcon Empire's evil deeds more serious, even if it fails. It has also become a general trend, the Falcon Empire's brutality and the assassination of the main ministers of the vassal countries. It is enough to arouse the anger of the Barrow people throughout Central Europe. When the time comes, the Kingdom of Rila will raise its arms and have countless followers. . . . . .

The special envoy of the Rila Kingdom had a smile on his lips, looking through the car window at the vast snow-covered land outside, imagining the grand scene of the Rila Kingdom being crowned the Rila Empire. The carriage was driving in the mountains of southern Congo. Logically speaking, Said it should be bumpy, but the road was unexpected The leveling is due to tens of thousands of coalition prisoners. In the battle in the Southern Great Lakes region, nearly one-half of the coalition forces surrendered under the siege of the Falcon Empire. Naturally, the generals had their own countries to redeem them with money, and the soldiers What a tragedy. The Falcon Empire gathered them together to build roads as usual.

It took less than two months to build a wide road across the complex mountainous area in southern Congo. With this convenient transportation line and the dense water network in the southern Great Lakes area, Port goods on the entire southern coast are continuously transported to the hinterland of Central Europe, which also connects the southern region of Congo with the Putau region controlled by the Falcon Empire. From the Ptau region, there are two routes, land and sea, that can directly reach the Imperial Navy. exist At the military port established at the southern coast port, the carriage drove into a market in front. The market was bustling with people. Various vendors selling goods were placed along the road. Looking at the scene of Fan Hu outside, this Rila Kingdom The special envoy's face turned gloomy. He could see that the people doing business outside were all Gangfei people. These Gangfei people actually had smiles on their faces. I wonder if, as slaves of the subjugated country, these Gangfei people had no shame at all. Have you lost your heart?

"Stop!" Special Envoy Rila knocked on the back of the carriage to ask the driver in front to stop. The carriage quickly stopped. Envoy Rila got off the carriage and walked directly to a tavern in front. This is Rila At a handover point in the kingdom, the host is a former employee of the Intelligence Department of the Confederate Empire. The Confederate Empire suddenly collapsed, and qualified intelligence personnel can also get some settlement allowance. Only a few people know about this, and even a few files are unknown. remember The dark spots that were not even recorded were left to fend for themselves. The person in charge of all the dark spots found the Rila Kingdom. The two hit it off and the Rila Kingdom easily took over more than a dozen important dark spots. , the tavern owner in front of me looks inconspicuous, but he is actually one of the intelligence leaders in the southern region of Congo. This place is located in the southern part of Congo. It is the connecting hub of the Sanchakou between the central part of Congo and the Putao region. It is also the most well-informed area. ,

Sure enough, as soon as he opened the door, he heard various sounds coming towards him. "Have you heard? The national traitor is dead!" A low voice of discussion passed into his ears, which made his eyes light up. Several mercenaries leaning against the window of the tavern were talking. Because this place no longer belongs to the Gangfei Empire, these mercenaries, who were obviously from the Gangfei Kingdom, were talking very loudly. The people around them seemed a bit dull. I stood up with my ears pricked up,

"National traitor? Do you mean Imperial Minister Marcos?" A companion opposite the mercenary asked curiously

"Empire? There has been no empire for a long time. Now it's Marcos, the national thief!" The voice was made by a middle-aged mercenary wearing hemp studded armor and said through gritted teeth.

"Yes. That's this national traitor. If it weren't for him, how could we former emperors be reduced to mercenaries! The border guards of more than 100,000 people were disbanded as soon as they were told to disband, and there were no scars left on their bodies. Brothers who have shed a single tear cried when they heard the disbandment order!" Another more mature mercenary picked up the wine glass and took a sip, making the glass squeak in his hand. The waitress next to her turned pale, and Special Envoy Rilla looked at the tavern owner with bubble eyes. The tavern owner very smartly walked towards the mercenary's building with a large barrel of rye beer.

"Come, in order to bring you such good news, this barrel is my invitation." The large barrel of rye beer in the hands of the tavern owner contains three or four kilograms. He placed it heavily on the table, and the white foam on it swayed, which made several mercenaries' eyes widen. Several mercenaries expressed their gratitude to the boss, and the tavern owner took advantage of the situation and asked, "I don't know who is so heroic, and can actually do this?" To eradicate that national traitor, I heard that the national traitor leads hundreds of guards every day."

"He is not a hero. Speaking of which, the national thief deserved it. The one who eradicated him was the Ivy Army he formed by himself!" The mercenary took a sip of rye beer, regained his energy, and said in a showy way, "Ivy Army" Wasn’t it established by the national traitor himself? Why did he want to be killed?” someone among the drinkers asked.

"It's true that the Ivy Army was founded by the national thieves themselves. But most of the officers inside have been bribed by the Falcon Empire!" The half-drunk mercenary's voice suddenly became louder, and he glanced at him with some complacency. Everyone showed a look of astonishment, and said with a very proud smile, "What, you are all stupid! If it weren't for these Ivy officers who revealed the Falcon Emperor's infantry crossbow when they stormed the palace. No one would have thought of these hot-blooded young officers. actually Although they were all from the Falcon Empire, you didn't see it. Many people died in the palace that day. Even the ground was stained red with human blood, and your feet slipped when you stepped on it. They said that the Ivy Army rushed directly to the palace. Originally, The one who wanted to kill the little emperor was the one the Falcon Empire had always wanted to get rid of, but the emperor had someone to protect him. Since he couldn't find it, the Ivy Army conveniently killed the national thief who entered the palace, although he was wrong! ”

"I can't believe that it was the Falcon Empire that killed Marcos, a national thief!"

Some people among the drinkers sighed, and they were all from Gangfei. Everyone hated the culprit who made the Gangfei Empire move to the capital twice within a year, which eventually led to his vitality being severely damaged and being swallowed up by the Falcon Empire and the Istan people. Of course everyone was excited to hear that the culprit was eradicated, but when they heard that it was the Falcon Empire who had done it, they suddenly felt discouraged. Is it true that there is not even a passionate man who dares to eradicate this traitor? ? Three thousand miles of land and tens of millions of people were completely defeated by the Falcon Empire in just two years.

It is far-fetched to say that the main responsibility lies with the national thief Marcos. The disastrous defeats of the Imperial people in several major battles were the main reason why the Empire had to choose humiliation and concession again and again. The main reason is that Falcon Empire is so powerful! Thinking of this, the people in the tavern fell silent.

"It seems to have been successful!"

Special Envoy Rilla walked out of the tavern with satisfaction, glanced at the noisy market in front of him, and frowned slightly. There was no feeling of joy in his heart. Only by being in this empire can you know how powerful this empire is. Not to mention those things. It's so murderous that people dare not look directly at it. The Imperial people, even the local merchants from the Falcon Empire, are much better than the merchants from Gangfei. While the merchants from Gangfei are still cautiously trading between the two places for hundreds of miles, the merchants from the Falcon Empire have already Use the entire Oubaluo Continent business network as your huge battlefield! Countless huge merchant fleets galloped in the inland sea like fleets, and the transportation fleets like ants moving mountains increased the prosperity of the entire region several times. Even taking this market as an example, during the period of Congo Empire control, this place was It's just a small stronghold with a hundred people stationed there, and it imposes heavy taxes on passing caravans.

But now, all the numerous strongholds and checkpoints in the southern part of Congo have long since been cancelled, and caravans can pass through without any hindrance. More than 3,000 outsiders have formed a small town on this fork in the road where the three sides meet, and here, This is just the tip of the iceberg of the influence of this huge empire on southern Congo. There are mountains of goods piled up in the ports on the southern coast, and a business gathering area has rapidly expanded with the port as the center. The entire trade market in southern Congo was like a drop of water falling into boiling oil. The fresh oil was boiling, and the huge explosive force caused a commotion everywhere. It's like a super-large grocery trading center covering hundreds of miles was spontaneously built overnight.

Will the success of the Gangfei Incident really have such a big impact?

Envoy Rilla was a little shaken. At least in the tavern just now, he found that most of the Confederates hated Marcos from the bottom of their hearts, but they rarely complained about the Falcon Empire that enslaved them! Shouldn't he show an expression of extreme resentment and loudly protest? Although the person who died was the hated national thief Marcos, as mentioned before, the main reason for going to the palace was to kill the emperor! These Gangfei people directly ignored this point. Not even a hint! How infuriating!

Special Envoy Rilla walked into the carriage a little depressed and looked out the window. I feel that the impact of the Congolese Incident on southern Congo was not as great as expected. These Congolese people did not show indignation after hearing the news, nor did they show an attitude of violently resisting the Falcon Empire. This is disappointing. It’s unclear how many variables the puzzling emotions will bring to the kingdom’s plans.

In the Puntau area controlled by the Falcon Empire. Varisien was walking back and forth in the office a little anxiously. In front of him stood the Lisbon Guard Officer Conde. This forty-year-old Lisbon Guard Officer was a pure Lisbon native, bald, with only a bush on the outer circle. With brown hair, it looks like a half-moon island surrounded by sea water. The Lisbon guard officer's eyes are a bit larger and smaller, and he looks full of funny, just based on his appearance. No one would have thought that this Kant was once an important figure in Pu Tao Glory, nicknamed Viper, and he was shrewd and capable. The methods are ruthless,

Because his wife and son died in the war when the African Army invaded Ptau, he joined the Ptau Glorious Organization full of revenge. With his meticulous organizational planning ability, he was appreciated by the Burrows family. The Burrows family went south to establish a country and took some of them with them. Member of Putao Glory. There were also some people who missed their homeland and did not follow. Among them was this think tank who was ranked among the top three in Pu Tao Glory. Because he was disheartened by Putao Rongguang, Kant returned to Lisbon to live in seclusion. Varisien, who had once entered the top management of Putao Rongguang, certainly knew the value of this think tank.

Varisien became the governor of the southern Congo and Putau regions. As the rear base camp, Lisbonto needed a capable person to guard it.

Varisien found him. After hearing Varisian asked him to help suppress Gangfei, Kant immediately agreed to serve as Lisbonto's guard officer. As soon as he took office, he launched thunderous means to uproot Lisbonto's smuggling lair. More than 170 smugglers were executed in succession within a month, which greatly shocked the smugglers and made the country that was once the smuggling stronghold There are no more smugglers in Lisbonto. They are hated by smugglers and are called "bloodthirsty vipers". This has reached the point where smugglers are frightened. The smugglers do not know that the smuggling routes of Putou Rongguang, which dominated smuggling in the past, As well as the development plan, it was originally drawn up by this viper, so when it was destroyed, it was just like pulling it up one by one.

"Kant, tell me, Marcos was assassinated. The Barrow countries in Central Europe will form an investigation team to go to Congo. What should I do?" Varisien looked at Kant with a heavy face. Marcos, an important minister of Congo, was assassinated in the palace. He died. The Gangfei Qingteng Army was declared a rebel because of the attack on the palace. At the same time, news came out that the captured rebel officer was handed over to the police. Wait, they assassinated Marcos completely in compliance with the instructions from the Falcon Empire, the sovereign state of Congo. When the news came out, the entire Central European Barrow was in an uproar. There were already countries clamoring to form a special investigation team to go to Congo to investigate the matter. As The Falcon Empire specializes in suppressing Gang Fei's front-line general. You can imagine the pressure on him.

"It has been three days since the Gangfei Incident, and the empire seems to have made no comment! In fact, shouldn't the matter of allowing the investigation team to enter the country be left to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for negotiation?" Kant's mouth was slightly grinned, his eyes were a little gloomy, and his appearance was sinister. That kind of thing, now it looks more like a black shadow

"Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Those guys took cover long ago when they saw that the limelight was not right!"

Varisien was a little dumbfounded because it was an important area for the empire to enter the inland sea. The Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs had a branch in Lisbon. The status of such a branch was equivalent to half of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition to being able to deliver foreign affairs documents, it was also like the Southwest District. Like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it can modify some of its powers The foreign affairs department inside responded. Varisien went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but the answer he got was that the person in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was seriously ill and in a coma. Varisien smashed the table on the spot. I only saw that guy following him in the morning. We went to the theater with the special envoy of the Principality of Ravalli, and he fell seriously ill and fell into a coma in the afternoon? "

"I just saw it when I was watching the show. I didn't know what was going on. As I was watching, he suddenly fell down, his mouth was full of white foam, and he didn't know what was going on!"

The official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who was responsible for the reception was covered in sweat. Varisien was a military officer, an important general in the Imperial Army, and a powerful governor. Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had become somewhat stronger since Princess Turrit took charge, it was still far away. It's still a long way from colliding with such a major military general.

In fact, everyone knows why the person in charge suddenly fainted.

Not only was Marcos, the most important minister, assassinated, but the suspect also bluntly said that he was ordered by the empire. You can think of it with your feet. Either the other party deliberately framed the incident, or it was the handiwork of the imperial side. The most likely thing was that His Majesty directly In the back, if the investigation team is allowed to pass through the areas under the jurisdiction of the empire and enter Gangfei, then Later, he was framed at will. Once His Majesty Falcon pursues the investigation, he will become the laughing stock of the entire empire. However, if coercive measures are taken to prevent the investigation team from entering, it will definitely make the empire's situation even more embarrassing. Then he will also be reprimanded by His Majesty Falcon. As the head of a small foreign affairs department, I really can’t handle it! This kind of thing should give the imperial side a headache.

"Since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is silent, we can only look at the direction of the wind!" Kant's eyes flickered and he took a deep breath and said.

"Look at the direction of the wind?" Varisien was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Kant meant by this sentence.

"Why have you forgotten, sir? If the Barrow countries in Central Europe want to enter Gangfei, they must pass through the empire's land, but the first one to enter is not our jurisdiction! It's the one from the north!" Kant looked at it Varisien, who was stunned, had already pointed out, "If the other party agrees, we will naturally agree. We are all Imperial people. We can't stop our own people. If the other party refuses, nothing will happen to us!"

"That's what I'm afraid of. You don't know. If it's the one from the north, I'm afraid he will let the other party's investigation team in first and then kill them all!" Varisian's mouth was full of bitterness as he explained, "Uncle Lante Bonnie is a woman who has never been a good person. Her ability to betray her trust and turn against her at any moment is truly passed down by His Majesty. She is definitely the type who will never admit it after killing someone!"

Kant's face looked as if he had been slapped. A woman who could be praised by Lord Varisien, the Falcon Empire's general, was so strong that he could hold back for several seconds before he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In that case, sir." Is there anything else that needs to be considered? Just assemble the troops and start the war!”

At the headquarters of the Central-European-Pakistani Alliance located in the Poplar Province of the Kingdom of Rila, a royal servant in bright clothes was holding a document in his hand and excitedly pushing open the door of the conference room, where an alliance meeting was being held.

The kings from the seven major countries of the Barrow Alliance in Central Europe were pointing at a map and talking about something. Naturally, King Ruila was also inside. When he saw the servant entering the conference room, everyone stopped talking. Ruila King La waved his hand to the servant and said displeasedly, "What's going on? Have you forgotten even the most basic etiquette?"

"Your Majesty," the servant shivered in fright, and quickly raised the letter in his hand and said, "The Falcon Empire agrees. The other party agrees that we will send an investigation team!"

"What? How is it possible!" King Ruila's face was full of astonishment, and several other kings also had expressions of disbelief! King Ruila was the first to react and smiled bitterly at the other kings. "Everyone, it seems that we all overestimate each other's IQ. In this case, let's discuss the personnel of the investigation team. It is best to have the more distinguished ones." The better, so that people in Gangfei can feel confident! "(To be continued)