Realm of Power

The cold winter sea breeze blew on the face of Special Envoy Paput. After learning that he was the special envoy from the Kingdom of Papute, the carriage was quickly put into Rilang City. At the same time, the news of the arrival of Special Envoy Papute was quickly reported to the station. On the streets of Rilang City, Paput's special envoy Kudirul saw that except for the sails of the imperial warships that were scattered like clouds at the port, there was almost no big difference.

There was no sign of the Imperial Army advancing in depth, and martial law was not even implemented on the streets. Although most of the people coming and going were Imperial soldiers, it didn't look like the Imperial Army had arrived as reported by the outside world. The ground was scraped three feet apart, and not a single blade of grass grew. On the contrary, I saw a notice posted at the street entrance that clearly stated that any act of robbing citizens would be punished. Being turned away to the inspection team, the special envoy secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was easy to talk about anything. It was just a Rilang city. If the Falcon Empire wanted it, just take it. It was dozens of miles away from the coast in the north of Paput. It can also be ceded, as long as the empire does not advance into the interior, and as long as the chaos in the south stabilizes, the Paput Kingdom still has a chance to take back these places! In fact, those southern countries may not take Papt seriously. Thinking of this, Kudirul felt a little pale in his face, but he was dark, so he couldn't see it. The most important thing now is to stabilize the empire. , that’s all it can do

Soon, he saw an imperial general riding over from a distance with a few followers. The general looked ferocious, had a bald head, and was even blind in one eye. He was wearing a sleeveless chainmail armor, which was right next door. Looking very far away, the opponent's aura like a beast emerging from the cage also made Kudirul feel secretly frightened. They said that the soldiers of the Falcon Empire were the most terrifying warriors in the continent. It seemed that it was really not nonsense. He didn't know He didn't know who this imperial general was, but his instinct told him that this person was very dangerous, especially when the other person's eyes fell on him, and the pressure was like facing a sharp blade, which made him realize that this person was very dangerous. He is undoubtedly a battle-hardened warrior. "I am the special envoy of the Paput Kingdom, and I request to meet His Majesty the Emperor!" "A mere envoy from a second-rate kingdom. What qualifications do you have to meet His Majesty the Emperor!"

Salon reined in his horse and stopped a few meters in front of the Paput envoy. He looked him up and down and smiled coldly. "If you are here to negotiate, then get back immediately. To tell you the truth, the Paput Kingdom has no authorization." The detention of Imperial Bank personnel made His Majesty the Emperor quite indignant. I have never seen anyone as bold as you, Paput, who dared to touch Imperial Bank personnel. He knew Imperial Bank. Who is the boss? ""That was just a misunderstanding. After learning about the situation, our country immediately released all the people from the Imperial Bank and severely punished the officials involved." Kudirul's face turned slightly pale, and there was redness on his forehead. The sweatdrops came out, the Empire went to war against Paput because of the Imperial Bank. Paput immediately sent people to understand the background of the Imperial Bank, and the resulting report almost made the entire King Paput explode.

The background of the Imperial Bank is so great that its front person is actually Sokutus Stellan, who is known as the queen in the northern business community of the mainland. Not many people in the south knew this name before, but now who doesn’t know that in the past few months, with the wealth But the enemy's abundant funds swept through the southern economy. Her name is Sokutus Stellan. That woman now controls 30% of the chambers of commerce in the south. Such power is enough to launch an economic war against any southern country. Moreover, this woman is just a businessman, but she has The background of the disgusting imperial side. It seems that the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Army can be mobilized, and they once controlled the largest business organization in the entire continent, the Business Alliance.

After finding out that this woman was behind the Imperial Bank, the Paput Kingdom knew that it was in trouble. The energy of this woman was definitely not something that a second-rate Paput Kingdom could provoke.

"Are you telling the truth?" Salon deliberately pretended to be surprised, as if he just found out. In fact, every move in the Paput Kingdom has been under the surveillance of imperial spies. It is true that the detained persons were released, but when it comes to severe punishment, that is nonsense. The prime minister in black who led this matter did nothing at all. He just arrested a police officer and removed him from office.

"I haven't asked you for your name yet." Kudirul saw that this imperial general was quite easy to talk to, and he quickly asked cautiously. In his opinion, the identity of the one-eyed general in front of him should not be simple. If he can come forward to coordinate, then he will It couldn't be better!

"My name is Salon, and I am the governor of the southwest region of the Falcon Empire. To be honest, I also think your country may have had a misunderstanding. If I hadn't urged your majesty not to advance for the time being, do you think there would still be a chance to come to Rilang City? From It will only take less than a week for Rilang City to reach the capital of Papute!" Salon grinned stupidly. Smiling, his face that was about to accuse him just now was gone, and instead he showed a bit of pity. Salon believed that his years of hanging around in the Southwest District were not in vain, and his level of deception and abduction had reached the level of proficiency. Others don't know that the boss of the Imperial Bank is His Majesty Falcon. How could he not know as the emperor's confidant? Since His Majesty the Emperor wants to take this opportunity to bring the Imperial Bank to the forefront, he, as his confidant, will naturally spare no effort.

"My lord is the one-eyed dragon general Saron!"

When Kudirul heard Salon's name, he took a breath of air and almost lost his voice. The corners of his eyebrows twitched. It felt like being bitten by a poisonous snake. Why didn't he expect that the one-eyed imperial general could not Is he the one-eyed dragon general Salon? This man is also famous in the south. He is the number one murderer under the emperor of the Falcon Empire. I heard that the heads of Gauls killed in the northern Gaul region are rolling. To the point of making a child stop crying, he was even given an important task by the Falcon Emperor, sitting in the most prosperous southwest region of the empire. If one were to rank the powerful ministers of the northern Falcon Empire, Salon's entire name would definitely appear in the top three. Column, the Falcon Emperor unexpectedly transferred this murderous military general. Kudirul felt a little dizzy. As for what Salon said later, he didn't hear clearly.

"If Lord Salon can help me meet His Majesty Falcon, our country will not treat you badly!": After knowing that the imperial general in front of him was Salon, one of the important generals of the empire, Kudirul thought like a drowning man. To grasp the last straw, Salon has arrived, and the empire has The army's butcher knife may be raised at any time. If he still cannot see the Falcon Emperor, then the entire Paput will face a catastrophe. Once the Falcon Emperor's elite war army, known as the number one in the continent, begins to advance towards the inner continent , at most one week, King Papute will be approaching the city!

"Is there any benefit? Haha, okay, for the sake of your sincerity, I will tell you a way to see His Majesty quickly." Salon smiled at the corner of his mouth. He was sent by the fat man to scare the Paputs. Of course he knew that in order to completely publicize the Imperial Bank in the south, it would be much more effective if Paput took the initiative to help than having a knife held to his neck by the empire.

"Sir, please tell me!" Kudirul showed a touch of joy on his face, and he was so excited that he couldn't help himself. His luck was so good that he actually impressed Salon. Salon was a confidant of the Falcon Emperor, and the news revealed was inevitable. You can let yourself meet the Emperor of the Falcon Empire

"Since you have investigated the Imperial Bank, you should know what the Imperial Bank does." Salon waved his hand to the subordinates behind him, making them stop where they were, and then pulled Kudirul to an uninhabited place. . He whispered, "Since you want His Majesty's forgiveness, why not start with the Imperial Bank!"

"The Imperial Bank did it?" Kudirul was stunned for a moment. The Paput Kingdom did investigate the Imperial Bank afterwards and learned that the Imperial Bank's main business was to provide loans to the royal family and ministers.

"You mean our country takes the initiative to ask for a loan?" At this moment, Salon said this, Kudirul couldn't help but shuddered. Yes, why didn't he think of it? The Falcon Empire was going to treat Pappu because of the Imperial Bank. If war starts, then the Paput Kingdom proposes a loan from the Imperial Bank. Not only will the Falcon Empire not continue to fight, it may even take the initiative to draw closer to the Paput Kingdom.

As a second-rate kingdom in the south, the Paput Kingdom would even give away its princess in order to rely on the Feize people. You also need to swallow the harsh demands of the Fezer people, and compared to the Falcon Empire, Fezer is completely incomparable!

One is only a southern power, while the other is the first empire that unified the central and northern continents. Now as long as they are willing to borrow money from the Imperial Bank, they can eliminate the catastrophe of this war. It is even possible to form an implicit alliance with the Falcon Empire. Compared with the conditions for Fezer's marriage, this is infinitely better!

Things like loans, which can be repaid when you have the money and delayed when you don't have the money, have no big impact on the royal family and nobles, and it is also explained in the Imperial Bank business.

Loans can be mortgaged with taxes and land and minerals. If you mortgage part of your power, you can also receive a large amount of money. It is ten thousand times better than being wiped out by others!

After thinking about this, Kudirul burst into tears of gratitude. He felt deeply that the rumors from the outside world were too unreliable. How could such a thoughtful and considerate figure like the One-Eyed Dragon be rumored to be an arrogant and murderous general?

"I knew you were a smart person!" Salon achieved his goal, patted Kudirul's shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "That's all I can help you. The army should be out in three days. Whether you can turn the tide or not depends on you.”

Hearing that there were only three days left, Kudilul still dared to delay, so he immediately sent a subordinate to rush back to the royal capital as quickly as possible and reported the method. On the third day, the anxious Kudilul I saw my subordinates who had rushed back from the royal capital. Their dusty faces didn’t even have time to clean. , immediately took out a document from his arms and handed it to Kudirul, panting, "Sir, Your Majesty has agreed. The kingdom is willing to use the kingdom's ten years of tax revenue as collateral to loan five million gold coins to the Falcon Empire! At the same time, as long as The minerals and ports that the Falcon Empire is interested in can be mortgaged."

"What!" Even though he was mentally prepared, Kudirul was also shocked by the news. The kingdom's tax revenue for ten years was definitely more than five million gold coins. At first, he only thought that he might agree to mortgage the port, but His Majesty the King even did not even pay for the national minerals. I also agreed to the mortgage.

You know, the Paput Kingdom is a highland kingdom with rich mineral resources. It is a famous large mining area in the south. Therefore, the kingdom has always strictly controlled the minerals, especially the stone iron ore that is a specialty of the Paput Kingdom. The precious material used to forge the sharp Aden scimitar,

But even this, the king actually agreed to use it as a mortgage.

Crazy, all crazy! , Kudiruel was afraid that his subordinates might have miscommunicated, so he quickly took the authorization document from his subordinates, and took a breath of cold air when he glanced at it.

Yes, this is definitely a genuine authorization document.

The seal of King Luce II was clearly on it, and there were also a series of seals from the Royal Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance, which showed that this document was approved by both the military and the finance. Kudiruel was tangled in his heart.

If the loan was initially proposed to eliminate the war, but now he felt a huge sense of crisis, why! Why would the king propose such a loan plan? A loan of five million, and various mortgages, I'm afraid it's more than seven or eight million.

What does the king need so much money for? And in this document, what's the matter with the request to use part of the funds to purchase up to 30,000 pairs of infantry suits from the Falcon Empire?

Kudiruel didn't think that the Kingdom of Papt had more confidence to fight against the Falcon Empire because of the additional 30,000 infantry.

30,000 was nothing. The 700,000 southern coalition forces couldn't stop the massacre of the empire!

As long as His Majesty was still a little bit normal, he would never have such an idea! In other words, these 30,000 sets of infantry equipment were used for other purposes!

"Tell me, what's going on?" Kudiruel looked at his subordinates who had been running for a day and a night with a sharp gaze. He felt that something must have happened in the capital during the time he was away!

"Your Majesty immediately convened a meeting after receiving the report from the adults. I heard that at the meeting, the Military Affairs Department proposed a war against the Kingdom of Risri. That's all I know!" The subordinate lowered his head with an ugly face. After listening to his words, Kudiruer was silent.

It is obvious that because he suddenly felt that he might get a huge sum of money, the ambition of King Lusi II of Papt, which had been stranded due to financial difficulties, suddenly expanded. In order to annex the Kingdom of Risri, he did not hesitate to send his daughter to win over the Fezer people.

And this time, only some insignificant taxes can be pressed to get a large amount of funds in a short period of time, while the Fezer side is unable to take care of a small vassal state because of the imperial navy's pressure. This is exactly the best opportunity that the Kingdom of Papt has been looking forward to. Now the Kingdom of Papt is ambitious because of the huge sum of money that may be obtained!

Just thinking that this deal was proposed by himself, Kudiruer felt that he should not have come! (To be continued.)