Realm of Power

The sun is setting in the west, and the golden sunlight shines from the distant ridge, turning the land in front of you into a golden color.

Zheng Zhi did not expect that what he was waiting for would be such a shocking result. Just when he was beginning to despair, the flow of people on the street suddenly began to disperse, and he saw only a team of cavalry wearing armor and riding horses, Slowly coming from the street in front, the cavalry armors shone in the setting sun, looking full of sacred atmosphere, especially the red cavalry cloaks trembling in the wind, like flames, attracting people on both sides of the road. few eyes,

In the middle of the cavalry was a black carriage with no obvious markings on it, but the flow of people on both sides of the street was enough to prove the identity of the person inside. The extraordinary carriage was parked at the entrance of the Imperial Bank branch. A Chinese Biya The man stepped out of the carriage. It was Sun Hanli who Zheng Zhi had been waiting for.

"It's Lord Sun Hanli!"

The staff member responsible for receiving Zheng Zhi looked stunned and confused. It seemed that he did not know how Sun Hanli could return in such an attitude. After all, Sun Hanli was only the person in charge of a small branch of the Imperial Bank, and he was far from capable. Although there have long been rumors that the most powerful person in the empire is behind the Imperial Bank, this is the first time that it has been so blatantly revealed.

Sun Hanli got off the carriage and walked into the branch door in front of him. His eyes fell on Zheng Zhi who stood up. He walked straight over and put a document in Zheng Zhi's hand. He said with regret on his face, "Your Excellency's loan." The application has been approved, but the amount is different, it is not two thousand imperial gold."

"It's okay, I understand."

Hearing that the loan might not be two thousand imperial gold coins, Zheng Zhi did not show any surprise. In fact, if he could really borrow two thousand imperial gold coins, it would be fantastic. He is a little-known person, and he doesn't have any money. As for the property that can be mortgaged, Imperial Bank does not regard itself as a liar. It is already a huge honor to lend money to itself.

When saying this, Zheng Zhi glanced at the imperial cavalry behind Sun Hanli.

"Don't get me wrong, these are not the imperial army, but our Imperial Bank's own cavalry guards. One of their responsibilities is to protect the transportation of heavy gold." Sun Hanli smiled at the corner of his mouth, shrugged his shoulders and explained, "You may not know, we The Imperial Bank uses its own escort team. After all, most of the time it requires force to be escorted. If it doesn't even have its own guards, how can the Imperial Bank carry out its loan business?"

"I see!"

The corners of Zheng Zhi's eyes slightly raised, revealing a hint of relief. It is not surprising that an institution like the Imperial Bank, which specializes in lending, has its own private armed forces. Two thousand imperial gold coins can indeed be considered a lot of money. The Imperial Bank sent out a team similar to hired guards. "It's reasonable to be escorted." Who knew that under his eyes, the person opposite Sun Hanli shook his head and looked very angry and said, "It's only two thousand imperial gold coins, which is not enough to send out a escort. Frankly speaking, the money the empire promised to lend you this time is definitely more than you imagined." , the number is this..." Sun Hanli raised a finger pretending to be mysterious, Zheng Zhi was stunned for a moment.

"You mean the money that the Imperial Bank promised to lend me is 10,000 imperial gold coins!" Zheng Zhi was so shocked that his body was shaking, his eyes were straight, and he almost fainted. Sun Hanli said that the amount was more than he imagined, so this Does it mean not one thousand gold coins, but ten thousand imperial gold coins?

How is this possible!

Looking at Sun Hanli's finger, Zheng Zhi breathed rapidly, his face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but look at the black carriage again. This time, the feeling was completely different.

What kind of carriage is this? This is a gold coin.

In his eyes, the entire carriage was full of boxes of gold coins, which was a full 10,000 empire gold coins. In total, there were only three or four large boxes. It was not surprising that Sun Hanli came back in a carriage! Because it is impossible to move it, 10,000 empire gold. If the Imperial Bank really lends itself 10,000 empire gold, then the Zheng family will be saved from desperation this time!

"Master Sun Hanli, are you sure you are not fooling us!" Zheng Zhi looked at Sun Hanli with hot eyes, "Ahem, the amount of money I lent you this time is indeed very large." Sun Hanli coughed dryly with an embarrassed expression. "But because of the amount, It’s too big, so the Imperial Bank sent escort cavalry to accompany you back to Longchang Port. Their duty is to protect the safety of the Imperial property. As a borrower, you are also protected.

"Sir, are you saying that these guards will also go to Longchang Port with us?"

These imperial bank guards also had to follow him to Longchang Port, which made Zheng Zhi frown slightly and feel a little uneasy.

You must know that even the Wu family, which dominates the sky in Longchang Port, only has twenty or thirty guard thugs. And these so-called Imperial Bank guards in front of them, although they are not regular soldiers, can clearly feel that they are all bodyguards. Soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles can casually send out such a team of guards. You can only imagine how terrifying the Imperial Bank's background is!

Who can guarantee that the Imperial Bank will not deliberately use loans as bait, but in the end it will swallow up the entire Zheng family?

Most of these pie-in-the-sky good things are horrifying traps. The Imperial Bank is helping itself in this way. It would be deceiving itself to say that it has no ambition.

Sun Hanli saw Zheng Zhi's look in his eyes and knew that the other party would definitely have such thoughts. He said in a serious tone, "The amount given by the Imperial Bank this time is really too large. It is also for your own good that I don't tell you, because once the news is leaked, only I'm afraid that even if you can return to Longchang Port, the Zheng family will be killed overnight! People die for money and birds die for food. As for these guards, their duty is only to protect them! The property of the Imperial Bank will not be infringed upon, and it will not interfere with the Zheng family."

"That being said, how much is the Imperial Bank willing to lend us this time? If you don't tell us, we won't want anything else!" Zheng Long behind Zheng Zhi couldn't help but said loudly, the young man is full of blood, unlike Zheng Zhi That was too cliché. Sun Hanli raised a finger in front of him. Like Zheng Zhi, he thought it was ten thousand and couldn't help but get excited. A handful, but now it seems that it is not that simple. Although ten thousand gold coins is a lot, there is no need to send such an almost military escort to accompany them. Now that I hear that the safety of the Zheng family may be endangered, I can't help it. After retreating, even if they are persecuted by the Wu family this time, at least the Zheng family's luck will be greatly damaged and there is no danger of the family being wiped out. "In that case, it's okay to tell you." Seeing that both of the Zheng family were shaken, Sun Hanli gritted his teeth and said, "The one accompanying you to Longchang is a full one million imperial gold coins!"

"One... one million imperial gold coins!" Zheng Zhi opened his mouth, and his whole head was confused. One million imperial gold coins, this is the sum of all the high-ranking officials in Longchang. It may be that this kind of financial resources , are you planning to buy all of Longchang? "

"Don't overthink it!"

Sun Hanli glanced at the sunset in the distance solemnly, and waved to the cavalry guard outside the door. One of the cavalry guards got off the horse, took out a document and handed it to Sun Hanli. Sun Hanli glanced at it and handed it to Zheng Zhi. He said, "Take this. This is Princess Mingyue's handwriting. It is also the identity certificate of your Cai family. The Imperial Bank's fleet is already waiting at the port. These hundred Of the 10,000 gold coins, 100,000 are lent to your Cai family. The remaining 900,000 will be managed by someone who will go back with you. Also, from now on, until you repay the loan, your Cai family will The private businessman of Princess Mingyue, the eldest princess of China, must not reveal anything about the Imperial Bank, and must insist that all the money belongs to Her Royal Highness Princess Mingyue."

"This is a certificate written by Princess Mingyue herself!"

Zheng Zhi glanced at the document with confused eyes, and finally saw Princess Mingyue's clear sign at the signature. The hand holding the document almost fell to the ground in fright. Those delicate and elegant handwriting undoubtedly showed that the other party was a woman who was listening. When Sun Hanli said that this might be the handwriting of Princess Mingyue, Zheng Zhi's eyes were bulging, and the only sound left in his mouth was the sound of breathing.

Princess Mingyue is a household name in Central Asia. The identity of the eldest princess of the royal family is directly above the family rank. The so-called private merchants are actually dedicated merchants, which can be regarded as a kind of retainers. The reason why the Longchang Wu family can be in Longchang Port Covering the sky with one hand, he relies on his status as a second-rank private businessman in the court. Compared with Princess Mingyue, the dignified eldest princess of the Biya royal family, she is nothing! If this is really the handwriting of Princess Mingyue, it is something extraordinary. Before the loan is repaid, it is the condition of Princess Mingyue's private businessman. It is simply a thick leg falling from the sky, and it is taller than everyone else. The kind that looks thick,

Zheng and Zhi got on the carriage and headed straight to the port. As expected, there were already six large transport ships flying silver-white falcon flags at the port. It's conspicuous, but if you go to the Obaro region, the silver-white falcon flag is enough to give many countries the green light. The logo, that is the logo of the Imperial Bank, uses the silver-white falcon logo as the logo of the Imperial Bank. This was decided by Fatty himself, because Fatty believes that as the two major military and financial forces of the Empire, the golden falcon is the symbol of the Empire. The flag of the invincible army, then the silver falcon should be the flag of the Imperial Bank.

Under the setting sun, the water surface of the river is sparkling

Standing on the outskirts of the port, watching six ships flying the flag of the Imperial Bank flowing down the river, and finally disappearing into the distance of the river, the fat man narrowed his eyes into a line, and his light flashed, as if he could pass through the earth barrier in front of him, until he saw From the end of the earth to the edge of the sea, there are six large ports along the arc of the coastline of China-Biasia. They are also the current economic lifeline of the entire south of China-Biasia. Because the road to the north is cut off by the grassland people, ocean trade has already begun. Zhongbia is gradually rising, but this point is invisible to everyone above the Zhongbia court, because only in this way can the quarterly taxes paid to the Zhongbia court be reduced to the minimum, and Those extra profits were basically divided up by the court ministers and local clans. Who would be stupid enough to go to the emperor to break this big piece of fat? Even the new prime minister of Central Asia, Yu Fenglong, was in such a huge situation. In front of interest groups, they all chose to remain silent.

The emperor was still fantasizing about using the empire to move south to create pressure and squeeze out more power from the ministers. The ministers also fantasized about the military being able to resist the imperial army and preserve their Yanghe production area, and take advantage of this large wave of refugees. , earning him a lot of money, while the military was surrounded by the imperial army, with low morale and no desire to fight. They only dared to stay on the front line of Deyang, hoping that the court would reach an armistice agreement with the empire as soon as possible.

This is the current situation in China and Libya,

Perhaps there was once a person who saw the importance of Six Port City, but that person has now withdrawn to the southwest. As for Six Port City, he could not get it, so he simply threw it out as a bargaining chip for the truce with the empire.

The people who control the Central and Asian courts now are just a group of short-sighted people fighting for power and profit. Who will care about the economic impact of Liugang City? As long as the first funds start to make waves in Longchang, then when the Central and Asian sides want to stop it, You will find that it is simply not something they can afford. Not only are their extremely weak financial resources unable to stop it, they may even involve themselves in it.

The only thing that needs to be considered may be the local sects of Six Ports City. As local gangsters, they may be the actual rulers of Six Ports City.

"Send an order to the Admiralty. The Empire's South China Sea Squadron will rush to the sea off Longchang within ten days!" The fat man turned around and issued an order to the guards behind him. The empire's contract has been struck. I believe it. The effect will appear soon. One million imperial gold coins will be used to open the way. First, Longchang, known as the Golden Sea Forest in the Six City Port, will be disrupted.

As long as the market in Longchang is in chaos, other ports will inevitably be affected. At that time, the empire will attack with large funds and eventually capture all six ports in Central Asia.

As for those regional clans, the emperor of the empire is quite experienced. The empire has conquered so many areas. He has always believed that the best way to deal with these local forces is to abandon all illusions of absolute suppression by force. After discovering that the entire family has On the verge of extinction at any time, any local force will often show extremely clear-cut behavior. It is obviously compromising, so after the empire conquers, the first thing is often to divide the local nobles. If the local nobles are all strong-blooded people, then in the previous turmoil, there will be no bones left long ago. , it is precisely those regional nobles who are good at forbearance who are able to survive in turmoil every time because they know the principle of being a grassroots person.

Fatty believes that this is the same for Liucheng Port. With a murder knife in one hand and wealth and glory in the other, any fool knows what to do!