Realm of Power

The army entered Lisbonto, and the Lisbonto businessmen who had gathered to protest outside the Governor's Palace immediately dispersed. In the blink of an eye, within a few minutes, none of the thousands of people outside the Governor's Palace in Lisbonto were gone. The guards looked confused, and the Governor Tirnulis in the mansion received the report from the guards and quickly came to the floor-to-ceiling window.

As expected, I saw that apart from the guards at the door, all the pedestrians on the opposite side of the street were gone. However, there were all kinds of garbage and protest banners scattered on the square outside the door. It was really unbelievable. , just a few minutes ago, there were thousands of Lisbon businessmen protesting loudly here. "The Governor is decisive and should have allowed the military to enter the city as soon as possible." Tiernuris turned back from the floor-to-ceiling window with admiration and looked at Governor Vihari behind her. , is not allowed to drive into Lisbon, despite this order It was already in name only, but the entry of such a large number of imperial troops into Lisbon must be the order of Governor Vihari. It is no wonder that Vihari was completely unworried about the businessmen protesting outside the Governor's Palace. It turns out that the army will be mobilized at critical moments. Enter Lisbon with your trump card in hand "What are you trying to say? Wasn't it you who ordered the military to enter the city?" Vihari responded with a confused look on his face. "Me? How is it possible? Even if I am a special envoy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I don't have the power to mobilize the military." Li Rensi twitched her eyebrows, and there was a confused expression on her pretty face. Looking at the entire Lisbon, who else has the qualifications and power to let the army enter the city, besides Vihari in front of her? Even if the Ministry of Supervision, which is above all agencies, wants to mobilize the entire 15,000 men of the Third Army in Southern Congo, it is impossible. The mobilization of the army can be said to be top-notch strict in the empire, not to mention Southern Congo. The third army is still a second-line combat army. During the war with Central European Barrow, it fought with the emperor. This is a field army, not a local army! "Not you, not me. Then who let the Third Army enter Lisbonto?"

Weihari looked at Tiernuris and his expression suddenly changed. Why did the Third Army suddenly enter Lisbonto without receiving military orders? The Imperial Army is no joke. It is an Imperial sword. Once it is unsheathed, it rarely loses its blood. The Third Army marching into Lisbon is definitely not here for sightseeing!

Vihari hurriedly walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at Lisbonto outside the window. The houses were stacked next to each other, the streets, and the residential areas. It was endless as far as the eye could see. Although there was no shadow of the army yet, Vihari's ears , it seems that the murderous imperial army has been heard The sound of neat footsteps, countless imperial soldiers with weapons in hand, poured in from the city gate of Lisbonto like a tide. He definitely did not order the military to enter the city, and Tiernuris's expression did not seem to be fake. If it weren't for herself Privately with Tyrnuri, then who ordered the military's Third Army to enter the city? "If it weren't for you and me, then there would be only one possibility, the person behind the scenes that makes the whole of Lisbon crazy."

Tiernuris reacted immediately. Even she couldn't believe the mere speculation. This was definitely a ruthless person who could turn clouds and rain with his hands. Most people wouldn't be able to do that. By the time he had time to react, he had already reversed the plummeting price of the empire's ordnance in one fell swoop. His tactics were brilliant. The Imperial Supervisory Department and the Navy Department can also cooperate, and now, the other party has shown its ability to mobilize the army. If she hadn't known that the Imperial Emperor was still in Central Asia, Tierniulis would have thought of that immediately. The damn fat guy is back, and it’s embarrassing to say that his teeth are hurting.

Because of various rumors at the time, despite being the lover of the emperor in the Samor era, no one in the entire empire dared to propose marriage to the Tire family. Therefore, even though this gorgeous fire rose in southern Virginia is already twenty-five years old, it is still She was alone, but fortunately the first princess in charge of the Empire's Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mao Monaqing, took care of her and specially summoned her to the Empire's Ministry of Internal Affairs, so that the entire Tire family would value her more. Otherwise, she, Tierniulis, would be a laughing stock. "I think the current situation shows that Lisbon has entrusted a high-level figure in the empire. In this case, our small governor's office only needs to cooperate." Vihari was obviously more mature in this regard, and his eyes narrowed slightly. She must be as sharp as a knife, and her usual lazy look can be used by the first princess The person sent to guard Lisbonto could not be mediocre. He had already sensed that something was wrong since the Ministry of Supervision suddenly became tough, and then the Ministry of Admiralty also issued a sea ban, and Vihari had already made a decision. If you plan to watch the show, the other party has no intention of letting the Governor's Office come forward, so you can just pretend to be stupid.

He is only the interim governor, mainly responsible for assisting Tiernuris in investigating the assassination of the former governor.

Before departure, the First Princess Mao Monaqing had already explained to him that even the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs actually did not have the power to appoint Governor Lisbonto, so he could only give him a temporary title. Even if Lisbonto could finally be To stabilize the situation, it was impossible for him to remove the word "temporary". Lisbon wanted to It is the emperor's restricted area. Except for the emperor himself, any force that tries to get involved in Lisbonto will end up being mercilessly attacked by the emperor. Princess Tulit, who was deeply pampered by the emperor at the time, is a strong woman who has taken over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the empire. Because he wanted to control Lisbonto, the emperor directly ordered a two-month grounding.

After knowing that Lisbonto was not a fat man, but a deep pool that could drown people, Haveri deliberately showed his complete inability to control Lisbonto after arriving in Lisbon. He was only here to assist in the investigation. After the investigation, I will be transferred back. There is really no need to drown in this deep pool, let alone the empire. The outbreak of the ordnance counterfeiting incident was like a hurricane sweeping across Lisbon, and now the effects are showing. As expected, the empire's top officials sent people to solve this imperial ordnance counterfeiting incident, and various signs also indicate that this empire's top brass has I am quite certain about the work of the Governor's Mansion. In this case, just wait and see what happens!

In the streets and alleys of Lisbonto, people are watching the incoming Imperial troops in panic. The ranks of Imperial soldiers wearing black armor show a murderous ferocity in the sun, and their three-meter-long spears are pointed at high places. Raising it, the cold light on the gun blade saw the person's scalp numb. After several years of rapid development, he had already forgotten the original battle. The Lisbon trustees, who were in pain from the dispute, couldn't help but recall the past war years. It was this kind of imperial army that swept the arrogant Congolese army, and even finally broke up the Congolese Empire and was eventually swallowed up by the empire. Next, the army moved in with murderous intent. Pedestrians on the street hurriedly ran to their homes.

Soon, notices about the imperial army entering the city were plastered all over the streets and alleys of Lisbonto. The content on it made everyone in Lisbonto look at it. It turned out to be an announcement, because the former governor of Lisbonto was attacked. After months of investigation with no progress, the Third Army of Africa accepted orders from the Imperial Supervisory Department and the Ministry of Military Affairs to launch a new investigation into the attack on Governor Tire!

"Why, haven't you already investigated it?" some businessmen asked with unwilling faces. "Do you also want to question the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs? The military soldiers in front of the notice came over fiercely, their armor clanking, and a rush of pressure suddenly made the businessman speechless. The original investigation of the Ministry of Supervision It was not very thorough, and even though three of the businessmen were caught in the end, they committed suicide in the tightly guarded prison cell of the Supervision Department. I thought this matter was over, but I didn’t expect it to come back this time. Moreover, it was not a so-called indifferent investigation by the Supervision Department. What it showed was that it was obviously serious, which is very troublesome. Now, the army is an institution of naked violence. The wind direction of Lisbon has changed. In an instant, no one dared to attack the original protesters.

"After investigation, you are suspected of participating in the assassination of His Excellency the Governor of Tire. Please come back with us to assist in the investigation!" The officers of the Third Army soon began to raid the entire Lisbonto wealthy families. Of course, those involved would shout "unjust" , they will try their best to argue that they have nothing to do with the attack on the Governor of Tire. This time The scale of the attack almost included all the middle and high-level arms dealers in Lisbon. Everyone was invited by the Third Army to the camp to drink tea. For a time, Lisbon was full of voices shouting injustice. Everywhere the soldiers of the Third Army arrived, There was a cry and begging everywhere, and the whole of Lisbon was shrouded in an atmosphere of terror.

"This is not an investigation into the assassination of Governor Tire at all. This is a large-scale investigation of the entire Lisbonto arms dealers." In order to get rid of the suspicion of assassinating the Governor, the Lisbonto arms dealers can no longer control so much. Assassination of the Empire The governor's crime is quite serious. As for the empire's treatment of assassins, look at how Fei Shan From the results of the king and Feishan's army of 300,000, we can know that the empire did not use the weak governor's office this time, but mobilized the military with direct execution power. We can know that the empire did not hesitate to kill people this time. Who will do it now? Dare to have any reservations. When asked by the military, I wanted to tell you how many times I went to brothels in the past six months.

"After two days of questioning, according to the transaction records of the arms merchants, in addition to the imprisoned Karus, there are also the following six chambers of commerce who have jointly suppressed the price of imperial arms and then bought them in large quantities."

Tandanis, commander of the Third Army of Congo, respectfully handed the inquiry report in his hand to the emperor's desk. The emperor stretched out his hand and opened the first page, glanced over it, and curled his lips slightly. As expected, these six chambers of commerce are not the empire. chamber of commerce, the tools used by various countries to take advantage of this arms counterfeiting incident have been found. Because the imperial sea ban was timely, the imperial weapons purchased by various countries have not yet had a chance to be shipped out. Because they cannot be shipped out by sea, the only option for the other side is to go by land. This is very easy to control. Such a large scale In the arms trade, it is almost impossible to conceal the past on land!

"With the order to investigate the assassination of Governor Tire, immediately launch a comprehensive search of these six chambers of commerce, and seize all items found." The fat man closed the inquiry report in his hand.

"What about the other merchants?" Tandanis asked cautiously. "The fat man waved his hand as he continued to detain them." They can't be released yet. The Ministry of Supervision's order prohibiting the sale of weapons will be revoked in the next two days. In the Imperial Ordnance Until the price stabilizes completely, letting them go will only cause big trouble. "Yes, my subordinates understand!" "Tandanis nodded with a sudden expression. The emperor was right. These businessmen are all cheap. If he only detained them for two or three days and released them, I am afraid that these businessmen would immediately form a group to accuse him and face the raging public anger. , even if you tell the Ministry of Military Affairs that it is the emperor's order, you will still be investigated, otherwise what can the Ministry of Military Affairs do to calm the anger of these businessmen?

Currently, in the entire Lisbon Ordnance Trade, there are only 30,000 sets of infantry armor that Fatty asked to put up. Because they are the only ones, the price is not only higher than before, but also deliberately hyped. The price of imperial ordnance It is already 30% higher than before, but even so, in the face of this only sale, buyers from various countries jointly lowered the price from the beginning, and gradually turned into competing with each other, and resources were so scarce. Many other arms dealers were detained by the Third Army in the name of investigation. The Lisbon Ordnance Trading Market, which originally had hundreds of thousands of arms, suddenly had only 30,000 arms available for trading. It has been withheld for a full month. The ordnance buyers who have a large amount of funds, no matter how unwilling they are at this moment, have no choice but to snatch it. Otherwise, who knows when the next batch of ordnance will be listed if they miss this batch of ordnance! "Three hundred thousand!" "Three hundred and fifty thousand gold!" "Forty-five gold!"

In the Lisbon Trade Exchange, in front of the arms trade sign, there was a rush of people. The prices shouted out had repeatedly set the highest price for imperial arms. It was only at this moment that arms merchants from all countries discovered a cruel reality, that is Because I have been buying high-quality products from the empire for a long time. Because of ordnance, their domestic ordnance forging industry has shrunk significantly, and it is far inferior to the imperial ordnance in terms of quality and quality. Therefore, once the supply of imperial ordnance is cut off, the subsequent fluctuations will not only be in Lisbon, but also in Lisbon. It involves their domestic supply.

Even the special envoy of the Eero Empire, who had been fooling around in the port before, is now anxious. Who has the mind to care about him now!

The Aero Empire suffered a disastrous defeat, coupled with the million-level war with the Aden people, almost all the weapons and weapons accumulated in more than ten years were exhausted. Now, after Lisbonto banned trading in January, the domestic military industry in Aero is almost bankrupt. It was completely unable to support the defense plan of the capital of the Eero Empire. According to the plan, the Eero Empire was preparing to mobilize 600,000 militiamen, but The Ordnance Empire's ordnance inventory only has 30,000 weapons, and even the arrow clusters consumed in daily battles are about to bottom out. If a large amount of ordnance cannot be purchased from the Empire in the near future, it means that King Eero has been killed by the Order. In the crisis of breaking through, thinking that he had wasted the precious time he had gained through the bloody domestic war on blackmailing the empire, the special envoy committed suicide that night!

The next day, Lisbon's Ministry of Supervision announced that the weapons ban had been lifted, and a large number of weapons poured out. The weapons trading market, which had been thirsty for a month, was activated again, and prices were stable and even increased slightly.