Realm of Power

With the final conclusion of the Battle of Luteia Castle, on December 18, the Legion Army defeated the two thousand weak guards outside the capital of Hérault, and once again approached the capital of Hérault with a complete victory, leaving the Hérault royal family behind. The 400,000 Ero people in the royal capital fled south in panic. Kailov, the undersecretary of the Ero military department in charge of the defense of the Ero capital, committed suicide in the military headquarters building. The religious army entered the Ero capital and subsequently attacked the entire Ero capital. The nobles launched a purge

White snowflakes are falling outside the window. Winter has really arrived. The north wind blowing over the sea in the port far outside the window is getting colder and colder. The ripples on the sea seem to have slowed down under the cold. The sea is freezing, and the earth is freezing. Withered, there were only a few pitiful branches left on the street. They were blown by the cold wind in the dark night and disappeared without a trace the next day.

In the emperor's office, the stove gradually rose, slowly melting the frost outside the window. "Your Majesty, Sir Varisien is here!" A report from the Imperial Guard came outside the door, "Let him come in!" The fat man raised his head from a document on the table and said, "Your Majesty!" Varisien appeared in front of the emperor wearing a black uniform of the Imperial Legion Commander. The fat man Picking up the document on the table, "Look at this!" "Yes, Your Majesty!" Varisien stepped forward curiously, took the document from the emperor's hand, glanced at it, and said in surprise, "Receiving personnel?" Yes, Putamia wants us to send a person responsible for accepting various industries to the capital of Aero! "The fat man nodded and looked at the snowflakes swirling in the wind outside the window! On the wet street below, she said in a solemn voice, "Just yesterday, Putamia ruled that 467 nobles in the capital of Aero were rebels against God in the name of God's judgment, 320 of them. Six people were sentenced to death, and the income from the nobles' property was confiscated. The total cannot be calculated yet, but it should be more than 20 million imperial gold. There are also a large number of these Ero family members. The real estate, shops, manors, slaves, etc. of the nobles will be greatly reduced in value if they are divided into two. Therefore, Potamia hopes that we can send a receptionist. You can arrange it and send it. A capable person went over and told him to use the gold coins given by the Order State to buy as many commercial shops and manors as possible."

"yes!"

Varisien grinned. What is the emperor going to do?

In the current capital of Eero, all the commercial shops and manor properties are in near ruin due to the looting by the religious legion. In order to leave the right and wrong place of the capital of Eero, the owners of these shops and manor owners are afraid that they only need to They are willing to sell if they are given money. For these difficult industries, others dare not ask for them, but the empire has no problems at all.

Even if the Order State complains about this, in the face of the real money provided by the Empire, the Order State, which urgently needs a large amount of funds to consolidate the victory of this war, will really silently swallow the Order State's occupation. The fact that he had conquered the capital of Eero, but all the shops and properties in the capital of Eero fell into the hands of the empire?

This kind of thing of making wedding clothes for others, I am afraid that the Order State will not tolerate it easily. Although the Order State does not dare to retaliate against the Empire for doing this, after all, the actual ruler of the capital of Eero is the Order State. Tuan Guo, if the other party deliberately manipulates it, the blow to the commercial industry will be quite fatal!

"Just do as I say. As for the Order State, there is no need to worry. Just two days ago, the Imperial Bank just accepted a new member. We are responsible for the business in the capital of Eero, and she is responsible for the empire. Trade is absolutely safe in the north of Hérault, which means that from today onwards, imperial merchants can flow unimpeded in the north of Hérault." The fat man knew what Varisien was worried about and said to Varisien, "Absolutely safe?"

Hearing this word, Varisien's face was stunned for a moment. What a big tone. Who is this new member of the Imperial Bank? How dare he say such a thing? You must know that it is the Order State that controls the northern part of Hero. , and the Order State has always suppressed business. Even the top leaders of the Order State did not dare to say this. Now they have been cut hard by the empire secretly. The army of hundreds of thousands of Orders fought hard for more than half a year to obtain it. results, I had to grit my teeth and give half of it to the empire. I believe that the members of the Order Army must be very dissatisfied with this. His Majesty the Emperor also requested to fully acquire various commercial industries in the capital of Aero, which really added fuel to the fire. The Order State will definitely The only way to suppress the empire is to take measures. Who dares to say that the empire will be given absolute security, unless it is the Pope of the Order State, Putamia, who has just occupied the northern part of Erault and has gained a high profile in the entire Obaro region. But is this possible? She was a very arrogant and devout woman. She didn't seem to care much about things like property. At most, she was ambitious! "Execute the order, no need to ask anything else!" The fat man waved his hand. "Yes, Your Majesty." Although he was full of confusion, Varisien nodded, turned and left.

The office door was closed again. The fat man rubbed his hands vigorously, lowered his head to warm them, walked back and forth in the study, turned the stove more powerful, and quietly closed the window for a moment. Open a crack. Allow fresh air to circulate to avoid suffocation

This is an opportunity for the empire. Putamia has completely devoted herself to the imperial camp. This shows that this pious Pope of the Order State has an independent mind and is no longer willing to be restrained by other forces of the Order State. Instead, he is ready to To truly become the head of a country, Potamia is the Pope of the Order State, but it does not mean that the Pope of the Order State will always be Potamia. This time, Potamia decided to join the imperial camp. It was obvious that she had feel something,

Just two days ago, Putamia met Fatty in person and brought a piece of news that shocked Fatty. During the battle between Putamia and the Eero army outside the capital of Eero, the people who stayed in the country Another Potamia suddenly mobilized the Knights Templar to go south to quell the rebellion. During the raid, she captured the leader of the largest rebel group in the South, the Theia Society.

Later, with the cooperation of 20,000 local counter-insurgency troops, the Templars defeated more than 70,000 southern rebels and beheaded 40,000. The entire Order State was shocked.

Logically speaking, such news should be conveyed to Putamia as quickly as possible, but this is what makes Putamia feel problematic. After a full month, this delay is unknown. How many military reports did it take to reach her? A month was enough for a lot of things to happen, Pudami Ya has sent people to sneak back to the country urgently to investigate the situation. Although the specifics are not yet known, the logistical supply of the expeditionary army from the Order State was greatly reduced half a month ago on the grounds that the southern rebellion had blocked the road, and Mobilizing the Knights Templar to go south requires the order of Pope Potamia! "The Knights Templar have moved. Apart from my orders, only the decision of the Council of Elders can do it. I don't know how that woman did it, but that's the fact!"

Potamia's big bright eyes flashed with anger, and her white fingers clenched tightly. "Judging from the current situation, although I have occupied the capital of Aero, my reputation and financial resources have skyrocketed, but my subordinates The heavy losses of the army cannot be concealed. There are only 50,000 or 60,000 of the more than 100,000 religious regiment troops left. The most elite Templar Knights under his command have been completely lost, and they are far north of Hérault. I know absolutely nothing about the residents of the country. If the country of the Order is really as expected, then I will have to face the choice of a civil war! Fighting requires money, weapons, and soldiers. In addition to having money, The other two items are blank, but the other party is backed by the Presbyterian Church and has the reputation of quelling the unrest in the south! How can I choose to join the Imperial Bank? Can the Empire help me? "

"Of course! The Imperial Navy can transport soldiers and weapons at any time."

The fat man could not refuse such a proposal. If Putamia became a member of the Imperial Bank, it would almost mean that the religious order country, which originally suppressed business the most, would be fully open to the empire, and with Putamia as a member of the imperial bank, it would Zongmao Well, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Order State is a vassal state of the empire. As for whether Putamia will regret it, from Putamia's words, the fat man has heard Putamia's ambition. She wants to be The Queen, not the Pope who is always being restrained! In the entire southern Europe of Barrow, no country would support her to ascend to the throne of queen. The only one who could support her was the Falcon Empire, the overlord of the north!

The empire supports her becoming queen, and she promises to protect the interests of the empire! This is a naked political exchange

Of course, Fatty still needs to arrange another thing, and that is to arrange for a condolence group to go to the south of Hérault. The news that Emperor Farouk of Hérault died in the Lutiya Fort has spread throughout the entire southern European Barrow. For this determined person, The enterprising emperor fell. Although the reactions of various countries were different, one thing was the same, and that was shock.

If only Emperor Eero died in battle, it would not be a big deal. Although the emperor's death in battle was unexpected, it was not unprecedented. What really shocked the southern countries was that there were nearly twenty people accompanying Emperor Eero. An army of 10,000 people, and another heavy army group of more than 100,000 people was only fifty miles away, and the Héro army Facing only more than 100,000 religious legion troops, with such a huge disparity in combat power, everyone would think that Eero's side would win. However, not to mention that Eero's side suffered a disastrous defeat, and the emperor died in Lutia Castle. The remaining Eero army did not return to the royal capital, but went crazy to attack the Empire-controlled Eero Port, and suffered another disastrous defeat!

The 300,000-strong army of the Ero Empire that had dominated the south for decades was gone...

This is a bit exciting for the southern countries. Feize, the six central countries, and now the Ero Empire. In the two years after the Civil War, the empire has frequently taken action, wiping out the major military powers along the inland sea one by one. Shattered and destroyed, the sphere of influence has been stretched from the east coastline to the west coastline. The sea capital is within its scope. Even a first-class southern country like Eero is like this. Those small and medium-sized countries with average strength close to the coastline are even more anxious. The southward migration of the Eero royal family will also have an impact on the situation of the entire southern Europe. , which means that the last bridgehead against the empire has also been lost.

There are also rumors that the Empire was behind this fiasco of Eero, but according to intelligence, the empire's total strength in the north of Eero is only 30,000 people. Facing the Eero Empire, which has an army of 300,000, It is an opponent that is not worthy of consideration at all, let alone such ridiculous rumors as killing Emperor Aero and defeating the army of 300,000 Aero.

Winter is long, and another benefit of the frozen sea is that the High Priest of the Sky Temple, Parscina, has also temporarily stayed in the Port of Hérault. The southern port that was destroyed by the Imperial Navy is still being rebuilt. A large number of laborers are pouring in with heavy investment in rebuilding the Port of Hérault. After a winter After its recovery, coupled with the attraction of Port Hérault itself as the largest sea trade center in the south, Fatty is confident that Port Hérault will truly become a region instead of a city. Pudamia has promised that the Port of Hérault will have a radius of 300 The area within 300 miles is included in the empire area. Three hundred miles is already the area of ​​a province.

This also represents Putamia's sincerity. The northern part of Hérault has been completely treated by Putamia as her own private area.

The fat man turned back from the window silently and looked at his desktop with melancholy. There were two reports on Nuo Da's desktop. As the most important document report on the surface, Fatty has obviously read it. The above content is from the Imperial Supervision Department. It says that since the Lisbonto incident in the empire, with the comprehensive investigation of the entire Lisbonto by the Supervision Department, deep-seated I dug up the root and found it by accident. There are many spies from the Barro region of Southern Europe. These national spies from the Barro region of Southern Europe, under the guise of businessmen and nobles, buy spies in the Lisbonto region and spy on hundreds of intelligence materials. These spies also reached an agreement to share benefits,

Although the Ministry of Supervision is fully responding, the power of these spy agencies from the southern Obaro region is still growing.

In just one month of cleaning up Lisbon, the Ministry of Supervision captured more than a hundred spies. The Ministry of Supervision discovered that a considerable amount of the empire's intelligence data had been leaked, and even the structure of the Empire's Thor had been leaked. Because the technology is not up to par, the Imperial Thunder God cannot be created.

The fat man was horrified. Although he knew that the lead of Imperial weapons could not last forever, it was not that easy to simply imitate. The Supervision Department discovered that the person who leaked the structural diagram was a talented craftsman among the Imperial weapons researchers. . The improvements to the Imperial Thunder God are what it advocates, however. It was such a young man with a bright future who betrayed a whole set of maps just for a woman. Until he was secretly executed, he refused to believe that the beautiful woman was a spy from the south.

"South, South again!" The fat man glanced over with a slight frown and pressed his hand heavily on the report.