Realm of Power

The rain outside the window was hazy, and Plais reported to the fat man with a solemn face. Outside the window was the scenery of falling raindrops. The outline of the Badya Casino, which had not yet been completely completed, looked like a stranded giant beast in the rain. , this is a sign of the future of Badiya, but now it shows a bit of decline caused by wind and rain. The wind and rain of nature are far less than the fluctuations of people's hearts. Just as the Feshan people of Badiya cheered the arrival of the imperial princess in Badiya. At the time of Deya, the storm was also coming quickly

"My subordinates have already sent people to investigate. The person who went to seize the Halaka family grain store with the order from the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs is Princess Allensteen's guard captain Solunfenna. I don't know where the other party got it from. According to the news, the Hakara family hoarded food during the famine years, driving up food prices and causing food shortages. The market price was turbulent, so all six grain stores and eighteen warehouses were sealed. "Eighteen warehouses?" The fat man looked slightly stunned and suddenly asked, "Are they those warehouses?" "Yes, exactly?" The warehouse where we store the grain that we brought from the Istanbul region," Prais said with a nod.

When Princess Ruedian sent her personal maid to try to seize the southern commercial center of Lisbon, the result offended the emperor's bottom line. Not only was the daring maid executed, but the entire Ruidian faction was affected for two years. For a long time, even himself, the deputy chief of the empire at that time, had been deprived of his position below one person and above ten thousand people by the emperor. Now, Alan Stine's The captain of the guard also did something similar. If the emperor was biased in his favor, even if he was not the governor of the Feishan and Istan regions, he would still ask for an explanation from his majesty. "Who gave them the courage?" , Even those warehouses dared to move. If I remember correctly, the warehouse was built separately and was not made public. A few days ago, the warehouse should have been empty! " The fat man was furious, and he pressed his palms hard on the desk full of documents. A pile of documents was swept to the ground like snow flakes flying, and his face was ashen." The subordinates suspected that someone must have deliberately wanted to Take this opportunity to test the Governor's Mansion and find out the purpose of the food in those warehouses, because although those warehouses are in the name of the Hakara family, before this, not even Miss Audrey herself had "Have you ever been to these warehouses, let alone know that the large quantities of military rations we transported from the Istanbul area are in these warehouses?" Prais also had a ferocious expression on his face, his eyes flickering. Although the Hakara family controls Feishan's business resources, But it does not sell food, because Feishan is not a food-producing area in the first place. Those warehouses are nominally owned by the Hakara family, but are actually the emperor's warehouses for the imperial war preparations.

According to the emperor's plan, Feishan is to become the most stable fulcrum and large logistics base of the Golden Triangle in the future. It is impossible to wait until the war breaks out before hastily transferring food from the Istan area, and now tens of thousands of emperors are deployed in the religious order. In the northern part of the country and the golden port of Hérault, the emperor simply took advantage of this expense Taking advantage of the opportunity of the major expansion of the Shanxi coastline, dense warehouses for the military were built along the coast. Of course, they were nominally branded with the Hakara family name, but I didn’t expect that this time they would also be found out. This was an inexplicable seizure. The rations for the 80,000 imperial troops still in the Order State have been blocked! Fortunately, the emperor himself is in Feishan, otherwise this incident would be the biggest own incident in the empire this year. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of his country has cut off his country's military logistics. Once this incident spreads, the consequences will be unimaginable. Fortunately, the emperor is in Feishan, and there is still room for recovery. "Send my military order and mobilize nearby The Eighth Army moved closer to me, and all the guards immediately set off to follow me to the warehouse! "The fat man walked steadily towards the door of the office and took off the rainproof cloak from the door. In this situation, he couldn't sit down. , originally he wanted to wait until the opponent's situation was fully unfolded, and then the Imperial Governor's Office intervened with thunderous force.

The result of doing that is definitely more effective than intervening from the beginning, and it involves more people. Once it is done, without hundreds of lives being taken in, the matter will not subside, but the result is the most Okay, just like the earth after the cold winter, it is thorough enough and cold enough to freeze all pests to death."

But once the large amount of grain in the warehouse is announced, it will be a big trouble.

Others may not think anything of it yet, but the three southern countries that were just cheated by the empire in the Battle of the Holy Capital will definitely react to this immediately. It is said that once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the rope for ten years. , the three countries will inevitably choose to withdraw their troops from the southern part of the Order State, then the hard work the empire has spent will be in vain.

Standing at different levels, the level of thinking is different. In the eyes of ordinary people, these grains are money at most, but in the eyes of the nervous monarch, they are armaments and supplies that can supply the army for combat. Why should the empire waste money? Shan hoards such a large amount of military rations? The empire's large-scale construction projects in the Feishan area are eye-catching enough, but at least the guise of building a casino will make it impossible for the southern countries to judge the empire's intentions. But once these military ration warehouses are exposed, the entire south will know that the empire is hoarding war preparations. It must be Get ready for a big one! Looking at the current Oparo region, there are only a few people who can become fat sheep in the eyes of the empire.

The Kingdom of Aden is separated from the empire by a vast desert that is thousands of miles away. The Eero Empire has been defeated and fled south, leaving only the area of ​​the Order State where the armies of the three countries have entered! With such an important opportunity, Fatty would never let it be exposed first!

Plais followed closely behind the fat man. This time the fat man didn't even ask for a carriage. Instead, he got on his horse and ran directly to the gate of the villa area. Thirty people in red cloaks followed him out. The fat man lived in Badya. To the southeast of the villa area, the entire area here belongs to the military. As the emperor took the lead and ran out, the imperial guards who received the order emerged from along the way. , the red cloaks fluttered in the rain, like balls of flames swaying, and the number changed from thirty men and horses at the beginning, to fifty men and horses, to more than a hundred men and horses, to more than two hundred imperial cavalry, and finally to a full two thousand. The imperial guards cavalry galloped like a dragon, running straight towards a valley fifteen miles away from Badiya City. Under the horses' hooves was the newly built large commercial road.

The warehouse was built in a valley, avoiding the bustling Badiya city. The road in was even chosen by Fatty himself. There was only one way to go in, and the other three sides were surrounded by mountains. Originally, Fatty thought it should be quite private, but no Thinking that someone would suddenly pull him out, only by keeping an eye on this place could he accurately grasp the situation of large quantities of food being shipped in in the past few days.

Fortunately, the fat man caught up quickly enough, otherwise it would have been really embarrassing.

At the entrance of the valley more than 300 meters away, the fat man suddenly reined in the war horse violently. The horse neighed loudly and stood up. He raised his front hooves high and fell heavily. He saw that on the road ahead, one after another The carriages loaded with rice bags had to stop. There were quite a few carriages, at least over a hundred. These carriages were all carriages of various chambers of commerce in Badiya City. Each one Each carriage was loaded with bags of heavy rice bags. After learning that a huge amount of grain was found in the valley warehouse, the Feishan nobles said that there was simply no carriage that could pull the goods. In the end, Eckstein sent Bard to The various chambers of commerce in Asia City convened and then borrowed a total of 130 transport carriages from them, preparing to move the grain out of the valley in three days. Come, this shows how huge the amount of grain stored in the valley is. Even Alan Sting, who was just trying it out, was stunned by such a large-scale discovery. "Haha, Miss Sollenfenna, I You're right. As soon as you start moving out, the owner of the warehouse can't bear it anymore and jumps out. But it's also true that so much food has been found. It's stolen goods. "Everyone has gained, let's see who still insists that the Hakara family is not hoarding or trying to drive up the price of food and then sell it at a high price." On a carriage in front of the motorcade, a middle-aged man wearing aristocratic clothing looked to the side with a flattering expression. A strong-looking woman said, this woman is the guard captain of Alan Stine, the middle-aged man is the informer, he is a laughing manor owner of a nearby manor,

Because I heard that a large number of warehouses were being built in the nearby valley some time ago, I sneaked in here out of curiosity, only to find a large number of empty warehouses.

But just a few days ago, he noticed a large number of transport vehicles passing by late at night. Their voices were heavy when they came and brisk when they left. He knew that someone was secretly transporting things to the warehouse in the valley. After dawn, he Countless ruts were found on the road leading to the valley, as well as grain particles scattered on the ground, which can basically be determined to be transported grain.

This discovery surprised him a lot. Fei Shan was currently suffering from a refugee famine, and the price of food had increased several times. The value of the food in the valley was immeasurable. Whoever made such a big move, he had secretly done it. I kept an eye on it and paid attention to it every day. Later I heard that this valley was an estate owned by the Hakara family, the most wealthy family in Feishan.

He happened to hear that the Imperial Princess was interested in squeezing out the Hakara family. He thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and immediately reported the matter to Allensteen. Sure enough, it attracted attention and led to the incident of Allensteen sealing the warehouse.

But although this is the food of the Hakara family, Audrey himself did not admit it, so he suggested to Allensteen to "simply transport the food out and put it on the streets of Badiya City, so that the whole Badiya will be filled with food." Everyone in the city, old and young, took a look. When they were starving, the Hakara family, who was so unkind for their wealth, still hoarded and raised prices, holding back so much food that they would not release it. It would be even better if the Hakara family stepped in to stop it. People would gain both the stolen goods, even if the Hakara family could deny it. It’s all useless!”

Unexpectedly, the Hakara family really came up. He Shi Shiran got off the carriage and walked towards the front. They said that Audrey of the Hakara family was a famous beauty among Feishan nobles. He had never seen her before, but now There was a huge identity gap, and he couldn't even see him if he wanted to. He finally came across such an opportunity, how could he miss it, but he heard a shout from the front that almost made him pee, "Seal it down, anyone who leaves without authorization, no matter who it is." Who will be killed without mercy!"

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