Realm of Power

The crimson city streets make the city in front of you even more gorgeous. The May wind blows on your face. Due to the height of the mountain, there is no feeling of heat at all, but it gives people a refreshing feeling.

A man and a woman rode horses slowly through the city gate of Esma City. The woman was extremely beautiful, with cloud-like hair like the sun hanging unfettered on her shoulders. The clothes she wore were not those of common aristocratic women. The clothes are actually a dark red outfit, with strong and slender hands and feet, and a knight's sword on his waist.

The man is handsome, and his face is somewhat similar to the woman's. Although there is an old scar on the right cheek, he looks more stable and steady. His eyes are as sharp as a knife, and he falls on the crimson faces on both sides of the street in front of him. On the tree, I was surprised for a moment. I obviously didn't expect that the crimson tree that only grows in Ikadiva would also grow so prosperously here, even more gorgeous than in Ikadiva itself.

Just by appearing at the door, these two people attracted the attention of everyone nearby. Seeing these two people, an Imperial Bank employee who had been waiting at the city gate for a long time greeted them, saluted the woman and asked, "Who is from the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce?" Miss Scarlet? I'm from the Imperial Bank's Esma City Chamber of Commerce branch, and I've been waiting here for the whole day."

"Yes, I am Scarlet Red Rui. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. This is the first time for our Sunrise Chamber of Commerce to do business. We should be honored to be able to get the attention of the Imperial Bank Esma City Branch. "Crimson Red Rui nodded towards the young man, with a hint of apology on her pretty face. Her reddish face was like a rose blooming, so beautiful that it made people feel trance-like.

"Miss Crimson, you're welcome, please come with me."

The receptionist of the Imperial Bank quickly said, this is a middle-aged man wearing a black dress, his temples are slightly gray, and his eyes are calm. In fact, he is the head of the Esma City branch, Wantuo, who used to be Rui Erdian. A mid-level officer in the royal army, after Ruidian was swallowed up by the empire, he passed through Prai On Si's recommendation, he was incorporated into the Imperial Central Army, and later participated in a series of imperial campaigns in Normandy and the Southwest District. Later, he was transferred to the Imperial Supervisory Department. The emperor established the Imperial Bank and lacked manpower. From the transfer list of the Imperial Supervisory Department, he was With him, this is also one of the biggest secrets of the Imperial Bank

The Imperial Bank is a strategic weapon in the hands of the emperor. It has independent financial and military power, and the top management is top secret. It not only covers the empire, but also involves the entire Europa continent. It is really difficult for such organizational personnel to be transferred from the outside. It was safe, so the emperor simply asked his trusted supervisory department to Transfer people, the outside world has always thought that the Imperial Bank is backed by the Imperial Military. That is wrong. Behind the Imperial Bank is the Emperor, and the Ministry of Supervision of Personnel Sources. This one-body and two-faced structure can not only ensure the Imperial Bank's high level of top secrets, but also It ensured that the military and financial power of the Imperial Bank would not fall into the hands of other careerists.

People who don’t know the details of Crimson Rui will only regard the shy woman in front of them as a noblewoman from a large family, but no one will think that she is the former army commander of the once famous Kingdom of Nord. , the peerless one when Crimson Rui was galloping on the battlefield. Wanto had also seen her graceful appearance, and she never expected to meet her like this a few years later. She sighed inwardly, it had been too long since Crimson Rui left the battlefield. The fierce female leader of the Nord Army, under a series of blows, I have learned to be restrained! When the Crimson Family was suddenly declared traitors by the Nords, it was a major event that shocked the entire Ekadiva. Six years had passed since the continental unification war, and five years had passed since the Empire took over Obarro. The era at that time has already Once something is gone, it will never come back. People are also changing with the times!

Wantuo was right. Crimson Red Rui is indeed no longer the original Crimson Red Rui, especially after following Mao Monaqing in the past few years and watching with his own eyes how the empire built cities in ruins and transformed the war-torn land. It has become prosperous, and the prosperity of the empire has far exceeded the limit that Crimson Red Rui could imagine. , a super empire that spans three continents and has a total population of more than 300 million. In just five years, a miracle appeared in front of it. This also proved from another aspect that that person used force to It is absolutely right to forcibly destroy the Nords and realize the unification of Ikadiva.

Otherwise, when the wars between the countries were still going on, not to mention the current empire, I am afraid that more than a million people would be displaced in the Ikadiva continent every year, and hundreds of thousands of people would die in the war.

And now Ikadiva, supported by the huge commercial market of Obarro, has not been affected by the war itself. In just a few years, it has already recovered from the original war, and villages have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain. A large number of immigrants from Obarro filled in, and the population The surge, especially when the Ministry of Interior promulgated the mayoral system, was like a shot of chicken blood for the businessmen of Ikadiva. The economy recovered rapidly, commercial cities began to spread, and the functions of cities also changed from those during the war era. The fortress became a real commercial area, with merchants governing the city.

At the beginning of the year, Scarlet Rui accompanied Mao Monaqing on a tour of Ikadiva. What they saw and heard shocked Scarlet Rui. In just a few years, everyone seemed to have forgotten the trauma of the original war, and the empire took The practice of governing the region by people from the original area has greatly reduced the resistance to the empire in the conquered areas. Of course, among these businessmen who have ascended to the position of mayor, there are also some who have acted recklessly, and they have been inspected every six months. clear

This inspection greatly shocked Crimson Rui. On the way back to Oparo, Crimson Rui even made a faint request to Mauna Qing to resign as captain of the imperial palace guard, hoping that she could return to Nord and live in this peaceful sky. Next, do something you like, few people know about it, and have been regarded as The biggest hope of Crimson Redrui, who was trained by Wu Chen, was to teach and teach reading. This was a dream that Crimson Redrui thought was absolutely impossible to achieve. She is a military commander, and the education she received since she was a child is her Nord royal family. With a murderous knife in her hand and a pointer to teach, she is the traitor of the Crimson Family.

But things are different now. Who still remembers the Crimson Family? The Nordic Warlords have long been a part of history. Even if he becomes a scholar who teaches and educates people, who will care? The Crimson Flowers bloom and the Crimson Flowers wither. I have spent five years in the imperial palace. The resentment I had towards the emperor at the beginning has long been lost in the crimson smoke with the crimson flowers flying down from the branches again and again. It is time to leave. Got it

"One year, serve as the nominal head of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce for one year."

Princess Mao Monaqing looked at her with gentle eyes and calm eyes. She did not show any anger towards her sudden resignation. Instead, she smiled gracefully at the corner of her mouth and proposed an exchange condition: "Anyway, it's just in name. What do you really need to do? After one year, I will never have anything to do with your stay, and I will also ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare everything you need."

In this way, Scarlet Hongrui became the person in charge of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce. Outside the lobby door of the Esma branch, bright sunlight shone from the windows on both sides of the corridor. In the quiet and quaint courtyard, white pigeons spread their wings. fly up,

"Just come here, you two, please come in."

Wantuo, who was leading the way, stopped and stepped aside in front of the door. His breathing was a little quick, not because he was walking in a hurry, but because he knew what was behind the hall door, the Imperial Bank's sixteen points. The head of the department, as well as the flag commanders of the eight combat flag regiments under his command, and one hundred and seventy officers, are waiting with hot eyes for the first commander-in-chief of the Imperial Bank Flag Group, although there is no There is a regular Imperial Army establishment, but the weapons and equipment of the Imperial Bank Flag Regiment are those of the regular Imperial Army. In the final analysis, they are the thugs of the Imperial Bank. They can do many things that the Imperial Bank officials cannot do, even if it is the opponent. The protest was, at most, a protest against the Imperial Bank. Imperial officials could easily point out that the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce was the headquarters of the Imperial Bank Flag Group.

"Thank you!" Scarlet Hongrui thanked Wantuo, raised her hand and pushed towards the door. As the door opened, she didn't know that what she pushed open would be an era. The Scarlet family, known as the emperor's loyal dog, would be destroyed by this. Push, push onto the stage of the times

"Stand up!" A loud and uniform voice startled Crimson Red Rui. Behind him, Crimson Erdo even grasped the hilt of the sword. Just as he was about to draw the sword, he was stared at by hundreds of pairs of eyes. I stopped and what is going on! I didn’t feel it at the door just now, but I didn’t expect that as soon as I opened the door, the whole hall was densely packed with people. They were all people, and they were wearing uniforms with uniform black and silver edges. They all stood up and looked at the door. The breathtaking aura made Crimson Erdo's face become more solemn. "Asshole." "We've been framed." Scarlet Red took a deep breath. It was so embarrassing to be stared at by hundreds of people like this!

"I think this is a misunderstanding. We are from the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce. We went to the wrong place." Fei Hongrui followed Mao Monaqing and had seen a lot of the world. He quickly calmed down and suppressed a tremor in his clear voice. They are all soldiers. Why are there so many soldiers? They must be in the wrong place. Even the meeting of the Imperial Military Affairs Department is like this! "

Crimson Hongrui saluted the people in the hall, and then pulled Crimson Erdo to turn around and leave. "Where are you two going? What we are holding here is the first plenary meeting of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce. As presidents of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, you two Leader, are you going to be absent too?" A pleasant female voice came from the front of the conference hall.

Hearing this voice, Crimson Rui turned around in disbelief and asked nervously, "What did you just say, your Excellency, that this is the first plenary meeting of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce? Why didn't I know, and Sunrise The Chamber of Commerce has only been established for less than half a month, and currently there are only two members: my brother and I. Is there any misunderstanding here? "" Scarlet Red? You're welcome, Miss. If there were only your brothers and sisters in the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce yesterday, then after today's meeting, there will be all the people in this hall, as well as the 200 large transport ships docked at the port of Esma City, and those outside the city. The forty-eight thousand soldiers who had been assembled "The people in front spread out to both sides, and a beautiful woman wearing a purple dress walked over.