Realm of Power

The humiliated Ikal Kingdom envoy gritted his teeth hesitantly, his face flushed: "Two million six hundred thousand! Habilis, if you have the guts, follow me"

Hearing the price quoted by the Ikal Kingdom envoy, the venue was boiling again, and everyone's eyes turned to the Luxor Kingdom envoy. The Luxor Kingdom took advantage of the decline of the Ero Empire to rise. Although it is still a long way from entering the ranks of powerful countries, it has no secret of its ambitions for the Ikal Kingdom. Even some small forces are undercurrents because of this, and they all want to emulate Luxor's rise.

Luxor Kingdom envoy Habilis narrowed his eyes and looked at the Ikal Kingdom envoy who seemed to be ready to fight to the death, with a strange smile on his lips, "Two million six hundred and one hundred thousand"

The price increase is another 10,000 lower than that of the Ikal Kingdom, which is clearly a confrontation with the Ikal Kingdom. The Ikal Kingdom envoy doubled Eyes bloodshot, gnashing teeth, "Two million six hundred thousand!"

This auction has become a display of power for the entire South Europe Barrow. Even the Harvey Kingdom, whose territory was cut in half, has to grit its teeth to grab one. The Ikar Kingdom is at least one of the powerful countries in South Europe Barrow. If it fails to grab even one, it will not only be embarrassing, but will cause a series of chain reactions. The Harvey Kingdom's power has been severely damaged, the Ero Empire has lost most of the northern part, and the Religious State is unable to take care of itself. The fall and changes of the power of the southern great power have made the ambitions of all forces in the entire South Europe Barrow grow wildly. The strength of the Ikar Kingdom was originally at the bottom among the major countries, belonging to the kind of kingdom between the first-class and second-class kingdoms

Now that the previous great power has declined, the Ikar Kingdom is also rubbing its hands to compete for a new ranking of great powers. If a ranch is in this auction, If you haven't got it, how can you have the face to compete for the ranking of great powers?

"Two million, seven hundred and one thousand!" The envoy of the Kingdom of Luxor said in a deep voice with his eyes flashing

"Two million, eight hundred thousand!" The envoy of the Kingdom of Ikal looked ferocious, almost crazy

Listening to the price increase of the Kingdom of Ikal, the envoy of the Kingdom of Luxor was silent for a while, and suddenly stood up, looking at the envoy of the Kingdom of Ikal with a playful look, and after a moment, he suddenly laughed out loud, and the words he said made everyone stunned. "I heard that this year's floods flooded the most fertile grain-producing areas of the Kingdom of Ikal, resulting in a significant reduction in grain production, at least 30% less than in previous years, and even some provinces have been in turmoil due to hunger. Your Excellency still has the mind to take out a huge sum of two million and eight hundred thousand to buy a ranch. I have to say that you won, but I don't know if the news is passed back to Ikal, will your Excellency Will be drowned in spit." "After all, Ikar is one of the powerful countries in the south, and I can still come up with a mere 2.8 million!" The envoy of the Kingdom of Ikar had a look of contempt. "It's not like some small forces that don't know their own strength, but dare to despise the foundation of a powerful country. It's really overestimating their own capabilities." "The foundation of a powerful country? Haha, Fezer was destroyed, the Ero Empire was divided, and Harvey retreated. There are still a few powerful countries in your words. As for whether Ikar is a powerful country, we will only know after fighting." The envoy of the Kingdom of Luxor paused, his eyes became sharp, and he said in a cold voice, "I would like to thank you here. More than two million imperial golds are enough to equip my Luxor's 30,000 elite troops, while Ikar has 30,000 fewer troops. Comparing the two, it means that you have won a huge advantage of 60,000 troops for my Luxor. If my Luxor can gain something in this eastward advance, your achievement will be ranked first!" "What did you say, Luxor eastward advance! "The face of the special envoy of the Ikar Kingdom suddenly changed, as if he had thought of something, and even his voice trembled slightly. The other party mentioned moving eastward! The Ikar Kingdom is to the east of Luxor. If Luxor wants to move eastward, it can only be to attack the Ikar Kingdom." In such a chaotic world, Luxor has been preparing for war for ten years, waiting for the moment to show its edge. Now that the Ero royal family is in decline and the power of major powers is shrinking, I, Luxor, will naturally wield the sword to defend myself in this chaotic world. What is there to be surprised about, Your Excellency! "The Luxor envoy smiled lightly, and turned away with a very disdainful look.

Self-defense! The Ikal Kingdom envoy was so angry that he almost jumped up and down.

Luxor had a wolfish ambition and spent ten years sharpening his sword, but he didn't expect that it would fall directly on the Ikal Kingdom. The other party was clearly a despicable sneak attack, but it was said so high-soundingly in front of the countries. Although Ikal has already felt the threat brought by the rise of the Luxor Kingdom, it does not think that the Luxor Kingdom has the strength to go to war with the Ikal Kingdom. But now, according to the Luxor envoy, the Luxor Kingdom army seems to be ready to go. Thinking that Ikal is not prepared for this at all, the Ikal Kingdom envoy felt his hair stand up. Now the Ikal Kingdom envoy regrets and wants to cry.

Although the rise of Luxor only lasted two or three months, Luxor itself is the largest vassal state of the Eero Empire in the south, and the Kingdom of Luxor has a thirty-year marriage relationship with the Eero royal family. The Aero royal family is used to curb the important power of the southern princes. Therefore, although the Kingdom of Luxor is not large, it is a military country with a standing army of 150,000. The current King of Luxor, Nicholas III, is even more famous for his military skills. fanatics, although In the last ten years, Luxor has not built any palaces or large buildings for a full ten years. Even the palace of Nicholas III is as old and dilapidated as a shabby house. A worn-out military uniform has been washed and turned white, but it is still empty. It is said that he was promoted to king, but he did not even have ten sets of clothes. There were only three wives in the harem, and the number of servants in the entire palace was only thirty. Even compared with a young viscount in other countries, he looked shabby. Only in Never skimp on armaments

If there is anything that has been criticized, it is that the king particularly admired tall soldiers, and personally selected a group of soldiers with an average height of two meters to form the Guards Direct Regiment. The weapons and armor they were equipped with were all customized at high prices from the Eero Empire. Because of this special hobby, Nicholas III was also called the "Tall King" and was often ridiculed by other countries.

However, as an important minister of the neighboring Kingdom of Ikar, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Ikar knew that this tall king stayed in the military camp all year round and refused to eat or wear himself. The armaments of the guard army were constantly enriched and updated every year. This was a A true madman converts almost all the country's financial resources into military power. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to use absolute strength to conquer all the other countries in the southern vassal state of Hérault within a few months after the Hérault royal family was driven south. Pull into your own camp,

Before the war started, the 60,000-strong army was gone... The special envoy of the Kingdom of Ikar was feeling dizzy. Two million eight hundred thousand imperial gold was as painful as cutting flesh for him at this moment. If it were in peacetime, it would be expensive. It's a little more, but if it's during a war, the two million and eighty million military expenditures may affect the entire war situation.

As the special envoy of the Kingdom of Luxor said, 2.8 million imperial gold is enough to buy weapons and equipment for 30,000 troops from the imperial auction house, allowing the Kingdom of Ikar to add 30,000 capable troops to prepare for the upcoming war that will destroy the country. Although 30,000 fresh troops may not necessarily determine the life or death of the kingdom, they can at least block part of Luxor. The offensive pressure of the army, but now, it is just a horse farm with only 300 horses per year. The Luxor people can use the 2.6 million gold saved to add 30,000 troops. In comparison, the Yi The Kingdom of Karl has lost 30,000 troops, and the Kingdom of Luxor has 30,000 more troops. "I don't want the horse ranch anymore. Whoever wants it can take it!"

The special envoy of the Kingdom of Ikar could no longer control so much, and said fiercely with a cold face, if the Kingdom of Luxor invades, Ikar will face a war that will overwhelm the country. Face and other things are not as real as real money, even if you know You will be punished by the auction house. Now what the special envoy of the Ikar Kingdom wants to do is to turn the funds into weapons as much as possible and transport them back to Ikar." The auction item has been hammered down. If you want to regret it, we have nothing to do, but according to the empire According to the regulations of the auction house, in addition to confiscating the deposit of 500,000 yuan, you will also be expelled from the empire, and within one year, the major chambers of commerce in the empire will not do any transactions with your faction. "I heard that the Kingdom of Ikar At the words of the special envoy, the host Marina who was standing on the stage hesitated and said in a clear voice, "I represent the entire Kingdom of Ikar. Do you know the consequences of doing this!" The special envoy of the Kingdom of Ikar had a mocking expression on his face.

"In the final analysis, you are just a chamber of commerce. What qualifications do you have to represent the merchants of the entire empire? It is really laughable to make all the merchants of the empire not trade with me, Ikar!" After hearing the punishment mentioned by Marina, The special envoy of the Ikar Kingdom kept questioning, who gave this courage to a mere chamber of commerce who dared to confiscate half a million gold from the Ikar Kingdom?

The special envoy of the Kingdom of Ikar looked proud, with a sneer on his lips, and his eyes were even more arrogant. How come he is also the representative of the powerful country of Ikar in southern Europe? The one standing behind him is the entire Kingdom of Ikar. You are not the only chamber of commerce to say no to Ikar. When the kingdom does business, all the empire merchants do not do business with the empire merchants. Merchants are looking for profits. As long as there is profit to be made, they will not just pounce on them crying and shouting!

The important ministers from other countries watched all this with great interest.

This auction definitely came at the right time. There was all kinds of turmoil. The forces almost fought over the horse ranch, and now Luxor has declared war on Ikar, almost in front of representatives of the entire southern European Barrow countries. , gave the Ikar a resounding blow However, the Ikar people directly repented. It was so funny. The dignitaries from other countries looked at them with disdain after their astonishment. Even if they knew the reason why the Ikar envoy suddenly repented, they still looked down on Ikar in their hearts. This is how people behave,

However, it is impossible to say that the forces of various countries will stand on the side of the auction house. The other forces are small and they are also one party. They will not put a chamber of commerce on an equal footing with themselves, let alone because of a Chamber of Commerce, just go and offend the powerful Ikar people. In this world, whoever has a bigger fist is justified.

"Tomorrow morning, if I don't see the 500,000 deposit from my Ikar when I come back, and if I don't see the person in charge of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce personally apologizing to me, I, the Kingdom of Ikar, will announce that the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce and other imperial chambers of commerce with it will You are never allowed to enter my kingdom of Ikar, otherwise all goods will be confiscated!”

The Ikar envoy wanted to get back the humiliation he had just suffered in front of the people of Luxor in front of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. Who knew that the other party was so ignorant that he dared to withhold his deposit? How dare a chamber of commerce dare to confront the dignified Ikar Kingdom, merchants, but They are just a group of despicable and obscene product suppliers! In the Kingdom of Ikar, the nobles are shepherds, and the merchants are just the wool that grows from the sheep. The only role of the merchants is to provide the nobles with enjoyment items and wealth. If this was not the west coast of the empire, I would only have to frown slightly. The head of the head of the Chamber of Commerce had already been placed on a plate and was respectfully delivered to him!

Some representatives of the forces even laughed unscrupulously. They had just been overpowered by the wealthy merchants of the empire, and they had to spend so much more to seize the horse ranch. They were also feeling aggrieved and uncomfortable. Now they finally have a chance to vent. "This Sunrise Chamber of Commerce has hit a brick wall, right? The Sunrise Chamber of Commerce is too courageous. As a chamber of commerce, it threatens a powerful country. Isn't this self-humiliation?"

"Do you really think that no one dares to mess with the Imperial Chamber of Commerce? It's funny. The Chamber of Commerce is just the Chamber of Commerce. Do you really think that it can compete with a country?"

"The Kingdom of Ikar is not one of those small countries along the coast of Central Europe. It is a large southern country with more than 300,000 troops. It is not near the sea. The huge fleet of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce that shocked the entire Europe is also a threat. If we don’t get to the Ikar Kingdom, the Ikar people will go back on their word, so what can the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce do?”

Unlike the other countries who were just watching the excitement, the expressions of the imperial merchants inside the venue were much uglier. The Ikal people blatantly violated the rules of the auction house. If word got out, what prestige would the imperial auction house have? And some wealthy merchants among them If you spend a lot of money to get the horse ranch, you are ready to give it a try. If the other countries don't buy it at all, all these huge sums of money will be wasted! And this is a blatant trampling on the imperial auction by representatives of various countries.

In such a situation, the beautiful host Marina standing on the stage turned pale, and she stood on the stage at a loss for a while.

This auction that attracts the attention of the mainland has still turned into a laughing stock. The people gathered here include representatives of many southern European Barrow forces, figures from various royal families, and even some important military officials. Their backgrounds are too great, even if it is Sunrise. The Chamber of Commerce is also unable to suppress it. The credibility of the Empire Auction House is destined to suffer a fatal blow tonight!

After all, they are just businessmen. What can businessmen do?

Just when Marina felt desperate

A beautiful-looking woman wearing a long black dress appeared on the third floor, which had always seemed empty. She looked at the special envoy of the Ikar Kingdom below and said in a cold voice, "Violating the rules of the imperial auction house means violating our imperial laws. I am sokutusde Lan only declares here on behalf of the Imperial Bank that not a single copper coin of the deposit of 500,000 yuan from the Kingdom of Ikar will be refunded, and starting tonight, any Imperial Chamber of Commerce will have no choice but to engage in any transactions with Ikar people, otherwise it will be regarded as violating the Imperial Bank's ban, and the Empire The bank will The Chamber of Commerce has been completely banned, and the Imperial Bank has decided to grant the Kingdom of Luxor a war loan of 5 million Imperial gold and an 80% discount on the price of armaments. ""I, the Guderi Chamber of Commerce, hereby announce that starting tonight, any Imperial Chamber of Commerce will have no choice but to Any trading behavior by the Ikar people will be regarded as an offense to our Gudri Chamber of Commerce. The Gudri Chamber of Commerce will completely sever trade relations with its chamber of commerce, and our Gudri Chamber of Commerce has decided to give the Kingdom of Luxor a war loan of 300,000,000 imperial gold and A 75% discount strategy for arms prices"

"We, the Starlin Chamber of Commerce, hereby announce that starting tonight, any imperial chamber of commerce will not have any trading behavior with Ikar people, otherwise it will be regarded as an offense to our Starlin Chamber of Commerce, and the Starlin Chamber of Commerce will completely sever trade relations with its chamber of commerce, and I, Starlin Chamber of Commerce The Chamber of Commerce decided to grant the Kingdom of Luxor a war loan of 500,000,000 imperial gold and a 75% discount on the price of armaments."

The imperial merchants present stood up one by one. Those who could enter the auction house were all extremely wealthy people. As they shouted out declarations like oaths one by one, the faces of the representatives of various countries changed colors. Although the imperial merchants could not restrain them, they stood up one by one. They, but they forgot that these guys are rich and control a large amount of armaments. They may not be able to fight against other countries, but they can provide extremely powerful support to their enemies!

Not to mention, the Reichsbank, the nation-devouring tycoon that once swept through all of Southern Europe’s Barro Financial Group

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