Realm of Power

Big oasis, Siyamu Terrace

The terrain is higher than the entire surrounding area. As the only highland terrain in the large oasis, the yellow sand coming from the west is blocked by the highland terrain outside the oasis, resulting in the coexistence of weeds and sand around the oasis. Small green lakes are scattered like circles on the Siam Platform. From a military strategic point of view, this is the connection point between the Gulf of Riyadh area and the great desert area, and is also the first stop into the great desert area.

Because it is located on a plateau, close to a desert area, the vegetation is relatively sparse, and the climate is quite irritating. People who have just arrived will feel uncomfortable for a while. It seems that the sun is much more intense. Every day You can feel the tingling sensation every moment. Not only that, the heat waves from the desert area in the west often come with the storm, turning this place into a huge shelter like a safe bay.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages. This is the first stop from Aden to the Great Oasis. The advantage is that all caravans will replenish supplies here. When the empire had not yet opened up the trade line with Central and South-Bia, the Great Oasis was It is the intersection connecting the continent of Obarro and the continents of Central Asia and South Asia in the east. You can imagine how many caravans come and go, and these caravans have to buy supplies for the desert on the Siam Platform. Yamu Terrace You can make a lot of money just by buying and selling materials. At its most prosperous time, the Siam Platform had a permanent population of 50,000 people, and more than 10,000 merchants came and went. As a result, a series of industries and service industries were spawned. Underground markets, auction houses, and material distribution centers are the economic, political, and cultural center of the entire desert region. Various cultures from the three continents meet and collide here, forming the dazzling and intoxicating style of Siyamu Platform.

The downside is that among the thirteen large oases, even the Aden royal family is jealous of the prosperity of the Siam Platform. The contribution fee collected is more than three times that of other large oases. However, this is not good for Su, who controls the Siam Platform. For the Hora family, it was still within the acceptable range, but all this ended a year ago. The Kingdom of Aden and the Eero Empire fought for the port of Cornonia, and the number of troops participating in the war finally reached one million. scale, though In the end, the Eero Empire was defeated and withdrew its troops. However, the Eero Empire army broke through five large oases during the war, causing a serious setback in the strength of the large oases. Then the Kingdom of Aden launched a large army to counterattack, also using the large oases as a springboard. The supplies of hundreds of thousands of troops were placed on the already barren oasis lords, almost squeezing them clean. As the richest oasis, the Siyamu Platform was the focus of care.

Originally, the vassal monarchs of the Great Oasis thought that after the Aden Kingdom's army recaptured Cornonia, the previous losses could be slowly compensated. However, they did not expect that the Kingdom of Aden's national policy was adjusted from the west. In order to avoid contact with the empire of Overlord Obaro, they simply It completely closed the access route to the large oases. It not only gave up Corniniya, the Kingdom of Aden’s only outlet to the inland sea in the east, but also required the thirteen large oases to completely close the desert trade routes. This For the monarchs of the thirteen oases, this is a bit fatal. The oases are located in the desert and have no output. The only things that can support them are the taxes from the caravans and the huge profits from forming their own caravans. , now the people of Aden have ordered the closure of trade routes, which is equivalent to cutting off the livelihood of the monarchs of the great oasis. The people of Aden have closed their trade routes, but they have no intention of reducing their contribution. The monarchs of the great oasis dare not speak out. ,

Suhola feels that the climate is particularly hot this year. Although this is a desert area, it is only the edge after all, not the hinterland with only one season throughout the year. Such heat is abnormal. As a young monarch of Siam Platform, Suhola La's seemingly rough appearance has deceived many people, but in fact he is delicate on the inside. How could a person who is sensitive and sharp, who can be like a fish in water among the Aden royal family that he has always coveted and a group of jealous sultans from other oasis, be a simple person? At this moment, in the ancient meeting hall of Siyam Terrace, thirteen big people gathered. The monarchs of the oasis are discussing a very important decision

This meeting hall is said to have a history of more than 300 years, even surpassing the history of the Suhola family. The meeting hall is very large, but with thirteen people sitting in it, it looks very empty and heavy. The meeting is in a rectangular shape. The table is also very large. It exudes a strong historical atmosphere. It faces the wall with the coat of arms of the Suhola family, Aden. The Kingdom is about to be promoted to the Empire, and the Great Oasis monarchs who are vassals feel even more pressure. On the surface, the Great Oasis seems to belong to a whole, but in fact, under the various overt and covert means of the Aden royal family, the conflicts between the Oasis monarchs have also begun. Quite a few. If nothing happens, it's best not to meet, otherwise there will definitely be trouble.

But now, they must temporarily put aside their conflicts and conflicts of interest, sit down calmly, and discuss how to jointly deal with the promotion of the Kingdom of Aden. Once the Kingdom of Aden is promoted to an empire, they will definitely have to spend a lot of money as vassals. Congratulations, and the contributions will increase in the future.

If you could grit your teeth and endure it before, now the people of Aden have ordered the trade route to be closed. This trade route that supports thirteen oases has suddenly become extremely desolate. The sound of copper bells from the camel caravans that used to pass through the oases ripples in the wind. , almost never cut off from morning to night, but now there are only two or three kittens left, and almost all of them are smuggling caravans. Regular caravans have given up on this route.

The desert is nearly a thousand miles long, and you need to stop at large oases for supplies along the way. The Siyamu Platform at the first stop was not bad, but the price of supplies has increased two or three times. But once you enter the desert, each oases inside are darker than the last. , because there are too few caravans, and there are too many monks and too few people to eat. It’s hard to find one, but why don’t you die? Slaughtering inside, not only did you not earn a penny during the trip, but you might also risk your life inside. In the past, merchants could go to the tribunes of the Kingdom of Aden to complain. Now, Aden officials have announced that they will close the trade routes and go to the tribunes. The consequence of being an official is that he will be taken directly to prison. It is hard to say whether he can come out alive.

This golden trade route was ruined like this... The monarchs of the thirteen major oases did not expect to encounter such a situation. They even found out an explanation from the top officials of Aden, that is, in order to prevent the influence of the imperial merchants from passing through the big oases. The essence of the oasis entering the Gulf of Aden and closing the trade route is to allow the thirteen green oasis to The monarchs of Europe are left to fend for themselves, because looking at the map, the land connection line of the Gulf of Aden in the direction of Obarro is the great desert. As long as the great desert is impassable, the Gulf of Aden is an absolutely safe environment, unless the enemy can Fly over from the sky, otherwise no one can threaten the area controlled by the Kingdom of Aden.

"That statement has been confirmed. Just last month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Aden began to comprehensively restrict the flow of materials to the Grand Oasis. The people we sent to purchase have also received strict inspections from Aden. We want to send more It has become increasingly difficult to bring out the supplies!" Suhola, the young monarch of Siam Platform, put a letter in his hand on the table and looked at the other monarchs with a wry smile.

Among the thirteen great oasis monarchs, Suhola is recognized as a pro-Aden monarch. This is mainly because the Siyamu Platform is too close to Aden and is under the sword of the Aden people. What can I do if I don't bow my head? Moreover, at the just-concluded banquet in the Royal Capital, Aden promised that as long as Siamu Platform stands up as a representative of the Great Oasis to support the promotion of King Aden to Emperor of Aden, Siamu Platform’s contribution fee will be reduced or reduced.

In fact, the contribution fee was indeed reduced, and the Aden royal family kept its promise.

But when he turned around and twisted his butt, Aden announced comprehensive restrictions on the entire Grand Oasis on the charge that the monarchs of the Grand Oasis had behaved inappropriately at the banquet. The first one was Si Yamu Terrace. The civil officials suddenly changed their faces. Not only did they strictly inspect the materials going to the Grand Oasis and withhold them under various names, but they also detained all the managers of the private properties in the surrounding areas of the Grand Oasis monarchs. Taken away in the name of smuggling investigation. For a moment, anyone who is not blind can see that before being promoted to the empire, the Aden royal family wants to take action on the Great Oasis. Compared with the increasingly useless status of the Great Oasis, the Great Desert will completely turn into a natural chasm that isolates the Gulf of Aden from Obarro. , obviously more in line with the needs of the Kingdom of Aden

"The Aden royal family is forcing us to move to survive!" Someone in the Oasis Monarch said angrily,

"Just by abolishing thirteen insignificant oases, we can ensure that the Kingdom of Aden fights with all its strength in Central Asia and maintains stability and security for at least fifty years. If it were us, we would do the same thing," Suhola said deeply. Taking a breath, as a young monarch who was once pro-Aden, he still has He has some eyes and ears, so he knows far more than these other obscure monarchs. The other monarchs despise Suhola in their hearts, but they also know that when Suhola said such words, he must have some exact information. At that time, the meeting hall was so quiet that you could hear the sound of a pin dropping.

"Suraho, did you hear something?" someone couldn't help but ask

"It's already this time. Now that we're all in the same boat, do we still need to hide anything?"

Sulahe hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, although it's just my guess, in fact, the Aden royal family is not as confident as it seems, otherwise they would not be determined to give up the big oasis in exchange for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Sulahe, can you stop being so pretentious and make it clear?"

"Okay, let me put it simply." Surah's eyes flashed with a cold light and said, "The promotion of the Kingdom of Aden from a kingdom to an empire is not just a promotion in name, but more of an announcement of some kind of power dominance. , the Kingdom of Aden is promoted to the Empire of Aden, and the Kingdom of Aden can legitimately establish its own territory of power in the Central Bia region, and even turn the Central Court of Central Bia into a vassal of the Kingdom of Aden."

"In terms of power expansion, once the Kingdom of Aden does this, it will inevitably collide with the Falcon Empire, which controls the central and northern regions of Central and Northern Africa. According to the national policy direction of the Kingdom of Aden, there is no doubt that they have already brought the most elite The field army was transferred to Central Bia, and the most powerful naval group was also transferred to Central Bia. If this empire The collision needs to choose a battlefield, and the Aden people will definitely choose Biya, because it is far away from the empire's mainland. The imperial army is not the elite of the empire that swept across the entire Nordic Barrow, but more of the recruits temporarily recruited by the empire in the central Bia region. The southern part of Central Bia cannot satisfy the appetite of the Aden people. What the Aden people want is the whole of Central Bia!

"Hiss!" There was a gasping sound, and the faces of the other oasis monarchs showed a look of astonishment. The people of Aden actually planned such a big war that was related to the national destiny of the Kingdom of Aden. The more the monarchs listened, the more frightened they became. The walls of the conference hall are basically black. Although the dry and hot weather is outside the window, you can't feel it at all inside the conference hall.

"We cannot sit still and wait for death. I don't believe that the people of Aden would be so unscrupulous."

"The royal family of Aden transferred the fifth army to Bolando, the ninth army went to Ardensa, and the eleventh army arrived at Yasuo yesterday..."

Sulahe's voice had no intention of stopping. Every time he said a number, the other monarchs felt chilled. If they had a sense of luck before, they were completely chilled now. The three Kingdoms of Aden The regular army numbered nearly 100,000 in total. The three cities they arrived at were the three directions surrounding the Siyamu Platform on the map. It was like moving a huge The knife was fastened on the head of Siyamu Platform. At any time and anywhere, as long as the king raised his finger slightly, Siyamu Platform would be wiped out in ashes. Especially the expressions of several monarchs who owned considerable properties in the three regions were even more expressionless. The pale faces looked at each other, and they all thought of the most worrying aspect. The Aden people are now seizing and attacking the big oasis everywhere, and they may not be able to save their own industries!

If the Aden people launch an attack on the Siyamu Platform now, there will be no suspense at all. And if the big oasis loses even the Siyamu Platform where supplies can still be obtained, the other big oases will really be waiting to die. , the people of Aden are indeed ruthless.

"If it's impossible to go through Aden, why don't we go to the other side, for example, who is in the hands of Corninia?" A small oasis monarch said in a small voice. You can almost hear it if you don't pay attention, but For the monarchs in the hall, their eyes lit up in unison. The people of Aden were really bullying others. Do they really think that he has the final say in this world? There is no door!

"You mean, the Empire!" Someone almost shouted in surprise.

"How will you know if you don't try it! You can definitely give it a try!" Sulahe also agreed.