Realm of Power

The explosions at the port dyed the sky red, and the prison located on the cliff half of the island could see the situation in the direction of the port even more clearly. The dense and numbing Thor shells seemed to come from the dark void. Meteor showers streaked through, and pieces of them exploded into the hulls of the densely packed Aden ships in the port.

Rumble... The deafening explosion brought a dazzling fire into the sky. Even the sturdy warship was broken by such a dense bombardment. The items on the deck were thrown into the sky like toys. The brown ship The deck, broken battleship keel, scattered like octopus ink, the fracture, The red fire snakes rolled outwards in groups, and the bubbling seawater poured in continuously from the side of the punctured hull. The dazzling explosion light flew along the rows of portholes on the battleship bridge to both ends; the huge tail The rudder of the ship was thrown more than ten meters away in the violent explosion, and then hit hard into the rolling water...

"I didn't expect the power of the Imperial Navy to reach such a level. The earth is shattering and the sea is churning. No wonder it can defeat the Aden Navy!" In the dull and dark stone prison, a middle-aged man wearing a Zambian gown looked through the room with a surprised expression. Looking out the window on the wall, I gasped. This person looked like a Chinese and Bian scribe. He has three beards and a long beard, he has a dignified appearance, his eyes are shining with energy, and his body is in a wretched state, but there is no feeling of being hit. On the contrary, it gives people a feeling of incomparable resoluteness, which completely prevents people from being taken advantage of. The return of the Biya Emperor squeezed out all opponents and became the most powerful prime minister of the Central Biya court, Yu Fenglong.

"Xiang Yu, please speak less. The defeat of the navy by the Imperial Navy is taboo among the people of Aden. The day before yesterday, Mr. Tang Su, your assistant, was dragged out and killed by the people of Aden just for discussing this matter. Your Majesty is still in fear. "Why bother deliberately provoking the Aden people? If the guards report him, many of his colleagues will be dragged away by the Aden people."

"What are you afraid of? Even if you are executed, it is better than being taken to Aden. If you die here, you can still be considered your hometown. If you die in Aden, you will be a lonely ghost."

Yu Fenglong smiled disdainfully, glanced at the other people in the cell, and said coldly, "I, Yu Fenglong, am greedy for money, but I am not afraid of death. The Aden people are cruel, and they are still worse than the grassland people who killed everyone in the city." Some, I have already died once before, when I crawled out from the piles of corpses of family members who were chopped down by the prairie people. , I, Yu Fenlong, am already dead. What else do I have to fear? In terms of status, I am the Prime Minister of China and Bibia. One person is inferior to ten thousand people. In terms of opponents, I expelled the Li family, the head of the civil servants, from the court. , so that the powerful Southwest Long family fled back to the southwest in despair, and made Song Que from the south dare not look north. Looking at Siberia, who is still my opponent, Yu Fenlong?

Many people say that I, Yu Fenlong, am greedy for money, but so what. When it comes to being greedy for money, I am only greedy for money, but what you are greedy for is the foundation of the country! Yu Fenlong paused in his voice and glanced at the others. Those who were looked at trembled slightly and did not dare to look directly at Yu Fenlong. Zhongbia's Xinjing was captured by the Aden army. Emperor Biya was captured, along with the Chinese There are more than 300 officials in the Biya court, big and small. This prime minister of China and Biya, who secretly has an affair with the people of Aden, is ranked first. How much money has been taken from the people of Aden, not only must they spit it out, but also fill it up. If you go in more, Aden people will never be polite.

But as Yu Fenglong said, he is just greedy for money! After the people of Aden confiscated all their money, they did not deal with Yu Fenglong much. The others were different. Every one of them was tortured and interrogated. The big families known as the foundation of the country were collected one by one. What was scraped out made the people of Aden dumbfounded. They couldn't understand what was going on in the heads of these big families. How long had it been? These people were really greedy for everything.

Money for disaster relief, money for resettling refugees, land, tenant farmers, production materials, armaments and weapons, as long as they can be greedy, they will not let go

If the battle to break the country were to be fought on the Oubaluo Continent, all the major families would definitely give their full support, and even the private soldiers of the great lords would participate in the war. However, in Zhongbia, it was completely the other way around, with all the major families reaching out to grab them. To make a fortune from the national crisis, a resettlement tax was levied to resettle the refugees returning from the north, all flat land taxes were deducted, and money for recruiting new soldiers was also deducted. The money went directly into his own workshop, and he casually threw out the old and tattered weapons and equipment that he had replaced before and used them as new weapons to deliver to the army. The generals in the army were greedy from top to bottom. In fact, an army of a hundred people There are less than fifty soldiers on board, and military pay is being withheld. Many soldiers have not had military pay for half a year. How can such an army have combat effectiveness?

At the local level, there was a tacit understanding that all the millions of refugees who came back from the north of the river were just driven south. During this period, many aristocratic families took advantage of the opportunity to reap benefits, such as fishing in the river, and took advantage of the opportunity to count the land of local civilians under their own names. Sixty-seven out of ten of the country's land has been turned into private property by these aristocratic families, and a large number of farmers have gone bankrupt. As a result, the country's finances and taxes were even more tense. Officials from various places labeled these civilians who suddenly lost their land as refugees returning from the north and drove them away. A county originally had a population of 200,000. After the refugee crisis, only 40,000 to 50,000 were left. People and land are also divided up by big and small wealthy families. The rest are all low-yield dry fields and mountain fields.

As the prime minister, Yu Fenglong also scolded his mother at heart. That bastard Long Po left him a mess.

There was a catastrophe in Zhongbia. Many famous families were wiped out. Even the four major first-class families were left with only two. The other wealthy families from all over the country who were the backbone of Zhongbia were not known to have been chopped down by the grassland people. These newly added ones The aristocratic families were all bought with money, so why should they care about the future of China and Bia? What is the future? Ever since, the Long family in the southwest and the Song family in the south have a lot of troops and power. These are the goals pursued by the families. The roots of the Central and Asian courts are rotten. The so-called collapse is only a matter of time. Can this collapse happen? Previously, strengthening one's own strength as much as possible and rising up in these troubled times was what the major wealthy families in Central and Eastern Asia planned.

The hearts of the people are scattered, and it is difficult to lead the team. This tree will fall sooner or later. No wonder Long Po is so fast. The Southwest Long family has already gained momentum and hope. What is missing is an opportunity. Long Po only needs to work hard. With one-third of an acre of land, it is possible for him to reach the sky in one step. As a successor, he has no place to run. If Yu Fenglong told the outside world that he actually did not want to be the prime minister at the beginning, he would probably be criticized by countless people. Apply Xingzi and spray it to death

As for the court, forget it, the collapse has nothing to do with me. The Imperial Navy's attack on the Aden people is like a fight between gods. Now everyone's fate is uncertain. Who cares about the affairs of the Aden people? But after hearing The people of Aden were always happy to be rubbed on the ground by the imperial navy. It had been half a month since the people of Aden had transferred them from Zhongbia Xingjing to this isolated island. More than 300 people died, and 70 to 80 of them died. , the rest don’t know what the people of Aden are planning.

"I heard that the Aden people want to take us all back to Aden and let us sing praises to the king of Aden."

“These butchers of Aden are burning and killing Biya in our country, and they want us to sing to their king.

The Central-Bian civilization is different from the many civilizations in the southern continent that have been invaded. The Central-Bian civilization is a typical continental civilization. It has continued for thousands of years and has never been interrupted. This is mainly because of the unique geography of the Central-Bian area. In the environment, to the north is the huge Yanshan Mountains, forming a long mountain barrier of more than 2,000 miles, like a sky dome covering the entire Central and South African region. To the west is a huge barren desert, with only a few small civilizations rising and falling during the period.

The vast land territory is more than 4,000 miles from north to south. The Yanshan Barrier with long mountains is like a long wall, guarding the huge Imperial Plain behind. Countless cities, mountains, and river branches give Central and Asian civilization a rich territory. , the unique geographical advantages ensure the continuation and security of the civilized farming culture of Central and South-Bia. The battlefields of conquest by the barbarians in the south are enough for the Central-Bian people to expand their living space.

The only thing that can bring turmoil to Central and South-Bia is the huge threat from the grassland peoples in the north. Yanshan is the center of gravity of all dynasties in Central and South-Bia, and it is the battlefield where the king’s thoughts are. As long as the prairie cavalry with leaping horses and long bows break through Yanshan Barrier, you can go straight to the Great Plains of Imperial Capital. The consequences of the original cavalry breaking through the Yanshan barrier several times in history were all catastrophes in the Zhongbia region. The Zhongbia dynasty that also invaded the northern grassland was definitely the most powerful dynasty. All the Zhongbia monarchs wanted to Carve your name on the sacred mountain of the prairie, Prancing Horse Prairie, Sword Cutting the Holy Mountain,

Just the Yanshan barrier consumes one-third of the materials and money in Central Asia. The focus of the dynasty is that hundreds of thousands of troops are ready for battle. The criterion for whether a dynasty is strong or not has become whether it can advance into the north from Yanshan. The grasslands inflicted heavy damage on the northern grasslands. As for the vast sea areas to the east and south, they were dispensable in the eyes of the monarchs of all ages.

The sea is vast, and fields cannot be cultivated, nor can it support many people. The poor fishing industry is only self-sufficient. On the contrary, sporadic pirates keep the government busy. The land is already broad enough, so why explore the barren sea? The rich The Imperial Capital Plain provides sufficient supplies and a large population, focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce. The national policies of the Central and Asian countries have kept the Central and Asian merchants in an oppressed position. It was not until the emergence of Nanxi merchants that the Central and Asian regions began to have the concept of maritime trade, but it was only as a gift to outsiders. Designate two or three ports on the more than 2,000-mile-long coastline of Central and Asian countries to allow these outsiders to dock and supply supplies.

No monarch ever thought that one day the enemies of the dynasty would come from the sea! But when it really comes, there is nowhere to stop it. Most of the areas near the sea are plains and wetlands, and the mountains are flat.

Seeing the scene at the port of Qianxun Island, Yu Fenlong felt that it was Zhongbia who was beaten so violently. The Imperial Navy's raid was simple, fast, and ferocious. If it bites hard, it will never give the opponent a chance to stand up. Yu Fenlong He put his hands behind his back, frowned slightly, and looked outside through the stone window that was no more than two feet away. As the prime minister of China and Bibia, this was the first time he saw a sea battle, and his face was reddened by the light of the explosion. Pang, with a solemn expression, Yu Fenglong tapped his right index finger on the cold and wet stone wall. This stone prison was actually a hollowed-out cliff, and the white sea water lapped at the cliff below and turned into white waves. , no one knew what the powerful prime minister of China was thinking. After half an hour, Yu Fenlong looked away from the stone window, turned around and asked, "Is your Majesty still on the island?"

"Your Majesty?" Upon hearing the question, the people in the cell couldn't help but raise their heads. One of them said, "No, you are gone. Your Majesty left with the Aden fleet yesterday morning." The biggest advantage of being in this stone prison is that you can We can clearly see the harbor in the distance. The movement of Aden ships can be clearly seen here.

"The people of Aden are so courageous. They are willing to use so many ships as bait. Under the bombardment of the Imperial Navy, all the ships were shattered. Who knew that a fleet was missing?"

Yu Fenlong's eyes flashed, and the corner of his mouth suddenly grinned. Although he was not a brilliant strategist, he was still a man of the hour and a conspirator in Central and South-Bia. He could single-handedly force the Southwest Long family away and bring down the civil servants. The leader of the Li family is a generation of power that will never be restored. Li Daitao still has a stiff look in his eyes. Ya When the Ding people were desperate, they abnormally gathered all the ships and packed them all on Qianxun Island. Something was obviously wrong. There were more than a hundred ships in the port alone. It was the Aden people who were currently in Central Asia. Most of the ships in the area are merchant ships, and there are only a few warships.

The performance of the Imperial Navy was even more shocking. It strangled almost instantly in the direction of the port, and the entire sea surface was trembling. The Aden ships exploded in pieces. Some of the fast Imperial Dragon Tooth warships were still firing as they approached. They almost wanted to get close to the hull of the Aden ship and fire. The arc water marks dragged out from the back end of the warships were even more like The sharp sword approaching the target, Under such circumstances, no one would associate the blazing hell scene in front of them with the abandoned son. Some Central and African ministers rushed to the narrow stone window and looked out curiously. Naval battle is as foreign to them

In their imagination, naval battles should involve ships from both sides approaching and engaging in hand-to-hand combat. The ships were filled with sailors rippling back and forth, with swords and swords flashing, as dense as swarms. But what they saw now were meteor-like cannonballs and fireballs coming from the direction of the port. It exploded like a squeezed watermelon, like a whirlpool surrounding it Rolling in at full speed, it turns out that this is how naval battles are fought. This is simply...a massacre. A Central Asian minister looked pale, slapped his feet, and squatted on the ground. With such an enemy, no wonder he is so powerful. All the Adenites were defeated at sea and were forced to hide all their ships here without even daring to show their faces.

Bursts of fire broke out, and the few buildings in the port were hit by cannonballs and caught fire. As the line of fire from the Imperial Navy's bombardment extended to the land, the original dots of fire gradually spread into a large area, and eventually the entire port turned into a huge Sea of ​​fire.

"It's so powerful!"

"If that Aden fleet wasn't here, where would it be?"

"Quanzhou Jinggang! Where else can it be but Quanzhou Jinggang!" Someone whispered inadvertently.

"Hiding in Quanzhou Jinggang? The Aden people are really good at it."

In the deep winter mist of Quanzhou, as a sampan that looked like a fishing boat sailed into the harbor, the water began to be pushed by some force, and a dark gray Aden-specific pointed bow emerged from the mist. came out, this was not a large ship, but a smaller sailing ship, and then a fleet of one, two, three, and dozens of sailing ships headed south, and the Aden people pressed on This bet has to be shocking

No wonder the Imperial Navy was fooled, because it looks so real.

It is impossible to forcefully cross Mas Bay, but smugglers from South Africa have long constructed a smuggling waterway in the north of Mas Bay. However, the water channel is narrow and it is difficult for ordinary large ships to pass. Standing on the edge of a long and narrow Aden ship On the bow of the boat, a tall and thin young man from Aden stared into the distance.

I won the bet, the Imperial Navy went to Qianxun Island!

The fleet was carrying much-needed property in Aden. The young man from Aden raised his hand and shouted sternly, "Full sails, heading south. The Imperial Navy is now at Qianxun Island. By the time the Imperial Navy reacts, we should have entered the waterway."