Realm of Power

695 Return Nine

The storm in early spring has not yet passed, and the violent storm is still raging outside the Susuo Governor's Mansion. From time to time, the sound of big trees being broken can be heard, crushing all the nearby houses.

Salton put his hands behind his back and looked at the street outside the window in silence.

The sound of heavy raindrops hitting the window. Although there are raindrops and stars outside the window, there are still lights all over the city, just like the stars in the sky. The streets are full of people, the cries of merchants on the street, and the light of pedestrians walking leisurely. Like shadows, lively girls wearing various colored clothes are walking on the streets in the rain, which is as pleasing to the eye as the fluttering butterflies.

Su Luo's prosperity has not been affected by the war, and it has been maintained since the Ruilian period until now. As the largest city in the south of Ruilidian at the time, the scale of this city can be described as magnificent from east to west, with length and width of With a 30-mile-long city wall, this is definitely one of the most majestic cities in the Ikadiva continent, which has a population of only about 30 million.

The Suluo region is located at the center of the junction of Ruidian, Dorok, and Nord. It has unique conditions for becoming a business and trade center. Salton, the new Governor of Suluo, has adopted an economic policy similar to that of a business alliance. All in The traditional trade tax has been abolished for trade in the Susuo area, and a tax of one-twentieth will be implemented based on the actual transaction volume.

This policy has greatly alleviated the impact of destruction caused by regional turmoil.

The nobles were still drunken in banquets and songs, while the common people were living their own small lives. Occasionally, the silver bell-like laughter came from the window sill, and in the blink of an eye, a pure and lively face could be seen, Su

The people of Su Luo are not all Ruidian people. In order to build a logistics base that could fight against Nord, the Ruidian people consciously built Su Ruo as the economic center of the entire south. There was Tevalin in the north, and Tevalin in the south. With Su Ruo, the strategies set by the first generation of King Ruierdian were regarded as national strategies by subsequent generations of kings.

Facts have also proved that because of the solid support of the Susuo region, the northern momentum of the southern Nords was blocked several times. These two places, as the focus of population migration, formed the three northern counties, the largest resource areas in the north. and Su Ruo, the largest logistics center in the south.

It was against this background that countless ethnic groups conquered by Ruidian were driven here. Under Ruidian's power, after hundreds of years of integration and evolution, a regional race with a mixture of bloodlines from various ethnic groups was formed. Su Ruo people,

They are different from the more orthodox Ruidian people, who have fair skin, blond hair and blue eyes. Most of the Suosu people have a bit of dark appearance, thick lips, and eyes that are not blue, but silver-gray with a bit of mixed blood.

It may be due to the mixed blood. Su Ruo's women have always been known for their beauty and charm, while the men are handsome and unrestrained. If you meet a real blond with silver eyes, he will definitely be a monster that can make most women's hearts flutter just by his eyes.

There are dozens of areas separated inside and outside, from the innermost aristocratic area to the outer civilian residential area. The densely packed rooftops and countless interlaced streets divide the city, forming its own unique living area. The 300,000 people living in Susuo seem to be completely unaware of the war that pervades the mainland and still live peacefully.

Since Salton took over the Suluo area, he has put the security of the Suluo area first, and thieves who dared to do business without capital on the Suluo road have been severely attacked by this big shot from the Ministry of Military Affairs. The local garrison and the newly formed Suo Di The Fang Army regarded them as training targets. However, it had only been 2 months. Except for those famous Green Forest leaders who were very knowledgeable about current affairs and left Su Ruo, the rest of them had obediently hung their heads on Su Ruo. The city gate warned fellow travelers.

The public security is good, the transportation is convenient, and it is the most ideal channel for border trade. The roads are filled with an endless stream of vehicles loaded with all kinds of goods every day, rolling into the vast market in the city. Suluo is becoming the largest and most prosperous city in the southeast.

It is a pity that Salton, who created all this, does not have a good reputation in Su Ruo, because he is the most powerful governor in the Su Ruo area. He not only has administrative power, but also military power. The newly formed Su Ruo is the first and second In addition to undertaking the mission of collapse, the legion also has an important task, which is to inspect the incoming and outgoing goods to see if there are any prohibited goods in the trade.

The definition of prohibited goods changes frequently. Weapons, war horses, armor, etc. are naturally prohibited goods. However, when Salton personally reviewed the "Circulation Act", iron ore raw materials, grain, and other general daily necessities suddenly became prohibited goods. , and local military and political chiefs can also define and add the catalog of prohibited items based on actual conditions.

In this case, Salton, as the supreme commander of the army in the Sulu area, has very great authority. He has the right to identify the prohibited items and types according to the actual situation, and organize the troops to seize and seize them. In other words, If he didn't agree, it would be illegal for merchants to transport even a bundle of firewood out of Suruo.

With such great power in the hands of one person, it goes without saying that Salton's richness is the most enviable even in the Nordic military circles.

In fact, Salton is one of those people who earns a net worth of over 10 million within three months. As for where the money is used, not many people know.

In the next week, Salton summoned all his subordinates who were still sitting in their chairs and spoke in official tone for a while, and then said

"Recently, the border defense has been lax, and many illegal merchants have been smuggling contraband items. This is rampant and has damaged the normal economic order of Suruo. You must not be indifferent to this phenomenon! From today, all troops will launch a three-month crackdown on cross-border smuggling activities. You must strictly implement it! If you dare to slack off, don't blame me for being merciless!"

"Yes! The Nord generals answered in unison

Salton took out the catalog with a smile, and the Nord generals were immediately stunned. Almost dying, they saw that the catalog of contraband items was 20 centimeters thick and weighed ten pounds.

"Sir... this..."

Someone trembled and flipped through it hastily, and immediately gasped in shock. The richness of the catalog content was simply jaw-dropping. It could compile another encyclopedia. The items listed were varied. Eight gates, from toothpicks, lipsticks, nail clippers, donkeys, cloth, wood, iron ore, war horses, everything is included.

Such a heavy catalog made the Nord generals look at each other, and turned around and left at the same time. In the next three days, all the checkpoints and border patrol troops in the whole territory of Suruo received thick catalogs. The commanders of the troops were too lazy to even look at them. Instead of remembering what is in the catalog, it is better to remember what is not in the catalog.

Suruo’s tax revenue doubled in the month. Some people even heard that Salton used this money to set up a combat department in his governor’s office. But at least the garrison of 2 reorganized legions and the full tax of 300,000 gold coins per month are enough to shut up many Nord high-level people.

Because everyone knows that what His Majesty the King lacks most now is The army, and then the money. Having just experienced a disastrous defeat, Nord urgently needs to absorb lost nutrients from various places. The compensation for the losses of more than 70,000 people in the southward advance has almost bankrupted the entire Nordic finances, and the accumulated treasury for several years has been emptied.

Even the Minister of Finance has been sick for 18 days and has not attended the court meeting. There is no other way. It is said that there are 17 or 18 generals blocking the Ministry of Finance every day to demand compensation for losses. If these hot-tempered guys had not considered the face of the Minister of Finance who was also from the Ministry of Military Affairs, they would have directly commanded the soldiers to break down the door of the Ministry of Finance.

This time, the two reorganized legions were crippled in order to break through, and the Scarlet Erdo legion was directly determined to be annihilated. In addition, tens of thousands of southern troops mutinied. This battle is definitely a century-long battle for the Kingdom of Nord. A shame that can only be seen!

If the Falcon Army had not made a stupid move at the end, allowing the Nord Army to find a seaport to return home, I am afraid that the 150,000 Nord elite troops would have been buried in the mountains in the south of Vikia. However, the days of running back were not easy. More than 20,000 people were lost. They were also attacked by the Falcon Navy at sea and lost more than 20,000 people. In the end, less than 50,000 troops of the 10,000 ships returning home were able to safely reach Nord.

Then it was to appease the southern army whose homes were destroyed. The treasury allocated nearly half a year's income in advance for this. What made the Nord Kingdom even more worried was that the southern coastal areas of the kingdom were still in the hands of the Falcon Dynasty. If they wanted to recover them, the money needed to be spent was incalculable. Some ministers had to wonder whether Salton's move was also a secret order from His Majesty!

Su Ruo's change of attitude had the greatest impact on the Commercial Alliance. Because there were too many contraband items, many caravans had to stop their trade activities, but the impact was also huge. Due to the shortage of materials, the status of Su Ruo, the southern center, undoubtedly had an impact on the entire Nord.

The abnormal report about Su Ruo was first sent to the headquarters of the Commercial Alliance, which was closely related to it, in late March. Sokutusdalan, who received the letter, carefully reviewed Su Ruo's recent commodity trading items and immediately drove to Boansdu Manor outside the city of Rivadin.

No one would know that this place with the early spring wind was The manor of Zi will be Fatty's temporary residence now.

Because he passed by Zhiwading temporarily, Fatty only stayed here temporarily for one night. This is a beautiful place.

Dense farms, green fields, a river passing through the manor, winding eastward to the distant horizon.

Golden light and shadow float on the great plains, and the breeze blows in from the window with the scent of wild grass and mint.

This place reminds Fatty of his falcon territory, calm and calm.

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