Power and Empire Chapter 561: The North-South Controversy (3)


561 North-South Controversy (3)

The journey from Hutubeien to Weikeling is not a long one. The road is built with crushed stones, and it is as neat as it was polished by heavy pressure. There are large tracts of woodland along both sides of the road.

This hardy plant has evergreen leaves even in the cold winter, so it is also called an evergreen tree. These dense forests constitute the main body of the earth. Like a tuft of dark green grass spread on the vast ground,

The cold winter is far away, and the earth recovers. From the fields, the grass, the bushes and the forest-filled flowers, there is a fragrance of fragrance, and the birds fly around on the roof, on the branches beside the house. There are all kinds of sounds, from the bushes covered by a hundred hua, to the forest covered by the sun to the distant mountainous area.

On the top of the mountain, there are shallow, silver, golden, purple and transparent clouds. They are sometimes thick and light, and they slightly set off the bright blue sky around the horizon

A white carriage is driving on the wide road. There is no extra decoration on the carriage. There is only a star sign on the mén, but on both sides of the carriage, there are more than a dozen people dressed in ornate decorations. The Mamunuk cavalry followed behind with a pious and solemn face,

They are not old for many years, they are handsome, with a proud smile on their faces that belong to the Mamunuk knights, their armors are dazzling in the sun, and their tall cavities are inlaid with golden hexagonal emblems. ,

The tall war horse is walking at a weird pace, looking like it was arranged in advance, neatly lifted, and then neatly put down, giving people a strange and fresh sense of rhythm,

This is the most popular "horse step" among the Salander nobles. It is said that there are more than 30 pace rhythms.

According to different venues and different scenarios, it is often used in the promotion test of the Mamunuk Knights. This is a required course to gain the favor of those big men or aristocratic wives. It is only used in this place, which is nondescript, but It also shows that the identity of the owner in the carriage is extraordinary

Among these Mamunuk knights, the largest one wears three such hexagonal badges. He is a young man with a silver head, and his keen eyes look at the pedestrians passing by from time to time.

The other Mamunuk knights are close behind him. No one dared to cross his horse's head. Even if it is sometimes added, they will deliberately keep a distance from him, like an invisible horizontal line. , Deeply painted in everyone’s minds, this is a mark of combat bravery. Only Mamunuk senior knights who have performed bravery in battles and received awards from the Ministry of Military Affairs are eligible to wear such hexagonal badges. It means the starry sky shines,

Three pieces represent three times, indicating that these Mamunuk knights have participated in cruel battles, not those newcomers who have just been recruited from the nobles and only know how to show off,

They are the sharpest warriors in the Salander army, and they are warriors with a strong sense of pride. Their current status is the guardian of the Kingdom’s Starry Sky Sacrifice to Palschenna. This is personally from His Majesty the Great King. Assign,

Of course, not everyone is happy about the beauty of this trip to the north with the sky rituals. For example, the silver knight leader Jessug is the one who rode in the forefront.

He is a famous warrior in Kyoto. He and his Mamunuk squadron are proudly hailed as "our war eagles" by the Kyoto army.

This title originated from his record of having a squadron that took the initiative to meet the most sharp fighting falcon cavalry among the Normans. Although he lost that time and suffered heavy losses, he had lost all opportunities. His subordinates, but he is the only commander who did not break up under the powerful attack of Goshawk Avizi,

At this moment, he looked at the foreground sè with a hint of melancholy. News of the death of Goshawk Avidze has reached the Kingdom of Kyoto. Although there is no physical confirmation, the weird behavior of the Normans outside the city during this period has been Made the best proof,

Goshawk Avidze, this undefeated nightmare has fallen silently to the north of the kingdom. This news has become the most important thing for the Salanders after the beheading of the wild wolf Hou Savis. The news of the shock caused a great shock to Kyoto’s morale, but it also shocked Kyoto at the hidden power of the north.

Yesugh and the new Northern Commander Jeharto are both representatives of the main combat faction in Kyoto. They both advocate the establishment of a stable logistics line in the north, and support the long-term combat in Kyoto by transporting supplies and soldiers.

The difference is that Yasug advocates a moderate policy towards the north and wins over the lords of the north through certain favors.

And Jehardo advocated high-pressure measures to force the North to submit. If necessary, take advantage of the recent decline of the Norman attacks to carry out military and military actions against some of the lords in the North who are dissatisfied with the management. The political double blow completely solidified the north in Kyoto’s hands,

If these northern hillbillies dare to oppose, don’t mind declaring that the northern lord has rebelled in the name of the kingdom’s regular army, and then arrest all those who don’t know how to be grateful

This idea is very marketable among the nobles of Salander Kyoto. Because of the loss of large southern areas, 80% of the nobles of the kingdom gathered in Kyoto. With the Normans approaching the city, these fled south The nobles can still suppress the resentment in their hearts, share the same hatred and hatred,

But now, the momentum of the Normandy’s attack has eased due to some unexpected circumstances, and these originally suppressed contradictions have exploded.

Since the land in the south cannot be taken back, give us the land in the north. Anyway, it is useless in the hands of those hillbillies

This kind of argument has often flowed out of the southern aristocrats. They have never put those weak aristocrats in the north in their eyes. They did not have it before, and they do not have it now.

What's more, some news from the north made them stupid and moved. They were known as the big six vaults. It turned out that the poor people in the north did trade, and it was very easy to measure. There are countless sea ships between the two places. Shuttle, thousands of boxes of goods are carried every day,

It is said that as long as any item of merchandise is able to board those sea-going ships and encounter the other side of the strait, it will immediately double in value and enter a place called a trading house.

If you can safely run for a month, deduct some minor incalculable wear and tear that may appear on the road, and probably less than 10% of the excise tax, tens of thousands of dazzling gold coins will be handed.

I’ve never heard of someone making money like this before. It’s simply stealing money. I heard some merchants who have been to the north say that even the poorest little lord in the north can easily come up with thousands of gold coins for repairs. My own country cottage

Starry Sky Sacrifice Palschenna gently lifted the carriage curtain, and looked at the wide road under her feet where four carriages could drive side by side, with a bit of surprise on her face,

From Kyoto to Hutubeien, hundreds of villages in the barren mountainous area along the way were either burnt down, or only some old people and fùnv in dilapidated clothes remained there, and the bone-like children with big helpless eyes opened. , Innocent looks at anyone who travels through the village. The village is lifeless and can't see the activity and busyness of the net season sowing season.

But this is not the most terrible. Through astrological research, Palschenna can vaguely sense that this year, a drought that is rare in a century may occur.

There was no drop of water in the whole winter. The ground just after the cold was still white, and there were dry and cracked gullies everywhere, and large tracts of land were deserted by the roadside, with waist-high trees growing on them. The weeds, as soon as the wind blows, they make a rustling sound, which sounds like a whimper with a méng head in the night,

This situation has been going on for half a year. All the men over the age of 14 have been requisitioned into the army. As a result, the entire central and northern part of Salander has completely lost the power they should have. The lord of the place also had to leave his territory and went to the relatively prosperous north

Now, all of this has suddenly changed in front of my eyes,

First, the villages on the road began to have beauty. There are beautiful nets everywhere. The earth is shining with golden brilliance. The fields are full of fires. The bushes around the fields also contain hundreds of huas. The flowers are in full bloom, among the towering trees, you can see the golden roofs of large village houses, dotted with colorful flowers,

Young figures abound in the fields, and their male nv bends down together with a happy smile in their mouths, sowing the wheat seedlings in their hands onto the land with weird horizontal lines. If this horizontal line is If you look carefully, there will be a series of vertical and vertical ditches, and the black soil is full of the smell of wheat seedlings

This added surprise and surprise to the face of the Starry Sky Sacrifice Palschenna. It has long been heard that Heckling is a strange place. Instead of enslaving the civilians, the local lords made the land extremely cheap. The price of renting to farmers in their own territory, regardless of whether they are originally from Hekling, as long as they are willing to move to Hekling and settle down, they can get a piece of land.

If this is unthinkable in a normal year, but in this era of war, it is undoubtedly a very rare and peaceful land. It is said that this place accommodates three-quarters of the refugees in the north of Salander, with a population of several months. There are more than 70,000 people inside,

Parschenna saw these newly built farms arranged side by side in a trapezoid on the periphery of the city, like a huge hua park outside the city. This castle is not so much a military fortress as it is a place. In the commercial city, people on the roads seem to emerge from the ground, merchants, nobles, and commoners seem to be difficult to distinguish clearly here.

You may see a carriage with cargo passing by, but sitting next to the carriage driver is dressed as a nobleman, and you can even hear the voices of greeting each other, most of which are viscounts and barons. Kind of person,

Although he is not a great nobleman, he is also a distinguished person, and the common people on the roadside are not afraid of these people, but when there are more vehicles, the children playing in the distance are far away from the wide road, and Palschenna has found an interesting thing since entering the range of Heckling, there is no checkpoint on the road. It seems that these spacious avenues are originally for people to use for free,

The wide road disappeared from the front as if flying away. It was originally expected to be half a day away, but it took only three hours to see the newly built city wall of Heck territory from a distance.

Herk’s main castle is not big, like a black swell on the gray cliff, countless small black spots are active inside, and the port below is full of large and small sailing ships. Staggered streets, extending from under the castle, form large residential clusters, densely arranged with pointed roofs.

"What kind of person is the Marquis of Victon Say"

Parskina's eyes flickered, and she stretched her numb limbs in the carriage,

Compared with the dilapidated places in other places, the scene in front of me is dreamlike and beautiful, but I have come to destroy all of this. When I think of this, Palschena feels very contradictory.

This time she came to host the Winter Veil Festival through the procedures of the Celestial Temple, but everyone knows that, like the situation in Kyoto that may explode at any time, if you have not had the King’s permission, don’t say leave Kyoto. It is very difficult to step out of the temple because she must follow the rules of the temple and pray for those warriors who fought bravely on the front line during the war.

Mén of Heck city, the fat man and the handsome Nilai were waiting. The fat man stared at a white carriage in the distance, while Nilai's face was a **** of gain and loss. Even though I am a little bit happy, the tutor who has been with him for many years is coming, but also a little worried. Although he knows the position of the tutor in the kingdom, he rarely interferes in the affairs of the kingdom.

But at this moment, I can’t say that there is no meaning to suppress myself. Now the whole kingdom knows that the richest cities in the north are Lhasa Port and Hek City. As long as these two areas can be controlled, it is like Pinched the lifeblood of the northern economy

Nile, who has always admired his mentor, feels at a loss for the obvious political sè color of his mentor this time. The news that the star priest Palschenna may arrive early is the well-informed old Duke of Russia and Germany. I sent someone to inform me,

At that time, Nilai did not believe that if the tutor arrived early, he would definitely let Hongyue give her a message. The Winter Veil Festival still has ten days. According to the habits of previous years, as the host of the star festival, only Can arrive in the last three days, because that day is the most dazzling star-moon night in the northern night sky, and that day is also the moment when the stars in the sky shine the most

After receiving the news, the fat man immediately sent someone to monitor the eyeliner under Hutubeenbu, not wanting to really get the news that the star priest Palschenna had arrived, and then the messenger from Hutubeien sent the news. Implemented,

The starry sky worships Lord Palschenna. He will leave Hutubeien on March 25 and go to Heck to discuss the Winter Veil Festival. Of course, this is not the key point. The focus is on the northern chief Jeharto. The adults will come to Heck to discuss with Lord Hektonsai about taking over the fleet.

This is a potential message. When the fat man received this news, the first thing he thought of was that the Northern Commander finally couldn't bear to do it.

Since the Northern Commander took office, he has shown an extremely tough attitude. For the newly formed Northern Alliance, it has taken measures to crack down on separation. First, force out the weaker lords, and then force those with average strength. The division of the lord is like peeling a grapefruit, one by one, the thick leather outside is broken open, and then the refreshing and juicy melon flesh is easily grabbed. Among these melon flesh, the fat Heck collar is undoubtedly the most coveted. yùdrops,

The rich trading income and the leading position in the northern port are enough to become the target of the northern chief in killing the monkey. As long as the Heck collar is taken, everyone in the other big families will inevitably Danger,

At that time, just a light push, this seemingly solid alliance will collapse.

One light and one dark, one soft and the other hard, threats and bait. The methods are quite sophisticated. They deserve to be killed from the quagmire of Kyoto. It is said that this time the choice of the northern chief is not the adult. But a duke named Ervi, who didn’t know why, made His Majesty the King change his mind

If you don’t agree to the northern chief’s request, I’m afraid that this year’s Winter Veil will not be able to see the starry sky rituals, and rumors about your disadvantage will soon spread throughout the north. It will be a heavy blow to the people’s hearts,

Just when the fat man was thinking about it, the Mamunuk cavalry in the distance had stepped into the outer city unceremoniously, and a white carriage came slowly.

"Teacher" Nilai greeted him with a jealous face. The Captain Mamunuk in front clearly knew this beautiful nv duke who had been in the Kyoto temple. He did not come forward to stop him, but led him. Horses get out of the way

As the car mén opened, an nv man wearing a large sacrificial robe came down from above. The young nv didn't look too special on the outside, with a light white hat on his head and floating around. The floating ribbon hangs down, making her face looming. Although she is wearing a wide sacrificial gown, she can still see her slender waist and plump tún~IndoMTL.com~A pair of plain cloth shoes are on her feet,

At a glance, there is nothing special. Only a very careful person can see the superior quality of the fabric and the craftsmanship, and at the same time distinguish that this is definitely not the fabric that can be bought on the market. Like most Salander nv people,

The hazy silhouette behind the veil and the slender pink neck. Others can't see her expression, nor can they see her face clearly, but between her every move, she shows a kind of natural and proud posture.

"Nilai, you have lost weight"

Parschenna held the hand of her favorite disciple with a hand, because her face was méng with a veil, her expression could not be clearly seen, but her voice was as sweet as a bead, with an indescribable magical power. Thin silk thread swimming in the auricle

"This must be the Lord Victorse who killed the goshawk Avitze, right"

Nilai whispered to her mentor over there, while here, a silver Jesuge looked at the fat man with a hint of hostility. It is hard for him to imagine the invincible goshawk. Wei Ze, will die in the hands of such a mediocre fat man


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