Power and Empire Chapter 1333: The dawn of the empire (5)

Julier Hayden followed behind Presnafa, the lord of the town of Biond County, and slowly stepped up the white steps in front of him. He walked and looked at the people standing on both sides. Guards, his eyes sometimes flashed with a strange look, some very cryptic information was spinning in his mind,

As the family responsible for the conquest of the northwestern region of the Gaul Empire, Julier Hayden will not simply take a look at this so-called remote barbarian just because of Presnafa’s recommendation, and there are jīng sharp guards next to him. The armor craftsmanship on your body shows the extraordinary strength of the Falcon Kingdom. A kingdom lacking craftsmen and iron ore is like having congenital anemia. No matter how tenacious you do not have enough blood, it just keeps from being bullied. , As for wanting to flex its muscles, it’s too much!

And these guards in front of them are not very heavy armors, but they show the extraordinary ingenuity of the craftsmen. The front is forged from a single piece of steel, smooth and hideous. He didn't know that this was because the fat man needed to be close. The armor of the guard must have the unity of defense and mobility. The armor is too heavy and is not conducive to action, while too light, it is difficult for the guards who are good at melee combat to get the protection they deserve. After the recommendations of several armor forging masters in Swadian Next, in addition to the heavy infantry armor dedicated to close combat, which is as thick as ever, the armors of other arms of the Falcon Army have been modified..

The chief officer reduced one-third of the weight and adopted a unified veneer rolling technology. The guard armor that Julier Hayden sees now is an improved version of this guard armor. It is used for training and patrol, although it is lightweight but very practical,

Although it is not as majestic as the double-chain heavy armor of the regular army of the Obaro Empire, it is heavy and indestructible, so that the enemy will be frightened when they see it. As a barbarian in a remote area, veneer armor that can reach the primary overall forging can appear. The craftsmanship has already surprised him.

The equipment of these soldiers in front of them has already explained a problem. The forging skills of this kingdom are very good, and the potential is very large. It is not just armor. Every soldier's gaze gives people a sharp like a blade. Feel,

There is no doubt that these guards are not ostentatious, but real soldiers,

Because the pride of a true soldier does not need to be shown on the face. It is something that comes from the body, that is the feeling of steel, like steel, dare to collide, smash, and destroy, as long as you give an order, you dare to rush up, even if there is a sea of ​​blood in front of the dead mountain

That is a kind of self-confidence and pride that despise the rules of this world, in their hearts. They themselves are the rules, and the sword in their hands is the plow that builds the order of this world.

Their cold-eyed gaze shows that these soldiers are unruly masters in peace. And as the commander-in-chief of these soldiers, the so-called Falcon should not be far behind, a muscular hunk? A barbarian with a mouthful of arrogant words? Or a poser

Julie Hayden had this image in his mind, of course. Julier Hayden doesn't seem to mind this too much, after all, in this northwest region, the Julius family is the uncrowned king. His eyes sent by the family to investigate and look at this so-called Falcon Kingdom’s gaze are also entirely based on the family’s future strategy.

He observes and thinks every step of the way, what is the military strength of this country, or what height can it reach in the future, is it worthy of family support, and what kind of return can the family get? A critical gaze is like a big investor looking at his investment projects extremely carefully,

If the Falcon Kingdom presented to him is just a country that has just been civilized, forging craftsmanship and backward, Julier Hayden can think that there is no need to think about it, and it suddenly pops up on the border. There are several barbarians every year,

Most of these countries are races with inferior forging skills and no potential at all. What they need is not the mercy of the empire, but a sword with wind and thunder to let them know the majesty of the empire. The order of the empire cannot be scorned. Those who dare to resist will be brutally suppressed,

Just like the Fifth Army of Julier Fort, fighting in the Slavic region on the northern border, in just three years, it has slaughtered more than 1.7 million Slavs and destroyed 5 Slav kingdoms. The territory of the empire expanded into a Slavic corridor about a thousand miles long in the northwestern region.

This was an excellent development opportunity, but unfortunately it encountered the worst external environment for the family in hundreds of years. Although the Julius family is also one of the wealthy families in Kyoto, it has experienced the great sensation of the entire empire. The incident has changed from a hot first-line family with countless squanderers and wheels capable of breaking through the threshold. It is now a second-line family where everyone is hiding and even beggars dare not come to the door. For several years, even though the family is still a military exploit abroad. Hehe, the shock group is small,

However, various treatments have been secretly changed. In the midst of the weak and the strong, there is never a shortage of people who fall into the limelight. According to Julier Faborg’s secret letter sent back to the family four months ago, he expressed angrily because With the intervention of a powerful hostile family, and some traitors who fell on the brink, the army’s winter logistics materials were severely deducted,

The war in the north has been eroded, and the weakening logistics line is constantly being stretched. The soldiers lacked clothing due to the cold winter and froze to death during the march. Although the trophies are still being loaded into the carriage, the army is exhausted and completely unable to do so. Going further, in the cruel and extremely cold temperature, gold and silver utensils that cannot be exchanged for cold-proof materials are not as valuable as a pile of broken cotton wool.

Under this situation, the efficiency of soldiers' combat has become increasingly difficult. Instead of continuing to risk advancing, it is better to temporarily stabilize the current situation and find a respite period to recover. It is precisely because of this that the family will not hesitate to adjust its strategy and spend it A lot of power, mobilized savings for several years, tens of millions of gold coins, and finally reluctantly let the empire formally appoint Julier Fort as the first local consul, and obtained new information on the Norden area located at the mouth of the sea. The consul’s final recommendation right, "How do you feel? It should be okay!" Presnarfa, who knows the inside story, suddenly turned his head from the front, and said to Julil Hayden behind him, "I don’t dare to say anything else. , But in the entire western coast, you will never find a second company with such strength. You have seen it along the way. Although you have just experienced the cruel war, the country’s ability to recover is as fast as this magical one. In chūn season, even I was surprised and inexplicably surprised. "Presnafa's voice stopped and said in his mouth." And the biggest advantage is that this falcon kingdom dulì is outside the empire, except for the northwest coast, almost no one knows about them. Exist, they also own a huge overseas land, you should know what it means! ""What do you mean..."

Julier Hayden’s stern face flashed a heartbeat of God, he was not surprised that Presnafa could guess the true purpose of his trip, the Pres family and the Julius family It has been a veteran ally 100 years ago. Many of the spoils of the Julius family are even digested through the channels of the Pres family. Both sides know their roots, otherwise the Pres family’s county town of Biond will also It will not be so stable in the northwest region, and even a bandit has never encountered it.

"Yes!"

Prestige nodded heavily and said, "This is an irresistible temptation for the noble family who can digest a large number of spoils through the underground world at a low price in the past few years! If you really It can be negotiated, and your family can sell the surplus spoils from the northwest coast to the overseas mainland without knowing it. Not only can it solve the stubborn illness for several years, but it can also obtain a stable benefit. Source "" Even if it is an empire, it is impossible to know how much interest you have with the Falcon Kingdom. Naturally, there is no need to comply with the one-of-three loot tax. For the Slavic region who has a firm foothold and needs a large amount of financial support, what a strong support is it."

The trophies tax in Pres’s method is a practice in the Gaul Empire. The regiments responsible for fighting abroad need to pay one-third of the spoils each time they seize them. Therefore, most regiments responsible for foreign wars often use it. A large number of captured slaves replaced the loot tax,

Slave groups are a major feature of the Gaul Empire. Normandy sold 200,000 Salanders to the Gaul Empire not only for pure destruction, but because the slave trade was very important in the Gaul Empire. Generally, in the Gaul Empire, there is a slave trade in every city,

Take dìdū Paris Siti as an example. In a huge population of 800,000, there are less than 500,000 real Gauls and less than 10,000 high-ranking nobles, but they have more than 200,000 slaves. The Gaul Empire is a symbol of identity and wealth. Every time a region is conquered, the first thing the Imperial Army does is to plunder all the property and turn all the people on it into slaves. These hardly need any funds. The cheapest productivity ~IndoMTL.com~ is flooded in the plantations, construction sites, and entertainment venues of the empire.

There are slave farms in every city, and the trafficked slaves are also of various races, such as strong Slavs, small but flexible Zhongbian people, and dark-skinned Gangfei people.

They worked under the persecution of leather whips and long swords, and paid the price of sweat and blood for the extravagant life of the imperial nobles.

According to the difference of personal status and wealth, the number of slaves is different. There are ordinary families with only one domestic slave, and there are also imperial families with tens of thousands of slaves.

Although the Julius family has fallen, it also owns 26 farms in dìdū, with more than 3,000 slaves.

"Although they don't want to admit it, they are indeed qualified!"

Julier Hayden hesitated for a moment, his critical gaze finally fell behind the two black armored guards standing at the top of the steps, and fluctuated slightly.

If the fat guy knows that he is affirmed because of two guards wearing first-generation armor, then he really has the heart to cry (to be continued.)