Power and Empire Chapter 1618: Inheritance of the battle (2)

The Falcon Empire lasted for five years. In early summer, the snow melted, the earth recovered, and the mountains were full of flowers. For the history of an empire, five years is too short, almost the moment when the meteors pass.

For the history of the early empire, these five years have been the most critical moment in the transition of the Falcon Empire from a kingdom to an empire. The Falcon Kingdom used a strong military policy to end the turbulent five hundred years of chaos and rages. The prairie cavalry on the mainland for hundreds of years also began to surrender to the rule of the central and southern regions of the mainland. The disputes among the various ethnic groups in the mainland began to stabilize, and the gunpowder and pain caused by the continental conquest war.

Unrest and blood, chaos and war, all of these, along with the stability of the living environment and economic development, have begun to blur people’s memories of that tragic war. Ikadiva, which has been in turmoil for five hundred years, is over. Own troubled times,

Under the unique policy of rest and rejuvenation in the Falcon Kingdom, each region is growing and emitting its own vitality

Full of imperial policies that led to the promotion of the empire, the mass migration of the population after the war, the large-scale development of desolate areas, the surrender of the forces in the grasslands, the expansion of new overseas areas, and the emergence of a large number of new City,

Finally in this chūn season, just like grass buds everywhere, after soaking up enough sunlight and nutrients, they began to break the soil and turn into strong wheatgrass, swaying in the peaceful wind, a golden wave of golden wheat,

The glory of the "Golden Age" began to descend on Ikadiva,

The empire uses the economic structure of commerce to support businesses, making internal consumption driven by a population of 40 million become the main source of the empire’s finances. During the four years of the empire, it brought 24 million gold coins to the empire in one quarter. ,

In the fifth year, this number has exceeded 31 million. Swadian and Ruode are the core areas of the mainland. With the recovery of the economy and population, the consumption power is chūn in the sixth year. Leap to a new level again,

The tax revenue of 35 million yuan is still rising, which is equivalent to twice the total tax revenue of the countries before the unification of the mainland.

The end of the troubled times put an end to the melee of war between countries, and greatly reduced the internal wear and tear of Ikadiva, originally in order to fight against the expansion of the army. And the wealth that was consumed in large quantities began to return,

In terms of economy and culture, three sources of power have been steadily formed within the empire.

The first is in the southern part of Vecchia, which is the most developed area of ​​the empire with a dense population. The luxuriant commerce, the agricultural foundation irrigated by dense water networks, the developed industrial foundry industry, and the unique and excellent access to the sea all make this a well-deserved core that drives the entire continent's weather vane.

"The heart of the Falcon Empire is Vikia, and the heart of Vikia is the southern part of Vikia" This point was in the Continental Unification War. Has been recognized by the entire Ikadiva continent

The second development center is in the three northern counties of the former Swadian region. It has now been renamed the central-northern region of the mainland of Ruimir. This is the main road of north-south traffic, the connection between the plain and the northern grassland, whether it is from The prairie horse teams going south in the grassland area, or the caravans going north from the middle of the mainland, will gather here, horses, leather, and livestock from the north. The luxury goods, food and minerals of the South, and various rare and rare items from overseas, complement each other here.

Especially under the empire’s one-year economic promotion policy, more than 10 million gold coins have been invested in infrastructure construction, and the migration of millions of Swadian populations has made it a real hub for transportation and commerce between the North and the South.

The third one is centered on the millennium dìdū Paravin Plain. The formed cultural center, the plain area has always been the most concentrated area of ​​culture, not to mention that it is located in the center of the mainland and is known as the Palavin of a thousand years. Because Paravin wisely chose to surrender before the war and did not experience the cruel baptism of war, all the buildings in the city have been preserved, and the cultural context is still active under the connivance of the empire.

With the advent of the era of peace, various cultural schools and technical schools have also emerged in this area like bamboo shoots after the rain, especially since they have been standing on the mainland for hundreds of years and are known as the mainland’s number one. Paravin College, the various classics stacked in it are all well-deserved cultural treasures. The impressive British education for hundreds of years has almost encompassed all the roots of Ikadiva’s cultural heritage. This is a big Trees, under the big trees are countless root systems throughout the continent

Even the Swadian soldiers who once set foot on the mainland and crossed the mountains and rivers once took the origin of Paravin Academy as the highest honor. The fat man has never set foot in the highest residence of mainland culture, but he has acquiesced to this culture. The way of spreading, the Palavin Academy is the pillar of the gods of the whole continent. For hundreds of years, most of the wise officials and generals of the Ikadiva continent came from this. Not only the Swadian people’s jīngying is going out here. There are also the Rude people, the Vikya people, the steppe people, and even the people from the far north. For a period of time, the nobleman Jīngying from Palavin almost controlled the destiny of the entire continent.

This is the common identity of the entire continent for culture, and it is also out of the need for the unification of the empire,

Multi-ethnic integration is not only a mode of conquering war, but also cultural penetration and blending. The rise of a multi-ethnic empire requires not only the connection of materials and interests, but also the common point of cultural integration. ,

Under the loose academic environment, or the war in the past, it stung the nerves of the proud Palavin College, the first university in the mainland. In the past two years, it has basically given up the education that was only open to the nobles in the past. The model began to lean towards popular education and shift to a broader education for people’s livelihood. The two economic centers that traverse the central and southern regions of Ikadiva are pulling the wheels of the empire, and Paravin’s culture has become the axis of balance of the economic center. Let the wheels run more steadily,

This is the empire structure that Fatty had envisioned before, but now, a new economic center suddenly burst out in the five-year chūn day of the empire, making Fatty unexpected and caught off guard.

This is the northwest coast of Europa, where the infrastructure has just been completed.

In fact, even Fatty himself did not expect that the northwest coast would rise so quickly. With the entry of a large number of migrants, the construction of the largest port in the empire, Xinhaicheng, was completed, the city’s transportation lines became one piece, and all parties within the empire Forces have built their own commercial ports on the northwest coast. Merchant ships are moving and goods are gathering. A large number of goods enter the southwest area without tax, and then enter the inland area of ​​Obaro.

This is an invisible war waged by merchants. The manpower and material resources it led were not lost to a war. According to the registration of the governor's house on the northwest coast, the number of merchants from the empire was only about 6,000 in March, and there were 2,700 merchant ships. But in April, this number broke through 50,000, and the number of merchant ships was 11,000, which was a direct five-fold. It is necessary to know the total number of domestic merchants registered by the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is about 220,000.

Close to a quarter of the number of merchants in the empire, more than 10,000 merchant ships, frequent exchanges between the port of Antoros, Xinhai City, and the mainland of the empire. All of this gathered in an area that was less than fifty miles long and wide. ,

The luxuriant scene brought up by it is not someone who has seen it with his own eyes. It is absolutely impossible to imagine the kind of shock, the sails are like waves, the end is invisible at a glance, the densely docked ships, almost covering the sea, the port unloading wharf, the cargo station for reloading, no matter when. Everyone can see the frequent figures of the carriages, and the businessmen sitting on the carriages hurriedly, heading into the southwest area with the wind and snow, and the mutual vocalizations

Among these goods, there are goods from the mainland of Ikadiva and a large number of goods from the Northwest. In the past, goods from the Northwest Coast had to enter Obaro. It is necessary to pay heavy taxes when passing through other northwestern regions, but now, the convenient sea trade route skips the obstacles built by various forces on the land. The merchant ship from the port of Normandy sailed down the sea, resupply at Oacha, and then went straight to Xinhai City.

In the past, it took half a month to keep the market, and the land transportation line that may have been suffocated due to various difficulties was shortened by three days at once. There was no exploitation of land taxation, which reduced the transportation cost, the price of the goods, and the comparison. Other regions show sufficient advantages, especially the goods on the northwest coast, which have the privilege of direct duty-free entry into the southwest region.

In less than half a month, the market in the southwestern area of ​​the Gaul Empire was monopolized by goods from the northwest coast. Invisibly, the bottleneck that has plagued the empire’s two-year commercial development is also silent. Breakthrough,

With thick accumulation and thin hair, the enthusiasm and hard work of the fat man on the northwest coast finally has unexpected returns

Thousands of caravans drove a steady stream of horse-drawn carriages, flooding the scene of the southwest like a flood, and the Murphy brothers who controlled the southwest were also taken aback.

They didn’t expect that there would be so many caravans in the northwest coast, and there would be almost a tendency to drive cargo wagons to occupy the entire southwest. The southwest, which does not charge any tax, is like a powerful engine. More goods were transferred to Gaul, and more and more goods from the northwest coast were placed in the hinterland of Gaul. What followed was a rapidly expanding influence, the light of commerce on the northwest coast, and the mystery of gathering merchants. Kingdom, a nation that likes to do business,

Such words with a certain meaning of praise have also begun to appear in the chats of the Gauls after dinner. The influence brought by the merchants has a deeper impact on the Gauls than the Falcon Emperor’s team, although it is greater. Most Gauls don’t even know the exact location and direction of the northwest coast, but cheap and beautiful products from the northwest coast are subtly changing the Gauls’ concept of the northwest coast

It was also this year. On the northern border of the northwest coast, the Dongting people, whom Fatty had been worried about, finally appeared, and the thriving Falcon Empire also ushered in a destiny turning point.

The weather in early summer was not very hot, and there was even a bit of coolness at the long wall. The fire wall under the wall had been extinguished because the oil had burned out. The soldiers began to clear the battlefield. The war broke out suddenly and ended suddenly. A Falcon soldier who cleared the trenches subconsciously glanced at a group of Slavs kneeling on the ground not far away, with an inexplicable **** on their solemn faces.

A total of more than 20,000 Slavs, with neat legs kneeling in front of the gate of the long wall, are covered with the wide flat in front of the long wall, faces full of famine, thin and thin bodies, In the wind blowing across the wilderness, shivering! But no one stood up. On the contrary, many people fell to the ground due to weakness and hunger, and never straightened up again.

The people from the East Court ran away, but the Slavs who were rescued unexpectedly refused to enter the long wall to obtain shelter, and instead asked His Majesty Falcon to help them fight the more number of East Court troops behind.

"Eastern cavalry of 20,000!"

Fatty met with a dozen Slav leaders. After listening to the Slavs’ information about the Dongting people, he took a deep breath and scanned the faces of a dozen Slavic leaders who asked for death. Shaking his head, "I can't promise you, as you can see, my strength is insufficient, and I don't believe in your combat effectiveness!"

Beside the fat man. A temporary translator. I was telling this to more than a dozen Slavic leaders who were kneeling on the ground. The faces of the Slavic leaders became ugly. The cruelty of Dongting people is well known.

"We can understand your majesty's hesitation, ask for some food for us, and when we are full, we will leave!"

One of the oldest Slavic leaders hesitated. Said with a trembling voice, the other leaders seemed to flash across their faces with determination, "If you are full, go and die? That's what you think!"

The fat man curled his mouth slightly, flashing black pupils with stunning luster. There is a faint coldness. "If this is the case, you might as well kill them all just now, why bother to resist?"

"We don’t want to die either, but our family, wives and children are in the hands of the Dongting people. When we are full, we all fight for it! Whether it works or not, we can only do this!" The old leader wrinkled the corner of his mouth. Grinned slightly. There are tears in the eyes,

The leaders of the other tribes were silent, but they obviously had the same plan. They used 20,000 exhausted and hungry slaves to attack the 20,000 East Court cavalry, who were well-equipped but well-trained, but they were all looking for death. But it doesn't work if you don't go back, all his wife and children died in the hands of the Dongting people. There is no difference between living and dying, especially a tribe, without women and children, loses the most fundamental future.

"Until now, I still don’t know your names! "The fat man tapped his fingers on the armrest, and the corner of his mouth smiled." And, how could you fall into the hands of the Dongting people? As far as I know. Slav Haven’t people migrated?"

"I’m Jeffrey, the leader of the Slavic Department of the End, and this is Van Lundin, Nick, Derrick, Yale, Rudolph, Luther, Chester, Barry, Paul, and Cork. ..."

The old man’s face was dim, and he stretched out his hand to introduce the Slavic leaders behind him one by one, and said coldly

"We were supposed to migrate with the brigade. But the weather got colder and colder along the way, and more and more people were migrating. There was no food, and many people got sick, millions of people. , Dragged out a long queue for nearly a hundred miles, and even the grass roots on the road were dug up. The tribe was dying every day. I hesitated, so I ordered to stop advancing, hoping to get the chūn day to come and continue advancing, and they, want Didn’t it stop in the middle of the road and return to the original road, or it didn’t move at the beginning. We didn’t expect that the Dongting people would come so fast, and we bumped into it. I knew that. Even if I was fighting for the loss, I would ..."

The tears that the old man said were silent, and his face was flushed red. It was really hard to talk about it anymore. There was only one cry. Even the Slavic leaders behind were crying. If there is another chance to choose, it will be desperate to die. Go forward and never look back!

"So, there is no one in the Slavic region now, right?"

The fat man tapped his fingers on the handrail and stopped, his eyes lightened unexpectedly. Although the Slavic region is a bitter and cold land, it is also a barren and fertile field. The land is fertile and suitable for planting many crops and conquering Slavic The Julius Fort in the region once thought about controlling this area as the foundation of the Julius family.

Does the northwest coast now need a space that can continue to expand? Expanding to the southwest is likely to cause war, but expanding to the Slavic region, backed by a long wall, with these Slavs as assistance,

Land of a thousand miles without a master, the fat man was a little moved, and his fingers crossed subconsciously. It was a temptation to refuse. The fat man glanced at these tearful Slav chiefs again. They were all small Tribes, it should be easy to control. Since the Dongting people had civil strife, and this time there were only 20,000 cavalry in the Dongting, as long as they waited until May, the eastern and western cavalry transferred from the country arrived. At that time, if these Dongting cavalry If the cavalry doesn't leave, just eat it in one bite.

"Except for the Dongting people, the entire Slavic area is empty!" Old Geoffrey looked straight at his fat man, and replied affirmatively because he was a little unclear.

"You said that your people are controlled by the Dongting people as slaves! How many people are there?" Fatty seems to have made up some kind of determination~IndoMTL.com~The tone has begun to loosen," We still have more than 40,000 people in Dongting. In the hands of the court person! "Old Geoffrey didn't understand what the fat guy said, but he also felt that there was a turning point. He said quickly, "It's all old and weak women and children. If we don't go back, they will all be killed!"

"More than 40,000 people. Not a lot! The cavalry in the East Court ran for thousands of miles and did not get any benefit. They brought tens of thousands of Slav slaves, even if they did not need to consider the logistical expenditure, they must be very angry. Come on! ""

The fat man shook his head, turned his eyes to all the Slavic leaders, and slowly said, "I still have some understanding of the peculiarities of the prairie cavalry. Most of them can be paid for without affecting the interests of the tribe. Talkative,

‘I’ll give you a chance. I can exchange your people from the Dongting people for a reasonable price, but one of you needs to negotiate with the Dongting people,

The fat man’s voice stopped, he swept across the somewhat ugly faces of the Slavic leaders, and sighed, "If you don’t even have this courage, then if I didn’t say anything, I’ll order the barracks to let you eat. I'm full, I can't help other things. A race has lost even the most basic courage. What is the difference between saving and not saving!"

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