Power and Empire Chapter 2505: Thunderstorm (25)

　　

　　 "It's really touching and down-to-earth..."

　　

　　 The fat man sighed for a long time, sitting on the sofa of the carriage, looking out from the opened window curtains to the street outside. Most of the shops are closed, and the shops that are open are half-covered with wooden doors and shelves. The sky was empty, covered with a thick layer of dust, Kamag, one of the three major ports on the Fazer West Coast. After the sea turbulence and the time for negotiations on the sea, the fat man arrived at Kamag, the Fazer Coast area. At that time, it was the end of October,

　　

　　 The city looks particularly cold and quiet. The lonely moon hangs in the air, and the silver moon shines down. Some residential buildings were destroyed in the conflict. Large piles of rubble and debris have not been cleaned up, clogging many streets and rooms along the street. There was a gloomy light inside. In some black streets, women and children were curled up in the dark corners of the street. Their faces were hungry and burnt yellow, or they were turning around on the garbage dump in the house, because it was late at night. , The black armor of the cavalry guards is almost completely integrated into the night, although the sound of horseshoes is there, it seems erratic, and from time to time there are horrified eyes looking over here

　　

　　"Three days ago, 40,000 people from the Northwest Army arrived. The Fazers withdrew their defensive forces as agreed, and they also handed over the detailed area map to the Northwest Army. Although Fazer did not know what his plan was, But at least up to now, we have taken over one third of the handover area." The Secretary of the Navy Dusternky sat on the opposite side of the carriage and calmly reported to the fat man about the situation of taking over the Fezer area.

　　

　　"How about resistance?"

　　

　　 Fatty rubbed his temples. For a terrestrial animal like Fatty, when on the sea, every day is to lie weakly in his room. Although the dragon-class battleship of the Imperial Navy is already the entire Obaro The largest known battleship on the mainland, but still unable to resist the invasion of hurricanes at sea. The continuous turbulence of the battleship seriously affects people's diet and sleep. What's more, the ocean-going navy of this era has no logistical support for comfort. , Even the emperor, the treatment he can get is only to maintain an acceptable level

　　

　　 "The Northwest Army is licensed to license your Majesty's requirements. For the peaceful handover area, the subordinates are strictly restrained, so overall it is not bad." Dustrum Kay paused, as if he thought of something, and said, "Now those The resisters were mainly concentrated in Kurr City, Lorraine City and Jas Terrace. There were about seventy to eighty thousand people"

　　

　　 "There are so many?"

　　

　　 Fatty put down his temple hand in surprise, and looked out of the carriage. Outside is a dark city. There are patrols wearing imperial black armor passing by along the street. This attack is almost effortless. Fei Ze proposed a truce and offered thousands of miles of coastline. Although knowing that there must be a problem behind this matter, from the area that the army took over, Fei Ze clearly concealed it. What? Because many Fazer troops who took over the area completely ignored the Fazer royal family’s order to surrender. They were finally beaten by the Empire’s Northwest Army and fled towards the above-mentioned areas.

　　

　　After such incidents, the empire has also begun to realize that it has not reached the coastal area. In fact, it has nothing to do with the Fazer royal family.

　　

　　 But it’s not important. What’s important is that these areas really fall into the hands of the empire. Anyway, the agreement in black and white has been signed. The Fazer Royal family recognizes that these areas belong to the territory of the Falcon Empire. Then the measures taken by the empire in these areas are entirely the empire's internal affairs!

　　

　　"The number of people is indeed quite large, but the real Fazer slaves are no more than three or four thousand people. They are all nobles. The others are the servants and slaves of Fazer nobles. Their masters are fleeing. At the time, these people were brought along with them.” Dusterenkai said with a weird face. “There are also several conflicts reported by the Northwest Army with the slaves who submitted to the region. The Northwest Army believes that these hoardings are A large number of slave slaves should release slaves in accordance with the imperial decree, but slave masters said that these slaves are all private property they bought with money. If they want to release them, they must come out with money. "

　　

　　 "Take the money? They really dare to say." The fat man smiled coldly. The empire has no slaves, so you enter a country with an unusually large number of slaves, and every imperial soldier has an incompatibility. The feeling, not to mention this coastline, is the most rampant area of ​​slavery trading

　　

　　 The coastal area is concentrated with 70% of Fazer’s domestic slaves, and there are tens of thousands of plantations. It is normal for the Northwest Army to clash when it takes over.

　　

　　" Let the Northwest Army ignore the slaves for the time being. "The fat man lowered the curtain of the car window, retracted his gaze and said

　　

　　" Leave it alone? If that is the case, I am afraid it will affect the prestige of the empire. After all, the entire West Coast is watching every move of the empire. It’s too hasty. If the empire compromises with the slaves, then the slaves on the west coast will come to bargain with the empire face-to-face like in a conflict.

　　

　　" Don’t worry, Crolithart will deal with this. "The fat man raised his eyebrows and he saw Dustrum Kay’s anxious face, and he made a sneer at the corner of his mouth." Don’t forget, Crolithart is a mountainous country. A hunter’s origin, although there is no seriousness of a soldier, he has never lacked the cunning of a hunter. Tell him what I said, and he will understand. Don’t forget, these slaves are able to control such a large number of slaves because of them. Relying on the Fazer army, but now the Fazer army has been withdrawn, and the imperial army said that it would not care about the conflict, so what will the slaves do?"

　　

　　" should tear these slaves alive.” Dustellen took a breath. According to what he saw on the west coast, the slaves never regarded slaves as human beings, even It’s not as good as a livestock. Even a sheep can be exchanged for three to four slaves on the west coast. So many times, the master of slaves kills one or two hundred slaves at once, just to pay their own guests. The ceremonies to express a warm welcome are all normal behaviors. The entire western coastline has nearly three million slaves, but the Fezer nobles who control slaves have only 7,000 or 8,000. Such a huge disparity, Itself is an unstable existence,

　　

　　 To be honest, Dustellenkai admires these fleeing Fazernus and the nobles of the masters. It's just to find death by himself, and it's okay to run by himself. He also ran with a large number of slaves. Could it be that these fees The master of Zenu didn’t know, once these slaves turned against the water, the one who suffered the worst would be the master of slaves.

　　

　　" told the Northwest Army that all the Fezer nobles who were unwilling to obey the empire, the Empire could **** them to these areas, and let the Northwest Army take over all the sites before saying "The emperor’s voice came from the other side

　　

　　" Yes, the subordinate understands "Du Stellenkai said he knows

　　

　　Fatty took out a report from the Ministry of Military Affairs and handed it to Dustellenkai. "Follow-up troop transportation needs to be accelerated. Before the winter is completely frozen, the imperial force needs to reach 100,000 on the west coast, and the imperial navy needs to I have asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to handle the construction of a naval port on the west coast in accordance with special procedures. The size of the naval port is not smaller than Lisbon’s only in terms of construction scale! The entire west coast must be able to see the imperial navy’s deterrent power. Completely cut off the coveted heart of those dissatisfied Fazers, and the naval port will also undertake the transfer of goods to and from, so there are not only huge warehouses and cargo yards, but also complete docks that can repair warships... ..."

　　

　　"Crack," the carriage shook suddenly and suddenly stopped.

　　

　　 The expression of Dusterenkai in the carriage changed suddenly. Although the whole city is under martial law and the army controls the city, there is no guarantee that there will be no Fazer assassins. In fact, some Fazers will not be assassinated. In order to fight against the entry of the imperial army, the nobles also formed an assassination team. The goal was to target imperial officers. However, the carriage of your majesty has absolutely no special markings. It looks normal from the outside, and entering the city late at night is also a temporary decision. It is absolutely impossible for the other party to grasp it, and there is the harmonization of the Imperial Guards outside, and some women's cries are mixed,

　　

　　 "Don't be nervous, I should have run into a slave who ran away"

　　

　　 The fat man looked outside calmly. The imperial guard cavalry who opened the road in front stopped a large group of haggard and tattered people, most of them were women, a few were men, and all were malnourished. The skinny appearance suddenly came out in the dark night, like a ghost in the dark night

　　

　　 These slaves outside probably know that the Imperial Army’s armor is black, but they don’t know the difference between the Imperial Army’s ordinary armor and the Janissaries. They also don’t know that they are blocking the Imperial Emperor. They are in front. Waving his arms and squeaking, I don’t know what to say. Most of Fazernus are from the more remote southern regions, and the languages ​​are also various. For the imperial soldiers, these Fazernus’ words are basically They can’t understand, and the only way for both parties to communicate is body language. Fortunately, they are smart people who can become Imperial Guards.

　　

　　 "Don't do it"

　　

　　 looked at the gestures of the slaves who blocked the road. A captain of the guard waved his hand to the man who had drawn the sharp saber. Rema turned around from the front, stopped in front of the carriage, and reported to the fat man "Yes. A group of runaway slaves, they said that someone was chasing them and wanted to seek our asylum"

　　

　　"Send two people and take them to the barracks, so that the local garrison can solve it"

　　

　　 The fat man waved his hand. Since the imperial army entered the coastal area, the slaves controlled by the Fazer nobles have fled in large numbers. Many slaves have also heard about the conflict between the imperial army and the slaves. That’s why they would take the initiative to go to the imperial barracks to avoid the slaves’ lord’s hunting. Although Fei Ze’s army has been evacuated, these slaves’ lords have their own private armies. Once the escaped slaves are caught Li, punishment is also extremely cruel

　　

　　 "Yes, Your Majesty" The captain of the guards who was ordered put his right hand on his chest and saluted, then turned back to the front, selected two guards, and asked them to lead these slaves to find the local garrison. Normally Under the garrison, the garrison will send these slaves to the port that is under repair, where a large number of manpower is needed, where they will be used as workers, get the compensation they deserve, get accommodation and placement, and be unified by the army. Protection,

　　

　　This kind of thing has been common since entering the coastal area. There are elite troops of the Empire stationed in the direction of the port. No matter how bold the private armies of the slaves and the masters are, they dare not approach the port direction, because the empire is docked there. The formidable huge battleships, privately referred to as the "Imperial Sea Dragon" by the Fazernus, the Fazernus believes that these empire warships possess terrible power, and the Falcon Empire has such terrible weapons. , It swept across the north-central Oubaro in just a few years, and broke the two empires apart

　　

　　 Nu Jieli left with the two imperial guards, the carriage continued to move forward, and finally stopped in front of a villa. As a temporary shelter, this villa did not look conspicuous. The guards who had arrived before had already I carefully surveyed the entire courtyard, and according to the emperor’s instructions, he has brought a very prestigious old man among local scholars,

　　

　　 When the fat man walked into the living room, he happened to see this old man. He was wearing cotton and linen clothes that were significantly higher than ordinary slaves. His face was not a nutritious dish, but a ruddy face with a copy in his hand. Fei Ze Wendian, with the cover of the golden literature, was brought here late at night by murderous imperial soldiers. The old man’s face was obviously a little nervous,

　　

　　Although the imperial officer who brought him told him not to be afraid, and only asked him to teach a certain adult Feize grammar, this did not weaken his inner fear at all. The imperial army suddenly entered the city, and the old man served Feize The great nobleman ran away with his servants and property overnight. The old man stayed because his daughter happened to be seriously ill and couldn’t leave. Although he didn’t know what happened to the Imperial Army, he also served a family of important military officials. Over the years, I have heard more or less about the Falcon Empire from the north,

　　

　　The empire is by no means as kind as the imperial officer when he invited himself here. Instead, the empire is murderous and bloodthirsty, fighting everywhere, looting land and populations from other countries, and invented terrible weapons that can explode. Anything that opposes the empire. People of, without exception, are executed. The ability to send an officer to invite themselves is enough to show that this adult tonight is not an ordinary person, and is probably a senior general of this brutal empire

　　

　　 When the door opened, the old man knelt on the ground and hardly dared to look up. He just saw a pair of hideous riding boots stopped in front of him, spotlessly clean and a little dazzling in black

　　

　　 "What's your name?" The owner of the voice doesn't sound very old,

　　

　　"Honorable lord, I am Luandribia, a product of the Bibia family." The old man said with a trembling voice. The imperial words spoken were a bit awkward, but they were basically understandable

　　

　　" Get up, is there anything special about this name?" The fat man waved his hand, made the old man stand up, and then sat down on the opposite seat. "I don’t know Fei Zeyu very well, and there are some documents that need to be understood. The people of Ze language came to the interpretation, so they sent someone to you. They said that you are already the most knowledgeable person in the whole area. I don’t know if I heard it wrong, or the first time I heard that someone’s name contains a product. Such words"

　　

　　"My lord heard it right. The reason for the word belonging is because my father is a slave." The old man raised his head, hesitated, his tone revealed a sense of pride

　　

　　 "Oh? So, who is your excellency?" Fatty was slightly stunned~IndoMTL.com~ He didn't expect the most knowledgeable person in this area to be the descendant of a slave.

　　

　　 "I used to be a slave, owning his own name, in Fazer, it means that I have gotten rid of the status of slavery." The old man seemed to have known this look for a long time, and he didn't bother to explain, "My father Saved the former master’s life, so the former master promised him a condition, so he asked the former master to give me a name, because of the name, I am qualified to follow the study, after a very harsh test, I use my office The knowledge he has has always served the former owner’s family"

　　

　　 "I heard that you stayed because of some unavoidable reason. If you were given another choice, would you choose to stay or follow your master to flee?" The fat man's gaze became a little dignified, if he wanted to control the West Coast, There is no way around the issue of slavery, and the issue of slavery is not just a matter of giving it a personal share. This is the feedback from the port direction. These slaves are concentrated on the plantation. There are many people who are not the first generation. They are at the bottom. From the day they are born, they are driven by people to plant fruit trees and other things, but to do other jobs, basically Blindness, this is one of the reasons why the fat guy finds the elders. In order for these Fazernus to learn the most basic skills, they need to translate the imperial dialect into the Fazer dialect, and this is not the scope of the soldiers, but the scholars. Scope of

　　

　　 "I will flee with the master" the old man said with certainty

　　

　　 "Why?" The fat man asked again

　　

　　 "Because I want food, I will starve to death if I leave the master!" The old man's words were very sincere and very worrying, [to be continued] []