Power and Empire Chapter 3055: The wind of the empire (16)
"Let's do it, if it is such an agreement, Yelujia can accept it"
In the imperial emperor’s temporary residence, Yelvhongtai closed his hands with a solemn expression on the text of the terms of cooperation with the empire. It was written in imperial and prairie languages. Even if Yelvhongtai did not understand the Obaro script, he could clearly see each The meaning of the article, sign the text with your own name and hand it to the imperial civil official next to it
"If this is the case, then follow this?"
Fatty nodded, and signed another agreement with his name and handed it to the civilian officials behind him. This is already Yelv Hongtai’s third day in Xijinggu. This agreement has also been revised six times, regardless of When the two parties talked about speculation, when the political interests are really involved, the two of them will not be more generous than the daily peddler in the vegetable market for the maintenance of their own interests.
"Yes, in fact, I hope that the sooner the better, it is best if the empire can immediately announce the news of the marriage of the Yelu family. I don’t know what your Majesty means?"
Yelu Hongtai looked at the fat man with piercing eyes, and made no secret of his urgency. After seeing Yelu Qiyeguang still alive, the old man who had been deeply in the pain of losing his child recovered in just two years. In the past few years, he has set off the heroic face of the turbulent Yelu Patriarch in China and Biya. When he went south to Onnacuo, he showed a staggeringly strong determination. Once a decision is made, he will carry out the matter. In the end, Yelvhongtai is quite satisfied with the "cooperation" proposed by the empire, and Yelvhongtai sees that the current Yelvjia and the empire can reach a marriage, which has exceeded Yelvhongtai’s greatest expectation. Powerful, but after all, it was not the dynasty that unified the entire Zhongbia, and even the grasslands could not be unified. The interior was also in a state of disintegration due to the defeat of the Yanzhou Battle. In contrast, the empire was already spanning several continents. , Holds the behemoth in two-thirds of the Western Continent, this marriage is definitely attached
"Since Patriarch Yelu is so eager, we will announce it as soon as possible. I believe Patriarch Yelu also knows that this kind of news, choosing an important time to announce, can maximize its value. "Fatty smiles indifferently." But As part of the agreement, the empire can be implemented in advance. For example, this time the empire will send 32,000 sets of heavy infantry armour from the Yelu family and 40,000 grassland heavy bows. But how to transport these weapons to the Imperial Plains requires the master of the Yelu family. I figured it out!"
"Your Majesty can rest assured that although there is a problem with my Yelv family, there are still some real allies. There are many roads from the northwest to the Teijing Plain, but the West Teijing Road controlled by the Catiba Department is the shortest , Ural, the patriarch of the Catiba tribe, and I have been old friends for many years, so reliability is not a problem"
Yelu Hongtai heard that the Empire was willing to pay in advance for tens of thousands of elite weapons and equipment, his eyebrows were raised, and he quickly said confidently, "This time I am coming to the northwest, from the west of Tijing Road in the Katiba department. If it weren’t for the cover of the Urals, I’m afraid I would have been discovered just after leaving the Imperial Capital!"
"That's good!"
The fat man agreed that these weapons and equipment were not given away for nothing. According to the agreement, they will accompany these weapons and equipment to the Teikyo Plain. There are more than fifty people who have already arrived at the Imperial Bank in the northwest in the early stage. They will open in Teikyo. The branch of the Imperial Bank began to prepare to take over various industries of the Yelv family in the Imperial Plains area
Their role is like the two ends of a line. One end has been extended from the empire, and the other end is firmly nailed to the Imperial Plains. The Yelv family has promised to gradually hand over its industry to the personnel of these imperial banks for management. Management, and the Imperial Bank pays one million gold coins to Yelujia every month,
One million gold coins may not be a big deal for a wealthy empire, but for the prairie people who are not good at production, it is another matter
Don’t look at the Yelv family’s strong power in Central Bialand. In fact, it is mainly manifested in the military, and its main source of financial resources is the looting of Central Bialand. In terms of real production, even like Yelv Hongtai The characters of, have a population of tens of millions of the entire Imperial Plains, and their monthly taxes have never exceeded 500,000. This is due to the relatively loose economic policy of the Yelv family towards the Chinese and Byanians, and there are also a large number of imperial businessmen. With such a scale, the economy is almost the same as in areas under the control of other tribes
Completely dilapidated,
Many prairie nobles don’t even know what the tax is. They only know how to squeeze the slaves in Central and Biya, and ask these slaves to work desperately, and then use the things they produce to fill the debts of buying weapons from the empire, and then use them These weapons are used to expand a larger territory and seize more slaves from Central and Bahia
The empire is willing to give the Yelv family one million in taxes, which has already made Yelv Hongtai overjoyed. Originally, he expected it to be so strong, and it would be good to be able to maintain the same tax. Who would think of it? Doubled, and this is still the standard for the first half of the year. After half a year, the Empire will raise the standard to 2 million, which is four times the original Yelü family’s tax quota. For the Yelü family who urgently needs to regain their military strength, It can be said to be giving away charcoal in the snow. You must know that the Yanzhou battle, the loss to the Yelu family is too great
Yeluguda, the young patriarch, died in battle, and was destroyed together with 10,000 well-equipped Baihe pro-army, more than 30,000 elite fighters of the Yelu family who were responsible for the defense of the northern front, and more than 100,000 other vassal tribes. , It can be said that nearly one-half of the Yelu family’s military strength was wiped out. If it weren’t the case, how could the Fengtai Tribe dare to rise up like this, and under the great loss of strength, facing the 300,000 Long Family Army that was aggressively going south, Yelu Hongtai could only withdraw from the Daizhou front line to the Imperial Capital area, which made the originally unfavorable situation worse. If this were not the case, the grassland ministries would not stand on the side of the Fengtai Ministry. Everyone can see that the strength of the Yelu family is true. It's not working, otherwise, how can you watch the rise of Fengtai Department and have no way!
"Katiba Ural?" Hearing the name mentioned by Yelu Hongtai, a dignified look flashed across the fat man's face, and he suddenly whispered to the guard behind him, "The report we received yesterday. What is the name of the leader of the grassland department who died in the chaos in the road?"
"It's Ural, the leader of the Catiba Division on the West Road of Emperor Jing. He was shot in the chest with an arrow at the banquet and died." The guard hesitated and replied.
"What! Ural is dead!" Hearing the guards' words, Yelu Hongtai suddenly got up and asked with angrily, "Do you know who made the hand? Ural has always been respected among the tribes, and he followed me when he was young. There is a life-long friendship, even if all the ministries stand opposite Yelu’s family, Ural will also express support for Yelu’s family. I didn’t expect...” Yelv Hongtai’s voice was whimpering, expressing his expression of Ural’s death. It is very sad to know that the Katiba tribe, as the grassland tribe that controls the West Road of Dijing, is like the existence of the gate of the Emperor. It has an extremely important position in the Yelv Group and is Yelvhongtai’s most trusted ally. Yelvhongtai dares to leave the Emperor at this time. Northwest, also because the Ural controls Dijing West Road
"The attacker slipped away on the spot. It is said that the arrow cluster came from one hundred and fifty meters away. Now Ural’s brother Wusugu, who inherits the head of the Catiba tribe, replied respectfully.
"It is Mongolian Luo, it must be Mongolian Luo! Only Mongolian Luo's eagle-piercing arrows can surpass the distance of 150 meters." Yelu Hongtai's eyes were red, and he punched the table angrily, and his voice vibrated like thunder. "I I told Ural earlier that Mongol Luo was brave and dared to do it. In Daizhou, even I wanted to kill him. I wanted him to be more prepared. Unexpectedly, something like this still happened. Now he inherits Wusu, the patriarch of Katiba. Gu, has always had a good relationship with Mongol. If I’m not mistaken, there must be a special arrangement for the seats at that banquet. In this way, you only need to set the angle. Even in the dark, you can shoot with Mongol’s archery. Medium goal, and Wusugu can do this!"
Dijing West Road is broken. Now, let’s not talk about transporting weapons to the Dijing Plain, it is a problem to return to the Dijing Plain by yourself
Yelu Hongtai deserves to be a decisive prairie hero, with amazing courage, his eyebrows just frowned, and he suddenly looked at the fat man and said, "Your Majesty is interested in the West Road of Emperor Jing? Since the empire is cooperating with our Yelu family, and the Emperor Jing As an important passage connecting the Imperial Plains and the Northwest, the West Road, if it can be controlled by the empire itself, I believe it will be more advantageous than the Yelvjia’s grasp."
According to Yelv Hongtai’s ability, how can I fail to see that once the Yelv family handed the Imperial West Road to the empire, it would be equivalent to sending the lifeline of the entire country to the hands of the empire, but the current situation of the Yelv family has arrived. In the imminent crisis, the Fengtai Department defeated the 300,000 troops of the Long Family who went south in Longshibao. The grand prestige was even higher, and it was originally still waiting to see other grasslands in neutrality
Ministry, at this moment, it seems to be the leader of the Fengtai Tribe. Now Dijing West Road is cut off by the Fengtai Tribe. The situation has made him unable to choose. Although it is suspected of being restrained by the Empire, it is better than letting Fengtai. It is much better for the army of the Ministry to follow the Dijing West Road to enter the Dijing, anyway, the imperial forces have entered the Dijing Plain, and I don’t care if there is one more Dijing West Road
"Patriarch Yelu meant to let the empire send troops to Emperor Jingxi Road?" The fat man's eyes flashed, and he was obviously moved. He hesitated for a moment, "Will the empire send troops to Emperor Jingxi Road, will it cause tension in the grasslands?"
"If it was before, or would, but now, absolutely not, because the Empire entered the Dijing West Road, with the full authority of my Yelu family, even on the grassland, it also fully conforms to the law on the grassland. "Yelü Hongtai The corner of his mouth grinned, and he immediately said that the Dijing West Road belonged to the Yelu family, and the Kabbah Ministry was only responsible for guarding. If the empire was willing to help this, he could immediately write a letter of gift to the empire and hand over the full power of the Dijing West Road to the empire.
The so-called order is the order book used by the Grassland Department to divide the territory
realized that the situation was not right, and immediately surrendered the extremely important Imperial West Road to the empire. Not everyone can have such courage, but what kind of person is Yeluhongtai, who was wrong in Hone at the beginning, in order to avoid becoming an enemy of the empire, Just dare to bring 300,000 thoughtful prairie tribes to the south like a torrent of tyrants. In the situation where the future is completely unpredictable, the Yelu family froze with iron and blood, and the scimitar and horseshoe of the prairie people. , Used the bones of tens of thousands of steppe people to promote the battle of conquering the south, which directly penetrated the hinterland of China and Bahia.
Yelv Hongtai is a gambler by nature. In fact, most of the worldless heroes are gamblers. In many cases, success depends entirely on the degree of perseverance. If Yelv Hongtai had shaken the determination to go south, Yelvjia It would not be such a scale and scene, and Yelv Hongtai believes that since the empire will cooperate with the Yelv family, especially focusing on the development of the Imperial Plains controlled by the Yelv family, ensuring the smooth flow of transportation will determine the smooth development of the entire development. Otherwise, if the road is cut off and the products from the Imperial Plains cannot be shipped out, then even if the empire’s investment in this cooperation is in vain, the Imperial West Road is very important to itself, but it is even more important to the empire.
I took out an important transportation corridor like Dijing West Road, how could the Empire not be tempted?
Especially in the current era of wars between China and Biyah~IndoMTL.com~A safe and stable trade route is the guarantee of the empire’s ultimate interests in the Imperial Plains. Now that the Yelü family has decided to unite with the empire, then It’s not an exaggeration to get involved in the tiger skin of the empire.
"How is the strength of the Catiba Department?"
The fat man asked, since Yelu Hongtai has expressed his attitude like this, do he still need to hide it and control a transportation corridor leading to the Imperial Plains? This is what the empire has always been eagerly eager for. With the Imperial West Road in hand , The empire is tantamount to getting the key to the gate to the Imperial Plains. This is definitely a major harvest of the empire’s substantial progress in China and Biya
"The Catiba Tribe is close to most of the size on the grassland. The original population of the entire clan is about 180,000, and the string-controlling cavalry is 30,000. The blacksmiths of the Catiba Tribe were very famous. It is sought after by various ministries, but because of the problems with the mineral resources in recent years, the scimitar has been greatly deteriorated. In the winter of last year, the Catiba Department suffered a snowstorm. Numerous livestock were frozen to death, and the population plummeted to about 150,000. Under the pressure of the royal court, Ural chose to go south, hoping to allow the tribe to recuperate in the south and survive this crisis. Unexpectedly, they would never have the opportunity to return to the grassland." Yelu Hongtai's voice looked at the sky outside the window with a melancholy expression. The steppe people go southward seemingly vigorous and they have taken advantage of it. In fact, they are like moths and fire. How many steppe people who leave the grassland can finally go back, it really depends on the longevity.
Knowing that the empire is willing to send troops, Yelu Hongtai naturally shakes out all the information of the Catiba Ministry without reservation, and then the fat man finalizes the decision of the empire to send troops to the Imperial West Road. (To be continued.)