Power and Empire Chapter 1333: The dawn of the empire (5)
Julier Hayden followed the lord of the town of Biond County. Behind Presnafa, he walked slowly 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 strange looks, 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 Pres’s recommendation, and there are elite guards next to him. You can see that the Falcon Kingdom’s strength is extraordinary. A kingdom lacking craftsmen and iron ore is like a congenital anemia. No matter how tenacious you are, if you don’t have enough blood, you can just keep from being bullied. As for wanting to flex its muscles, it's too much!
The 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 whole piece of steel, smooth and hideous. He didn't know it was because the fat man needed it. The armor of the guards must have the unity of defense and mobility. If the armor is too heavy, it is not conducive to action, and if it is too light, it will be difficult for the guards who are good at melee combat to get the protection they deserve. Under the suggestion, in addition to the heavy infantry armor dedicated to close combat and the usual hòu weight, the armors of the other arms of the Falcon Army have been modified.
The first officer reduced one-third of the weight and adopted the veneer rolling technology of the factory. The guard armor that Julier Hayden sees now is an improved type on this guard armor, as a daily routine 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, hòu is heavy and indestructible, so that the enemy will be discouraged when they see it. As a barbarian in a remote area, it is possible to have veneers that can achieve primary overall forging. A craftsmanship has surprised him very much,
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 great. It is not just armor. Every soldier's gaze brings a sharp like a blade. Feel,
There is no doubt that these guards are not ostentatious, but real soldiers,
Because the arrogance of a real soldier does not need to be expressed on the face, but something that comes from the body. It is the feeling of steel, like steel, daring to collide, smash, and destroy, as long as you give an order, Dare to rush up, even if there is a sea of blood in front of the dead mountain
It is a kind of confidence and pride that despise the rules of this world. In their hearts, they themselves are the rules. The sword in their hands is the plough that builds the order of this world.
Their cold-eyed gaze shows that these soldiers are unruly masters on weekdays, and as the commander of these soldiers, that falcon with a stomach should not go there, a muscle full of muscles. The hunk? A barbarian with a mouthful of arrogant words? Or a poser
Julier Hayden had this image in his mind. Of course, Julier Hayden didn’t seem to mind it too much. After all, in this northwestern region, the Julius family is the uncrowned king. He As the eyes sent by the family to explore, looking at this so-called Falcon Kingdom’s gaze is also entirely based on the family’s future strategic considerations,
At every step he observes and thinks about 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, Julil 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,
These countries are mostly races with inferior craftsmanship and no potential at all. What they need is not the mercy of the empire, but the sword with wind and thunder to let them know the majesty of the empire, and the order of the empire cannot be scorned. Anyone who dares to resist will be suppressed by the cruel suppression,
is like the Fifth Army of Julier Fort, fighting in the Slavic region of the northern border. In just a few years, it has slaughtered more than 1.7 million Slavs and annihilated a Slav kingdom. The territory of the empire expanded into a Slavic corridor about a thousand miles long in the northwestern region.
This is an excellent development opportunity, but unfortunately it encountered the worst external environment in the family in hundreds of years. Although the Julius family is also one of the rich family in Kyoto, it has experienced the great event that sensationalized the entire empire. There have been countless people who had cheated on them, and the hot first-line clan whose wheels could cross the threshold has become a second-line clan where everyone is hiding and even beggars dare not come to the door. For several years, although the family is still abroad Great military exploits, small group of shocks,
But 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 the letter that Julier Fobburg secretly 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 sidelines, the army's winter logistics materials were severely deprived,
The war in the north has been eroded, and the increasingly weak logistics line has been continuously stretched. Soldiers have frozen to death during the march because of the lack of clothing in the cold winter. Although the trophies are still being loaded into the carriage, the army is exhausted and completely unable to 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 reprieve to recover. It is precisely because of this that the family does not hesitate to adjust its strategy and spend a lot of money. Less energy, mobilized savings over the years, tens of millions of gold coins, and finally reluctantly let the empire formally appoint Julier Fort as the first local consul, and got the new consul of the Norden region at the mouth of the sea. Final recommendation right,
"What do you think? It should be okay!" Presnafa, who knows the inside story, suddenly turned his head from the front and said to Julil Hayden behind him, "I dare not say anything in other areas, but in the whole On the 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 spring. "Presnapha’s voice stopped and said," And the biggest advantage is that this Falcon Kingdom is independent of the empire. Except for the northwest coast, almost no one knows their existence. They still have A huge overseas land, you should know what it means!"
" Do you mean...
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A heartbeat flashed across Julier Hayden’s stern face. He was not surprised that Presnafa could guess the true purpose of his trip. The Pres family and the Julius family were in It has been a veteran ally 100 years ago. Many of the trophies 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 would not It will be so stable in the northwest region, I have never encountered a gangster who broke the house,
"Test the past!"
Press 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 can really negotiate that your family can sell the extra spoils from the northwest coast to the overseas mainland without knowing it. Not only can it solve the stubborn illness for several years, but also get a stable Source of interest"
"Even if it is an empire, there is no way 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 Mr. Julier Foborg, who has just established a foothold in the Slavic region and needs a large amount of financial support, what a strong support is."
The loot tax in Pres’s method is the practice of the Gaul Empire. The regiments responsible for fighting abroad need to pay one-third of the spoils each time they are seized. Therefore, most regiments responsible for foreign affairs often use it. A large number of captured slaves replaced the loot tax,
The fact that there are groups of slaves is a major feature of the Gaul Empire. Normandy sold 200,000 Salanders to the Gaul Empire not only for pure destruction, but because of the slave trade in the Gaul Empire. It is very common that in every city in the Gaul Empire, there are slaves who sell slaves.
Take the capital of Paris Siti as an example. In the huge population of 800,000, the real Gaul is less than 500,000, and the number of nobles is less than 10,000, but they have more than 200,000 slaves~ IndoMTL.com ~ Slaves belonged to the Gaul Empire as a symbol of possession and wealth. Every time a region was conquered, the first thing the imperial army did was to plunder all the property and turn all the people on it into Slaves, these are the cheapest productivity with almost no funds, which are flooded in the plantations, construction sites, and entertainment venues of the empire.
There is a slavery market in every city, and the trafficked slaves are also of many races, including strong Slavs, small but flexible Centralians, and dark-skinned gangsters.
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, there are different numbers of slaves. There are ordinary families with only one domestic slave, and there are also empires with tens of thousands of slaves.
Although the Julius family has fallen, it also owns 26 farms in the imperial capital, with more than 3,000 slaves.
"Although they don't want to admit it, they are indeed qualified!"
Julier Hayden hesitated, his critical eyes finally fell behind the two black armored guards standing at the top of the steps, and they 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) [This text is updated by 启航update team@偶氏尊尊Provided] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. ) Bring @轩潇弄影