Power and Empire Chapter 1618: Inheritance of the battle (2)
The Falcon Empire lasted five years. In early summer, the snow melted, the world 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.
But for the history of the early empire, these five years were the most critical moment in the transition of the Falcon Empire from a kingdom to an empire. The Falcon Kingdom used a powerful 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.
Turbulence 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
The imperial policy is full of guiding promotion, the mass migration of population after the war, the large-scale development of desolate areas, the surrender of power in the grassland area, the expansion of new overseas regions, and a large number of new ones that are more in line with the needs of the internal structure of the empire. City,
Finally in this spring, just like grass buds everywhere, after absorbing enough sunlight and nutrients, they began to break the soil and turn into strong wheatgrass, swaying in the peaceful wind, a golden golden wheat wave,
The glory of Golden Age" began to descend on Ikadiva,
The empire uses the economic structure of commerce to support businesses, and the internal consumption power driven by the population of tens of millions has become the main source of the empire’s finances. When the empire was four years old, it brought the empire 4 million gold coins in one quarter.
In the fifth year, this number has exceeded 31 million. Swadian, Ruo De, etc. are originally the core areas of the mainland. With the recovery of the economy and population, the consumption power will be determined again in the spring of the sixth year. Leap to a new level,
35 million in tax revenue, with a faint upward trend, which is equivalent to twice the total tax revenue of all countries before the reunification of the mainland
The end of the troubled times put an end to the melee of various countries, and greatly reduced the internal wear and tear of Ikadiva. The wealth that was consumed in order to fight against the expansion of the army began to return,
In terms of economy and culture, the empire has steadily formed a power source for the three noon days,
The first is in the southern part of the empire. This is the most developed area of the empire. It has dense population, luxuriant commerce, an agricultural foundation irrigated by a dense water network, a developed industrial foundry industry, and an excellent access to the sea. , Let this place deservedly become the core of the wind vane driving the entire continent,
"The heart of the Falcon Empire is Vikia, and the heart of Vikia is the southern part of Vikia" This point has been recognized by the entire Ikadiva continent during the Continental War of Unity.
The second development center is in the three northern counties of the former Swadian region. It has now been renamed the central and northern part 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 in the south of the grassland area, or the caravans from the central part of the mainland to the north, will gather here. Horses, leather and livestock in the north, luxury goods, food, and minerals in 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 trade between the North and the South
The third is the cultural center formed around the millennium imperial capital Pararu Plain. The plain has always been the most concentrated area of culture, not to mention that it is located in the center of the continent and is known as the millennium imperial capital. Parahan wisely chose to surrender before the war, and did not experience the cruel baptism of military disasters, so 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 art schools of various gods have also sprung up in this area, especially the Paramount, which has been standing on the mainland for hundreds of years and is known as the number one in the mainland. The Weeping Academy, the various classics stacked in it, are well-deserved cultural treasures. The elite education that has been admirable for hundreds of years has almost covered all the roots of the Ikadiva cultural heritage. This is a big tree, a big tree. Below are countless root systems throughout the continent
Even the Swadian soldiers who once set foot on the mainland and crossed the mountains and rivers had the highest honor of being born in the Palahan Academy. The fat man has never set foot in the highest residence of mainland culture, but he has acquiesced to this culture. Parahan Academy is the spiritual pillar of the entire continent. For hundreds of years, most of the wise ministers and generals of Ikadiva have come from here. Not only the Swadian elites, but also the elites of the Swadian people go out here. The Rudds, the Vikings, the steppes, and even the people from the far north. For a period of time, the elites of the nobles from Palahan 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 Parahan 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 previously envisioned, but now, a new economic center suddenly bursts out in the spring of the five-year empire, making Fatty unexpected and caught off guard.
This is the northwest coast of Obaro where the infrastructure has just been completed.
In fact, even Fatty himself did not expect that the Northwest Coast would rise so fast. With the entry of a large number of migrants, the construction of the largest port in the empire, Xinhai City, was completed, and the city’s transportation lines became one piece. 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 launched by the merchants. The manpower and material resources it drove were not lost to a war. According to the registration of the entire Northwest Coast Governor’s Mansion, the number of merchants from the empire was only in March. There were about 6,000 people, and hundreds of merchant ships. In April, this number broke through 50,000, and the number of merchant ships was 11,000, which was a direct five-fold increase. You need to know the total number of domestic merchants registered by the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs. That is, around ⑵10,000,
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 empire's mainland, all of which are gathered in an area that is less than fifty miles long and wide. ,
The lush scene driven by 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, and the end is invisible at a glance. The densely docked ships almost cover the color of the ocean, and the port is unloading. At any time of the wharf, the cargo station for reloading goods, you can see the frequent figures of the carriages, and the merchants sitting on the carriages hurrying on the road, heading into the southwestern area with the wind and snow, with mutual shouts.
Among these goods, there are goods from the mainland of Ikadiva and a large number of goods from the northwest region. In the past, goods from the northwest coast area had to pay heavy taxes when passing through other northwest regions, but now , A convenient sea trade line, skipping the obstacles built by various forces on the land, the merchant ship from the port of Normandy, all the way down the sea, resupply at Oacha, and then directly to the new sea city,
In the past, it took half a month to hold the stock, and the land transportation line, which may have been suffocated due to various difficulties, was shortened by three days at once. There was no land tax exploitation, which reduced the transportation cost, the price of the goods, and the comparison. Other regions have shown 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 plagued the commercial development of the Empire Year was also broken silently. ,
hòu accumulates and develops bó, the enthusiasm and hard work of the fat man on the northwest coast finally has an unexpected return
Thousands of caravans drove a steady stream of horse-drawn carriages, flooding down the southwest scene 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. Almost there would be a tendency to drive cargo wagons to occupy the entire southwest. The southwestern area, 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,
words with a certain meaning of praise have also begun to appear in the chats of the Gauls. The influence brought by the merchants is more profound than that of the Falcon Empire army, although most Gaolus Lu people don’t even know the exact location and direction of the northwest coast, but cheap and exquisite products from the northwest coast are subtly changing the Gauls’ concept of the northwest coast
Also in this year, on the northern border of the northwest coast, the Dongting people, whom Fatty had been worried about, finally appeared. The thriving Falcon Empire also ushered in a destiny turning point.
The weather in early summer is not very hot, and there is even a little bit of coolness at the long wall. The fire wall under the wall has been extinguished because the oil has 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 look on their solemn faces
Thousands of Slavs, with neat legs kneeling in front of the gate of the long wall, covered the large flat in front of the long wall, faces full of famine, and a thin body, 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.
Dongting people ran away, but these rescued Slavs unexpectedly refused to enter the long wall to obtain asylum. Instead, they asked His Majesty Falcon to help them fight the more Dongting troops behind.
20,000 cavalry in the East Court! "
The fat man 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 was telling this to a dozen Slav chiefs who were kneeling on the ground. The faces of the Slav chiefs became ugly, and the cruelty of the Dongting people was said. Well-known,
"Your Majesty’s hesitation, we can understand, ask for some food, we will leave when we are full!"
One of the oldest Slavic leaders hesitated for a while, and said in a trembling voice that 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 slightly curled his mouth and flashed black pupils with a fascinating luster, revealing 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’s wives and children are in the hands of the Dongting people. If we are full, everyone can fight for it! Whether it works or not, we can only do this! "The old leader wrinkled the corners of his mouth slightly. Grinning, tears in his eyes,
The other tribe leaders were silent, but they obviously had the same plan, with the exhausted and hungry slaves, to attack the well-equipped but well-reserved Eastern cavalry, no matter how they looked, they were all looking for death but not It’s no good to go back. His wife and children are all dead in the hands of the Dongting people, and there is no difference between living and dying, especially for a tribe. Without women and children, it will lose its most fundamental future.
" Until now, I still don’t know your names! "The fat man tapped his fingers on the handrail and smiled at the corner of his mouth." And why did you fall into the hands of the Dongting people? As far as I know, Slavs Haven’t they all migrated?"
"I’m Jeffrey, the leader of the Slavic Department of the final period. 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. Many people got sick, millions of people. Dragging out the long line for nearly a hundred miles, even the grass roots on the road were dug up. The tribe was dying every day. I hesitated, so I ordered to stop moving forward, hoping to get the spring to come and move on, and they, or else Stopped in the middle of the road, and returned to the original road, or we didn't move at the beginning, we didn't expect that the Dongting people would come so fast, and then we ran into one head. We knew that, even if we were fighting for the loss, I would... ...Mouth.
The tears that the old man said could not make a sound, and his face was flushed with suffocation, it was really hard to say anymore, there was only a cry, even the Slavic leaders behind were crying, if there was another chance to choose, it would 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 lighted up unexpectedly. Although the Slavic region is a bitterly cold place, it is also a barren and fertile field. The land is fertile, suitable for planting many crops and conquering the Slavic region. The Julius Fort in the region once thought about controlling this area as the foundation of the Julius family.
Now the northwest coast, doesn’t it just need a space to 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,
The land of thousands of miles without a master, the fat man was a little moved, his fingers crossed subconsciously, it was really confusing to refuse, the fat man glanced at these tear-eyed Slav chiefs again , They are all small tribes, and it should be easy to control. Since the Dongting people have a civil strife, and this time the Dongting cavalry will not welcome 10,000 people, as long as May, the east and west cavalry transferred from the country will arrive at that time. If these eastern cavalrymen don't leave, then eat them in one bite.
" Except for the Dongting people, the entire Slavic area is empty! "Old Geoffrey looked straight at his fat guy~IndoMTL.com~Some unknown, so he replied affirmatively
" You said that your people were controlled by the accusers as slaves! How many people? "Fatty seems to have made up a certain determination, and his tone has begun to loosen," We still have more than ten thousand people in the hands of Dongting people. "Old Geoffrey didn't understand what the fat guy said, but he also felt that he had a better chance. 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 10,000 people. Not a lot! The cavalry in the East Court ran for thousands of miles and did not get any benefit. Instead, they brought tens of thousands of Slav slaves. Even if you don’t need to consider the logistical consumption, you must be very worried. Let the fire!" "
The fat man shook his head, turned his eyes to all the Slavic leaders, and slowly said, "I still have some understanding of the characteristics of the prairie cavalry. As long as it does not affect the interests of the tribe, most of them can be used for money. Matter,
‘I will give you a chance, I can exchange your people from Dongting people at a reasonable price, but one of you needs to negotiate with Dongting people,
The fat man’s voice stopped, and he swept through the ugly faces of the Slavic leaders, and snorted, "If you don’t even have this courage, then if I didn’t say anything, I’ll order the barracks to fill you up. , Other things, I can’t help, a race has lost even the most basic courage, what is the difference between saving and not saving! "[This text is provided by 启航Update Group@偶氏尊尊] If you like For this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. )