Power and Empire Chapter 2528: Boom (8)
Rovka, a city on the west coast of Fei Zexi
The sunlight of early winter shines at the gateway of the west coast closest to the central region, and it is also the hub from the west coast to the capital area
Sixty years ago, Rovka was just a small overpass located here. In sixty years, as the actual dividing line between the military and the royal family, Rofka’s importance is self-evident. A large number of slaves were smuggled from the trade transfer station in the royal capital area. The military nobles occupying the west coast gradually developed this city on the original basis.
Rovka’s history is not long, but its status in Fezer is no less inferior to those centuries-old big cities
Since the Imperial Army controlled the west coast, the headquarters of the Imperial Northwest Army Corps has been temporarily set up in Rofka. At the same time, because the Empire released a large number of slaves on the west coast, a large number of Fazer slaves appeared on the front line of Rovka. The scene of flooding from the royal capital area into the west coast, the royal capital was warped, the nobles fled in a hurry, and the slaves under his command naturally also ran away countless, but the west has been blocked by the noble army and the army, the king will obviously become The last target of the military’s attack,
The only direction the slaves can escape is to the west and to the coast, while the imperial army is almost unlimited on the Rofka line, only a small number of patrol cavalry wandering on the border line. The cavalry in black armor is let go of these refugees, and they are not even interested in interrogating two sentences. Only when they encounter better-dressed nobles and merchants, they will stop and ask for a few words, but they also seem to be indifferent. It looks nothing like the arrogance and domineering that swept over 700,000 southern coalition forces in the rumor, "Rovka, the city of light, I don’t know when, Rovka has become a symbol of light and hope in the mouth of Feizenuzhan. Up!"
At this moment, there is a group of Fazernu Lili, who fled from the capital area, marching hard towards Rofka City. The number of this group of slaves is about a hundred people. They are ragged and hungry. Men either Skinny, or black as charcoal, at the age of twenties, it can be regarded as a 40-50 year old premature decay. The woman wears a wide robe that covers the whole body and only reveals a pair of eyes, because Hungry, many people fell down on the road. Some people thought that even if there is no food, they can dig grass, but the actual situation is worse than expected. There are too many slaves marching in the direction of Rovka. According to statistics from the imperial military officers stationed in Rovka, in just two months, as many as 400,000 Fazernus have flowed from the capital area to the west coast. The main reasons are war and hunger.
The king capital has become a pot of porridge between the king army and the military. The noble lords are still in the predicament of food shortage, not to mention these slaves who are not as good as the price of livestock. Many nobles carry a large number of belongings. It was only when they ran to the royal capital that the belongings they carried might not be enough to feed the whole family. The military and the noble army had cut off the royal capital’s food supply, and the massacre of Nurem was even more frightening. The nobles in the royal capital did not dare to leave the royal capital. In the end, they had to send people to the Rovka area to buy food from the imperial merchants. The west coast area was originally a richly productive area, with a large number of plantations and fertile food production areas. , Originally all these were controlled by the slaves of the West Coast, but now they all fall into the hands of the Imperial Bank. The Imperial Bank just turns around, which is more than ten times the benefit.
But it’s winter. On the barren land outside Rovka, you can’t even see a single grass. It was not frozen to death by the cold wind, but was dug clean and full by the fugitive slaves. With the hungry fugitive slave Lili, the sky and the earth are vast, the bright red sun hangs on the western horizon, and the outline of the city appears under the dusk sky, and the old man who leads the team directly kneels down with excitement
"Everyone, work hard, the city of light is ahead!" The leader was an old man with an old face. After worshipping Rofka, it was obvious that this was not the first time that the old man brought a slave to Li Lailao. The old man’s voice made everyone crazy. I heard that Rofka was in front of him. No matter how hungry or weak, people who were hungry and feeble at the moment seemed to be beaten with blood, swarming toward the city in front of them. ,
Rovka, the city of light, on the west coast behind this city, at this moment, there are no slaves. It is said that the occupiers here have issued a notice to accept all the fugitive slaves and grant them directly If the slave has his own responsibility, if the slave is hurt by the master, he will be severely punished. The most important thing is that the slave who has fled here will be treated by someone who will not starve to death because of lack of work. There is self-reliance and a job that can support the family, without receiving the harsh and cruelty of the slave master. For most of the Fezer slaves who have lived at the lowest level, this is a veritable city of light! And the city is now within their reach,
Inside a swarm of people, a woman wearing a shabby wide bubble and covering her whole body looks a little tired and her steps are heavy, because her hands are still holding a dark-skinned middle-aged person. Man
This man is not tall, he can only be regarded as a medium-level figure, thin, wearing the most common clothing of slavery, on the right side of the cheek, there is an ugly interlaced scar, which is like a trident. In the south, this is the mark of Fezer’s prisoners of war. Any prisoner of war captured by Fezer’s army will be brutally branded with the logo of Fezer’s army, but most of them will not be branded on their faces, because most battlefields The prisoners of war on the captives are all strong men. They are the favorite goods of the slaves. Since they are goods, they should naturally pay attention to the appearance and beauty, but there is another situation, that is to humiliate someone. , Imprinted on the face, no matter how brilliant his life is, the humiliation that can’t be washed away in the end, the middle-aged man walks limp, obviously because of the leg problem,
"Nalin, Uncle Rose's leg injury is not healed yet, do you need my help?" A man of fairly strong stature noticed the woman's difficulties, turned back from the front, his eyes were clearly pleased.
"No need, Rovka is in front, so far away, now it’s no problem." The woman named Nalin thanked the man, but her tone sounded a little cold,
"Yes, I'm finally in Rofka!" When Nalin refused to pick him up, the man seemed to be used to it. With a warm smile on his excited face, he said, "I heard that there are There is a special registration office for fugitive slaves, where they can get food and rest, and then they will be assigned jobs according to their personal circumstances, and I heard that the West Coast encourages slaves to form their own families." The voice of the man paused. After a while, he glanced at Nalin next to him with a bit of hot gaze, and hesitated to ask "Nalin, you will also need to start a family at that time, and Uncle Ross will also need someone to take care of me. Do you think I am..." /
"I don’t know what’s going on in the future, let’s advance to the city"
Nalin lowered her head and interrupted the man directly. She didn’t understand how the man’s mind was, but the other party didn’t know her identity at all, and only regarded herself as one of the fugitive slaves. Member, the other party would never have thought that his status in the Karisu Kingdom is more noble than the princess,
"Well, maybe I'm too self-reliant..." The man lowered his head with an ugly expression, and turned to move forward with an awkward cough,
Although they are also slaves, he knows that Nalin and Uncle Ross in front of him are definitely not ordinary slaves. The words and deeds along the way do not seem to be the lowest level slaves from the background. The greatest possibility, Nalin The father and daughter of Uncle Ross should belong to the high-class slaves of that kind of aristocratic vassal level, and the royal capital is filled with large aristocrats. If they are from large aristocratic families, even the high-class slaves are not inferior to ordinary little aristocrats. How much
"Nalin, actually I think it would be a good choice to find a man in Rofka!"
At this time, a middle-aged man pretending to be a sickly man can no longer suppress the smile on his face. It looks like a somewhat indifferent white pupil, bright like a morning star
"Old man, say it again, believe it or not, just throw you here" Na Lin was angry,
"Old man? "The middle-aged man rolled his eyes" to use such a name to his father is not the etiquette that a nobleman should have. Is the court etiquette you learned all these years abolished?"
"Father? From the day I was born, have you been in charge of me? Where were you when my mother died? "Nalin's eyes are red like rabbits, with a tremor in her tone" I am number one When I saw it, I was already fifteen years old, the same age as the newly married woman. Do you know what I wanted to do most? If it wasn't for the housekeeper to stop me, I would just kill you!"
"Okay, okay, it's my fault. I will be upset if I fight for one thing hundreds of times!"
" And you also know that that woman is not what I want to marry, it is the meaning of the royal family. If you don't marry her, you will die!" The middle-aged man looked emotional
Nalin was pushed by the middle-aged man with her hands, her mouth still gritted her teeth unwillingly and cursed, "Coward, what a legendary general! The troops were all killed by the Fazerites, so what's your runaway alone! Since it is going to escape, it should also be fleeing south, west, and still mixed in a group of slaves. What is it?"
"What a person, it's obviously two people, okay, don't you count!" The middle-aged man curled his lips in distress. It was completely the helpless expression of a father when he met his rebellious daughter, and he shrugged his shoulders. Explained, "You think I want to do this, you know, although I am the captain of the Kali Soviet Army in name, in fact, all the officers are Rooli’s henchmen."
"He holds Wang Ling in his hand. Although he is a deputy, he is the eyeliner of the king. Several times along the way, he wants to find excuses to get rid of me."
"So you watched thousands of Kalisa soldiers die?" Linna sneered and interrupted him.
"I have reminded them, and even let them camp out, as soon as the banquet is over, they will immediately evacuate, who would have thought that Fei Zejun started so quickly!" The middle-aged man had a gloomy face and sighed." After the Fazerites killed the southern army completely, they immediately blocked all roads to the south, so we can’t go south, only to the west, first get rid of the control of the Fazerites."
The middle-aged man touched it, and said, "Fortunately, I still have some contacts on the west coast, but I don’t know how many people are left." The middle-aged man was also helpless in his heart. He was born and died for the kingdom. He was even taken prisoner by Fei Ze, leaving a permanent imprint on his face, and finally had to marry a royal princess, put a permanent eyeliner beside him, and all his actions were under the supervision of the royal family. Even so, when the old king passed the throne, he still sent himself to Faze to die without mercy! Fortunately, I had a premonition, and took away the most distressed only daughter for the reason of marrying with the Fei Ze noble, otherwise, I really have only a dead end!
"You are a scourge, the executioner who specializes in killing, should have died early!"
Nalene’s young face was cold. In her impression, her father was not a legendary star who shook the South, but a beast who fought and killed. In the South, the legendary star Lighter had another The trembling nickname "Skinner" is said that every enemy killed by him will be stripped of a piece of skin as a trophy. In Leiter's mansion, a piece of leather ware with an area of more than ten meters square is hung as a decoration. On the wall of the hall, if you look at ~IndoMTL.com~, you will find that the whole piece of leather is sewn from hundreds of small leathers. The texture on it is finer, more delicate than other animal skins, and it makes the viewers creepy. , That is undoubtedly the human skin texture
"There are some things that you don't understand. I am not fighting for myself, I am fighting for the South! One day, I am fighting for the southerners who are no longer humiliated like me!"
The middle-aged man’s plain face finally fluctuated, his fingers clenched fiercely, and there was no sign of regret in his tone. Although the method was a little bit harsh, it was to deter the enemy. If you don’t do this, Karisu How could the kingdom rise to such an extent in just 20 years, and there is a faint tendency to fight against Fazer in the north. Lighter has always believed that the reason why Fazer in the north is strong is entirely due to Fazer’s unification war a hundred years ago. Although the sequelae of the reunification were not small, and even left the ending of the current battle between the two powers, it was also because Fei Ze was the first to achieve reunification, so in just a hundred years, he pressed the West Coast, expanded south, and grabbed With countless slaves and wealth, these slaves and wealth have allowed Faze’s strength to increase day by day. However, the South, which has been subjected to war and oppression, is still in constant melee, wars are flying, lives are overwhelmed, and the people are undressed and unable to eat. Fearless, you can’t be in panic all day long, in front of the Feize people, there is only a humble position
At this moment, a rumbling of horseshoes came from a hilly area not far away, and only a group of black imperial cavalry appeared in the distance. The two immediately stopped arguing and gave way. The cavalry soon When they were near the two of them, just as they were waiting for the cavalry to pass by, Lighter suddenly heard a slightly surprised voice, "This is not. Isn’t this Southern Legend Lord Lighter?" [To be continued] []