Power and Empire Chapter 3360: The dead line to escape (10)

Emperor Grand Dahaicheng, the climate at the end of March has gone from the cold of winter. The warm spring breeze blowing in from the window clearly smells of the warm current of the sea. In a villa, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Rila, Gavin Howard The prince looked at him with a stupefied look at the special envoy of the Kingdom of Rila in the Imperial Capital, Lockhar, who had reported to him

Since the empire was in alliance with the Kingdom of Rila two years ago and after the Hungarian Rebellion, the Kingdom of Rila has sent a permanent envoy to Lokha, a diplomat known for his stability, although his family is in Hungary. People were frightened when they broke the royal capital, but after receiving the order, they also came to the great sea city of the empire. Over the past two years, Lokha has also learned a lot about the empire, and reported to King Rila every quarter about the empire’s movements. ,

Two years have passed since the Hungarian Rebellion. The Kingdom of Rila, whose capital was once broken by the Hungarians, has recovered some vitality after two full years.

This time, the royal family of Rila has collected a million imperial gold by smashing the pot and selling iron, and also wants to take advantage of the opportunity of the annual meeting to buy a batch of food to go back. The leader is a prince, Prince Warren Howard, and Locke Ha is a little worried about the Kingdom of Reila arranging the former head of the White Steel Corps of the Kingdom to lead the team to the Imperial Capital. You must know that the White Steel Corps was destroyed by the empire in the Battle of Central Europe, and the Prince Howard Ward At home, there are also high-ranking kingdoms who are extremely hostile to the empire. I don’t know why this time, King Rila sent him to the capital. If it can be done smoothly, it will be the best, but he will wait until Lokha goes there. During the talk, I was told that the food for the entire Imperial Capital had been preempted by the Southern Alliance Business Group!

"Are you saying that all the food in Imperial Palace was pre-ordered by others? You are sure that you are not mistaken, all the food in Imperial Palace..." Prince Jiawen Howard asked again with a gloomy tone. When he came to the Imperial Capital this way, his expression was not better. He is the younger brother of King Rila. He hates the empire very much. King Rila wants to send him to the Imperial Capital to observe this imperial annual meeting. Only when I knew the two brothers did I know that everyone along the way was trembling, hoping that this one would not make trouble in the Imperial Capital, and it is best to return to the country as soon as he arrived in the Imperial Capital, but now there is a problem with buying food

This is really shocking. The empire can be based on business. The Imperial Capital Dahaicheng is the largest maritime trade center in the north of the empire. The large grain-producing area in the north of the empire, plus the important position of the Imperial Capital, even if it is It is conservatively estimated that if you want to buy all the food in the Imperial Capital market, it is impossible without imperial gold of more than ten million. Ten million imperial gold, except for the empire, for any country on the mainland, it is impossible. It is definitely a painful fund. Who has such financial resources, and it is no longer an order during the great annual meeting that the empire is showing its strength to the entire continent. This is a naked slap in the face of the empire

Looking at the Obaro continent, who would dare to do this, the attendants who heard the two talk about it all felt cold behind their backs

"His Royal Highness, the Chamber of Commerce said it was the Southern Four Nations Alliance!" Lokha said with a certain expression, "We also ran more than a dozen chambers of commerce, and the answers we got were the same. All said it was the Southern Four Nations Chamber of Commerce that ordered food in advance. Gone, and it will take another twenty days for the next batch of grain to arrive"

"The Alliance of the Four Southern Nations... These guys came here with bad intentions. When did the Four Southern Nations become so wealthy and all the tens of millions of funds were replaced by food. What does it mean? Lokha, you stayed in the Imperial Capital for two years. Tell me what's going on here. "Braining is not Prince Howard's strong point. He touched his chin, and his years of military career made this Prince Rila even more straightforward. He looked sharply at the dignified Lokha, his eyes flickered, and he said to himself. Suddenly he stopped, his eyes suddenly narrowed into a line, and his eyes flickered. With his keen intuition, he Vaguely guessed the purpose of the four southern countries

"I think His Royal Highness should have guessed that the other party is obviously here to make trouble on purpose. It's just this, do we need to tell the empire?" Lockhar smiled bitterly, he didn't believe that Prince Warren Howard would Unable to see the key inside, he looked at Prince Gavin Howard before continuing to say, "Although the four southern countries are dishonorable, they have hit the weak underbelly of the empire that is overwhelming the world. Before the end of the Empire's annual meeting, they would never use force against them. They came to the Imperial Capital deliberately to play rogues. They had just fought and killed in the Holy Capital and the Four Kingdoms. When they turned around, the Imperial merchants took all the food from the Imperial Capital. Sold to the four southern countries, but the empire can only be seen and cannot be done. If the four southern countries are really made, it will not only be a heavy mockery of the strategy of the imperial merchants to establish the country, but also, to the greatest extent, will bring the empire to the south for several years. In the Northern War, the image of invincible soldiers in the world was established before countless countries were destroyed, and the body was completely trampled on!

" And I don’t believe that no other country besides us has seen this, but has anyone said? No, why, because the empire is too strong and aggressive, it has been invincible in recent years, even There are also rumors in private that the battle that led to the death of Emperor Eero two months ago in the northern part of the Eero Empire was actually the result of the Emperor’s layout behind the scenes. Otherwise, it was only due to the strength of the religious regiment nation. How could it be possible to use only ten The Wan Dajun successively defeated the main force of the Eero Empire’s 300,000 kingdoms, and slashed the Eero Emperor, the hero of a generation, and eventually led the Eero royal family to move south, in name only!"

"So, everyone is waiting to see the empire's joke?"

Prince Warren Howard came to the window and looked at the traffic on the bustling Imperial Avenue and the noisy shops on the street. He took a deep breath and was silent for a while." There is no denying that, as your Majesty said, If I don’t come to Teikyo in person, I don’t know how powerful and prosperous our real enemy is, and I don’t know why I need to cultivate for 20, 30, or even 40 years. Face this enemy

"I heard that in the final stage of the Empire's annual meeting, I will re-negotiate the previous agreement with my Rila?" Prince Gavin Howard turned from the window with firm face, his eyes flashing with anger, the Empire It's really deceiving people too much. If you promised good assistance at the beginning, can it be changed at will? It was Rila who paid 100 years of taxation to get it. Isn't it still unsatisfactory?

"Yes, the letter sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Empire said that the original agreement may need to be renewed. After all, it was a wartime agreement, and now there is no war in Central Europe, and the wartime alliance agreement is still applicable. It's a bit outdated, so we need to re-examine the "Lokhar's face and a wry smile at the corners of his mouth

"You should have received your majesty's letter, right"

"Yes"

Lokhar nodded and said in a condensed voice, "It was the Empire that really hit Rila, not Hungary. This sentence proves that your Majesty has never given up the idea that the Empire is an enemy. Of course, this sentence can be said here. If you put it outside, your majesty will never admit it. Now that the empire is so strong that it is in the sky, although the Central European and Baro countries have no names of vassals, they are actually vassals. This new year's meeting is even more rumored to be renewed. The news of the conclusion of the agreement, and in accordance with the empire’s habit of eating people without spitting out bones, your Majesty said bluntly that if you do not send a hard bone, you may not be able to withstand the pressure of the empire in the final stage of the annual meeting with the countries. Will sell all the national interests of Rila

"Am I the hard bone?"

Prince Gavin Howard heard the contents of Lockhart’s letter and laughed at himself that his stainless steel pro-army was the first army to be wiped out in the battle between the Empire and Central Europe and Baro, and was therefore destroyed by Central Europe. Other countries in Barrow called "The Torn White Paper Legion", a shameful name that has always been pressed on his heart like a stone, so anyone may be shocked by the empire, but he will not, because His heart was full of hatred and hostility, and what he saw and heard along the way did indeed make him see the tip of the iceberg of the powerful empire in front of him. After all, his previous understanding of the empire was entirely the powerful combat power of the empire’s army. Up

And this time, he really saw the development and prosperity of the empire’s commerce and trade, the convenient transportation network throughout the empire, the wheat fields irrigated by the water network and the large tracts of various specialty plantings, and these are all the empire’s In recent years, it has been built while expanding abroad. These are the capitals that supported the empire’s sweeping the world.

"I think your Highness is." Lokha looked very serious for the first time." And I believe that His Highness will always remember in his heart who interrupted Rila’s national fortune with a punch, and who was in the Central European Union Army in the Great Wilderness In the battle, 200,000 Central European Union forces were hit hard, and the most elite troops in Central Europe were not killed in the Hungarian Rebellion, but the entire army was wiped out in the wilderness of the empire. If it were not for the elite losses of the Central European countries Exhausted, how could the Hungarian cavalry, who had been trapped in cage tactics for decades, have the opportunity to break out and break out of the sleeve cage and bite into Central Europe? How could it be possible to attack the city and destroy the country all the way to the Kingdom of Rila? It’s even more unlikely that we would be defeated by the Hungarian raiders of Yaosen, causing great damage to the country’s fortunes. Finally, we were raged in the south by the Hungarian army, causing millions of civilians to lose, and we were almost on the verge of extinction. In the final analysis, everything is because of the empire. If it weren’t for the empire’s heavy losses, Rila might not have had such a prosperous situation right now!"

"You!" Prince Gavin Howard's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes flickered. Under his influence, Lockhar has always been a good old man with no promises, so he sent Lockhar to the Imperial Capital at the beginning. Still strongly opposed, I didn’t expect that Lockhar would have such a strong side.

"Just like when I set off, Your Majesty told me that this route is a good opportunity to see the true heritage of the empire, to see the secrets of the empire’s strength, if I still insist that the Kingdom of Rila should go to war with the empire again, then It’s okay to submit the battle book directly during the negotiations of the Imperial Grand Dahai City! You said, should I submit the battle book? "Prince Gavin Howard's eyes are cold as a knife, and the corners of his mouth are sneered

"Your Majesty must not!" Sweat broke out on Lokha's forehead, and he said quickly, "I said just now that I was in a hurry, and it can't be counted. Besides, doesn't Your Majesty call himself a hard bone? Since it is a hard bone, how can he be soft?"

"Lokhar, I was joking with you, how could your majesty give me the power to go to war? I know why your majesty would stand in opposition and send you to permanent residence in Imperial Capital because you are too honest. Honest people tell lies, others take the truth.” Prince Howard grinned slightly with a self-deprecating smile, and looked at Lockhar. “Send me here because I don’t need to be responsible for my words. Since I can’t start a war, I’ll just do it.” One point, it is not ashamed to admit defeat. I now know why your Majesty did not send anyone, but sent me to the Imperial Palace. Because I have been defeated by the Imperial Palace. If there is any embarrassing agreement to be concluded in the Imperial Palace, it is probably not. What’s surprising, don’t tell me you didn’t think like this,"

"His Royal Highness joked and laughed," Lockhar wiped his forehead with his hand

"Tell the empire about this, even if it is to get a good impression before the negotiation." Prince Jiawen Howard took a deep breath and came to the window, his eyes blurred. When he left, King Rila said It’s true that Rila is no longer able to fight again, and he will die if he fights again. The fate of the kingdom lies with him. When he leaves, his heart is high in fighting spirit. He believes that if there is another chance to fight, he will not necessarily lose. When he arrives in the Imperial Capital But his heart is cold. Facing such an empire, facing such a strong national power, Rila, who has just shown some signs of recovery in the country, what can he fight with the empire? Rila's current national strength is probably not even comparable to the Imperial Capital of the Empire! And this is just an empire city, but it’s not completely boring now, at least I can watch a good show, right? Anyway, my reputation is like this, and I don’t care about the name of an empire running dog! "

On the eighth day of the Empire’s annual meeting, Lokhar, the permanent foreign minister of the Kingdom of Ruela, suddenly revealed the fact that the Southern Four Nations had bought the food from the Imperial Capital. The Four Southern Alliance immediately stated in a high profile that it was indeed them who bought the Imperial Food. It did, and the Four-Nation Alliance expressed contemptuously that the food of the dignified emperor was so inadvertently bought, it was completely bought out inadvertently! If they knew that the Imperial Capital only had such a small amount of food, they would not need to bring so much money, and the countries would be shocked.

"Haha, this time the empire was embarrassed and lost at the door of the house. Although the Rila people interrupted our plan ahead of time, the results were not much different. Now everyone knows that the empire is actually a paper tiger, and it looks terrible with its teeth and claws. , Just wear it with a poke!" In the lobby of the villas of the four alliances, the special envoy of the Harvey Kingdom laughed loudly with a wine glass in his hand

"But we ordered so much food, what if the merchants catch up? We don't have so much funds at all." The special envoy of the Kingdom of Ikar seemed a little cautious

"What are you afraid of, the annual meeting is not over yet, we don't need to pay the full amount~IndoMTL.com~As soon as the news from the South arrives and we achieve the effect, we will cancel those orders and immediately transfer them back to the South" Martin Li The special envoy of the Ya Kingdom curled his lips indifferently. "It is said that the empire has lifted a rock and hit itself in the foot this time, yet believes in a business contract and set such self-deception rules. Otherwise, we may not be able to To do this, how long will the news take?" The eyes of the Three Kingdoms envoys saw a person, the special envoy Karrisu wearing a dark red dress, this is a middle-aged man of medium build

"It should be just these few days. Although there are thousands of miles from the south to this side, we have sent people to live in the liaison office of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce on the west coast of the empire. There are imperial carrier pigeons there. As soon as there is news, it will be The special envoy of the Imperial Capital came through the empire’s communication channel.” Special Envoy Carriesu said with a firm look. The first step has been basically completed. Now not only the eyes of the entire continent have shifted from the Empire’s annual meeting to the four southern countries, but also the food purchase crisis has emerged. , The countries are shaking, even if it is the empire, at this moment, I am afraid that it is burned to restore the influence, but under the eyes of everyone, what can the empire do?

No one would have thought that the real blockbuster news actually came from the south. Once it reaches the Imperial Capital, it will be earthquake-like news. At that moment, it will also be the first time that the Karisu Kingdom announced to the entire continent that the real Become an independent kingdom instead of a vassal!

"My lord, there are a lot of people from the Chamber of Commerce outside." At this moment, a servant ran in hurriedly.