Power and Empire Chapter 3377: South of Thunder (8)
"Only by walking you can you know that the world was so vast. No wonder the powerful Golden Family hundreds of years ago also gradually split and dissipated during the expedition. Although it left traces, it has been swallowed by time, even A prosperous area like Central and Biaxia is now withered!"
Yelü Hongtai, with a ruddy face, sighed, standing thin in front of the huge French windows in the emperor’s office, looking at the blue sky outside the window with a blurred look. The sun shines on his thin figure through the window. The fat man is not He put a document in his hand in a drawer with his heart, and raised his head to look at this old fox who had been stranded in his office for an hour
"The Adenites' capture of the new capital of Zhongbia is a foregone conclusion. The Song people in the South and the Long Family in the Southwest will inevitably take action at a critical moment. At this time, Daxiang has come to me, fearing that it will be more than just coming. Feeling about the prosperity of the Imperial Capital? The fat man rolled his eyes speechlessly, saying that the old man has thick skin, but this old fox is really not so thick, and he still has a face to express feelings about China and Bahrain.
It should be said that Biyadijing High School was smashed by the prairie people and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people, but the prairie army then withdrew. Although the eyes were full of distress, it was just a serious illness. It took some time. It may not be impossible to return to the heyday of China and Biaxia. Maybe in more than ten years, we will be able to bring Yanzhou back again.
It's not you, Yeluhongtai, who really turned China into a battlefield!
It’s your Yeluhongtai going south and becoming the straw that crushed the Zhongbian court. The result is that the refugees from Zhongbia are probably several times more than the previous steppe army going south, not to mention the Battle of Linhang. , The soul of the wronged soul under the butcher knife of the Yelu family for decades, why didn’t you see you in pity for others? Now I came to the Imperial Capital and sighed about what’s going on.
"It is the greatest honor of the empire to be able to have a hero like your majesty who casts a sword into a plow. The empire is now able to dominate the world in terms of military and national strength. The emperor is calm and beautiful and intoxicating, even if there are occasional provocateurs. It was only after being overthrown by His Majesty that it became impossible to recover. However, the war in southern Central Biyah continued, and millions of people in Central Bialand were displaced. I don’t know how his Majesty is going to deal with the situation in the southern part of Central Bialand. Yaren also enjoy the joy of peace?"
Yelü Hongtai found that the fat man was not fooled, and pinched his beard, pretending to be deep. At the age of more than 50 years, Yelu Hongtai's temples were completely white. If only one of them was in the robes of the Chinese scholars, there would be no one at all. I know that this seemingly weather-beaten and compassionate old scribe in Central Bialand was actually the one who drove 300,000 grassland tribes to the south a few years ago. The blood flowed into a river of blood in Central Bialand and almost broke the mountains and rivers of Central Bia. A generation of heroes Yelu Hongtai.
"Tell me, is the Yelv Family also interested in participating in the Battle of the South?" The fat man took a deep breath, his tone suddenly turned cold and asked, knowing that he would play stupid again. I'm going to cry,
"Why does your Majesty think so?" Yelu Hongtai's pretendingly stunned face was startled. Under the fat man's utterly knife-like gaze, the old face finally blushed and said. "There are indeed these voices in my Yelu family, but your Majesty You can also rest assured that without your Majesty’s consent, my Yelv family will never cross the south of the river again"
"In this case, what's the matter with the Yelvjia's recent frequent contact with the major chambers of commerce in the empire? If I am not wrong, some of the chambers of commerce are not the products of the Yelvjia, but from the southern part of Central Bialand!" The fat man coughed calmly
"Is that right? I really didn't pay attention. Your Majesty should know that we prairie people don't know anything about business, so I just said, these chambers of commerce rejected me Yelu's kindness is too decisive, almost I just just When I put it forward, I immediately expressed rejection." Yelu Hongtai flashed a surprise on his face, and even revealed a bit of surprise, but he still couldn't fool the fat man's eyes. If this old fox goes to act, he will definitely be an Oscar winner
The old fox, the founder of the Yelu Dynasty in the Eastern Continent, a generation of heroes, did not hesitate to travel all the way to the Imperial Capital this time. Naturally, he would not have come to visit the mountains and rivers. Yelu Hongtai was extremely low-key during the annual meeting of the Imperial Capital. Almost never showed up, so that most people don’t know that the Yelu Dynasty in the eastern continent also sent people, but even in this seemingly inconspicuous situation, Yelu Hongtai still did something to make fat people. What shocked everyone was that the old fox, who did not show up, smashed the situation of the empire’s several large chambers of commerce and monopolized the trade and commerce in the Central and Bahia region in one fell swoop. If this is a war, the old fox’s trip to Beijing this time It is not inferior to the raid war that decisively brought 300,000 grasslands southward, and the several major chambers of commerce in the empire were caught off guard.
This old fox actually took advantage of the imperial annual meeting to get a good grasp of the foundations of many imperial chambers of commerce, and then aimed at the opportunity of the major chambers of commerce to gather in the emperor, and visit one by one, no matter what the other party’s business is, anyway. With one promise, the Yelv family welcomes them to set up a trade route! And is willing to give them the guarantee of safety, the best discount! You can even not charge any commercial taxes for the first year,
If it weren’t for the great annual meeting of the empire, the empire’s major chambers of commerce gathered in the capital, who would pay attention to a regional dynasty far away in the Central and Biya region?
But Yelv Hongtai let the Imperial Chamber of Commerce know that there is a Yelv dynasty in Central Bialand, knowing that a large part of the goods in the empire are from the Yelv dynasty area, and knowing that the Yelv dynasty does not charge for business in the first year. Taxes, the entire empire’s business community almost boiled over. Who didn’t know that the most expensive products sold in the empire were the products of Central-Bialand, and the silk, cotton, linen, tea and porcelain from Central-Bialand, or because of the war in Central-Bialand, Supply is in short supply, and the most exciting thing for merchants is that these Chinese and Bahia goods only need to be sold to other countries in the mainland, and the profits will be several times over.
In the past, I was scrupulous about the wars in the Central and Biayan region. In addition to the monopoly of several major chambers of commerce in the empire, although I was deliberately involved, I couldn’t find a way out
But now Yelv Hongtai jumped out, and immediately there were a large number of large chambers of commerce with considerable strength. The old fox has shown a vicious face in the past few days and signed a few tenths agreement in one breath. The monopoly of the Great Empire Chamber of Commerce has been fragmented and fragmented, making these chambers of commerce that have invested a lot of manpower and financial resources in the Central and Bahia region want to cry without tears!
Yelü Hongtai underestimated the power of the imperial merchants, not to mention the existence of the imperial wealthy merchants. The name of the Yelu dynasty might shock some small and medium-sized chambers of commerce, but in the eyes of these wealthy merchants who controlled the trade channels between countries, Yelu The dynasty is only the source of materials on this trade road between China and Biyah. At the beginning, it was only the middle-level personnel sent by these large chambers of commerce to have the grassland ministries regarded as guests. Now the Yelu family wants to jump out and destroy their monopoly, how is it possible!
Since the agreement has been signed, how could it be overthrown because of your Yelü family? I really thought that your Yelü family had a big face, and believe it or not, it would just make your Yelu family collapse in three months! Several large chambers of commerce that originally controlled the China-Biyah trade route jointly issued a speech to show the Yelu Dynasty a good look! Don’t look at the Yelu dynasty being in the limelight right now. It has just defeated the Northern Prairie Palace. The area under its control extends from the Baili Chang Court of the Imperial Capital of Zhongbia to the Northern Prairie. Although it does not follow the name of the Northern Palace, it is actually all parts of the grassland. In the eyes of the new palace, the army has more than 200,000 troops, which is close to the peak period of the Yelv family, but in the eyes of the several imperial chambers of commerce, it is really not enough.
The energy of these merchants in Central and Biyadh is really great. At the beginning, under the empire's deliberate indulgence, it almost led to the division of the Yelu family. The imperial merchants squeezed various parts of the grassland, so that some of the grassland parts were obtained from the war None of the remaining spoils fell into the pockets of the imperial merchants. There are still many grassland tribes who owe money to the imperial merchants, and the economic lifeline of these prairie tribes is controlled by the imperial merchants. Once the empire is big The Chamber of Commerce is working together, and it may not be impossible to prevent the war within the Yelu family from rekindling, but the old fox is the old fox. No, Yelu Hongtai went directly to the imperial emperor.
"Your Majesty doesn’t have to worry about anything. I am indeed old, and this trip to the Imperial Capital has made me even more aware of the huge gap between the Yelv Family and the Empire! Even if there is a chance to go south again this time. , Yelu Qiyeguang would not agree, because the Aden people, Long Family, and Song Clan, no matter which one of these three parties, are currently not easily defeated by the Yelu Family, it is one thing to throw the Yelu Family into such a chaotic battle without authorization. This is a very worthless behavior. "Under the eyes of the fat man, Yelu Hongtai suddenly showed a wry smile, and his clothes fluttered in the wind, standing proudly with his hands indifferent.
"I came to meet with your Majesty this time. In fact, I came to tell your Majesty that I, Yelv Hongtai, have no intention of resisting the empire. My Yelv family is willing to open all our areas to the empire. Your majesty only needs to investigate. I know that my Yelv family contacted the Imperial Chamber of Commerce this time, hoping to sign new agreements with these chambers of commerce, and hope that from now on, the prosperity and disgrace of the Yelv family will all be connected with the empire. Is your majesty still satisfied with this reply? "
The old fox is prosperous with each other, but it makes the fat man a little hard to get it.
You must know that the current Yelu family is no longer the embarrassed and troubled Yelu family after the Yanzhou World War I was frustrated, but the Yelu family with 200,000 prairie cavalry. It has actually become the recognition of the prairie people. The Yelu family, the lord of the royal court, is the Yelu family where 60% of the goods in the Central Biya area in the empire are sourced. Not to mention, there is a gray wolf Yeluhongtai sitting in the town, even if it is an old gray wolf. , That's also a gray wolf!
Different from the Yelu Qiyeguang, who has become the queen of the Yelv family, but is slightly immature in politics and vision, Yelv Hongtai came from the time of the royal court of the northern grassland. Decades of wind, frost, rain and snow, on the prairie The ups and downs of glory and disgrace are far from comparable to those of Yelu Qiyeguang, just like this time
I can think of using this great annual meeting of the empire, without touching the interests of the empire, directly from the source of the imperial merchants to break through the long-term financial constraints of Yelu’s parents. This is enough to show that the former Northern King’s interior minister is still It's the peerless hero who accurately captured the opportunity to go south in a fleeting moment and set off the turbulence. Once this peerless hero regains his mind about the southern part of Central and Bahia, I am afraid that many of the empire's arrangements will be disrupted. , And the empire has spent huge financial resources and materials to get the people of Central and Biyaya to recognize the efforts of the empire, and I am afraid that it will be in vain because the Yelu dynasty, as a subject of the empire, will go south!
If possible, the fat man would not let Yelv Hongtai go back alive. The chaos of China and Biyah is really not suitable for the elderly. How prosperous the Imperial Capital is, the wind and the snow and the moon, the sea breeze, the blue sea and the blue sky, although the empire is not very rich, one Yelu Hongtai can still afford it, but now, looking at this old man who was bullied by the imperial businessman and ran to him to escape disaster, the fat guy couldn’t say anything he wanted to be harsh.
Actually, this time Yelv Hongtai is not going well. The dignified generation of heroes, the founder of the Yelv dynasty, whispered to the imperial merchants. Although the marriage of the empire and the Yelv family is common in Central Bialand, it is in the Obaro region. But it’s rarely heard. After all, the Central and Bahia region is too far away. Even if you want to pay attention, most of the sanghui are concerned about the war between the empire and southern Europe. In terms of a mere Yelv dynasty, what is it? Dare to come to the Imperial Palace to bargain? Yelu Hongtai, who is like a dignified generation of murderous gods, does not eat too much behind closed doors!
"I heard that you have been forced by several major chambers of commerce in the past two days. If you want any help, just say it. We don't need to be so circumspect!" The fat man sighed helplessly and looked at the table. The empty dish in the sky contains some of Fatty’s favorite pastries, which are all stuffed in Yelv Hongtai’s mouth now
"Isn’t it miserable, isn’t Yelu Hongtai, who is even worse, survived the same way?’
Yelü Hongtai swallowed the cake in his mouth, his voice was a little vague, and his face was unconsciously proud, but after seeing that the person in front of him was the Emperor, he sighed and smiled wryly to himself Said
"Yeah, it’s really miserable. At the beginning, how mighty Yeluhongtai I was. I defeated the second capital of Central Bahia in the first battle, Linhang, and had the potential to sweep the entire Central Bahia. But at such a critical moment, the southwest The Long Family drove into the northwest, and then in Yanzhou, Yelu Guda was ambushed by the Southwest Long Family and the North Royal Court. The rise of the Yelu family was terminated by World War I. The Yelu family’s wind turned down sharply, the internal and external forces were troubled, and the four branches of Fengtai were stunned. If it weren’t for the final decision to join forces with the empire, the Yelv family might have already become a historical term, and the cost of cooperating with the empire is that our Yelv family no longer has the power to compete for the hegemony of China and Biya. A few imperial merchants despise it, so it’s nothing, that is, in the Imperial Capital, if it’s in Zhongbia, I don’t chop off their heads to make wine glasses, and I don’t cut all their meat off to feed the dogs. , I am not Yelv Hongtai!"
"But, the Yelv family is still established, isn't it?"
"Swept China and Biya, and my Yelv family can also establish a country!" Yelvhongtai took the wine on the table and drank it unceremoniously. The eyeballs were already red. Yelvhongtai who drank the wine was really real Reveals a bit of a ferocious prairie overlord
"If your Yelü family really swept China and Biya, I am afraid that there will be no chance to establish a country"
"Your Majesty wanted to say that if my Yelü family swept through Central Bahia, your majesty would personally defeat my Yelü family? In fact, I also know that when the Southwest Dragon family went northwest to the northwest, Yeluguda defeated Yanzhou. It was your Majesty who pushed it with one hand, but in the end, the Southwest Dragon Family would unite with the North King Court. I did not expect it, but your Majesty might not have thought of it?" Yelu Hongtai's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and his eyes were scared of people with red eyes. Under normal circumstances, he never dared to directly ask the lord of the empire in this way. He was initially driven south by the imperial emperor from Honner like a bereavement dog, and then he was defeated by the imperial army in the northwest by the first battle of the Yelujia’s rise. In the end, he had to join the empire and become a subject country. At this moment, Yelu Hongtai could no longer hold back this question that had been asked countless times, even if the empire in front of him was someone who could destroy the entire Yelu dynasty. He Yelu Hongtai has to ask, otherwise he will not be reconciled even if he is dead
"I'm not a god, how can I know everything!" The fat man said calmly, "As for the meaning of my empire to say that the dragon family goes northwest to the northwest, it is even more a joke. Don't forget, the empire and the dragon family I also encountered it on the northwest portal. The Long Family was still driven out of the northwest by me. "The fat man smiled coldly, knowing that the death of Yeluguda was the biggest knot of Yeluhongtai's heart. This kind of thing is absolutely impossible to admit. Of
"Is it really your majesty?" Yelu Hongtai's red eyes looked straight at the fat man.
"If you say it's not, it's not, believe it or not!" The fat man stood up with a serious face, picked up a document from the table and opened it, and said in a cold voice, "This is the marriage between the Yelv family and the empire that I asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to draft. The announcement will be released this afternoon. From then on, the Yell family and the imperial royal family are one family, a family married to the imperial emperor, a dynasty that controls 60% of the sources of goods in China and Biya, and the major chambers of commerce in the empire. Even if you want to retaliate, you will still be pale in front of this announcement, and the Yelvjia can use this huge advantage to negotiate with the major chambers of commerce in the empire to reconsider the business cooperation with the Yelvjia, rather than as before. I am completely ignorant of the strength of the major chambers of commerce in the empire, and can only passively accept the squeeze of the imperial merchants"
"It is conservatively estimated that this time at least 10% of the profits of the original Yell family can be increased to 30%. This is a full 20% increase, which is one to two hundred per quarter. Ten thousand empire gold coins entered the Yelu family’s treasury, which is definitely a surprise income for the Yelu dynasty who is financially tight! The fat man paused in his voice and closed the file in his hand. For such an old fox, the fat man is also very unable to. However, the attitude of those businessmen towards Yelv Hongtai really made the fat man angry. At any rate, Yelv family is also a marriage of the empire. Although it is not well-known in the Obaro area~IndoMTL.com~, it is not the luxury businessmen that can bully arbitrarily
Take a lesson this time! Even if the Yelü family was increased to 30%, it would still be profitable!
"Okay, just have this!" Yelu Hongtai stared at the file as if he saw a meaty wolf. The corners of his mouth were cracked to his ears. I didn't know what to think, so he gritted his teeth and asked, "Your Majesty really Didn't let the Yelu family go south to fight the Adenites?"
"During the entire annual meeting, none of the empire’s important officials offered to let the Yelv family go south to block the Adenites. To be honest, you exempted the major chambers of commerce in the empire for one year, so that all the forces in the empire did not want the Yelv family to go south. This strategy is very successful!" Fatty narrowed his eyes slightly, old fox, really thought he could not see the trick here,
"It should be that everyone doesn't want my Yelv family to go south. People want this kind of thing. I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it!" Yelu Hongtai grinned, obviously afraid that the empire would be in the New Year. At the meeting, the Yelv family was asked to go south to block the Adenites and become the cannon fodder of the empire for nothing. Only then did they travel thousands of miles to the Imperial Capital to stare at them. Behind the major chambers of commerce in the empire, all parties in the empire are involved. Open, naturally, the more stable the better. No one wants to involve the Yelu family in the war in southern Central and Biya, and break the monopoly of the imperial chambers of trade between China and Bia, but it's just an incidental move!