The Falcon Empire lasted for five years, early summer, the winter snow melted, the earth recovered, and the mountains were full of flowers, for the history of an empire, five years was too short, almost the moment when a meteor crossed by,

But for the early history of the empire, these five years are the most critical moment in the transformation of the Falcon Empire from a kingdom to an empire, the Falcon Kingdom ended the turbulent five hundred years of turmoil with a strong military policy, and the steppe cavalry that ravaged the continent for hundreds of years also began to submit to the rule of the central and southern parts of the continent, and the disputes among the various ethnic groups on the continent began to stabilize, and the smoke and pain brought by the war of conquest on the mainland,

Turmoil and blood, chaos and war, all of which have begun to blur people's memories of the tragic war with the stability of the living environment and economic development, have begun to blur people's memories of that tragic war, and Ikadiva, which has been in turmoil for five hundred years, has ended its own troubled times.

Under the Falcon Kingdom's unique policy of recuperation, each region is becoming more and more vibrant

The imperial policy full of guiding promotions, the mass and concentrated migration of the population after the war, the great development of abandoned areas, the submission of power in the steppe regions, the expansion of new overseas regions, and the emergence of a large number of new cities that were more in line with the needs of the internal structure of the empire,

Finally, in this spring, just like the grass buds everywhere after absorbing enough sunlight and nutrients, they began to break the ground and become strong wheat grass, swaying in the wind of peace, a golden wave of golden wheat,

The glory of the "Golden Age" began to descend on Ikadiva,

The empire's economic structure of merchants supported merchants, so that the internal consumption power driven by the population base of 40 million became the main source of the empire's finances, and in the four years of the empire, it brought 24 million gold coins to the empire in one quarter.

In the fifth year, this number has exceeded 31 million, and the core areas of the mainland, such as Ruierdian and Roude, have recovered with their economies and populations. In the spring of the sixth year, consumption power once again jumped to a new level.

The tax revenue of 35 million is still faintly rising, which is already equal to twice the total tax revenue of various countries before the reunification of the mainland

The end of the troubled times put an end to the situation of chaos between the countries at the beginning, and also greatly reduced the internal wear and tear of the Ikadivar continent.

In terms of economy and culture. Three power sources have been steadily formed within the empire,

First, in the south of Vekia, this is the most developed region of the empire, with a dense population, a thriving business, an agricultural base irrigated by a dense water network, a well-developed industrial foundry, and a unique and excellent outlet to the sea, all of which make it a well-deserved core that drives the entire continent.

"The heart of the Falcon Empire is Vekia, and the heart of Vekia is the south of Vekia" has been recognized by the entire Ikadivar continent in the War of Continental Unification

The second centre of development was in the three northern counties of the former Reldian region, which has now been renamed the north-central region of the continent of Rimir. It is the main route of north-south transportation, the connection between the plains and the northern grasslands, whether it is the steppe horses from the steppe area to the south, or the caravan from the middle of the continent to the north. It will all come together here, horses and leather and livestock from the north, luxury goods and grain and minerals from the south. All kinds of precious and rare items from overseas are intertwined here.

In particular, under the economic promotion policy of the empire for one year, the investment in infrastructure construction of more than 10 million gold coins, and the migration of millions of Ruierdian population, it has truly become the center of transportation and commerce between the north and the south

The third is to take the thousand-year-old imperial capital of the Parabun Plain as the center, the formation of the cultural center, the plain has always been the most culturally concentrated area, not to mention the Parabun, located in the center of the continent, known as the thousand-year-old imperial capital of Parabun, because the original Paraven wisely chose to surrender before the war, and did not experience a cruel baptism of war, 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, all kinds of cultural schools and technical schools have also sprung up in this area, especially the Paravon College, which has stood on the mainland for hundreds of years and is known as the first in the mainland

Even if the Ryerdian soldiers who once stepped on the continent and crisscrossed the mountains and rivers, they also thought that they were born in the Paraven Academy as the highest glory, the fat man never set foot in the highest mansion of the continent's culture, but he also acquiesced in the way this culture spreads, the Paraven Academy is the spiritual pillar of the entire continent, for hundreds of years, most of the virtuous and famous generals of the Ikadiva continent have come from here, and here are not only the elites of the Ryordian people, but also the Roude people, the Vicchians, the steppe people, and even the distant northland people, for a period of time, the aristocratic elite from Paravon almost control the fate 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.

The integration of multiple nationalities is not only a mode of war of conquest, but also the penetration and integration of cultures, and the rise of a multi-ethnic empire requires not only the connection of materials and interests, but also the common integration point of culture.

In the relaxed academic environment, or the war, pricked the nerves of the arrogant Parabun College, the first university in the mainland, in the past two years, has basically abandoned the previous education model that was only open to the aristocracy, and began to tilt towards popular education, to a broader people's livelihood education, two economic centers across the central and southern regions of Ikadiva, pulling the wheels of the empire, Paraven's culture has become the balance axis of the economic center, so that the wheels run more steadily,

This is the imperial structure that the fat man had conceived before, but now, a new economic center, with a vigorous momentum, suddenly burst out in the spring of the fifth year of the empire, which caught the fat man by surprise and was also taken by surprise.

This is the northwest coast of Obarro, where the infrastructure has just been completed.

In fact, even the fat man himself did not expect that the rise of the northwest coast would be so fast, with the entry of a large number of migrants, the completion of the empire's largest port, Xinhai City, the city's transportation lines were integrated, and all forces within the empire built their own trade ports on the northwest coast.

According to the registration of the Viceroyalty of the entire northwest coast, the number of merchants from the empire was only about 6,000 in March, and 2,700 merchant ships, and in April, this number exceeded 50,000. There are 11,000 merchant ships, which has directly increased fivefold at once, and you must know that the total number of domestic merchants registered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the empire is about 220,000,

Nearly a quarter of the number of merchants of the empire, more than 10,000 merchant ships, frequently traveled between the port of Antolus, the city of Xinhai, and the empire itself, all of which were gathered in a region no more than fifty miles long and wide.

The luxuriant scene that was driven by it, those who did not see it with their own eyes, could never imagine the shock, the sails were like waves. As far as the eye can see, the densely docked ships, almost obscuring the color of the sea, the docks of the port for unloading. At the cargo station where the goods are transferred, you can see the frequent figures of horse-drawn carriages at any time. I saw the merchants hurrying away in horse-drawn carriages, braving the wind and snow, and entering the southwest with the sound of mutual cheers

In the past, goods from the northwest coast had to pay heavy taxes when they passed through Guò and other northwestern regions, but now, the convenient sea trade route, skipping the obstacles built by various forces on land, sailed all the way down the sea, resupplied in O'Acha, and then went directly to the city of New Sea.

In the past, it took half a month, and the land transportation line that may be suffocated because of various difficulties was shortened by three days, and there was no land tax exploitation, which reduced the transportation cost and the price of goods, and compared with other regions, it had sufficient advantages, especially the goods on the northwest coast, which had the privilege of directly entering the southwest region duty-free.

In less than half a month, the market in the southwest of the Gallic Empire was monopolized by the goods of the northwest coast, and invisibly, the bottleneck that had plagued the commercial development of the empire for 2 years was also broken through silently.

Thick and thin-haired, the passion and effort that the fat man poured into the northwest coast finally paid off unexpectedly

The sight of thousands of caravans, driving a steady stream of carriages, like a flood to the southwest, made the two Murphy brothers in the southwest also startled.

They did not expect that there would be so many caravans in the northwest coast, almost all of them could drive the goods wagons, and they would be able to occupy the entire southwest, and the southwest without charging any tax would be like a powerful engine that would transfer more goods to Gaul, and more and more Gallic hinterland would be loaded with goods from the northwest coast, and with it, the rapidly expanding influence, the light of commerce on the northwest coast, the mysterious country where merchants gathered, and a people who loved to do business,

Such words with a certain sense of praise also began to appear in the after-dinner chatter of the Gauls, and the influence of the merchants, more deeply than the Falcon Empire's army, affected the Gauls, although most Gauls did not even know the specific location and direction of the northwest coast, but the cheap and exquisite goods from the northwest coast were subtly changing the Gauls' concept of the northwest coast

Also in this year, on the northern border of the northwest coast, the Dongting people who had always felt worried about the fat man finally appeared, and the thriving Falcon Empire also ushered in a fateful turnaround.

The weather in early summer was not hot, and even a little cool at the position of the long wall, the wall of fire under the wall had been extinguished because of the burning of oil, and the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, the war broke out suddenly, and it ended suddenly, a Falcon soldier who was cleaning the trench subconsciously glanced at a group of Slavs kneeling on the ground not far away, with an inexplicable look on his solemn face

More than 20,000 Slavs, kneeling on their legs in front of the long walled gates, covered the vast plains in front of the long wall, their faces full of famine, their thin and emaciated bodies, trembling in the wind blowing through the wilderness!

The Slavs who were rescued unexpectedly refused to enter the wall for refuge, and instead asked the Falcon to help them fight the larger number of the Eastern Court army behind

"20,000 Dongting cavalry!"

The fat man met with the leaders of more than a dozen Slavs, and after listening to the information of the Slavs about the people of the Eastern Court, he took a deep breath, his eyes swept over the faces of the dozen Slavic clan leaders who risked their lives, and finally shook his head, "I can't promise you, as you can see, my strength is insufficient, and your combat effectiveness. I don't believe it!"

Next to the fat man, a translator who was temporarily found. As he was telling this to the dozen or so Slavic leaders who were kneeling on the ground, the faces of the Slavic leaders became ugly one by one, and the cruelty of the people in the Eastern Court was well known, "We can understand His Majesty's hesitation, ask for some food for us, and when we are full, we will leave!"

One of the oldest Slavic leaders hesitated, then said in a trembling voice, the other leaders. There seemed to be a hint of determination on his face, "When you're full, you're going to die?"

The fat man pursed his lips slightly, flashing with terrifying black pupils, revealing a faint coldness, "If that's the case, you might as well kill them all just now, why bother resisting" "We don't want to die either, but our family, wife and children are in the hands of the Dongting people, and we are full." Let's fight together!Whether it works or not, we can only do this!" The old leader's wrinkled mouth grinned slightly, and tears welled up in his eyes.

The other tribal leaders fell silent. But obviously with the same intention, with 20,000 tired and hungry slaves, to attack 20,000 well-equipped but well-nourished Dongting cavalry, no matter how you look at it, it is looking for death. But if you don't go back, you can't do it, all your wives and children died in the hands of the Dongting people, and your own life is no different from death. Especially a tribe without women and children loses the most fundamental future. "I don't even know your names until now!" the fat man tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest, and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Also, how did you fall into the hands of the people of the Eastern Garden? As far as I know, didn't the Slavs all migrate?" "I am Jeffrey, the head of the Slavic Frontiers, and this is Van Lundin, Nick, Derick, Yale, Rudolph, Luther, Chester, Barry, Paul, Cork, ......"

The old man's face darkened slightly, and he stretched out his hand to introduce the Slavic leaders behind him one by one, and said coldly

"We were supposed to follow the brigade to migrate, but the weather was getting colder and colder along the way, and there were more and more people migrating, there was no food, and many people were sick, millions of people, dragged out of a long queue of nearly 100 miles, even the grass roots on the road were dug up, and the tribe was dying every day, I hesitated, so I ordered to stop advancing, hoping to get the arrival of spring and then continue to move forward, and they, either stopped halfway and returned to the original way, or they didn't move at the beginning, we didn't expect the Dongting people to come so fast, and they ran head-on, I knew that it was so, even if I fought for losses, I would......“

The old man couldn't cry silently, his face was red with grievance, he really couldn't say it anymore, only a cry, even the Slavic leaders behind him also cried, if there is still a chance to choose, it is to die and move forward, never looking back!" "So, there is no one in the Slavic region now, right?"

The fat man's fingers tapped on the armrest stopped, and his eyes unexpectedly lit up slightly, although the Slavic region is a bitter cold land, it is also a barren vast fertile field, the land is fertile, suitable for planting a lot of crops, and the Slavic region Julilsfort once thought that this area was the foundation of the Julils family,

Isn't the current northwest coast in need of a space that can continue to expand? Expanding to the southwest, which is likely to cause war, expands to the Slavic region, with its back to the long wall, and these Slavs as auxiliaries.

The ownerless land of thousands of miles, the fat man was a little moved, his fingers subconsciously crossed together, it was really a temptation that people couldn't bear to refuse, the fat man glanced at these tear-eyed Slav leaders again, they are all small tribes, it should be easy to control them, since there is civil strife among the Dongting people, and this time the Dongting cavalry is only 20,000 people, as long as it is May, the cavalry from the east and west of the country arrives, and if these Dongting cavalry still don't leave, then eat it in one bite. "Except for the Dongting people, the entire Slavic region is empty!" Old Jeffrey looked at the fat man who looked at him directly, and replied with some uncertain affirmation, "You said that your people were accused of being slaves by the Dongting people!!" The fat man seemed to have made up some kind of determination, and his tone began to loosen a little, "We still have more than 40,000 people in the hands of the Dongting people!" Old Jeffrey couldn't understand the fat man's words, but he also felt that there seemed to be a turnaround, and hurriedly said, "It's all old and weak women and children, if we don't go back, they will all be killed!" More than 40,000 people. The cavalry of the Eastern Court rushed thousands of miles without getting any benefit, but instead brought tens of thousands of Slavic slaves, even if they didn't need to consider the consumption of logistics, they must be very angry!"

The fat man shook his head, turned his gaze to all the Slavic leaders, and said slowly, "I still have some understanding of the characteristics of the steppe cavalry, and on the premise of not affecting the interests of the clan, most of them can be done with money,

'I give you a chance, I can exchange your people from the Dongting people at a reasonable price, but one of you needs to negotiate with the Dongting people,

The fat man's voice stopped, swept the somewhat ugly faces of the Slavic leaders, and snorted, "If you don't even have this bit of courage, then when I don't say anything, I will order the barracks to feed you, and I can't help anything else, a race has lost even the most basic courage, what difference does it make to save it or not!" (To be continued......)