The imperial capital, the most magnificent city on the continent has been re-planned and built in the past few years, the size of the imperial capital at this time is three times that of the previous one, enough for eight wurm parallel main roads across the imperial capital, and the high-rise castles on both sides are even more expensive, the emperor's city built by gathering the wealth of the whole continent can be described as the treasure of the pearl continent of the empire. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Everyone knows that this was designed and built by the Holy Maiden of the Dharma Sect, and it took 300,000 laborers to build, and it is the first city in the mainland.

At this time, inside the castle, the emperor's ministers were all silent.

With the speed of the empire's expansion, there is now not much wealth that can be plundered on the continent, and high military spending has become a burden for the empire.

Now the empire is a huge war machine, all walks of life basically run for the war, and once the war stops, the entire economy of the empire will collapse.

Now more than half of the income of the entire empire comes from war dividends, once the war is over, the money will not come in, and all the money for the maintenance of officials across the country, urban facilities, disaster prevention, road and bridge construction, flood control and disaster relief will be gone, and even the salaries of officials will be gone.

Although there are still taxes, but the perennial conquest, agriculture can only be maintained to the extent that no one dies of starvation, the tax is already small, if the tax is increased, perhaps the peasants themselves will starve to death first.

And the commercial handicraft industry in the city is also in shambles, and for a few years everyone was thinking about the big war, who still wanted to develop the country. So now once the war stops, all the problems that have accumulated over the years will erupt, so the ministers and nobles are very anxious, seeing that the mainland has no enemies to fight and no place to attack, so where should the empire go?

Molt, who had already secured the throne and dismissed his nephew and sent him to the land of plenty, was silent after listening to the minister's words with squinted eyes.

The minister's opinion is not much, mainly that the war cannot be stopped, and now most people are unwilling to stop the war, even the soldiers want to fight and get rich and promoted, if the truce is the first to do not agree, if it causes the army to mutiny, these uncles who eat and drink spicy food in the imperial capital will be unlucky.

Of course, there is also the reason, that is, many of the industries of the nobles also produce military equipment, and the materials produced are also sold to the army.

Of course, there are also people who think that there can be a truce, although a lot of land has been occupied over the years, but many places have not been actually controlled by the empire, it is time to run a business, there is no benefit in fighting again, as long as the country is governed with peace of mind after the armistice, now the empire is vast and rich, and it will not take a few years for the treasury to be full, and there is no need to fight at all.

Opinions were given, and the emperor was the one who made the decision in the end.

The latest map of the empire is in front of the emperor, and in just a few years, the empire has fulfilled the long-cherished wish of several generations of emperors in the past hundred years, and has become an immortal emperor himself. Rubbing his right hand, whether it is a war or a truce, the old emperor can't decide immediately, most of the Falmatt continent already belongs to the empire, and the countries that have not been destroyed are basically the subject countries that agreed to be attached before the war, and there is no less tribute every year, and the emperor will not pay attention to the subject countries, and finally his eyes fell on Arnus.

It was the location of the Gate, a territory in the southeastern part of the Empire, on a hillside to the south, with the Arnoos Mountains in the background and a plain in front. Historical records record that there were many countries in that land, but every time the gate was opened, an ominous thing would erupt, and after the extinction of the previous kingdom, the empire controlled where, and for hundreds of years, is it time to open the door again?

"Today, I will ask the opinion of the Pope of the Dharma, and the great and wise Pope will guide our empire to a bright future. ”

Hearing that the emperor was going to discuss with the Pope, these ministers also showed excited expressions one by one, C.C. is definitely the most beautiful and mysterious sub-god on the continent, especially her wisdom is invincible, it can be said that the reason why the empire occupies the continent so smoothly is closely related to the law and religion.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor. ”

In the imperial capital, in addition to the imperial palace, the most majestic building is undoubtedly the Dharma Church that reflects the imperial palace. In the wide square in front of the church, countless devout believers kneel on time every day, more diligent than going to work.

And every day the priests of the Dharma religion come out to give lectures and enlighten the wisdom of the people.

The Emperor could only enter through the side entrance when he went to see C.C., as the main entrance was always blocked by fanatics.

After listening to the emperor's thoughts, C.C. also thought about it, the gate was originally the meaning of the gods of this world, so it didn't matter what happened, in the eyes of the gods, dead people were nothing, and it was important to let the two sides of the door communicate more. Since they didn't mind, C.C. naturally had no opinion: "If Your Majesty wants to go to the other side of the door to continue the war, there is no problem, and there is no need to ask me." ”

"But what if there's a strong enemy on the other side of the door?" the emperor worried.

"Can the empire stop the war if there is a strong enemy?" C.C. asked rhetorically, leaving the emperor speechless, yes, it is important to fight, not to stop the empire.

"I'm really old, I'm hesitating, the empire really can't stop the war, so I can make up my mind. ”

"The Dharma Sect will advance and retreat with the Imperial Army. "This is completely possible for the priests of the Fa Sect, and every time the Fa Sect priests go up and down the battlefield with the soldiers of the Empire, it is precisely because of this that the Fa Sect has such prestige in the Empire.

Since they want to fight, then they have to think about who to send to fight, and several generals naturally jumped out and recommended themselves, and even the Imperial Central Army couldn't help but want to participate in the war.

In the eyes of these generals, war is an opportunity to make a fortune, and they will definitely not lag behind.

"I wonder how many troops Your Majesty wants to gather?" "There are many troops in the narrow gate, and the situation is unknown in the past, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the army to be assembled, but if the army is too small, it will not be able to occupy enough land. ”

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead an army of 600,000 to gather in the Hill of Arnus, and then distribute the army to collect more wealth for the empire. "But it's Mitora, the general of the Imperial Central Army, and this is a general with great achievements.

But it can really open your mouth, one mouth costs 600,000, which is sixty percent of the Central Army, and there is so much money in the treasury to support 600,000 soldiers to fight?

The king pondered for a moment: "Mitora, I will give you 100,000 troops as the vanguard to be stationed in Arnuschu first, and then General Karasta will bring 50,000 reinforcements, and General Apra will bring 200,000 porters to escort grain and grass to the Black Castle for use. ”

"I wonder how much grain and grass Your Majesty can prepare for his ministers?"

The emperor didn't know, he had to ask his chancellor, "Elios, how much more grain can be fed?"

"According to the old practice, the grain and grass provided the number of days for the soldiers to go to the battlefield, and after the start of the war, all the grain and grass were settled locally, and this battle required about 70,000 stones, and I could call it from the granaries of the two neighboring cities. ”

"The basic needs of the city are guaranteed, and the rest of the food is seconded in the name of the Imperial Army, and it will be returned after a month. ”

"Your Majesty is wise. "The Minister of Finance patted the horse.

The details were finalized by dividing five by two, and the next step was to raise troops.