Located between the Northland and the Great Central Plains, the valley is the hub of the kingdom connecting the north and the south, and although it covers an area of less than 50,000 square kilometers, it is quite rich.

There are more than fifty lords living in the entire valley, and millions of civilians live.

In this productivity environment, it is definitely a densely populated place,

Unlike the poor lords of the Northlands, the nobles of the Valley were all wealthy, and almost every one of them built a small city like Temucheng, rather than just a lonely castle.

The largest city in the valley is located in the center of the valley floor, located in the valley of the prime location of the valley, Bolai, has a completely not, not inferior to the prosperity of the golden dragon capital,

The resident population is nearly two million, accounting for almost one-third of the population of the valley.

With such a dense population, it is naturally impossible to rely on agriculture to make a living, and the industry and commerce of Bolai are very developed, and the merchants who come and go from the south to the north provide a large number of jobs for Bolai, and many landless peasants simply live in Bolai, making a living by working.

If the ruling model of the northern region is still dominated by feudal landlords and military aristocrats, then the river valley has entered the embryonic stage of capitalism.

If there is any difference between the development of Blay and the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Richard's hometown, it is that there are powerful knights in the Golden Dragon Kingdom, and the mountain of feudal nobles is more than ten times stronger.

Even if a certain class has mastered some means of production, it can still only be the money-making tool of these feudal nobles, relying on its nose to survive.

Since there is no great nobleman similar to the Lanster family in the Northland, there is no leader in the entire river valley, and there is no lord family like Drifting Snow City in Bolai.

The city of Bolai was built by the union of the twelve surrounding lords, and after years of development to its current scale, the decision-making body of the entire city is the Council of Twelve, and the twelve nobles who built the city each occupy a seat.

The council consists of a city hall, a public security office, a city guard and other day-to-day management bodies, which are responsible to the 12-member council.

There is only one special force in the city, and it is outside this system, which is the Garrison Corps of the River Valley directly under the kingdom.

In principle, the entire army of 20,000 soldiers, the commander of the army is directly appointed by the kingdom, directly responsible to the king, and has nothing to do with the valley.

Of course, this kind of principle can only be an ideal state, although the commander of the army is directly appointed by the royal capital, but the main soldiers are from the river valley, and some materials, grain and grass must also be supported by the river valley, and it is impossible for the kingdom to travel thousands of miles to transport grain.

The Legion Commander will always have a relationship with the nobles of the River Valley, and this kind of relationship has only one problem.

At this time, in the council hall of the city of Bolai, all twelve nobles were present, and thirteen people were sitting around the entire round table.

In addition to the twelve city-building nobles, the extra person is Dane, the leader of the garrison corps sent by the kingdom to the river valley.

And this battle will only appear when Bolai City makes some important decisions, and it will not be seen once in a few years.

"Everyone knows about the Jingbei Army."

At the round table, a wealthy middle-aged man asked first, if it weren't for the fact that only nobles could sit in this round table council, this person would be more like a wealthy businessman than a nobleman.

"It's been a few days since the Ranster family sent a letter for help, and I want to see what the attitude of each family is."

"Yo, isn't he Marquis Wade quite despised us noble merchants, and now he remembers to beg us?"

"Two words, don't help!"

A man with a face covered in grease and ten fingers full of gemstone rings of various colors resolutely refused the Northland's request for help.

"What if this northern land can't withstand it, and the ogre rushes to the river valley?"

"What are you afraid of, if the ogre wants to enter the river valley, he has to break the north gate, and if he can't do it, there is still a kingdom, so it won't be our turn to save the barbarians of the Ranster family."

"Do you want to give you the grain and grass?"

"What to give? The brothers also have to settle accounts, and they can buy grain and grass with money. ”

"That's right, take money to buy, exchange things for things, and there is no reason to give things in vain in our river valley!"

"Bang!"

While the aristocrats were arguing fiercely, a pot-bellied man slammed the table, attracting everyone's attention.

"Enough! Are you losing money? ”

Everyone was stunned by his yelling, but someone reacted immediately.

"Dane, what do you mean, saying that I can lose my money, and you take less money on weekdays?"

This pot-bellied middle-aged man turned out to be Dane, the commander of the Garrison Legion in the River Valley.

It is hard to imagine that when he came to the valley ten years ago to take up his post, he was still a raw officer, and by this time he had developed a big belly.

In the past ten years, Dane's cultivation has not made much progress, but his weight has grown a lot, and his family foundation has become more than ten times thicker.

"It is the order of the royal capital to support the Northland, do you want to disobey?"

Dane actually had a trace of regret in his heart at this time, how did he get on the thief ship of these people,

I thought they were just greedy, but I didn't expect this group of people to be stupid, completely losing their money, and they couldn't see the form at all.

After Dane's words fell, these city-building nobles finally quieted down,

"The kingdom's order is for the garrison to support the Northlands, and it's none of our business."

"!"

"The garrison's military field has been in place for so many years, and you guys are spitting it out?"

As soon as Dane said that, the nobles on the other side stopped talking, and his family occupied a lot of garrison military fields, all of which were fertile fields near Bolai City, how could he retreat.

The garrison was stationed in the valley, and originally the kingdom set aside a large piece of military land around Ble to support the garrison of 20,000 horses.

But since the beginning of the year, the military land of the garrison corps has been encroached upon by the surrounding nobles, and there is no other property to speak of except the station.

"Okay, okay, everyone is not here to quarrel today,

The kingdom asked us to support the Northland this time, and we also have to send a senior official from the royal capital to supervise it, so we still have to find a way to deal with it as soon as possible. ”

The person who spoke was an old man in a brocade robe, and although his hair was gray, he looked in good spirits.

"Old man Sade is right, we are not sitting here today to quarrel, it is estimated that in a few days, the big man from the royal capital will arrive, let's think about how to deal with it first,

When the time comes, the garrison will be pressed north, and there will be less than 5,000 people in the camp and 20,000 kinnars every year, and the king will be held accountable, and none of us will be able to escape. ”

"This is easy to do, take care of two full meals a day and add a few copper nars, how many people and how many people do it, anyway, let's talk about this first,

If you let the troops go, Lord Dane will find a way to drag it out, and this can always be done. ”

Dane nodded, it was always okay to find an excuse to delay a few days.

There is not enough grain and grass, there are bandits in the river valleys, and there is not enough garrison strength.

The nobles of the valley wore another pair of trousers, and no matter what reason he found, everyone could cooperate,

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and even if you are a cross-river dragon from the king's capital, you have to be played around in this river valley.

Thinking of this, Dane was also a lot more relieved.

"Do you know who the people sent by the royal capital are?"

"Wang Du didn't say it, he just said that he had an arrow, and he would know it when he arrived."

"The god is mysterious, and I don't know which big man it is."

"Okay, let's do what we just arranged, and hire some people to fill the gap in the garrison corps in the next two days."

"It's okay, let's just disperse."

Everyone dispersed as they were told, except for Dane, who was left alone until the end.

Why do you still feel like your heart is pounding?

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