The group continued on their way, passing through about thirty corridors and two mirror corridors, and after Lei had harassed more than seven palace guards, they finally reached a large wooden door. Several guards who were tall enough to rival Lei Youyou slowly pushed open the door, and Kirks bowed slightly silently, motioned for everyone to enter the gate, and then closed behind them.

Wearing a wide white gauze blouse, a pair of golden leggings embroidered with many blue patterns, a white ribbon casually wrapped around his waist, and two bare feet, Shagru stood in a corner of the hall, holding a glass of wine in his hand, staring blankly at the huge sand table in the middle of the room.

Yes, the hall is occupied by a huge sand table with a length and width of thirty meters, and only a five-meter-wide walkway is left at the edge. Seeing Ray and them walking in, Shagru nodded slowly and said in a low voice: "No need to be polite, it's late at night now, and I was supposed to let you go home and rest, but my heart is really burning, so you come and talk to me." ”

Messo hurriedly bowed and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it is our honor to be summoned by you. ”

Seeing Jerry, they all bowed, and Ray also bent his waist in the same way, and a ninety-degree bow bent like this. With a 'dang' sound, his forehead slammed on the edge of the sand table, causing Shaxx next to him to tremble and almost jump.

Shagru laughed: "Hahahaha, General Lei, well, no need to be polite, no need to be polite, you have made a great contribution this time, so, the empire will definitely reuse you, this, you can rest assured, of course, General Gaddafi said your origin, so I also arranged for you to go to the highest military academy in the imperial capital for further study, and in a few days, you can go and learn something... Oh yes, let's do it yourself, I asked someone to prepare a lot of wine, feel free, feel free. ”

Messeau thanked Shagru on behalf of the group, and then the group went to a small wine cabinet in the corner of the room, and each poured himself a glass of his favorite wine. Lei is looked left and right, and simply picked up a wine bottle. Shagru looked at Ray's rough and natural movements with a smile on his face, a look of appreciation on his face.

Seeing that everyone was standing next to the sand table, Shagru slowly approached the sand table and whispered, "All the old ministers know where this is, right?"

Siddock nodded hurriedly: "This is the highest and most secret military planning conference hall in the empire, you... ”

Shagru shrugged his shoulders, gently stroked the moustache on his left, and whispered: "Yes, military hall, hey, my father liked to hold military meetings here the most, during his fifty-seven years of reign, we annexed seventeen small kingdoms and principalities nearby, and the entire northwest continent, now there are only our Van Empire and Bicester Empire, isn't it?"

Sidoc bowed and said respectfully: "When the emperor was in power, he expanded his territory, and the credit was great. Not only the first emperors, but also the emperors of the past dynasties, each of them constantly launched foreign wars, so the territory of the Vatican Empire had twenty-one provinces, and it became the strongest military power in the mainland. ”

Shagru took a sip of wine lightly, pursed his lips and said: "Since the damn "Peace Pact" was formulated, there has been peace on the continent for a long time, probably more than 100,000 years, and it is only in the last few thousand years, that is, after the founding of our dynasty, that the crazy conquest and fighting began. Those small countries have been almost annexed, and on the mainland, only our seven empires are the most powerful. When my father died, I thought that our Van Empire was the first in the continent as a matter of course, and I could spend this life very comfortably without having to think about this military issue anymore. ”

No one dared to speak out, and Ray didn't know what to say.

Shagru tilted his head and said gloomily: "Hmph, I have been on the throne for seven years, and today, this is the third time I have entered this hall... Not surprisingly, I came in twice when the four southern provinces were occupied and had to rely on the Turk Gorge to resist. I thought about it for a long time before I was ready to mobilize the Knights of Glory. Otherwise, are you really crazy people to move forces that could cause the collapse of the continent for no reason?"

Siddock smiled and complimented: "Your Majesty's decision is wise, the war is now over. ”

Shagru smiled, he shook the wine glass in his hand, watched the red wine inside hang a faint film on the wall of the glass, and whispered, "Well, yes, this is the third time I've come in." I originally thought that my life would have nothing to do with war, and I thought that no one would dare to attack our Van Empire, and moreover, the terrain of our Vat Empire would be extremely favorable for our defense. ”

Lei looked at the sand table covered with various colors in a daze, and asked stupidly: "Your Majesty, where is our empire? How can we say that our terrain is very favorable?"

Shagru laughed, and simply picked up a long wooden pole and pointed on the sand table. He said, "Look, General Lei, look here, the place surrounded by two mountain ranges, this gap, is the Turk Canyon. Above, are the seventeen northern provinces of our empire, and the large green ones below are the four southern provinces and the Qingfeng Plain... These two mountain ranges are actually one mountain range, but there is only a Turk Canyon left in the middle. ”

"The average height of this mountain range is more than 25,000 feet, and the highest peak is said to be 40,000 feet high, and it is impossible for humans to climb this mountain range, so as long as we guard the Turk Canyon, the three empires of Ritter, Rif, and Smart in the south will not pose any threat to us. ”

Lei looked at it for a long time, and finally nodded and said: "So, look, this mountain range is a little east of the middle of the continent, it seems that there is no more, here is a light green, what is it?"

Shagru pointed to the area and explained, "There, a small hilly area on the border between the Darker Empire and the Smart Empire. This time, their six-nation alliance, hehe, the armies of the Dak Empire and the Wright Empire, didn't they enter the territory of the Smart Empire from there, and then invade our country along the Qingfeng Plain?"

As if he understood what Ray was going to ask, Shagru quickly said: "You see, to the east of our country, there is a big river, and a little further north, there is a desert, and the big river blocks the passage of the Dak Empire to attack us, and the desert blocks the passage of the Wright Empire to attack us, so in fact, the only weakness of our empire, the only direction they can attack us, is the Turk Canyon. ”

Ray grabbed the wine bottle and quickly poured a few sips of wine into his mouth, pointed to several castle models in the north and said, "So, this is the Bicester Empire, right?"

Siddock was embarrassed to always let Shagru explain, he bowed slightly to ask Shagru for permission, Shagru also nodded and smiled in agreement, Siddock took the wooden pole in Shagru's hand, pointed and said, "That's right, this is the Bicester Empire." Between their empires and in our northern provinces, there is a large desert with very little grass growing. In addition, the minerals of the Bicester Empire are almost zero, and even the armor and weapons of their iron cavalry are customized in our empire, so their threat to us is very small. ”

Ray frowned: "So, if it wasn't this time... ”

Jerry said gloomily: "If it weren't for the Smart Empire using various means to connect the six countries together this time, it would be impossible for the Bicester Empire, the Wright Empire, and the Dak Empire to attack us. Hmph, Smart Empire... ”

Shagru said leisurely: "The ambitions of the Smart Empire are always there, and they are also revenge." In fact, our four southern provinces were originally the four small principalities that were originally attached to their country, but they were annexed by us, can they not be angry?"

Messo shook his head, walked over gently, slapped the imperial capital of the Smart Empire hard, and said, "They have always wanted to get the four southern provinces and the Qingfeng Plain." Hehe, the biggest granary on the mainland is there, can they not be moved? It's just that this time their plan is too tight, and the spies and spies we sent to various countries have all been wiped out, hehe... Messeau suddenly relented, and gave Shaxx an embarrassed expression.

Shaxx glanced at Shagru with a little trepidation, but Shagru pretended not to hear Messeau's words and did not look at him, and Shaxx was relieved. His deputy, the deputy security officer who was the Marquis of the Empire, was actually bought by the Smart Empire, which caused the entire intelligence agency of the Vatican Empire to collapse, and Shagru did not kill his head, which was already enough to give him face.

Shagru shook his wine glass, gently pointed to the territory of the Van Empire, and said: "There are a total of twenty-one provinces in our Van Empire, hehe, there are only eighteen for the time being... Damn it... Our twenty-one provinces, with a total population of 127,590,000, receive 1,200,000,000,000 gold dollars a year from agriculture, industry, mining, and animal husbandry.

Minister of State Krees nodded hurriedly and said respectfully: "Last year's treasury revenue was 1.378 billion gold coins, which was the amount handed over by the twenty-one provinces and the territories of the various nobles, and their own income was not counted. ”

Shagru nodded with satisfaction and said, "Ray, you see, in addition to these, the commercial tax we get from the mainland's communication line is about 600 million gold coins per year, which can allow us to easily arm an elite Five Beast Legion, so our Van Empire's army is the strongest in the continent." ”

Krees added, "Only we, the Van Empire, have all the resources to arm the Legion. Our iron mines, crystal mines, gold mines, gem mines, and so on are among the most abundant on the continent. We also have the largest forests on the continent, and we have the largest population. Among the other empires, the Bicester Empire has only a population of 10 million, and the Smart Empire has the largest population, which is just over 100 million, so in any aspect, the comprehensive national strength of our Van Empire is the strongest. ”