Chapter 1 Beginning
History has always had a lot of misunderstandings about people who are not familiar with it, and what I want to tell you after me is that I am definitely not what the history books record. - "The Autobiography of the Clouds"
The bitter cold wind blew down from the Far North Wasteland, passed through the endless ocean, and shrouded the entire territory of the Rus Empire with ice and snow, and the Sias Royal Academy in Transnistria, the capital of the Rus Empire, also ushered in the annual graduation season.
From today until the following week, it will be the busiest day of the year for Sias Royal Academy, except for the beginning of the school year.
The streets were full of eager faces, and even the garrisons, who were usually lazy and lazy, except on payday and when they were scheming, seemed to be clockwork, and their eyes widened, staring at the passing pedestrians and vehicles like falcons, carefully checking for suspicious people on the street.
In fact, they could have been lazy and lazy as usual, because even the most vicious thugs would not dare to attack these future pillars of the Rus' Empire during this time.
Yunqi was holding a gentleman's cane in his hand, wearing a neat black dress, shuttling through the ranks of dragoons, security forces, and garrisons rushing back and forth, his eyes did not look arrogant at all, but the medal of the Imperial Ministry of Taxation on his chest made these big-headed soldiers silent, and they parted in front of Yunqi independently, not daring to stop his progress.
Yunqi smiled gently at everyone he saw, but no one dared to look him in the eye.
Anyone in the empire knows that apart from the church, the only people who can't be provoked are the people of the Ministry of Taxation, and if you offend the king, the most serious consequence is death, but if you offend the people of the Ministry of Revenue, they will not necessarily make you lose your life, but they will definitely make you penniless and lose your freedom.
The most powerful thing about the Department of Taxation is that five years ago, Yuri, the largest smuggler in the Rus Empire at that time, was captured by the Imperial Navy due to a case of smuggling ordnance, and the Navy investigated for three months, but did not find out the source of his goods and his sales channels.
When the Imperial Navy was at a loss, the Imperial Ministry of Taxation was in full swing, and found out that Yuri had a sea trade ten years ago without paying taxes, and then took down several high-ranking officials of the empire in one fell swoop along this line, and Yuri's entire net worth was filled into the treasury, and the smuggling group represented by Yuri was brought to justice, which made the Ministry of Taxation famous.
The whole of Dniester is centered on the Victory Palace, through the central avenue, along the Evergreen Avenue all the way to the end of the roller street, turn to Vivas Street, at the intersection of Vivas Street and Champss Street is a comprehensive university city famous throughout the Western continent.
The university town is located exactly east of the Victory Palace, of course, and this is not due to any coincidence, but because the current emperor of the Rus' Empire, Peter XVII, who in his youth had traveled to the distant Eastern Empire, so he longed for the East.
Yunqi came out of the tax department to the university town, and after walking on the road for a long time, because of his strong body, he felt a little hot in the cold winter, untied the black brocade cloak wrapped around his body, took off the wide-brimmed high-top hat that Dniester had been most popular in recent months, and a white mist representing vitality appeared on his head and neck.
Yunqi put his cloak on his wrist, his fingers hung a wide-brimmed hat lined with velvet, and waved his hand at the owner of the carriage waiting for patrons in a worn felt hat across the street, and shouted, "To the university town." ”。
The owner of the carriage stopped in front of Yunqi with seventy percent of the new carriage, black hair and black eyes, and a slightly flat face compared to Westerners, all showing the identity of Yunqi Orientals, everyone in the Western Continent knows that Orientals are rich and bold.
The owner of the horse, who had not opened for a day, was just about to open his mouth to earn money for the next few days, when he saw Yunqi hand him the cloak, hat and cane, and the owner of the carriage said: "University City, a silver ......" Before he finished speaking, he saw the badge on Yunqi's chest.
Yunqi glanced at him: "Huh?"
"Great gods, I didn't even see that my most respected lord of the Ministry of Taxation should ride in my carriage, and my ancestors would be honored for me, and if you get on the carriage, a copper will be sent to the university town. ”
Yunqi nodded with satisfaction, stepped on the pedal and got into the carriage, he would not bully honest people who did business, but like this, he would not give unnecessary sympathy, and when he got into the car, he pretended to be shocked and muttered: "Thank you to the great gods, great majesty, are the prices in our Transnistria already so low?"
A quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped steadily at the entrance of the university town, and Yunqi got out of the carriage, dropped a copper, took his belongings from the coachman's hand, and calmly sorted out his image by the side of the carriage.
After all, today, he has to set a good example so that he can take in the next batch of 'real' talents to enrich his team.
Carefully smoothed every wrinkle on his body, straightened his hat, and walked towards the university town where the blood of youth was brewing and fermenting.
The outer wall of the university town is engraved with the following sentence: Raise your head, the future is in your eyes, and the future is in your hands.
Yes, the glamorous and decent Yunqi today came out of this most enterprising and extravagant and corrupt university town.
In this gloomy and cold weather, the university town is much warmer than the surrounding areas, and the weather is gray, so the lights are flashing everywhere in the university town, some people are studying hard in the teaching buildings and libraries, and the neighing of war horses and the sound of riding guns and bayonets are heard from time to time on the school grounds.
Yes, the university town, how can there be only such a university as the Royal Academy of Sias, there is the strongest academic atmosphere in the entire Western continent, whether it is the administrative university, the financial university, or even the military academy, and even the seminary represented by the church, they are also gathered here.
Transnistria I to VII universities, the Sias Royal Academy, the Imperial Naval Academy, the Army Academy, the Dniester Theological Academy, and dozens of highly specialized colleges together make up the most remarkable 'Transnistrian University City' on the entire continent.
It is precisely because of this university city, in just thirty years, that the outstanding talents cultivated from here have added a steady stream of fresh blood to the Rus Empire, and the huge empire is like an adult lion awakened under the promotion of countless elites, making a deafening roar on the western continent, and the powerful national power has made this ancient empire located in the westernmost part of the continent the most central center of the entire western continent.