The battle of the Empire did not end as soon as Marcus expected, but fell into a long cement, although it cost too much money to fight, but this money is not great for the Empire, but this protracted war made Marcus very impatient.

When he was still a prince, he was very disliked for the emperor's wars, but, on the contrary, his father was indeed a strong fanatic for war, in his eyes, he could not eat or sleep, but constantly expanding his territory and attacking other countries, so that all the people of those countries were subservient to him was the most important thing.

It was also because of this mentality that Sibithai became the most powerful person in the empire at that time.

Although Marcus dealt with Sibitai in the first place after ascending the throne for various reasons, he was unable to completely stop this huge imperial war machine, and even had to devote himself to the game that he was tired of.

Sitting on the throne, Marcus's fingers bouncing impatiently on his knees, he frowned and looked at the advisors and ministers standing around him and said, "Is there any way to make the war end quickly?" ”

The strategist who was named was a little frightened, and replied cautiously: "Repay Your Majesty, there are only two ways to end the battle quickly, either to achieve victory as soon as possible, or to retreat and surrender, especially the second method, which can end the battle very quickly." ”

Apparently the advisor's answer was very unpleasant to Marcus, and he just gave him a blank look and withdrew his attention.

Of course, he knew that admitting defeat was the fastest way to end the battle, but there was absolutely no word in Marcus's life, and if this was the case, then it meant that the war would continue.

At the thought of this, Marcus's mood became even worse.

Ding Zhu, who was thousands of miles away, was in a very good mood, and she was finally able to hand over all the work of the commander to the corresponding person on this snowy winter day, which made her extremely happy.

In her opinion, if you have to do everything yourself, this is simply the rhythm of exhausting yourself, not to mention, she does not know how to manage a city, after not knowing the depth of management for a few days, she knows her own catties very well, so she can't wait to find someone who can do these things.

After dividing the originally huge work into a number of small parts according to a certain law, it suddenly became very orderly, and Ding Zhu could finally treat himself as a mascot, just placed there for everyone to watch.

This kind of Maple Leaf Army came too suddenly, and it shot too quickly, and by the time everyone reacted, they had already grasped the absolute initiative, naturally guiding public opinion, and making the entire city go to their side.

This thing was done so naturally that everyone had forgotten that these people who were now leading everyone in the city were not the officials that Emperor Marcus had assigned.

Of course, the common people have forgotten, but it doesn't mean that Ding Zhu has forgotten too, she took the message sent from the capital of the empire, fell into deep thought, and Boundless Snow asked, "What are you doing in a daze?" ”

"I'll just say that Marcus was so careless about the murder of Yafer, which was so vigorous at that time, and it doesn't seem like his character, but now I know that it's not that he wants to do this, but that there are more important things that occupy all his attention." Ding Zhu threw the news on the table, and Boundless Snow raised his hand to pick it up and read it.

Then she exclaimed: "My mother, alas, this is all news that has been going on for almost a year, and it has only now reached us, and if we are at war, the daylilies will already be cold." ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Ding Zhu propped his head and began to think that in this era, information blockage has become an extremely normal thing, but for these people, it is simply unbearable, she only found out about such an important news a year later, and she couldn't help laughing when she said it.

"We still have a lot to do to challenge Marcus, and this news network alone is something we need to spend a lot of money and energy to build." Ding Zhu sighed: "The more I get to this time, the more I feel the preciousness of money, and the more I feel how poor we are. ”

Boundless Snow also felt this way, although it seemed to be in a very awesome position, but he still felt that he had to deduct and search, just because they had to bear the operation of the entire city, and they had not produced it yet.

"Is there any solution you can do to be poor?"

"Not really." Boundless Snow shook her head: "If I had, I don't think I would stand here and talk nonsense with you." ”

"I have." Ding Zhu smiled meaningfully.

Soon, Boundless Snow knew what Ding Candle was doing, and that was to occupy a city.

They didn't let the absolute drive over directly, in Ding Zhu's words, it was too much of a waste of money, they still used the same method, a small number of good people infiltrated the city next door, and then robbed the rich first, and when the whole city was busy catching thieves, they killed the city lord, killed the army commander, killed the important officials in the city, and controlled the nobles.

They have already done this kind of thing once, and they will be familiar with it when they do it again, and they have not even been rehearsed, it is easy to complete, and the time spent is even less than the last time.

And the people in the city are even more confused, it was the city lord who slept last night, but after opening his eyes today, the city lord has been replaced, oh my God, what is going on?

For the restoration of the city machine, it is not difficult for Ding Zhu to do it.

It's not hard to do everything once you do it.

Soon, the city also regained its former vigor.

Making war money is really the fastest way to make money, and in the following year, Ding Candle and his party used the same method to divide the six surrounding cities, large and small, into the territory of their Red Maple Army.

And the information network that has always made Ding Zhu remember was also built, but she never expected that after this information network was just set up, the first information she got was that Marcus was going to make various cities in the empire pay taxes.

There seems to be a proverb in the West that there are two things in the world that cannot be avoided, death and paying taxes.

Taxation is one of the most important means for an empire to obtain materials, and now that Marcus is in a state of war, it is natural that more money is needed to support this protracted war.

Therefore, it is inevitable to pay taxes.