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On March 14, 1667, the vice-capital of the Republic of Intre was appointed to the port

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In the Oriental writings, there are two kinds of sand.

One is the sandy beach by the vast sea, and the other is the sand desert deep in the earth.

As early as the beginning of civilizational history, the Eastern Empire conquered all the lands they could reach, and the roads they built would connect from the dry sands of the deep desert to the sands of the East China Sea.

But in the Koman writings, there is only one kind of sand.

The civilization of the Koman people rose with their feet on the damp sands of the river and the sea, they had never seen real dry sand, and their civilization faced so many competitors that it took a long, long time to reach the depths of the land. Before the last Elven Emperor turned the entire Eastern Empire into a wasteland, there was not even a real desert in the territory of the Elven Empire, and its climate was completely different from that of the tropical and subtropical Mulleiman region.

And now, an army of the Koman people has finally crossed the edge of the sea sand and entered the depths of the hot sand sea of Mureman. 、

The first rumor of the Battle of Puzhou reached Phase Port through the magic web, about five days ago.

At that time, the entire phase port market was once again in a crazy decline.

As traders and forces of all parties become more familiar with the magic web, the entire market seems to be swept into a storm of intelligence. Not only the military bonds issued by the Interlite Army, but also not only the United Trading Company, but all the businesses involved in the Murrayman trade and the maritime trade began to change hands like crazy.

Every day, new investors join the deal, and every day there are old overlords who sell all their belongings and leave. The seventeen status-symbolic lighthouses on the outskirts of Fortiburg changed hands for seven days, two of which went out and never lit again.

Even the most old-fashioned and conservative of the Phase-Hong Kong families could not help – or rather had to – intervene in this storm of speculation, and speculators from Fortiburg, Pylo, and even Delan and Honrinasti joined the warband, sharing information and news, both true and false.

The news of the defeat of the Elven Grand Fleet and the Seventh Fleet finally spread, dealing a heavy blow to the bulls, smashing back all the profits made by the surprise attack on Jiawen Feigen a while ago. The armed merchant fleets escorted by the Seventh Fleet also suffered heavy losses, and many were forced to mortgage or even liquidate securities to cover their losses.

Then the news that Jiawen Feigena changed hands again made matters worse. Before the Seventh Fleet could be retracted again, news came that the military adventure had been a complete failure, and that the rebuilt Elven Fleet would carry the Murraymans across the sea to take revenge, recreating the Yellow Peril War during the early Taiping Expedition of the Second Empire. The news sent by the United Bank and the trading company urgently through the magic net was seen by people as a trick of the dealer to trust the city-

And even this trick came to an end with the fiasco in Puzhou. The last news stopped in Puzhou, and "the Yellow Turban Army on the opposite side was overwhelming." A civil war in Taiping Dao against the provinces of Haixi was obviously imminent, and the brutal heir of Qingniu Mansion would obviously not miss any opportunity to strike at his opponent.

"I heard that Zhang Futu's army was defeated in Puzhou. ”

This rumored news did not stop the price from falling at first, and neither did the trading of several recognized big insiders. No matter how you look at those big buy orders, it looks like the follow-up to the fake news a few days ago, and many people were trapped in the sudden rebound and suffered huge losses.

The price flew at a low altitude near halved for three days, and then, suddenly, the decline stopped.

The new news came from the avalanche of Mureman, and it was as true as the warships moored in the docks off Fortiburg and Phase Harbor.

The combined forces of the Hercynian provinces and the Free Army won. A big win that surprised everyone.

"The Free Army has indeed expelled Zhang Futu and captured Qingniu Mansion!"

"Several members of the Republic and mayors have already left for Murrayman!"

"Will Naimon Soleton be officially given the title of 'Conqueror of the Dao Kingdom'?"

Such news swept across the entire phase port.

People finally changed their faces and began to rush to buy all kinds of securities whose prices had been cut in half just a few days ago.

So, on this day, when Di Meiyi of Huaicui Xing once again openly came to the transaction avenue near the Union Bank in a horse-drawn carriage, everyone was boiling.

She walked into the syndicated trading floor, which was made up of nine hotels and cafes, where the largest number of speculators gathered. Now, the most popular thing in the phase port is the building that starts with "joint".

Just a few days ago, the two female shopkeepers of Huaicui Xing, Di and Yin, were still raising funds everywhere, using the real estate and treasures of the Zhang family in Hengqu as collateral, and exchanging every borrowed money into the share capital of the United Trading Company, which was about to be worthless.

Now, almost everyone knows that Huai Cuixing is the agent of the Hengqu Zhang clan in Phase Port. But no one could blame them: when they began to raise money half a month ago, they repeatedly swore that the Hengqu army would win a great victory, but the more they said so, the less anyone would lend them money.

But now the whole situation is different. Zhang Futu's defeat means that the power of the entire Muleiman Dao Kingdom world will be transferred to the hands of the forces behind these two young ladies. The eldest lady of the Hengqu Zhang family will definitely be the next heir, and whoever can catch this clipper will be able to occupy the best position in this big victory.

Just as the speculators and agents were eager to come forward to talk, Di Meiyi had already flashed through the crowd with light steps, rushed into the center of the hall where the transaction books were piled up, and attracted the attention of all the traders with a loud voice.

"We're going to sell half of the shares of Union Bank, United Trading Company and Special Military Bonds held by Huaicui Bank, and start at the market price...... No, the auction starts at 10% off the market price. The total is ......"

She said a staggering figure, which was about the sum of the volume of transactions over the past three days — not many people were willing to sell their bonds and stocks, even if the price was three times higher than the face value, after confirming the big win in Puzhou.

The entire trading floor fell silent.

Then, turn into a storm of panic buying.

On the opposite side of the joint trading floor is an "old-fashioned" trading café that still follows the tradition of setting aside elegant seating for big customers. While Di Meiyi was single-handedly setting off a resale storm, the bookmakers who privately controlled the market were meeting in the anti-detection private room on the top floor of the café opposite.

After exchanging untold earnings statements, the secret meeting here is coming to an end, ending with the same mutual praise as ever.

"It's worthy of Huaicui Xing, it's really vigorous. Earlier a day, I grabbed the news and threw it at the second highest, and then took the initiative to keep the bottom with us at the low point, both of which let the shopkeeper Yin eat it. ”

Behind the scenes, it was this cold and arrogant woman who was dressed in civilian clothes, but full of divine aura. Lieutenant Terley is subordinate to the 13th "Miracle" Free Division, and directly obeys the orders of "that person", who is responsible for buying dips and stabilizing prices at more than 40%.

"Where, it's all Miss Zhang's order. Besides, we have mortgaged so many things, and we can't explain it to the clan if we don't take it back. ”

Huai Cuixing's other shopkeeper Yin Rujing laughed twice and said modestly. Di Meiyi has to deal with the traders on the periphery, and her task is to deal with other dealers here.

"He is worthy of being the heir of Hengqu. Now that he has control over the whole of Mureman, it is better to sell them to the rest of the Free Countries than to hold so many shares himself, so as to maintain the relationship between the South and Mureman...... This, just, is, doing, for, one, name, noble, clan, of, politics, governance, examination, quantity, right, miss?"

Another tall, handsome male Imperial priest who was present at the secret meeting sighed and patted the protégé beside him, who was already asleep.

The younger sister of Emperor Gustavus Hugh Kerman rubbed her eyes, got up from her half-asleep state, and grabbed another glass of wine from the low coffee table in front of her.

"Anyway, we've earned it too, and everybody's earned, right, Secretary Ionette?"

The Divine Masters ranked in the top twenty of the Empire opened their mouths, but they didn't know how to answer.

"Southerners are also Komans. It's a great thing that the Koman people have conquered Mureman! I suggest, for the Koman victory, cheers!"

Led by Olya, several of the agents raised their glasses and drank them down.

While they were having a drink, Bai Ruisi, the real decision-maker of Huaicui Xing, was in the hideout on the other side of the Xiangwei Port Bridge, watching the conversation of several people coldly through the magic ornaments on Yin Rujing's body.

Until now, there are still only two public treasurers in Huaicuixing.

What Brish pays the most attention to is the agent of "that person" in it.

"The power of the Hengqu Zhang clan...... Maybe I can fight that person. ”

She whispered to herself, mentally imagining a battle against her original form.

After all this time, Bai Ruisi was confident that he was already eighty percent sure that he was the backup doppelganger of a top magician.

It's just that the answer is too dangerous, the opponent is too strong, and she doesn't believe she can fight it.

"Bonnie Seffer, the Protestant pope...... ? ”

Judging from the original location of this body, the performance and strength of all aspects of the body, it is likely that only that person will prepare a backup of the body here in Phase Harbor.

Not enough, she thought. To confront that person, she needs more chips......

...... As well as allies.

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March 19, 1667, the early dry season

Qingniu Mansion, the capital of the Yellow Turban Taiping Province

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The civilization of the Taiping people, which is different from their neighbors to the east or west, belongs to the third type. They have two texts of different origins to call grains of sand.

Their territory is likewise from wet sand to dry sand, but in their territory, wet sand and dry sand are contiguous.

If you're a traveler and head north along the Southwest Drive, you'll find deserts and sandy beaches almost connected to each other.

The road weaves through eight states on the southwest coast of Mureman, through the richest territory of the country, and leads to the capital of the Yellow Turban Taiping Dao Kingdom, Tsing Niu. Hundreds of years later, the road was renamed Interstate 15 and is one of the most popular roads for long-distance campers around the world.

But for Free Army Major Overseer Naymen Soleton, the Southwestern Avenue was never meant to be a walk-and-go trip.

When he first set foot on this southwest avenue, Naymen Soleton had only 3,000 reliable free troops and 30,000 rabble friendly troops around him, but he was surrounded and intercepted by the elven fleet and the entire 150,000 Dao troops.

At that time, everything seemed so desperate: his 3,000 troops were originally here to attack the elven colony, not to challenge the Dao Kingdom. But he had no choice but to defeat the enemy army.

What happened next, everyone in the civilized world heard about it: it was the Battle of Puzhou.

If you can't beat it with ten times the number of troops, you can't beat it. This is the difference between the native army of the Dao country, which has been at peace for many years, and the Interland army, which has been participating in the brutal war of freedom.

As a result, if the water changes color, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains change hands. Eighty percent of the 33 military prefectures in one prefecture, three forts, seven provinces, and seven provinces have nominally surrendered their sincerity to the new regime in Hengqu, and the remaining less than 10 military prefectures are also hesitating. The army, still loyal to Zhang Futu, still controlled the eastern coast and stubbornly defended the last of the East China Sea fortresses.

After all was said and done, Naimon and his army finally left the Haisha area along the Southeast Avenue and slowly entered the territory of Qingniu Province, which was surrounded by hot sand.

The head of that great city was already a red line.

Those reds are the Red Wheel Flag representing the Hengqu and the Red Auxiliary Flag representing the Inter Ray Republic Army. These red flags were made in a hurry, fluttering on every tower and horse face of the city wall of Qingniufu, hunting in the hot wind of the early dry season.

The huge city with its translucent milky white walls as white jade straddled between the two great rivers of Shangshan and Ruoshui, waiting to welcome its new owner. Yellow floating sand, green farmland, and dark brown alluvial plains quietly creep at its feet, feeding the more than one million people of in Qingniufu.

"That's Qingniu Mansion, our future capital!

A petite Michimin girl with a yellow headband tied in a single ponytail was by Namen Soleton's side, proudly pointing out the city to him with a horsewhip.

This girl is the new master of the city, Zhang Shiyi of the Hengqu Sect, and the current patriarch of the Hengqu Zhang clan who can mobilize 30,000 troops from various provinces in the West Sea. In the Dao Kingdom, where clans and clans rule the country, this means that she is about to become the next heir to control the entire righteous path.

"Its name was Green Cow, and I always thought it would be a city with green walls. ”

Naimon replied, deliberately omitting the phrase "our capital." He pretended not to understand Zhang Shiyi's words, because he didn't want to make the future female ruler of the Dao Kingdom feel unhappy.

After teaming up with Zhang Shiyi to achieve that legendary victory, even if he is really a piece of wood, he must know that the other party has a good impression of him.

Miss Zhang let out a hearty laugh and explained: "The green ox is just to pay tribute to Lao Tzu, and it is a green ox that he rode when he ascended to the gods. Oh, Lao Tzu is our prophet, the chosen one, and the leader of our righteous path...... I don't know what you guys are equivalent to. ”

"Well, I know that. Namen's hand in his jacket pocket, tapping lightly on Anne's memory bank gem, "It was called the Whitewalled City of Games before it was taken by the Yellow Turbans......

"It's just small talk, you don't need to check the magic network, anyway, you'll know if you listen to it more in the future. ”

Zhang Shiyi now knows the meaning of Naimon's action. Of course, she would only mention it when she was alone with Naimon: it was a virtue not to reveal the equipment of other companions, especially a rare magical item like this that could quickly consult the web. Keep in mind that the standard web of access is still using teleportation, or magic sensing parchment and copying, which are slow and often inaccurate.

Naimon let go of his hand, but was too embarrassed to immediately pull it out of his jacket pocket. When he let go of his hand, he seemed to vaguely hear Anne's memory bank "hum".

"From a military point of view, it looks like a big city that is not easy to conquer. ”

"Fortunately, we don't have to actually capture Qingniu Mansion. ”

Zhang Shiyi nodded sympathetically and set his eyes on the city gate of Qingniu Mansion. Naimon followed her gaze and immediately felt a chill.

"Ah...... Not again. He grumbled quietly.

In front of the city gate of Qingniu Mansion, gongs and drums are noisy, singing and dancing are non-stop. Once again, the huge Combine Army was forced to stop.

Like all the prefectures and counties that the Coalition Army had passed through before, the surviving officials and wealthy clans of Qingniu Mansion put on a huge welcome lineup in front of the Coalition Army. Ordinary people gather on both sides of the official road in Funan, countless troupes, jugglers perform hard, and there are even Western-style opera and drama troupes that I don't know where to invite them - Qingniu Mansion, which is worthy of being the center of the province.

"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, and a life for all people!"

"Open the peace, open the peace!"

"I hope that Miss Zhang will be appointed as the heir as soon as possible and save the people from fire and water!"

"We must crusade against the traitor Zhang Futu as soon as possible!"

Naimon and Zhang Shiyi walked side by side, always vigilant, while listening to the noisy voices around them. The originally serious and tragic four sentences of Hengqu were dissolved into entertainment similar to opera singing on such an occasion, and dissipated in the reluctant smiles of the residents of Qingniu Mansion.

"The people of Qingniu Mansion don't seem to trust us very much. ”

Naimon whispered his judgment to Miss Zhang beside him.

"yes. After all, this is the capital of Zhang Futu, and our Hengqu forces have almost been wiped out in the past few years. The lower class citizens are okay, I don't think the middle and upper class people who stayed behind really supported us - they just didn't want to follow to recover the giant deer. ”

Zhang Shiyi's answer was very sober, and he was not carried away by these warm welcomes. Seeing that she still maintained her fighting spirit, Naimon no longer whispered, but played her role with peace of mind.

"The Hongyi man next to the new heir is the leader of this Hongyi mercenary, right?"

"With 3,000 Hongyi troops to resist Zhang Futu's 660,000 troops, Hongyi young general, Suonemen. ”

"That's no ordinary Hongyi mercenary. Do you still remember that Taiwei Luo, who laid the foundation for Zhang Xianshi -- uh, Zhang Thief and was later expelled by Zhang Thief? It is said that General Suo is a closed disciple of Luo Taiwei, and he passed down the 88 Qimen Dunjia Art of War, which was specially designed to take revenge and drive out Zhang Thief. ”

"The disciple who avenges his teacher can't see that this Hongyi doesn't look like an ordinary person, but he also knows kindness. ”

"Not only that, I heard that Zhang Xiaosi promised to be a virgin, in exchange for this famous young general of Hongyi to borrow soldiers to help. Captain Luo Taiwei was the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses in the world from the official of the Hongyi State to the commander, and when he heard about this, he lent him 3,000 soldiers to protect the Xianyi, known as the military police, and came to crusade against Zhang Thief......

"Let's take a look! What we are going ......to stage today is the Haixi opera of the new platoon, 'Captain Luo borrowed troops to go to Guozhou, and the Suo army division broke through the Jinmen formation'!

- Although the character setting is a little outrageous. Listening to the discussions of the citizens of Qingniu Mansion through translation magic, Naimon thought with a wry smile.

Thankfully, this wasn't the first time Naimon had dealt with such a scene, and he was already quite familiar with the rituals.

Along the way, there will be a lot of time before and after each welcome ceremony and the entrance to the city. As the leader of Hengqu, Zhang Shiyi needed to meet with local people who were inclined to the Hengqu sect, meet with officials, punish rebellions, befriend wealthy families, identify the army, and occasionally send troops to clean up the recalcitrant fanatics in an effort to turn the land into a Hengqu foundation like the provinces of Haixi.

If that's all it takes, she'll pull Naimon with her no matter what she does. If Naimon tries to find a reason to escape, Zhang Shiyi will even take her entire staff group and the Hao clan who came to meet him to lie in his tent, and without any psychological pressure, while meeting, jurying, and co-opting these new land snakes, while confirming every decision she has to make to Naimen from time to time.

After repeating this a few times, Naimon Soleton gave up the struggle and played the role of a combined army seal by Zhang Shiyi's side with peace of mind, posthumously recognizing all the decisions of the Hengqu Zhang clan as the envoy of the Interrey Overseer and the commander of the Freedom-Hengqu Combined Army. When Zhang Shiyi needs to show his strength, Naimon will send troops from the Free Army.

Intellectually, Naimon knew the need to do so. Although many surrendered troops were accepted, the only reliable in the hands of the Combine were the Intray Free Army and Zhang's private soldiers that he brought with him, which were even fewer in number than before the Battle of Puzhou. In the battle, the Free Army lost veterans like Major General Gao Huo, the commander of the Zhuhai Division, and the Zhang private army also lost four or five battalion officers and Taishou rank masters. He had to act like the two sides of the coalition were united in their hearts - the vast majority of the local troops were intimidated by the unfamiliar Red Army's invincible and invincible prestige.

But in practical terms......

He felt a headache about his identity as "Zhang Shiyi's future husband". What's worse is that almost the entire Daoguo acquiesced to this, and even the street drama was singing about the match made in heaven for this talented woman.

Headaches to the point where you stop thinking about it at the thought of it.

The army stopped, and a cannon salute rang out from the city, interrupting Naymen Soleton's headache.

"I've seen the heir. "I've seen Lord Major. ”

A large line of old men stood at the gates of the city, trembling to their knees at the sound of the salute.

According to Oriental custom, the oldest people in the city were gathered together to welcome the new owners of the city with banners and various sacrificial vessels written in Oriental script. Even with the assistance of Taoism, most of them are already too old to move in Naimon's opinion, and it is not surprising that they will fall down and die at any time. There were similar rituals in the city ahead, but never to find the outrageous practices of so many people. If someone dies at the door, this entrance ceremony will become a farce.

"What is this?" Even Zhang Shiyi felt a little displeased, and looked around to find the person responsible, "Where is Yin of Qingniu Mansion?!

The surrounding officials were silent, and no one wanted to take the initiative to provoke Miss Zhang's displeasure. Several servants hurriedly ran forward and helped the old men aside. Some of the soldiers and officers of the advance force stood not far away from the position where they could control the entire city gate, and they also looked at Zhang Shiyi, who was suddenly angry.

Naimon frowned: he had sent these soldiers, and he knew who the commander of this force was.

"It shouldn't be a mistake that one of that man's subordinates would make. ”

He jumped off his horse, handed the reins to the guards behind him, and walked around the old men. Soon, he found a Free Army soldier in a green uniform behind the huge south gate of Qingniu Mansion and asked.

"Where's your Captain Sophia? ”

The female captain from the Miracle Division was the commander of the 13th Division's task force, which was also the first vanguard unit to enter the Qingniu Mansion. Captain Sophia herself has bishop-level combat power, and more than two-thirds of her entire company has magic users, making her the strongest company in Naimon's overall strength, even surpassing the first three main companies of the Zhuhai Division. What's even more remarkable is that, like most priests, Sophia is politically savvy and has handled things in order with her fellow cross-channel priests in the previous cities, and there shouldn't have been such omissions.

The soldier was also a little stunned: "The captain said that she would try to rush back before you arrived, but the heads of all districts came together with the elders of their districts, and it became like this......"

"What about the mayor of Qingniu Mansion? Is there no one in charge of here? What did Captain Sophia do?"

Another voice interjected, answering Namen's question.

"Qingniu Mansion Yin must be Zhang Futu's cronies, and he has already followed him to the Terracotta Fort. The local government officials were not in charge, so naturally they did their best, and everyone had to show their hard work. This is indeed a way to reassure everyone in the middle and lower level of the Qingniu Mansion, so don't blame Captain Sophia. ”

The voice sounded familiar, like the one that was repeated in his ears every day.

Naimon looked at the source of the sound.

Standing there in a green general's uniform and waving his right hand at him was Deputy Murrayman of the United Parliament, Honorary Commander of the Thirteenth Freedom Division "Miracle", one of the most powerful men in the republics at present......

By the more familiar nickname, it was Archbishop Bonnie Sefir, the "Protestant Pope."

"Congratulations, Conqueror of Mureman. ”

She is also the younger sister of Anne Sefir.

"If you haven't figured out how much wealth and trouble you have, let me figure it out for you. ”

On March 19, the advance company of the Miracle Division established a teleportation and positioning circle in Qingniu Mansion.

Bonnie Seffir was the first to arrive here via teleportation, which meant the race for Murrayman's vast interests began.

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