"She taught me the basic truth of wanting to survive in this world, that is, never underestimate a woman!"

- Flandall Venice, a great merchant of the Brusken Empire

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Compared to the tranquility of the eve of its arrival, after the advent of the new land calendar in the year 500, there is an air of unrest and turmoil throughout Southether, which is reflected not only here in the southeast of the continent, but also in the peace and war that the Blue Sea Realm and the Peninsula Alliance seem to never stop and alternate on the border are about to enter the war phase again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In addition, the Great Power of the East, the "Golden Dynasty" Goddani Empire, once again introduced universal military service in the most vast territory of Southerwell after three years, as if it wanted to make the vast war machine of the past work again, but it was not known who to target.

In addition, the blue wolf in the northwest, the nomadic Empire, which has just defeated the actual ruler of the Archduke William, and the current emperor of the empire, Thea Tulufates, who has really ascended to the throne, is also facing another round of rebellion set off by Regina William, the granddaughter of Archduke William.

Southwell's two largest forces have made moves, and their influence will naturally gradually spread across the continent. Rumor has it that the kingdom of the Blue Sea has been owned by Goddane, and on the other side of the Central Mountains, cooperation between Northwater and the Republic of Gloriland is a sure thing with the visit of the Emperor's envoy, Marquis Evan Niuster, the "capital of freedom", to Tiranvino.

Divided by the central mountain range that stretches across the center of the continent, a new form of alliance between the four great powers on the east and west is about to emerge.

It was against such a turbulent background that the Lance team set off by boat from the Republic and traveled all the way west to the peninsula by sea, but its purpose was to be a secret "messenger" between the two forces.

Unexpectedly, the people who were secretly operating were involved in a bloody massacre that seemed to happen by chance, and even the captain Lance lost his life here. And did not fall into the time of sadness, as members of the team, Moore and Ralph, obeyed the instructions left by Lance before he disappeared, and took his companion Vina, who was seriously injured and exhausted, and the young "survivor" who coincidentally obtained half of Lance's strange magic, to the capital of Flower Moon.

It was also the meeting place where the people met with Christopher, who had been sent elsewhere for other important matters.

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If anyone asks where the most prosperous place in all of Southwell is, then the correct answer must be-

Peninsula.

Jutting out from the long coastline to the southeast of the continent, this relatively small area is the birthplace of the whole of Southwell's "commerce".

Many people have the misconception that the main reason why the peninsula became the origin of mainland commerce is that its agricultural development is backward, and this understanding is undoubtedly wrong. Although the peninsula is a narrow land area and has a small amount of farmland, it is one of the most fertile areas on the continent, and with the right temperature and the advanced irrigation technology that the peninsulars are proud of, the crops here can even reach eight crops a year, which is the largest on the mainland.

The fact that the drought that broke out in the last year of the Old Era, in the second half of the year 499 of the New Era, and which swept across the continent, caused serious losses to agriculture everywhere, and only the peninsula was unharmed, is also partly indicative of the extent to which agriculture was developed.

The above question is actually only half of the question, and it has the second half of the widely circulated question.

So, where is the most prosperous place on the peninsula?

"City of Flowers and Moons", Commeric City.

As the name suggests, this romantic city, filled with the fragrance of flowers and the wind and moon fields, is the capital of the Peninsula Alliance, the most prosperous, the most populous and the most prestigious city on the peninsula.

"Too many people......"

It wasn't the first time he'd been here, but as he walked into the city's wide, flower-filled streets, Moore felt a swelling and pain in his temples.

Moore used to be a soldier in his early years, starting from the bottom, and with his own efforts and the cultivation of his superiors, he became a general who could command an army of 1,000 people. When he was just an ordinary soldier, standing in the middle of the military formation, he also had the feeling of being submerged by the "ocean" of mankind. However, the feeling is different from this time, as a soldier, when you stand in the military formation, a strong sense of wholeness, honor and mission will make you a part of this collective, and this collective consciousness will make you fearless and courageous, and it will not produce the same dizzying and confusing effect as it is now.

As a soldier, as a general, that was a thing of the past, and now he is just a member of Lance's squad.

Walking down the street, he will not be attracted by the storefronts full of exaggerated novelties on both sides, nor will he be moved by all kinds of enthusiastic cries, but he will filter out meaningful information that can be called "intelligence" from the noisy and noisy conversations, and he will quickly pass through the crowd with a leisurely and quiet face.

It didn't even attract the attention of others.

There are fewer and fewer vendors and shops in the surrounding area, and there are fewer and fewer pedestrians in different clothes. There are no market restrictions as in many large cities, shops can be set up anywhere in the city, and the rules for itinerant vendors are not as strict as in many cities, as long as they don't interfere with pedestrian traffic too much and avoid the main roads in the city center.

In the peninsula, where commerce is developed and there are inevitably many strict policies, such a relaxed order naturally attracts a large number of merchants, and once humans are gathered together, they often cause congestion, disputes, chaos, and other phenomena that are difficult to control, but this situation is unique in the capital of the flower moon, if you want to say why......

"Lord of the City of Commerik, the capital of the Flower Moon, Ikavia Trodu. ”

- "The Dictator of the Peninsula" and "The Female Tyrant of the City of Flower Moon".

Whispering the name of the person in charge of this bustling city, a drop of sweat actually flowed down his forehead. The mere mention of her name made the calm, cold, cold, and powerful warrior man feel pressure like never before.

This pressure is not unfounded.

Ten years ago, the name Ekavia Trodu was almost unknown, and if anyone had heard of it, or had heard it and cared about her, it would only be because of her last name, Trodu.

In Southwell, most of the common people have only names, and some women in areas with rigid traditions do not even have the most basic human names, and in fact they are not treated as human beings at all. The only people who can get a surname, and put their first name side by side, are the nobles of each country, and in Southwell, where magic exists in every corner, the magical family is known for its powerful magic from heaven.

Times have changed, countries have changed, and the original many magical families on the continent have also risen and fallen, gradually withering. After a major catastrophe in the wizarding world a hundred years ago, there are only four remaining magical families left today, and because they all happened to be located in the territory of today's Gloriland Republic, people often refer to them as the "Four Great Magical Families of the Republic". The reason why it is called this is entirely because of the coincidence of the concept of the Earth Element, not because there are still concepts such as "the three major magic families of the Blue Sea Country" and "the nine magic families of the empire" that are only put forward when they are jokes.

The Trodu family is one of the four magic families.

As for Ikavia's feud with the Trodu family, perhaps due to her own blockade, most of them have disappeared to the point of being unknown, so Moore is not aware of these things.

All he knew was that since ten years ago, Ikavia Trodu had won the election of the new lord by an overwhelming margin as a woman who was not favored by anyone, and because she had become the lord of Commeric City, which was still the most unremarkable of the many cities on the peninsula at that time, from that moment on, all the great events that had happened on the peninsula since then were inseparable from this name.

Politically, she contributed to the current situation of "co-governance of seven cities" in the Peninsula Alliance, and with her superb political power, she made the lords of the remaining six cities in the Seven Cities become obedient "puppets" of her subordinates when making major decisions in the game of interests, thus actually becoming the manipulator of the entire political form of the peninsula.

Militarily, she improved the "magic guns" that were once dismissed as "waste" and "garbage" by the people on this continent, and incorporated a large number of "magic guns" into the army;

Diplomatically, the armistice treaty mentioned above is from her pen, and the female general who looks down on the battlefield is also the gorgeous commander of this other kind of battlefield. In the face of Chief Diplomat Brusken, who has fifty years of diplomatic experience, she was eloquent and strong-tongued, and she accepted the original terms without any changes.

Finally, commercially, this is the area where Ikavia's diabolical talent is best exemplified. Drawing on her political, military, and diplomatic reputation, she proposed what is considered to be the most daring economic move in SHKP's history, while ensuring steady economic growth as a whole: the issuance of "paper money."

Replacing money with paper of very low value is a fool's dream. Prior to this, the gold coin Gosar, which was issued during the Golddani Empire and spread throughout the continent and maintained its value for hundreds of years, the copper coin Ous, which was easy to calculate the detailed price of goods due to its low value, and the silver coin Kag, which was customary to the Norswater people, were all metal money. However, since the paper currency called "Comerik Gold Bills" or "Gold Bills" for short, it has not led to the collapse of the economy as the outside world thinks, but on the contrary, the business of the Peninsula has been further improved.

Few people in Southover could understand the brilliance of her approach, not just the issuance of currency, but the introduction of relevant policies, which Moore could only understand because he knew almost nothing about the economy.

In the purchase and sale of military supplies, the wise lords only used gold vouchers to pay for them, so that the big merchants had to accept the circulation of this currency, and once these wealthy merchants who took the lions of the market and controlled the bulk of the trade began to use the gold vouchers, the rest of the small merchants followed suit. The truth in this should not be as simple as emulating this, but even the deepest things are something that Moore can't figure out even if he racks his brains.

In addition, there seems to be a "bank" that can exchange gold coupons for the equivalent amount of gold......

Moore, who thought his head was about to explode, began to regret why he had tried to figure out these areas that were too profound for him. Walking and walking, as soon as I turned around, suddenly the rich fragrance of flowers came to my nose, and I saw an open scene of thousands of purples and thousands of reds competing for beauty, and I had come to the central road of the city.

Flat marble slabs, hollow pure white glass bricks interwoven into a gorgeous and elegant palace floor, colorful gems cast into a variety of strange animal and plant models scattered in the glass "display case", from this to the "city hall" in the middle of the city, the distance is more than 5 kilometers, but it is actually paved under the foot of a full of connotation of the "museum".

In addition, flowers are also indispensable. When it comes to flowers, there are only roses, and you probably won't find a place where you can see such a variety of roses. On both sides of the road, all kinds of roses bloom all year round under the control of magic, it is a fresh and refined beautiful scenery, fighting glamorous but not competing for beauty, this plant has the wind bones of this plant, that plant has the integrity of that plant, all kinds of roses are harmonious and different, and together they construct a harmonious atmosphere, which is the natural work of the horticulturist.

Such a spectacle, such a beautiful view, but few pedestrians. In fact, there are also narrow passages that are less than a meter on both sides for ordinary civilians to walk. The "museum" in the center is not allowed to set foot on it, and only when you visit can you take the "magic train" suspended on the ground from the main entrance of the city to Ikavia's mansion.

- Magic is a wonderful thing.

From here, you can see at a glance that the building is not as tall as expected, and compared to this fantastical road, the "palace" of the "dictator" is too simple.

-- It's really unpredictable.

Perhaps, it would be foolish to try to ponder her thoughts.

Traveling down the narrow road, Moore slowed down. He couldn't understand what women were thinking, and on this basis, he thought that he would meet with such a big man later, and that person was still the politician he hated the most and couldn't deal with...... Or a politician among politicians, thinking of this, his head will become like two big.

After arriving in the Flower Moon Capital yesterday, Mohr immediately found a "contact" who was already half familiar with him, and through him he submitted a report to the busy female lord who wanted to meet, and the reply was faster than expected, but the message that he would meet tomorrow made him not sleep well all night.

What kind of expression should he have, what kind of attitude should he have towards this great woman?

What should he say after the meeting?

"I'm a little suspicious now, all the negotiations you've asked me to do are in preparation for times like this, Lance. ”

For Moore, this slightly teasing self-talk was just a "little joke" to cheer himself up. The sense of humor of a cold-faced warrior is indeed different from that of ordinary people.

Still thinking about what to say at the meeting, he subconsciously quickened his pace, and the mansion was already close at hand.

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Ekavia's mansion is also her "town hall" for government affairs, a single-family four-story structure with an unusually simple exterior but a hole on the inside. Curiosities collected from all over the continent are displayed in the corridors and rooms rather casually, and the houses are decorated in one style after another, and there are no duplicates of the two rooms. As a matter of personal interest, under normal circumstances, there are only women in the entire building, whether they are the maids who are in charge of the daily cleaning work or the "clerks" who assist them in their daily administrative work.

Until last year, the female lord, whose physical strength and energy seemed to never run out, still insisted on handling government affairs on her own, but after an accident, she finally randomly picked out some helpers who had no relevant experience at all, and even didn't even know words at first, to "help" her with some simple daily work.

I have to say that Ikavia is also quite capable of cultivating talents, and there doesn't seem to be anything that a character like her is not good at. Under her careful "tutelage", it didn't take long for these girls, whose average age was only sixteen or seventeen, to gradually become comfortable with the work that only these good politicians could handle.

However, there are always options that only she can decide.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for such a busy but leisurely scene to be present.

"Report on Ikavia-sama!...... about the renovation and reinforcement of the west and north walls."

"Keep the case and leave it all to Kyle. By the way, tell him to use all the new materials he received earlier. ”

"Ikavia-sama, the emissary of the Brusken Empire who arrived the day before yesterday......"

"Nope. Let him be honest for a few more days, and if he bothers me again, send him to the ruins on the outskirts of the city to cool off. ”

"Ahh......h

"Don't read it, just put it aside. Well, my 'good sisters' always like to mess with me, and this time it must be about the maintenance costs of 'Blowing Trumpet'...... Whew......"

Busy is the girl who is writing hard at the table, dressed coolly and with a delicate face, and the female lord, who seems to know everything well, is now curled up in the water comfortably.

Who would have thought that in what should be a solemn environment, there would be such a fantasy-like bath.

A soft and charming groan, swinging and confusing mist dispersed, soft, so soft that the mountains are about to fall, the sword has no edge, charming, charming to the flowers are discolored, and the proud bones are folded. Raising his hand, the silver bottle drained the water, and in the blink of an eye, the fish in the lake were rippling, where could I see the slightest shadow of a "female tyrant" on such a delicate stunner?

The moaning seemed to be intentional, and this may be the reason why Ikavia would not allow any of the mansion's servants to be male. Even the girls who are women are also hot and excited because of her small act, and they can't help but want to stop what they are doing and witness this ultimate beauty with their own eyes. Just ask, what man can resist her charm?

Just a slight opening of the mouth can arouse the most primitive desires of human beings, and it is impossible to imagine what will happen after such a woman appears naked in front of a man......

-- Maybe nothing will happen.

"Mistress Ikavia. ”

The sound came from outside the house flatly, and unlike Ikavia's "boudoir", the door here was open all year round. And the reason why the young girls who were stirring their hearts woke up from their psychedelic dreams, and continued to work with a flushed face, was that the voice that was so indifferent just now, and seemed to be completely unaffected by Ikavia's charm, came from the mouth of a man.

A man, a man in heavy armor, a man with a tall body under armor, but his face was as gloomy as iron, as if he would never show the rest of his expression.

"Alas...... You guys, you still can't suppress your temperament, when will you be able to save some energy?"

There was a little sternness in the sweet tone, as if a mother was educating her own child, and in the middle of her eyes, the mist wrapped around her body, and Ikavia slowly walked out of the steps in the water, and loomed in the eyes of everyone was a gorgeous body that no flower could match, close to flawless.

If there was one thing to fault with it, it was that, like the rest of the people living on the peninsula, Ikavia's complexion had changed to a rather attractive wheat color due to the sea breeze and sun, which was not in line with the aesthetics of most people on the mainland.

But it doesn't matter.

On the one hand, she is perfect enough, and more importantly, on the other hand, Ikavia is Ikavia, she doesn't need to be a perfect human, she just needs to be a perfect self.

However, lying is a rare power for women.

"So, you're still unmoved by me this time, my little Kyle. Her gaze did not point to the man, she waved her hand lazily, and in the blink of an eye, it wrapped around her body in a strange way, covering the mist of important parts, and completely disappeared along with the water droplets hanging from her body. can only use magic to explain what just happened, and at this moment, revealing every part of her body without a trace of concealment, Ikavia's tone suddenly lost its previous ambiguity.

"Berdeona. ”

"In!"

At the sound of the order, followed by a thoughtless response, the girl who stood respectfully immediately put the coat in her hand that seemed to know its prestige on Ikavia's shoulders.

"Okay, let's say, what would make you leave your work behind and ruin my amusement in an incomprehensible way?"

Giving her body to the maid behind her to "manipulate", the female lord who didn't like to frown was also high-spirited at this time, and she couldn't hear any complaints or accusations in her tone, but this was more terrible than directly punishing her.

Her gaze fell on him.

"I've said many times that when you go into the house, you have to take off your helmet. ”

The tone suddenly relaxed, but the tremendous courage that followed made everyone present breathe.

Like the waves of the sea, cascading down one after another, like mountains, many rings are pressed down. Human "momentum" is a very powerful ability, and it is embodied in Ikavia, that is, pressure.

"Yes. ”

Even the man who had not changed his face could not help but obey the order to take off his helmet and put on a bright blonde hair under such terrible pressure.

"Well, that's good. She nodded in satisfaction, and the intimidating feeling of oppression around her suddenly disappeared, "Tell me about you." ”

"Yes. He replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "The people of the 'association' have arrived. ”

"Hah...... I see. The delicate brown eyes seemed to have some kind of magic, and Ikavia turned her playful gaze twice on the man opposite, and then the corners of her mouth were hooked, and she patted the broad shoulders of the standing man, and left straight away with the maid behind her.

- She already knew why I was here. What seems to be a test is just to kill the time to get the maid to dress herself.

Cold sweat ran down the back of the man's neck.

- Still the same bad woman......

Of course, such words can only be kept in the heart.

Talk less, do more, and never show the part of the emotion that is attracted by her peerless appearance on the surface.

-- A companion is like a tiger, not to mention a ......

As a close confidant of Ikavia and the captain of the garrison of the Flower Moon Capital, Kyle is convinced that the reason why he has survived unharmed and achieved his current status is probably all due to his unimpeccable attitude towards her. If she showed the slightest affection in front of her, I am afraid that she would be like the previous captains of the garrison, and even the traces of her survival in this world would be erased.

Kyle would never have wanted to make such a "bold" move as he did today, but for the sake of his best friend Lance, he decided to give it a try.

It looks like he was let go.

"What's the matter, why don't you come with me quickly?"

Just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, as if it was the right moment, the voice of the female lord's sudden majesty shook Kyle's body, which was already close to paralysis, but he almost fell.

"It looks like my ordeal isn't over yet......"

Leaving such a sentence in his heart, the captain of the garrison, whose face remained unchanged, did not dare to make any more moves, and hurriedly went with him.

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