1715 Gallic Tragedy II
The sun is shining outside the window, the golden sunlight shines in from the purple glazed glass, through the window, you can see the sea and sky and the blue sea and a little small black dot in the moving port, the white sails densely send out a long line of hundreds of meters along the port,
Eagle Empire Guard Squadron Leader Filas, dressed in a black light suit, pushed open the door to the fat man's room with a report
The supreme of the empire was wondering about the unusual behavior of the Strants, it had been three days, and the Strangers who had been driven away from the port area were crowded on the ships, and they could only spend the long night of early spring in the cold cabin, in order to avoid this accident causing the marriage that was highly valued by the family, Turit Colin personally went to the location of the family's new mansion Onda to mediate, and the Strangers in the port area wanted to show their resistance at first, but in the face of a hundred murderous horses riding on the high horses, it was like a cold winter" The Imperial Guards cavalry who were watching from the sidelines, the superficially fierce Aliens shrank directly
Even if they have weapons, these are just civilian sailors, and they know very well that they are facing regular cavalry from the Falcon Empire, and without the help of the Guards cavalry, the Aliens themselves retreated to the ship in a panic, fearing that they would be slaughtered, and the fat man just smiled at the overreaction of the Aliens,
According to the report of the personnel who infiltrated the interior of Obaro in the Empire, with the fiasco of the Gangfei Empire, the name of the Falcon Empire is impacting the Inland Sea region, and in the face of the Falcon Empire, a powerful force that is rising rapidly like a comet in the northwest region of Obarro, the Obaro Inland Sea region is full of curiosity, and under the deliberate rendering of the Gangfei Empire containing the resentment of defeat, the image of the Falcon Empire in the hearts of the Obaros people in the Inland Sea region can be compared with the barbarians who drink blood.
"In the oral account of Gang Feiren, the Falcon Empire is simply cruel to foreign races, and wanton killing civilians without shame. From a baby waiting to be fed to an old man with all his teeth gone, a tyrannical country that does not let go of "just inhuman beings with an inexplicable look of grief" and the monarch of this empire is the Vekia Falcon that once slaughtered millions of people, that is a monster with four eyes, eight hands, and must drink human blood every day to survive"
For such a deliberate slander, the Falcon Empire rarely chose to remain silent, and the fat man replied in the report submitted by the Ministry of Supervision: "A force intervenes in a strange new area, if it can't be feared, then it is acceptable to be afraid!"
Maybe the people themselves are not aware of it, because of their deliberate exaggeration. The Cyron Empire's caravans into the interior of Obarro, but unexpectedly reduced a lot of trouble, the landlocked countries are cautious about these caravans from the rumored tyrannical country, and do not deliberately make things difficult or collect heavy taxes, look at the always arrogant and domineering Gangnon people who have been beaten and have to "move to Beijing", the miserable Gangfei people, from a certain Cheng dù deterred a lot of regional lords who have a habit of plundering, and these goods from the coastal areas are cheap and good, much cheaper than similar goods in other countries. Very popular with the outback.
"Where's the report!" the fat man turned and glanced at the report in Firas's hand
"The Imperial Admiralty has been transferred to His Majesty!" Filas stopped with a respectful expression and handed over the report with both hands
"Admiralty!"
The fat man's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, the Imperial Navy was currently recuperating since its victory in the Naval Battle of Gangfei. If there must be any military action, it is only the Tigar fleet, which has been hand-picked by himself to find the Gibran Sea
"yes, it looks like you've found something!"
After taking the report and opening it, the fat man's face was unexpectedly stunned. As expected, but there was a surprise that he didn't expect, and Tiggle's fleet lived up to expectations. After sailing 270 miles to the southern seas, he finally found the rumored Gibro Sea Passage that connected to the interior of O'Barro, but in the process of exploration, he accidentally saved a Strange warship, and encountered the southern Fetzer navy, sinking the flagship of the Fitzer, and capturing 324 Fitzer sailors, including the commander of the Fatzer navy.
"Sue Sù Tigal, you don't need to return to the naval base camp, just bring the people to La Arup!" the fat man put down the report with an excited expression, and wrote a new order and handed it to Firas
"Yes!" Filas nodded, took the order with both hands and turned to leave
When Firas left, the fat man sat down in his seat and placed on his desk a sketch of the reconstruction of Lisbonto, which is still being rebuilt, a large area of ruins was demolished, and the new urban plan was to become the "smuggling capital" designated by His Majesty Falcon, along with this reconstruction, and a decree that the empire had just issued in January of the year allowing private fleets to form armed fleets
This order caused a great sensation and reaction in Ikadiva, the empire's own territory,
The establishment of a merchant fleet and the formation of an armed fleet are completely two concepts, one is purely civilian, the other is semi-militarized, one can only operate in the controlled sea area, and the other can go to farther areas, and the profits obtained will also be beyond imagination.
The request to allow private individuals to form an armed fleet was already raised with the authorities by a merchant named Ahlers when the city of the Northwest Sea began to be put into operation
"With the continuous inclusion of the O'Baro Sea area into the territory of the Empire, the original purely commercial fleet has been difficult to adapt to the pace of expansion of the Imperial Sea, in the sea area without the escort of the Imperial Fleet, the average merchant fleet will not dare to go even if it can foresee a good reward, without the protection of force, if the restrictions on armed merchant ships can be relaxed, the Empire can not only expand new sea areas, but also get a large number of ships enough to fight in the event of war!"
Such a construction was vetoed by the fat man, the coastline of the empire at that time was not so wide, and the Gangfei Navy also strangled the road to the south at the same time, and relaxed the restrictions on armed merchant ships, allowing merchants to risk their lives to enter the Gangfei sea, which was undoubtedly an irresponsible behavior.
But now it is different, the Empire's coastal defense line has monopolized the central and western parts of the Obaro continent, from the distant northwest coast to the Putao region located on the important coast of Central Europe, the length of the sea area is more than 3,000 miles, even the Imperial Fleet that has undergone three major expansions has begun to feel the tension of its forces, and the strength of the Imperial Navy has begun to tilt from ordinary operations to key operations, and it is impossible to continue to patrol and escort all this long coastline as before.
And this. With the discovery of the real golden sea route "Gibro Sea Road", we will face an even more severe situation,
With the discovery of the new sea route, the larger inland sea area with business opportunities will be presented in front of the imperial merchants, and under the encouragement of interests and adventurous spirit, the imperial merchants will inevitably gather the golden sea route "Gibro" leading to the vast inland sea and flock into the inland sea with unlimited business opportunities, and in the inland sea where the situation is complicated, the tentacles of the imperial navy cannot penetrate deeply, and if the restrictions on the merchants' self-organized armed fleets are not released, thousands of imperial merchants will become the "food" of all forces in the inland sea area
The fat man has ordered the naval fleet to stop in Lisbonto. And the intention is to expand the trade area of the whole city, compared with the trade area that accounts for half of the city, the empire encourages those smugglers to build new residential areas outside the city, the exchange in charge of maritime trade taxes will continue to lower the sea trade tax, and the policy is inclined to encourage large-scale smuggling, which will be a gate of the era belonging to the empire, from the region to the world, it will also be a tragic open road.
Cold raindrops poured down the streets, splashing white. It looks particularly bleak under the dim street lamp.
The drizzle, accompanied by a cold wind, blew on the windows on both sides of the road, making a crackling sound, and the streets were full of standing water. The streets that have just been restored have not had time to be cleared, and they used to be crowded areas, but they are also rare deserted at this time.
"Smack" on the rain-soaked streets. A black carriage gently crushed the darkness of the street. The horse's hooves splashed coldly, and the wheels slowly rolled over the puddle, making a radioactive splash. The coachman wore thick cotton clothes. Swinging the whip to adjust the direction of the carriage. There was no one on the streets, except for the occasional patrol militia. But when they saw the falcon empire markings on the carriage, they didn't come up to check it.
The horse-drawn carriage passed directly through a section of high-end villas, and the rain washed down the sloped road, washing out the garbage that had been deposited for a long time, and the red cloth strips at the doors of the shops on both sides of the street could be seen in the rain-colored flying silk
This is Boang in the Putau region,
It was once the second largest city in Putao after the capital Lisbento, with a population of 110,000,
The black carriage came to a splendid and tall iron fenced gate, and inside the gate was a very large courtyard and corridor, and the dense low trees blocked the view of the outside peeking inward, and three parallel carriage lanes separated by evergreen pines led from the iron gate to the deep interior.
This is the core of the entire residential area, and the surrounding houses are extended to both sides according to this central axis, like a huge V corner.
The person in this place consciously slowed down and minimized the sound of wheels and the friction of the streets, this is the root of the fame of Boon City, and the mansion of the Burrows family, which has attracted the attention of the entire continent of Obarro, a super wealthy family that crosses borders.
Although it has been suppressed in the past few years in the Gang Fei Empire's control of the Putau region, showing a trend of decline, no one will think like this anymore, and the news of the marriage between the Strandt Sea State, the first power on the Central European Barrow, and the Burrows family has spread throughout the Putau under deliberate propaganda.
For those who once thought that the Berrows family was not in the limelight, it was undoubtedly like a resounding slap in the face, and compared to the news that caused a sensation in the whole principality, the removal of a family member named Turit Colin was too inconspicuous
The reasons for the removal were not made public by the Burrows
But some insiders inadvertently revealed that it seemed to be related to this marriage, and the former core member of the Turit family was cruelly punished by the family for violating a certain taboo, and deprived of the honor of being a member of the Turit family.
The arrival of the Alien greetings to the Burrows family has made many people talk about it, and the whole city is preparing for this grand marriage, the streets are re-cleaned, the roots of the trees along the road are painted with red paint, and a red cloth is hung at the door of every street shop, which is a local way of showing blessings
The black carriage came to a slow and silent halt like a small boat.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted. A woman wearing a hood got out of the carriage and stood silently in the wind and rain, quietly looking at the villa in front of her, her eyes flashing with complex light. This is the place where she has lived for fifteen years, and she knows every plant and tree here. But when she was standing not far away. As she looked at the building site in the dark, she suddenly realized that she already had a strange feeling about this place.
Dim street lamps. From time to time shone on her somewhat pale face, which seemed to have become so because of the cold, however. The cold could not hide her qiē, and a female guard who followed her wanted to give her an umbrella, but she refused. She felt the cold rain on her head, slowly seeping down her neck, as if to remind her that this family had nothing to do with her anymore
This woman is none other than Turit Colleen
The fat man ordered the Aliens to be driven out of the port area, and Thurit Colin decided to return to the family herself in order to avoid ruining the marriage that the family saw as revival. It may be that she has been away for too long, Thurit Colin stood in the rain, but fell into a kind of confusion and overwhelmed, not a single qiē has changed, and every qiē has changed, from the fat man, she already knows that she has been canceled the cursed surname of Tulit,
I thought I could face it calmly, but I stood in front of this villa. Thurit Colleen had a complicated look in her eyes
All kinds of past events, if dreams are generally turned over in her mind, vividly, make her unable to help herself. It was a long time before Turit Colin slowly walked towards the familiar and unfamiliar villa with her frozen steps.
"I'm sorry, but this is the Burrows family's mansion! Please leave!" A guard standing guard walked over and stopped Turit Colin with a grim face,
"You ......," a hint of annoyance flashed across Thuritcolin's face. She swept her eyes over the attendants of these families, and was surprised to find that there was not even a person she knew, all of them were new faces, which couldn't help but make her a little overwhelmed, obviously, these guards were re-recruited after the release of the family, no one recognized herself, the third lady of the Turit family, if it weren't for the fact that the other party saw that she was riding in the carriage with the sign of the Falcon Empire, it is estimated that she would have driven herself away from the beginning,
But also, now is the critical period of marriage, the family is not allowed to have a little difference, the family that has been silent for several years, just waiting for this marriage to save the honor, thinking of this, Turit Colin's heart finally felt better,
"I ...... It's Colleen, and I want to see Lady Andrea!" Turit Colin hesitated, dispensed with her last name, and said her mother's name in a soft tone,
"Lady Andrea, any of you have ever heard of that name."
The guard was dazed when he heard this, he looked at his companions on the other side, according to their identities, they were not qualified to know the surname of the head of the Turit family, and the guard's expression was the same, he shook his head, took a step forward, stood with his companion, and said in a cold voice, "This young lady, I think you are in the wrong place, there is no such person here, leave as soon as possible, in a while, Lord Pston, the city guard officer, will come, and the people below him will not be so easy to talk to!"
"Lord Pston, is it the former City Tax Collector Pston?" a hint of joy flashed on Turiet Colin's face, the City Tax Collector Pston was an outward branch of the family, and he would come to the family meeting every year, and he had met with him.
"That's right, Lord Pston was indeed the city tax collector before! This time he was also in charge of receiving Strange's greeting party! But ......" The attendant looked surprised, he didn't expect that the woman in front of him still knew Lord Pston's previous identity,
Turit Colin did not answer him, but stood silently in the rain, the female guard next to him stretched out a white umbrella, this trip, Turit Colin only brought a female guard, wearing the same black dress as Turit Colin, straight waist, straight nose bridge, proud figure, one master and one servant, standing quietly in the cold wind and cold rain. "Lena, I'm tired of you!" Turit Colin apologized slightly, "It's my honor to be praised by the princess!" The female guard said calmly, this beautiful female guard came from a frightening stab, no way, the fat man did not have the habit of taking female guards by his side, and the only Besukaya was just a clerical officer,
The fat man asked the Thorn side to send a personal guard, and soon the female bodyguard named Lena was dispatched to Turit Colin
As a member of the Assassin with rich experience in concealing her true identity, this young girl who looks no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, has a gorgeous and cold appearance, and under the black long dress, she is like an iceberg beauty, standing with the naturally charming Tulit Colleen
Escorted by a group of attendants in blue uniforms, a Burrows family carriage slowly emerged from the front, its wheels crushing the rain, and stopped in front of the iron gate, "This is not ...... Third Miss?" the car door opened, and a middle-aged lady with a graceful demeanor got out of the carriage, her gaze fixed on Turit Colling, and her body trembled slightly, looking so incredulous,
As the housekeeper of the family, she is one of the few people who knows the true whereabouts of the third lady.
In the other direction where the middle-aged lady got off the car, a slender woman wearing a white scarf stepped out of the carriage and said in a cold tone, "Aunt Long Ze, you are dizzy, this woman has nothing to do with the family, there are only two young ladies in the current Turit family, how can this kind of woman who automatically gives up the glory of the family still have the face to come back!" (To be continued......)