1964 Dawn of Empire (5)
At the edge of the riverbank, the water washed the blood-streaked pebbles, the bright red human blood stained the river beach into red puddles, and more than 30 headless corpses lay on the river beach, exposed to the hot sun at the end of May, and the air was filled with a dry smell of blood
In just one morning, thirty-nine people were killed by Varisian's order, and hundreds of survivors were as cold as ashes, no one dared to show any resistance, their eyes looked timidly at the corpses on the river beach, naked proof that the imperial army is a cruel and ruthless violent organization, thinking that a few days ago they were still fantasizing about using the land to fight against this bloodthirsty violent organization, the survivors' intestines were obscure,
Today's Varisian must be crazy, sweeping away the scruples and low-key of some time ago, and ruthlessly ordered to kill more than thirty leaders in one breath, until no businessman dared to defy the power of the military, and in less than a morning, eighty percent of Besuka's land had been in his hands,
After sorting out the title deed in his hand, Varisian was like an old farmer checking the harvest, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he had no intention of letting people go, because Varisian was waiting for the real target to appear, from the moment the Falcon Majesty came to Besuka, Varisian, who had always had a sensitive sense of smell, knew that some people were going to be unlucky! He is the person in charge of the Putao region, so he naturally knows that behind these smugglers are actually all the forces of the empire, if it weren't for this, Varisian would have killed all the people on Besuka's side who made him look unpleasant
Soon, two carriages with the signs of the Commercial Alliance rushed towards them like crazy, one of the carriages stopped first on the edge of the river, and the door of the carriage was pushed open, and a person came down in a hurry, "It's Sidneyso!" Seeing the faces of the people who came, there was some commotion among the merchants, and there was an excited look on their faces like seeing a savior, and some people even cried. Help," the quiet situation just now was like water dripping into the boiling oil, and the situation became chaotic for a while.
The head of the angry business alliance, Sidneyso, was pale, and he couldn't wait to look at the rows of corpses on the river beach one by one, and he didn't know whether it was fear or anger that his body was trembling, as the person in charge of the business alliance in the Putao region, he was now naturally the temporary head of the joint area between Putao and Gangfei in the south, and he was naturally very clear about the large-scale annexation of land by smuggling merchants here, and it was not the first time that this kind of thing had happened in the occupied area of the empire. Often the final result is that the military compromises and concedes part of the interests, but this time, he didn't expect Varisian to really dare to die.
Among the more than 30 headless corpses on the river beach were the head of the business alliance in Besuka, large private businessmen, local wealthy merchants, and even some hoarders who controlled large quantities of grain. There are also many big businessmen who can be proud in the business alliance are now lying here, miserable, more than half of the big merchant families in the business alliance in the Gangfei region are lying here, Sidneyso feels like he is going crazy. If he can't say something, these wealthy merchant families who have suffered losses will join forces to ask questions, and his status as a deacon will be in jeopardy," Lord Varisian. I need an explanation, you are a massacre, a massacre specifically against the merchants of our business alliance!" Sidneysso gritted his teeth with a hideous look. He threatened, "If Lord Varisian can't explain it clearly, I will demand that all merchants in the Putao region stop trading, and the huge losses caused by the merchant's strike, as well as the suspension of the Empire's inland sea policy, will be enough to make Lord Varisian bear the wrath of His Majesty the Falcon!
"Sidneyso, please make it clear, this is the Imperial Military Affairs!"
Varisien looked at the storm with an uncertain look, the two were still friends in Lisbonto, and when he saw that it was him who came down, his eyebrows frowned unnaturally, "These people dare to use the land to blackmail the Imperial military's accusation against Besuka, are you really sure you want to ask the merchants to strike because of this matter? Or do you think you already have a bargaining position with the Imperial military? You can't control it!" If it weren't for the fact that I still have some friendship with you, based on what you just said, Your Excellency's corpse would have been with these people!"
"You ......" Sidneyso's robbed white face turned red and white, and his body trembled with anger
"Lord Varisian, if Your Excellency Sidneysor can't take care of it, I don't know if I can! Although I don't have any ability, I should still have some influence on my adult's career!" At this moment, a light woman's voice came from the carriage with Sidneysor, and when she heard the sound in the carriage, Varisian's face was stunned for a moment, but there was an unconcealable ecstasy in her eyes, sure enough, it was still here!
There is still half an hour before the sun rises in the air, the young man is a little bored and puts down the book in his hand, the signature of the owner of the book has already explained who the owner of this manor is, the former Minister of War Marcos, who is not the most powerful minister of the empire, no wonder the location of this manor is so excellent, from a high place you can have a clear view of the entire Besuka, typical is a kind of small fortress that is tightly guarded and sits in all directions, looking at the crowded river beach in the distance, the young man frowned slightly, stood up and stretched a lazy waist,
Varisian is busy killing people and beheading by the river, and has been killed for an hour and a half, it is estimated that the people behind the smugglers who want to sit on the ground and raise the price, it is also time for them to collapse if they don't come forward again, this matter is not as simple as it seems, the ruthlessness of the imperial soldiers is in addition to the name, although Varisian adopts a gentle policy in Putao, but his reputation to the outside world is still a member of the inferior army to defeat more than 100,000 Gangfei coalition troops, with countless heads piled up in Jingguan god-killing figures, such a military general, in the past, even a cough can make the entire Putao ground tremble,
The young man did not believe that those smugglers were so bold that they dared to play the game of using land to blackmail the imperial decree in front of such a military general, Varisian's report did not explicitly mention it, but the young man also guessed part of it, the root cause of Varisian's coercion was the rat trap, these smugglers were just a cover for deception outside, and there must be a military minister behind Varisian. Don't dare to offend the backstage, looking at the various forces of the empire, the characters who can make Varisian feel tricky. It is estimated that the power behind his wife is the most likely,
Young people have long received reports of some forces meddling in local management, with the rapid expansion of territory, the inner desires of all parties are also expanding, and they dare not directly collide with the imperial military, but it is not new to use the means of economic annexation to blackmail local management like the Besuka region,
This happened several times in the annexed Gaul region, because the other side had a tough background and the internal affairs officers sent did not dare to offend. This has attracted the attention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs presided over by Mao Monaqing, who personally wrote several secret letters to young people to complain about the severity of the matter.
Some time ago, the war was urgent, and the empire needed to rely on all forces to open up the inland sea, and the young people just watched from the sidelines and held back, but now the overall situation has been decided. The Iranian Empire in the north also clearly focused on this, and the center of gravity of the empire's external expansion began to slow down, and the only area still in use was the mountainous region of eastern Gaul, where the warlike governor of the southwest, Salon, was personally in charge. The battle progressed smoothly, and it would soon be possible to sweep away the barrier into the eastern mountains and complete the battle against the remnants of the four consuls of eastern Gaul and the army of Algernon Julia.
"陛xià. The target appeared" Sure enough, Hukochili's voice sounded at the door, and Hukochili was wearing civilian clothes. If it weren't for someone who knew him, he would hardly recognize this central general of the empire who deliberately wore fake curly hair, and he looked like he had just returned
"Do you know who it is?" The young man looked through the window at the river beach in the distance, and his keen eyes had already seen two carriages with obvious noble coats of arms appear on the river beach, and the execution was also stopped, someone should have come out to stop it! And it can make Varisian stop, proving that his identity is not low! Just a business alliance, I am afraid that it will not stop Varisian who has made up his mind
"It's Sidneyso of the Business Alliance!" Hukochili hesitated for a moment and took a deep breath, "There is also Princess Haraudian's maid Ingrimard accompanying him, and there is no record of Inglimad coming to Putao from the navy, the other party should have come by smuggling ship!" "Do you mean that behind this Besuka incident is the Ryordian?" The young man withdrew his gaze from a distance with a calm face, and there was a hint of coldness in his tone, " The subordinates didn't mean this, the subordinates investigated, and among the seventeen smugglers who took the lead in resisting this time, thirteen of them were Ryordians, three Nords, and one Salander!" Hukochiri's body on the other side trembled slightly, no one knew the anger in his lord's words better than him, "Then you can only blame them for their bad luck! You always need to pick one out as an example!" The corners of the young man's mouth twitched slightly, and he said quietly, "Hukochili, Varisian's mission is complete, these Ryordian people have been dealt with!" Remember to be clean, I don't want rumors about the princess" "Yes, my subordinates understand!" Hukochili's body trembled slightly, and he withdrew from the room, the wind blowing on his face, not the May heat but an incoming chill
Halaudian is the princess of Ruidian, and the beloved wife of her own sovereign, but her sovereign only said that she is from Ruidian! He did not mention Princess Halaudian at all, which means that the sovereign has determined to destroy all the people and things involved with Princess Halawian! As for what kind of punishment Her Royal Highness will receive, only the sovereign himself knows, poor Ruidian! Hukochili sighed inwardly and turned to walk out of the room, he knew that the next step for his lord was to strike hard at these forces that had stretched out their hands too long, and the heaviest loss among them must be the current Rui Erdian forces that had been captured.
Varisien was still looking ugly on the river beach, in fact, he was in ecstasy in his heart, he didn't expect to force such a big fish,
"Lord Varisian, have you already made up your mind to do so?"
Wearing a palace dress in a black dress of the Falcon Empire, Yinglimad's face was cold, like an ice and snow rose, she looked about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, her face was delicate, her figure was slender and charming, she had entered the royal family at the age of eleven and was the personal maid of Halaudian, who was only five years old at the time, and Princess Haraudian was like sisters.
Halaudian married into the Falcon Dynasty as a marriage, and only this Ingrimard lady-in-waiting officer followed, so in the hearts of most of the Ryordian people, the identity of this lady-in-waiting officer is the spokesperson of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the head of the commercial alliance Putao and Gangfei Southern Region Sidneyso is himself from the knight family of the Ryordian royal family
"This is the Imperial Military Affairs. Once known to His Majesty, has Miss Elimad thought about the impact of this incident on the Princess?" Varisian made a look of embarrassment, kindly reminding that from the bottom of her heart, among the princesses in His Majesty's harem, Princess Haraudian was very responsible, and her choice to sacrifice her marriage for the sake of Rui Erdian made a soldier like Varisian feel a trace of admiration
"You're threatening me!" Ingrimad didn't feel the kindness in Varisien's words, and a trace of unnatural anger flashed across her face. said in a cold voice, "Lord Valisian, I'm just a woman, I don't know what imperial military affairs are, but I know that His Majesty is not in the mood to understand such a trivial matter, and every qiē procedure is in line with the imperial decrees, the land of the merchants is bought with their own money, and it is an illegal act for the military to want to take it away for free in this way, even the Imperial Supervision Department cannot deny this, and if this matter really comes to His Majesty." It must be Lord Varisien, so I would like to advise you that the necessary compromise will lead to friendship" "Friendship?" Varisien frowned slightly, "Let everyone here go." Give the land back to all, so that the adults can get my friendship, the friendship of the business alliance, and the friendship of Her Royal Highness the Princess!" With a proud face, he said word by word, "I believe that these are far more useful to adults than Besuka's control!" "Haha! Well said, who doesn't want friendship! Not to mention friendship that can change fate."
Varisien suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth, and out of the corner of his eye, he could already see a group of black cavalry in the distance speeding towards this direction. That's His Majesty's guard, no matter how good a friendship is, it needs to be useful to have a life, and if I can't take the land at noon, my Majesty may want my head!" "How is it, has Lord Varisian decided?"
Inlime looked at Varisian, whose face was uncertain, and already thought in his heart that Varision had made a compromise, yes, who would refuse such a benefit, Ingrimard's face showed a hint of pride, this is not the first time that such a thing has been done, most of the other party will choose to compromise, after all, it is unwise to offend a princess just for the control of a region,
With the expansion of the empire's territory in the Obarro region, the Irdian faction, who was aware of it, realized that if they sat back like this, they would lose the golden age of keeping up with the pace of expansion of the empire, so Ingrimad, one of the core members, personally persuaded Princess Haraudian to make the decision to focus on the development of the Putau region, with the expansion of the smuggling business, and the empire swallowed the southern part of Gangfei, the courage of the Yinglimad who personally operated this matter is also getting bigger and bigger, if the southwest and northwest regions are the sphere of influence of the Nords and the Salanders, then why can't the Putao and the south of Gangfei be the sphere of influence of the Ryordians?
With this in mind, Ingramade decided to take a gamble in Besuka, the core of the south-central region.
This is the dividing line between the central and southern parts of the country, the intersection of trade routes and waterways, and most of the goods entering from the coastal areas will pass through here, as long as the operation is done properly, it will not take a few years, it will be the fastest rising economic center in the central and southern parts of the country, if you can take advantage of the opportunity to annex most of the land, let the imperial military turn a blind eye to the trade road control checkpoint, and let more smuggled goods pass here, even if it is only a small part, it is enough for the Ruierdian smuggling merchants to complete the control of the entire central and southern market in the next few years, or even more than ten years。
"Stompe!" The ground trembled, and a group of black cavalry horses flew into a distance of fifty meters, just when everyone was stunned, the war horses stopped violently in rows, smoke and dust flew, one of them rode out of the queue and slowly came over this way, the general behind him was fluttering in the wind, "Imperial Central General Hu Keqili!"
The smug smile solidified on Elemad's fair face, and her pretty face turned pale, she didn't expect to see the general of the Imperial Central Army here, in terms of position, Hukochiri is one of the five giants of the military, holding the heavy army cluster of the Imperial Central Army, but it is not comparable to the regional head of Warisian, although both of them are basic corps commanders, but one is the local corps commander, and the other is the commander of the Central Army with the strongest combat power in the empire, the difference in status is the difference between heaven and earth, he can threaten Varisian, but he definitely does not dare to threaten Hukochili, the henchman of His Majesty the Falcon
"Lord Varisian, let me ask, has everything been dealt with?" Hukochili stopped his horse, his gaze swept over the body of Ingrimard and Sidneyso, the head of the Business Alliance, as if he hadn't seen it, this expression made the two of them suddenly feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave,
"Sort of, except for ......" Varisian quickly stood up, held up the title deed in his hand, and his face was speechless
"I'll deal with the others, and these people are?" Hu Keqili looked at the merchants who were still alive with cold eyes, the merchants didn't know him, but they also felt a hint of murderous aura, and unconsciously leaned back
"These people handed over the land, so I promised to spare their lives" Varisien's face changed, and he heard something unusual in Hukochili's tone
"Lord Varisian, are you confused? In this matter, what difference is there between handing over and not handing over! Especially when it comes to some characters that must never be involved! To be clean, these are the exact words of the adults!"
Hu Keqili raised his hand, and the black-armored guards cavalry behind him began to disperse, and a row of bright sword lights were pulled out, bright and dazzling, and I wanted to say it again, if you don't do it, then I'll come!
Varisian's body shuddered when he heard this, and his face suddenly became hideous, and he shouted to all the soldiers, "What are you still doing in a daze, all of them will be executed!" (to be continued......