The small coastal town of Putaus, La Aroupe

The spring sun is extraordinarily beautiful, like slender lines sprinkled on the tranquil sea, embroidered with a faint golden light with the undulations of the waves

The cold winter has passed, more and more merchant ships are docked in the port, the rebuilt port is twice the size of the original, the base of the original lighthouse and bell tower is removed, and the new expansion is carried out along the concave edge, and the regular commercial dock berths are discharged in a graceful arc, expanding from eight to fifty-four

The wharves were full of people, including excited businessmen looking forward to the future, porters pushing transport cranes in port uniforms, caravan costumes and marked clothes, and the colorful ones that made people feel a little uncomfortable belonging to the coachmen who were napping outside the port cargo station

There have been so many recent shipments that the coachmen have been busy all night, the port patrol team wearing black light armor outfits, with spears in their hands, standing listlessly on the main road of the port, these port patrol soldiers are from the Putao locals, and they have been put into use after half a month of hasty training, a team of ten people per year, similar to the nature of the militia, mainly responsible for the security of the port, guarding the goods stored in the port of Zài, arresting and stealing, and the salary of 15 silver coins per month, which is not low in the Putao area that has just experienced war and economic collapse, but the number of patrols in the port is obviously not up to such a standard, generally a small team is six to eight people, sometimes there are too many carriages, and two squads have to be sent to maintain,

It is really because of the rapid development and the shortage of manpower, the total population of the coastal area of Putao is only 60,000, and the number of young and strong laborers who can be recruited is only 20,000 to 30,000, and the number of civilian wharves reported in the Falcon Admiralty in the entire 150-mile coastal trade area of Putao has reached 110.

This is an excellent seaport area, and in order to completely expand the commercial routes of Central Europe and Barrow, the Falcon Empire has invested 3 million gold coins in the early stage of construction. From the former capital Lisbonto to the overseas island chain, the private competition between the chambers of commerce is also very strong.

As the largest economic and strategic entity business alliance supported by the empire, this time under the signal of the fat man, it did not enter this lush area, and the Putao area opened the commercial line of Central Europe and Barrow, but the new trade route needs people to open up, to develop, and even to compete.

The war of nations is over, and this war of commerce has just begun. In order to obtain more profits, businessmen will show their ambition and means of 200 percent, bribing officials and attacking competitors. Plundering and usurping the resources of other commercial regions is a commercial war that is not a real war, and it is also a need for imperial influence to infiltrate Central Europe

The fat man has never been a decent gentleman, but this guy is very mean. He knows very well that capital is such a thing, from the moment it comes to this world, every capillary blood pore in it is flowing with black blood, and it loosens the shackles of commerce in the Putao region. Let the smuggling trade develop at an unusually rapid speed, and finally form an impact on the business circle of Central Europe and Barrow,

The premature involvement of the business oligarchy, a business alliance that enforces family law. On the contrary, it is not conducive to the development of smuggling trade in new areas

As the empire's commercial control body, the business alliance should have a more important task to do, that is, for the all-out economic development of the southwest region, the fat man asked the upper echelons of the business alliance to start to expand and shift from low-end commercial competition to the commercial center of the continental circle

"If the merchants of the Putau region are soldiers who are about to attack the enemy with swords in hand, then the business alliance should make the southwest region a base camp for these imperial soldiers to equip themselves!

This sentence appeared on the second reply of the fat man to the business alliance's application to enter the general set report, and was very carefully recorded by the archivist of the business alliance in the spring of the third year of the empire's landing on the continent of Obarro, and it has also become a motto and source of motivation for hundreds of years to come, so that countless imperial merchants are extremely excited and courageously move forward.

Because the merchants believed that in the eyes of the first generation of monarchs of the empire, who were known as the gods of war of the empire, their status was the same as that of the legendary generals who expanded their territory and made countless brilliant achievements

The fat man rode into La Arup, where the local magistrate was already waiting

With his eyes sweeping, the fat man frowned slightly at the job postings posted everywhere on the street in front of him, and the magistrate of La Arup, who came to pick him up, hurriedly explained with a pale expression. This lord, this is really no way, in order to save costs, those chambers of commerce in the empire will focus on recruiting people in the local area, but there are so few people in the local area, obviously unable to satisfy, even if the chamber of commerce even hires women and children, in the corners of the port and the city, you can still see the recruitment of workers everywhere, and when the spring breeze blows, it makes a loud sound, and you can tear it off with a few sheets together, and we are not tired of it!"

"With such a big shortage of labor, why not recruit from other areas of Putao?"

The fat man turned his head and asked the magistrate behind him, he expected the labor shortage in Putao, but he didn't expect it to be like this, but judging from the notice, 12 silver coins a month is not a very low salary, at least it proves that the Chamber of Commerce has not suppressed the wages of workers too much,

"It's the same in other regions, and there are even people from other regions who want to recruit people from us!

Magistrate Rocardi nervously took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat beads on the top of his head, he was a middle-aged man with a relatively thick appearance, wearing a gray and blue dress, riding on an ordinary gray horse, his envious gaze drifted over the handsome and eye-catching war horse under the fat man's crotch from time to time,

The expensive strategic material of military horses is not something that an ordinary small magistrate can raise, but as a nobleman, liking famous horses is a hobby, just like liking the extravagant carriages of those high-ranking nobles, which is really difficult to control

He didn't know who the fat man was, and the order he received was only that a high-ranking officer of the empire was coming to inspect, and he waited at the intersection for a morning with five retinues, and the sun was a little big, so he took the entourage's kettle and took a sip, muttering what kind of person was coming.

A whole line of black cavalry appeared in the distance. still scared this mentally prepared magistrate enough,

These black cavalrymen wore combat armor, carried a fierce and murderous curved sword at their waists, and wore fluttering red cloaks behind them, the earth was like a muffled thunder to the east, and the red cloud wind accompanied by a flying black line rolled up smoke and dust, and rushed directly towards them.

"Mom!"

Rocardi almost fell to the ground in fright,

"Bang Bang"

The warhorse cluster suddenly made a pleasant emergency stop 20 meters in front of him, and then neatly separated to the sides. A fat man in the armor of a general slowly rode out, looked him up and down with his eyes, and said slowly, "Your Excellency is Lord Rocardi, the local sheriff?"

"Don't dare, it's Rocardi who is small!" Rocardi replied with his hands on the ground, his face pale

"I'm sorry, the little ones are not sensible, they scared the adults! Please lead the way, let's go into the city!" the fat man raised his hand, and Rocadi quickly stood up. Patting the dust on his body, he felt that this high-ranking imperial officer himself was not the kind of arrogant and domineering person who seemed to be, at least not the kind of person who gave people a stern face.

He was followed by a dark green hood on his head. The woman with a white scarf on her face can't see her face clearly, but her graceful figure can't hide the heart-warming peerless elegance even if it's a robe.

"I guess I'm here with my lover on vacation!"

Rocardi leads the way. The hesitant heart guessed that he was the magistrate of this place during the Principality of Putao, and later assisted in the management of the Gangnon people. He didn't do too much, and occasionally helped some Putao people who couldn't afford to pay taxes to escape, and his reputation in the local area was not bad. I thought that if the owner changed, the status of his magistrate would be lost, but he didn't expect that the Falcon Empire that took over did not send a new magistrate, but appointed him to continue to do it, Rokadi is grateful to the Falcon Empire, and there are a large number of Putao magistrates like him, and the empire's tolerant policy has invisibly won the loyalty of these Putao officials!

"Such a gap should gradually ease after the arrival of new immigrants!" the fat man looked left and right, and said to himself,

The Putao region is far away from the empire mainland and the southwest region, and the empire controls the coastal areas, and at the same time takes over the management of these areas, except for the huge personnel in some areas, most of the local officials have not moved, first, these people are familiar with the local situation and can work immediately, second, it is to show the empire's respect for the Putao region, and reduce the resistance of the local Putao people to the imperial takeover, and thirdly, the Putao has been developed into a smuggling base camp by someone, so naturally they will not think of letting their subordinates go to this troubled water.

In this kind of all-encompassing environment, even if the most firm position of the old man is thrown over, I am afraid that it is a little unbearable, rather than this, it is better to let the Putao people manage themselves, fatten, after a period of time, catch a batch, kill a batch, all the property confiscated, in addition to making a windfall, but also in the shortest possible time to get the support of more Putao people, ordinary people often only see the wisdom of punishing the greedy for ink, but few people will think, those who suddenly become virtuous monarchs of the true thoughts.

'New immigrants?'

Magistrate Rocardi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he was surprised by what this high-ranking imperial officer said, there should be no fake! But also, I didn't think it before, but now the feeling is becoming more and more obvious, Rocadi shook his head, the population of the coastal area of Putao is too small, the typical land is vast and sparsely populated, and the suppression of the coastal area by the gang and non-people has made it a disaster area for the population, if more people can be added, who dares to say that in a few years their own La Arup will not develop into a "big city" similar to Lisbonto,

Rocardi also has his own ambitions, his face showed a touch of joy, but he didn't know that in the eyes of this amiable senior officer, he was being classified as "fattening" "Among the ships that have recently docked in port, are there any people from the Sea of Strands?" The fat man stopped his war horse at a fork in the road and began to get to the point, "Yes, just three days ago, a fleet of the Sea of Strand stopped in the port!" Rocardy was unexpectedly stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the fat man to ask this, and quickly replied" I heard that they came to welcome their relatives, and the pomp was very large, causing a little confusion!" "What does it mean to cause a little chaos?" the fat man's eyes blinked, "This time the Aliens have six large merchant ships, and two warships full of sailors, adding up to almost 200 people, and they rely on force to forcibly charter most of the accommodation in the port area. drove away quite a few sailors and almost caused turmoil in the entire port area!"

Rocardi shook his head, and smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, "But there is no way, everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak, the other party is a Stranger, a few merchants who pass on this sea, few dare to provoke the Stranger! Everyone knows the naval strength of the Strangers, but it is the first in the entire Central Europe! If you offend them, you don't have to run away on this sea" "Yes, is it in the waters of our empire." Do you need to be afraid of the Strangers? This joke is not funny!" The fat man clenched the reins of the war horse, his eyes narrowed slightly into a jumper, the cold light flashed, his tone suddenly calmed and terrifying, and the air suddenly became depressed, "No, don't get me wrong, I definitely didn't mean that!" Rocardi's face turned defeated, and his head shook like a rattle. He was a little carried away just now, and only then did he realize that it was not the Putao people in front of him, but the senior officers of the Falcon Empire. Suddenly frightened, his body trembled, "They forcibly chartered the accommodation area of the port, didn't they?" The fat man's eyes rolled, he originally wanted to probe the attitude of the Strangers, the other party was so arrogant, it was a good opportunity" Yes...... "That's going to be easy." No matter what price they offered, I would pay twice the price! I would have covered the whole port, sue the Sù Strangers. There is no place for them here, let them get out!" the fat man rode on the horse, snorted with a stirring snort, raised his horsewhip, and said in a cold tone! "There, there, since it's an adult who wants to use it, I'll let them get out of here immediately!" Rocardi nodded his head, his face full of flattery, beads of sweat on his forehead, he could feel the black cavalry behind the fat man, full of murderous eyes rolling on himself, the feeling was like a knife cutting on his body,

Who doesn't know that the Falcon Empire's naval fleet even stabbed the powerful Gangfei Kyoto, and he even said that the Aliens were the number one in the navy, isn't this looking for their own death! It is said that the soldiers of the Falcon Empire are all fanatical militants, killing people and cutting off their heads or something, it is just as casual as commonplace, who knows if this seemingly ordinary fat man in front of him will be a murderous madman! Maybe as soon as he raised an eyebrow, he would be cut into minced meat by those subordinates behind him who were about to punch holes in his body with fierce and vicious eyes!" "Come on, immediately go and clean up all the Strangers in the accommodation area!" Rocardi said eagerly to the entourage behind him, "My lord, those Strangers are armed! And there are 200 of them!" The patrol of the entire port adds up to less than a hundred people, and it is also a militia without combat power, the strength of the Strand sailors is very famous, these warriors who live on the sea all the year round are not only physically strong, but also good at fighting, even if the pirates meet them, they will retreat, because the pirates also know that whoever offends the Strand Sea Country, the fleet of the Sea Country will chase and kill them, they dare not go to the sea" "This ......" Rocardi's face showed embarrassment, it was difficult to ride a tiger, and he couldn't afford to offend "Firas!" You take a hundred cavalry from the headquarters, and those who resist will be killed" The fat man shouted with a cold face, and behind him, a slender cavalry captain with a hideous scar on his face came out, and went with a hundred guards cavalry with the entourage,

The fat man accompanied Rocati into a mansion that had been prepared near the port area, the environment was good, in fact, the fat man did not expect to be in such a small place, there was such a good place, exquisite and gorgeous iron gates, inside is a whole row of evergreen pines along the road, a small fountain of a trumpet boy, the water is clear, the long circular road leads to a three-story white villa, small and chic, especially the cross attic in the backyard, giving people a bright feeling, behind the attic is the vast sky, this villa is located on the cliff wall by the sea, the scenery is charming"This is the house of the former non-administrator, and after the evacuation of the Gangnon, this place has been empty! It has always been stored as the public property of the empire! Here you can see the sea in the distance" Rocardi respectfully introduced, "Your Excellency is tired from a long journey, so you can rest here first, and when the port area is cleared, it is not too late to move over!" Rokadi paused, his gaze paused on the woman next to the fat man, and after saying something as if he had said something, he bent down and walked away

When Rocardi left, Turit Colleen next to her finally couldn't help but pull down her hood, curiously glanced at the fat man who was standing in front of the window looking at the sea view, and asked with a slight frown, "Your Majesty, what are you doing here?" Chartering the accommodation area and driving away the Strangers, what should I do with my second sister's wedding ceremony? Do you want her to hold it on a sea ship? Although I have never had a good relationship with her, this is a family affair after all, is it a bit too much!" What's the hurry, charter the accommodation area, the Aliens themselves will find it, the initiative is in our hands, and we can save a lot of trouble!"

The fat man smiled at the corner of his mouth, and turned back from the window, "Since we are negotiating, we must let the Strangers know that in the area of the Empire, it is not a place for them to do whatever they want! This is a national interest, not a private grudge!" (To be continued......)