Chapter 6: The Imperial Capital of Venia
On the plains of Plenty, on the banks of the Mina River, the citizens of Vigna continued to live as usual. The stone roads in Viña were wide, but not too flat, and the wheels of the carriage crunched against them, and the people in the carriage were even more annoyed by the bumpy paving stones.
This is the main road leading to the Royal Palace Vignabor, and the houses on the side of the street have been built to two or three stories high, looking like red bricks and green tiles. Below, there are merchants shouting along the street. Fresh vegetables from the rich plains, sweet fruits from the Riddle Forest, exotic nuts dug up in the Halita Mountains, and tender seafood caught by Lilia. In the city of Vigna, there is everything, and there is a wide variety of goods.
The traveling merchants of Venia were overjoyed now, and although the news of Trixis' fall was strictly blocked, the actions of the erection wall cleared the wild and made the cunning foxes smell the business opportunities. The clear walls caused food prices to skyrocket in the cities around Trixis, and the traveling merchants enjoyed it. Vinia was the political, cultural, and economic center of the empire, and news spread quickly. There was a thriving market and an abundance of supplies, and the traveling merchants made a lot of money by bringing in a few cartloads of grain from Viña at a low price and shipping it to the cities near Trixis. For them, the war has become their food and clothing.
As for those who are late to their senses, they also plan to follow the example of these traveling merchants to make a fortune. With all his savings, he bought a decent carriage at the market, picked a horse that looked fairly strong, and headed straight for the slave market. Most of the slaves here are emerald stars, and of course there are also people from the Double Moon, but those are all those who have committed crimes and have been degraded as slaves by the nobles.
The slave trade can also be said to be a major feature of Vinya, and the existence of such as cat-eared mothers, dog-eared girls, rabbit-eared mothers, etc., is quite popular with nobles. Of course, the premise of all this is that these beast-eared girls are quite delicious, otherwise a beast-eared girl like an old aunt, these nobles of the Double Moon Star can't be tasty. However, those who want to learn from the traveling merchant to start from scratch can not look down on these beast-eared girls, for the nobles, these cute beast-eared girls may be useful and useful, but for them, these beast-eared girls are just useless playthings, and there is not much use value at all. It's useless to buy it, and it's a pity to throw it away. They are more likely to choose adult male beast ears, and the most popular ones are the ones with tiger ears on their heads, which look very powerful. Of course, this is just a rumor, and it is often bought only to find out that these hungry slaves are simply not as powerful as the legend says.
As a novice businessman, there is nothing they can do if they suffer a loss in the purchase of slaves. With the little savings left in his hand, he fought for his life, and after being knocked on by the grain dealer, he led his slave sullenly and set off with this cart of grain towards the city near Trixis, and his passion was half dispelled.
The fall of the Lockhee army initially terrified the citizens of Vinya, fearing that Trixis' demons would rush out and attack them. However, half a month later, Trixi's guys did not leave the city, and the empire did not send troops to attack Trixis, and the two sides were at peace, as if they had entered a period of peace, and the residents of Venia returned to normal life.
However, some time ago, an order came from the Veneniburg that the whole country began to recruit men over the age of 14 into the army, and it was heard that His Majesty Afis was preparing to personally lead a large army to take Trixis. For a time, many men in the city of Vigna were captured, and they were gathered by the Imperial soldiers and began to train.
In the narrow streets, a horse-drawn carriage drove quickly, passing through the two or three storey houses on the side of the street, which looked particularly depressing. The carriage bears a sign with a grizzly head roaring, which is the family crest of Duke Brown. Brown was one of the ten senators of the Senate and one of the most powerful dukes in the empire. The conscription order issued by Afis was not limited to the direct domain of Afis, but also included a number of feudal nobles including Brown.
"Squeak squeak squeak."
The window door of the third-floor window suddenly opened, and a woman gently spilled a basin of feces and urine out of the house as usual, as was the case with medieval people. With a "pop", feces and urine splashed impartially on the carriage in which Brown was riding, and the pungent smell soaked into the carriage. Brown yelled angrily in the car, "Damn! Stupid groundhog, what do you see!? Didn't anyone teach you what to do? May the moon god curse you!! ”
At this time, a group of soldiers ran to the side of the carriage, endured the stench of feces on the carriage, and said nervously: "Lord Duke, are you okay?" ”
Duke Brown pulled back the curtain of the carriage and scolded angrily, "Can I be okay?" Then he looked at the woman above her head who was apologizing with a panicked face, and ordered: "Go, catch that woman for me, reduce her to a prostitute, and don't let any of the women of his family go." As for the men, young and old, all of them were sent to the barracks. Hmph, Afis is now going to recruit soldiers anyway. ”
The soldiers broke into the women's house in unison, only to hear the screams of the women and the sound of the plates breaking in the house, Brown felt a little more comfortable, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Back in the carriage, he closed the curtain and said, "Keep going!" ”
The coachman, who was already drenched, said, "Yes! ”
Brown chose such a shortcut in order to be able to enter Vinia Fort as soon as possible, and like Brown, the ten senators of the Imperial Senate had already arrived in Vigna, as well as the nobles who supported them, and they planned to put pressure on Emperor Afis together.
In the palace, Locke stood opposite Afis with a look of self-reproach, lowered his head, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, if it weren't for me, it would be impossible for an army of 100,000 to have such a situation." If it weren't for my mistake, the guys in the Senate couldn't have been so presumptuous. ”
Afis pressed his hand and said slowly: "Lockhee, these are not your fault, you are not wrong. I can only blame the opponent for being too strong, so strong that there is no edge. But don't worry, it's been almost a month, and there are no more Aquamarine people to invade, I think this group of Aquamarine people only came to the Double Moon Star with the help of our ship, maybe it's still as the Great Magician Hasim said, they haven't mastered the crossing. These 1500 Sea Blue Star people, I will definitely let them stay in the Double Moon Star, so that they will not come back. ”
The people of the Sea Blue Star are indeed hateful, seeing that they are about to take back the power of the Senate in their hands, who knows that Lockhee's huge 10 army will be defeated by them in an instant. That's just 1,500 people, and that's a lot of power. At that time, Afis invested all the elites directly under him, and such a loss made Afis instantly lose the wind in the duel with the Senate.
Which of the senators in the Senate is not a big noble, which one is not the head of the faction, they are the princes with heavy armies, and they are the ones who are in charge of one side and decide the life and death of one party. After Afis lost his absolute power, these guys will naturally bounce back. What's more, on the issue of appointing Lockey, Cardin is also quite dissatisfied. After the defeat of Lockhee, Cardin went directly to the side of the Senate. After all, what Afis is trying to suppress the Senate, then strengthen Lockhee, and finally support Vivi to become empress.
This is something that neither the Senate nor Cardin wants to see, and the Senate is not happy with Afis taking power, nor does it want the future to be a woman standing on her head and and pee. And the same is true of Cindy, who is a political ally of Sini, and whether Sini is really crazy or not, Cardin will put Sini on the throne. If Sini is really crazy, then it is just right, and the regency will not be in his own hands at that time. So Cardin and the Senate hit it off, and a pressure campaign against Emperor Afis was about to begin.