January of the 3rd year of the Falcon Empire calendar,

The winter snow is drifting, the land is a cold winter, but the merchants of the entire Ikadiva continent are not willing to accept the calm of winter, the northern trade routes are becoming more and more difficult, the civil war in the northern steppe is becoming more and more intense, the East Kugit people are fighting in the Dongting grassland, and the wars are frequent in the northern zone, the east and west camps are plundering and killing each other, a chaotic scene,

In order to avoid the impact on the borders of the Empire, the Imperial Border Guards had already announced in December that the road to the Dongting Grassland would be temporarily closed, and the brutal and unscrupulous plundering style of the Dongting people made even the convoy of daring smugglers dare not risk crossing in this chaotic situation.

The West Kugit people, who mainly gathered in Achmore, had a great deal to gain in the Battle of Dorok, and their demand for food was greatly reduced this year, which disappointed many wealthy merchants who had hoarded a large amount of food and were ready to make a good fortune this winter, and even a few were even overstocked. And had to be sold to the Falcon military at a jumping price, anyway, the food is worthless, rather than rotting in the warehouse, it is better to sell it to the Falcon military for a favor

But the impact of this food turmoil on northern commerce is self-evident, and the entire imperial commerce and trade seem to have lost momentum in this winter, appearing listless and even a little weak.

Losing the market in the north, the eyes of many chambers of commerce are naturally turning to the relatively stable southern Salander, you know, the current Salander has long been no longer what it used to be, the peninsula extending from the continental shelf in the south of the continent itself has the natural advantage of maritime trade, with the prosperity of foreign sea commerce, and the rapid increase in the proportion of trade in the empire, there is a faint trend to become the three major centers of southern commerce and trade with Zhivadine in the south of Vicchia, Tiha in the south of Vycchia, and called the three major centers of commerce and trade in the south.

After more than half a year of recuperation, stimulated by the favorable economic policy conditions of the empire. Salander, which has undergone several population migrations and economic integration, has completely escaped the unfavorable shadow brought about by the war.

The northern port of Widton, under the vigorous construction of the navy, has a faint tendency to become a rising maritime trade center, and the central urban agglomeration, which was originally abandoned in the war, has also prospered rapidly due to the large migration of foreign population.

The warm winter sun shines on the pillars of the temple that have been stormy for hundreds of years in Saland. With a halo of peace, perhaps the people of Salander themselves did not expect that this once suffering country would have such a prosperous day.

Horse-drawn wagons are running along the wide roads, and the once empty fields are no longer covered with tall artemisia grass, but instead of the hard work of yeoman farmers working hard to clear the wasteland, the green winter wheat is covered in a thick layer of snow that still gives a sense of new hope for the coming year.

Sarande's revival comes from two sources

On the one hand, there are a large number of Salander aristocrats, who, driven by the desire for wealth and self-improvement, are autonomously transformed like commercial aristocrats, who have hoarded a large amount of wealth over generations. Turned into merchant ships going to sea, horse-drawn carriages for consignments, and all sorts of raw material processing workshops, and these things. It also attracted and digested a large number of Salander people who lost their land in the war, and injected a strong flow of capital into Salander's economic recovery.

The other aspect comes from the main continent, Ikadiva

Salander's unique romantic culture and relatively stable peaceful environment also attracted a large number of nobles from the other side of the continent, those nobles from the countries of the mainland who chose to flee with their families because of the war in the Falcon Unification War, with a large amount of wealth obtained from the sale of their family property, full of longing for a new life, flocked into the beautiful scenery of Salander,

Although this place is still under the rule of the Falcon Empire, because it is mainly a peaceful annexation, compared to the tragic war for hegemony on the main continent, this place is completely like a paradise, and the influence and changes of the empire in these places are almost imperceptible.

In order to eliminate the resistance of the Salander people, the Falcon army is generally not allowed to be stationed in the city, and most of the soldiers of the southern army seen occasionally are very polite, unlike their counterparts in the north, who are murderous and black armor, so that ordinary people dare not face them

If you walk through the city streets of Salander, you can hardly feel the slightest feeling of war, you can clearly feel the passers-by with sincere smiles of joy, the dazzling array of shops, the flowery Salander maidens, the rituals preaching the teachings of the sky on the roadside, the neat and clean roads and the old buildings full of history.

The peace and prosperity here made all the mainland nobles who fled feel a sense of time and space reversal, as if they had traveled through time and space at once, returning to their homeland a few years ago before the outbreak of war

With the pacification of the Black Forest, the news that the Empire was going to build a road in the Black Forest to the southern port of Moro was also revealed by unknown people, and the south of Salander immediately became the focus of attention of the merchants of the entire Empire.

From the map, the distance from the Black Forest to Moro is about 300 miles, which is not a long road, but once it is completed, it will change the previous practice that caravans had to go around the Black Forest and walk for an extra 4 days, but can pass through the Guò straight road, through the complex central mountains, shortening the original 5 days to 2 days, which will be a qualitative change.

With the connection of this passage to Fort Kuron, which is known as the first road in the north of Salander, the time to cross the whole of Salander can be controlled within 10 days, which will indicate that the abundant goods of the south can be transported from the northern port of Vik to the mainland of Icadiva in a few days, and the mainland goods that disembark at the port of Vik can also sail from Moro in the south to the distant continent of Obaro in a few days.

The whole island of Salander should be called a huge operating center of the empire,

Such a huge idea, or only the fat man can come up with it, and the secret plan of the empire to build the empire's first large open sea port in the southern port of Moro is also lying quietly on the fat man's bookcase,

The branches in front of the window were covered with thick white snow, and the fat man was bored watching a red-spotted white finch jumping on it,

If you cross this little red-spotted white finch, you will find that this slut's gaze is actually looking at a façade facing the street.

A beautiful girl in a white winter coat, holding a pine branch broom in her hand, was cleaning the snow marks on the road, wiping the sweat beads on her forehead with her hands, revealing a face that was not very beautiful, but the blush and the tall figure of the slim figure all exuded a youthful and lively that could not bear to be eye-catching, bringing people a warm spring like the sun

"Your Majesty, the password to the box has been found!" At this time, a guard looked excited and pushed open the door of the fat man's study (to be continued. )