Less than 10 years after the establishment of the Empire, the Sun Never Sets Empire stretches from the New Delhi Peninsula of the Ancient Continent in the east, spanning all the sea areas between the two continental plates to the Maginot Battlefield that has now shaken the power of the entire King Continent, north of the snowy plateau and snow thousands of meters above sea level, and south to the ancient dense forest that separates the West Continent and the Southeast Continent, not including the sea areas that the Sun Never Set Empire influences and controls outside the king's open sea with the help of the Naga Sea Clan and the Fish-Man Clan, and those overseas islands scattered in the South and North Continents.

And in its country, the intelligent races that live on the land alone include the bear monster race, the snake people, the orc race, etc., and the sky above the vast territory of the sun never sets still lives the angel race that is regarded as a divine messenger, and the human race, which is the main body of the intelligent race of the sun never sets empire, in addition to the sun does not set people, there are also dozens of different peoples, some of them are subject to the sun never sets empire, some are conquered by the sun never sets army, and some are even willing to assimilate into the sun never sets people, time to this day, Excluding those slaves of various races who were purchased by the Sunset Chamber of Commerce because of wars, the people who officially became third-class or above subjects of the Sunset Empire had already exceeded the 100 million mark, and even approached the 200 million population mark, while the Sunset People only accounted for less than one-eighth of the nearly 200 million people.

If this is replaced by the original world and modern times, there may be nothing, but if it is replaced by the king continent that is still in the Middle Ages, such a situation will be a hidden danger for any country, why? It's because everyone's subconscious thinks that those who are not of our race will have different hearts.

This is not unfounded, as each race has its own habits and even beliefs. And the medieval era in which the King Continent is located is not the modern era that knows how to respect the customs and beliefs of various races, after a force in the King Continent conquers a force, if he can't convert other races or even heretics into people of his own nation or his own sect. Just turning it into an inferior people is already considered a manifest spirit, and many forces will either be killed directly or reduced to slavery and sold, after all, the policy of various countries at this time. Even the leaders of various countries are not able to come up with a decree for the peaceful settlement of aliens and infidels in their minds, and they simply cannot accept those who are even different from themselves in terms of life, in fact, this is also the case in the original world, for example, if you go to the Middle East and do something that violates the dogma of Islam, you can only pray that you will not be topped by some person or organization and then give Allahu Akbar.

But this is not a big problem for the sun never sets, because first of all, the sun never sets has the most complete constitution on the king continent. At the same time, this constitution also includes many laws and regulations on other ethnic cultures and foreign races, which makes the empire of the sun never set the foundation for sustainable development while having the largest number of ethnic and alien races among the forces in the king continent. And in addition. The army of the Sun Never Sets Empire also played a role in suppressing and deterring all kinds of small people within the Empire, coupled with the incident of the Sun Never Setting Empire slaughtering the lynx clan in anger, it is obviously basically impossible to make small moves within the Empire, okay, but now this kind of thing still happens, but the situation is a little special.

"Your Majesty. Based on the information we have gathered so far. The main people who jointly put pressure on the Imperial Treasury and the Commercial Guild came from two sources, the first was the northern merchants in the northwest region of the Empire's Central Continent, and the second was the Chamber of Commerce from abroad. In the council hall, the Minister of Finance Kenka, who was dressed in white and gold, said that this man over 50 years old is a pure man who never sets, and he is the first person to enter the king continent of the Sun Never Set, and he is also the most outstanding one, and with the growth of the sunset. In the end, the old man did not choose to become the president of the Sunset Chamber of Commerce, but chose to be loyal to Sunset and became the second Chancellor of the Exchequer. As for his predecessor, he is officially the current president of the Sun Never Setting Chamber of Commerce, of course, the former cannot be regarded as the first term in real terms, because he was only the acting finance minister at the beginning.

"Northern merchants? Is it the Dick guys? Sun Lin frowned. After the end of the Maginot War, various countries had various turmoil due to various reasons such as the emptiness of domestic troops and financial austerity, and the same was true of the Sun Never Setting Empire, which was one of the three major empires of the Maginot War, but the turmoil of the Sun Never Setting Empire was different from the other two, the other two were to put it bluntly due to the turmoil caused by the struggle for high-level interests, while the Sun never set was caused by the problem of national finances and capital flows.

"It's not all Dicks." Kenka's face was a little stagnant and said: "Only some of the people involved this time are those Dick merchants, and it seems that these guys are basically instigated to act as shields, and there are also some Mishaal merchants in the same situation, according to some information, it is very likely that the Helgen merchants who are making small moves this time." ”

"Helgen? Aren't they nearly extinct? "Helgen, although only a few years have passed, the name of this northern nation has long been forgotten by the people, and even the territory that originally belonged to this nation has now been controlled by the rulers from the underground dynasty.

"No, there are still some Helgen people who have survived, but these guys have basically hidden their identity as Helgen from others." Finance Minister Kenka said that since the Helgen Kingdom was submerged by dozens of underground armies, the good Helgen people basically embarked on the road of migration to the north, although Helgen was built on the ice and snow plateau, but there is a huge glacial lake in the northeast of the original kingdom, and this glacial lake has a river that leads directly to the northern sea of the King's Inland Sea. Thinking of the distant kings in the middle of the continent and even the northeast region, it is said that the kingdom there is willing to accept them, as for the territory of the Empire that goes south and the sun never sets, it has long been abandoned by these Helgen people, not to mention that there is an army of dozens of underground dynasties between the two, and the hatred between the Sun Never Sets Empire and the Helgen people is not so light that it can be resolved.

"These Helgen people have a special identity, they themselves are merchants who control the right to mine gems in the northwest region of the Central Continent. At the same time, he is also a member of the "Colorful Bird Guild", the original first commercial force in the Northwest Regions, although these guys have always said that they are neutral businessmen, and they will only use the way of merchants to face any force and any race. Including the Helgen nation to which they belong, but now it seems that these guys are clearly still "

"No, I think that's exactly what these guys think." At this time, another middle-aged man stood up and said: "To put it bluntly, businessmen are a group of people who seek the most profits, in my opinion, whether they belong to the Helgen people or not, as long as this attack is successful, then they will be able to obtain extremely high returns, crown." The purpose of these guys is obvious, their purpose is to control the gem trade in the Sunset Commodity Trade. ”

As a trading power, the sun never sets, under the condition that its caravan can run all over the entire King Continent. As long as it can monopolize the trade of any kind of commodity in the country, then the annual profit is considered to be astronomical, and the gem, which is one of the hottest export commodities in the country where the sun never sets, can provide annual profits that can even allow a caravan to build a commercial empire.

"Although the sun never sets on us, our gemstone processing skills are not very strong. But we have control of several gem-rich mines. Basically, these mines are located on the snowy plateau in the northern part of the Sunset Empire, and if the Colorful Bird Guild forces us to hand over the ownership of those mines through debt, even if it is only for a few years, we will lose at least more than 10 million in financial revenue, and at the same time, these 10 million Sunset Gold coins will flow into the pockets of those people. Under the crown, no one will refuse an opportunity to earn tens of millions of dollars a year, especially this tens of millions of gold coins that never set. ”

"Bicks does have a point." Looking at the minister who never sets the sun from Lanster, Sun Lin nodded: "Then as the minister of overseer." What do you have to say? ”

The sun never sets, as the existence of the great empire-level forces, also has its own political system under Sun Lin's transformation. Although in the eyes of the world, the high-level system that basically never sets is the Ministry of Military, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce, in fact, in addition to Sun Lin, there are several other positions of power in between.

The first is the well-known position of General Sunset, originally this position was originally planned in the military department, but with the expansion of the Sunset power system, the position of General Sunset has been independent of the military department, and now, their rights are second only to the head of the military department, but the head of the military department cannot directly affect them, they can mobilize the army, but the army does not belong to them in essence, but Sun Lin agreed that each general can form a private army on his own.

And the second is the cardinal of the Sun Never Setting Christianity and the blue robe bishop of the Poseidon Sect, after all, the two religions are the largest sects in the Sun Never Setting Empire, especially the former is still the state religion of the Sun Never Setting Empire, some necessary rights still have to be given to each other, which is related to the people's hearts, of course, these bishops definitely have no right to participate in politics, even if they do, they only have the right to build and have no right to decide, but Sun Lin secretly refused the "divine right of the monarch" at the same time, These bishops were also given many official positions in the liberal arts, including the post of Minister of Culture among the ministers on which the sun never sets, and Sun Lin was handed over to the new Pope Paul III of the Poseidon Sect.

And the last one is actually the aforementioned position of the Minister on which the sun never sets. At present, there are 12 chief ministers in the empire, and they are divided into military aircraft, military affairs, intelligence, culture, diplomacy, logistics, commerce, agriculture, industry, construction, navigation, and scientific research. Among them, the three ministers of military affairs, commerce, and construction were originally the ministers of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but of course they have now been promoted to one level and handed over their original positions to their original deputy ministers; The Minister of Military Aircraft was the former commander of the Dick Heavy Cavalry Regiment Dante; And the Secretary of State for Intelligence is Morse; Diplomacy was held by Corot, the former leader of the commercial alliance, who had shown superior diplomatic skills and even surpassed his own business talent during the period when the sun never set; Logistics Sun Lin promoted a Lancet Commander named Hill, who was previously in charge of the security of the logistics line in the lower Maginot to be the commander of the Sunset; Agriculture is in the hands of Sun Lin, an old man over 60 years old - Fidel. Olis; Industrial is Bob, the former director of the New Delhi Arsenal; The voyage was handed over to the legendary admiral on whom the sun never sets, who currently manages all the seas north of the New Delhi Peninsula: Blackbeard; And the last Minister of Scientific Research is the current head of the Scientific Research Department of the Military Industry Department of the Sunset Alex.

In addition to the main ministers, there are also some auxiliary ministers who are involved in certain aspects. Of course, their status is equivalent to that of the main minister, but they are not responsible for many affairs like the main minister, and in fact many of the positions of the auxiliary minister are specialized in one area. For example, the Minister of History of the Sun Never Sets is only responsible for recording the history of the empire, and for example, the Minister of Supervision who was asked by Sun Lin, this guy is only responsible for commanding the inspectors of various departments of the empire, supervising various affairs, sending inspectors, etc.

Of course, in addition to these people, there are also some high-level personnel who have not disclosed their positions or identities to the public, but their rights have also reached this height, such as Prince Wuda, who is nominally one of the only three remaining generals on which the sun never sets. Although he and his descendants cannot have the right to inherit the royal family of the Sunset Empire, many times Prince Uda and his descendants can enjoy the treatment of the royal family of the Sunset.

Another example is the Centaur tribe Grand Chief Temuda, the Snake Man Tribe Chief Blue Scale, and the Bear Man Tribe Chief Wehringer who were newly incorporated into the Sunset Empire. steel claws, etc. Similar to the Sunset Naga Doge, the Sunset Orc Grand Overseer, and the Sunset West Captain, etc., these people who seem to be outside the center of the Sunset Empire have actually been tied to the chariot of the Sunset Empire and have unimaginable rights for ordinary people.

"After all, the Colorful Bird Guild was the underground master of this region before the Empire took over the snowy veins of the Northwest Regions. According to information provided by Lord Morse, Secretary of State for Intelligence. Whether it was the Dick Empire or the Kingdom of Helgen, they all had contracts to hand over the mining rights of these veins to the Colorful Bird Guild for mining, but these contracts were all returned to the Sunset Ministry after our army occupied them. ”

"Wait, so our empire is the first to take their stuff for ourselves?" Sun Lin raised his eyebrows: "Cutting off people's wealth is comparable to killing people, why didn't the colorful bird jump out before, but waited until now to come out?" ”

"Your Majesty can rest assured about this. It's not that the colorful bird got any rumors in the first place, it's just a coincidence. Bix smiled and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten it?" When you first conquered the Dick Empire, were all the countries in the Northwest Regions already on the other side of the sun? In this case, how could a commercial guild like the Colorful Bird have a way to protest against the sunset, and it didn't take long for the army of the underground dynasty to destroy the Helgen Kingdom, and at that time, the people of the Colorful Bird Guild were dead and fleeing, and it was only recently that they were integrated to seek their own interests. ”

"Bix, based on what you're saying, it looks like you have a way to deal with this Guild of Colorful Birds." Sun Lin's eyes narrowed slightly, in fact, for Sun Lin, this kind of organization of the local head snake in a region is simply an ant, but the sun does not set This giant lion is not in the mood to bird the other party at the moment, if this meeting is not resolved, Sun Lin does not let the sun set The giant lion's claws waved, anyway, the other party is a Haiergen people, not a nation that surrenders to Sun Lin. Of course, if there's a convenient way, that's the best.

"Your Majesty, merchants are a group of profit-seeking people, and the colorful birds, as the head snake in the northern part of the northwest region, have in this area, whether it is word of mouth, relationships, business ways, etc., they are definitely higher than the sun never sets commercial guilds, although they can eradicate all the hidden dangers at one time, but if they are controlled, the benefits obtained are also extremely rich, so I personally think that assimilating the colorful birds is more effective than eradicating the colorful birds."

"Plan, I need a completely feasible plan, if not, I will still send the Dick cavalry regiment as soon as possible after this meeting, anyway, these guys are idle, it doesn't matter if they don't have fun on the battlefield and go to the north for a walk." Sun Lin pondered for a moment and said.

"Merging the Colorful Birds into the Sunset Commercial Guild, and temporarily ensuring their independence, is equivalent to our Sunset spending money to support a small Sunset Commercial Guild in the north of the Imperial Plate, as a benefit of their merger, we will open all land gem trade channels to the Colorful Bird Guild, and the benefits will be discussed, but they must also accept the monitoring of our Sunset Supervision Department, and at the same time, I hope to secretly let the Minister of Intelligence Morse shoot some people, and infiltrate the Colorful Bird Guild with gem trade brokers and processors, It's best to send people to the southern part of the Imperial Plate, after all, the Colorful Bird has not yet expanded its information to the southern part of the Empire. ”

"What you mean is that we cooperate with the colorful birds on the surface, but secretly we have to eat away at each other step by step, this is a big project, and if it is not good, there will be problems." Another minister asked.

"But at least then we will be able to hold sovereignty for a certain extent, and the Colorful Bird Guild will no longer secretly engage in such small actions against us, and most importantly, as long as they agree to the first condition, we will be able to open a hole in the northernmost territory of the Empire, and the control of such an area will no longer be limited to the army and intelligence personnel."

"It's feasible, at least from what Minister Bix said, we have nothing to lose, the empire is large, but it is all new territory, and the empire must have consolidated all the territories of the empire during the current truce."

"I agree!"

"Agreed!"

As more and more ministers present agreed or acquiesced to Bix's plan, Sun Lin thought about it and felt that he could give it a try, and handed over the matter to Bix to plan, and asked Foreign Minister Corot to accompany and assist, as for the Minister of Intelligence, due to his absence, Sun Lin would get a message and hand it to the other party after the meeting.

"Okay, the matter of domestic businessmen has been decided for the time being, so how do you think you should deal with those foreign businessmen, especially those who smuggle arms?" (To be continued......)