On a balcony on the second floor of the main city palace of Austin in the setting sun, Belus met the Duke of Langla, the leader of the Austin rebels.

This is a middle-aged man who can't help but pay attention, the Austens' unique flaxen-colored hair and thick beard support extraordinary heroism, and the strong body gives people a feeling full of explosive power.

Under the thick hair, a pair of bright light blue eyes, full of burning faith,

As he stood there quietly, his eyes gave his face an intimate and cheerful expression, but the occasional glimmer of light in his eyes was like lightning

On the balcony stood two tall and strong, heavily armored Austeen warriors, different from the duke's deep gaze, these two Austeen warriors looked at Belus with a provocative meaning, standing at the entrance of the balcony on the left and right, like two sharp swords about to be unsheathed,

"Your Excellency, Duke!" The Austin officer leading the way in front straightened up, with a hint of unconcealable fanaticism on his face,

The Army has always been the most popular branch of the army for young and young soldiers, and Duke Langla, as the leader of the Army faction, is also a very famous Austin general, and Austin Carlos, who claimed independence in the south, is known as the Austin Twin Walls, and is the idol of most Austin young people.

Belus completely ignored the cold murderous intent in the eyes of the two Austin guards, tidied up the corners of his clothes disapprovingly, and then said to Duke Langla in accordance with the diplomatic order, "Lord Duke! My name is Belus, and I am the person in charge of this negotiation.

This is the temperament of a real soldier, the precipitation of countless bloody battles, just standing there, giving people a sense of solemnity in the surrounding atmosphere

Duke Langla's gaze stopped at Berus, and a hint of imperceptible surprise flashed on the surface. The middle-aged man, who was looking at him with a little pale, was very different from what Berus had imagined of a rumored brutal man who ordered the rebels to plunder for a day

Berus said, "Your Excellency, Duke. This time I have come to convey to you the results of the last negotiations, and it is a pity that the Empire cannot accept your request for a reduction in the amount of the exchange.

You know better than we do that this grain is worth more than just that, and that you want it now. The Duke is not alone, I believe that if it is sold to the Austin royal family or the southern Austin Carlos, they will gladly take over."

"Are you threatening me, that grain was originally mine, believe it or not, as long as I say a word, your head will be hung on the gate of Austin" Hearing Bellus's words, Duke Langla's face was slightly angry, and the robbers robbed the master's house. Immediately change a name and sell it to the owner, such a thing made him feel very angry,

The two Austin warriors also took a step forward in unison. The hand was on the hilt of the sword at the same time, and the sun shone on the two warriors, and the murderous momentum was like a bloodthirsty beast,

It can be seen that as long as the master in front of him gives an order, the two Austin warriors will not hesitate to draw their swords and cut Berus into bloody minced flesh,

No Northland would question the brutality of the Austens, speaking of massacres and destruction. The Austins are definitely in the top three among the Northland tribes,

"Hehe, if you can watch Austin perish from the city gate, it is also a very gratifying thing" Belus was not afraid, and the corner of his mouth sneered,

At the time of coming. He was ready for the situation, and according to intelligence, the leader of the rebels, Duke Langla, was not only an outstanding general, but also a seasoned politician,...,

In such a situation of internal and external difficulties, it is absolutely impossible to fully accept all the conditions without even humming, and the old-fashioned method of saluting first and then soldiering is indeed still staged

Belus replied calmly, "I just don't know if Lord Duke will come to the city gate to be with me at that time!"

"Ahem, what are you talking about, it's just a joke, why take it so seriously" Seeing that Bellus was unmoved, Duke Langla, who felt that his strategy had failed, coughed in an embarrassed low voice,

The two fierce Austin warriors turned around and left, leaving only Belus and Duke Langla, I don't know why, the sudden change in the atmosphere in front of him made Belus suddenly feel that Duke Langla seemed to have something confidential to talk about, and sure enough, the Duke of Langla on the opposite side stretched out his hand to Berus and made a gesture to sit down,

Then sat down opposite Belus and said softly, "Actually, we don't want to do this, but you can see the actual situation, the wealth of the main city of Austin has almost dried up, and the battle situation on the front line is not smooth, we have tried our best to only make up 2 million gold coins, there is really no possibility!"

"Could it be that a huge Austen's main city can't make up a ransom of 4 million? No, you're kidding me, this is the richest city in the Northern Sea."

Belus had a strange face, pretending to be disbelieving, and from time to time his mouth let out various exclamations, eager to say that the main city of Austin was the most majestic and rich city on the earth

Duke Langla's face turned red and white when he was sarcastic, and his face was as pale as a piece of paper, and he wished to burrow into a hole earlier.

Although he didn't know how powerful the empire behind Belus was, he only knew that it was a large empire with tens of millions of people, and compared with such a real empire, the Kingdom of Austin, with a population of only 180,000 people, was as shy as a little ant compared to an elephant

"If only it could be slowed down a little...... On behalf of all Austins, I will be grateful to Your Excellency."

Duke Langla stood up suddenly, and gave a military salute to Belus respectfully, this sudden move made Belus's voice stop abruptly, his eyes swept over the Duke of Langla opposite, and he could see that the recent bad situation had made this famous Austin general already exhausted, and between the once flaxen-colored temples, white silk was already faintly visible.

The situation on the front line is getting worse day by day, although it has an advantage in troops, but the lack of logistics makes this advantage disappear rapidly, and the situation in front of him is unsustainable, so he has to personally come forward to deal with this embarrassing and humiliating matter

Berus finally wavered and said slowly, "Your Excellency, Duke. I'm just an envoy, and even if I agree to the gap of 2 million gold coins, the empire won't agree!"

In fact, he knew very well that what Duke Langla said was basically true, and after observing it in the past few days. Belus can guarantee that the reason why the turmoil in the city has not been quelled is because the rebels need to use this as an excuse to plunder the wealth of the citizens, but yesterday the turmoil was suddenly quelled by the army, and many wanderers called the scapegoats for this turmoil.

The whole row of corpses hanging from the trunks of trees along the street also proves that the wealth of the city has indeed been plundered. For a city with a population of only 60,000, 2 million gold coins are already smashing the pot and selling iron.

When the blood drained, only a weak body was left, just like the groveling rebel leader in front of him, Duke Langla, even if he was honorable, he had to bow his head to his envoy

"We really can't do anything anymore......" Duke Langla took a deep breath and repeated in a bit of a trance...,

"If only I could work around. Maybe there will be a slight turnaround!" Belus was definitely about the same, and glanced at Duke Langla with pretended sympathy, and was silent for a while. Only then did he say tentatively

"I heard that there are a lot of wanderers in the city now, although these people are useless, but if they are transported to the south to be slaves, they should be able to sell them for a little money.

There are also some pointless small coastal ports...... And the worthless wood, which seems to be abundant near the city......"

"This ......" Hearing what Belus mentioned, Duke Langla's face changed slightly, and he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your conditions make it very difficult for me, you must know that those wanderers are a group of dangerous mobs, if you can accept it." Then take it all! There's still some of it in the prison, and I can give it to you, but ......."

Duke Langla's voice stopped, and he said with an embarrassed face, "It's a little difficult for you to control the coastal ports, many coastal ports are not controlled by us, and most of them are under the control of the local lords. And now the southern form is very bad for us, so even if I agree to your request, the lords of the port will not agree, and as for the timber you mentioned, if you are willing to use it to pay for it, we will be grateful!"

"Don't worry, we won't embarrass His Excellency the Duke" Hearing that Duke Langla basically agreed to what he proposed, a smile appeared on the corner of Belus's mouth,

He looked calm and relieved and said, "The problem of the port is not as complicated as His Excellency the Duke thought, we don't necessarily need the main city to send a navy, what we need is the name from the main city!

"You mean...... You have to send troops directly to occupy these ports......" Duke Langla looked at Belus with blazing eyes like a cat with a stab in the ass, and at this moment he realized that the strength of the Imperial Navy seemed to have completely controlled the northern seas, and what was missing was a name

Or maybe that's what the other side has been paying attention to!A bitterness ran through Langla's heart, and he felt like a surrenderer who was giving in to the enemy, and this sad feeling made him feel blocked

Belus picked up a glass of water on the table and blew it lightly as if nothing happened, "Isn't this better? As far as I know, the lords of those coastal ports are all standing in the queue of your enemy's Austin Carlos! I believe that if the Imperial Navy attacks, the troops in those ports will return, and the balance of strength on the front line will change, once the military strength is reduced, the strength of Austin Carlos in the south will be greatly reduced, in fact, we are saving His Excellency the Duke!"

"Okay. I must admit that your Excellency's vision is unique and far-reaching," Duke Langla hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Those damned fellows should have been punished, and since they have chosen a side, they should bear the consequences!"

When the last ray of the sun finally fell into the horizon, Belus hurriedly came out of the Austin Palace, compared with when he came, he already had a pile of inscriptions stamped with the seal of the main city of Austin.

Belus walked to the carriage parked at the door, and at the moment of boarding the carriage, he finally glanced meaningfully at the majestic palace behind him, and said in a voice that could only be heard by himself, "The splendid building lacks a soul, only emptiness and powerlessness"

Returning to the hotel, Belus excitedly sent the contents of the text to the North Sea Fleet with carrier pigeons, and the result of the negotiation was unbelievable, in order to save the rebels from the last struggle, the leader of the rebels, Duke Langla, finally agreed to sign this Wen jiàn, which was later called the Austin fork agreement, which was a formality,...,

According to this agreement. The Falcon Empire only used 2 million gold coins for the nominal control of 22 ports along the coast of Austin and a large number of precious Austin sequoias, but the most important thing was those seemingly insignificant wanderers,

Belus had already secretly investigated. Most of the wanderers are the families and servants of the members of the Austin Navy, the number is about 3,000 people, although most of them are women, children, old and weak, but there are also some Austin Navy elites and experienced craftsmen, and the consequences of their loss are enough to make the Austins hoard all kinds of North Sea sea information for hundreds of years fall into the hands of the Falcon Empire without reservation. Let the Imperial Navy truly become the de facto controller of this sea area.

At the end of August, the smell of winter is getting stronger and stronger.

The earth is fluttering, the space is snow-white, and after the integration of the north, the fat man decided to withdraw the Central Army from the cold land in the north.

During this time, the Empire had built a large naval port on the southeastern headland, and requisitioned tens of thousands of captured Northland captives to build a new northern city five miles long and wide. The city's stones were transported by ship from the south, so the route between the southeast headland and the inland was expanded.

Now many imperial merchants know about it. Along the long coastline to the north, you will see a majestic port and city, where even the cheapest goods can double the price, and under the stimulus of such economic profits, the northern route has been invisibly opened by the merchants themselves

In August, the new city was built, and the fat man himself rushed over and named the city the Eye of the Empire, as can be seen from this name. The significance of this city is extraordinary, it will be the eyes of the Empire to the northern cold, there will be 5,000 elite soldiers stationed here, and another 11,000 northern garrison troops will be recruited from the northern cold,

In mid-August, the Imperial Northern Fleet entered the military port of the southeastern headland. At this time, the Northern Fleet had been expanded to a main fleet with 45 combat ships and 3 Dragon-class warships, with a total strength of 7,000 troops.

With the issuance of the withdrawn order, three of the four flag regiments of the Central Army participating in the Northern War began to march towards the southeast headland, while the Dongting cavalry left 1,000 people to garrison the southeast headland, and the other forces also retreated to the direction of the Dongting grassland.

The tribes of the Northlands began to obey the command. Moving closer to the two newly established large trade areas of the southeastern headland and Andrade, the fat man has ordered the inland to fully open the border line to the northern cold land, and goods from the northern cold land are exempted from trade tax for ten years, which virtually encourages merchants to transport goods to the northern cold land.

Because they can bring inland goods to the cold land, after making a lot of money in the northern cold land, and then come back with a full load of goods from the cold north to make a profit, the fat man believes that such an economic context is far better than the use of force to oppress out of the submission, the effect is much better, a country, the most needed is cultural and economic cohesion, once you fought for hundreds of years in the northern cold land, at this moment there is a rare dawn of peace,

After this period of development, some of the grievances within the kingdom of Rode also began to disappear, and the peasants who got the land did not have the heart to oppose the empire that gave them land, and most of the noble elites of Rode were concentrated in the second army of Rod, which had just been established, and the era of the Lords was over, but a new era had just come,

In a letter to the princess of Goude, the fat man said, "With blood and steel, he has overcome all obstacles and recast order and brought peace to the chaotic world, turning swords into plowshares, bringing civilization to the wilderness, and replacing barrenness with prosperity." Iron will, sacrifice and self-dedication, are the natural mission of our people, they are real soldiers, they should not be drowned by history, they will be transferred to the sequence of fighting the Dorok according to the plan, and are ready to join the main force of the Central Army returning to the south in the coming September to encircle the already chaotic and degraded Dorok Mountains"

It was under the persuasion of this letter that Agnhelen agreed to the fat man's request to regather the elite generals of the Goude army and formed the Second Southern Army.

Compared with the successive retreats of the army, the offensive of the northern navy also showed an increasingly fierce form, relying on the southeast headland, the northern fleet that remained in the northern sea began to frequently immerse itself in the coastal areas of the Austins at the end of July, and successively captured seven ports, including the coastal town of Osdi, because of the lack of naval support and unified command, the Austin lords in these coastal areas were beaten and disarmed under the strong oppression of the imperial navy.

Fearing that the Imperial Army would take advantage of the situation to invade the coastal interior, these discouraged lords hurriedly drew their troops back from the front lines of the civil war to defend the castle.

The Austin Carlos group, which had just shown its strength, was greatly weakened, and the plan to besiege the Austin rebels with the royal army that was fighting to regain the main city had to be shelved

One qiē is developing, one qiē is not stopping, the fat man doesn't know, an unknown new world quietly opens the door in silence (new world, can anyone guess what it is?) (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )