Since its completion, the Grand Canal has become the most important lifeline in the Demon Alliance. It is not only responsible for transporting merchants and supplies from north to south, but also plays an important role in wars and taxes. There are quite a few examples.
It can be explained that the reason why the Demon Alliance was able to win the war between gods and demons twice in a row is closely related to the convenient and huge shipping capacity of the Grand Canal.
Such an important canal, of course, the empires along the way rely on it, but except for a few empires, no empire has built its capital on the canal - this is of course for security reasons. Using the canal to attack others is of course less troublesome and labor-intensive.
But it is just as easy for others to hit you. In addition to natural enemies like the divine empire that need to be constantly on guard, the various demonic empires are not in harmony either.
Therefore, building the capital on the bank of the canal became an expression of extreme confidence, which indicated that the country had superior strength and a powerful army. In modern times, only the Buluk Empire had this qualification, and they did so. Of course, in the end, they
They paid the price of having their capital, Foxborough, burned down. The Bruck Empire had to swallow this bitter pill alone afterwards. Who said the Sibyans were so strong?
While the upper echelons of Bruck were arguing about whether to move the capital, the newly minted Southern Treaty Business Group finally determined the location of its headquarters. Surprisingly, the business group did not learn the painful lesson of Bruck, and they chose the Grand Canal.
The western hub city of Vuitton - the hub here only refers to the dock and shipping. Due to terrain restrictions, the land development potential of Vuitton City is actually very limited.
Because it does not have a large amount of land for cultivation, nor convenient land transportation lines, the surrounding mountains have some military value, but there are things worth protecting under the mountains... But if it were not for such an embarrassing environment,
There, this hub city will not be left idle until no one wants it during the treaty trade group period.
Strategic vision is crucial to the development of a group. Duke Swiss may not be the most visionary leader, but the location he chose is very suitable, because the foundation of the treaty merchant group lies in shipping, rather than being valued by other empires.
Land and estates.
Since then, there has been an additional capital city on the Grand Canal. Yes, although it has the title of "merchant", no one regards the Treaty Merchant Group as that simple, because in many aspects, the Nan Treaty Merchant Group is more powerful than a demon.
The Empire is much stronger.
Administrative power, war power, diplomatic power, there are many things that only the empire can possess, including treaty merchant groups. The merchant groups also have advantages that other empires do not have: first of all, it can go into battle lightly and does not need to maintain a large number of idle nobles who are waiting to die.
It will not be interfered by deep-rooted factions; secondly, it has convenient transportation and developed commerce, and abundant material reserves; finally, it has a simple government and an elite army - this is no joke. The alliance has been suppressed by the Sibians until now, and the empires can maintain two
Three full legions would be great!
Before the business group settled in, Vuitton City had only a few small areas surrounding the port. After the business group settled in, Vuitton City became a large construction site. The scale of the city continued to expand, and the houses and neighborhoods spread around like cassava vines.
It's not over yet. So now the city has not built a city wall, but it has more than 200,000 residents. It is a rare developed area in the Demon Alliance.
The Southern Treaty Merchant Group, this strange but not deformed new force, has been full of vitality ever since. It is entrenched in Weedon, guarding the Grand Canal of the Demon Alliance, while extending its increasingly developed roots into resource-producing areas.
This is a good cycle. Abundant resources enrich the business community, while the gradually improving military and internal affairs system will sharpen its minions.
In short, the business group is already very powerful.
It stands to reason that the growth of the treaty business group is a good thing for the Demon Alliance, but for a long time, the demon countries have a strong sense of rejection towards the treaty business group. This is not because the business group directly opposes the treaty business group.
Sibia's service - everyone knows that Sibia is just a temporary master. When the business group becomes stronger or Sibia declines to a certain extent, this master-servant relationship will no longer exist - but because the business group continues to expand.
military force.
There is a saying that is very good and true, that is, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. But apart from delivering supplies to Sbia, the Southern Business Group does not bear any responsibilities, so naturally, its powerful power will be
Considered a threat!
After the war, the empires were obviously in a period of weakness, but the merchant groups were able to win over people's hearts with their advantages, and their troops were constantly expanding. What were they going to do? Are they going to fight Sbia? Obviously in the eyes of the powerful in various countries,
The most likely thing is that the upstarts of the business group want to become the second Sibiya, squeezing or even annexing various empires...
The latter stuff is naturally related to imagination, but who can guarantee that this will not happen? Therefore, people from the Nanyang Treaty Business Group cannot be truly trusted and respected in many places.
This situation has seriously interfered with the affairs of the business group, because there is a large proportion of young people among the members of the business group, and their rebound will be great when they are wronged and slandered. Thanks to the fact that the backbone of the business group is a group of mature and steady military officers,
Internal military management has always been used, and the leader has moderately appeased them, so a situation of mutual hostility has not evolved.
From this point of view, the people of the Southern Treaty Business Group actually have an uncomfortable life, because they have to work hard to become the most determined and courageous anti-Sbia force, but at the same time they are regarded as the "rear area" by themselves.
Demonic countries are wary of and hateful. It’s okay to be poked in the back by strangers, but if it is poked by former colleagues, classmates or even relatives and friends, it will be very painful!
Many people are optimistic and hope that this kind of day will pass soon; there are also many people who are pessimistic and estimate that they will not be able to escape this bad luck in their lifetime. But no one can imagine that the situation will change drastically in an instant.
To be precise, the change in the fate of the business group was due to something someone said. At the establishment ceremony of the third faith, Cohen Keda made all this become a reality. What he did that day was in Bis
It spread quickly across the land - most of them were abridged versions, because not many people dared to publicize his killing of gods, and even the third faith's theory of gods and divinity was only briefly mentioned.
When this kind of information is obtained, those with a sensitive sense of smell will know that their suffering is over. Next, their lives will become another look. Although it may be stained with blood, it is the result of the business group.
The life that everyone has been waiting for!
It has to be said that these people's simple reasoning is very close to the evolution of the situation: there is such a vicious rebellion among humans, of course the superior tribe will be dissatisfied, and the superior tribe needs someone to clean up the mess, but looking at the world today, who else has this?
What about ability? Of course it can only be a treaty business group!
They excitedly took the "secret report" that recorded Cohen Keda's ridiculous remarks to the leader to report the good news. They wanted to convince the leader that this was a good opportunity and that the anti-Sibiya cause could at least enter the preliminary stage. However, they were told that Swei
The Duke went out on business secretly, leaving only Viscount Gironde to supervise the business group. It was not until several days later that the Duke quietly returned to the headquarters.
According to the guard on duty, the Duke was in very bad spirits and his face was frighteningly gloomy. Before the news spread widely in the headquarters, all the business group officials holding key positions received orders: Go to the leader immediately
Meet on the terrace!
Command, what an intoxicating word!
The officials quickly gathered together. Due to the large number of people, the originally large terrace could no longer accommodate people. In order to leave enough space, the Duke ordered the guards to throw away some potted plants - in the "Bang, bang!", "Pah, pah!"
!" With a crackling sound, these plants that the Duke used to like were thrown directly onto the lower terrace, but he himself didn't care.
Obviously, this conflicts with the Duke's living habits!
"Is this going to end?" Most of the officials standing in front of him were thinking this way. "What does this behavior of the Duke mean? Is it excitement or anger? Have things changed?"
Soon, Duke Swice explained his mood. He stood in a conspicuous position where everyone could see it, opened his eyes full of bloodshot eyes and haze, and closed his upper and lower lips into a straight line.
lines... After the Duke showed this expression last time, many people died the next day.
As a result, the terrace immediately became silent.
The clouds in the sky came down and reached a place not far from the officials' heads. They were layer upon layer, like dirty rags piled up, making the sky dark and making the people below feel gloomy. It was extremely depressing.
The atmosphere spread along the terrace, challenging people's tolerance limits. It seemed that even the temperature had dropped.
"I know that there are many smart people in the Nanyang Treaty Business Group." Duke Swice finally showed mercy and broke the atmosphere with his words, "Smartness is not necessarily a good thing. When combined with a calm mind and a long-term vision,
When the time comes, it will become wisdom, making people aggressive and successful. On the contrary, this trait will turn into slickness, making you despicable, dirty, and hateful."
The officials held their breath and listened carefully to the Duke's words or riddles.
"I hope, or I hoped that all you have is wisdom." His Excellency the Duke looked back and forth at the line of officials, "because slickness can kill people."
"Yes, sir!" The officials stood at attention and responded loudly to the Duke in a military style.
"You all should know what happened in Sibia. Yes, there is a special kind of character among human beings! He used the most stupid and crazy way to provoke the superiors! I don't know what he was thinking,
I only know that the entire human race has been implicated by this idiot and is now on the verge of extinction! There is no doubt that not only the people who follow this idiot will die, but many innocent people will also die! The number is far beyond your estimates and imagination
! Even you and me are included!”
The officials looked at the Duke intently, not sure that the matter was so serious, but this thought quickly passed because they knew that their status was not high and there were many inside stories that they were not entitled to know. They could
The only thing that is certain is that the Duke did not lie, and he has never used such a harsh tone before.
"I don't need to explain what kind of existence the superior clan is. I just want to emphasize that the superior clan will show no mercy to rebellion! There is no forgiveness, no negotiation, and no prisoner for Cohen Keda this time! It doesn't matter if he dies, but
Human beings cannot be his sacrifices!"
"I can't stay out of it, and neither can you. This is a life-or-death situation, and no one will help except myself!" The Duke said slowly, "For this reason, I left for a few days, and all I did was do one thing.
——Self-rescue! In the end, very lucky, I managed to find a way for everyone to survive, but this way of survival requires everyone to work hard to succeed!"
Only then did the officials vaguely know what the Duke was doing.
"I was originally satisfied to be able to do this. I was satisfied until I walked into the study at the back. Why do I say that? Because on my desk, there were four applications for transfer!"
Having said this, the Duke smiled for the first time and said, "Four slick villains who smelled the smell of blood requested to leave the business group at this time."
The Duke was laughing, but no one among the officials could laugh. This nominal change of tune was actually desertion, a betrayal of his comrades and colleagues, and something that cannot be tolerated by soldiers!
"I allowed it." Sure enough, the Duke said the follow-up words in a gentle tone, "Most of them have changed their tune. As long as their heads can come down from the city gate again, then they will have no regrets at all."
The officials' faces showed expressions of understanding - the Duke's handling method was very traditional, very correct, and made people feel comfortable!
The Duke stopped the spread of this emotion, "This is not to establish authority, nor to intimidate, because I believe that you all have a basic sense of responsibility, and I believe that you will do the right thing under my leadership. But if
If someone forgets his mission, I don’t mind reminding him—do you need this kind of reminder?”
"No need, sir!"
"Okay! Enough chatting. The Dark Demon Tribe's order will be read out next!" The Duke's tone returned to calmness, "I can't explain anything to you except orders; apart from orders, I will no longer encourage you with anything else -
-The enemy is still the same enemy, and the war is still the same war. I have said enough, and you have heard enough."
After saying that, Duke Swice turned and walked away, and the white-haired Viscount Gironde came over to take his place. He took out a scroll from his assistant's gold plate, and the viscount shouted, "The dark demons are against me."
Order from the Southern Treaty Merchant Group!"
"Stand at attention!" The heels of dozens of pairs of boots hit each other, and everyone straightened their waists!
The first half of this order talks about how the Dark Demon Tribe valued and treated Cohen Keda favorably in the past, and how Cohen Keda repaid him in return. In short, it closely follows the theme of ingratitude and punishing everyone who gets it - the scene
This was the first time for most of the people to get such precise official information, after all, the information they had received before was not comprehensive.
So, they finally knew what happened that day in Sibia.
I thought that Cohen Keda just made rude remarks, but I didn’t expect that he actually killed the god on the spot!
I thought that the claims of the third faith were just deformed rumors, but I didn’t expect that they actually dared to deny the superior clan!
I thought... just after listening to the first half, everyone understood that what was coming was definitely not an ordinary war!
"...The Nanyang Treaty Business Group is now granted the privilege of forming a coalition to attack the Sbia Alliance!" Viscount Gironde began to read out the substantive order. The second most powerful figure in the business group expressed the most solemn tone of his family's wishes.
This time's tough stance states, "The Southern Treaty Business Group can use all necessary means of war, including blockade, attack, sneak attack, and assassination, in order to achieve the goal of eradicating the third faith and its crazy remarks as soon as possible!"
"Yes!" Without any hesitation, the dark officials responded in unison.
"...In order to identify the need, the Southern Treaty Business Group can use non-war methods including arrest, interrogation, and sentencing! The execution targets range from Cohen Keda to any suspected Sibian or Fez
Biya people! All confirmed suspects do not need to be reported and will be executed immediately!"
"Yes!" The neat answer echoed on the terrace again, with a little trembling at the end. That's because the power that falls on the shoulders is as heavy as the burden... The dark demons have almost no restrictions on the business group!
"...In order to better achieve the goal, the Southern Treaty Merchant Group is now granted the privilege of recruiting all imperial soldiers of the Demon Alliance! In the areas under the jurisdiction of the empires and demon temples of the Demon Alliance, no individual or group is allowed to do anything.
Reasons for rejecting the recruitment of the Nanyang Treaty Business Group, violators will be punished for rebellion!"
"Yes!" If the answer just now was a little trembling, then the officials' answer this time was filled with deep shock. Because this order allows the business group to obtain all the soldiers of the Demon Alliance. If necessary,
The merchant group can recruit any troops they like!
At the same time, there were expressions of excitement, confusion, and suspicion on the faces of the officials. No one who is qualified to stand on the balcony is a fool. This is a very preferential treatment by the Dark Demon Clan, but at the same time it is also out of line...
There must be enough reasons behind the Shang clan's bold behavior, right?
However, they can be sure that the superior clan has used all its wealth among humans, and the third faith is doomed this time!
"The order has been read out!"
Viscount Gironde put the documents in his hand back into the gold plate and took two steps back to make way for his position. The leader of the business group who had been silent just now walked up and glanced at his subordinates with his unique eyes - the officials with an expressionless face.
They discovered that Duke Swyth's eyes did not have the same emotions as their own. He was terrifyingly calm, like a deep pool of clear water.
"Copies of this order have already been sent to various demonic empires. In other words, from now on, the orders of the merchant group will be unimpeded in the demonic empire!" Siwes spoke, and as the clear words spread, a message spread
There was an invisible sense of oppression, "The NATO Treaty Business Group also received the same order as me, so what this coalition really means - it refers to the simultaneous attack from the north and the south!"
"Understood! Sir!"
"The scope of the Sibia Alliance is very wide, so this is a general term. The core of our operations is actually the city!" Siwes continued, "The three empires and independent cities that were split from the Sibia Alliance are not fighting directly.
We don’t have much time to achieve the target, so while preparing for the military, the headquarters will use diplomatic methods to negotiate. If we can win over or persuade them to be neutral, it will be the best start! But we cannot leave the outcome of the war to diplomacy.
, you must be mentally prepared to attack all the way!"
"Understood! Sir!"
"Time! Time, this is the most important factor! The earlier we reach the waiting city, the earlier we kill the third faith, the more chances humans will have to survive!" The Duke said in an unquestionable tone, "This is a battle of survival.
! It’s a battle of self-rescue! It’s also the last battle! Don’t think about anything else, I want you to move forward, keep moving forward!”
"Yes!" The man standing in front of the Duke shouted with all the strength in his chest, "Sir!"
"Okay." Duke Swice nodded to Viscount Gironde, "Now, all ministries will report the situation!"
"Intelligence Department!" Gironde announced loudly, "Report!"
"Report from the Intelligence Department - the intelligence line targeting the Sbia Alliance can be opened within two days, and all lurking personnel can be restarted within three days!"
"There is no need to reserve anything, all lines and personnel are activated!" Swice replied, "Set up an intelligence command branch immediately and directly report it to the general headquarters! Next one!"
"Report from the Military Department - Four legions are fully staffed! Two reserve legions can be mobilized within three days! Three reserve legions can be mobilized within ten days!"
"Speed up! We don't have enough mobilization time!" Siwes said, "Order each legion to immediately enter a wartime state and prepare, and set off in accordance with the subsequent orders issued by the general headquarters! Next!"
"Report from the Logistics Department - The inventory of materials can support four legions for half a year. After entering the emergency recruitment state, it can support eight legions for half a year!"
"Not enough! There will be at least fifteen legions participating in the attack, and a large number of non-combat troops will also consume supplies. You immediately send people to various empires to recruit them and dig out every grain and piece of cloth! If the front line
Someone must starve to death, and you must die before them! Next!"
"Report from the Staff Headquarters - We have three sets of combat plans against the Sbia Alliance! Two sets of attack plans! There are still three sets of unrehearsed plans!"
"Throw away all those things! Convene a combat meeting immediately and re-formulate the combat plan." Siwes said calmly, "Every department will prepare and disband!" (To be continued)