Compared with the fierce fighting on the central plains, the south is always in a state of turbulent undercurrents.
The main target of the orcs has always been the central plain. However, the south has not encountered any military disasters for the time being. The trolls and sea tribes that were slightly threatening have been dealt with for a round, and they are now very honest.
While the fighting rages on in the north, the south seems a little peaceful. Even because some nobles from the north fled to the south and brought a lot of wealth and a lot of people. In the past few months, Poxi City, which is located in the main basin of the Jinlong River, has been extremely prosperous.
Businessmen traveling from north to south gathered here, and there were more vendors pushing small carts selling gadgets. There was also a shortage of coolies carrying bags on the pier, and the wages increased by several coppers.
Once people have money, they always have to consume. When there are more people with money, consumption will naturally prosper. The business of roadside stalls and higher-end restaurants has improved a lot, even those in the attic.
The pink curtains have been kept tightly closed recently and the window cannot be opened a few times.
The busiest business is the tavern in Percy City. Because of the agreement with the Dwarf Alliance, the first batch of more than 50,000 dwarf heavy infantry entered Percy City.
Although the dwarf has a hot temper, his character is not cruel. As long as no one provokes him, he is easy to talk to. You can make a superficial friend by buying him a drink. These dwarves have pretty good military discipline in Percy City.
The only problem is that these dwarves can't help but drink no matter what they do. Fifty thousand dwarves can be worth one or two hundred thousand drunkards. With their presence, the taverns in the city are full almost every day. These dwarves can still drink.
The money and the price of wine in Posey City were several times higher for them to drink.
Anyway, all walks of life are making money, and on the surface, the South is even more prosperous than before the war started.
But the crisis under the prosperity has never been resolved, not to mention that the church's forces buried in the south are only temporarily dormant due to Pare's thunderous methods. As long as the orcs go south, they can immediately expose this somewhat illusory prosperity.
City Lord's Mansion
There were several neatly dressed and capable people sitting in the conference hall, discussing matters.
The two officers wore simple and practical military uniforms, and some other civil servants also wore robes with simple colors. These are the main officials in Posey City. In the past, the nobles in the south liked to be extravagant. Almost everyone who came and went in the city lord's palace was dressed in embroidered robes.
, gold threads and gems decorate the clothes in colorful ways, and most of the weight of a piece of clothing must be on the decorations.
After Pare secured his position as the actual ruler of Posi City and established a certain authority in the southern provinces, he quickly replaced most of Posi City's officials and replaced them with his own team, and those who remained in office also followed Pa Re.
Lei's simple and capable style.
"Sir Parley, the price of food in Posi has increased by more than 50% in the past few days. Although the people can temporarily bear it, if it continues to rise, trouble may occur."
"What's going on? Did you just put a batch of old grain in the granary on the market a few days ago? Why has the price risen so much?"
Although the main grain-producing area of the kingdom is in the Central Plains, the climate in the south is also more suitable for growing grain, and there has always been no shortage of grain in the south.
Most of the noble families still have the habit of hoarding grain for two or three years. Parley recently purged families related to the church and confiscated a lot of grain.
In order to stabilize the price of food, the city lord's palace sold off a large amount of old grain. This prevented the price of food in the south from rising sharply due to the war in the north. The sudden increase of 50% in recent days seems a bit abnormal.
"Lord Paley, the price of wine in Posey City has risen sharply recently, and a lot of grain has been purchased to make wine."
"The price of wine has increased so much? Is it because of those dwarves?"
"Well, those dwarves are not short of money. They drink a lot of wine every day. When the price of wine rises, the price of food will also rise."
"I remember that the dwarves have a regular supply of wine every week."
It had been less than a week since the dwarves arrived in the city. During this time, Parley was still busy suppressing those nobles who had colluded with the church and who he felt were "colluding" with the church. He did not pay attention to the dwarves' affairs for a while. Unexpectedly, in a few days,
It had such a big impact.
"Sir, the dwarves drank the wine sent to them in two days. The dwarves drank by themselves in the city for the rest of the day. They almost bought up all the wine in the tavern."
Parley felt a headache and touched his forehead. There was nothing wrong with these dwarves, except for being addicted to alcohol.
If the people under his command dared to drink like this, countless heads would have been cut off and hung up. But he couldn't deal with the dwarves like this. No one could stop the dwarves from drinking, not even the dwarf clan leader.
Pare can discuss everything with the dwarf, but he knows that he can't discuss it with the dwarf, so he can only go along with it.
"Purchase some more wine from the North, mix the strong wine from the North with some water, and send it to the dwarves. Even if they are drunk, I will feed them."
"Also, let me find out who is behind the increase in food prices."
"Yes, sir!"
Although Pare was a little confused at first, after all, he was the old Yin Coin who inherited the fine bloodline of the Charman family. After thinking about it for a moment, he was sure that the rapid increase in food prices was not entirely caused by dwarves drinking. Someone took advantage of it.
This is how to make a fortune.
"After finding out which companies are driving up food prices, Your Excellency Mi Xiu will bring someone to warn them and ask them to restrain themselves."
"Um!"
As the number one expert under Pare, Mi Xiu is naturally qualified to participate in such meetings, but Mi Xiu usually rarely speaks and just follows Pa Lei's arrangements.
The reason why Mi Xiu was sent to warn is also very simple. Mi Xiu has been the main force in cleaning up and suppressing the church forces in the south recently. In addition, Parley suppressed dissidents and forcibly colluded with the church's families. The two nobles were exterminated by Mi Xiu.
I can’t even count them on one hand.
Mi Xiu was considered a fierce figure among the southern nobles at this time, so it was perfect for him to warn these people. Just showing his face could make some people's legs tremble.
"However, you have to wait until I finish handling some things at hand, which will be fine in two days."
"Oh? What did General Mishuo discover again?"
What Mi Xiu did most in Pare was to suppress the church and clean up the nobles related to the Rising Sun Cult. As the former pope of the Rising Sun Cult, this was his professional counterpart.
At this time, I heard Mi Xiu say that he still had to deal with something, most likely something related to the church.
"I discovered something interesting while dealing with the Vals family. The Rising Sun Cult seems to have discovered a son of God."
"Oh? Son of God?"
"It's just some deceptive stuff."
Mi Xiu shook his head, as if he didn't take the other party too seriously.
As a former pope, Misu is very familiar with the affairs of the church. The so-called coming of the Son of God is just a trick used by the church to deceive people.
"How much military assistance does General Mixiu need? If necessary, Percy's city guards can be mobilized directly!"
"No need. If there is too much noise, it will alert others. I can handle it myself."
"Um."
Seeing that Mi Xiu was so confident, Pa Lei nodded and said nothing more.
With Mixiu's strength, Hussein and some elite knights who defected together, they can handle almost all the problems in Posy City. If they can't handle it, there is actually not much point in transferring the city guards.
"Any latest news about the North?"
"It's still the same as before. Clay City has been besieged by orcs, but the orcs probably haven't conquered Clay City yet."
"My eldest brother is really good at training and commanding troops. If I were to meet him in battle one day, I don't know if he would be able to fight."
"I am willing to fight to the death for His Highness Parley."
Pare was a bit unobtrusive when speaking, and most of the people present were his confidants. When they heard that Pare said that he wanted to fight the eldest prince, not only were they not frightened, but they all looked happy. What they were afraid of was Pare himself.
Not willing to fight.
Although almost all of the earliest regular regiments affiliated with the kingdom in the south were transferred to the north, with the financial resources and population of the south and Parley's methods, an army of nearly 300,000 was also raised at this time, although the number of troops was smaller than before.
It's a little bit smaller, but this is an army that Pare can fully control, plus the dwarf allies.
From the perspective of Parley's subordinates, they have to compete with the eldest prince no matter what.
Parley pressed his hand, signaling to his subordinates to be calm.
"Fighting with eldest brother is something that will happen in the future. The most important thing is to deal with the orcs first."
"Where are the troops now??"
"The Sixth Army and the Seventh Army have arrived near Posi City. The Ninth Army and the Eleventh Army were a little further away from Posi City in order to guard against the Sea Clan. It will take a few days before they can arrive. The Twelfth Army a few days ago
The rebellion started by the Us family and the Rising Sun Cult has just been suppressed and is still resting."
"Well, there can't be any problems with the logistics supply. After all the legions arrive, the army will camp outside Posi City and rest for a few days before heading north."
Pare is running the south and has no intention of watching from the other side. Waiting for the orcs to break through the Golden Dragon City and sweep the north, it is absolutely difficult for him to settle down. Pare is not so short-sighted. After the dwarf reinforcements arrived, he began to mobilize his forces to prepare to go north to help the battle.
Already.
"Sir! The latest military information!"
"Um?"
While several people were still discussing the military situation, a soldier wearing light armor hurriedly ran in, holding a red-sealed letter in his hand.
Parley took the letter and read it for a few seconds, his pupils dilated, and he read it again carefully, fearing that he had read it wrong. His expression became as wonderful as the eldest prince's at that time, and his whole demeanor changed so much that several other people at the table were
They all also had a lot of curiosity and wanted to know what could cause Pare to change his expression so exaggeratedly.
Pa Lei didn't give in. After digesting it for a few seconds, he calmed down and said:
"Everyone, I'm afraid we haven't given the troops any rest."
"The latest military report shows that the Northland Army heading south clashed with the Orc army. They won two battles and two victories. In the second battle, they completely annihilated the main force of the Orcs and killed the Orc commander. As a result, Clay City was relieved of its siege."
"What?"
"How can it be!"
They never expected that the war in the north would change so quickly. There were no fools present, and some of them were knowledgeable soldiers. They knew very well how difficult the orcs were to deal with. The elites at Longxingguan had no idea when facing the orc army in the field.
It's hard to win, let alone a battle of annihilation.
In a battle of annihilation, at least the opponent's general must be killed or captured, and more than half of the opponent's strength can be said to be annihilated.
Since Aragorn, the human army has not had such a great victory against the orcs.
"Your Highness, is the information accurate?"
Normally, there would be no error in the intelligence regarding the outcome of such a large-scale decisive battle, but it was so incredible that some people couldn't help but want to confirm whether the intelligence was accurate.
"I will send someone to verify again, but there shouldn't be any problem with the information."
"The King of the North is truly a hero."
"Get ready immediately and urge the army to move north as soon as possible. If you wait slower, we really won't even be able to drink soup!"
"Yes, sir!"
There was no time left for them to continue to marvel. Among the people present, except for Mi Xiu who didn't care much, everyone else knew the urgency of the matter. If Pare continued to stay in the south, the throne might really have nothing to do with him.