Chapter 1114 Heading to the Gate

The Imperial Capital, the most majestic city on the continent, has been re-planned and constructed in the past few years. At this time, the size of the Imperial Capital is three times its previous size, with enough space for eight parallel main roads to travel across the Imperial City, with high-rise castles on both sides. It is even more precious. The Emperor's City was built with the wealth of the entire continent. It can be said to be the pearl of the empire and the treasure of the continent.

Everyone knows that it was designed and built by the Dharma Saint and cost 300,000 laborers to build. It is the well-deserved number one city in the mainland.

At this time, inside the castle, the emperor and ministers were all silent.

With the rapid expansion of the empire, there is not much wealth that can be plundered on the mainland, and high military expenditures have become a burden on the empire. The main issue discussed in today's imperial meeting is to determine the future direction of the empire.

Now the empire is a huge war machine, and all walks of life basically operate for the sake of war. Once the war stops, the entire economy of the empire will collapse.

Now more than half of the entire empire's income comes from war dividends. Once the war ends and money cannot come in, all the money for official maintenance, urban facilities, disaster prevention, road construction, bridge construction, flood prevention and disaster relief will all be gone. Even the salaries of officials are gone.

Although there are still taxes, year-round conquests have meant that agriculture can only be maintained at a level where people can't starve to death. Taxes are already low. If more taxes are added, the farmers themselves may starve to death first.

The commercial and handicraft industries in the city were also in a mess. In the past few years, everyone was thinking about the war, and no one was thinking about developing the country. So once the war stops now, all the problems accumulated over the years will explode. Therefore, the ministers and nobles are very anxious. Seeing that the mainland has no enemy and no place to attack, where should the empire go?

Molt, who had already secured the throne and deposed his nephew and sent him to a rich land to become a lord, squinted his eyes and listened to the minister's words and remained silent.

The ministers did not have many opinions. They mainly believed that the war could not be stopped. Now most people were unwilling to stop the war. Even the soldiers wanted to fight to get rich and get promoted. If the war stopped, they would be the first to refuse. If it caused a mutiny in the army, these would be popular in the imperial capital. The uncle is going to be in trouble.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, many of the nobles' industries also produce military equipment, and the materials they produce are also sold to the army. If there is no war, who will their equipment be sold to? This is not a loss, so we can’t stop.

Of course, some people think that the war can be stopped. Although a lot of land has been occupied over the years, many places are not actually controlled by the empire. It is time to run some business. There is no benefit in continuing the war. After the armistice, as long as you can manage the country with peace of mind, the empire is now vast. With a vast land and abundant resources, the national treasury will be full in just a few years, and there will be no need to fight anymore.

All opinions were given, but the final decision was made by the emperor.

The latest territory of the empire is right in front of the emperor. In just a few years, the empire has fulfilled the long-cherished wish of generations of emperors over the past hundred years, and he has become an immortal emperor. The old emperor was stroking with his right hand whether it was a war or a truce. The old emperor could not decide immediately. Most of the Falmat continent already belonged to the empire. The ones that were not destroyed were basically vassal countries that had agreed to attach themselves before the war. There were no new ones every year. If he paid less tribute, the emperor would not pay attention to the vassal country, and finally his eyes fell on Arnus.

That is the location of the gate, which is the territory located in the southeast of the empire. The gate is located on the southward slope, with the Arnus Mountains behind it and a plain in front. Historical data records that there used to be many countries in that land, but every time the gate was opened, something unknown would happen. The empire had controlled the place after the extinction of the previous kingdom. It has been hundreds of years. Is it time to open the door again?

"Today I will retire from the court, and I will ask the Pope of Dharma for his opinion. The great and wise Pope will surely guide our empire to a bright future."

Hearing that the emperor wanted to discuss with the Pope, these ministers also showed excited expressions one by one. C.C. is definitely the most beautiful and mysterious sub-god on the continent, especially her wisdom is unmatched. It is said that the reason why the empire occupied the mainland so smoothly is closely related to the Dharma.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor."

Apart from the imperial palace, the most majestic building in the imperial capital is undoubtedly the Dharma Church, which mirrors the imperial palace. In the wide square in front of the church, countless devout believers kneel down and worship on time every day, even more diligently than going to work.

And every day, the priests of the Dharma teachings would come out to give lectures and enlighten the people's wisdom.

The emperor could only enter through the side door when he went to see C.C., because the main entrance had been blocked by fanatics.

After listening to the emperor's thoughts, C.C. also thought for a moment. The gate was originally meant by the gods of this world, so it didn't matter what happened. In the eyes of the gods, dead people were nothing. The important thing was to allow more communication between the two sides of the gate. Since they don't mind, C.C. naturally doesn't have any objections either: "If Your Majesty wants to go to the other side of the door to continue fighting, there will be no problem. There is no need to ask me."

"But what if there is a strong enemy on the other side of the door?" the emperor asked worriedly.

"Can the empire stop the war if there is a strong enemy?" C.C. asked, leaving the emperor speechless. Yes, the important thing is to fight, not to stop the empire.

"I am really old, and I am hesitating. The empire really cannot stop the war, so I can make up my mind."

"The Dharma Religion will advance and retreat with the imperial army." The priests of the Dharma Religion can completely accomplish this. In every battle, the Dharma Religion's priests go up and down the battlefield with the imperial soldiers. It is precisely because of this that the Dharma Religion is there. The empire has such prestige.

Since we are going to fight, we need to think about who to send. Several generals naturally jumped out to recommend themselves, and even the central army of the empire couldn't wait to join the war.

In the eyes of these generals, war is an opportunity to make money, and they will never fall behind.

"I wonder how many troops your majesty wants to gather?" "There are many troops in the narrow gate, and the situation is unclear in the past, so it may be difficult to gather the army, but if the army is too small, it will not be able to occupy enough land."

"Your majesty, I am willing to lead 600,000 troops to gather at the Hill of Arnus, and then divide them to march forward, which will definitely collect more wealth for the empire." It was Mitola, a general of the central army of the empire, who was a general with great military achievements.

But he really can open his mouth and ask for 600,000. That is 60% of the central army, and does the treasury have so much money to support 600,000 soldiers to fight?

The king thought about it for a while: "Mitolla, I will give you 100,000 troops as the vanguard to be stationed in Arnuschu first, and then General Karasda will bring 50,000 backups, and General Epra will bring 200,000 porters to escort food and grass to the Black Castle for expenses."

"I wonder how much food and grass your majesty can prepare for me?"

The emperor didn't know, so he had to ask his finance minister: "Elios, how much food can be transferred?"

"According to past practice, food and grass provide the number of days for soldiers to go to the battlefield. After the war begins, all food and grass will be allocated locally. This war will require about 70,000 stones. I can call from the granaries of two neighboring cities."

"To ensure the basic expenses of the city, the rest of the food will be borrowed in the name of the imperial army and returned in a month."

"Your majesty is wise." The finance minister flattered.

The details were finalized in no time, and the next step was to start the army.