Chapter 830 Xilan’s “Last Emperor” (1/2)

Shortly before the most important festival of the year for the people of Wilant, two major events happened in the port of Golden Gallon on the east coast of Borneo.

The first thing is that the head office of Golden Gallen Port Bank issued a risk warning for the transaction of Xilan Coin, and restricted related financial instruments and currency exchange channels to strictly prevent the occurrence of systemic financial risks.

To put it simply, those who speculate in foreign exchange cannot increase leverage. Private depositors holding Xilan coins will be advised by their account managers to sell out as soon as possible.

At the same time, the trade management department also issued a notice to suspend all export business settled in Xilan currency, while import business will not be affected.

This incident caused a huge uproar in the upper class of Golden Gallen Port, especially those who held a lot of Xilan coins.

As for the vast majority of working-class people, they have not been affected in any way.

After all, the gallon is anchored to silver coins, not Xilan coins. The rise and fall of that thing will not affect the lives of locals in a short period of time.

In contrast, they are more interested in the second thing——

That is, "Survivor Daily" Jingallangang's exclusive interview with Xilan Emperor Wu Tuo.

Compared to the previous serious topic, this second thing is full of comedy from beginning to end.

The two parties met on the royal merchant ship. Before the interview, Wu Tuolin suddenly changed his mind and asked the reporter team of "Survivor Daily" to kneel down for the interview on the grounds of Xilan Law.

The latter, of course, could not get used to him and had an idea and hired a Valantian actor from the Grand Theater.

Sure enough, when the wizard saw the big nose, he immediately beamed with joy, as if he were seeing his biological father, and politely asked the other person to sit down and talk.

The interview went well.

On one side, the script is memorized as if the lines were perfectly memorized, while on the other side, the script is acted out on the spot, with both sides frequently making false claims, and it is full of comedy from beginning to end.

After the interview, the Golden Gallen Harbor Branch of "Survivor Daily" published a special issue that day, reporting on this "dialogue of the century."

However, perhaps because the "Kneel down!" episode offended the editorial team of the newspaper, the editor used the word "The Last Emperor" in the title rather maliciously.

Fortunately, Wu Tuo only read the "Special Report" sent by Duke Galava. The people below did not dare to show it to him after seeing this treasonous title. Otherwise, he might be angry and internally injured, causing some diplomatic disputes. .

Not long after the special issue was released, people who were satisfied with their curiosity gradually lost interest in this emperor.

The guy riding on the heads of the survivors in Borneo turned out to be just that.

Objectively speaking, he may indeed be a little better than ordinary people, but not much, not even as good as the nouveau riche who made their fortune through demolition in Golden Gallen Port.

Talking about military theory, he vividly described the rules on the beast fighting chessboard. When it comes to international strategy, he uses monkeys and dogs in the zoo to "simplify the complex" and render the Weiland temporary workers who interview him speechless.

As for the future of the empire.

Everything will be fine when the battleships of the South China Sea Alliance are delivered!

Some things are not afraid of being touched together, but they are afraid of being exposed to the light.

People who read the special issue were disappointed and felt sorry for the 4 gallons they spent buying the newspaper.

With this kind of money, sitting in a teahouse and hearing something even more exciting than this!

However, it is precisely because of this 4-gallon special issue that people finally saw Wutuo’s “face” clearly.

In the future, no matter how secretly those old guard say that the emperor of Xilan is actually as wise as a fool and unfathomable, with unknown magical powers and big plans behind him, not many normal people will believe those nonsense.

At this moment, Wu Tuo was not aware of the public opinion outside, but he was very satisfied that there were no longer so many people watching the fun by the river.

There were fewer people on the riverside, so he finally dared to open the window to get some air. He even put the dining table on the deck and hosted a banquet for the aristocratic elders of Golden Gallen Harbor to win over people's hearts.

All the nobles from Baron and above in Golden Gallen Port were invited by him, but the response was mediocre.

Those big nobles have either moved away, or are doing well, and it is impossible to see him even to avoid suspicion.

For example, Sheriff Bihari.

Not to mention whether he could go, he even wanted to stuff the invitation letter and title into the sewer and flush it, so as to completely erase the imprint of the empire on himself.

In the end, those who attended the appointment were all unsatisfied nobles.

Most of them are people who have been severely left behind by the wheel of the times. Although they may have something in their stomachs, they refuse to put down their bodies and do things.

It is precisely because of this that when they stood on the deck of the royal merchant ship wearing the most expensive dresses in their wardrobe and saw their Emperor, the great and beautiful "Nihak Era" seemed to have returned to them.

At this moment, almost everyone could not help but burst into tears and wished they could throw themselves on the ground.

"Your Majesty! Do you remember us?"

"We miss you so much, Your Majesty!"

"Come back quickly!"

"The Alliance is nothing! Woohoo, you don't know what they did to us!"

"We are so miserable!"

"My lords, please get up quickly. It's me who has made you suffer." Standing in front of everyone with a pitiful expression, Wu Tuo stepped forward and raised his hands, trying to help everyone up.

Looking at the nobles with tears streaming down their faces, he had an unbearable expression on his face, but he was happy in his heart.

Even if it proves that the Alliance is a piece of shit, it doesn't prove that the Empire is a piece of shit, but he can't help but like to hear this.

After all, the more miserable they cry and the deeper the pain, the more it proves that he is right.

After some whimpering greetings, Wu Tuo asked his servants to invite them to the banquet and take their seats.

As for himself, he sat at the head seat of the banquet and looked at the chef hired from the Triumph Hotel and nodded to indicate that the dishes could be served.

Lines of dining carts were quickly pushed onto the deck, and all the delicacies placed on them were delicious.

All the nobles and elders swallowed their saliva, stared at the waiter who served the food, and wanted to rush forward and grab it with their hands.

Wu Tuo was very satisfied with this meal, as if he had made up for all the grievances he had suffered along the way.

After three rounds of drinking, all the officials were a little drunk, and some even lay on the table and snored.

Seeing that the food was almost done, Wu Tuo suddenly stood up due to his drunkenness and raised his glass.

"Listening to your complaints, I feel very distressed in my heart. It's all because of Alaya's inability to defend against the enemy, which has made you feel wronged!"

After a pause, he said again.

"That's it! When the situation calms down, would you like to follow me back to Tiandu? I promise you that all the past matters will be wiped out, and you will still be my most loyal servants!"

After the words fell, there was silence on the deck, and even the loud snoring stopped.

Those guys who were crying with snot and cursing that the alliance was nothing before suddenly had their heads buried in silence, as if they were mute.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was getting colder, Prince Dilip quickly stood up to smooth things over and said with an awkward smile.

"Everyone, eat the food, eat the food! You have been wronged because you don't have enough food to eat. Today, His Majesty is treating you. Don't be polite. Eat more!"

Hearing this voice, the two nobles who had their heads buried seemed to have been cured of the mute, and they all started to praise him.

"Your Majesty is generous!"

"That alliance is so stingy! Just giving me a small amount of compensation for stealing my house is not as broad-minded as His Majesty!"

"Hey... I really miss Grand Duke Nihak all the time! I wonder if he is well in the Nanman Sea!"

"...Come back quickly! We miss you so much, Your Majesty!"

The atmosphere at the scene became heated again.

Those down-and-out nobles poured out their bitterness again, with runny noses and tears.

As for going to Tiandu, no one mentioned it.

They seemed to be drunk, but one was more sober than the other, and both of them were like human beings.

Wu Tuo looked unhappy. He was drinking alone and wanted to have an attack, but he didn't know where to start.

They are all good words, who should be scolded?

Unable to stand the hypocritical atmosphere, he snorted coldly after seeing enough of the coldness and warmth of human nature, stood up from the table and left...

The crying and weeping sounds continued one after another, but they sounded like laughter and laughter among the drinks.

And the sound of laughing so crazy is even more harsh and unpleasant than crying...

Finally noticing that His Majesty was gone, the drunk Prince Dilip quickly wiped his mouth and raised his glass in a toast.

"Your Majesty, you can't bear to drink. Please drink to your heart's content, drink to your heart's content!"

The nobles with their mouths full of oil and round bellies didn't care at all. They even forgot that the person they missed had left the table, and they all burped.

"Praise Your Majesty!"

"Ha ha!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

…

Wu Tuo held a grand banquet on the Yongliu River, but the empire was in chaos without the emperor.

It wasn't because the Heavenly King's army broke down the city gate of Tiandu, but no one expected that Wu Tuo would actually perform such a trick of "making an attack in the east and attacking in the west".

This is the king of a country!

How can there be any reason to treat ministers like monkeys like this?

As the interview was published in the newspaper and a special issue of the "Daily Survivor" was published, the news that Wutuo was in Jingallan Port spread immediately.

The three northern states who were busy welcoming His Majesty were the first to be dumbfounded, especially when they saw that it was the Crown Prince who came. The people who followed the emperor's etiquette to pick him up were immediately confused.

The warlord of Huzhou and Baozhou on the edge of Jingallan Port even shouted, "Fuck!" He didn't expect to be fooled by his own emperor!

In fact, when it comes to rebellion, they may not have even thought about it, at least not at all at the moment.

After all, given the current state of the empire, which is riddled with holes, whoever becomes emperor will be roasted on the fire. Wouldn’t it be nice to be a local emperor who speaks his mind?

However, although they had no thoughts of rebellion, they had to be careful that their neighbor, who was also a warlord, had second thoughts and tried to kidnap the emperor to play some clever tricks.

Now that the emperor slipped through their territory without saying a word, the two warlords became anxious.

The emperor no longer trusts them.

The entire city was surrounded, and it was impossible to expect continued military pay.

The empire has no time to take care of them at the moment, but it won't be possible until the empire frees up its hands.

So are they rebelling or not?

The Tigers and Black Panthers, who were originally just busy making a fortune, now had to face this real problem.

And just when the entire empire was at a loss because of Wu Tuo's tricks, Dawn City, thousands of kilometers away, had a unique scenery.

The first Wasteland Survival Equipment Expo officially came to an end and was widely praised by wastelanders, with sales of 1 billion silver coins!

All survivor forces certified by the Alliance and adhering to basic conventions can purchase military equipment based on diplomatic level for use against predators and mutant forces.

The alliance's military factories will even provide professional, personalized customization services based on the customer's coordinates and actual needs.

For example, installing fixed turrets on fences, installing patrol drones near production facilities, etc.

In the past, with the purchasing power of survivors around the alliance, it would have been almost impossible to afford these high value-added gadgets.

Even if the alliance's banks loaned them money, it would be impossible for them to repay it given their financial situation.

However, in the past year, the alliance has been continuously upgrading its industry with the support of the technical personnel attracted by the alliance to Dawn City.

In this process, the alliance itself also "transitioned" a lot of relatively outdated production equipment to those relatively reliable but underdeveloped partners.

For example, Golden Gallen Port is the most typical example.

Although the early Golden Gallen Port was poor, it received a large amount of investment with the support of Baiyue Company and quickly took over the alliance's production line that was moving to the Silver Moon Bay area at the time.

This includes sugar production, winemaking, cotton spinning, clothing, agricultural machinery, bicycles and even exoskeleton accessories, etc.

Although the added value of these industries is not high, it is just right for the Port of Golden Gallen, which has an intensive labor force and a relatively low education rate.

Of course, Golden Gallon Port, which has made a fortune from the alliance, cannot only enter but not exit, and the alliance's game rules cannot allow it to play like this.

In addition to being used to repay installment loans and to purchase silver coin bonds issued by the Union Bank to earn interest, a considerable part of this money was also used to import goods.

As one of the high value-added products, arms account for a considerable proportion of them.

In addition to Golden Gallon Port, other settlements including Luoxia Province, Southern Sea Area, Eastern Provinces, etc. are actually the same, carrying out similar circulation of currency and goods.

And these survivor settlements that have become rich through the alliance, while using silver coins to improve their lives, naturally don't mind spending a little money to upgrade their security measures to avoid being noticed by the predators outside.

In addition to those collective purchase orders, there are also some individual buyers.

After all, compared to the high-tech products produced by companies that are difficult to maintain, the simple and easy-to-use weapons produced by the alliance are quite popular among wastelanders.

However, several groups from enterprises also sold a lot of good products at the exhibition.

For example, Endpoint Group’s wearable smart devices, Changge Group’s military exoskeletons and prosthetics, and Kangmao Group’s bionic humans, etc.

Most of these equipment were bought by players from the alliance, accounting for 30% of the total transaction share of the entire exhibition.

As a special guest, Chu Guang also attended the exhibition, although he didn't buy anything.

He himself has no need to change equipment, and the alliance's equipment can be purchased through more professional channels, so there is no need to pick and choose at this exhibition.

Moreover, they usually don’t just take out the really good stuff.

For example, the P-2 "Lightning" attack aircraft that showed its talents in the Battle of North Island, and the L-10 "Thunder" fighter jets, etc.

After chatting with old friends from the company at the exhibition, Chu Guang was about to go see what new work Brother Mosquito had done, but suddenly received a video call request from Cheng Yan, the foreign minister of the alliance, so he went to the rest next to the convention and exhibition center. room.

"Xiao Qi, watch the door for me."

"okay."

After hearing Chu Guang's instructions, Xiao Qi replied enthusiastically, and then immediately connected to the surveillance system of the convention and exhibition center to ensure that no one was listening nearby.

As for Chu Guang, he skillfully took out a holographic computer pen from his arms, placed it on the coffee table, and unfolded the light blue holographic image.

The convention and exhibition center is crowded, so it’s better to be careful.

What's more, this matter is of great importance.

Although the video call has not been connected yet, Chu Guang has roughly guessed what his foreign minister is going to report...

as expected.

As soon as the call was connected, Cheng Yan spoke anxiously.

"...According to the intelligence we have obtained through diplomatic channels, the Empire has officially requested help from the Legion! A team of ten thousand people is departing from Triumph City on an airship to West Sail Port. It is not yet certain which team it is and where it comes from. A legion.”

"Although their dispatch of troops was expected, I am worried that the legion will use this as an excuse to expand the war, and even take the opportunity to annex the entire Borneo Province... The Southern Army is different from the Eastern Army. The Yongye Port controlled by the former is far away from the west Sailport is not too far away, and they have always had the ambition to conquer the East, and they have the realistic conditions to dominate Sailport and even the entire Borneo Province! "

"There are currently two resistances they are facing. One is the opposition from within the legion, that is, the opposition from the civilian group. According to the rhetoric provided by Bennot, Sifan Port and Borneo are strictly speaking belonging to the Civilian Group of Triumph City. sphere of influence... but their voices seem to be suppressed at the moment.”

Chu Guang nodded.

"It's obvious, after all, so many people died."

"really……"

Cheng Yan nodded with a wry smile and continued.

"The second resistance faced by the Southern Legion comes from that ancient contract. There is no need for me to repeat this to you. You should know that a long time ago, the Legion and the Enterprise agreed on their respective obligations under the witness of the Great Rift Valley and the Academy. The sphere of influence, especially the expansion scope of the legion...that is, the legion shall not directly control the territory east of the Great Desert under any circumstances."

"But in fact, you also know that the Legion's commitment is like the toilet paper. They have been rubbing on the edge of the red line. For example, the Falcon Kingdom is controlled by the Eastern Legion in the form of a vassal. As for Sails Port, although the Legion is nominally in There is no military presence in the area, but there are actually some people stationed there, but not on a large scale."

After listening to the clues provided by Cheng Yan, Chu Guang thought for a moment and suddenly spoke.

"Actually, I have been reviewing the whole thing in the past few days. Is it possible... This is a farce directed and performed by the people of Valant."

"You're on to the point!"

Cheng Yan gave a thumbs up in praise, but quickly restrained his inappropriate frivolity and continued speaking carefully.

"Actually, don't say you think so... Benoit told me the same thing. The civilian group does not have directly controlled troops, and there are always people who are thinking about the cake in their hands. He always feels that things are not that simple. Maybe someone is here. Make a fool of yourself.”

This possibility cannot be ruled out.

And it's not low.

After all, the strength of the civil service group is too weak, and the cake in their hands is easy to miss, and the legion happens to be in a very embarrassing stage - that is, this behemoth designed for war has not been around for a long time. Continued to expand.

For a militaristic country, this is almost unthinkable.

If the Heavenly King's Army is the avalanche of Borneo, then they are the avalanche that sweeps across the entire wasteland. There is no saying that they will stop wherever they hit.

The eastward expansion faction does not only exist in the Eastern Legion.

There must obviously be similar factions in the Southern Legion, and the Evernight Port standing on the central axis of the desert is the best proof.

That settlement was located on the red line drawn by the "ancient contract", and an entire army of ten thousand people was stationed there for a long time.

That settlement is like the bridge of the Weiland people's nose. They reject everything about the War and Construction Committee from the bottom of their hearts. Whether it is the order once decided by the latter, or the contract signed under the leadership of the latter.

However, this is just Chu Guang's guess.

After all, that is three thousand lives...

Without evidence, it was impossible for him to attribute all of it to some huge conspiracy. After all, Bennot also had the motive of lying "to defend his incompetence."

"What's your suggestion?"

Seeing Chu Guang suddenly posing the question to him, Cheng Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said immediately.

"I propose to send more troops to Golden Gallon Port! We must maintain a military presence of more than two corps in the area! Regardless of whether the incident at West Sails Port was the result of self-directed actions by a certain faction of the corps, we must be wary of them taking advantage of the opportunity. Crossed the red line."

Upon hearing his proposal, Chu Guang nodded approvingly.

"Where's the opinion of Golden Gallen Harbor?"

Cheng Yan smiled and said.

"They are eager for us to go over and protect their safety, and they even offered to bear all the military expenses for our stationing."

Military expenditure is actually a trivial matter.

It is more important to keep the Legion calm.

Chu Guang thought for a moment and then nodded.

"Okay, I will send two regiments over."

When he heard this, Cheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, there is one more thing. The witch camel suddenly appeared in Golden Gallen Port. This matter seems to have caused quite a big fuss in Borneo Province. The Golden Gallen Port authorities are not sure how to deal with it and hope to seek our opinions... "

This matter is actually an internal matter of the Xilan Empire, and the alliance has neither reason nor meaning to intervene.

An emperor who has lost control of his empire can only be a puppet at best.

This guy might be of some use in the hands of the Legion, but the Alliance is not the Legion after all, so it is naturally impossible for him to do the same thing as the Vaillant people.

Although looking at Cheng Yan's expression as if he wanted to take advantage of this guy, Chu Guang didn't take this person particularly seriously.

"Let the Port of Golden Gallen decide for itself. The Legion has been invited in by that guy. Does it make any sense if we force him to change his story? The Wilante people are not taxi drivers. They will stop and leave with a wave."

In fact, when it comes to this, it doesn’t make any difference whether you invite me or not.

The Legion itself is not very disciplined. Even if the Empire does not ask for help from them, they will come over on their own.

Legal rationality?

If the Valeant people really cared so much, they wouldn't break the contract again and again.

"That's what I say, but I think it would be a pity not to take advantage of this opportunity." Cheng Yan said with some regret.

Chu Guang smiled faintly.

"There's nothing to be sorry for."

"From the moment he left Tiandu, his era was over."