July, the scorching moon.
Soma Alliance, on a road outside the southern capital "Xia", Richard stepped forward and approached this city that was praised by many people.
Once you get within a few miles, you can already see the city very clearly.
The moment he saw it clearly, Richard looked a little surprised. He was not surprised by its prosperity - after all, he had seen metropolises far beyond the current era on earth, but was surprised by its dilapidation.
He did not expect that the place known as the "Glory City" and "Golden City" would look even worse than the second-rate city of Faroe.
The city wall that protects this city is indeed majestic, like a continuous mountain range. Its height and thickness are enough to make ordinary people's armies despair. Some wizard apprentices and three-striped magic knights cannot even forcibly climb over it. Only wizards Only then can we ignore it.
However, considering the soldiers patrolling the city, the magic knights holding magic pattern javelins, and the huge machine crossbows, under normal circumstances, wizards would not dare to provoke the majesty of this city too high-profile. After all, this is where the Alliance Emperor is.
But other than that, the rest of the city in Xiaya makes people frown.
It can be clearly seen that outside the city wall, about 200 meters away, some dilapidated wooden sheds have been erected in rows and pieces without any planning. On the ground around the wooden shed, garbage is strewn everywhere, sewage flows across the ground, and the sanitary conditions are extremely poor, not even comparable to those in some villages.
There are all kinds of people living in the wooden shed: good people, bad people, men, women, children, old people, traders, thieves...
The only thing they have in common is that they are poor, so they can only live here.
However, compared with the poor people elsewhere, they all have a bit of arrogance in their eyes, as if even if they are so poor and hungry, they can have a place outside Xiaya City, and they are more knowledgeable than the landowners in remote areas.
And some young people looked at Xiaya City with unabashed ambition, as if entering the city and getting a place of their own would be a huge success.
Richard walked along the road and passed through the large slums where these people lived. He felt something and slowly entered the city.
Compared with the outside of the city, the inside of the city is obviously better. At least there are no slums. All buildings are planned and no outliers are allowed.
However, it seems that these buildings are not very prosperous. Most of them are ordinary two-story stone buildings, and some are even bungalows.
The ground is not made of stone. It rained recently due to summer reasons, and there are obvious wheel dents on the ground. The ground is covered with light yellow dust, and when the wind blows gently, the sky is immediately filled with yellow.
Pedestrians just walked in the dust, as if they were used to it. Some people held baskets and occasionally stopped by the roadside to ask the vendors on the roadside about the prices of their goods.
Small vendors sell basically daily necessities, fruits and vegetables. There is a stall dozens of meters away with piles of vegetables. At a glance, I saw big radish, small radish, long radish, short radish, white radish, yellow radish... Well, those are carrots, in short, all kinds of radishes.
Is it because they are harvesting radishes at this time of year... Richard glanced at it, withdrew his gaze, and continued to move forward along the road in the strong atmosphere of life.
After walking a few miles, a new city wall appeared, more majestic and more heavily guarded.
From the city gate, entering the interior of this new city wall, the scene in front of you changes.
First, the ground was paved with flat stone slabs, making the road very spacious. On both sides of the ten-meter-wide road, there are no more vendors, all are regular shops. The stone buildings are next to each other, most of them are three stories, and a few are as high as four or five stories.
Some distance away, there are public entertainment venues such as theaters and bathhouses. People come and go at the door, which is very lively, and it looks like a big city.
It just seems that the level of prosperity is only equivalent to that of Faroe, not much more. I can't find the reason why people praise this city.
Richard pursed his lips and moved forward. After walking for a few more miles, the third city wall appeared. It was completely black and had no gaps, as if it was made of iron.
After walking into the third city wall, a real prosperous atmosphere rushed towards you.
You can see that the stone buildings are like trees in the forest, densely distributed in every position in the field of vision, one is taller than the other, and each one is more gorgeous than the other. Squares, gardens, fountains, and sculptures are embellished and distributed on both sides of the road or at the end of the road. Tall buildings can be seen everywhere, theaters and bathhouses are everywhere, and places like taverns and hotels can line an entire street.
The most iconic thing is the clock tower that stands at regular intervals. It is as slender as a toothpick and stands proudly among the many buildings.
"Boom!"
The copper bell on the top of a clock tower was rung, and then the copper bells on the bell towers of the entire city rang to inform the citizens of the city of the current time.
Li Cha listened to the sound of the copper bell and looked at the prosperous scene around him, and came to a realization.
It seems that it is true that Xiaya is prosperous, but not all of Xiaya is prosperous.
In terms of earthly terms, the slums we first saw outside the city should be regarded as the suburbs outside the third ring road of the city, and were naturally dilapidated. After entering the city and entering the third ring road, it looks like something.
Entering the city again and entering the second ring road, it starts to resemble an ordinary big city.
Entering the city center, the prosperity of Xiaya is fully displayed.
This city is so big that it has obvious regional divisions and differences in development. From a certain angle, it can also be seen that the city is constantly expanding. Maybe when expansion encounters a bottleneck, after time, it will gradually become as balanced as Faroe or other cities.
As Richard thought this, the bronze bell on the bell tower rang eleven times and then fell silent, allowing him to regain his senses.
Then Richard turned his head and looked aside. A middle-aged man in a white robe walked slowly by, noticed his gaze, nodded slightly as a greeting, and then walked away.
Watching the other party leave, Richard was a little surprised. The reason was for no other reason than that he felt the mana fluctuations from the other party. It seemed that he should be a second-level wizard.
Level 2 wizard
Immediately afterwards, he looked to the other side with some feeling, and saw a wizard apprentice in gray walking past in a hurry.
Blinking, he looked around and saw more targets in his eyes.
Later, a first-level wizard walked into the jewelry store and asked about the price of jewelry. In front of him, a first-level wizard was walking out of the tavern. Further away, a second-level wizard led a girl who was a wizard apprentice, pointing at the shops on the street.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
There was a sound of footsteps, and a group of more than ten people walked over, wearing uniforms, like members of a certain group. Everyone has mana fluctuations in their bodies. They are all wizards and their strength is not weak. The worst ones are all high-level first-level wizards. The leader has the cultivation of a third-level wizard.
There are quite a lot of wizards in the center of Xiaya City. Even if we can't say "wizards are worse than dogs", they can still be said to be "all over the place".
Under such circumstances, I am afraid that few people who are not discerning would dare to cause trouble. After all, no one knows whether they will encounter a powerful wizard.
The city of wizards... Richard murmured, remembering another title of Xia Ya.
Then he shook his head slightly, turned around, and walked towards a location, which was his destination for Xiaya this time.
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