The carriage of the Wang Family Manor is not a four-wheeled carriage, but a two-wheeled carriage. It is a wooden plank surrounded by a circle on all sides. However, since it was the Viscount Timba who was going to ride, the manager of the manor ordered his servants to clean up the carriage, hung tapestries around it, and moved a sofa on it, and it became a nondescript carriage for people.
Viscount Timba was drowsy on the sofa, Carrick and Tagle moved two small stools and sat on both sides of the sofa. Lorist sat next to the coachman as a guard. As for the Hannu and the dumb slave, they were lowly slaves and could only sit on the footsteps behind the carriage, and they would get down to help push the carriage when it stopped or went uphill.
The Kingdom of Haneyabada is an archipelagic country and does not produce horses itself. So selling horses from outside is also a profitable business. It’s just that the risk is very high, because the horse will get sick and is not used to the long-distance transportation on the sea boat, and often there will be one-third or half of it left when it arrives, so the price has to be raised to avoid losses. Of course, this is all about good horses and famous horses, and the horses generally used to pull goods are not so particular.
The horse pulling the cart was a Northland horse, and the number of the royal manor was branded on the horse's buttocks: 19. The coachman was also a slave overseer. In order to win this job, he promised a lot of benefits to his companions. Everyone knew that if he sent Viscount Timba back to the royal city, he would definitely be rewarded heavily.
Seeing that the army was about to go to the king's city, the coachman skillfully drove the carriage to the side of the road to get out of the way, and prepared to wait for the army to pass before continuing on the road. Unexpectedly, Carrick jumped and cheered loudly in the carriage as if he had been injected with chicken blood, which immediately attracted the attention of the knights who opened the way ahead.
Several knights rode their horses to the carriage and shouted loudly: "Who are you, what do you want to do here?"
Viscount Timba woke up in a daze from the sofa, yawned and asked, "Why didn't you leave?"
The coachman over there has already respectfully revealed to the knights the ownership of the carriage and the identities of the passengers transported. The knights heard that it was Viscount Timba, the younger brother of the Great Empress, who had escaped from the enemy who occupied Nubit Port. When he came back, he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he left four people to guard by the side, and the other two rode back to report.
After a while, a large group of knights flocked, and brought a richly decorated four-wheeled carriage.
The leading knight was a 40-50-year-old man with a mustache. He laughed and hugged Viscount Timba: "My poor little Timba, you are finally back. How much did your sister bear for you?" Heart, do you know? Before I left, she asked me to find you and bring you back. I didn't expect that I would complete this task so quickly. Haha, get in the car, I will send someone to take you to the palace to meet you sister..."
So Viscount Timba was sent to that gorgeous carriage without saying goodbye to everyone. Hanu and Dumber saw the opportunity quickly, and ran over to stand on the footboard outside the carriage. The big man knight with mustache recognized the two slaves of Viscount Timba, and waved the car carrying Viscount Timba. The gorgeous carriage with two slaves drove away...
During this process, Carrick, Tagle, and Lorist were all ignored and became members of the background. Seeing the carriage go away, the big man with mustache ordered in a low voice, and a group of knights rolled away again.
The carriage of Wang's Manor remained on the side of the road waiting for the army to pass by. Carrick had been dumbfounded for a long time. He didn't expect that he would be thrown down by Viscount Timba. Now he is penniless, and he doesn't even have a place to live in Wangcheng.
The coachman was swearing, the big benefactor was gone, and the job was for nothing. Without Viscount Timba, there would be no great reward, and I don't know how to tell those companions when I go back. The more he thought about it, the more angry the coachman got angry at Carrick and scolded Carrick badly, accusing Carrick of going crazy and leading the knights over, and as a result, Viscount Timba disappeared. The coachman is ready to strip Carrick naked and get his sword here for the freight...
Carrick huddled in the corner of the carriage without chewing, and this time he looked downcast like a capon. In terms of status, he can't compare to a coachman. He is at least a slave overseer in the Wang Family Manor. He is just a small steward of the city lord's mansion in the inner city of Nubit Harbor, and now Nubit Harbor is still in the hands of the enemy...
Lorist gave Tagle a wink, and Tagle understood, took out a Jinford and stuffed it in the coachman's hand, he laughed and revealed to the coachman that he was the young master of the vice president of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, Guaranteed that there will be another big reward when he arrives in Wangcheng, and he will not let him go for nothing. Immediately, he chatted with the coachman.
With a gold fortune in the account, the coachman immediately became amiable and ready to answer any questions. He told Tagle that the knight with the mustache just now was the uncle of the current king Luther III, a gold two-star knight, and won the king's trust. It seems that this time he is leading the Royal Guards, and he should be able to regain Nubit Port soon...
Lorist carefully observed this so-called elite imperial guard corps that Carrick had bragged about all the way, but soon he felt bored. The soldiers of the Praetorian Guard passing by the carriage were disheveled, dragging their queues, complaining endlessly, and some were still bragging to their companions about how many female slaves they did last night while marching. Deeds, surrounded by a circle of soldiers are asking to hear the detailed description...
Lorist laughed dumbfounded, is this the elite? Worse than the garrison in the family territory. I have been in that hilly area for two days, and the Imperial Guard Corps has only set off today. I believe Tiger Ross and the others are already in full swing in the hilly area. Now I just hope that Tiger Ross and the others can hold back the Imperial Guard Corps according to their own arrangement, and don't attack too hard, otherwise they will scare the Imperial Guard Corps and make them retreat to the royal city, which will affect their plan to save people...
It wasn't until noon that the Imperial Guards passed by, followed by many carriages transporting logistical supplies, also a horse-drawn cart, but equipped with a dozen slaves to help push the carts. The supplies on these carriages are piled high and full, and it is really difficult to pull the carriage with a single horse. Some soldiers kept whipping the slaves with leather whips in their hands, cursing "slackers, idiots..." and so on.
After more than two hours, the carriage was finally ready to go on the road. When he arrived at Hamidas King City, Lorist was shocked by the huge castle in front of him, because he didn't expect that in this slave island country, there would be a huge castle comparable to the majesty of the imperial capital .
The coachman said proudly and proudly that when the Kingdom of Haneyabada was first established, the king was located in Nubit Port, but later the second king, Luther I, decided to develop this royal city plain. It took more than 300,000 slaves and took 28 years to build this great castle, which was named Hamidas King City after him.
Lorist felt a very headache now, he never thought that Hamidas King City would be such a huge castle. To put it bluntly, this is simply a replica of Fenglin Villa in the family territory. Fenglin Villa is built on a huge protruding rock, and there is no other way to attack except for a two- to three-hundred-meter-long uphill avenue.
The same is true for the King Hamidas City now. The difference from Fenglin Villa is that it is located on a hill with half of the mountain top cut off, and it is more than ten times larger than Fenglin Villa. A city built on a high platform. The ramp just to enter the castle is a zigzag-shaped kilometer long, and the rest of the place is a stone wall more than 30 meters high and a city wall more than ten meters high. Hard bar is no other way.
This kind of royal city can only be lost after a long siege to make it run out of food, but on the way here, I heard from Viscount Timba that Hamidas King City has enough food for 50,000 to 60,000 people for three years. Impossible, who has nothing to send an army of 100,000 to sit here for three years, it is purely enough to eat, and no one can afford the cost.
Lorist found that his siege weapons such as steel crossbows and catapults were all useless in front of the Hamidas King City. Because of the height difference, these siege weapons had to rely on It is very close, so it is easy to be attacked by the long-range weapons on the city wall. Considering that there are more than one hundred large defensive crossbows on the inner city walls of Nubit Port, it is estimated that there will be more and no fewer on the walls of the royal city...
Lorist wanted to scold his mother, but he never dreamed that the royal city of this slavery archipelago would look like this. He thought it would be similar to Windbury in the Iberian Kingdom at most. It's just an overseas country ignored by the Galintia continent, and it's just a kingdom built by pirates. How could it be possible to build such a majestic giant castle
At this moment, the only thing Lorist was thankful for was that he had changed his strategy and lured the imperial guards guarding the royal city to the hilly area to start fighting. According to the original strategy arrangement, after annihilating the enemies in Nubit Port, but to raid the King City of Hamidas, I am afraid that everyone will be stunned under the King City at that time...
The coachman sitting next to him saw Lorist's mouth moving but didn't make a sound, so he couldn't help asking strangely, "What's wrong with you?"
Lorist replied, "It's nothing, it hurts."
"The egg hurts..." The coachman pondered for a long time and didn't understand what this meant. Just as he was about to ask, the gate of the city arrived.
You have to pay to enter the city, a small silver coin per person. In addition, because it was during the war, the city gate guards checked very strictly. If Viscount Timba is still there, he can enter the city swaggeringly without paying any money. Now without Viscount Timba, Carrick is in trouble.
Both Tagle and Lorist carried the identity certificates of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and sat in the carriage of the Royal Manor, easily passing the inspection of the guards. And when Carrick broke out from the inner city of Nubit, he brought a sword and nothing else. In addition, the coachman hated him for taking Viscount Timba away, so he deliberately kept silent to prove it to him. The guards were on the verge of a formidable enemy, and they held Carrick over and fumbled for a while, almost stabbing the asshole to see if there was anything hidden.
In the end, Tagle gave the coachman a Goldford and gave each of the guards a big silver coin. Finally, the coachman proved that Carrick came from the Royal Manor, and the guards let Carrick go. , After a lot of tossing, I entered the city.
King Hamidas City is divided into five districts. The east gate is where the carriage enters. The east district is the largest business district and also a residential district. There are more than 30,000 residents living here, most of whom are families of soldiers from the Imperial Guard. Including slaves, it is estimated that there are about 50,000 to 60,000 people.
The southern part of the city is the aristocratic area, and all the nobles of the Kingdom of Haneyabada have their own residences here. Xicheng District is a heavily guarded storage area, with the smallest area, but it is the arsenal where Wangcheng stores weapons and supplies, and the warehouse where grain and grass supplies are located. Beicheng District is divided into three areas, one is the slave area, the other is the competition area, and the third is the camp area of the Imperial Guards.
The so-called slave area is the area closest to the northern city wall, where densely packed shacks are built. The tens of thousands of slaves here are mainly engaged in the maintenance of the royal city’s infrastructure, such as garbage removal and cleaning in the royal city. Nesting place.
The arena area is the area where the arena in Wangcheng is located. There are also venues such as dog fighting and cockfighting, and it is also the largest gambling place in Wangcheng. The slave nobles of the Kingdom of Haneyabada often spend a lot of money here, using the life and death of slave gladiators to win or lose.
The outermost part of the northern city is the camp of the Imperial Guards, so that even if the slaves in the slave area or the arena want to riot, they will be suppressed quickly, and it will not affect the safety of other urban areas.
In addition to the four urban areas in east, west, north, south, the most central area is the Wangting area where the palace is located, which is protected by a high city wall and separated from the surrounding urban areas.
According to Viscount Timba, in addition to the 28,000-strong Imperial Guard Corps in Hamidas King City, there is also a 2,000-strong palace guard team in the Wangting District, and a 1,000-strong city defense brigade in each of the other four districts. Inspection and defense of city gates and city walls. In this way, the guard force of the entire royal city is 34,000 people.
Tagle's address to the coachman was a tavern called Flame and Blood. This tavern was the closest to the North City District, and it was also El's residence, so it was convenient for him to go to the arena to practice swords every day.
The carriage drove for another ten minutes, and stopped outside the door of the Flame and Blood Tavern.
Tager took out five Gold Fords and handed them to the coachman. The coachman was overjoyed, thanked him endlessly, and praised Tager for a long time before driving away.
The environment of the Flame and Blood Tavern is worse than that of the Red Crow Tavern, and the rooms upstairs are not very clean, but the price is very expensive, one Gold Ford a day. Tager asked for three rooms, one for each person, and then asked the maids and servants in the shop to serve the bath water first.
The middle-aged maid who came to the tavern with hot water really wanted to have a romantic bath with Lorist. After being sternly rejected for a long time, she slammed the door and ran to Carrick next door. I went to the room, and soon the voice of male*love*female*love sounded from the next door.
After taking a shower, Lorist went to Tagle's door and knocked on the door. When he found no one was there, he went downstairs. He saw Tagle lying on the counter chatting happily with the shop owner, so he sat on a table beside him. I ordered a bottle of fruit wine and waited while tasting.
After a while Tagle came over and sat down, called the maid over and ordered some food, looked around and whispered to Lorist, "My lord, El is not in his room, I asked the shopkeeper The boss said that he hadn't seen El for two days. He went out normally the morning before yesterday and said he was going to the arena to practice swords, but he didn't come back last night, yesterday, and today. The boss thought he might befriend some nobleman to go to the arena. I'm a guest, last time I disappeared like this for two days before coming back..."
Lorist stared at him: "What do you think?"
"I wonder if something happened to El. It is impossible for El to make friends with those slave nobles. He plays the role of a young master who is obsessed with sword practice and never pays attention to others. After dinner, we will go to the arena Let's go, El and I agreed that he would leave a mark outside the arena..." Tagle said in a low voice.
"Okay, let's go after eating." Lorist nodded.
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