After the admonition was over, Francis took Du Dian down the mountain together.
"This is the St. Paul's Hill area, which is also the bustling area of the inner wall area. It is the sphere of influence of our monastery. Let's just stroll around the St. Paul's Hill area. This is enough for us to spend a day here." Francis said as he walked.
Du Dian said: "Besides here, what else is there?"
Francis smiled and said, "If you want to know more about the inner wall area, just buy a map later, and I won't tell you all about it."
Seeing this, Du Dian didn't ask any more questions. In a blink of an eye, the two came to the foot of the mountain. Francis called a carriage with the flag of the monastery, took Du Dian up with him, and told the driver, "Go to Aydin."
The coachman agreed and drove away.
city? Du Dian was startled and asked, "Aydin City?"
Francis said with a smile: "It is the largest city in the jurisdiction of Mount St. Paul. A 'city' is a place larger than towns in your outer wall area. The roads are complete and the order in all aspects is also in good condition. There are no towns in our inner wall area, only towns. , the various preferential policies in it are the same as those in cities, and if you have the opportunity in the future, you will gradually understand."
Du Dian was slightly stunned, and nodded thoughtfully. He didn't expect that the management of the inner wall area was similar to the old days. The concept of "city" did not exist in the outer wall area.
Francis saw Du Dian half-understood, smiled, and didn't say much, leaning on the cushion and closing his eyes to rest.
Du Dian turned to him and said: "Now my brand is also branded, should you give me your detoxification?"
Francis opened one eye and said, "I thought you didn't need it anymore." As he spoke, he put his palm into his pocket, took out a small white plastic bottle, and poured out a few dark red pills from it.
Du Dian took a look, and then looked at Francis, who had closed his eyes again, and leaned against the back cushion with his arms around his chest coolly. With the tail finger in his hand, he brought out the antidote, quietly put it in his palm, and put it in his pocket silently, then opened the curtain of the car on his side as if nothing had happened, and enjoyed the scenery along the way.
On the side of the road are green hills and green shadows, and birds are perched on the lush trees, chirping.
Behind the gap between the trees, you can see the undulating terrain in the distance, there are scattered shadows of buildings, the environment is beautiful, the air is fresh, and it is completely different from the outer wall area. Even the road under the carriage is carefully built with large stones brick road.
Seeing the densely populated city in the old days, and seeing the scenery of trees and buildings accompanying each other, Du Dian suddenly felt a sense of emotion and ease in his heart. If he lives in such a place, he will be happy day.
However, the faint scorching temperature of the imprint on his back made his thoughts of being lazy and comfortable for a moment, quickly turned into a sigh, and disappeared without a trace.
The carriage drove along the main road for half an hour, and came to a high wall made of huge stones. This high wall was at the end of the road, and three words were engraved on it, Aydin City!
There are soldiers guarding under the high wall, and the carriages coming from other avenues along the way slow down one after another. When passing the high wall checkpoint, they take out gold coins and hand them to the soldiers at the door, and then let them pass.
Francis slowly opened his eyes when the carriage slowed down, and saw the scene from the curtain raised by Du Dian, saying: "This is the entry fee, and you need to pay the entry fee to enter every different city. I met you for the first time today. I paid for you."
Du Dian raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.
After the driver paid the entrance fee, he entered the avenue behind the high wall and drove for another ten minutes, when he heard lively voices.
"Go to the post station." Francis told the coachman in front.
The coachman agreed and drove the carriage away.
Through the curtain, Du Dian saw the carriage entering the city. There were shops on both sides along the way. The road surface was extremely clean and tidy. They were all paved with bricks, tightly fitting together, without leaving any gaps. Perhaps this is an important entrance into the city, and the business of the surrounding shops It is extremely popular, and some shops have advertisements with words such as "Specialty of Aydin City", as well as the names of some rare fruits.
"Huh?" Du Dian was stunned suddenly.
On the road, I saw a tall woman wearing a black tulle cap and an aristocratic skirt, holding a rope in her hand, she looked like she was walking a dog, but on the other end of the chain was a woman wearing a golden cloth. At the moment, a strong man with neatly combed clothes and hair is lying on the ground like a dog, walking on all fours, sticking out his tongue and exhaling, imitating the dog vividly.
Du Dian was stunned for a while, the carriage drove past this person, but soon he saw other people dressed as nobles in front of him, also holding a man or woman in a chain in his hand.
This scene made him a little dazed.
Francis noticed Du Dian's expression, followed his gaze, suddenly came over, smiled lightly, and said: "These people are the children of noble families, and they are holding their own servants. There are many kinds of servants, some are maids, Some of them are stove slaves, and they lead dog slaves. Don’t underestimate these dog slaves. Most of them are people who have taken blessing potions. They are very powerful. By the way, I will take you to see them later Beast slave farm, nobles often compete with their own dog slaves there, it's quite interesting."
Du Dian was stunned, and said: "Slave...isn't it used in this way? At least it shouldn't be humiliated like this. Isn't this a violation of the etiquette rules of the nobles?"
Francis was taken aback, looking at him strangely, but soon came to his senses, slapped his head, and said: "I forgot, your outer wall area is not like this, um... how should I put it, here, slaves are like this, Slaves have no human rights. In your outer wall area, maybe slaves only need to do some hard work, but that may be a concept created by the Holy See. In our inner wall area, the nobles have the final say. As for your violation of etiquette rules , I don’t know about this, anyway, this custom has been passed down from a long time ago, so it’s nothing unusual.”
Du Dian saw his usual appearance, his face changed slightly, and he turned his head to look outside the carriage. From time to time, he could see some people dressed as nobles holding bracelets, and men or women tied to the other end, squatting on the ground, wearing The scene was extremely bright, including hair that had been carefully trimmed, and looked around with tongue out, while the passers-by around turned a blind eye to this scene, as if they had long been used to it, and did not maintain peace at all, as if it should be so.
He suddenly had an absurd feeling, this is the inner wall area that everyone yearns for
Before he entered, the inner wall area in his heart was prosperous and bright, the nobles were more elegant than the outer wall area, the common people lived a relatively fair and relaxed life, civilian magical arts were widely popularized, and the system was more perfect than the outer wall area, but after he came here, I feel that this is very different from what I imagined in my mind. First, most of the soil outside is desolate, and second, the population is only half of the outer wall area.
And the scene of life in front of him is even more unimaginable. In his opinion, even if he treats slaves, he should at least cover it up. After all, such behavior is too stupid. However, according to Francis, the people here obviously have no concept of "human rights" at all.
Maybe, but not on slaves.
Du Dian suddenly realized that the inner wall area that all nobles and commoners yearn for is by no means the paradise they imagined, but hell, at least the hell for the weak!
The carriage stopped at the post station.
Francis got out of the car and said to Du Dian: "I'll take you around. If you like it, you can buy it, but you pay for it yourself. I know you have money. You can wait until I send you to the outer wall area." Give it back to me, and I will pay you in advance."
Du Dian nodded slightly.
Francis immediately took Du Dian and turned around along the street, saying: "I'll take you to the beast slave farm to play a few games, and see which one of us is lucky, how about it?"
Du Dian nodded without refusing.
Francis smiled, his eyes became brighter, and he looked forward to it eagerly. He walked briskly and strode forward.
Du Dian looked at the shops along the way, most of which were exquisite ornaments and sharp swords, but the scabbard and hilt were inlaid with diamond crystals, which were extremely luxurious, not like combat weapons at all.
Du Dian walked all the way, feeling a completely different atmosphere. The atmosphere here is dozens of times thicker than the commercial area in the outer wall area. Walking through the whole street, all the shops that Du Dian saw were sold by nobles. Luxuries, including hearing some nobles chatting and laughing along the way, and what they said were all naked. Occasionally speaking of a word or two, he could conjure up a lot of chilling pictures.
"Francis?" Suddenly, a person in front exclaimed in surprise.
Du Dian and Francis looked and saw a handsome young man with blond hair reaching out to say hello.
After being stunned for a moment, Francis laughed loudly and said, "It's you, why, why don't you have time to come here today?"
"I'm on vacation today, of course I have to come out to have a good time." The blond young man squeezed in from the crowd, noticed Du Dian next to Francis, glanced at Du Dian's black hair, frowned, and said: "Who is this, you Newly bought servant? Has a good temperament!"
Francis smiled and said: "Don't talk nonsense, this is the deacon of the supervision department who was just promoted from the outer wall area, Mr. Du Di'an, I will take him here for a stroll."
"In the outer wall area?" The blond young man was a little surprised. He glanced up and down at Du Dian and then withdrew his gaze. He said to Francis, "Let's not talk about this. The Red Square is open today. Let's go and see. If we can grab one or two spots, we will alright."
Seeing Francis' introduction, Du Dian was about to shake hands with him and say hello, but he didn't expect the latter to turn a blind eye to him, and there was obvious contempt and disgust in his eyes. Judging from the changes in the eyes of the other party, it was obviously because of his hair color and It's related to his birth, but he didn't expect to show such thoughts openly, which is really out of style and city.
Of course, maybe the other party doesn't care what he thinks at all.
Francis smiled and said, "I won't accompany you, I will take Mr. Du for a stroll."
"It's not too late to go shopping later, Alisa is here today, so don't regret it if you don't go." The blond young man joked.
Francis froze, hesitated, turned to Du Dian and said, "You wait for me here for a while, and I will come back as soon as I go."
Du Dian nodded slightly.