Chapter 34: I Am a Messenger from Persia
It takes half a month to ride a horse, and it takes at least two months to walk, Yang Yi is on a stick, carrying the scones and radishes prepared by old Sero for him and Forman, striding forward, while walking, Yang Yi touched his face, Fuman's transformation of him was quite successful, Yang Yi successfully turned into an Arab with the help of magic, a lot whiter, his nose was a lot higher, his eye sockets were sunken, and his eyes became brown. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yang Yi's current appearance, he can't even recognize himself head-on, let alone others, magic is really magical, so Yang Yi was very curious and asked Fuman a lot of questions about magic, but Fuman was reluctant to tell Yang Yi too much about magic.
Yang Yi persisted in inquiring about magic, half of the reason was because he was curious, and the other half was because he wanted to ask Forman if he could ride a broom and fly to the Black Kingdom, after all, magicians also have brooms that can fly, and it is too tiring to walk to the Black Kingdom on two legs.
Yang Yi remembered that magic can conjure pumpkin carts and dresses, for example, there are little fairies in Cinderella who conjure these, if Forman can do it, it will save a lot of trouble, but Forman told Yang Yi that magic is not omnipotent, magicians do have brooms, and they can also conjure beautiful clothes and pumpkin carts, but his level is not enough, and the rest is reluctant to say more, it is obvious that Forman does not have these skills.
Yang Yi didn't bother to ask any more, and followed Fuman's desperate fast walk, passing by the territories of many knights and nobles along the way, although both of them walked around, they could still see and feel the huge manoras and luxurious lives of other knights and nobles, only he, a knight, was running around with hard work.
Fortunately, there is a magician by his side, when the beast approaches, Forman will take out his magic wand, and the fierce beast will flee, if it were not for Forman, the current knight master would have become food for the beast.
"Forman, how rich is King Black?" Yang Yi was bored and speechless.
"King Black had three hundred and fifty knights, and his territory was almost twice the size of the Kingdom of Saxony, and he had more than eight hundred estates, and his taxes plus his own income could make him seventy or eighty thousand gold coins a year, so he had so much money to pursue beautiful and luxurious clothes. ”
Yang Yi is a little bit of a fan of the currency conversion in the fairy tale world, that is to say, King Black's annual income is equivalent to twenty or thirty million US dollars in later generations, and in such a backward environment, he has reached the sky, and he is not greedy, so he can get 120,000 gold coins from Black.
Yang Yi is full of confidence in this trip, the two liars can fool King Black, he believes that he can fool King Black, and those two liars must not have deceived King Black, otherwise the scandal would have spread a long time ago, regardless of whether it is the real world or the fairy tale world, the scandal will always spread the fastest.
Neither he nor Forman had heard of King Black being deceived, which meant that the two crooks had not yet succeeded, so it was necessary for him to hurry up and get ahead of the two crooks, but how painful it was to travel on his legs...... Yang Yi misses those two horses very much.
It's a long road, Yang Yi asked Forman about King Black along the way, and it was okay not to ask, but after asking, Yang Yi understood why King Black liked to wear beautiful clothes, because King Black was an illegitimate child, and he was secretly raised in a poor place since he was a child, and he suffered a lot of white eyes and neglect, and his clothes were also tattered.
If it weren't for the fact that the old King Black really didn't give birth to a child, the king's position would not have been his turn, but fortunately, he was such an illegitimate son, and he took him back when the old king was dying and inherited the throne.
A poor, beleaguered bastard suddenly became a king...... In addition to being a little confused, it is inflated, King Black is actually inferior in his bones, he thinks that only luxurious clothes can cover his unbearable past, so he will become more and more vain, and he likes to wear gorgeous clothes more and more.
This is logical, otherwise Yang Yi really doesn't understand how a king who grew up in brocade clothes and jade food can become that virtuous.
Two months later, Yang Yi and Forman slept in the open and rushed to the Black Kingdom like Hanako, before Yang Yi thought that even if the Black Kingdom was very rich, it was estimated to be like a county town in the real world, because Snow White's Earl Kingdom gave him too much disappointment, and he never expected that the Black Kingdom was so magnificent and spectacular......
The tall and sturdy city walls are quite majestic, with a height of more than ten meters, and the mountains in the distance are in perfect harmony, and dozens of magnificent round turrets tell of majesty, and soldiers in armor hold spears on them. The two thick gates were wrapped in a layer of iron sheets, decorated with round iron nails, and the gates were so tall and hard that they were level with the city walls, almost looking up.
The king's castle is built on the hill, down the hillside, is a neat neighboring house, come to the city gate, as long as you look up, you can feel the grandeur and grandeur of the Black Kingdom, especially under the blue sky and white clouds, the whole city glows with a different beauty, Yang Yi is very shocked, this is what a fairy tale kingdom should look like, what I saw before is simply miserable.
Yang Yi was a little stupid, Fuman dragged him, and whispered: "We are here, what should we do next?"
Yang Yi straightened his clothes like flowers, touched the painted painting in his arms, staggered, rushed towards the soldiers at the door, and shouted loudly: "Oh my God, my God, I have finally come to the great Kingdom of Black, save us, we are Persian merchants from the East, we were robbed on the way, we are here to pay tribute to King Black the most beautiful clothes......
Yang Yi's acting skills, I have to say, are very bad...... But it was enough, he successfully attracted everyone's attention, and they all heard what he said, his miserable appearance aroused everyone's sympathy, and even two soldiers came up to help him, Yang Yi wanted to make two tears, so the effect would be better.
After working hard for a long time, he didn't shed half a tear, and not everyone can do it, so he gave up, but his voice was a little more tragic, Fuman looked at Yang Yi for a long time, and he couldn't see through Yang Yi, who was known as a prince and is now a knight.
Yang Yi was held up by the two soldiers guarding the door, and said sadly: " Distinguished generals, I am a merchant of Persia, I come from a distant and mysterious ancient country of Persia, my name is Aladdin, although we are far apart, but in our country, everyone has heard of the wealth and friendliness of the Kingdom of Black, and also heard that the benevolent and generous King Black likes beautiful clothes, so our emperor has traveled thousands of miles to pay tribute to King Black in beautiful silk clothes, I am a friendly messenger of Persia, but on the way, a group of brutal robbers robbed us of our horses and everything, only the two of us escaped, please be sure to tell King Black, let him be our master……”
In order to be able to meet King Black quickly, Yang Yi set himself the identity of a Persian envoy, as for whether there is Persia in this world, it is not something he considers, they are all backward and forced like this, can they still be checked?
The armor worn by the soldiers is very old, but it is very clean and neat, and they are very scornful of Yang Yi's tribute to beautiful clothes and the like, but Yang Yi said that he is a messenger of the Persian Empire, and that is a big deal, and immediately there was a soldier who looked like a small captain, and sent a soldier into the city to make a report, but Yang Yi and Fuman were not allowed to enter the city.
The clothes on Yang Yi and Fuman's bodies are tattered, there are frostbite on their faces, and the soles of their shoes are almost smoothed, this appearance is really incompatible with the envoy, but when they encounter robbers, it is said that in the past, in the Ouye continent, where the lords are everywhere, many lords are knights and nobles who close the door, and when they open the door, they are robbers who are armed robbers.
The soldiers didn't dare to make a claim, waiting for a reply, and let Yang Yi and Fuman wait at the door, and the kind-hearted soldiers also brought water to the two, Yang Yi looked at the people coming and going in the city gate with a water cup, and found that the Black Kingdom was indeed very rich and magnificent, but the people here didn't seem to be doing well.
Of course, the people of Biloc are still much better, judging from their clothing, they are basically shabby, dirty, and most of their faces are hungry, which fully embodies the wise saying, no matter how bitter you are, you can't be a poor king...... It's very similar to the country ruled by the Kim family in the real world.
After waiting for about half an hour, the soldiers came back, King Black wanted to meet Yang Yi and Fuman, the two messengers from Persia, so the two soldiers politely took Yang Yi and Fuman into the city, after the city wall, a straight avenue forward, on both sides are a number of houses, in front of a very huge square, the ground is paved with granite, the light is shining, in the center of the square, there is a huge bronze statue of more than ten zhang.
The bronze statue has to be more than 20 meters, carved with King Black wearing a golden crown, the bronze statue is riding a horse, holding a long sword, and the eyes are blazing and proud, although it is only a bronze statue, it is lifelike, very powerful and majestic, such a bronze statue, in such a world of low productivity, how much does it cost money?
Yang Yi was shocked by his generosity before he saw King Black, what a narcissistic person this must be, can pretend to be forced to do this? What he didn't expect was that when he came to the statue, the two soldiers who accompanied him actually bowed down to the bronze statue.
After saluting, a young soldier said to Yang Yi: "Honorable envoy, in the Black Kingdom, anyone who sees the bronze statue of the king in the square must salute, this is the king's order, and no one can disobey it." ”
Yang Yi turned his head to look, there were many soldiers around the square with knives and guns patrolling back and forth, just to see who dared not to salute King Black, after the people got closer, they would bend down and salute, although the salute was very perfunctory, but it was indeed a salute.
Such a bizarre regulation...... Yang Yi and Fuman bowed down to the bronze statue of King Black, Yang Yi was very unwilling, and secretly swore that one day let your old boy kneel down and kowtow in front of Lao Tzu...... After the salute continues to move forward, at the end of the square, a stone bridge, without seats and piers, rises in the air, one end is on the square, straight upward, on the steps of the palace, there is a thin sound of water under the bridge, extremely luxurious.
After crossing the bridge, it was a royal palace, resplendent in gold, and the golden light reflected by the palace in the sun made Yang Yi's eyes blink, and at the same time, a thought rose in his heart: "How good would it be if the palace was Lao Tzu!"
As soon as the thought was finished, I saw a bald man in a black robe standing on the steps of the palace, very arrogant, looking at people with his head raised and nostrils, it should be a figure like a palace steward, seeing Yang Yi and Fu Man wearing tatters, the expression on his face was disgusted, and in a strange tone, he said to Yang Yi and Fu Man: "Two guests, King Black is waiting, please come with me......
After speaking, he turned around quickly, raised his head, and walked towards the palace, Yang Yi gave Fu Man a look, and whispered to him: "Next, let's watch Lao Tzu's performance, you can be dumb......"