The city of the Rhine is only about 100 kilometers away from the royal capital of Lorraine, and the entire city covers an area of about half of the royal capital, with a population of 1.3 million, making it the third largest city in the kingdom and the last barrier on the north side of the royal capital.

If the enemy army attacked the city of Rhine, it means that the country is on the verge of extinction.

Even though it is a relatively peaceful time, many of the facilities in the Rhine are still used for military purposes.

Whether it is the giant wall made of limestone three meters higher than the walls of the royal city, the giant arrow tower and magic tower with a height of 35 meters, the city gate made of oylandalite mixed with iron, or the plate knights patrolling back and forth, and the heavily armed defenders of the city, all show the military strength of the Grand Duke of the Rhine.

The walls are 28 meters high, and the top of the wall can accommodate five horse-drawn carriages side by side, and hundreds of bed crossbows are placed on the women's wall, aiming at the official road below.

In order to facilitate support and flexible combat, the first Grand Duke of the Rhine ordered the interior of the city walls to be hollowed out to store strategic supplies, and the remaining space was used to build soldiers' quarters.

If war were to come, nearly 50,000 soldiers would live within the walls, working in shifts day and night.

"What's the matter, the fourth prince who came from the royal capital would be surprised to see my small city?" the Grand Duke of the Rhine smiled heartily, if he ignored the scorched black marks on his armor and the broken sword broken into four pieces, he would be heroic and handsome at this time.

"The royal capital doesn't have such high walls and so many arrow towers. Murphy replied with a smile.

To be honest, he was still a little shocked in the face of such a tall wall, stretching from the end of the east to the mountains to the west, and the huge black wall occupied Murphy's sight.

The blue sky, the green forest, the bed crossbows on the city walls, the garrison drawing their swords at the gates, and the mighty army outside the city were all tense in the south of the Rhine.

"Stop!"

There was a shout at the gate of the city.

The Grand Duke of the Rhine stopped the commander of the Lewandowski army who was about to rush forward, and he himself slowly drove his horse over from the Chinese army.

In an instant, the tension was gone, and a knight in silver armor galloped on a white wildebeest.

"The commander of the Third Army of the Last General, Strong, sends his highest greetings to the Grand Duke!"

The visitor turned over and dismounted, got down on one knee, and saluted the Grand Duke of the Rhine.

Grand Duke Rhine nodded: "Yes, the sense of vigilance is in place, I didn't misread you, get up, lead the way ahead." ”

"Yes. ”

Strong took the order to get up, turn on his horse, and lead the way in front of the team with Lewandowski.

The Grand Duke of the Rhine rode back to Murphy and waved his hand.

"The fourth prince went north this time, was attacked by the undead halfway, the soldiers fought all night, and now they are exhausted, and most of the baggage is also damaged, why don't you rest in the small city for two days, recover your strength and purchase the baggage to continue the march?"

His voice was majestic, not at all as easy-going as before, and it was the tone of formal diplomatic representation.

"What the Grand Duke said is very true. Murphy replied with a smile.

This is exactly what Murphy wants, even if the Grand Duke of Rhine does not allow it, Murphy will have to rest in Rhine City for two days.

Due to Ulysel's delving into magic, he caused Murphy's team to lose at least a thousand gold and naso.

What's wrong with so much money, you can buy a small warship in Tianlan Harbor that can accommodate seventy people, and you can attach a tenacious inscription to all the equipment of fifty third-level knights, and by the way, one person and one knight's sword inlaid with various series of Yuan Crystals.

Now, however, it costs money to buy supplies, it costs money to hire mercenaries, it costs money to treat the wounded, it costs money to pay for pensions for fallen soldiers, and it costs money for the Rhine bus to live for so many people......

Therefore, this is also a good thing for the Archduke of the Rhine to stimulate the economy, and Murphy must also rest in the Rhine City, rather than being slaughtered by the merchants, it is better to hand over these money-spending projects to the Archduke of the Rhine to deal with, and save some money.

Win-win!

Murphy thought, and rode his horse slowly into the city.

As he passed through the city gates, Murphy visibly felt that the magic in his body was more active than when he touched normal metal, a feeling he had only felt in the forbidden chamber of the Royal Mage Guild.

Isn't this gate all made of forbidden demon iron?

is worthy of being the Grand Duke of the Middle Realm, extremely extravagant, big guy, I can't afford to provoke it!

As soon as you enter the city, the first thing that catches your eye is the civilian quarters one after another, and the civilians and slaves kneeling in two rows by the road.

Most of them, including children and the elderly, were blank and numb, driven to their knees by the soldiers like livestock.

Born in the twenty-first century, Murphy could not withstand such a "welcome ceremony", but his current position limited him, and he was not qualified to order the subjects of the Archduke of the Rhine to stand up.

The numb eyes of the people made him sit on pins and needles, anxious to escape the city, and for the first time he was so desperate to return to his own time.

What magic, what vindictiveness, what His Royal Highness the Prince, he completely ignored it, and now he just wanted to find a way to travel back.

"Although my city is a little worse than the royal capital of Lorraine and the eastern Tianlan, it also has the appearance of a big city. The Archduke of the Rhine rode on his "king" horse and smiled triumphantly.

"Yes, the Grand Duke, you have governed it well. Murphy replied absentmindedly.

"What's wrong with the fourth prince?, is there anything uncomfortable?" saw Murphy's blank face, and the Grand Duke of Rhine said with some confusion.

"Oh, I'm fine, maybe it's because I've overcast the spell, so I'm a little uncomfortable. Murphy came back to his senses.

"Hahaha, you spellcasters are all sick seedlings. The Grand Duke of the Rhine laughed when he heard this. "Let's go, go to my lord's castle, I've already arranged a reception banquet, and after two drinks, there will be nothing to do!"

Murphy couldn't get away and could only follow the Archduke of the Rhine to the lord's castle.

Along the way, Murphy didn't dare to look directly at the ragged, white-skinned civilians and slaves kneeling on the ground, and his numb eyes were even more suffocating than Ulysel's.

The procession finally passed through the civilian area, and various stalls began to appear on both sides of the street, and from time to time the façade of the branch of the big chamber of commerce in the Rhine City appeared.

Murphy found that, unlike the blocky economy of the royal city, the economy of the Rhine city was distributed in a radial form that radiated from the center of the castle of the lord, and the closer to the center of the city, the more rich and noble there were.

The Lord's Castle is built mainly of Ironite, which is stronger than the Rhine's Limestone walls, and each Ironite has the Arcanist's blessing and the Enchanter's "Strong" inscription, which cannot be destroyed by a warrior with a third-level bow and arrow mastery.

It is conservatively estimated that the cost of the entire castle is about 1 million gold naso.

The soldiers had been led to the fortress in the northern part of the city to rest, while Murphy and the knights had gone to the reception banquet prepared by the Archduke of the Rhine.