There are also some special riding animals for sale in Harrenhal's horse market, the most notable of which is undoubtedly the eagle horse, which is the "calling card" of the region. The price of a baby vulture horse is only 1,200 Imperial Kinduga, which is equivalent to 800 Far Eastern Quintal; The wholesale price of an adult military vulture horse is only 1,800 gold duga, which is equivalent to 1,200 gold tale. Roland still remembers the military Pegasus he ordered from Canaan, which sold for an average of 1,600 gold tales each, which was a friendly price that Corophaus gave him at a 20% discount.

Although Pegasus has a much higher intelligence than a vulture, it is more important for a war horse to be obedient than intelligent. Considering that the price difference between Pegasus and Vulture is so large, and that the Far East Air Force is in dire need of mounts, Roland can't help but think about smuggling Vulture horses from Harrenhal to the Far East......

Overall, Roland had a good impression of the Harrenhal horse city. However, when Anthony takes him to another market in the city that is more prosperous than the horse market, her mood takes a turn for the worse.

The place where Anthony took him was a slave market. The slave and livestock trade was the two main industries of Harrenhal, and the former had a larger turnover than the latter. Roland saw here hordes of his own kind forced to sell their freedom, some of whom were forced to sell themselves because they owed huge debts and could not pay them; There were children of serfs who were born to belong to a certain landowner, and when the master no longer needed them, or was in dire need of a sum of cash, he sent them to the bazaar to be sold for resale; There were also many slaves of apparent alien origin, mostly mercenaries hired by slave traders to plunder the depths of the steppes and jungles.

Roland saw a number of wild elves in the ranks of slaves waiting for the auction. Most of them were untamed and unruly, forced to be handcuffed and shackled, and had to protest against potential buyers who approached them by showing their snow-white sharp teeth and making a hoarse roar, which was obviously of little use, but confirmed the slave traders' pitch: healthy, energetic, and worthy of a good price!

Roland didn't want to stay in the slave bazaar for long, and every minute he stayed here would sting his bottom line as a human being. Fortunately, Palatine sent a magical text message at the right time, asking him and Anthony to go to the station to meet him.

Her Royal Highness the Princess's face is still working, Palatina successfully got the ticket, and it is still a first-class carriage.

Perhaps because he had experienced too many unpleasant experiences along the way, Roland was still in a low mood after getting in the car. Seeing that he was not talking about sex, Palatine gave Anthony a look and whispered what was going on. Anthony briefly recounted the experience of shopping, and Palatina's face was gloomy, and she was deeply ashamed to expose the savage and dark side of her homeland to Roland's eyes again, and hurt her self-esteem.

The train rolled forward in the night, wheels rolling forward, through the Komi steppes, and at noon the next day entered the Primorsky Province, one of the most peculiar provincial administrative regions in the empire.

The Imperial Coastal Province is also known as the "Coastal Corridor" and the "Two Oceans Land Strait". The province happens to be located between the "Meteorite Ocean" and the "Storm Ocean", which looks like a saddle from the map, and the provincial capital "Marina City" is located in the narrowest area in the center of the saddle.

When Roland saw the map of Binhai Province on the train, his first thought was "Feng Shui Treasure"! Sandwiched between two oceans, the province is blessed with a canal that can connect the Storm Ocean in the south with the Meteorite Ocean in the north, greatly shortening the sea route between the two oceans and becoming a trade hub.

He is not the only smart man in the world, the ancestors have long been aware of the superior geographical location of the coastal province, the Yashan Empire since the time of Friedrich the Great began to promote the canal project, using millions of people, more than 100 million gold duga investment, before and after spending more than 30 years, finally excavated a total length of more than 300 miles, the average depth of water 90 feet, the average width of the water surface of nearly 1,000 feet of the Grand Canal!

The human, material and financial resources used for the canal project were regarded as the largest at that time, and it was hailed as the "project of the century" in the history of the empire. Now this artificial canal connecting the two oceans flows quietly under the roaring magic wheels, like a belt tied around the waist of the Atlas continent, hence the name "Belt Canal".

The train's terminus is in Marina City. Roland, Anthony, and Palatina got off the platform and had to spend the night in the city before continuing the journey on another train the next morning.

Anthony was tired of the food served in the car and was anxious to go to the commercial city of Marina for a hearty lunch. However, Roland was obsessed with the Belted Canal that he had just passed by car, and the glimpse of the car did not satisfy his curiosity, and he insisted on a walk along the riverside to see the most successful project in the history of the Empire.

Palatina stood on Roland's side and found a reason for herself to be a companion: "If you don't keep an eye on this dangerous element from an enemy country, God knows if he will throw poison into the canal and drop bombs!" ”

Anthony expressed his frustration at her forced vigilance, so he had to go for a walk with them hungry.

Roland focused on the navigation of the canal, and the river was indeed as lively as he expected, with sails waving in a curtain, ferries shuttling like threading needles, and groups of slender men on both sides of the embankment, dragging thousand-ton sailboats slowly across the river. With such a thriving route, it is no wonder that the canal customs provided at least thirty percent of the Imperial Government's revenue.

Roland also noticed that there were no locks on the canals, which reminded him of the Suez Canal on Earth, and he wondered why some canals needed locks and others that didn't. After all, I didn't have a background in water conservancy, so I can only guess that this is probably related to the marine environment at both ends of the canal?

There are no locks in the Belt Canal, which makes Roland a little disappointed. If the Empire were to go to war with the Far East, it would not be possible to blow up the locks with just a few airships and paralyze the canal......

Dispelling those unrealistic distractions in his heart, Roland couldn't bear to see Anthony sighing with his hungry belly, indicating that he had had done enough. To Antony's cheers, Palatina performed teleportation once more and took them outside the city gates.

After some tedious verification procedures, the three of them finally crossed the Mystery Barrier and entered the coastal city, one of the most prosperous commercial cities of the Yashan Empire, which is also the headquarters of the Canal Customs.

Roland was not too impressed by the prosperity of the Marina City, but he was remembered by the sight he saw as he passed by the town square.

To the north of the square is the town hall, and to the south is a cathedral-like building with a golden lacquered roof. After listening to Palatina's introduction, Roland learned that it was the seat of the provincial Inquisition.

A burn stand was erected outside the gates of the Inquisition, and a thin, gray-haired man was tied to the stake and surrounded by piles of dry wood, apparently ready to light a fire for execution.