Chapter 455: Undisguised [First Update]
After the admonition, Francis took Dudian down the mountain with him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"This is the St. Paul Hill area, and it is also the bustling area of the Inner Wall District, which is the sphere of influence of our monastery, let's take a stroll around the St. Paul Hill area, it is enough for us to play for a day." Francis walked as he walked.
Dudian said: "What other areas are there besides here?" ”
Francis smiled: "If you want to know about the inner wall, just buy a map later, I won't tell you all about it." ”
Seeing this, Dudian didn't ask any more questions, and in a blink of an eye, the two came to the foot of the mountain, and Francis called a carriage with the flag of the monastery, took Dudian up with him, and instructed the coachman, "Go to the city of Aydin." ”
The coachman answered and rode away.
City? Du Di was taken aback and asked, "What is Aydin City?" ”
Francis said with a smile: "It is the largest city in the jurisdiction of our St. Paul's Mountain, the 'city' is a place larger than the township in your outer wall, the road is perfect, and the order in all aspects is also intact, there is no township in our inner wall, only town, and the preferential policies in it are the same as the city, if you have the opportunity in the future, you will slowly understand." ”
Du Dian was slightly stunned and nodded thoughtfully, but he didn't expect that the management of this inner wall area was similar to the old era, and the concept of "city" did not exist in the outer wall area.
Francis smiled when he saw that Dudian seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and without further ado, he leaned back on the cushion and closed his eyes to recuperate.
Du Dian turned to him and said, "Now that my brand is also branded, it's time for you to give me your detoxification, right?" ”
Francis opened one eye and said, "I thought you didn't need it." As he spoke, he reached into his pocket with his palm, took out a white plastic vial, and poured out a few dark red pills from it.
Dudian took a look, then looked at Francis, who had closed his eyes again, leaned on his back cushion with his hands around his chest, he thought for a moment, and put the antidote in his mouth, but when he closed his hand, he took the antidote out again, silently put it in his palm, silently put it in his pocket, and then casually opened the curtain on his side of the car, enjoying the scenery along the way.
The roadside is green hills, and birds are perched on the lush trees, chirping.
Behind the gap between the trees, you can see the shadows of buildings in the undulating terrain in the distance, 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 a large stone brick road that has been carefully built.
Accustomed to seeing the densely populated city of the old era, and seeing the scenery of trees and buildings interdependent, Du Di suddenly felt a sense of emotion and comfort in his peace of mind, and if he continued to live in such a place, it would be a happy day.
It's just that the faint scorching imprint temperature behind him made his lazy and comfortable thoughts for a moment quickly turn into a sigh and disappear without a trace.
The carriage traveled along the road for half an hour, and came to a high wall made of huge stones, which stood at the end of the road, and on it was inscribed with three words, "City of Aydin!"
There were soldiers guarding under the high wall, and the carriages coming from other avenues along the way slowed down one after another, and when they passed through the high wall checkpoint, they took out gold coins and handed them to the soldiers at the door, and then they were allowed to pass.
When Francis slowed down in the carriage, he slowly opened his eyes, saw this scene from the curtain lifted by Dudian, and said: "This is the entrance fee, to enter each different city, you need to pay the entrance fee, I met for the first time today, I paid for you." ”
Dudian raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything.
After the driver paid the entrance fee, he entered the avenue behind the high wall, and after driving for about ten minutes, there was a lively sound of people.
"Go to the station." Francis instructed the coachman in front.
The coachman said yes and drove the carriage away.
Through the curtain, Dudian saw that the carriage entered the city, there were shops on both sides of the way, the road floor was extremely clean and tidy, all of them were paved with bricks, tightly fitted, leaving no gaps, perhaps this was an important entrance to the city, the surrounding shops were extremely prosperous, and some shops had advertisements with the words "Aydin City Specialty", as well as some rare fruit names.
"Huh?" Du Dian was suddenly stunned.
I saw that on the road, a tall woman wearing a black tulle hat on her head and a noble skirt was holding a rope in her hand, looking like she was walking a dog, but on the other end of the chain was a strong man wearing a gold cloth costume and neatly combed hair.
Dudian was stunned for a moment, and the carriage drove past the man, but soon he saw other people dressed as nobles, also walking with a chain attached to a man or woman in his hand.
This scene made him a little dazed.
Francis noticed Dudian's expression, followed his gaze, suddenly came over, smiled indifferently, and said: "These people are the children of noble families, they are leading their own slaves, there are many kinds of slaves, some are maids, some are stove slaves, and they are dog slaves, don't underestimate these dog slaves, most of them are people who have taken blessing potions, and their strength is very strong, by the way, I'll take you to see the beast slave field later, the nobles often compete there for their own dog slaves, it's very interesting." ”
Du Dian was stunned and said, "Slave...... That's not how it works, is it? At least it shouldn't be humiliated like this, isn't it against the etiquette of the nobility? ”
Francis was stunned for a moment, looking at him strangely, but soon came to his senses, patted his head, and said, "I forgot, your outer wall area is not like this, huh...... How to say it, in our place, 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 the concept created by the Holy See of Light, in our inner wall area, the nobles say yes, as for what you said about violating the rules of etiquette, I don't know this, anyway, this custom has been spread since a very early time, nothing unusual. ”
Du Dian saw his accustomed appearance, his face changed slightly, turned his head to look outside the carriage, and from time to time he could see some people dressed as nobles holding bracelets, and people with men or women tied to the other end, squatting on the ground, dressed extremely brightly, including his hair was carefully trimmed, and he looked around with his tongue, while the passers-by around him ignored this scene, as if they had long been accustomed to it, and did not have the slightest peacekeeping, as if it should have been so.
He suddenly had a ridiculous feeling, this is the inner wall area that everyone yearns for?
Before entering, the inner wall area in his heart was prosperous, the nobles were more elegant than the outer wall area, the commoners were relatively fair and relaxed, the civil magic was widely popularized, and the system was more perfect than the outer wall area, but after coming, he felt that this was very different from what he imagined in his mind, first of all, most of the soil outside was desolate, and secondly, the population was only half of the outer wall area.
And the scene of life in front of him is even more incredible, in his opinion, even if he treats slaves, at least he must cover it up, after all, such behavior is too brainless. However, in Francis's statement, it is clear that the people here have no concept of "human rights" at all.
Perhaps, but not on slaves.
Dudian suddenly realized that this inner wall area that all nobles and commoners longed for was by no means the heaven they imagined, but hell, at least the hell of the weak!
The carriage drove to the inn and stopped.
Francis got out of the car and said to Dudian: "I'll take you around, if you like anything, 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 and then return it to me, I'll pay you first." ”
Dudian nodded slightly.
Francis immediately took Dudian along the street and said, "I'll take you to the beast slave farm to play two handfuls, and see which of us has good luck, how about it?" ”
Dudian nodded, not refusing.
Francis smiled, his eyes lifted a little, a little eager in anticipation, and walked briskly, striding ahead.
Dudian looked at the shops along the way, most of them were exquisite ornaments, as well as swords and sharp swords, but the scabbard and hilt were inlaid with diamonds and crystals, which was extremely luxurious, not at all like a battle weapon.
Du Dian walked all the way, all the way to feel a completely different atmosphere, the atmosphere here is dozens of times thicker than the commercial area of the outer wall area, walking through a whole street, all the shops Du Dian saw, selling luxury goods that the nobles loved, including hearing some nobles talking and laughing along the way, the words are all naked, occasionally saying one or two words, can make him think of a large number of chilling pictures.
"Francis?" Suddenly, a person in front of him exclaimed in surprise.
Dudian and Francis looked over and saw a handsome young man with blond hair stretching out his hand to say hello.
Francis was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "It's you kid, what's the matter, you have time to come here to play today?" ”
"I'm on vacation today, so of course I have to be refreshed." The blonde young man squeezed through the crowd, noticed Dudian next to Francis, glanced at Dudian's black hair, frowned, and said, "Who is this, your newly bought servant?" Good temperament! ”
Francis smiled: "Don't talk nonsense, this is the deacon of the Overseer Department who has just been promoted from the Outer Wall District, Mr. Dudian, I will take him over for a walk." ”
"The outer wall area?" The blond-haired young man was a little surprised, glanced up and down at Dudian, then withdrew his gaze, and said to Francis: "Don't talk about this, today's Red Square is open, let's go and see, if only we can grab one or two places." ”
Dudian saw Francis's introduction, and was about to shake hands with him to 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.
Of course, maybe the other party doesn't care about his thoughts at all.
Francis smiled: "I won't go with you, I'll take Mr. Du to go shopping." ”
"It's not too late to go shopping later, Alyssa is here today, don't regret if you don't go." The blonde youth quipped.
Francis was stunned, hesitated, turned to Dudian and said, "You wait for me here for a while, and I'll come back when I go." ”
Dudian nodded slightly.