Chapter 843: The Athenian City-State
Located in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, the city-state of Athens is the birthplace of Western civilization for more than 2,000 years.
For more than two thousand years, the city of Athens has risen and fallen several times, and it has fallen into decay a lot, until ten years ago, the Western Great Qin Empire was divided into two because of the sudden appearance of the Pluto Warrior, with the Athenian city-state as the dividing line, the west to the Western Qin Empire, and the east to the Eastern Qin Empire.
The Western Qin Empire was controlled by the Pluto Fighters, implemented a republican system, established the House of Elders, and jointly ruled the country, but most of the House of Elders was controlled by the Pluto Fighters and was subject to the ruler of the Pluto Fighters, "Pandora".
The Eastern Qin Empire followed the imperial system, and the country was controlled by the Great Qin Emperor, but from the emperor to the peddlers and pawns, all believed in Athena, the goddess of war in the West, and the influence of the "Holy Domain" on the country was everywhere, and because of the existence of the pluto fighters, the country's strength was sharply reduced, and only the power of self-preservation.
The reason why Athens would have flourished ten years ago was because the city-state of Athens was not far from the "sanctuary" where "Athena" was founded.
Ten years ago, the Pluto Fighter appeared, occupying half of the Great Qin Empire with a devastating momentum, and the army fought all the way to the city of Athens, and then was blocked by the "Sanctuary" Saint Seiya.
The battle between the Pluto Fighter and the Saint Seiya is ten years, and in the past ten years, the Saint Seiya has taken the "Holy Domain" as the center, and the Sea of Love is the natural danger, forming a defensive front, blocking the attack of the Pluto Fighter, so that it cannot cross the thunder pool, and at the same time, it has also made the city of Athens, a city with historical heritage, become the front line of the war.
Because of the presence of the Saint Seiya, although Athens was the front line of the battlefield, it also became the safest place, attracting a large number of displaced people, so that the city's industry and commerce developed by leaps and bounds.
In the past ten years, Athens has experienced hundreds of battles, but it is still strong, the city has been expanded nine times, and it has resolutely become the largest city in the West, a steel fortress, and the population has even exceeded one million, and there are two Golden Saints alone.
A few years ago, the long-term attack on Athens also retreated, the end of the war, so that Athens became the "holy city" of the Eastern Qin Empire, the daily vendors are endless, the traffic is busy, the shadow of the war seems to disappear, in fact, it is just hidden underground, the underworld fighters have been gearing up to break through Athens, destroy the "holy area".
Today, the bustling city gates of Athens are bustling with activity, and merchants from all over the world are about to break through the gates.
Among the thousands of merchants, a small group of merchants has become the focus.
The caravan was small, with only a dozen people, and it was five of them who brought the caravan into focus.
The appearance of these five people is obviously different from that of people in the Western world, their facial features are relatively soft, their skin is very delicate, and their hair is black and shiny, and they are actually from the Tang Empire in the East.
Since the rise of the "Tang" Dynasty and the "Sui" four years ago, this huge country has become more and more influential in the world, and this powerful empire has let everyone in the Western world know that there is a group of self-proclaimed dragon descendants in the far east, and the country they established is unprecedentedly strong, rich, and simply heaven.
The reason why in the city of Athens, the Tang people attracted so much attention was because of the Great Qin Civil War, and more or less because of the Tang Empire.
After the Tang Empire conquered the Turks, it acquired a vast land in the north and appointed "Shi Zhixuan" as the first governor of the Turkic colony.
Shi Zhixuan, who was in charge of the Turkic military and political power, was not a peaceful lord, and under the instruction of the emperor of the Tang Empire, he sent troops from time to time to harass the border passes of the Western Qin Empire, so that the Western Qin Empire had to divide a large part of its forces to the west to resist the Turkic attack, but it was unable to go eastward and could only withdraw from the Athenian city-state, giving the Eastern Great Qin Empire a rare peaceful life.
The Western Qin Empire withdrew because of the Tang Dynasty, and the Eastern Qin Empire was naturally grateful to the Tang people and was more friendly to the Tang people.
The three Tang women and two men in the small caravan were very young, especially the three women, each of whom was as beautiful as a flower, and the men were handsome and extraordinary, which was very eye-catching.
In the eyes of Westerners, although the five Tang people look very different from Westerners, they can hardly hide the graceful and luxurious temperament on their bodies.
The youngest of the five, the youngest woman, was curious about the exotic atmosphere as soon as she arrived in the city of Athens, and she looked around and exuded an air of loveliness.
I saw the little girl shouting to a male in the team of five: "Ziling, look, the people here have big eyes and colorful hair, some are golden, some are brown, some are black, they are very interesting!" Are your pores a little thicker?"
The man named Ziling smiled and said: "Wanwan, these Europa people are like this, we have seen a lot along the way, why are you still making such a fuss!"
The girl named Wanwan crossed her hands on her hips, pointed at Ziling's nose and scolded with a smile: "I'm making such a fuss, what, you dislike me!"
"How dare you, little one!" Ziling hurriedly laughed and said, "Miss Wanwan is right to do anything!"
The five people in this group are none other than Bei Minglei and his two wives, as well as apprentices Xu Ziling and Wanwan.
The purpose of the five of them leaving everything in Chang'an and coming to this foreign country is to find out the truth about the destruction of the Northern Underworld family back then.
Four years ago, the demon seed in Wanwan's body broke out, letting Bei Ying Lei know that she was her descendant, but the demon seed in Wan Wan's body did not leave the information that the Northern Hell family was destroyed, and Bei Ying Lei originally planned to go to the underworld again to find the truth.
It's a pity that the Eastern Heavenly Realm has closed the underworld and dismissed all the yin, and now the eighteenth layer of hell is an empty city, and the Northern Thunder doesn't know where the Ten Hall Yama has gone.
With no way to do it, the Northern Thunder hit Athena in the Olympian Domain.
After four years of governance, the Tang Empire was unprecedentedly strong, and with the submission of foreign enemies from all directions, Bei Minglei gave himself a few days off and took his wife to the Sea of Love to travel and find Athena.
As soon as Wanwan heard that there was some play, she took Xu Ziling to join the tour group, since she knew that Wanwan was her descendant, Beiying Lei was extremely fond of Wanwan, and she regarded her as a little princess in general, and she responded to her requests, so she did not refuse her request and went on the road together.
As for the Tang Empire, there is no chaos with Kou Zhong and Song Que in charge, and Beiming Lei is also happy to be a shopkeeper, of course, all this is based on the premise of absolute strength.
Bei Minglei believes that with his own ability, even if the Tang Empire loses the emperor and falls into chaos, he can set things right.
In a word, he, the emperor, is so willful, he can do whatever he wants!
After coming to the city of Athens, Bei Ying Lei separated from the small caravan that met on the road, and took his wife to slowly walk on the streets of Athens to appreciate the customs and customs of a foreign country.
As the birthplace of Western civilization, Athens has been governed by the Holy Land for several years, although it is not as prosperous as Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, it is also a large city in the West.
Just when he wanted to take his wife to visit the famous building "Parthenon" in Athens, a group of children suddenly rushed from not far away and stumbled past the group of North Styre.