Chapter 193: Finally Arriving at the Holy Capital (1)

The departure from the city of Amster in February, the crossing of Jestein was delayed, and it was not until May that the half-numbered convoy arrived in the diocese of Princy.

The parish was already part of the territory of the Xiyi Empire and was known for its richness and prolific prolific nature, and was the economic heart of the strongest empire on the mainland. Liu Ci was particularly impressed by the fruit of the Diocese of Princy.

Cheap and varied, anyway, for a while, the little maid Sanman basically didn't eat and lived on fruits. Liu Ci also likes rich flavors, and thinking of the poor Baba fruit trees in his manor, Liu Ci paid attention to letting Sangman leave the fruit seeds.

The people in the convoy saw that she had to carry magic plants with her even when she went to the Holy Land Port, but she was particularly fond of plants, and they didn't pay much attention to her collecting all kinds of seeds.

In addition to fruits, the parish of Princy also has a variety of teas. Small tea seedlings can't be carried, Liu Ci bought tea, and then asked someone to buy tea fruits, so she collected a lot of varieties.

The Diocese of Príncy is a long and oblique strip on the map of the mainland, and the direction to the port of the Holy Land is to pass through its transverse plane, which is particularly short compared to the two months in Jesdan Diocese.

In less than half a month, the convoy said goodbye to Printhian Christianity.

In mid-May, the convoy came to the parish of Casabka. Located between Príncy and the Port of the Holy Land, this diocese encompasses not only the territory of the Greek Empire, but also several small states that are divided into the diocese.

For some reason, the Greek Empire did not know what kind of consideration, and instead of building the capital of the empire in Princy, which was the most economically prosperous, the city of Girona in the diocese of Casabuca, it chose instead.

The city of Girona is densely populated, with hundreds of thousands of permanent residents living in the city, and even people from all over the continent living temporarily, with a total population of a staggering million—a very large number in a different world with backward agricultural technology.

Unfortunately, the Veblen priest had no intention of taking the group to Girona, and the convoy traveled along the wide road across the wide moat outside the city, missing out on the opportunity to visit the city of Girona.

It's a pity that it's not only Liu Ci and Samman, it can be seen that many people in the Knights of Light are also very yearning for Girona City, in terms of the strength of the empire, it is a well-deserved number one city in the mainland!

When the Marquis of Stleve looked at the tall city gate, the ambition in his eyes was undisguised, and everyone could see how much the Marquis longed for the city of Girona.

"I heard that the successive city lords of Girona were all concurrently served by the king of Xiyi, but it's a pity that ......"

Liu Ci sighed at the maid Sangman, and Sangman's head couldn't understand what was a pity, but Mr. Marquis's face was green - it was a pity that the Marquis of Straif was not the Xiyi royal family, and judging from the current ruling strength of the Xiyi Empire, the Stlev family was far from qualified to overthrow the current royal rule of the Xiyi Empire.

Therefore, the ambitious Marquis of Strave can only stare dryly in the face of the first city on the mainland, "Girona", and sometimes the degree of torture of people will be greater than expected, and Liu Ci will of course gloat.

The diocese of Casabuca encompasses several small countries with different folklore. The smallest of them is only the size of the "city of Girona", and the largest is nothing compared to the three major empires on the mainland, and it can be close to the capital of the Xiyi Empire, Girona, without being annexed, Liu Ci feels that it has something to do with their proximity to the diocese of the Holy Port.

The Diocese of Port Santdi is not large, but it is independent of the countries of the mainland and is truly under the complete rule of the Holy See. There are many small states around it, and with the support of the Holy Land Port, they have survived the territorial expansion of the three empires. The Holy Land Port should be happy to have a buffer zone between it and its three powerful neighbors, and the small countries act as a buffer zone.

The location of the Holy Land Harbour is particularly cold, and the winters are even longer than in the Armster Mountains. Of course, the small countries around it could not be very rich in such a climate – in fact, there are quite a few special mineral deposits in extremely cold regions. It is thanks to these deposits and the support of the Holy See that small countries can function their countries normally.

On this day, Liu Ci and his people came to "Douala", which is the closest country to the Diocese of Casabuca to the Diocese of Port of the Holy Land.

Its climate is completely different from that of the Diocese of Port Sanctuary, because of its unique geographical location in the middle of the country, which makes it economically prosperous among several small countries. The kingdom of Douala is made up of three large cities, several small towns, and several small towns, the most prosperous of which is, of course, the city of Doualala, its royal capital.

This is also the only way for the convoy to enter the Holy Land Port.

The city of Douala was not well defended, and compared to the other large cities seen along the way, its walls were even half a man's height of low earthen walls. It's July, the hottest month of the year in other places, but Douala is warm and spring-like, ushering in the most comfortable time of the twelve.

The walls were sprinkled with grass seeds, and the half-foot-high grass covered the outline of the walls, and from a distance the walls looked like a fence wall woven with strips. The soldiers at the gates were not strict at all, and as Veblen's priest of light, he was treated with a high standard in the city of Douala. When the convoy entered the city, the Douala girls on the street watched enthusiastically, and their eyes boldly expressed their joy to the knights of light on horseback, and Liu Ci was very envious, jealous and hateful - there was a saying in the Earth Federation before, I have the ability to pick up girls, but unfortunately I am a girl...... It's quite in line with Liu Ci's current mood.

In the novel in Liu Ci's library library, the gentlemen in ancient China were holding folding fans, swaggering down the street, and when they saw a favorite big girl and little daughter-in-law, they closed the folding fan with a "whoosh" and picked up the chin of the beautiful woman lightly, what kind of unruly is that!

"Sanman, did you say we're going to buy some men's clothes......

The little maid is so confused, what is the young lady thinking in her head, she really doesn't understand, is the personal maid too incompetent?

The atmosphere in Douala City is good, and Liu Ci is trying to find an excuse to go around, but seeing that it is still early in the sky and he is about to set foot on the land of the Diocese of Port Sanctuary, Priest Veblen should be able to rush to his destination without stopping and arrive at his destination in one go, right?

Liu Ci couldn't help but feel sorry, and the Veblen priest just stopped the convoy.

Instead of going to the church in Douala, the old priest left the Knights of Light at the inn.

"We will stay in Douala for half a day, during which time everyone will be free to move around. But everyone has to go back to the hotel by the afternoon, you know? ”

Priest Veblen said to the knights of light, who nodded their heads and went out shopping with their money bags with joy on their faces.

Liu Ci was dumbfounded, and the old priest looked at her with a strange expression, as if he disdained her fuss: "Most of us also have friends in the Holy Land Port, and when we arrive in Douala City, of course, we have to prepare some gifts for friends and relatives who have not seen us for a long time, what's so strange about this?" Is it true that in your eyes, the clergy of the Holy See are all unsympathetic eccentrics? ”

Liu Ci hurriedly shook his head.

"If you don't mind, Lord Priest, can you let me go with you, you know that I have a sister in the Holy Land Harbor Monastery, and I will prepare some gifts for her too."

Priest Veblen looked at the three four-wheeled carriages belonging to Liu Ci in the courtyard of the inn, and his eyes were really complicated.

Liu Ci didn't blush at all, anyway, he recognized the good old man character of Priest Veblen, and he was ready to rely on the old man.

"Okay, follow me."

Liu Ci had no skin and no face, and the old priest could only compromise.

The second cargo did not blush at all, and ordered the little maid Sanman to take his money bag and follow the old priest to a secluded street somewhere in the city of Douala. It is said to be secluded, not because it is sparsely populated, on the contrary, there are many people in the clothes of the clergy of the Holy See who come and go on this street. However, they move gracefully with each other, and they don't talk loudly, which makes this street particularly quiet in the middle of the city.

The shops here sell all kinds of "holy weapons", mage robes that only fit the mage of light, enchanted boots, belts, and simple and elegant magical jewelry, where the mage of light can find anything he wants.

Of course, there are also shops that sell ordinary but exquisite daily necessities.

On this street, you can buy the best quills in the entire continent, made from the feathers of white swans that live in the lakes of the Douala Mountains, which are not only high in altitude but also in a harsh climate, and catching a swan in the snowy mountains can sometimes cost the hunter his life. And a swan, the hard bristles on its body that can be made into a quill will not exceed ten.

There are also water-based ice silkworms brought out by adventurers from the Moloch Mountains and fed them with "crystals", and the ice silkworms will highlight a kind of silver silk, which is very rare in the mainland, and on this street in Douala City, you can see the silver silk robe in a shop casually.

Goods converge from the north and south to Douala, and the clergy of the Holy See spend large quantities of gold on this street before entering the diocese of Port Sanctuary. The Holy See would pay each clergyman, like the salary of the old priest Veblen, which was enough to make a petty nobleman jealous. Therefore, the clergy are not short of money, and the Holy See is also responsible for solving their food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they can find churches all over the continent, and they usually have very few opportunities to use gold coins, and of course they are not bad for money when they go to Douala City.

"It still hasn't changed here!"

Priest Veblen and Liu Ci stopped in front of a shop, facing the quiet old shop, and sighed.

"Have you been here before?"

Liu Ci looked curiously, this store is not big, it is very clean, and there are no two customers in it, which is not conspicuous in the whole street.

The old priest nodded, "The last time I came, it was more than ten years ago. When we were studying at the Monastery of Port Sanctuary a year ago, we often came here to pick out daily necessities, and at that time we had to count and count the gold coins, and there were too many things that we were satisfied with, but there were too few coins in our hands......"