Chapter 280: The Slums
The so-called festival custom is to bring a large pile of food to the slums and distribute it to the people?
What kind of strange custom is this, almsgiving? Anyway, the priests of the cathedral often do things, but with the limitation of festivals, the scope has become most of the nobility and institutions.
The procession of 100 people who came out of the military headquarters went all the way south.
Where is the slum in the imperial capital, Wang Chu really hasn't been there, in other words, there is still a slum setting in a place like the imperial capital, and it is really a wicked capitalist in charge.
All the way to the south, could it be that the place where the slum is located is south of the imperial capital?
The people in the military department were easily recognizable in their clothing, so Wang Chu deliberately changed into the form of a squirrel in order not to be disturbed.
"Cam, the festival of Afufa, which was originally a commemoration of the villages that were slaughtered by the empire during the war, has gradually become an almsgiving activity, and today most of the nobles will go, including priests or magicians, especially in the recent period of the imperial capital, who will definitely prepare carefully in order to regain the trust of the people. "Lias talked to herself about the questions that Lucia had told her before.
I know the truth, so don't you see that I've become so low-key?
Even if they fight no matter how useless they are, they will still come, and if they don't have enough strength, the next battle will not be directly on the street.
There is no need for a human way of life, so faith does not have much effect on him, Wang Chu didn't take the battle between the cathedral and the Magician Association in the open and secret at all, and at present, he just wanted to find the person who formed the Dark Raven God Cult behind him, plus improve his strength.
The wand is still being crafted, and once you know how to get it, you can get a lot of other equipment.
"General, are we going to use that this time?" asked the soldier closest to Lias.
Isn't that the female recruit that Lias values the most, what's her name, Nickos?
"It's enough, anyway, there are a lot of fights every year because of food, and it's a special time recently, and it's easy to cause chaos if you give too much. ”
When everyone is not eating, a little bit of food will become a life-saving thing, but once there is too much, it will become a deadly thing, and it is possible to fight and kill in order to grab food, which is why the relief things are usually dry bread and gruel.
Lias can still think of this, yes.
The team went all the way south, and as they had guessed, the slum was located south of the imperial capital.
Because it was a festival, in addition to the nobles, some wealthy merchants were also inside, Wang Chu saw that some carriages did not have family badges and also brought a large amount of food to transport, no family crest means that they are not nobles, and only rich merchants can buy so much food.
Surprisingly, there are many adventurers who have also come.
Entering the south, Wang Chu could only distinguish by the direction of the canal, and he had never been there, but he felt that the houses along the way were getting older and older, the surrounding streets were becoming more and more dirty, and animal feces were everywhere, and even his crow brothers did not stay in this vicinity.
In the alleys on both sides of the street, a pair of eyes are staring outside.
It was so dark that he could only see his eyes, and Wang Chu felt as if he had seen a hungry wolf in the forest.
"Food, it's food. A weak voice came from the alley.
The dirty clothes were all over the place, the only part of the eyes could be seen on one face, and the color of the teeth they had opened to speak, yellow, and the tongue was also yellow.
"Let people maintain good order, a little hair, don't give too much. Lias commanded.
She rode on horseback, and the poor people did not dare to approach, so they all gathered around the carriage containing food, fortunately the soldiers had weapons in their hands, and although the poor people grabbed it, they did not dare to pounce directly on the food cart.
"It's mine, mine. ”
"And me, and my ......"
The voice was no longer recognizable whether it was old or young, hoarse like a sick person.
This is a poor person, even more refugees than those refugees whose families are ruined, there is still such a place in the imperial capital, if you don't see Wang Chu with your own eyes, you can't believe it, those who only appear in stories are so thin that only bones are left, and there are many children.
"Nikos, you take a little bit to the kids, just remember a little bit. Lias said to the soldiers beside her.
The other party still didn't seem to be able to bear to take a few more breads for the children in the back.
I don't have the strength to squeeze to the front, and my body is too small, so I can only get it by handing it to them.
"Give me, give me. ”
"Hey, how are you grabbing things. Before Nicos could react, the bread that had just been handed to the child was snatched away by someone else and stuffed directly into his mouth, and there was no chance of coming back.
Along the way, there were paupers pouring in.
Lias frowned.
"Cam, you're seeing a slum for the first time. She asked herself.
It's really the first time, I've only heard of it before, but I only feel it when I actually see it.
These people probably don't care about any festivals, as long as they have something to eat, this will be so miserable, this is the imperial capital.
"Actually, every city has slums, and Hajar City has it, but it's not as bad as it is now, and the only time it was when the farm was destroyed before last winter...... Some of the people who lived in the slums were trafficked, some were descendants of former prisoners of war, and of course there were people who had been punished. ”
Wang Chu looked at these people, some of them were indeed very thin and probably really sick, and the other part of them looked dirty, but they still had meat on their faces, and they should be able to work, but the most prosperous business district in the imperial capital had been destroyed recently, and many people could only wait for relief.
The team walked all the way to the depths, and the streets here were almost the same, they were all narrow and dirty, and each street could only be walked by a group of teams, so the other alms teams walked in different places.
Suddenly a holy light flashed around his eyelids.
Lias and Wang Chu both looked at the place in front of them, and a group of people were kneeling on the ground.
"Thank you to the Light, thank you to the Light!" are all worshipping in the same direction.
Wang Chu stood taller and could see farther away.
They seemed to be surrounded by several teams of paladins, and paladins again. He walked in front of him in a golden carriage pulling dry bread, and everywhere he went, it was glittering with gold.
Hey, why are these people so familiar?
The men at the head are basically the same, anyway, the paladins are dressed like this, and they can't be recognized except for their height when they wear helmets.
However, Wang Chu remembered the woman on the side, the female paladin himself did not see much, and he still had an impression of himself who he only saw yesterday.
Isn't this the same group of paladins I met in the south last night?