Chapter 181: A Depressed Town
readx;? There were two routes from the Far East to Wangdu, one by land from Falcon Town, a frontier town on the edge of the empire, and the other by sea. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The former will pass through the three major provinces of Obsidian, Yunchui and Maple Leaf, and the road is long away, and it is expected to take one and a half months.
Wallis and Ranmarlok came to Blackfire Castle through this route.
The latter went south from Blackwater Harbor, resupplied at Yuyue Harbor and Eagle Soaring Harbor, and finally landed on the east coast of the empire through Seagull Harbor.
From Seagull Harbor to the west, and then through a white rock province, you can smoothly reach the royal capital.
Not only is it more convenient to travel by sea, but it also takes less time, taking a little more than a month in total.
Wallis did not choose the sea route because the port of Blackwater had been abandoned for many years.
The royal capital didn't know that Blackfire Castle had rebuilt Blackwater Harbor, otherwise Wallis wouldn't have suffered that crime.
This time, the palace steward returned to the royal capital after completing his mission, and there was no doubt that he chose the sea route.
According to common sense, the Duke of the Far East was supposed to go to the royal capital by sea with him.
But Lin Ye chose to go by land, that is, he was not with Wallis, and the two of them went their own way.
Of course, he had a good reason, although he had already thwarted the assassination attempt, but there was no guarantee that no other Assassin was staring at Wallis, so he swaggered overland, pretending that Wallis was with him, so as to attract the attention of the Assassins.
Wallis and Ranmaroke disguised themselves as merchants and sailed south.
The palace governor accepted the offer.
Lin Ye had thought that Wallis would give him a secret decree or something before leaving.
Because he always wondered why His Majesty the Emperor had sent him to the Far East.
What could no other envoy do, but a henchman in charge of the court?
But Wallis did not react superfluously until he got on board.
Lin Ye once thought that he was just thinking too much.
However, he soon realized that the disappearance of the head of the court for no reason was a very glaring thing in itself.
With the means of the four princes, it was not difficult to obtain news of Wallis's arrival in the Far East.
And no matter how old and mediocre His Majesty the Emperor is, it is impossible not to think of this.
In other words, he insisted on sending Wallis on the basis of knowing that the four princes would get the news that Wallis was coming to the Far East.
What can explain this is that His Majesty the Emperor did not show him Lin Ye at this point.
It's for the four princes to see.
It is similar to the meaning of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger.
But how could a Far East, abandoned by the Empire, receive so much attention from the royal capital?
And what does Wallis mean by telling him about the "pact with Lady Rose"?
This should not have been at the behest of His Majesty the Emperor, and he did not even have the impression of this Lady Rose in his mind at all.
"It's really a headache, but as long as these problems reach the royal capital, they will naturally be cleared. ”
Lin Ye rode in the carriage and slowly traveled west.
If this had been left for six months, the road from Dawn to Falcon would have been muddy, and it would have taken a week to reach it, to say the least.
But with the progress of industrialization in the Far East, the local orc tribes began to build roads under the call of Lin Ye.
After all, only by increasing the connection with the Black Fire Castle can the orc tribe substantially improve the quality of life.
For example, taking crops, prey, and minerals to Dawning Town to sell will definitely be able to **** Falcon Town at a better price.
Another example is the various daily necessities produced from Shuguang Town, which are transported to various tribes in the Far East.
Lin Ye's call for "building roads before getting rich" is definitely deeply rooted in the hearts of the people among the orcs.
Although the vast railway network will take shape in at least a decade, it will not be difficult to carve out a road made of cinders.
Dozens of tribes assigned tasks to act collectively, and it took less than two months to lay out.
This more than doubles the time.
It took them only four days to reach Falcon Town.
Lin Ye only brought two people to the royal capital this time, Lancelot and Fanth.
For him, two people were enough.
However, in addition to these two people, there are also three living treasures: Chick, Lulu, and Coco.
This was what Yu Fei insisted on letting him bring, and Lin Ye could only accept it.
"This time from the land into the royal capital, just to investigate the obsidian, Yunchui, maple leaf three provinces, although before looking at the map, has long been the geographical situation of these provinces to remember the melon is very familiar, but after all, you still have to go in person, in order to experience the customs here. ”
Lin Ye got out of the carriage, and it was the first time he had stepped into the territory of the empire.
Although he had been to Undercurrent City before, it was a free state on the sea after all, and he had only been there for a few days.
From now on, for the next three or four months, he will have a good tour of the Empire.
Knowing more about the world is good for him.
"Didn't you hear from the merchant that Falcon Town is not very prosperous, how does it look so tattered that even our Dawning Town can't compare to it?"
Van looked around curiously, this was also his first time in the territory of the Empire.
Falcon Town is mostly low stone houses, with very few two-story buildings, and these shops are open on the street, but most of them are closed.
There weren't many people coming and going, and there were occasionally a few mercenary-looking people who were in a hurry.
It looks very deserted.
"As a border town, Falcon Town has a permanent population of no more than 1,000 people, and because of its proximity to the Far East, a gathering place for orcs, the foundation of its survival lies in trade with orcs, and merchants buy furs, minions and other items from orcs, and orcs buy necessities. ”
Lin Ye continued, "This is how the early merchants made a lot of money, which also contributed to the prosperity of Falcon Town, but with the development of Dawning Town, we have a port as a channel, and the orcs are more willing to go to Dawning Town to exchange for what they want, rather than Falcon Town. ”
Compared to the profiteers of Falcon Town, who always want to extract profits from the orcs, the more inclusive Twilight Town is clearly a better choice.
Moreover, with the unification of the Far East, the prestige of the little duke reached its peak, and a large number of orcs worked in Dawning Town.
The fledgling town was considered a sacred place by the orcs.
"I see, it seems that Falcon Town has become like this, and it has nothing to do with us. ”
Fante always felt an indescribable sense of joy.
"Let's go, although most of the shops are closed, at least the inn is still open, we will spend the night in Falcon Town tonight, remember, we are ordinary merchants, we can't be too ostentatious. Lin Ye reminded.
Fant nodded.
The group went in the direction of the inn. (To be continued.) )