Chapter 55: Sarnia
At the beginning of the day, Xia Zuo left the village of Glarang early.
While the mercenaries of the Iron Fang Mercenary Regiment were sitting in sweet dreams with the ogre's head in their arms, Xia Zuo's delicate carriage had slowly driven out of the village gate.
Xia Zuo did not punish the two peasant girls or anyone in the village, and from the moment she stepped out of the gate, Mira and them were already completely two worlds.
The girl, who was originally strong and brave, sat silently in the carriage, like a wandering ghost forgotten by heaven and hell at the same time, full of decay and death, as if she had become a woman in her last years overnight.
The dull expression had been maintained all night, and the large hollow eyes only fluttered slightly as the carriage walked out of the village gate, proving that the sculptural girl was still alive.
"Someday, you'll be back here!, I promise!" Natsuzo stroked Mira's dull red hair, he didn't punish those people, and when the brave girl returned here, she would take back everything she had lost here.
Tears flickered and rolled down with the big eyes with slender eyelashes, and Mira finally couldn't help the sadness in her heart, and threw herself into the arms of Xia Zuo, the only person she could rely on now, and sobbed in a low voice.
Gently stroking his back, Xia Zuo comforted the grieving girl in his arms, and the worry on his face finally dissipated, the silent and silent grief was the most terrifying, as long as he could cry and vent it, it would be good!
As the heart-rending crying gradually stopped, the girl who had been paralyzed all night finally fell asleep, and Xia Zuo finally had the space to take off the clothes that had already been wet with tears, and got out of the carriage on the girl.
"Buman, how long will it be before we get to Sarnia!" sat beside Buman, wearing only a thin white undershirt, but the cold could not disturb his body in the slightest.
"Come on, if nothing else, we will be able to see the walls of Sarnia today!" After the events of last night, Buman's heart quietly changed unconsciously, although he was still afraid of Xia Zuo, but it was more respect and awe, and a little less fear of violence.
As the stone road became wider and wider, the number of pedestrians increased, the caravans and mercenaries flowed back and forth, and the surrounding scenery changed dramatically, and the neatly planned farmland was dotted on both sides of the road, although covered with snow, it was not difficult to imagine the rolling waves of wheat at the time of harvest, farms, mills, herds of cattle and sheep roaming the hillsides and farmland.
When Salnia appeared on the horizon in the distance, Xia Zuocai knew what wealth was, and at the same time understood what Buman had said earlier.
The neat gray-black brick brick wall with a height of nearly ten meters surrounds the entire city and guards it, and the Rogette River meanders outside the city wall, like a powerful arm around the city wall of Sarnia, this wide river that runs through the Rodman Empire, the river is nearly 100 meters wide, even in the cold winter, because of the waves.
The tall and thick gate was large enough for a tall ogre to easily walk through, with ten silver armor on a blue background on each side, guarded by guards holding halberds, proudly scanning the passing crowd.
A pair of neat guards patrolled the towering walls, and every fifty meters there was a towering watchtower, the gray dome reflecting a faint glow in the sunlight, on which four archers in light armor could be seen looking warily into the distance.
Even if it is blocked by a ten-meter-high city wall, you can still see a magnificent and towering black castle rising into the sky inside the city, and the main building with three minarets is enough to look down on the movement within a dozen miles of the surrounding area.
The castle, which is more than twice as high as the city wall, is full of hanging towers, watchtowers and rhombic castles, and the dark stone walls are carved with resolute sculptures of axes and knives, and the sunlight can be seen from a distance that is completely full of yang and full of works of art.
"My lord, that's Rodman's border fortress Salnia!" Buman introduced in a slightly embarrassed tone, "The standing population here is nearly 100,000, and there are more than 10,000 border troops stationed here, and not counting the mercenaries stationed and living here!"
"Really?" Xia Zuo nodded with interest, although Salnia is only a small border town of Rodman, it is enough to shock Xia Zuo from the wasteland, a city of 100,000 people is almost impossible in the gravel wasteland, even if Xia Zuo gathers all the Munk tribes in the wasteland, I am afraid that it is only ten thousand.
And after seeing the human city, Xia Zuo also began to plan the prototype of the city in his own territory in his heart.
The inhabitants who walked by the carriage looked sideways from time to time, but their eyes were only fleeting, this is the border pass of Sarnia, where the nobility is not very rare creatures.
Even a few human children in tattered clothes who were guarding the side of the road had the courage to chase the carriage, shouting excitedly "Master, Master"
"Hehe" Xia Zuo smiled slightly and gestured to Buman, who grabbed a handful of copper plates from his waist and threw them out with a distressed face, and the children chasing the carriage immediately rushed into a ball.
The noise made even Mira in the car unable to hold back, opened the corner of the curtain, and looked out curiously.
"Let's go, let's find a place to rest first, and then let's have a good look around this Sarnia!" Shazo patted Buman on the shoulder, turned and got into the carriage, as a noble lord, but he could not sit in the groom's place like the coachman.
Although the carriage was slightly muddy, the delicate lines were still clearly visible, which represented the carriage of the owner's status, and the guards guarding the city gate did not check it much, and even the routine search ended in a hurry after throwing a few gold coins in the carriage.
There was a woman's voice and smell in the carriage, and the noble but boring nobles had some peculiar habits that they didn't want outsiders to know, which they had seen too much, and a few of the guards hurried back with strange smiles, making way for a wide road for the carriage to pass.
With the crisp sound of horses' hooves, Xia Zuo, the little lord of the Campas Empire, entered the border fortress of the Rodman Empire Sarnia without hindrance, and even Xia Zuo, who sighed at the corruption of the Human Empire, felt incredible.
Buman naturally understood where Xia Zuo was talking about, as a noble lord who came here as an unknown territory, Xia Zuo naturally could not live in the chaotic, dirty, and other places where they often stayed, but to a noble residential area where noble, elegant, or at least on the surface, gathered.
Along the wide main road, Buman drove straight to the city's towering castle, where the city's most noble people lived.
At the end of the road, a high wall blocked the way, and on both sides of the road stood delicate round bonsai, and under the arches surrounded by delicate patterns, four guards who were much stronger and more delicate than the guards at the city gate in terms of strength and clothing proudly raised their heads and stood straight on both sides.
"Look at the long journey, let your noble carriage stain a lot of mud, this is not an obstacle to your identity, if you don't clean up, won't it damage your face!" After handing over the ten gold coins entrance fee that ordinary civilians could not accumulate for several years, the four diligent guards, with humble and flattering smiles, magically took out wooden buckets and white rags out of nowhere, and cleaned the carriage for Xia Zuo in an orderly and skillful manner.
"It's really good at doing business!" Xia Zuo, who was enjoying the courteous service in the carriage, praised with a smile on his face, although the nobles would not care about this money, but the fact that they were asked for the entrance fee of ten gold coins would inevitably make the nobles who came feel angry.
And was greeted by these smiling faces, the humble and respectful guards did this, the anger in their hearts suddenly disappeared, for the nobles who are not bad for money, face is the big thing, but this is the fact that these guards have won the favor of the nobles who came.
Mira's eyes flashed, curious and inexplicable as she looked at the four guards in delicate armor around her, she had seen guards in this kind of dress from a distance once, and when facing them civilians, these people were far less "polite" than they were now.
The skilful hands and feet of the four men were quite nimble at this time, and the carriage was quickly cleaned, and when the new carriage entered the delicate round arch, the scenery inside the high walls changed as if it were two worlds entirely.
Unlike the gray and white buildings on the outside, the high walls are made entirely of a material that Xia Zuo did not know, and the white-walled and gold-roofed buildings are far more elaborate and towering than the outside of the walls, and the extravagant lacquer glaze reflects a dazzling glow in the sunlight.
The vehicles were far more delicate and extravagant than the chariots, and the few pedestrians were arrogantly dressed in luxurious clothes, followed by three or five, more than a dozen diligent servants and maids, respectfully holding extravagant items such as silk and spices in their hands.
The slightly sweet fragrance of dim sum, the faint elegance of perfume, and the tempting aroma of wine are mixed in the air, and people can't help but be a little intoxicated by the smell.
It is not difficult to hear Xia Zuo's hearing, the suppressed ** and full of primitive** roars coming from the elegant building, even the Mira in the car can vaguely hear a little, she is not in a hurry and her face is red, and opposite Xia Zuo, her low head is almost stuffed to her chest.
Although this body is still a chick, Xia Zuo, who has the soul of a person who has come over, can naturally hear what kind of voice this is, and he can't help but secretly mock in his heart, this is the nobility of mankind? This is the bloodline of the heroic warriors who defeated the Kampas Empire back then? This is the decay covered under the gorgeous appearance, which is the most noble species of mankind?
Buman randomly chose a huge and extravagant building to drive to, on both sides of the left and right doorways, there are delicate sculpture potted plants side by side, and opposite the majestic gate, there is even a circular fountain surrounded by sculptures.
Before the car stopped, there was a young man who had already prepared inside the door pushing the cart and stepping forward, and the old ladies who got out of the car were diligently supported, arching and leading to the store.
humbly took off his bags and loaded them into a cart and pushed them into the store behind Xia Zuo and the others, and a sturdy young man jumped into the carriage and skillfully rushed to the parking lot on the side.
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