Chapter 32: Arriving at the Romance and the Black History of the King
Roman City is the largest city in the Saranyi region and even in the entire Eugenia Celestial world, and it is also one of the most important cities. This is not only because she is the seat of the pope, but also because of her long history and special contributions to the entire Eugenia civilization.
Two thousand years ago, a great civilization rose from this city and slowly expanded from a city-state to a powerful empire that encircled the entire Central Sea. Perhaps in the beginning the empire was only the empire of the Romans, but later it became an empire of all the citizens of the Romanes, an empire that gave citizenship to every person under her rule as she conquered and grew in size. It was also during the era of this great empire that the religion of Rites became the orthodox religion of the civilization of Eugenia.
Of course, everything has a beginning and an end, and this great empire eventually declined, and she was destroyed at the hands of the barbarians of the north, and then Eugenia ushered in a great dark age, until the era to which Sinampe crossed over—no one doubted that the ancient Roman Empire was more advanced than it is now, and that there were huge water pipes and roads in all directions, which were naturally different from the divided feudal society of today.
Ironically, the Holy Romans, who now claim to be the successors of the Romance, are descendants of the northern barbarians of the past - although the Pope bestowed the title of King of the Romance people on its rulers, and the title of Emperor was crowned by the Pope, this does not hide this fact.
The true Sarani would not identify with the northern barbarians as their fellow citizens, even though they were part of the empire.
And Sinampei came to such a city by boat.
After asking for that damn Zhen Nanzhu, after several days of sailing, the ship that Sinampei was on finally docked at the port on the outskirts of Roman City.
It's a suburb, but just this port is already a big city. Perhaps Sinampe, who first came to Ogina, would not have been surprised by such a small city in the Middle World. But after getting used to seeing the poor countryside of Capet, such a port still brought Sinampei a sense of comfort.
If nothing else, at the very least, the municipal government of this port is much stronger than that of Capet. No matter how it is said that it is also the port of the holy city of Roman, the church will still try its best to protect its face, and it will not be stingy with appropriations or anything. Anyway, the church has money -- unlike Capeut's city councils that can spend half a month for a dime.
To put it mildly, the ancestors of those city councillors were also just a bunch of mud legs, and the autonomous city they established was just a gathering place for a gang of fugitive slaves, and the orthodox nobles looked down on it.
There is also some noise left behind by the arrival of the Cyris fleet, and although the Cyris's fleet has recently departed for the city of Eugenia further east, many of the merchants who have arrived to inquire are still stranded here, talking about business with other merchants or taking the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the Holy City.
Although the Reichians do not attach as much importance to the Holy City as the Jihadians. However, it is also very important to see religious shrines.
Roman City, along with the city of Pali, is an outlier among the cities of Eugenia, as they were built as political centers and military fortresses.
Bidding farewell to Captain Basil at the harbor, Sinampe and his party set out on the road into the city, where he and Theresa would have lived for a long time, if there had been no incident.
The city of Roman, like Pali, is walled. Sinampei and his party were stopped here – even though they had a letter from the Pope himself. Or rather, that's why they were stopped. Because as soon as the guards at the city gate saw the certificate presented by Theresa. So I hurriedly ran to report it.
Of course, during this period, Sinampei and his entourage were also respectfully invited to the rest room at the city gate to rest.
It seems that the church really values itself, at least the Pope. Sinampei touched his chin. At the moment, it looks like the future is good, at least not as bleak as it was in Capet.
Sinan Pei felt that he and Yu Ge were still well mixed, but Henry, the knight who was really in charge, was always lukewarm to himself and looked weird. There are times when it looks like you want to reuse yourself, but in the end, you always end up with nothing, even if you invent a bunch of new weapons.
Thinking of the new weapon, Sinan Pei thought of the group of students he brought with him. He couldn't help but sigh, hoping that the lads would be taken seriously by Henry after he was gone—he felt that it was because he had been in them that he had been snubbed by Cheng Cheng Dù.
And why are you? It's because of Theresa...... Sinan Pei thought. Perhaps what he had always declared his allegiance to Theresa was a violation of the king's taboos. After all, while Theresa was her illegitimate daughter, she was also a great nobleman - and a beloved nobleman.
The guards didn't make Sinampei wait too long, and after a while, the church people who had come to greet the group arrived.
What they never imagined was that it was their old acquaintance, the old man Clément.
"Oh children, we meet again, it is really God's will. The old man smiled, "May the Lord bless you." ”
Theresa and the others accepted the blessing generously, but Sinampei was still a little embarrassed, he was still a heretic so far, and no one baptized him.
This time, the group didn't know what to say to the old man Clément, there were too many things that had happened before, too much, and it was quite a bit difficult to explain.
But the old man Clement seemed to know everything: "Henry's boy ......"
Sinan Pei smiled bitterly, in the eyes of the old man Clément, is the king just a child? Yes, after all, the old man's age is there.
"Henry's kid would do this kind of thing, it can be regarded as fate, he has been hurt too much by the big nobles since he was a child, and his whole life has been spent in the constraints of the nobles, and there is no shortage of his relatives, and he did these things, not necessarily his intention. Old man Clement comforted everyone while guiding the way, "When Henry was still young, he was thrown stones into the dormitory by the big nobles of the opposition, and he also received some injuries, these old things should not be brought up, but especially Theresa, you have to understand Henry, he is not easy. ”
In other words, didn't the nobles leave an indelible wound on the young heart of the king?
Sinampei pouted secretly, he had a shadow, but it was his own people who were unlucky! Who did he provoke whom? (To be continued......)