Chapter 178: Into the City
In the past, Shalama did not come to Crimea, he was the chief executive who was in charge of the life and death of five million people here, and the military governor constrained each other, but after Shalama came, he had no reason to continue to hold power.
Judging from his expression, the respect in his heart was overflowing.
In contrast, the leader of the head is on one knee, the sword at his waist hangs on the ground, and the other hand holds a long sword representing military power. The piece of armor with an oriental flavor on his body struck the ground with a dull sound.
The Crimean region is located in the eastern part of the Roland Continent, but it is nominally part of the HRE Empire, so the cultural tendencies of the Crimean region have both western flavors and many eastern colors, such as the armor worn by the soldiers and the equipment similar to the fish scale armor worn by the general.
The armor used by the countries in the western part of the Roland continent is either chain mail or block plate armor, and of course, the plate armor will also be lined with chain mail, so that the defense can be greatly increased.
In addition to the chain mail, the eastern countries have abandoned the block of plate armor, and the armor worn on the body is like fish scales, for example, the Rus armor of the Rus Empire, the whole body is impermeable except for the eyes, and it is protected by layers of fish scales, and all the weight on the body is only afraid of nearly 100 catties, but this is the extreme situation of a very small number of heavy infantry, under normal circumstances, the Eastern armor worn by the cavalry will not be so exaggerated.
The style of armor in the Crimean region is more strange, the cuirass on the body is fish scale armor, but the gloves, shoulder armor, and arm armor are plate armor. At the hem, there are two hanging scales, and the leg armor is plate armor. Oh, and a pair of plate armor boots. As for the helmet, it is difficult to tell whether it is plate armor or scale armor. It's no wonder that the people of Roland Continent laugh at the armor worn by the people of this region of Crimea as mongrel.
But there's no denying it. In addition to being a little too heavy in weight, this hybrid armor has good protection. If you are born with divine powers, you can put on scale armor and plate armor on the outside, and chain mail on the inside.
However, this kind of equipment can only be possessed by generals or people of the personal guard, as for ordinary soldiers, all the countries on the Roland continent are marked with the same configuration, leather armor or cotton armor...... Occasionally, if the conditions are good, they can also change into plate armor, as for the kind of plate armor that is specially sold to the knight lord, they don't have to think about it, and they can't afford it even if they are bankrupt! Since most of the countries on the Roland continent are divided into feudal systems, it is difficult for a country to have a standing army, so the local aristocratic armed forces are the military support of a country. And that's exactly what it is. Cai Zhi zhì The equipment of the various arms is different, and it is chaotic and disorderly.
But the armor worn by the soldiers guarding the city of Crimea was uniform! the crossbowmen wore plate armor, pot helmets on their heads, and short swords for protection at their waists. They weren't soldiers for hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, so they didn't need to be dressed as tightly and sturdy as melee infantry, and the second-generation dagger at their waist was barely used to parry.
The spearmen and sword and shield infantry on the city wall were actually wearing chain mail, and on the outside of the chain mail was a burqa printed with the coat of arms of the Salama family! The shield in his hand was also painted with the coat of arms of the Salama family.
How rich this must be, Chu Nan remembered the information about the Shalama family that Eugenie had introduced to him in the carriage.
The Salama family is part of the Hohenstaufen family though. But they were much stronger than the other branches of the Hohenstaufen family. I have to thank the emperors of the Hohenstaufen family, who have attracted the attention of many nobles for the Hohenstaufen family.
The Shalama family relied on their geographical advantage to run the trade route from the eastern orc tribe to the west, relying on the taxes they fought for foreign merchants. Every year the city of Crimea earns huge profits from it. Although one can choose to go north from the Rus Empire to the orc tribes, the Takakar in the Rus Empire is worse than the Crimean City!
Moreover, the officials of the Crimean city did not at least discriminate against the merchants, and on the contrary, the Crimean region was quite supportive of the merchants of their own territory to trade. In their opinion. Merchants are like hubs for the flow of wealth between cities and villages, between regions. If you block this hub, you will undoubtedly cut off your own way of life!
But from this point of view. It's better than the nobles and priests in other regions of the Roland continent, I don't know how many times.
In their eyes, the most spare parts people are farmers and craftsmen, then soldiers, then merchants. Even though these businessmen have endless money in their hands, they are still perceived as an inferior and discriminated group. Some impoverished nobles still hold their heads high when they borrow money from merchants, as if they are not the ones who borrowed money, and they ask the merchants to stretch out their hands to ask for money because they give the merchants great glory, just ask how the merchants of the Roland Continent can not be upset in this situation.
What will happen to a group that has strong economic power and controls most of the means of production in social life, but does not have the corresponding social status......
But it is a pity that in the Roland continent, except for the commercial city-states of the Apennine region and the Crimean region, no ruling group has thought about this depth.
But the Crimea did it, after giving the merchants social status and various support policies, the economy of the Crimean region has been rising, just a few generations, the richness of the Crimean region can be said to be not inferior to any place on the Roland continent, of course, if the Crimean region is far from enough compared with the capitals of various countries, but compared with the Sacred Heart City, the Crimean region is not equal, and even stronger than the Sacred Heart City in terms of the size of the Crimean City.
Shalama slowly took her sword and scepter, and then slowly walked into the city of Crimea in the admiration of everyone.
The officials and generals who saluted on both sides also followed closely behind Shalama.
The crowd also moved slowly, and both those who knew what was going on and those who didn't know what was going on began to move with the crowd.
All the houses in the city of Crimea poured out of people, and every street was filled with people, and the black oppression was like a dark cloud. (To be continued......)