Chapter 154: The Land of Ten Thousand Cities
Outside the majestic city gate, before the convoy of the envoy group approached, a whole group of cavalry had already walked out of the city gate to welcome them.
A tall knight in black armor and riding a black horse walked at the front of the cavalry.
"Is it Princess Angelina of the Kingdom of Faustin?" the black-armored knight asked, and far away from the black-armored knight, Locke felt a rush of power, like substance.
This is not like the strength of a knight's squire.
"I am!" Angelina's melodious voice came out of the carriage, and then, Angelina, wearing a silver mage robe, appeared.
The black-armored knight froze the team and approached the legation alone, not paying the slightest attention to the heavily armed Faustin soldiers around him.
"I am here to receive Princess Angelina on my orders from Lord Garcia, and to the imperial capital of Princeton. The black-armored knight said meticulously.
"Mighty knight, what is your name?" asked Angelina with a smile.
"You can call me Knight Garon. The black-armored knight replied.
"Then trouble Knight Garon. Angelina said.
Many people have noticed a detail, that is, this knight named Garon calls Princess Angelina 'you', if this knight does not have a high title comparable to Princess Angelina, it is only because his strength is enough to break free from the shackles of worldly royal power.
Led by the Garon Knights, the convoy followed closely behind them. Angelina sat back in her carriage.
Following Viscount Cage, Locke and the others walked in front of the envoys, very close to the Garon Knights.
There was no random questioning, no nonsense, this envoy group from Faustin behaved very calmly and decently, and everyone was meticulous from top to bottom, which made the Galleon knight who was secretly observing nodded.
Compared with the envoys of other countries he had received, these Faustins made a very good impression on him.
Walking into the tall and majestic city gates, Locke was fortunate to see the customs of the O'Moore Empire.
The knight, Garon, rarely spoke, while a knight next to him, who resembled an entourage, was more talkative, briefing the legates on the city of Barbrador.
The city was established on the southeastern border of the Omoor Empire on the border with the Duchy of Lyon, and was called Barbrador.
Although the retinue repeatedly explained that Babrado was only the poorest city in the O'Moore Empire, Locke didn't believe it.
Judging only from the majesty of the city walls and the prosperity of the city, Locke has only seen the royal capital of Faustin compared to the city of Flor and the city of Otis in Charlotte.
This is at least a large city with a capacity of 200,000 people, although he has only traveled around less than a third of Labrador's urban area, and Locke has already estimated it.
In Faustin, apart from Peters City and Flor City, which can accommodate more than 200,000 permanent people, Locke really didn't hear of any other city that could.
Ignoring the retinue's remarks, Locke took care of what he was seeing.
Their resting place was the Labrador's Coach, located in the southwest corner of the city.
It is said to be a post station, in fact, it is a large hotel, covering an area of fifty miles, divided into upper, middle and lower three-story building post station, giving the envoys the feeling of a palace greater than a post station,
The accompanying O'Moore Empire personnel seemed to be accustomed to the surprise of people who had just arrived in their country, and after arranging food and lodging for the people in the convoy, they ignored them.
The knight of Garon, after also taking the people to the place, did not know when to leave.
"Find your room, rest for the day, and continue your journey tomorrow!" came Viscount Cage's voice.
The slaves lived in a four-person room, the ordinary soldiers lived in a three-person room, the squad leaders lived in a two-person room, and only the captains such as the nobles and Locke were assigned a single room.
Relying on his power, Locke arranged a single room for Grace's daughters and sister Leah.
"Are you going to leave so soon?" asked Locke as he walked over to Viscount Cage.
He had expected the convoy to repair in Babrado for a few days before setting off.
"The Princess's Academy is about to start, and we need to arrive at Princeton a month early, plus things like entering the palace. Viscount Cage said helplessly.
"Isn't there more than two months left?" It's only the end of December, and it's not a short time before the princess starts school in February.
"I'm skeptical that I will ever be able to get to Princeton in a month. Viscount Cage dropped the sentence and walked away, leaving Locke stunned.
At dinner, after communicating with the adjutant Bend, Locke learned why Viscount Cage would say that he would not be able to travel to Princeton, the imperial capital of the O'Moore Empire, for a month.
The O'Moore Empire was so big, how big was it, according to Bender, on the map, the O'Moore Empire was a hundred times the size of Faustin.
It takes ten days to cross the kingdom of Faustan and three years, if not more, across the entire territory of the Omore Empire.
Faustin's total number was around two million, while the total number of the O'Moore Empire, according to official statistics, was around seven million.
This is the first time Locke has heard that after 10 million, there is still '100 million' as a unit.
The total population of 700 million made Locke unable to imagine how big and vast the O'Moore Empire was, and in his life, Locke felt that he would not correctly recognize what a huge number 700 million was.
No wonder the knight who accompanied the Omoor Empire would say that Babrado was the most barren city in the Omoor Empire, with only more than 200,000 people living there, which was indeed insignificant compared to the 700 million.
After a night of repairs, Locke had not yet realized the surprise that the city of Babrado had brought him, and the convoy set off again.
This time, in addition to the accompanying Faustan soldiers, there was also an escort team from the Omoor Empire, led by Knight Garon himself.
The duty of this escort force is to monitor more than to protect.
The Faustan envoys, who had doubled in size, did not slow down because of their bloated size, on the contrary, with the escort of the Garon knights, the speed of the convoy increased by several notches, and the road was unimpeded.
"Knight Garon should be the vice-lord of Babrador. In the carriage, Angelina munched on some unknown fruit she had just bought in the passing city.
"Deputy City Lord?" Locke wondered, it had been half a month since he left Babrador, and there were already more than twenty cities they had crossed along the way.
Locke's initial shock has turned into numbness.
It is no wonder that Babrado was the most barren city in the O'Moore Empire, and the cities that he later passed through along the way were larger than the other in terms of size.
The city of Gea, which they had left this morning, was almost three Flor in size, and its resident population was said to be 800,000.
Eight hundred thousand, hehe, this city of Reya has refreshed the upper limit of Locke's cognition, and this refresh process will not stop for the time being, because their end, the imperial capital Princeton, has not yet arrived.
Locke was very curious about how magnificent the capital of the O'Moore Empire, with its 700 million people, would be.
As for why the Garon knight is the deputy city lord of Barbrador, according to Angelina, in the Omore Empire, for every strong person who has reached the official knighthood, the Omor Emperor will give a city lord position.
In Faustin, a full-fledged knight was strong enough for the king to make him a marquis, while in Omor, he could only be a lord of the city.
However, having a city with at least two or three hundred thousand people is not much worse than the marquis of a small kingdom, except for the city itself, the villages and towns around the city are all under the control of the city lord.
"This Garon knight should have offended someone, so he was assigned to that kind of city as a deputy city lord. Angelina laughs, her carriage is soundproofed so you don't have to worry about people outside hearing it.
It was an intrigue between the nobles again, and Locke sounded uninterested every time.
"Omoore Empire, how many powerhouses are officially knight-level?" Locke asked what he was most concerned about, he wanted to know how strong the strength and heritage of this empire that dominated the continent and had hundreds of subject countries.
"The O'Moore Empire is also known as the Land of Ten Thousand Cities. Angelina glanced at Locke and said slowly.
"The Land of Ten Thousand Cities. Locke muttered, a city has more than one official knight, then ten thousand cities......
Locke found that the veil of the world seemed to have just lifted a horn for him, and it turned out that he was still a frog at the bottom of a well.
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