Proof of the Sun King

When Ryan and others stepped on the land of the empire, it was already a week later.

The ocean-going giant ship arrived at Marienburg and stopped at Marienburg. Lane and Tigris did not stop at Marienburg at all, but continued to march along the Reik River. Tigris hurriedly met the high-level ambassador in Ifitau. After seeing each other, Ryan originally wanted to chat with Schultz, the Archduke of Marienburg, but when he saw Tigris, he didn't want to stay and could only say hello and leave.

By the time they reached the border city of Calcutt, Marienburg and Reikland, Emperor Karl Franz had already led the Reik Guards and the Brunswick Great Swordsmen, the Kronborg Great Swordsmen and others from Many armies in the capital awaited the arrival of Tigris, and the Empire extended its warmest welcome to Tigris, with the highest courtesy, to thank him for everything he had done for the Empire in the Great Holy War, and at the same time, the Empire also He welcomed Ryan, who was accompanying him. The new star of Brittany has risen very fast. He has a deep relationship with the empire. Killing Aegir benefited both the western and northern parts of the empire, which made all the people in the empire who took advantage of the benefits. Have a good look on him.

Although Ryan felt that there might be a lot of fear in him, Ryan's power also made the empire feel fearful.

The group stayed temporarily in Calcutt. Karl Franz had arranged a hotel and an open space in the town for the high elves to camp and live. Tigris, Ryan and others all stayed in the hotel.

The spacious hotel suite is luxuriously decorated, clean and tidy. Teresa and Veronica are pretty good. They are no strangers to the empire, but Surya feels good about many things. The female knight opened the window of the hotel, Looking from the fifth floor, a prosperous, dirty, full of vitality and chaotic town appeared in front of the female knight.

The towns of the empire are not like Brittany. The towns of Brittany are often built around castles. The lords and nobles will plan the towns vigorously, but this is not the case in the empire. The towns of the empire are often developed from villages. As a result, local nobles prefer to live in villas and mansions in the corners of towns, or even build castles outside the city.

Calcutt is a town of 5,000 people. Although it has not reached the size of a city, it is very close. It is full of merchants from Marienburg or other imperial provinces. The land is fertile and the commerce is prosperous. Towns of Carter's size are dotted within Rikerland. As the most prosperous, civilized and powerful province of the empire, Rikerland has a population of nearly 5 million, almost 80% of Brittany's. The total population, the hard work of the Karl-Franz family makes Rikland have the most powerful army in the empire, which is also a few provinces in the empire that are more stable and less likely to face wars.

The other two territories are the Ivey Territory to the east and the Wesson Territory to the south.

Ryan embraced his wife from behind, buried his head between her golden hair, breathed in the fragrance of the female knight's body, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Suria, feel good about the empire?"

The female knight held Ryan's big hand: "Yes, the empire... It's not the same as Britannia. It is more energetic and energetic here. Many residents like to walk with their heads raised."

"Let's walk around the street?" Ryan was also very interested. On the way into the city, he at least saw many guilds, such as the Boatmen's Guild, the Blacksmiths' Guild, the Dockmen's Guild, the Doctors' Guild, as well as the Church of Justice, the Church of Life, and the Church of the Goddess of Mercy. Even in the middle of winter, the street is still very lively.

"Well, won't we delay the dinner party?" The female knight was obviously very moved, but she still had to remain reserved.

"No, let's walk around and come back later." Ryan continued to be tempted.

"Then... Okay." Surya agreed. Emperor Karl Franz would entertain them at a dinner party. The time is now in the afternoon, and they still have a lot of free time.

So after 20 minutes, Ryan took Suria and her maid Sylvia to wander the streets. The streets of the empire were dirty and chaotic, and both people and houses gave people a feeling of old and dirty. The buildings on the roadside vary from old to new. Humans are wearing thick cloaks, exhaling cold air, doing business and chores. There are many idlers on the street. whistle.

There are many great swordsmen and groups of knights patrolling the street. This is obviously because of the arrival of the emperor. The officials appointed by the lord are collecting taxes from house to house. Their attitude is rude and arrogant. They show two extremes to people, to those who are humble and flattering because of the emperor's great swordsmen and imperial knights, patrolling soldiers, and to those civilians, soldiers are fierce and domineering, they are looking for reasons and excuses for fines, these money is generally won't leave their pockets.

This is different from Brittany again. Ryan held Sulia's hand, and Sylvia, who followed behind, complained, "Miss, people here are really annoying. Are all the people in the empire like this?"

"Don't underestimate the imperial people, these people are also whistling again and again, just look at your young lady." Ryan smiled: "They are all smart, Suria's dress looks like a big noble, they can't afford to offend them. ."

"What if I dress a little more 'simple'?" Suria today wore a standard Breton female marquis dress with a fox fur coat, but replaced the floor-length dress with a more convenient one for walking. Over-the-knee skirts and high-heeled boots, the female knights are beautiful and heroic, plus a great nobleman's costume, with the Holy Grail Knight badge hanging on his chest, everyone knows that they are not easy to mess with.

"Then they should come out and chat." Ryan smiled: "Imperial people don't care about this."

Surya said no more, she heard her father say that the empire was different.

After the Great Holy War a hundred and sixty years ago, Ludwig the Savior declared publicly: "Everyone has the right to be paid for his labor."

The savior's order opened a new era of the empire. In the south of the empire, especially the three richest provinces of Rikland, Wessonland, and Ivyland, peasants cultivated their own land, and they only needed to ask the emperor. Or the elector pays the tax, and the remaining products can be sold by themselves, in exchange for a large amount of income and accumulation of wealth. The local lords can only draw taxes from their transactions. When the emperor or the elector needs recruits, these farmers are the most important. Excellent source of soldiers, they are eager for war, so that they have the opportunity to take the first step towards the nobles.

In the north of the empire, however, the situation was no different than in Brittany, where the peasants were forced to hand over the vast majority of their harvests, and so they also longed for war, in order to feed their stomachs.

But in any case, one country, one nation, one faith, all imperial people are proud of their country.

There are many beggars and homeless people in the street, they are begging everywhere: "Sir, it's okay, I haven't eaten for three days, I only need a few copper coins, a few, if I can't, one is fine... That bakery opposite. I am clearing the old goods, you can give me a copper coin to make me a full meal, and Ms. Salia will bless you."

Surya couldn't bear to see this. She had never seen so many beggars. In Brittany, serfs were the property of the lord, so there would be no beggars, but in the empire it was different.

Freedom has a price.

Ryan stopped Surya from asking Sylvia to take out a copper coin: "My wife, you can't help everyone."

"But..." The kind female knight was still a little unbearable.

"Your Excellency Malcador is right, Your Majesty the Marquise, there is no need for you to sympathize with these people." At this moment, a mature male voice came from one side, surrounded by a dozen Rick guards, dressed in casual clothes. Emperor Karl Franz approached with a smile, and the emperor's flag-holder, Ludwig Schwarzhammer, followed behind him, and the emperor's face had a warm and sincere smile: "Everywhere in the town there are Recruitment is the lowest paid manure scavenger, bone scavenger, and waste scavenger, and the money earned is enough to fill their stomachs, so don’t encourage them to get something for nothing.”

"Hello, Your Majesty Franz." Ryan stood up straight and stretched out his hand towards the emperor.

The Rick guards were fully armed. They were a little dissatisfied with Ryan's slightly rude behavior, but they didn't say anything after thinking about the great achievements of the people in front of them. They just calmly guarded the emperor.

Calcutt is full of patrolling imperial knights and great swordsmen, so there is no need to worry about safety issues. Ryan thought that Emperor Karl Franz might have the same idea as himself and come out for a walk.

The strength of the ordinary imperial knights is slightly stronger than that of the ranger knights in Brittany, but they are much weaker than the kingdom knights. Because of the wealth and population of Rickland, there are more than a dozen knights in one territory, and thousands of knights. .

"Hello, Your Excellency Ryan, Mrs. Surya, haha~ You are like me, walking around the street?" Sure enough, the emperor took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with Ryan, his face always smiling: "Welcome to Rick Leader, the most powerful, oldest, and wealthiest province in the Empire, and my hometown."

Lane thought that the oldest identities should be Midden Collar and Tara Baker Collar, but he had no intention of correcting them.

"It's really a rich and beautiful land." Surya also reached out and shook hands with Emperor Karl Franz, and the emperor raised the little hand of the female knight by about two centimeters, which was considered a kissing salute: "Welcome, welcome, I'm here to wish you a happy wedding."

"Your Majesty is so free?" Ryan is now a nobleman in Brittany, but he has a deep relationship with the empire. After a little thought, he still behaved respectfully towards the emperor.

After the salute, the faces of the Rick guards looked much better.

"Everything is arranged by my subordinates, so even though my flag officer Ludwig disagreed, I decided to go out for a walk." The emperor smiled, and he patted Ryan's arm: "Just right, Lady Lake's goddess Are you interested in going around the streets with me when you choose the champion?"

Ludwig, the banner officer behind the emperor, hummed unhappily, as if he was very dissatisfied with the emperor's reckless behavior.

"Of course." This was an invitation that was hard to refuse, and Ryan had to agree.

So the three became a group of people, the emperor went to the market to check prices, and discussed with Lane about the fluctuations in the price curve of grain and iron, and how much the **** Marienburg merchants affected prices, and what happened recently. .

Neither Emperor Carl nor Ryan tacitly mentioned the intention of Tigris.

Turning around the corner, a mercenary guild appeared in front of everyone. A giant corpse at the entrance of the guild aroused the interest of Ryan and Emperor Carl.

It was the corpse of a Cyclops. It was erected high at the gate of the Mercenary Guild using wood. The broken tip of a lance penetrated the huge Cyclops. Apart from this fatal blow, the Cyclops There are dozens of horrific wounds on his body, each with deep bones.

This corpse shows that mankind has once again won the war against evil.

"I don't know who is the warrior who made such a feat? If I can see him, I will reward him well." Emperor Carl walked directly into the mercenary guild, and Ludwig, the flag officer and the strong man in the sanctuary Ge hurried to the front, protecting the emperor behind him.

"Let's go, let's go in and have a look." Ryan held Suria's hand, and some memories flashed across his face: "When I was a ranger knight and a kingdom knight, I often came to the mercenary guild to see if there were any There are no missions to take."

"Are you going to take the quest now?" the female knight smiled with interest.

"It depends on whether they can afford my appearance fee, hehe." Ryan said with a smile, his status is different now, and it is unlikely that he will take on tasks like before, and others can't afford his commission. As the champion of the Lake Fairy's God's Choice, he is already an earl, and his appearance fee is already sky-high, and he has to be approved by Morgiana and even the Lake Fairy himself~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After entering the guild, a quarrel spread. Into the ears of the Ryan couple and Emperor Carl, the Rick guards subconsciously held the hilt of the sword around their waists. These Rick guards have the right to kill any dangerous person on the spot.

"Captain Boris! You obviously haven't figured out the situation! It's already a lot to give you five gold marks to kill a group of robbers! Don't be greedy!" In the hall of the guild, a staff member of the guild impatiently talked to one of them. The mercenary said, "If you don't want to do it, naturally there are people who are willing to take on this job! If you don't want to do it, get out!"

"But... Sir, your price is too low. According to your information, this is a group of fully armed thieves, not only shields and axes, but also two crossbows. Five gold marks are too few. Right?" The visitor was arguing with the front desk behind the bar: "How about... eight? If it's not enough, seven."

"Five gold marks is not enough? Did you see the Cyclops outside? The expeditionary knight named Callard solved it by himself, and he only asked for thirty gold marks, and he solved it by himself. A whole goblin tribe only received 20 gold marks, you hillbilly from the north have no strength, don’t blame us for giving less money!” The front desk staff shouted rudely: “I don’t want to pick it up, No one is forcing you to do it."

There are about thirty or forty people in this group of mercenaries, and a mercenary flag with a blood-stained axe flutters in the crowd.

Ryan smiled, acquaintances: "Your Majesty, I know them."

"That's a coincidence." Emperor Carl nodded with a smile, and he motioned the Rick guards to put away their weapons.

Before going alone, Ryan patted behind the big guy who was arguing with the mercenary front desk.

"Hey, Captain Boris, Deputy Captain Wilt, we meet again."

"Lai... Your Excellency Earl Lane?!"