'The morning sun rises.
The sun slowly emerges from the eastern horizon, and the red morning sun gradually adds a layer of warmth to the sky, dispelling the indifference of the night.
The carriage was moving slowly down the road to the south.
Chen Daolin sat in the driver's seat, holding a horsewhip in his hand.
On both sides of him, Barossa and Xia Xia leaned against him left and right, and Barossa was directly held in his arms.
Although it was early in the morning, the road in the wilderness gradually became lively as we went south.
Along the way, I saw a lot of convoys, horse teams, and passers-by coming from the south, all of whom should be heading towards Freeport.
Chen Daolin looked at the loaded carriages, at the merchant travelers, and at the heavily armed samurai mercenaries.
As he farther south, his heart became more agitated.
What will the "Roland Empire" look like after hearing about it for a long time?
After a night of driving, in the morning, finally, Chen Daolin saw a big river appear in front of the road in the distance, across in front of him Although it was early in the morning, the river was bustling with many ferries.
The wharf on the riverbank is even more crowded and extremely busy.
Looking across the river, a majestic city wall stands under the rising sun, and people can't help but be shocked at a glance "What a heroic city," Chen Daolin sighed.
The walls were tall and majestic, majestic and dangerous.
The towers above the city defense are densely packed, and the flags are displayed Chen Daolin made a rough visual inspection, and the shortest part of the city wall was probably more than ten meters high, and the city gate tower in the middle was even more majestic I really don't know how this kind of majestic city was built in this era of cold weapons, recalling the past things I heard before: "That tulip first duke did a very good job."
Chen Daolin sighed in his heart.
The eastern fortress of the Roland Empire is one of the three fortresses on the northern border of the empire, and it is also the eastern source of the "Kaspersky Line" in the north of the entire empire, firmly guarding the starting point of the northern defense line of the empire.
Xia Xia and Barossa have both woken up.
After all, Xia Xia was still in the mood of a child, and couldn't help but hook her head to look at the huge castle on the other side of the river, and the child kept exclaiming in amazement.
It was Barossa, but her expression at the moment was a little complicated, she quietly leaned on Chen Daolin's arms, looking at the outline of the city wall on the other side of the river in the distance, and then, the elf girl sighed softly.
"What's wrong" noticed that the girl in her arms was in a strange mood.
"The castle."
Barossa whispered, "I've heard its story. ” "What is the story of it," Chen Daolin became interested.
Barossa hesitated for a moment, but then remembered that Chen Daolin was not from the Roland Empire, so she was relieved and said slowly: "I heard that in that war more than a hundred years ago, our coalition army once broke through the northern defense line of the Roland people, and it was here that under the command of the great elf king Luoxue, we broke through this eastern fortress, and once occupied this place, which was the most brilliant result we achieved in that war.
At that time, everyone thought that we would win the war and take advantage of the situation and sweep the entire Roland continent.
But then" When Chen Daolin heard this, a strange expression appeared on his face: "Later, you failed.
Well, I guess, it must be the first duke of Tulip, isn't it?"
"Yes, that's him."
Barossa sighed softly: "According to ancient legend, the Duke of Tulip was ordered to become the commander of the Roland people, leading his invincible army north to reinforce him.
He led a strong and invincible legion and crushed our army in one fell swoop and recaptured the fortress.
I heard that in that battle, countless warriors, whether orcs, dwarves, or elves, I don't know how many heroic warriors, shed their blood under the walls of this city, and the blood was not able to stop the great tulip duke's troops to the end, we were still driven back to the north shore, and then in the war, defeated again and again, and finally for more than a hundred years, we never had the opportunity to set foot in the Roland Empire."
Speaking of this, Barossa smiled bitterly: "More than a hundred years ago, it was probably the first and only opportunity for our race's coalition to set foot on the land of the Roland Empire.
If it weren't for Duke Tulip, maybe history would have been" Chen Daolin didn't speak, just squinted at the city wall on the other side, and didn't know what was in his heart.
The river is wide and it is more of a river than a river.
With the technology of this era, it is difficult to build such a majestic bridge across the banks of a river, and even if it can be built, it will not be possible to build such a high bridge hole, and it will only cut off the capacity of the river.
Therefore, there is no bridge on the river, and the north-south traffic can only be transported by ferry.
Naturally, a wharf was built on the banks of the river, and business was very busy.
Chen Daolin's carriage came to the ferry and lined up for a while, fortunately, in the early morning, there were not many vehicles from north to south, and soon Chen Daolin hired a ferry, and the ferry fare was also very cheap, but only a dozen copper plates.
The ferry wasn't too big, but it was twenty paces long.
Such ferries were everywhere on the river, and he even saw some large boats twenty or thirty meters long.
Such a scene made Chen Daolin have a first impression of the shipbuilding technology of the Roland Empire.
When we arrived at the other side, as soon as we drove the carriage off the boat and went ashore, soldiers from the wharf came up to inspect it.
Chen Daolin This is the first time he has seen the soldiers of the Roland Empire, these soldiers are not wearing armor, probably in peacetime, there is no need for this.
But they all wore a kind of "military uniform" that made him feel very familiar.
This type of military uniform is a short shirt with long pants cut at the top and bottom.
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The jacket actually has epaulettes.
"This must have been done by the Duke of Tulip again."
Chen Daolin smiled secretly in his heart.
The soldiers, however, were not too bad, and they inspected all the landing wagons on the shore one by one, demanding that the owners of the vehicles show legal identification.
It was Chen Daolin's turn to be here, and at the request of these soldiers, Chen Daolin lifted the tarpaulin covering the carport, revealing the iron cage and the wolf warrior inside.
This made those soldiers a little surprised, but this kind of accident was only because: escorting such a fierce and dangerous wolf horse captive, there were only three people in Chen Daolin and his party, and there were actually children Chen Daolin had already taken off his magician robe halfway through.
When he was in Freeport, he could pretend to be a magician at night, but now that he is in the Roland Empire, he doesn't dare to do so.
You must know that there is a law in the Roland Empire, and it is a felony to pretend to be a magician, and if you meet a real magician, and see that you are wearing a fake magic badge and a copycat magic robe, you are simply asking for trouble.
The soldiers of the river defense were quickly dispelled their suspicions about Chen Daolin and his party.
Chen Daolin took out a badge, which was something Du Weiwei gave to himself when he was separated from himself.
The identity represented by this badge is self-evident: the Tulip Family As soon as the badge was presented, the puzzled expressions on the soldiers' faces were replaced by shock and awe.
Soon signed the entry documents and then released.
To Chen Daolin's disappointment, he originally thought that he could enter this famous eastern fortress and have a good look at this place, which is known as the first Xiongguan in the eastern part of the Roland Empire.
However, the eastern fortress is actually a military stronghold, and civilians are not allowed to enter Caravans and pedestrians from the north to the south were only allowed to camp outside the fortress's castle.
After a hundred years of peace, an outer city and bazaar have gradually developed beyond the fortress of this important military town.
To the east along the city walls was a newly built area with inns, docks, warehouses, car dealers, shops, and the poor people who lived there.
Chen Daolin could only regretfully take a look at the city pass under the city wall, and then bought some food and water at the market.
The werewolf in the cage in his carriage attracted a lot of attention in the market.
This made Chen Daolin a little nervous, and he hurriedly left the bazaar immediately, and then bypassed the eastern fortress and headed south.
After officially entering the territory of the Roland Empire, Barossa's mood obviously changed a lot.
The elf girl became silent, most of the time she leaned closely to Chen Daolin's side, not daring to leave him halfway, and her eyes were also looking around cautiously and vigilantly, like a frightened fawn.
Even when buying food and replenishing fresh water, Barossa did not dare to leave Chen Daolin's side an inch.
As an elf, he came to this human empire, even if he was once a "Tulip Family brainless fan", Barossa was still a little uncomfortable.
It was only when the carriage left the bazaar and gradually walked down the road to the south, and the surrounding area gradually became less lively, that Barossa calmed down a little.
"Don't worry, it's okay."
Chen Daolin gently hugged her and said in a low voice, "I will protect you." ” Barossa smiled sweetly, but the worry in her eyes still couldn't be erased: "I, after all, is" "Let's be careful and don't let people know."
Chen Daolin thought for a while: "I'm not strong enough now, when I become stronger, even if I disclose your identity, I have the ability to protect you, don't worry, I promise you that this day will come soon."
Barossa looked up at Chen Daolin, her eyes were gentle, and then she smiled: "I naturally believe you, Darling."
But where are we going next?"
Chen Daolin laughed, took out a map, and pointed at it: "I have already thought of a plan to go here, this is the place I have chosen to stay, and there is no more suitable place than here."
Chen Daolin was about to say something to continue, when he suddenly heard Xia Xia next to him pointing ahead and saying loudly: "Master, master, front, front" Chen Daolin looked up, and in the direction Xia Xia pointed, there was a person standing on the road in front of him.
This man stood in the middle of the road, standing there with his legs crossed, raising his arms and waving vigorously at Chen Daolin, saying something loudly.
Chen Daolin frowned, looked at the flat wilderness around him, and there was nothing to hide, so his heart settled down a little, and then he pulled the reins and stopped the carriage.
The person blocking the road immediately laughed a few times, trotted a few steps, ran to the side of the carriage, raised his face, and looked at Chen Daolin in the carriage.
"Pull it out."
This guy's face is covered with dust, as if he doesn't know which dirt pit he came out of, his face is dirty and he can't see his true face, but when he laughs, he has a mouthful of white and neat teeth, this guy's voice is a little hoarse, but his voice is very magnetic, and his tone is very polite and polite: "I'm really sorry, it's the first time to do this kind of thing, I don't have much experience, and I don't know how to speak."
Chen Daolin was stunned for a moment, looking at the guy standing in front of him, who was obviously a young man, although he couldn't see his face clearly, but from the way this person spoke, it could be seen that he was definitely not very old.
The key is the appearance of this guy, which makes Chen Daolin instinctively give birth to a trace of eccentricity.
He looked gray-faced, but the clothes on his body were not damaged, although they were dirty, but he could see that the original clothes were still very decent.
Moreover, although this person stood in front of him so casually, the tone and attitude of his speech seemed to have a faint affinity that people couldn't refuse.
Especially the other party's smile, snow-white teeth and bright eyes, make people think that he is extraordinary.
At least he doesn't look like a bad person.
Chen Daolin smiled, he looked at this strange guy, his hands were empty, and he didn't carry any bags on his body.
Seeing that his eyes seemed to be a little embarrassed, Chen Daolin smiled: "Do you want to say what you need a ride?"
"This" the man sighed, "forget about the ride or something, hey, I'm really sorry." ” He raised his head, looked at Chen Daolin's eyes, smiled helplessly, and then said a sentence: "Robbery" "What are you talking about" Chen Daolin almost thought he had misheard.
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"I said robbery."
The man also seemed a little embarrassed, he touched his nose: "I need your carriage, food, water, well, it's better to leave me your money." ” He seemed to be a little reluctant, looking at Chen Daolin, with a hint of apology in his voice, and even a hint of discussion: "You don't have to worry about the first time I do this kind of thing, I won't hurt you."
As long as you do what I say, you see, it's okay."
Chen Daolin was stunned, then he looked at this guy and couldn't help laughing: "What if I say no" The man looked at Chen Daolin dumbfounded, as if he had been holding back for a long time, before he was stunned and said: "Why can't you see, I am so kind to discuss with you, you will be obedient, okay, I really don't want to hurt you."
As he spoke, the man added, as if to emphasize the credibility of his words, in a very sincere tone: "I actually don't want to see blood." ” To be continued: