Age of Empires From Scratch

  Chapter 95 Tilan Capital

  After demonstrating the magic of alchemy for David, Newton stopped talking about alchemy.

  The addiction to teaching has been greatly relieved, and now his thoughts are all transferred to the raw materials of the Hammer of Judgment. He has to study this kind of materials that he has never seen before in his free time.

   "By the way, you two, where are you going next?"

   Until this time, Newton didn’t remember to ask David and Sharon where they were going. He had talked for more than a night before, but he didn’t think about it, so he reached an agreement with David in a daze.

   "King's Capital of Tiran."

  Newton was temporarily added as a member. The speed of the three of them would be affected to some extent. Fortunately, they were not far from Wangbei Town. After arriving in Wangbei Town, Newton immediately went to buy a horse.

   After that, the three of them rested in Wangbei Town for one night, and embarked on the journey again before dawn the next day, galloping all the way to the capital of King Tilan in the south.

The journey went smoothly. During the occasional breaks, Newton would seize the time to study David's Hammer of Judgment, and David would make full use of the agreement between the two, no matter what he saw, he would ask the temporary consultant , to deepen their understanding of the world.

  In general, in addition to the distribution of forces on the entire continent that I asked at the beginning, I can also inquire about some differences between countries.

  For example, the Kingdom of Tilan did not rise for a long time. Two hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Tilan was still one of many small kingdoms and duchies, and it was inconspicuous among countless human kingdoms.

  However, in the past 100 years or so, the Kingdom of Tilan has been rising rapidly, and soon became the country with the largest land area outside the Sodulunma Empire.

  In addition, the rise of the Kingdom of Tilan indirectly led to the establishment of the new Alan Federation. That federal state is essentially a union of countless small countries, which was born to counter three powerful neighbors.

  The Holy Gunter Kingdom is more like a religious country, and the religious atmosphere of the whole country is very strong;

The Sodurumma Empire is the most powerful and longest-inherited human kingdom. Although countless changes have taken place in this empire over countless years, and even the position of the emperor has changed several families, the empire still continues. and always with great strength...

  Listening to all kinds of miscellaneous information, the image of these names in David's mind gradually became fuller, and he was no longer as dry as before and only knew a name.

  At the same time, he also knew that even a small country living in the cracks of a big country has a good military power. Knights, court mages, and royal alchemists are almost the standard equipment of all countries.

  In a powerful country with a vast territory like the four major human kingdoms, some powerful lords will recruit mages and alchemists to serve them, and form a knight order that is absolutely loyal to the lord.

  Typical example, Dudley Morgan, the lord of Iron Tree Castle, has a well-equipped and powerful Iron Tree Knights under his command.

  Of course, the most powerful armed force of the Kingdom of Tilan is the Knights of Tilan, which is far stronger than the Knights of the Iron Tree.

David curiously asked more about the Knights of Tilan. Although the old alchemist didn't talk too much, David was able to analyze it from just a few words: These knights in the Kingdom of Tilan may have better physical fitness than he expected. The top horses in this world are probably no worse than the top horses in Azeroth.

   As for weapons and protective gear, he did not ignore the sets of armor that Fording helped sell. Among them, Gregory's set of armor was mixed with a special metal, which greatly increased the defense of the armor.

  He didn't think that what Gregory could get, the main force of the Kingdom of Tiran would not be able to get. Maybe this kind of armor is only standard configuration in their hands, and it is very likely that they are wearing an enhanced version.

   "If you don't come out, you really don't know anything!"

  David felt that he was really a country bumpkin who didn't understand anything, and he made the right choice to come to the capital this time.

  Even if nothing is done in the end, just relying on these intelligence information, it is not a waste of time.

As we approach the capital, the road gradually becomes wider and flatter, and there are more and more pedestrians on the road. Occasionally, we can meet caravans heading to the capital, transporting various special commodities from remote cities to the Kingdom of Tilan Selling in the royal capital is the main source of income for most caravans.

  Because there were more pedestrians on the road, it was inconvenient for David and Sharon to continue galloping, and their speed slowed down.

   Even so, after many days of trekking, they finally arrived at the capital of the Kingdom of Tilan, the royal city of Tilan!

   "A very majestic capital."

  Different from Iron Tree Fort, King Tilan has a majestic city wall, and the outer city of the capital can be seen only after entering the city wall.

Compared with Iron Tree Fort, the outer city of Tilan King's Capital is much better—although it is still chaotic and full of various smells, it can be seen that planning and rectification have been carried out, and the looks of ordinary people living in the King's Capital are also much better. Individuals seem to be very busy.

  Sharon led the horse, followed the surging crowd through the city wall and entered the city, and kept looking at the common people around: "The people here seem to be living well."

"That's because you are walking on the main road." Newton, who also dismounted from his horse, explained to the naive Sharon why this place looks good because of the ban in the city: "This road and the surrounding few blocks, commuting There are a lot of people here, and anyone who enters the capital must pass through these main roads, so the Kingdom of Tilan will properly manage these roads."

   Newton explained a few words, and Sharon understood that these streets were the facade of the Kingdom of Tilan, and if they were too ugly, the ruler of the Kingdom of Tilan would not look good.

   "Since it is a facade? Why not manage it properly?"

   "This is already very good."

Newton's answer silenced Sharon, and the smart girl understood a lot through these words: Kingdom of Tilan, one of the strongest human countries on the continent, also felt that such a facade was good enough, so some weak What will the country look like? What will happen to those remote cities?

"If you want to see the worst parts of these big cities, you have to explore the center of the outer city." According to Newton, these areas surrounding the inner city were roughly divided into several squares with the main road of the royal city as the boundary. , the closer to the center of the square, the worse the living conditions.

"What are we going to do next?" Sharon already had a plan in mind, and she planned to take the time to go deep into the civilian area to have a look. Although she knew that the environment there would definitely be terrible, she still wanted to see it with her own eyes, provided that it would not affect Dai. Wei's business.

   "Let's go into the inner city."

  Compared to the time when entering the outer city, it is very loose. Basically, it is only a simple questioning and it is released. The interrogation at the gate of the inner city is much stricter.

   This also led to the fact that although the number of people entering the inner city was much less than when entering the outer city, they lined up and could only move in slowly.

  David glanced back and forth, most of the team were caravan vehicles, and most of the goods brought by these merchants were transported into the inner city for the real rich nobles in the kingdom to enjoy.

  Besides, I don’t see any nobles queuing up here, because they have a dedicated passage, and they don’t need to wait for interrogation like David and ordinary businessmen.

   Fortunately, the questioning speed was fast enough. After moving slowly for half an hour, it was finally David's turn.

   "Where are you from? What are you doing in Tilan? Why do you want to enter the inner city?"

  David answered these questions truthfully: Iron Tree Fort, Cold Winter Village, come to Tilan to submit the village and town certificate, and apply for upgrading the territory level.

   "Application to upgrade Rinwinter Village to Rinwinter Town?" The inner city guard's face was very surprised. Looking at the documents in his hand, he looked at David a few more times: "Are you the village chief?"

"Yes."

The guard glanced at Sharon and Newton who were following David, and after confirming that the two were with David, he didn't ask too much, but continued to ask David: "Why don't you handle it in Iron Tree Fort? "

"Rinwinter Village is the latest land developed by the Kingdom of Tilan. I think this new territory belongs to the Kingdom of Tilan, not Iron Tree Fort." Of course David couldn't tell the truth. The excuse he had thought up a long time ago was said, and the look seemed to be 'I am all for the Kingdom of Tilan'.

The guard in the inner city looked at David's posture and thought it was very funny, and he didn't want to hide his smile at all. He handed the document in his hand to David, and waved his hand to indicate that he could go in: "Remember, don't cause trouble. , the people living here are not something you can offend."

"OK!"

  David led Sharon and Newton into the inner city, and after walking ten meters away, he heard the guard's mocking voice behind him: "The country bumpkin from the north."

   "Hahaha, maybe he will become a nobleman soon."

   "Don't be joking, how can it be so easy to become a nobleman? Do you really think that you can become a nobleman by simply enclosing a piece of land with a development order?"

   "Actually, you are jealous...but then again, that woman is really beautiful."

   "You have an idea about that girl? It's just a country girl, it should be easy to fool..."

   "Forget it, I'm not that adult..."

  As the distance gradually became farther away, coupled with the noise of the surrounding environment, David could no longer hear what was said behind him, so he just led the horse and turned to look at Sharon.

   "I have a premonition." According to the normal plot direction, is the plot of robbing the civilian girl next?

  Sharon looked at David, then looked back at the guard who could no longer see clearly: "How about I go out of the city and wait for you?"

   "It shouldn't be to that extent..." David recalled the information Newton provided earlier, and resolutely rejected Sharon's suggestion: "Besides, it might be a good thing for us to get out of the situation."

  (end of this chapter)