Proof of the Sun King

About 1,600 years ago, Charlemagne, who was more than 200 years old at the time, after a series of expeditions, almost unified the entire continent and established an empire. At that time, it was the golden age of mankind. The human emperor in 2009 announced his abdication. Before he abdicated, in order to quell the disputes among the tribes over the successor, he established the elector system.

The system of the empire was changed from a centralized system to a feudal system, and the vast territory was re-entitled to twelve electors. The emperor ruled over the capital of the empire and the most fertile plain in the entire continent near the capital. After death, the twelve electors and the three major churches of the Church of Justice, the Church of Life, and the Church of Magic will vote to elect the next emperor from among several candidates for the throne. This electoral system is still in use today.

"Speaking of Mr. Oliver, the empire is obviously a powerful country with centralized power. Why would such a system of electing emperors be established? Isn't the primogeniture system also an option?" Lane looked at the wild scenery. In the distance, the pine forest was Covered by heavy snow, it stands quietly on the top of the mountains. The cold air makes the horses snort. The guard in front, Mather, is carefully alerting to possible movements. People have already died in that encounter.

The weather is already cold enough. If you don't chat, people will only feel more uncomfortable.

"If the empire has no foreign enemies, we are located on an isolated island, no one will come to see us, and we will not go to trade with others, then the emperor's eldest son can be hereditary, but almost all sides of the empire are enemies, yes, Now we have knight allies in Brittany, and we also have close dwarf allies, but what about elsewhere? Enemies are everywhere. In this way, His Majesty Charlemagne hopes that the most capable heir will lead the empire to continue. Go forward, instead of raising a group of spoiled wastes due to stupid blood discrimination." The imperial merchant said in a tone full of admiration: "His Majesty Charlemagne has never been afraid of his past, he directly told the ministers that he had pastured cattle before. And proud of this, isn't Ludwig also a small noble from the countryside? Birth is not important, what matters is strength, bravery, and love for the empire."

"That's right." Ryan nodded and said nothing.

After several hours of trekking, they finally came to the seaport city of Nord Kingdom - Carlzenhaven.

Compared with the small town of Ulan, which has only a few hundred households, the port city of Kalzenhaven is much larger. There are about 800 residents living in the city. From a distance, the black smoke straight to the sky makes people feel The scale of the city is roughly known. Although the gray city wall is not too high, it has changed from the wooden city wall of Wulan Town to a solid stone city wall. The guards on the city gate are obviously better equipped. The guards in Wulan Town They were all wearing breastplates, but Kalzenhaven's guards had a full set of scales, they had spears and halberds in their hands, and their faces were healthier. With a long sword, a shield in one hand, and a black robe over it, it looks quite imposing from a distance.

"This medium-sized port can accept more than a dozen medium-sized merchant ships or large merchant ships. The port has all the necessary facilities. There are 150 standing troops and a kingdom knight stationed in the port. If necessary, a maximum of 600 can be recruited. militiamen—if the lord here is reckless with the consequences and the price." Ryan introduced to Teresa in turn.

"Have you been here before?" the sorceress asked curiously, looking at this medium-sized port city.

"There is no place I haven't been to in Nord. I have even been to Skydome Castle, let alone this port." Speaking of which, Ryan was a little triumphant. He has indeed traveled to many places, at least compared to only haunting all day. Teresa is much stronger in several major cities and at home.

A cargo ship set off along the inland river and seemed to be transporting goods. The soldiers at the port also looked very serious, not knowing what was going on. In addition, Ryan noticed that there was a caravan at the gate of the city arguing with the garrison commander.

"Liars! Liars! You lied to me! Since you can't go to sea! Why don't you tell us and charge us for the city fee? We don't plan to stay any more, refund!"

The gate of the city was in chaos. A whole caravan was dragging several carts of goods. They were arguing with the guards at the gate of the city. Looking at the blushing and thick necks on both sides, the result was obviously not good, especially since many caravan guards had reached out to hold it. The hilt of the sword was lifted, and the guard's spear also gradually became inclined from upright.

Because of the stagnation of this group of people, the entry of the mercenary group into the city could only be delayed temporarily. Ryan was a little impatient when he saw this. He was still waiting to enter the city to find the trace of Belt.

So the knights of the kingdom dismounted directly and stepped forward in the eyes of everyone: "What happened?"

The rest of the people didn't move. Seeing that the hands of many guards were already on the hilt of the sword, the experienced deputy commander Wilt knew that at this time, he could no longer stimulate the nervous nerves of the guards, and everyone looked at them. On Teresa, it means what are we going to do?

"Wait a minute, only Ryan's identity is suitable for negotiation at this time." Teresa was riding on the horse, the hem of her long coat almost covered her long legs, revealing only the toes and shoes of the high-heeled boots and.

The Garland Council is only an organization that has been recognized and has no power to directly interfere in the affairs of the country. Strictly speaking, Teresa is not a noble of the Nord Kingdom, and it is better to resolve matters within the system.

A guard stopped Ryan: "Hello sir! You need to pay five silver dinars to enter the city, we will issue you a pass, within five days... Good morning! Lord Knight of the Kingdom!"

Ryan flashed the badge of the White Wolf Knight, and the guards immediately saluted.

"what happened?"

"This... Lord Knight, yesterday the Lord of the City announced a sea ban, prohibiting any ships from going to sea." The guard lowered his head and said in a low voice.

"There's no way to go to sea here?!" Ryan faintly thought of something. He frowned and scolded the guard: "Then the city lord didn't notify or post notices? Only after charging the entrance fee did people know that they couldn't go to sea? Why can't they go to sea? Going to sea?"

Even so, the price of five silver dinars is too much, Ryan thought that the city lord was really **** taxes.

After charging such an expensive entry fee, it is forbidden to go to sea. It is obviously to blackmail these merchants who want to go to sea. Anyway, the money is in your pocket. You can't go to sea if you can't go to sea. the rules of the game, right? If you don't like it, don't come!

This is the most typical practice of the lawful evil camp.

"Is the hotel still open?" The quarrel at the city gate had nothing to do with Ryan, and he didn't want to get involved in the muddy water.

"There are adults who are open. Because there are not many tourists, many hotels have reduced their prices. If adults plan to stay, the city is basically full because of the prohibition of going to sea. There may be rooms in the Butterbeer Hotel in the center of the city. The luxury private room is absolutely in line with your identity as a knight, of course, you can also notify the city owner..."

"Shhh!" There was a sound of tearing the air, and Ryan looked at the city gate subconsciously. The caravan and the captain of the guard had already had a lot of trouble. After the captain of the guard gave an order, the guard on the tower directly put the bow Arrow, an arrow shot in the soil in front of the caravan's location.

The captain of the guard was triumphant, thinking that you people don't know where you are standing now, do you dare to be arrogant here?

"Hey!" At this time, a sudden change occurred. A man in a cloak in the caravan suddenly drew an arrow from the quiver behind him, and drew a bow and arrow with extremely fast hand speed. Almost instantly, the helmet of the archery guard on the city tower appeared. Just like that, he flew into the sky, but the guard himself was safe and sound, just sitting on the city wall with a frightened buttocks.

This strength! This is an elite level ranger! And it is very likely to be an elite high-level! Ryan became interested now. He pulled his horse and stood like this, watching the farce at the city gate with great interest.

Under the cloak, the ranger's slightly pointed ears and slender face showed his identity as a half-elf. The ranger's face was full of arrogance, and he even smiled disdainfully at the chief guard, who was Subconsciously took a step back, his face was ugly, he was only a person with elite primary strength, facing this powerful ranger, he was not sure that he could win with a small loss.

Wait, if you really make a move, you lose your life, or lose the lives of more than a dozen of your subordinates, then the lord is to blame, and I don't want to be the chief guard!

Tax collection is a small matter, but my life and future are a big deal.

The chief guard looked around subconsciously, and soon noticed Ryan, who was watching a play beside him.

A kingdom knight!

"Lord Knight! These profiteers don't obey the laws of our country! They blatantly defy the rules of Lord City Lord!" The captain of the guard immediately confirmed that this was a Lord Knight from his own country, so he immediately stepped up to ask for help, he not only bowed deeply, He also flattered Ryan, and at the same time gave the caravan's people a resentful look, which sounded like a great humiliation.

Ryan raised his eyebrows, and everyone in the caravan was busy arguing. Only then did they notice him. Many guards showed vigilant and uneasy eyes when they saw a kingdom knight appearing here. The half-elf ranger clenched his arms tightly. He took the longbow in his hand and looked at Ryan with bad eyes. The merchant's guards all clenched their hilts, but the mercenary team seemed a little hesitant. After all, no one wanted to offend a kingdom knight.

As a kingdom knight, Ryan is indeed obliged to uphold the decree of the Nord Kingdom, even if the decree is not so reasonable, seeing that the matter finally spread to himself, Ryan gently raised the warhammer and said to the guard officer in a bad tone: " Oh? Is the entry fee of five silver dinars stipulated by Nord law? Your city lord also collects taxes so hard that even my kingdom knight has to pay this amount of money."

"I'm very sorry, my lord, but this is the order of the city lord, we can only abide by it!" The chief guard quickly apologized.

"That's right! Lord Knight, we are not here because the commodity tax here will be lower than that of other ports, but now we are charged such a high city tax and tell us that we cannot go to sea! It's not fair for you to say this. Ah!" Oliver also came up and argued.

In the end, under the mediation of Ryan, everyone settled with three silver dinars to enter the city. The fee for the mercenary group to enter the city was given by Teresa, but the sorceress did not care about the dozens of silver coins. After entering the city one after another, Ryan greeted everyone, and quickly rushed to the lord's mansion in Kalzenhaven.

The lord of Kalzenhaven lived in a large wooden longhouse in the city. The building had three floors. The first floor was used to receive visitors and serve as a restaurant, and the top two floors were personal spaces. Most of the building materials were made of wood. Structure, Ryan informed the guards at the gate of the city, and soon found the secretary to inquire about the records of going to sea.

"Yes, Mr. Lane, there was indeed a tall and thin man who rushed into town just before closing time yesterday. He didn't stop, and immediately proposed to take a boat to Marienburg. The shipowners were reluctant to do it, but this The guy took out fifteen gold dinars and asked to go to sea, which is several times the normal price to go to Marienburg~www.wuxiahere.com~ So one of the shipowners decided to accept the money." The lord's secretary The officer flipped through the records of going to sea and said to Ryan.

"I'll go, I'll lose it!" Ryan said angrily. In fact, he had a hunch before. After being slowed down by the Beastman, he had a hunch that he might not be able to catch up with Belt.

"Then why can't we go out to sea?" Ryan then asked.

"That's right, the high priest of the Ocean Church told the Lord this morning that there are a large number of sea monsters gathering in the nearby waters, and the barbarian fleets in the north are also looting the caravans. For safety reasons, the Lord ordered this period of time. Going to sea is prohibited," the clerk continued.

"Okay, I see." Ryan knew that he couldn't catch up with Belt. Even if he could persuade the lord to arrange a boat to let his party go to sea, the risk would be too great, and now the only plan is to take a long-term plan and report to Innocent first. The bishop speaks again.

When I came out of the tower, it was noon. Rarely, the dark clouds faded. A few rays of sunlight stubbornly broke through the blockade of the clouds, bringing a little warmth to the earth. It is already so cold in November, and if we wait until Winter Veil Festival I really don't know how long it will take to see the sun.

"Archbishop Innocent, I lost Belter." Ryan said helplessly as he pressed the gem on the bracelet.

"I know, Belt took the opportunity to leave Nord by boat yesterday. I don't blame you for this. It was two days after the incident when I notified you, and..." The very dignified voice seemed a little bit. Tired: "Now is not the time to pay attention to Belt. The barbarians in the north are making big moves. At least 20,000 barbarian troops are gathering. Let's stop this matter first."

What? Are the northern barbarians going south again?

This is not really good news.