Chapter 532： Feedback (1/2)

With the heavy iron gate slowly rising under the power of the winch, the sly Ansu King City opened the door to the guardian of the kingdom. Under the cloud of lead gray, it consisted of more than ten carriages and a large number of knights and guards. The team entered the city.

The wheels of the carriage crushed the ancient stone roads that had been in existence for hundreds of years. The slightly loose slabs trembled slightly, and the small stones continued to make a creaking sound between the wheels and the slate, but the sound of the creaks did not How long lasted, it was covered up by the flute and drums that the musicians in the team suddenly played.

Victoria slightly opened the cover on the side of the carriage. Through the narrow gap, she saw an empty street outside. A heavy snow had just visited St. Sunil recently, and the snow covered the entire city. In the cold and freezing days, even the residents of Wangdu will not come out and move around, not to mention the civilians alleys close to the outer city: only the white streets and snow-covered streets can be seen in the sight of the female duke. On the roof, some areas of snow have been shoveled, but more places still maintain the snow just stopped.

There is a collapsed house in the corner of the line of sight. It seems to be crushed by snow. There are no households in the ruins of the houses. I don’t know where the people who used to live have moved to somewhere – or where they died. .

The flute and the drums are still blowing and beating, standing alone on this empty street, as if a team of clowns are jokingly telling jokes on the stage without any audience, funny and weird, but the musicians don't care about these: they The sound of the music is not to attract nearby residents to welcome the nobles, but to allow the soldiers behind the team to quickly complete the formation after entering the city, and also to remind the passers-by in front (if any), Let the other person make way quickly.

So there is no big deal for anyone to respond.

The cover of the carriage was closed.

The team passed through the slums of the South City, passed through the middle city where the citizens lived, and continued to drive toward the Silver Fort. After crossing the Iron Cross Street, the monotonous and boring drum sounds from the outside finally stopped, more and more The vocals came from all directions.

The team entered the inner city where the upper class and the small nobles lived. After crossing the street, it finally showed a glimpse of the capital city.

On the wide streets, the snow has been swept away, and the wealthy citizens and small aristocrats who are wearing colorful and heavy winter clothes have already heard the voices from the Midtown, and they have rushed out of their homes to welcome the team into the city. The cold north wind and the snow rising with the wind could not quench the enthusiasm of these people. They stretched their necks along the road and watched the car with the Wilde family emblem, the royal emblem, and the Holy Light Church emblem on the road. Passing on, and then cheering and admiring, the winter flowers and colored silk strips catalyzed by magic were thrown into the air, as if colorful flowers and rains were falling, and those who threw flowers and silks all looked forward to The carriage in front of the team can open the window, and the people sitting in the car can show up and say hello to them - in the past, the Northern Duke and the Virgin Princess lived in the castle and the cathedral, the ordinary wealthy citizens and small The nobility has no chance to see their faces with their own eyes, and at this moment the team passes through the rich areas, which is a rare opportunity.

However, today's situation is obviously different. In the crowd's eagerly awaited, no carriage opened the cover, the whole team just continued to maintain the speed, and did not stop passing through the crowd, passing through the entire strip outside the Silver Fort. In the block, I entered the castle in the distance...

The Victorian duchess in a white dress took their maids and attendants all the way through the atrium and main fort corridor of Silver Fort and came to the study on the upper level of the castle. The West Dagong Bai Dewen? Franklin was wearing a warm and comfortable silk. The robes, sitting on the loungers by the fireplace, looked at a large book and watched the female duke suddenly appear. The Western Grand Duke slightly stunned and then quickly got up and greeted: "Ah, the Duke of Wilde - - Please forgive me for not coming to the long hall to meet you. This book is too attractive to me."

Victoria's gaze swept through the cover of the book in the hands of the Duke of Berdwin, and saw a series of words on the gilding: "The history of currency evolution in the northern part of the continent and the changes in the trade line."

The Franklin family is known as the "Ansu's purse". Due to the multi-ethnic mixed-race and well-developed O'Gare tribes, the Dukes of the Western Dynasties are good at business, and Berdwin Franklin is one of them. The book he likes most is naturally in this field.

But at this moment, Victoria couldn't help but sigh after seeing this book: "Maybe this trip to the Southland should let you go."

"Oh?" Berdwin? Franklin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "It looks like this trip is not going well? Our founding hero is ruining you?"

"No, everything goes well, Gao Wen? Grand Duke Cecil is friendly and we have done a big business - so I said that I should let you go."

The Duke’s tone seemed to be plain, but the long-standing acquaintance of Bai Dewen saw a faint irritability from the eyes of the “Queen of the Snow”. The book in his hand was put aside and the look was serious: "What did you see in the South?"

"...a better place than St. Sunil," Victoria said, taking a long time to say this, then she shook her head. "I will talk to you about the situation in the South." Let me talk about the results of this trip."

Berdwin Franklin listened carefully to Victoria's remarks. His brows sometimes wrinkled and stretched, and his fingers unconsciously rubbed a ruby ​​ring worn on his left hand, even though the Duke of the Druid simply talked about the negotiations on the trip to the South. The result, but from the words and phrases of the other party, he can still understand how much the "Northern Queen" was touched in the mysterious southern land.

This surprised him and he was surprised that there would be something in the world that would make this ice-like lady shake like this.

"That said, the Duke of Cecil at least defaulted to the coronation of His Royal Highness, and would not openly support the East... and he said that he would not use the emergency inheritance right seven hundred years ago," waited until Victoria’s story came to an end. The Duke of Badwin did not speak slowly. "This is better than we expected."

"It's true," Victoria nodded. "In addition, he also agreed to provide paid military assistance to Wang Guojun. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I would never believe that the extraordinary armed forces could really be mass-produced. ”

Berdwin has a strong interest: "What kind of equipment is that? Is there a sample for me to see?"

"He gave me a sword and several sets of armor and weapons as samples," Victoria said, turning to the attendant standing at the door, "put things in."

A heavy box was moved into the room, and the magic armor, the melted sword, the crystal grenade and the glowing ray emitter were sampled in front of the Duke of Berdwin.

"...is really a beautiful weapon." Berdwin Franklin looked at the machine-made weapons with a sigh of praise, and picked up a slashed sword to look at it in front of him. He followed Victoria's instructions. The magical mechanism that activated the sword, along with the low hum, the blade with a thin layer of purple steel coating immediately covered a hot magical field.

"Oh, incredible..." The Duke of Berdwin's eyes widened slightly, but he quickly frowned. "It's internal magic is flawed."