Chapter 277: The Imperial Capital
Chapter 272 – Imperial Capital
After leaving the deadly civilian area and entering the fourth ring commercial district, the lively and prosperous scene immediately caught the attention of the group, especially Ferrier, whose eyes were glowing, because no woman could resist the temptation of seasonal new products and discount sales.
It can be said that there are stores everywhere, from high class luxury stores to busy markets specializing in all kinds of department stores, even the air exudes the smell of gold coins, and the sound of clashing coins is unceasing from morning to night.
You can always see hard-working shopkeepers trying to sell their goods to passers-by with smiles on their faces, and you can also see generous customers throwing away their money to buy goods.
The commercial district claimed to gather all the goods of the entire empire, although it was a bit exaggerated, but the amount and variety of goods was still breathtaking, and even Owen was interested in many of the goods here.
In addition to commodities, here also sells services, men and women are not limited, the kind of unlimited variety, a whole street is emitting pink charm of the kind, even if he has seen the Qunshan Valley Town of that alleyway Owen has a kind of long knowledge of the feeling, secretly wait for the return of the must be in-depth understanding of it.
But only this is a little bit of the imperial capital, Owen thought so.
Unfortunately, few people know that there is no pure businessman in the imperial capital, these businessmen who make a lot of money on the surface are to give the big brother behind the offerings, busy for a year, leaving a little soup in the hand at most, although for the civilians is already unattainable wealth, but for the businessmen who regularly cut the meat on the offerings is simply one of the world’s most painful thing.
The problem is that they do not have a choice, here is not spit out the bones of the empire, no backstage cover, who can get you killed, do not make money okay, make money to die faster.
In other words, in the imperial capital business can do how big is not to see how your ability, but to see behind the big brother right how, big brother powerful, lying not open legs can make money, otherwise with the vast majority of civilians, run through the legs can not earn money to fill their stomachs.
Although this place is prosperous, the crowd did not stay, after all, there are important things not done.
Marquis Burgasus brought the crowd to the noble district, compared to the old and dilapidated civilian area, and the lively and noisy business district, the noble district reflects the exquisite and luxurious side of the imperial capital.
The roads here are smooth, it’s an exaggeration to say that they are spotless, but there is no stagnant water, no garbage, not to mention urinating and defecating, and even the lamp posts along the roadside have special people responsible for wiping and cleaning them, and they will be lit up in the evening.
In addition, Owen also saw that there is a perfect water supply system and sewerage network here, even the building is also composed of large and small mansions and courtyards, there is no place for civilians.
In fact, the prerequisite for owning a property here is to have a knighthood, or else you won’t even have the qualification to ask for a price.
Even so, not everyone can buy, especially foreign nobles, want to buy a house in the imperial capital noble district is not just rich on the line, one to the imperial capital noble circle xenophobia, the second is that most of the time here is the price of the real estate market, buy no place to buy.
Marquis Burgassus as the emperor’s close confidant, and in the imperial circle mixed half a lifetime, but also ten years ago in this place to buy a not too small property, so far has not paid off the mortgage, thus showing how difficult to buy the imperial property, the price is how crazy.
Even so, when mentioning this matter, Marquis Burgassus is still modest with a few points of pride.
Skipping this little episode, the crowd arrived in front of the inner city.
Owen was keenly aware of the invisible magic boundary that enveloped the entire inner city, and it was also composite, meaning that there was more than one layer, and simple means of breaking it would not be effective at all, but would instead easily trigger the hidden prohibitions.
Just don’t know how deep the magic boundary is underground, Owen thought with some curiosity.
After coming to the inner city, even the face of the Marquis of Burgasus is not good, must show the emperor’s oracle to bring people into.
But the ordinary guards were not qualified to check his credentials, the ones who came were the red-clothed guards. Red Coat’s status in the empire was similar to that of the Brocade Guards, for most people had the right to kill first and ask questions later, yes, they liked to kill people before pulling them up for questioning, because many times the dead wouldn’t lie.
Because of the special nature of the Red Clothes Guards, Marquis Burgassus did not dare to put up a fight, and conformed to the procedure of taking out the oracle and handing it over to the other party.
After carefully inspecting the oracle, the leader of the Red Guard returned the emperor’s oracle to Marquis Burgassus, then waved his hand, two Red Guards behind him stood out, they would follow Marquis Burgassus and his group all the way until they left the inner city.
That’s right this move is surveillance, who let them not take the royal carriage this time, and no royal knights to follow, naturally no privilege.
Although they had to be watched all the way, no one dared to have a problem with it.
Before coming, Marquis Burgasus had repeatedly emphasized to them the importance of the inner city, as well as the privileges of the Red Clothes Guards, once something goes wrong, no one can save them, even if they are nobles.
Mainly because the inner city is where the political core of the empire is located, almost all the important departments are here, once something goes wrong, it will cause the whole empire to shake.
This is not a joke, within three days if no imperial decree is received, there will be big and small problems all over the place, if it is prolonged to a month, I am afraid that it will be a mess.
No one can afford this responsibility, that’s why there are all kinds of privileges of the red guards.
But the privilege also means responsibility, so don’t look at the surface of the red guard scenery, in fact, the heart don’t mention how nervous, because not accident okay, an accident is not the problem of a few people died.
Owen was interested in the red guards who were responsible for monitoring them, these people wore red trench coats and pale masks, equipped with long swords and magical equipment, and they had their own magical reactions, obviously with the witch hunters like the magic and martial arts dual cultivation, and only in this way can they cope with a variety of complex situations.
The red-clothed guards’ perception of gaze was very sharp, Owen only looked a little longer, and one of the red-clothed guards turned his head, a pair of sharp eyes staring at him.
However, Owen’s temperament was gentle and elegant, and when he said he was a nobleman, he was more like a scholar, and it seemed that he also had an elven bloodline, so this red-robed guard turned his head after just one look at him, and at the same time, he adjusted his threat level down by one level.
Although the red-clothed guard looks like a criminal, but the energy is limited, there has to be a sequence, naturally the first focus on the high threat level, and Owen’s appearance and temperament is extraordinary, unless there is a suspicion, or else it will not deliberately target him.
Although being watched by the red-clothed guards, it also means that they have obtained the qualification to act in the inner city, so Marquis Burgassus took the lead and led the crowd to continue to go forward.
After walking for a while, the crowd realized that they still underestimated the guard of the inner city.
Not patrols so simple, but each intersection has a heavily guarded gate, and each building is built like an independent castle, with drawbridge moat kind, that looks like a place for office use, completely for the preparation of the war.
This is actually right, theoretically as long as this place does not fall, the empire will not be out of control, and the inner city is also the palace’s last and strongest line of defense.
(End of chapter)