Age of Empires From Scratch

After demonstrating the magic of alchemy for David, Newton did not continue to talk 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 spare time.

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

It wasn't until this time that Newton remembered to ask David and Sharon where they were going. After talking for more than a night, he didn't think about it, and reached an agreement with David in a daze.

"King Capital of Tilan."

Newton was temporarily added as a member, and 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.

Afterwards, 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 King Tilan's capital 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.

Generally speaking, in addition to the distribution of forces on the entire continent that I asked at the beginning, I can also inquire about some differences in various 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 unremarkable among countless human kingdoms.

However, in the past hundred years or so, the Kingdom of Tilan has risen rapidly, and soon became the largest country outside the Sodulunma Empire.

In addition, the rise of the Kingdom of Tilan indirectly led to the establishment of the new Alan Federation, which is essentially a union of countless small countries, 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 maintain a strong force...

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 between big countries also possesses impressive military strength. 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.

A typical example, Dudley Morgan, the lord of Iron Tree Fort, 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. This knight order is the sharpest sword that the Kingdom of Tilan conquered the entire north.

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. Perhaps this kind of armor was only standard equipment in their hands, and they were most likely 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 that he had 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.

But even so, after many days of long journeys, they finally arrived at the capital of the Kingdom of Tilan, the royal city of Tilan!

"A very majestic royal capital."

Unlike Iron Tree Fort, King Tilan has a majestic city wall, and the outer city of the capital can only be seen 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 the common people living in the King's Capital are also much better. Everyone seems 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."

After Newton explained a few words, 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's a facade? Why don't you take care of it?"

"That's good enough."

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 take 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.

"We're going into the inner city."

Compared with when entering the outer city, it was very relaxed, and basically they were released after a simple questioning, while the interrogation at the gates of the inner city was 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, there was a queue and they could only move in slowly.

David glanced back and forth, most of this team was 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, there are no nobles queuing up here, because they have a dedicated passage, and there is no need to wait for interrogation like David and ordinary businessmen.

Fortunately, the speed of inquiry was fast enough, and after half an hour of moving slowly, 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 guard in the inner city 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 with David, and after confirming that the two were with David, he didn't ask too much, but continued to ask David: "Why not 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 kidding, 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?"

"You're actually jealous...but then again, that woman is really pretty."

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

"Forget it, I'm not that adult..."

With the distance getting farther and the noise of the surrounding environment, David couldn't hear what was said behind him, so he just led the horse and turned to look at Sharon.

"I have a hunch." According to the normal plot trend, 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."