The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although it is not clear who built the port of St. Paulia, it did not prevent the people at that time from using this magnificent port city. The country where the expedition was located was the first to settle in the port of St. Paulia and swore that it would Sovereignty of the city.

It's just that the sea power of that country is too weak. Before it can transport its population to the port of San Polia to fill up, the city was immediately snatched away by other sea powers who heard the news, and even the people transported later Those populations were also turned into slaves.

Afterwards, the city changed hands several times between various sea powers and pirates, and the ethnic groups and nationalities of the city residents became very chaotic. In the end, it was operated by five underground forces who controlled the city's five districts and three nobles who held real power in the city. Under this circumstance, the city completely broke away from the control of those sea powers and powerful pirates, and became an independent city-state.

In the following decades, this city experienced several wars caused by foreign forces. The residents of the city, who were originally like scattered sand, also became united and became a whole under the tempering of these wars. Those who tried to occupy The various external forces in the city have also agreed with the city's system in the stubborn resistance of the Port of St. Paulia.

The people who now rule the port of Santa Priya are no longer the first few forces and noble families who established the city. The first eight urban families have long since disappeared in subsequent power struggles, and now they rule Santa Priya. There are only two forces in China, one is the church and the other is the chamber of commerce.

Unlike the city of Nice, which banned the church from participating in the city's government affairs, the Port of St. Paulia had churches participating in the city's politics and military affairs from the very beginning. Five of the first eight major city families were devout believers of certain churches. The three are also inextricably linked to the church.

Afterwards, in the war between St. Paulia Port and other forces, the church also played a very important role. Whether it was encouraging people's hearts or logistical supplies, it was the driving force behind St. Priya Port's persistence. In the final stage, several A church force that supports St. Paulia Port even personally sent church knights to participate in several battles to show their attitude. In the end, the system and status of St. Paulia Port can be recognized, which is not unrelated to this.

Later, during the several power struggles within the Port of Santa Priya, the church forces that were the first to enter the port gradually infiltrated into the city council, and finally, after the heir of the last city family left the Port of Santa Priya, he took control of the city. Half of the city council seats dominate the city's government affairs, and also control the city defense army, so the city defense army of St. Paulia Port is almost all church armed forces and knights.

As for the other half of the seats in the city council, the city chamber of commerce in St. Paulia Port occupied it.

The full name of this city chamber of commerce is the Union of City Chambers of Commerce of San Peria. It is mainly composed of five large chambers of commerce and more than a dozen small chambers of commerce. They control the commercial activities of the entire city and most of the shipping routes related to the port of San Peria. , so they also mastered all the navies in the Port of St. Paulia.

What's interesting is that all the franchised chambers of commerce in the city chamber of commerce are not local chambers of commerce in San Polia Port, but all foreign chambers of commerce have become so-called local chambers of commerce through the shell of some local chambers of commerce.

For example, the Rand Chamber of Commerce, which controls four trade routes and owns 20 freight ships, is a sub-chamber of the Rand Group, a shipping giant in the New World.

It is precisely because of this that even after the prosperity brought by the Liszt River declines, the Port of St. Paulia can still maintain a certain prosperity without being completely abandoned. It is because of the existence of these foreign chambers of commerce that the local port of St. As far as people are concerned, these chambers of commerce are both love and hate in their hearts. Love is because the city is prosperous, most of the citizens’ salaries and various commodities come from these chambers of commerce, and hate is because these chambers of commerce do not belong to them or their city. .

As the carriage carrying Leo and the others approached little by little, the outer city wall of St. Paulia Port and the church emblem on the arch of the city gate also came into everyone's eyes. This emblem is no stranger to Leo and Sylvia. , is the emblem of the Temple of Springs.

Just like other places in the New World, the Temple of Spring Water is also the most important church in St. Paulia Port, because whether it is the daily water for the residents of St. Paulia Port or the drinking water supply for ships, they all need to rely on the Spring Water Temple. The temple produces clean drinking water.

Regardless of the fact that there is water everywhere in the Lister Swamp, those are saline-alkaline water and cannot be eaten. Even if it is filtered by other methods, there will still be some toxins in the filtered water that cannot be eliminated. Drink this water once or twice There is no problem, but if you drink it for a long time, you will suffer from a kind of water rust. The skin on your body will be dry and cracked, your muscles will atrophy, and you will be extremely thirsty. You need to drink water constantly. As long as you don’t drink water for an hour, you will be thirsty And die, and die with excruciating pain.

Therefore, the church that was stationed in St. Priya Port at that time was the Temple of Spring Water, and the Temple of Spring Water also occupied 20 seats in the city council of Port St. Priya Port. Although it was not the most in terms of the number of seats, it still These 20 seats are all very important, such as the speaker of the parliament, the supervisor of the parliament, etc., and the influence on the entire port city is definitely the largest church.

Because of this, in recognition of the contribution of the Temple of Springs to the entire Port of St. Paulia, all the gates of the city were engraved with the emblem of the Temple of Springs, and even a spring similar to a landscape fountain was built inside the city walls. small altar.

I don't know when the habit was formed. All people who enter the port of St. Paulia will stop by this small spring water altar, wash their hands and wipe their faces with the spring water sprayed from the water bottle stone carving.

Regarding this, Leo, Sylvia, and Penny did as the Romans did, and they also went to the pool to wash their hands after entering the city.

However, Joan didn't get close to the pool, because he would feel uncomfortable when he was close to the pool. Obviously, this water purification fountain made with magical magic had some inhibitory effect on the imitation god cells on Joan's body.

The moment Leo entered the city, he had already scanned the entire Port of San Priya through the spiritual network, and after receiving the feedback, he immediately figured out one thing, that is, the entire Port of Santa Priya is definitely not like this What is built by the people of the world is not necessarily built by the gods, but it is very likely to be a product of the Earth Federation's technology.

The reason why he has this judgment is because the original main building of the entire San Polia Port is carved out of a whole white-walled stone mountain, that is to say, the main building is a whole, not as it seems on the surface. It's just a separate building.

This building model comes from a medium-sized alien civilization race, which invented an energy beam weapon that can soften most solid materials in the universe. They once used this technology to transform a whole piece of metal into An unassembled spaceship.

The Earth Federation later obtained part of the technology of this energy beam weapon, and then improved it into a special construction tool that the army can quickly create combat bases on the front line.

A construction team of 50 people holding this construction tool can transform a mountain or a plain underground into a complete base with enough space within half a day.

Although Leo has never touched this tool because it is defined as a highly confidential tool by the Earth Federation, Leo has stayed in a base built with this tool for a long time, and it is not just a base, so he is very concerned about it. The buildings built with this tool are very familiar. When he scanned the port of St. Paulia with his mental network, he immediately thought of the bases he had stayed in.

Because he has already seen the space capsule in the Ort Federation, even if he sees a city that may be built with the technology of the Earth Federation, he will not feel too strange. The only thing he is curious about is who built this city. A city, why was he able to use which tool, and what was his purpose in building it?

After all kinds of questions flashed through Leo's mind, he buried them in his heart, and he didn't plan to speak them out, let alone conduct a deeper exploration. He just regarded it as something that happened during this journey. Little waves, unless the clues are sent to him, otherwise he will not have the idea of ​​actively looking for trouble.

After cleaning their hands in the pool, the young couple enthusiastically led Leo and the others to the hotel opened by their family chamber of commerce, and when they heard that it was the first time for Leo and the others to come to the Port of San Polia, they kindly instructed the driver Walk along some of the most famous landscape routes in the city, so that Leo and the others can see all the famous landscapes of San Polia Port at one time.

According to the different buildings, the port of Santa Polia is divided into the old city and the new city, but the locals prefer to call it the white city and the black city.

As the name suggests, Baicheng District is the main body of the city built along the coastline, and it is also the most primitive Baibishicheng District. Although the architectural style of this district is too old and obsolete, it will inevitably destroy the main style of the entire city. , So a long time ago, the city council stipulated by law that no renovations were allowed in this urban area. Even if the church is stationed here, it can only adjust the style of its own church according to the architectural style here.

For example, the Temple of Spring Water usually digs a pool at the entrance of the temple and then fills it with water, but the Temple of Spring Water in the Port of St. Paulia does not follow this regulation. It just sets up a pool at the entrance that can be moved at any time. Small altar of water bottles.

Even if the Temple of Spring Water is like this, other churches will naturally not renovate their own churches and temples by destroying buildings, which makes all their remodeling items detachable, including those statues.

If an architect or scholar who is obsessed with the study of ancient architecture in the Old World comes to San Polia Port, it will definitely be like a mouse falling into a rice warehouse. You can find a large number of ancient buildings that have disappeared in the Old World. Especially in recent years, both the New World and the Old World have begun to advocate anti-ancient, so the ancient buildings that were considered old and old in the past have become popular again, and St. Paulia is the best place to learn about ancient architecture.

It is precisely for this reason that architects from all countries in the old and new continents can be seen everywhere on the streets of Baicheng District, and the city council of St. Paulia also took this opportunity to establish a school of ancient architecture. It has been built into a sacred place for learning ancient architecture.

Compared with Baicheng District, where outsiders are keen to go, Heicheng District is obviously not so popular. This is not to say that the law and order in Heicheng District is so bad. Although the law and order there is indeed worse than Baicheng District, it is still worse. After all, church knights and church armed forces will patrol there every day, and no one dares to provoke people from the church.

The reason why outsiders are reluctant to go to the Heicheng District is mainly because the Heicheng District is too dirty.

It was dirty because the Heicheng District did not have a complete sewer system like the Baicheng District. Even if a sea storm hits, the Baicheng District's sewer system can still operate well, ensuring that there will be no water accumulation in the Baicheng District.

But the Heicheng District is different. When the Heicheng District was built, planning issues were not considered at all. Only two drainage ditches were built on both sides of the narrow street. It can't play any role, and the water in the ditch will spread out and flood the entire Heicheng District.

The city council of St. Paulia Port has not thought of imitating the sewer system of the White City and building a sewer system for the Black City, but not to mention the huge cost of construction, it is just the operation mode of the sewer system. So far, no one has been able to fully figure it out, so naturally it cannot be said to be an imitation.

What's more important is that the underground of Heicheng District is made of huge rocks instead of soft soil. It is even more difficult to dig a sewer channel in the rock than to re-open a Liszt River channel.

It is precisely because of these reasons that the Heicheng District does not have a sewer so far, and they are all useless ditches. Once it rains, the Heicheng District will be flooded. Although the water will recede soon after the rain stops, the Heicheng District A large number of low-lying areas will accumulate water, and even some domestic sewage will accumulate together, making the entire black city area filled with a rancid smell all the time.

Because Baicheng District is on the coast, the wind from the sea always blows through Baicheng District and then enters Heicheng District, so the stench from Heicheng District will not spread to Baicheng District. The people in the city did not feel the same pain and turned a blind eye to the plight of the black city.

As for the chaos in Heicheng District, it is not the chaos in the law and order, but the chaos in the buildings.

Because there is no architectural planning in the Heicheng District, all outsiders who want to settle in San Polia Port but have no money will plot a piece of land in the Heicheng District, and then build their own residences at will, which directly leads to the entire Heicheng District. The streets in the urban area are not only narrow and chaotic, but also the buildings are all kinds of strange things. Some people even claim that the Port of San Polia is a collection of the most magnificent and magnificent buildings and the weirdest and ugly buildings in the world.

But it is a dirty and poor place like Heicheng District, but the people who live here are very devout believers. The church knights and church armed forces recruited by several churches in St. Paulia Port are all recruited from Heicheng District, even There have also been several big figures such as paladins and bishops in the Black City, which has permeated the entire Black City with a weird idea that suffering is a blessing, and even followed this idea to produce a religious organization called Suffering meeting.