Chapter 598 Chapter 594 Arrival at Jingyao
The early morning fog has not yet dissipated. The guard responsible for guarding Jingyao’s west gate yawned and moved the heavy door bolt away. Several people worked together to slowly open the door. Push away.
As the guards on the tower turned the winch, a huge suspension bridge pulled by iron cables was slowly lowered and spanned the moat.
“Please cheer up!”
The squad leader shouted loudly, “When a noble passes by later, you must hold your chest high and your eyes shine. You must not Losing the face of our Jingyao people.”
"Yes, captain!"
The soldiers replied sparsely, enjoying the short-term comfort. In less than an hour, they would have to stand upright for a day according to the captain's instructions.
Alas, a lot has happened in Jingyaoli recently.
First, the old king died of illness. Although the old man's will was to keep everything simple at the funeral, the ministers still worked on it for more than half a month. Then the new king succeeded to the throne. In order to show respect for the deceased old king, the new king The king ordered that there should be no celebrations to celebrate his accession to the throne, and that it would be postponed until the first anniversary of his accession to the throne.
But according to Aldo's tradition, when a new king succeeds to the throne, lords from all over the country will come to Jingyao to meet the new king. If they don't come, they will have to send envoys, so the entire Jingyao continues to be busy.
The ringing of bells came from the thick fog, and the guards were a little surprised. Why did someone come so quickly?
"Maybe it was the caravan that didn't have time to close the door and enter the city yesterday."
The team leader said, and then frowned and warned: "There are not many people asking for money these days. The fee is whatever it is, and you won’t get a penny more. Do you hear me?”
“Yes, captain!” the soldiers replied in unison.
The full picture of the convoy gradually emerged in the fog. There were many carriages and a lot of people.
"Stop for inspection!"
A guard shouted to the convoy.
A young knight emerged from the convoy and said with a cold face: "We are lords from the northwest bay."
"Sir... sir!"
The guard who stopped them bowed in greeting. A few years ago, the guard might have questioned people from the western bay, but the northwest bay now is not the same as the northwest bay a few years ago.
The squad leader pushed past his subordinates and squeezed to the front, with a smile on his face.
"My lord, I wonder which noble families you come from."
"The Ferdinand family, the Gleyman family, the Parker family, the Gardner family, the Heller family, the Malkan family, ..."
The knight reported a long list of family names.
“Oh, are all your distinguished lords here together?”
"Yes, we are all Jingyao who came ashore from Westport by boat together."
The team leader does not doubt it. Now everyone knows that the navigation technology of the people in the West Bay is advanced, and there are a large number of people there every day. Ships from the northwest bay enter and leave Westport.
"Can any of you please show me your family's coat of arms? Oh, it only needs one family's coat of arms."
The knight presented a coat of arms to the captain and said: " This is the coat of arms of the Heller family, do you recognize it? I am Derrick Heller, the eldest son of Earl Winifred Heller.”
The team leader paid attention to the coat of arms and observed it carefully. , in order to welcome the lords from other places, the officers guarding the city gates were given a good boost of heraldry knowledge by the Heraldry Academy.
"Yes, yes!" He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, stepped aside and said, "All distinguished lords, please come into the city." "Ah, I have one thing to ask you." Derrick Hai He held on to the reins and seemed in no hurry to get in.
“The news we received in advance said that nobles from other places can enter the city at any time during these days, including at night. But when we arrived at Jingyao after sunset yesterday, why wasn’t it called Kaicheng? Door?"
"Uh... Sir, please allow me to explain." The team leader rubbed the back of his head and said with some embarrassment: "We caught some troublemakers in the city yesterday and were sent from the south... I think you know what it means. So... the access policy has been temporarily changed, and the previous vigilance has been restored at night. You may be on the road at that time, so you don't know..."
Sent from the south. , everyone who pays attention to the situation in the kingdom knows who it is.
Derrick was a little angry and shook the reins, "We came all the way from the western bay, and you let me sleep all night outside the cold city!"
Just when the team leader didn't know what to do, How to deal with the temper of the nobleman in front of him, a young voice came from the motorcade.
“Okay, Derrick, it’s important to enter the city. There are many caravans waiting behind.”
The owner of the voice also rode up to the front, and the guard captain raised his head. It looked like this was a young man who was about the same age as Derrick or slightly younger. He had short black hair and a calm face. When he looked at him, he didn't look as domineering as Derrick in front of him. Eyes.
But Derrick seemed to have great respect for this young man who was probably younger than him, "Okay, Count Grayman, let's go to the city first."
The young earl who had just come over rescued the guards. The captain gave him a grateful look. The young man just smiled and rode towards the city gate with Derrick Heller.
The team of northwest lords followed the two people in front and quickly entered Jingyao.
“Ah, this is my first time coming to the capital of Jingyao.”
Looking at the street in front and the buildings on both sides that were very different from the northwest bay, Paul said with emotion.
"How do you feel?" asked Count Plec Parker, who was riding beside him.
"Exquisite, very exquisite."
Coming to Jingyao from the north, Paul felt like he had switched from a Western fantasy painting style to a Japanese fantasy painting style, and the rough atmosphere turned into Xiaojiabiyu. Of course, what I’m talking about here is perception. In terms of population and city area, Jingyao beats N streets in northern cities.
“It is said that there are more than 500,000 people living in the city wall alone.” Earl Parker said.
"Huh? So many people. Our Majesty Gerd Rodney is visited by so many people every day..."
Earl Parker corrected him: "It's Rodney XVIII. Your Majesty.”
Paul suddenly thought of a question, "I have always had a question. Isn't the number of generations used to distinguish people with the same name from different generations in a family? Why is it the last name on our king?"
Pleke ·Parker explained to him: "Because Rodney is both the king's surname and the king's name."
"Huh?"
"Aldo's tradition, when a person brings If he wants the crown, he will give up his name, and from now on he will only be named by his family name, becoming the incarnation of the entire family."
"Then our king's name will now be Rodney Rodney. ? Uh, that’s a bit of a twist.”
"No!" Earl Parker shook his head, "Just call him Rodney or Rodney Eighteen. Gerd Rodney is a thing of the past. From now on, there will only be Rodney Eighteen in the world."
“So that’s it.”
Paul understood.
(End of this chapter)