Chapter 14 Diplomacy (Part 1)
The regime under Annon's influence did not have the habit of burning or demolition, which is a very good habit.
The newly built capital was determined to be "Nicesen City". The first one to be built was the royal palace. The palace in Ibani was extremely luxurious. Of course, due to the existence of magic and magic, marble and other items were still quite cheap. In addition to the large number of slaves, the construction work was still quite smooth.
In three years, the palace and city walls, as well as almost one-third of the buildings, were built, and some precious items could be moved to the new palace in the original Tujitan Kingdom.
In front of the palace, there are huge squares, and there are countless pillars on the square. In the future, there will be statues of heroes and heroes who can leave their names on history, and even army of ten thousand people can be inspected, as well as the two dragons of the capital.
The main roads in the city are spacious avenues where two four-wheeled carriages can be parallel. The roads are covered with newly placed stone slabs. On the left and right of the main roads, various trees are neatly planted. Every area is an urban garden. There is a green grassland in the city garden, dotted with various wild flowers. The artificial rivers of the city meander to the entire city, and Idru is busy taking care of him.
In further places, countless slaves were busy working, paving roads, building houses, digging sewers, and even the mages were constantly strengthening their sewers, and laying magic circles... This is a huge project.
Although it has not been built in general, it can be a model of a human city by looking at the scale and design. The sunshine of the rising sun shines on the entire city. In the beautiful environment where the nobles and citizens have already obtained greening, people are walking together, sometimes sitting on stone trunks on the side of the road to read, and some use weapons to practice skills in the square, which seems particularly freehand and no one interferes with - kingdom law, all citizens can be equipped with weapons, but only the nobles can establish guards.
Of course, practicing bows and arrows in the square is not good, and it is easy to hurt others.
Confidence, martial arts, reading, etiquette, and self-esteem. Annien worked hard to create his own ideal civilization with various means.
The extremely crisp and neat sound of horse hooves made the nobles and merchants look at each other. First, there were eight human knights wearing silver plate armor, with the badges of the Wang family carved on it.
And behind them are eight human knights, also wearing silver plate armor, but the plate armor is not carved with the badge of the Wang family, but the green rose, which represents the belonging to the Knights of the Templar.
The escorts of the sixteen cavalry in the capital were the treatment of dukes. Citizens and nobles knew this rule and were very surprised. However, no one in the eight elves knights in the middle would misunderstand that the arrival of the crown prince or the powerful Duke of Tenia.
The armor of the Elf Knight looks very delicate and full of elves with slender and softness. Because the elves like silver but not gold, they believe that the silver represents nobility and elegance, while the gold represents vulgarity and crudeness. Therefore, unlike the silver plated by human knights, the armor of the Elf Knight is all silver. These armors look too exquisite and cannot be practical. But in fact, due to the sparse population of the elves and the limited lifespan, the knights obtain real magic armor.
This magical armor is carved with soft and delicate patterns and shines with a green halo. This light exudes a noble and natural atmosphere like green water.
There are two carriages, the first one is the main one and the next one is the second one.
Just as citizens and nobles were thinking hard, a scholar had already said: "This is the elf's badge. You see, it is in the carriage, and it is also the elf royal badge, but it cannot be the elf queen herself, because the queen herself will not only go out of the city to greet her, but also the twenty-four knights who welcome the king."
"Oh, who is that?"
The scholar shrugged: "How could I know this! Because the elves royal family is small in number, each of them is kept secret to prevent assassination. My ability to recognize the badge of the elves royal family is already a special relationship between my Lord and the elves, so there is such information in the library."
The etiquette is carried out, entering through the city gate, and then taking a little turn in the city, the action will not be fast. In the carriage, a female elf is staring at the situation in the city outside.
"Auntie Fia, is this the kingdom of the great Annien?"
"Princess Iber is the kingdom of Ibani, the grandson of the great Annien Rubuetta, and the daughter of Annien Rubuetta and Ibani's mother, Hdi Ailu, was also named god not long ago. Therefore, His Majesty Ibani is not only the king, but also the Son of God. You should give enough respect."
The carriage rolled onto the avenue and arrived not far from the square. Hundreds of knights emerged from the palace, and then there was the trumpet of welcome. The leader was Crown Prince Hikaren and Crown Prince Hikaren. It should be said that they are still half-elves. They live only eighty years old now, but for half-elves, they are equivalent to the age of forty of a mortal, and they have already gotten married, and they have several children.
However, it is of course very respectful to be greeted by the crown prince.
The carriage lowered its pedal, and then Feiya came out first, then reached out to let Princess Iber come out. Suddenly, except for the crown prince, all the knights placed their right hand on their chest, knelt down on one knee, and respectfully performed a standard knight etiquette.
Crown Prince Hikaren said happily: "Welcome, Princess Iber of the Elf Royal Family, it is a great honor for me to be able to come to my country!"
The elf princess wore an exquisite silver crown on her head. She looked like a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She had long green hair and was spread straight to her waist. Her blue eyes were deep. She bowed with a smile: "It is also my honor to be able to come to Your Highness's kingdom."
The knights saluted and stood up without giving instructions. In the palace, even if the knights faced the king, they did not need to kneel down and talk. Welcome music sounded at the gate of the palace. Then the elf princess and several other elves got off the carriage or horses and walked in.
Until the palace, the crown prince led it directly into the court, and there were officials on both sides, one third of them were half-elves, a middle-aged half-elves wearing a crown. When he saw her coming in, he stood up from the throne: "Welcome, the princess from the Elf Kingdom."
"Iber, the third princess of the Elf Kingdom, pay homage to your Majesty." Iber stepped forward and bowed his knees. This is a necessary etiquette to the king. Even if the crown prince of the human kingdom meets the Elf Queen, it will be the same.
"This is the letter of nationality given to you by my Majesty." Feiya stepped forward and curtsyed.
"No need to be polite, give the princess and the guests a seat." Ibani said quickly, and a nobleman came forward to take the letter of state and handed it to him. In fact, the letter of state is very simple. Ibani glanced at it and took out the prepared king seal and stamped it on it: "The Elf Kingdom and our country set up an embassy for each other. This is not only a way for our two countries to strengthen exchanges, but also the will of our God. The land of your embassy has been determined. Please build it yourself and send knights within the specified range to station it."
This embassy system was also created by Annien. In fact, there were already embassies of similar nature in the old continent, and countries had sent special missions to each other and treated each other with etiquette. Generally speaking, respecting foreign envoys and avoiding interfering in the personal and property affairs of foreign ambassadors is just that the system is not so perfect.
In the current embassy, ​​the ambassadors have full authority and are fully responsible for bilateral relations. They must be appointed directly by the king and have the right to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of their citizens in this country, or allow people from other countries to travel or even settle in their country.
The letter of state clearly stipulates that the embassy's territory is given to other countries by the king, so this land is the territory of other countries. Therefore, the embassy is built by other countries themselves. Of course, the internal affairs of the territory cannot be interfered with, but the embassy of course cannot shelter wanted criminals, etc., and the number of knights and soldiers is also stipulated. For now, the two countries are all within one hundred people.
Outside the city, there are eighty elves knights and ten elves magicians, not counting civilians. Since they have obtained the king's consent, Fia, as an ambassador, can lead them into the city and hire locals to build their own embassy.
However, according to the rules, this must be done after the state banquet is held first.
After the etiquette, Iber and her knights came to a palace under the guidance of a royal knight. This palace was obviously made in the style of an elf, full of greenery and exquisite style. Of course, from the perspective of a regular elf, this is actually specious, but it can also be seen that the human king's intention and hospitality are.
Before the official state banquet in the evening, this is where she rests.
As soon as he entered, an elf mage immediately casts magic, and a green light flashes, and then he nods at the princess with satisfaction: "Your Highness, there is no detection of magic or magic."
The elf knights and maids who accompanied them opened the palace gate and some windows to the maximum, and a fresh cool breeze blew over the face. Then they checked the situation of the palace - in fact, although it was a palace, it was just a room that could accommodate dozens of people, and the area was not large.
"Your Highness Princess, it seems that the hot water is ready here. Well, does Your Highness Princess want to take a shower and change clothes?" An elf maid opened a room, checked it, and then said.
"Well, I'm going to attend the state banquet tonight, just take a shower! Aunt Feiya, come and accompany me too." Iber looked around and said, this was a very spacious bathhouse. The water in the bathhouse was still flowing. Depending on the situation, there was a special hot water channel. Maybe you can take a bath at any time. There were many petals floating on the water surface, so it emitted a strong fragrance. Of course, this is a special treatment.
Two elf maids and Feiya entered, closed the doors and windows, and the maid helped the princess wear clothes and let her go into the water to take a bath. The maids took towels and helped the princess take a bath.
Feiya also went into the water directly, but she first took out a holy talisman, and with a prayer, a green light filled the entire bathhouse - which meant that she could speak safely.
"Fia, what do you think of this city?" the princess asked, kicking out the elf maid.
"The greening is very good. According to the law, even in the city, 30% of the greening must be guaranteed, but this greening is unnatural. I don't understand why Idru is willing to take care of such a garden."
"The city garden is also a garden. Human beings are expanding, and Idru must also change accordingly. I think this city still considers the balance between human beings and nature. Those Idru are believers of Goddess Lari, right?"
"According to information, yes, Goddess Lari manages the greening of the city. Over the past century, her followers have increased almost five times. Well, there are even two unicorns in this city who can walk freely in the city. Of course, there are special Idru to take care of and protect."
Iber said thoughtfully: "Will we elves come to human cities and do such a job?"
"Yes, in fact, we elves are also good at taking care of greenery, not inferior to those Idru. Although the number of believers of Goddess Lari is increasing, they can't keep up with the speed of human development. Therefore, this exchange is mostly participated in the elves as horticultural scholars. Of course, the accompanying economic and commercial exchanges are also the focus, but higher-level political, military, and magic exchanges must wait for the future."
"But we elves may not like urban life."
"No, our elves do not live specifically in the forest. In the era of the Elf Empire ten thousand years ago, our elves also built a large number of elves cities. Of course, the city is full of greenery, but after all, it is a city rather than a forest. It is just that after the collapse of the Elf Empire, the elves kept retreating from the plain to the forest, which formed the tradition that seems to be living in the forest now-If we elves want to live and develop, we still have to walk out of the forest and enter the city. This is helpless."
"This is just the beginning. We will try to live with humans. If the implementation goes well, we will even establish elves cities as dominions on the mainland, so as to maintain elves' characteristics on the one hand and adopt the essence of humans to make progress."
Chapter completed!