The heavy rain continued to fall, with no intention of stopping.
"What on earth does this guy want to do?!" Earl Weir looked at the guards who were following him, and Qipa who was following him with his head down not far behind. It was really inconvenient to speak, so he could only use his eyes.
He expressed his strong dissatisfaction to Link, and then continued to walk forward in the muddy water, thinking to himself bitterly: "If I had known that this road was like this, I would have killed myself.
I won’t come out and go crazy with this kid!”
Just as he was walking on the clean and spacious street outside the city lord's palace, with two guards behind him holding a special umbrella, Earl Weir almost didn't feel that the heavy rain would have any inconvenient impact on him.
I think walking in such an environment and weather is a unique thing. If he hadn't been cooperating with Link to pretend to be angry, Count Weir would have been reciting a romantic poem in the heavy rain.
Feeling.
However, as they turned around the avenue and headed toward the southeast corner of Habe City where Lord Schelling was directing disaster relief, Earl Weir began to feel that the road under his feet was slowly becoming a little different.
Already.
It doesn't matter if the road is narrower or the paving stones are looser.
But gradually the road under my feet was no longer paved with large slabs of stone, but slowly turned into gravel, and then was filled with pure loess.
Under such heavy rain, the road paved with loess has long been washed into potholes, and mud is flowing everywhere along the road. Even if the guards leading the front have tried their best to carefully avoid the places where mud and water flow, but in such an environment
There couldn't be much underneath. At least now, Earl Weir still felt that his boots were already full of mud.
"It seems that Dilang is right, I'm really crazy." After discovering that Link had completely ignored his eye attack, Earl Weir could only feel depressed with himself: "Why did you follow him out just now? Even if you followed him out,
Why didn’t I just insist on riding?”
However, Weir soon discovered that the idea of riding a horse was indeed impossible. As they walked slowly, the dirt road became narrower and narrower, and because the road became narrower, the dirt road became narrower.
The mud that was originally just flowing in all directions slowly gathered and almost turned into a river of muddy water running across the entire road.
"Lord Chippa." When Count Weir once again pulled his feet out of the mud that was almost submerged in his boots, he finally couldn't bear it any longer. He turned to Chippa who was walking dully and asked, "This road?"
Why is it so dilapidated? Where can we re-pave the stone road?! Is there no other way we can go?!"
"Well, dear Earl, I'm really sorry. There is only one road leading to the fourth-class area." Chippa walked up quickly and said to Earl Weir with a bitter look on his face: "Now here
The situation is pretty good. I remember I came here once when it was raining heavily. The muddy water here was as deep as my chest. I think if we continue walking later, the road will be much more difficult than it is now.
"
"The mud is chest deep," Earl Weir almost shouted. He turned his head to look at Link, only to find that the boy was still smiling. Then he came back to his senses, turned back to Zipa, and revealed
With a suspicious look on his face: "I'm telling you, Mr. Qipa, you're not trying to scare me because you don't want us to get into trouble with that city lord?!"
"What are you talking about, Mr. Envoy?" Zipa was startled, but he quickly put on a serious look on his face and said to Weir: "I am telling the truth, Mr. Envoy.
Just be mentally prepared. If the envoy doesn't believe me, you will know after a while when you walk over by yourself."
"For the dignity and honor of the Bavarian Empire, we are willing to give up our lives at any time, not to mention such a small difficulty at hand." Before Count Weir had not spoken again, Link said loudly in time: "Even if
There is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, and Earl Weir and I will not hesitate at all. Lord Chippa, let’s continue walking!”
Hearing Link bring out the dignity and honor of the empire, Earl Weir had no choice but to keep his mouth shut in cooperation. He and Link had been cooperating for a long time. At this point, although he was full of complaints about Link's actions,
However, he still had a tacit understanding, his expression remained unchanged, and he showed an enigmatic smile, and followed Link forward.
"Of course, I have heard about the bravery of the two envoys." Seeing their non-stop footsteps, Qipa could only shake his head, followed them up, and quickly added: "Just now I
The chest-deep muddy water mentioned was caused by a heavy rain that lasted for more than half a month a few years ago. The situation now should be better than that time, but the quality of this road is really very bad. The two envoys are still
Just be careful."
If he didn't mean to scare Will just now, he didn't even believe it. He and Link had spent a lot of time together along the way. Although he didn't really understand the specific origins of the two of them, he still didn't believe it.
I probably know that Earl Weir is a hereditary nobleman. He has been pampered since childhood and is much nobler than Link. And now Earl Weir's attitude towards this matter is much more peaceful than Link's. So
I really hope that the muddy situation on the ground can make Earl Weir change his mind and give up on the impulsive Link's move to question the city lord face to face.
How can I say that nominally speaking, with the status of Earl Weir, he can be regarded as the highest official in this envoy. If he decides to turn back temporarily, Link will still have to obey his orders.
Zipa has been following Lord Perigord for a long time, and he feels that his vision is quite vicious. He has already seen that although Link is just a guard officer in this mission, the fact is that
Both the princess and Earl Weir attach great importance to his opinions. Now he doesn't know how this guy can suddenly get so angry over such a trivial matter, and he is even less sure of this guy's intentions, but Link's
The intention to make things worse was obvious. Chippa really didn't want this guy to just rush over and meet the city lord and make things get out of hand.
It's just that I didn't expect that Count Weir, a guy who usually seems to like cleanliness and even has a bit of a mysophobia, although he obviously cares about such muddy ground, he still has no intention of giving up and moving forward.
"I've been walking all this way, and I can see that the economy of the Sakara Empire is okay." Count Weir looked at Link still wading forward in the mud, and after some consideration, he finally gave up.
Impulsively using the Golden Dou Qi Floating Skill, he said to Qi Pa angrily: "Although this Harry City is small, I think the city lord's mansion is quite gorgeous inside and outside. How come this place is like this? It can't be this city lord.
You must be too greedy for money."
"Lord Weir," Zipa's voice suddenly rose, as if he was offended by Weir's words, but then he returned to his original low posture and said with a wry smile: "You misunderstood, that's not the reason."
"Oh? It seems that Lord Chippa really has a close relationship with Lord Xie Lin here." Link, who had been silent and angry all the way, suddenly turned around and looked at him with deep meaning.
He glanced at Qipa and said calmly: "If there is really any misunderstanding, please explain it in advance, Mr. Qipa. Otherwise, if some misunderstandings really hurt the relationship between the two countries, whether it is Qipa
Sir, neither Sir Weir nor I want to see you!"
"Yes!" Zipa couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Link's tone changed, as if this matter could be resolved peacefully, and quickly agreed loudly: "There is indeed something in this because our country's customs are related to the Bavarian Empire.
If there is any misunderstanding caused by these differences, I would like to ask the two envoys to listen to my explanation slowly."
There was another loud bang.
"Be careful!"
"A little to the left! A little to the left!"
"Yes, use force! What are you looking at?!"
City Lord Xie Lin stood in the calf-deep muddy water. The heavy rain and mud had not only turned his young and handsome face black, but even his long golden hair had turned gray-black.
Together, they made City Lord Xie Lin look like he didn't have the slightest bit of magnificence as the Lord of the City.
But Xie Lin couldn't care less about this now. He was shouting and directing the soldiers and servants running in the muddy water, and picked up those who were still unwilling to leave their homes from under the crumbling houses washed away by the muddy water.
came out, and then built temporary barriers with sandbags filled with sand and other things to guide the muddy river that had begun to grow in size to a safe place outside the city.
"My house! My money!" An uncle in his fifties, after being dragged some distance away from his room by the soldiers, actually broke free from the hands of the soldiers who were holding him, and wanted to go to the soldier again.
He jumped into a room that was obviously about to collapse. Fortunately, the soldiers next to him were quick and caught him again.
"Why are you so crazy?" City Lord Xie Lin was really angry. He wiped his face and didn't know whether it was rain or sweat. He shouted at the guy: "If the money is gone, you can make more money. If the house falls down, you can build it again."
, do you really want money at the expense of your life?!"
"It's easy for you to say." The uncle was obviously willing to go all out and shouted back at City Lord Xie Lin: "You guys just like to say things that are effortless. I have built this small house several times.
, a leak occurs once in three years, and a collapse occurs once in five years. I am already at this age, and if I no longer have the chance to earn money to build a house, you might as well die!"
"Drag him down! Drag him down first!" Xie Lin really had no choice and no time to talk to him. He directly waved his hand and shouted to the soldiers next to him: "Watch carefully, if he is going to die, you should die with him!"
"
He also knew that what this uncle who was looking for life and death was telling the truth was true, but there were some things that he, the city lord, was not really capable of solving.
The Saqqara Empire is completely different from the Bavarian Empire in many places. Since the Bavarian Empire implemented a policy of emphasizing trade, although the traditional aristocratic families still control the empire's political power and firmly occupy the social sphere,
The upper class does not show much discrimination against traders and small craftsmen. At least in daily life, there is no situation where nobles and poor people even live in separate places.
However, in the Saqqara Empire, people of different classes are absolutely hierarchical. Even in a small castle like Habe City, different residential areas must be divided strictly according to different levels, and people living in lower-class areas must
Crowds of people are strictly restricted from even moving around in areas of a higher level.
Lord Xie Lin was originally just a declining nobleman. Even his fiefdoms had been taken back from his grandfather's generation. The worst he had ever been was living in such a low-class gathering area for a long time, until he happened to have
I met Lord Perigueux by chance and was appreciated by Lord Perigueux, so I was re-appointed to the position of city lord, which can be regarded as returning to the ranks of the nobility, but I still have some experience of the lives of these residents.
Habe City is not only a small city, but there is also an underground river with a high water level next to the city. The southeast corner is where the lowest untouchables live. The terrain is already very low, and no one cares about the drainage facilities here.
, when it rains heavily, water often accumulates in the city and underground rivers overflow, causing flooding in the low-lying areas in the southeast corner. Almost every year, several houses collapse and several people die.
City Lord Xie Lin has also thought of many ways to try to solve such a problem, such as relocating the residents of the low-lying area in the southeast corner to other places, or re-regulating the urban area, adding some water diversion equipment, and demolishing some that hinder drainage.
Measures such as barriers between blocks can achieve certain results. Unfortunately, any of these methods must involve the sensitive issue of re-planning urban areas. As long as there is any action in this regard, those measures
All the nobles will think that this is a provocation to their noble status, so they will attack in groups.
If it only involves these nobles in Habe City, with the skill of Lord Xielin, he really does not regard them as opponents. It is a pity that they are obsessed with this strict hierarchical system. The royal family of the Sakara Empire, including the entire Sakara
The upper-class nobles of the Kara Empire.
In fact, as the Bavarian Empire has attached great importance to business over the years, it is now undoubtedly far ahead of the Sakara Empire in terms of economic strength. In this regard, the Sakara Empire also wanted to learn from the Bavarian Empire, but because
The strict hierarchical management system of the Saqqara Empire means that no matter how hard the Saqqara Empire tries, there is still an insurmountable distance between it and the Bavarian Empire.
Under such circumstances, in the upper echelons of the Saqqara Empire, some relatively young and radical guys once proposed to learn from the Bavarian Empire and make some adaptive changes to this strict hierarchical system, but
Such a statement was immediately met with fierce attacks and criticisms. Even the first guys who had made such a proposal were eventually dismissed, and it is said that Lord Perigueux was one of these guys.
It's something that even Lord Périgor can't do, let alone yourself?!
But now there wasn't much time to express his feelings. Xie Lin smiled mockingly, wiped away the rainwater, raised his head and continued to yell: "What about you on the left? What are you looking at? Work quickly."
!”
"No, sir." Instead of obeying the order and starting to do things, the guard who was looking into the distance over there turned around and trotted back to Xie Lin. He didn't even notice that half of Xie Lin's body was splashed with mud, and pointed to the road.
Bian shouted to Xie Lin: "Here they come, they are coming!"
"What's coming?!" Xie Lin glanced at the guard in confusion, frowned, and asked worriedly: "Why are you so crazy at this time? You couldn't have a fever from being exposed to the rain, right?"
"Envoy!" The guard shouted out in a hurry. He could be regarded as Xie Lin's personal soldier. He was still very concerned about Xie Lin. He shouted at the top of his voice: "The envoys are here!"
Xie Lin was also stunned for a moment.
When Link and the others came all the way, under the heavy rain, there were certainly no pedestrians on the street, but the sentries everywhere were definitely standing guard at their respective posts. After Link and the others left their residence, they
He had a rather intense conversation with Chippa. Those sentries were all under the direct control of Schelling in Habe City. Of course, some of them had come to inform him in advance.
"Just come." Xie Lin was stunned for a moment, and then returned to normal: "It would be better to have more, I don't really have enough manpower here!"
"I think you are the one who got caught in the heavy rain and got a fever, Lord City Lord." Usually Xie Lin doesn't treat these trusted guards very harshly, so this guy has no scruples talking to Xie Lin, and in this kind of heavy rain
Underneath the voice, he could almost only shout to make Xie Lin hear clearly: "I heard them say that the two envoys were so angry that even Master Zipa was scolded by them. Do you still want to
Do you think they are here to help with sandbags? Lord City Lord, you should first think carefully about how to deal with this situation!"
"Cope with it?! Cope with it!" Having grown up in a poor settlement, Schelling was no stranger to swearing. He pushed the guard viciously: "Go back to your post.
, The rain hasn’t stopped yet, what you have to deal with is the heavy rain in front of you, other things are not what you think about! "
"Envoy?! Damn!" Xie Lin shook the mud on his face. It is almost dark now. If these water diversion facilities cannot be completed before dark, the rain will continue to rain all night long.
, I am afraid that most of the houses here will be submerged in the water tomorrow. Xie Lin looked at the rain that showed no sign of abating and snorted coldly: "Even if an emperor comes here at this time, he will have to do it."