Under the sky with rolling clouds, there is an endless plain, all the way to the boundary between the sky and the earth, it is a green color.
A large river meanders in the wilderness in an S shape, and within the arc in the middle is a majestic city. On the city wall, which is more than ten stories high, there is an arrow tower every hundred meters.
The dazzling sunshine in the afternoon shines on the city wall, and its color is as light yellow as the sand on the beach. The city wall, which has been exposed to the wind and sun for many years, has a warm and granular roughness from the sun when you touch it. Occasionally, you can still see it in the gaps between the stone bricks.
to yellow-green moss.
Stretching out your fingers to pick off a small piece of dry moss can bring out the trace amounts of soil hidden in the gaps. Occasionally, the wind will blow up some particles and dust on the ground of the city wall.
A few of the guards on the city wall were walking around under the scorching sun to avoid not seeing anyone on the wall and being criticized by the nobles in the city. Most of them were hiding in the arrow tower. After all, it was cooler here.
It cannot be said that they neglected their duties, because there is a wilderness outside the city wall. If an enemy invades, it can be discovered from a long distance, as long as a few people observe on the tower.
Maybe a long time ago they went out on patrol every day, but after a long period of peace, they gradually became lazy.
Solander's tall city wall surrounds the entire city, surrounded by water on three sides, with only the open wilderness to the west. Inside the city is a huge hill rising from the ground.
There is a circle of city walls at the bottom of the hill, which is higher than the surrounding ones, and those living surrounded by the city walls are the great nobles of the West Wind.
The hillside is surrounded by various courtyards of different styles, and there is a city wall near the top of the mountain. Inside this wall is the West Wind Palace. Snowflake-like white marble builds a beautiful and magnificent castle on the top of the hill. Among them
The high tower has colorful glazed tiles and spiers of various colors dotted between it. Due to its location, the whole city can look up to the beautiful high tower.
The descendants of Roland, King of the West Wind, live in these beautiful towers.
As the largest city in the west wind and an important intersection of north-south trade, Soland is home to more than 3 million people. Every day, a large amount of cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, vegetables, fruits, and grains are transported to the city on ships on the river for supply.
consumption of the people.
The huge gates along the eastern river were opened, and countless small boats began to move along the small river in the city. If the residents in the city saw something they liked, they would greet them by the river, and the vendors with small boats would dock their boats on the shore.
, bargaining with these housewives or old people, and finally reaching a deal.
Of course, this is only part of the story. Most of the transactions in the city are still completed in the market.
Slender wooden poles hold up red, blue, yellow and other colored canvases to block the scorching afternoon sun. The wooden boxes opened under the canvas contain fresh fruits, specialties from the north and south, and some daily necessities.
Those who come to buy in the morning are often those from relatively affluent families. As dusk approaches, after the customers have finished picking up the remaining items, which are stale or damaged, the shopkeeper will sell them at a discount. At this time, some people who are in a tight situation will come out.
Get a bargain.
Although they are in the same city and the same market, the rich and the poor seem to have some kind of tacit understanding and do not touch or interact with each other.
As night approaches, the shopkeeper turns over the boxes, shakes off the accumulated dust, remaining leaves, rotten and crushed fruits, pours the garbage into a small bucket, and then goes to the well in the market to collect water.
Get a bucket of water and start scrubbing the boxes and shelves.
After scrubbing, it can be air-dried overnight, and then new goods will be put out tomorrow. Before the shopkeepers leave, a dilapidated carriage will come over, dump the small buckets placed by the shopkeepers by the road, and dump the garbage.
Loaded into huge barrels behind horse-drawn carriages, and then transported elsewhere, the garbage may become fertilizer for farms outside the city, or it may become swill for domestic pigs.
The main road in the city is about thirty meters wide. Large blue stone bricks are laid on the ground. Each of these stone bricks is half a meter long. They feel cold to the touch and very hard.
As time went by, there were some pits and dents on the surface of the stone slab, and some yellow soil accumulated in the shallow pits. As the horses' hooves stepped on it, they brought up trace amounts of yellow dust.
A group of cavalry rode on white horses galloping on the main road. They held white flags and scimitars on their waists. They wore scale armor and leather robes. This armor allowed the warriors to maintain great flexibility and was relatively lightweight.
This group of cavalry had superb horse skills and easily avoided carriages and crowds on the streets along the way, maintaining a high speed. They passed through checkpoints and city walls, holding high the flags in their hands and the coat of arms showing their shoulders. The guarding soldiers hurriedly saw them.
Make way for it, and finally reach the white castle on the top of the hill.
With the clicking sound of the gears rotating, the steel suspension bridge was lowered, and the cavalry team entered the castle.
Solander, Throne Hall.
The current Lord of the West Wind is about forty years old, wearing gold and bronze armor, with a wide bright red cloak behind him, and white fluff on the edge of the cloak. He is sitting on the throne with his sword drawn, like a majestic lion.
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Under the throne, there are nobles in purple clothes. Most of them are gorgeously dressed. Among them are several generals in full armor, and some gray-clothed scholars holding staffs. These scholars have sophisticated pocket watches hanging on their chests.
It seems to be some kind of symbol.
"Your Majesty the King, the envoy from the White Horse Tribe is here."
"Let them come in." The Lord of the West Wind nodded.
"yes!"
After placing the scimitars on their waists for safekeeping by the guards, these warriors on the grassland walked into the hall and looked up at the king sitting on the throne.
"See Your Majesty the King, I am the envoy of the White Horse Clan, Darren. The current leader of the clan is my father."
"Now the 50,000 warriors of the White Horse clan have gathered according to His Majesty's order and are currently resting at the lower reaches of the river fifty miles away."
"Good." The Lord of the West Wind sighed in admiration, and then asked his attendants to give him a reward. It was a sharp and exquisite dagger. The handle of the dagger was inlaid with a ruby with flowing brilliance. This was obviously a gold-level extraordinary item.
creation.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. It's just that...this reward is too heavy, and I feel ashamed to receive it."
"You're worthy of it. Baima and I, Xifeng, are blood brothers. We have been married for many years. You can also be considered my nephew. You can rest assured that you will be my subordinate, haha."
The Lord of the West Wind laughed boldly and in the style of a wise Lord, and other nobles also praised and agreed.
It can be said that the Kingdom of West Wind has always attached great importance to family ties and family, and has shown favoritism to relatives and friends. It has long been accustomed to it among the big nobles, and all interest groups are bound to each other with blood ties. If you are born into a big family, the upper echelons of the country will basically
It's your relative. This can be regarded as a beautiful scenery in the upper level of West Wind.
This bond of family and kinship created Xifeng's unity in his early years, shared joys and sorrows, and treated his veterans well, but it also laid the foundation for his subsequent rule. Classification was solidified and contradictions abounded, which made people sigh.