Norden City, a prosperous city built on the coastal plain. The Oster Territory, located in the eastern part of the empire, has a similar terrain to other imperial provinces. Although it is wide, there are many forests in the territory, and there are not many plains that can really be cultivated. It is located in the north
This open area at the mouth of the sea is a rare high-quality plain in Osterland.
However, the seemingly superior geographical area did not become the first area to be developed by the province, because this port city is close to the northern barbarian continent-Norsca.
Cities on the plains do not have high mountains and rapids as natural barriers, and are easily invaded by barbarian troops. This has led to the successive electors of Osterland not investing all their strength in the development of this northern city. Instead, they have used this city as a
The bridgehead of the war, once there is a barbarian invasion, the alarm will be sounded and the alarm will be sent to Wolfenburg, the provincial capital, as soon as possible.
Norden City developed freely without much official investment. To this day, most industries in the city are unofficially operated. The textile industry, brewing industry, material processing industry and service industry are relatively developed. There is almost no heavy industry, and most of the industries are unofficial.
Light industry and trade are also run by local nobles themselves, and grain harvests only need to be turned over to the provincial capital in a certain proportion.
This is destined to not have much planning in this city. Standing on the bow of the ship and looking out at the city, you can see the entire bay slowly unfolding in front of you. The tallest building on the shore of the pier, the large lighthouse, is clearly visible. There are many in each port.
The same is true for Norden Port, a lighthouse that guides ships and provides military warnings. Winter has just passed and the sea is not too calm. Waves of about two meters are not worth mentioning for imperial ocean-going ships, but for those who fish offshore
For a small fishing boat, it is still very scary.
As the distance got closer, Rhodes could clearly see the docks, churches, warehouses, and the castle on the promontory...
"Black Cliff Castle."
The captain came up and said——
"That is the municipal center of Norden City. All military and government affairs are handled there. It is where the municipal governors work. Don't underestimate the castle. There are many soldiers stationed in it."
Looking into the distance, Rhodes saw the Black Cliff Castle that the captain mentioned was like a giant protruding from the rock bed of the strait, and like a long sword piercing into the sea. Below the castle is a solid rock layer, and the entire castle is high
It is far out of residential areas, and this is probably the only natural barrier in the entire Norden City.
However, such terrain is indeed suitable for building a castle there. The most important thing in a port city is the port and the wharf. A castle on a promontory can cover the entire sea with just a few cannons. Once there are Norscan pirates
In the event of an invasion, as long as the castle defenders discover it immediately, they can kill and injure these marauders from a distance, thereby eliminating the barbarians before they land.
The high walls and rock formations of the castle are destined to be easy to defend and difficult to attack. For the Norscans who did not have heavy artillery, the price they had to pay to capture such a castle was too high. Their only way was to attack quickly
Raid, plunder the city, and then retreat. A slightly larger invasion would plunder the city and then continue to besiege the castle, but the probability of that is very low. After all, since the last great invasion of Chaos, the northern barbarians have not really
A massive invasion.
When entering the bay area, the wind and waves decreased significantly.
"We are approaching the shore, sir."
The attendant said respectfully.
Rhodes nodded in response. Although this is an official transport ship, any cross-sea voyage will not be in vain. In addition to escorting Rick's guards and wood elves back, this imperial ship also carries a large amount of goods.
.These goods need to be unloaded from the ship, loaded with new goods, and then taken to Baker Port for sale. Aliria is sulking. She has important information to report to the emperor. However, these imperial humans seem to not care.
, never let go of an opportunity to make money... But Rhodes is accustomed to this, the empire is like this... Besides, what is important to the wood elves is information, but it may not be so to the people of the empire.
A hundred years of peace have erased the sense of worry in human hearts.
"Although this is not my business, I must warn you. The sooner the information is sent to your emperor, the better for you. These barbarians will not wait for you to finish the meeting and make a decision before coming to plunder."
Aliria walked over and said coldly. Although she didn't say it clearly, her dissatisfaction was already shown on her face.
"Yes, yes, we will do it as soon as possible. It's almost dark today. Let's rest in the city for one night and set off early tomorrow morning to the next port. As long as we get to Beckham, it's only a short distance from Wolfenburg.
Not far away.”
The messenger replied with a smile, but his eyes were staring at the female elf unconsciously. This made Aliria feel disgusted. If it were not for his special status, Aliria promised that she would blind this wretched man in one eye. Then he looked aside.
Rhodes just shrugged, saying that there was nothing I could do about this kind of thing...
The big ship docked smoothly, and a large number of workers had already gathered on the deep-water dock. It was just hard to tell which ones were professional dock workers and which ones were temporary hired workers who came to beg for food.
When the big ship just anchored and docked, a large number of people in ragged clothes gathered on the dock, waiting for the arrangements for moving the cargo. It was noisy like a group of flies huddled together, and you could hear some beatings and curses from time to time. They must have been fighting for it.
The fight caused by this small job.
A man with a big belly walked onto the boat and began to negotiate with the messenger and the captain. After a few minutes, the man with a big belly waved to the migrant workers below, and everyone rushed up and started rushing to carry the goods. Aliria covered her nose and stepped aside.
The smell of sweat and alcohol emanating from the dock workers really made her feel sick to her stomach. But Rhodes had long been used to it...
"It's just a bunch of piglets, a few coppers can get rid of them."
The messenger turned around and said with a smile.
"Then who are they?"
Sibes pointed at the crowds of people who were kicked out outside the pier.
"They? They're not human beings, they're just a bunch of sloppy ants."
"beggar."
The messenger added.
Sibes frowned after hearing this. Unlike Rhodes and Celta, Sibes came to the Empire for the first time. He originally thought that the most powerful country in the Old Continent should be full of civilization and order. But today it seems
But it was a different scene. What surprised him even more was that in the eyes of imperial officials, beggars were not considered human beings...Don't they have human rights? Sibes asked in his heart. But seeing that his lord did not say anything, as
As a knight, he couldn't say anything else. After all, this was someone else's territory...