While walking through the bustling market road, Rhodes saw all kinds of "game" in the fresh market. They can be considered real game... wild boar, venison, dog meat, mutton, and even mouse meat...
For people who live affluent lives, they will occasionally buy luxuries such as pork or mutton. For the general public, meat can only occasionally satisfy their craving during festivals. Most of the time, civilians can only eat vegetarian food and bread as their staple food.
.And the poor...if they want to eat a bite of meat, they can only buy rat meat. Up and down Altdorf, countless rats lurk in countless sewers and dirty corners. Rat catchers collect a bunch of rats every day
, then throw it to meat dealers for slaughtering and processing, and then sell it at low prices to civilians who cannot afford normal meat.
When it comes to the food market, the price of different kinds of rat meat is also different. The price of fresh rat meat that has just been slaughtered is still very high. It can be worth the price of a piece of bread. And the rat meat that is not so fresh the next day is much cheaper.
Most of the homeless people and refugees receiving government relief can only eat this kind of meat. And some of them are even slightly rotten.
It is common to get sick from eating rat meat, but few people take it seriously. This is because in the empire, sick civilians cannot afford medical treatment at all. Excellent doctors are either in the royal court or in the army. Ordinary
When civilians get sick, they can only rely on barbers... yes, barbers and surgeons...
Altdorf has thousands of barbershops, large and small, forming the city's main health system... While barbers are giving customers haircuts, they will also provide other services, such as simple surgeries, body shaving, and bloodletting treatments.
Wait. If these barbers can't cure it, then you can only go to various temples to pray to the gods for a miracle.
And those wealthy civilians who don't eat rat meat actually have a hard time buying real game. Most of the so-called game on the market actually contains adulterated ingredients. In wild boar, the pig's head, pig's legs and pig's tail are from wild boar.
The pieces of meat, ribs, etc. are most likely replaced by domestic fat pigs. There is a ferocious and bloody wild boar head. In fact, the meat hanging on it is all from domestic pigs. It may be domestic pigs that died of illness...
Flies and mosquitoes flying everywhere are the norm in fresh food markets.
Finally, after passing through the long and narrow streets, Rhodes and his group, led by the guards, arrived at the center of Altdorf City. Here, it was completely different from the messy scene in the civilian area. The Altdorf City Square was neat and solemn.
, only sparse people walked through the flat square, mostly officials and nobles. It can be seen from their clothes. Everyone walking in the big square has a group of servants behind them. It is enough to catch a glimpse.
Their identities are not ordinary.
Similarly, there are no civilians here. All civilians were stopped outside the square. To put it bluntly, this is a wealthy area, and only nobles can enter.
There are two magnificent buildings on both sides of the main square. On the west side is the Imperial Palace. It is solemn and majestic. Eight thick stone pillars hold up the front door of the palace, which has a feeling of the ancient Roman Senate. In these stone pillars
There are exquisite reliefs carved on them to praise the great emperor. The content depicted on the eight stone pillars are also different, representing the politics, economy, culture, folk customs, technology, etc. of the empire.
Needless to say, those who guard the palace are the famous Reik Guards. These heavily armored guards are the elite of the empire's elite, the only warriors selected from a million. Therefore, Emperor Louis Bird allocated some of his guards to
Alyria, Alyria took them deep into the interior of Norsca. Under heavy siege, they were still able to break out of the siege with very little damage. If it weren't for the super military quality of Rick's guards, they wouldn't have been able to escape.
It's possible.
On the east side of the main square is an equally magnificent large building. Compared to the Imperial Palace, this large building appears to be older, sacred and solemn. Yes, it is the famous Sigma Cathedral. Even though it is far away,
Rhodes can also feel the solemnity and solemnity emanating from this church. It seems that when people get there, they will naturally become humble and serious. You can't play in front of the cathedral because the sacred and solemn atmosphere has already
It envelopes you, as if the gods are staring at you from the sky.
Of course, Rhodes is not afraid of this power. Because it has nothing to do with him in any case. As a god in the hearts of the people of the empire, Sigma’s status is unshakable. However, for outsiders like Rhodes,
It's nothing. Lady Kislev won't pray devoutly in front of the statue of Sigmar.
However, its deterrence and leadership ability for the people of the empire are unquestionable. The two buildings are almost the same size. They symbolize the balance of imperial power and divine power. Of course, Rhodes, who is familiar with imperial politics, knows that the empire has no
Imperial power... The emperor is just there symbolically. His power can only govern the city of Altdorf and the Reikland area, and there is nothing he can do about it further away. Most of the vast territories of the empire are managed by local electors.
Each one does his or her own thing.
Even if a local noble makes trouble, and the emperor wants to punish him, he has to go through the local elector to punish him. Moreover, the punishment is done by the elector himself, and the emperor has no right to directly punish the lords or nobles in other electors...
...the aggrieved imperial power.
From this point of view, Rhodes only felt that Emperor Louis Bod was not as good as Tsar Pavel of Kislev. At least, if he was serious, Pavel had full power to punish any noble or lord in Kislev.
"My dear friends, thank the gods, you finally returned safely."
The person who greeted Rhodes and his party was the Emperor Louis Bird himself. Of course, Rhodes also knew that the person the emperor really wanted to greet was not himself, but the person next to him - Maximian, the Elector of Osterland. Also,
There is a wood elf behind him, Aliria. According to the soldiers of the Imperial Guard, Aliria once saved Louis Bird's family. She is the emperor's benefactor.
"I haven't settled the score with you yet. You should call a warship to escort us. Damn it, it's been a toss-up along the way."
Maximian said half-jokingly.
"Where's Carl?"
"well……"
Louis Bird sighed, with a look of embarrassment on his face. Needless to say, Maximian already knew where this kid was fooling around again. However, he didn't say it in front of everyone.
"Ms. Aliria, nice to see you again!"
The emperor said, greeting the wood elf in a very gentlemanly manner. Aliria nodded slightly, with a faint smile on her lips.
"This must be the famous King of the North of Kislev and the Vampire Terminator—Lord Lawn, right?"