The experience of sailing on the sea is definitely not comfortable. This is without big waves or heavy rain. If there is a random storm, someone will not know how they will faint. It is said that the four horses brought on board are more adaptable than someone else.
Fortunately, this journey on the sea was not long. In just over a day, the ship saw the outlet of the Po River and sailed in smoothly. According to the captain, in the early days of his sailing, there were many water pirates here on the Po River, mainly from the army of the fishman kingdom.
Since a king-level sea monster came nearby, it was not a white whale. He can go to heaven, he can use magic, and when he bites a murloc, it's crunchy and fragrant, which makes the murlocs stop. Without the fishmen as the main force, it was difficult for human water pirates to fish in troubled waters, and they soon declined, and a new golden age began here.
On the other hand, people from the Vida Military Kingdom wanted to extend their territory here and built a city. Unfortunately, before the city could be built, it was destroyed by the white whale king. This happened several times, and the people in the military state gave up the idea of building a city here and guarding the entrance to the sea. You can build an empire with a powerful military force on land, but you can't do anything with an overlord in the sea.
The reason why someone chooses the water route instead of continuing to take the land route is because although the concept of territory in the military country is very outdated, outsiders without household registration can be directly equated with criminals. However, as the Po River was one of the most important economic lifelines of the military state, the cities along the river prospered due to trade, and their attitudes towards outsiders were relatively tolerant.
On the one hand, it is also because cities along the river rarely have a single person in power. Most of the noble lords in neighboring territories jointly funded the establishment of river port cities for the convenience of trade. Under this collegial system, the nobles did not dare to go too far, so naturally they could only use gentle methods to win more supporters for themselves.
However, the reason why they dare not go too far when encountering something is because the military nation that claims to be a martial nation would not consider using the simplest violent means to deal with it. The reason is that the control of the central empire over various places has become a very important key.
To put it simply, if there is no reason that can convince the central government of the empire, even if the neighbors are beaten until they no longer recognize their mother, the territory and various interests will be completely invaded. Central sentence: If you give it back, you must spit out everything you eat, otherwise it will be your mother's turn to not recognize you this time. The obligation to protect the fiefdoms of their subjects is the most basic duty of military nobles.
It is this attitude that maintains the appearance of peace within the Vader Military State, and the nobles are harmonious. As for privately, of course, they use various means to beat people's brains into dog brains. Even if you suffer a big loss, you can only grit your teeth and stand at attention.
This is especially true in the river port cities along the Po River. The aristocratic lords who jointly manage the property discuss matters based on their original share. This is registered with the Empire Central Committee, and it cannot be bought or sold if you want. If you want to expand your influence, you can only win the support of more people.
It was this rule established a hundred years ago that caused some conservative traditional forces within the military state to ridicule that the country should be called a "merchant state" from a "military state". If you don't rely on your fists to decide the outcome when things happen, but just rely on your words, what kind of martial nation are you?
In fact, for someone who has read the history of his hometown and the discussions of a bunch of bricks, he can probably understand the helplessness of the Emperor of the Vader Empire. From a hundred or two hundred years ago, large-scale wars in various parts of the Lost Land gradually subsided. Except for the northeastern continent, there were only small-scale conflicts on the borders in other places.
Without external pressure, if internal disputes are resolved by force, sooner or later it will turn into a large-scale civil war. The casualties of the civil war are secondary to the helmsman of the empire. The most important thing is that if the weakening of national power arouses external covetousness, it may turn into a protracted, time-consuming, and life-or-death war.
The conflicts between the lords near the golden waterway and inland can be felt even by myself, a foreigner who only got the news from the forum. From someone's point of view, the Vader Military State is like a pressure cooker with the lid covered, and is on the verge of change. Either it explodes and blows everyone up into the sky, or it changes smoothly and everyone is happy.
This situation also affected the evaluation of this military emperor: 'the most incompetent emperor in history', 'a coward who doesn't know how to fight', and 'a coward wearing an imperial crown'. All kinds of unabashedly vicious criticisms are sprayed on the face of an imperial emperor, and you can know how tough the nobles of this country are, and how soft this old emperor's figure is.
If you can cover the lid and dare to cover it, you are not afraid that the moment the lid pops open, you will be shattered to pieces; instead of choosing to stand on a certain side and have a happy and exciting battle. Such a person is not considered smart, and Lin doesn't know what kind of person can be considered smart.
However, after being sprayed bloody, he still had to grit his teeth and sit down as emperor. With this kind of helplessness, it’s no wonder that someone keeps a distance from power.
In the first river port city on the golden waterway of the Po River, everyone is preparing to change a boat here. For everyone, sailing paddle boats are not very comfortable to sit on. On the other hand, sailing paddle boats are not very popular in inland rivers.
Shallow draft, less cargo capacity, and greater manpower requirements were commercial disadvantages. Although the sailboat is flexible, it takes up a relatively large area on the river, which is a practical disadvantage. And because sailboats are flexible and have sufficient manpower, most of the people who use them have some ulterior motives, such as water theft and smuggling, so they are not popular.
Having said that, no matter how stupid a person is, he should understand something. So Lin paid the ship fare generously and stayed in this river port city to wait.
Also left behind were Uzov and his companions. It seems that these people are determined. But they are not like the four dwarves, who live for free; they just happen to be on the same road, live in the same place, and sit at the same table. For so many 'coincidences', someone was speechless.
But with such a group of people here, traveling is much easier. Almost all of them were citizens of the Vader Military Kingdom, and several of them were even descendants of nobles. Such a status is more or less treated with courtesy in the city along the golden waterway. They also have access to who to look for and what to do in each city.
At least they know that on the golden waterway, there are passenger ships specially designed to carry passengers back and forth, with different levels of comfort. You need to buy a ticket for a first-class cabin on a big ship, and you also have a lot of belongings with you. It doesn't matter. If you find the right way, you have nowhere to spend your money. You can only squeeze into a big cabin with ordinary people. Fortunately, there are people to help deal with these troubles.
Because there are not many luxury ships and the sailing schedule is limited, you have to wait several days for the nearest ship. But someone was not in a hurry, so he stayed in the first river port city he encountered on the golden waterway to see how prosperous the real bustling area of the Lost World was.
The Po River is the closest river port city to the sea. It is the most special one among all the cities on the golden waterway. Unlike other cities founded by nobles of the Vader Military Kingdom, this is a river port city built around a magic tower.
This place was once the frontline of mankind's fight against the fishman kingdom. The three-story tower is not the highest level in the sequence of magic towers, but this tower seems to focus all its skill points on water-related magic, with various manipulations, attacks, and temperature changes. For hundreds of years, the murlocs have been unable to take a step beyond their reach.
The timid fishmen call this place 'Jasfan', which means 'Lord of Water' in the language of the fishmen. This name also replaced the original name of the Magic Tower and became known to everyone. When people gathered here, the people who accepted asylum established towns and ports, and 'Jasfan' became the name of this town, which is still used today.
Because the magic tower cannot become private property and be inherited, Jasfan Tower has become the most important magic tower in the Portolan District of the Magician Association, second only to the district branch headquarters. Because it manages a river port city, the tower owner does not have to do anything. , just collecting taxes can prevent your own magic research from being lacking.
However, because this place is quite special, even though the successor to the Magic Tower is appointed by the association, Jasfan's city council has the power to veto. If a magician is rejected by the city council, the association can only choose to send another qualified person. However, the city council only has such power over the successor after the death of the original tower owner. They do not have the power to expel the tower owner.
...I don’t dare to do it realistically. Within the attack range of the magic tower, provoking the tower owner is definitely a sign of boredom. When a magician goes crazy, he doesn't care about how many people he kills, not to mention that the magic tower is a fortress weapon specially designed to carry out mass killings.
The region agrees that the power of the tower master's successor is not exclusive to Jasfan. No matter whether the king or the emperor builds a magic tower in the capital, they will certainly not allow magicians from hostile or unfriendly forces to enter. This is no different from exposing one's own weaknesses to the enemy.
Therefore, generally speaking, to inherit a magic tower in a city, the successor must have some relationship with the local area, or even be a direct magician trained by some countries. The advantage of this is that the city can continue its original vitality, and the good situation will not be ruined by the arrival of a magician who doesn't understand anything and messes around as soon as he becomes the tower owner.
Because of this succession requirement, a large number of magicians who wanted to kill the current tower owner and then settle in Jasfan Tower gathered here. Whether in life or employed by a powerful local organization, establish your own reputation and credibility. Such a special atmosphere has become a unique landscape of this type of city.
