"This is the City of Seine." Everyone, including Jiang Tian, was looking at the huge city and seemingly endless city walls under the sun, standing at both ends of the river bank in the center of the Seine River; There are also densely packed high-rise buildings, each with its own characteristic top.
This is the most prestigious gem and pearl in the crown of the Kingdom of Zealand. The prestigious metropolis of the Western Continent was once the dream destination of countless people in the Kingdom of Zealand. It represents the most advanced fashion and way of enjoyment, all the time. The promised land where wealth gathers and flows.
But many people, including Jiang Tian's predecessor, left behind countless love and hatred, and experienced all kinds of joys and sorrows; in the end, after brutal barricade battles, under the butcher's knife of the five great dukes, everyone around them Familiar faces fell down and tried their best to escape from here.
Therefore, after experiencing tribulations and turmoil, the city of Seine has long lost its glory and dignity; not only the once prosperous suburban residential areas and water and land markets have become devastated and dilapidated; even the damage on the city walls is Lack of repair has allowed weeds to grow.
In fact, as a super metropolis that gathers the royal family and most of the country's nobles, business guilds, and wealthy people, the scale of Seine City has also been continuously expanded and extended during the changes in dynasties. From the original small town of Xidai on the river bank in the Frankish era, it has now become a large urban area spanning both sides of the river.
Therefore, the city wall that Jiang Tian can see currently is not actually an outer city wall in the true sense; it is a so-called "tax collector" wall. It was the era when the Sealand Kingdom was at its most prosperous, and the tax collectors in the territory dedicated it to the "Terror Lord" as a gift.
Of course, there is another inside story spread among the people. These special businessmen who were entrusted with the expediency of taxation in all aspects felt that the rampant private smuggling and black market activities in the capital city of Seine had seriously affected the tax sources they used to make profits; coupled with the Prime Minister's rectification of the tax system.
Therefore, these groups of tax collectors united together, spent a huge amount of money to lobby the palace, and got through to the "Terror Minister"; only then were they allowed to invest in the construction of such a road to connect the large residential areas and clusters outside the city. The city also included the new outer city wall.
Therefore, this tax collector's wall is not very high, and there is no gatehouse in the usual sense. There are only ten tax cards. Rather than being used to defend against foreign enemies, it is better said to be used to block those active civil groups who try to smuggle/evade taxes inside and outside the capital, and to provide convenience for tax collection.
Despite this, not long after the birth of this tax collector city wall, it was quickly surrounded by more peripheral residential areas and markets. Inside the city wall of the tax collectors, there are also various factories, workshops and river terminals clustered together. The most polluted urban area is called Xiacheng District.
In contrast, the Seine City was built during the Lily Dynasty. It is surrounded by a real outer city wall and many majestic gatehouses to form a giant city called the outer ring area; it is also where the vast majority of poor people and poor people live together. The main district, where the various guilds and trade markets are located.
It is divided into the left bank area and the right bank area according to the north-south direction of the Seine River; each of them is divided into different communities, such as the expat area where foreigners gather; various senior colleges, church schools, vocational schools, Training centers, centralized academy areas….
Therefore, this outer ring area, which occupies most of the city of Seine, also brings together the most colorful architectural styles on the continent; from the ancient Roman-style single-family building "Insura" to the South Italian-style columns shaped towers, to Gothic spires, and Norman-style longhouses with pitched roofs.
However, it is the most essential part of the capital. It is located in the upper city/inner ring area surrounded by the continuously reinforced inner ring city walls from the Rose Dynasty to the Acacia Dynasty; it is also home to most of the residences of wealthy businessmen, nobles and ministers. Government departments constitute an upper-class community.
It has the densest concentration of luxury stores such as jewelry, clothing, and accessories, as well as specialized service workers, well-maintained public facilities and security environment, and various entertainment venues for the most luxurious enjoyment. There are also several royal palaces with different purposes and many villas and royal properties.
This is also the final gathering place for the ancient elevated aqueducts across the city, as well as several drainage channels and artificial canals. In a sense, part of the Seine River flowing through the city will be transformed into the homes of dignitaries and wealthy people. Use yachts and flower boats to raft the inland water on it.
In addition, it is the castle area located on the river bank in the center of Seine; it is also the predecessor of Seine City and the original royal palace established by the Kingdom of Zealand. But in fact, the royal family has not lived in the small city on the river island since the end of the Rose Dynasty because it was plagued by floods and humidity.
Instead, they chose to build several other palaces of different sizes on the terraces on the left and right banks. As the daily life of the monarch and royal family members, they accepted interviews and handled court affairs, held religious ceremonies, reviewed the royal army, hunted and had banquets. , summer resort and winter place.
In the era of the Burning Sun King and the Burning Sun King, in order to solve the problem of the urban area becoming increasingly narrow and cramped and with traffic congestion due to the population explosion, they categorically ordered the demolition of a large section of the city wall from the inner ring city to the left and right banks of the outer ring. ; This gave rise to the more peripheral tax collector city wall.
Coupled with the chaos and disorder in Seine City between the abdication of the deposed king and the Blood Moon Massacre, the citizens were encouraged to remove more bricks and stones from the city walls and use them for other purposes. Therefore, in a sense, the current capital city of Seine is no longer a city with complete walls.
Therefore, in the changes of governments and the continuous unrest, the ability to block and resist the waves of armed forces from different camps pouring into the capital is more often the dense buildings and narrow streets in the city, as well as in the communities. It's just a barricade built by citizens.
In other words, the battles that could determine the ownership of Seine City in previous generations had basically decided the outcome before entering the city. But now, apart from this thin and low "tax collector" wall, there seems to be nothing that can stop the Free Army.
Therefore, while the army was approaching the outskirts of Seine City in a mighty manner, Jiang Tian also successively released hundreds of cannons of various types, and baggage trucks filled with ammunition and food and grass from the "Dimensional Bubble" module; they were pre-built and used Various equipment to break through fortresses and attack cities...
At the same time, in the inner ring of Seine City, outside the residence of Rafaello, the newly married ceremony official, those who were originally loitering on the street corner or arranging surveillance in the concierge and shop opposite were not able to discover and notice. , as the owner of the mansion, I don’t know when the building will be empty.
In fact, at this moment, Rafaro has arrived secretly, in a warehouse that has been vacant for many days at a busy dock on the left bank of the outer ring of the city. And here, the subordinates he had recruited and developed in the capital over the years under the pretext of manipulating and operating the black market gradually gathered here.
Then as these people arrived one after another, the fresh smell of blood filled the air, and they turned into corpses that were put into sacks, tied with stones, and thrown into the river nearby. Most of them are spies installed by the municipal government or the police department, or even the Kingdom's Secret Bureau and other nobles.
At least when the Free Army came to the city, these unstable factors deliberately used to paralyze others were no longer necessary. Therefore, all kinds of weapons that had been transported into the warehouse through secret channels were also distributed on the spot and transported to more strongholds.
Of course, Rafaro did not expect how much threat and impact these piecemeal armed personnel hiding in shanty towns/slums could have on the defense of the capital; but at this critical moment, whether he had the ability to do it, and whether he was willing Doing it is a completely different matter.
In fact, he was also very surprised and shocked when he suddenly received the news that the Free Army was about to approach the city; because in his expectation, there would be at least a few key battles, which in disguise disrupted his secret advancement steps. ; But it also allowed him to finally be freed.
In fact, he has been hiding his true mission, mingling among the drunken dignitaries, playing a kind of extravagant role, and he can't help but have some kind of schizophrenia. When he came back from the dream at midnight, he could no longer tell the difference. Which one is your true self?
After rushing to several secret strongholds one after another and activating various arrangements to create chaos and confuse the public in the city, Lafaro finally arrived at the police station in the Left Bank District. Of course he is not here to surrender, but to help some people finally make up their mind...
(End of chapter)
