"Ta Ta Ta…"
The carriages moved along the First Street of the Imperial Capital. Due to the dense crowd, they could not ride horses and could only move slowly. It was just a little faster than ordinary people walking.
Only when the Empire's army was out or there was an emergency would horses be allowed to gallop on the First Street of the Imperial Capital.
Otherwise, the rider would be fined heavily.
The carriages traveled for half an hour before they reached the city gate.
"The inner city of the imperial capital is not small. It's more than two thousand meters long.”Qiao Ji estimated in his heart.
He looked at the city wall of the inner city. It was about fifteen meters high and was made of stone bricks.
"The city walls are quite high."
Qiao Ji sighed and tilted his head to ask," Uncle Ferlin, how long did it take to build the city wall?”
"Why are you even curious about this?"
Ferlin couldn't help but laugh. He thought for a while and said," I remember it took less than ten years.”
He added," The inner city used to be the outer city. The current outer city was expanded later.”
"Less than ten years." Qiao Ji suddenly felt that there must be a lot of sweat and blood on the stone bricks on the city wall.
He didn't need to think to know which race would be used to build the city wall made entirely of stone. The Giant Race was definitely one of them.
Otherwise, if the ordinary races were to move the huge stone bricks up, it would take at least 100,000 people to build them in ten years.
The number of slaves who died back then was cold.
Qiao Ji didn't think further.
Outside of the inner city, the outer city was another world.
The first impression he had was that it was dirty and messy, followed by the stench that assaulted his nose.
There were many demi-humans in the crowd, and the number of rich people in gorgeous clothes decreased by 50%.
The central street of the outer city was also No. 1 Street, but it had two more words. It was called Imperial City's Outer City No. 1 Street.
Walking along the 1st street in the outer city, one would realize that apart from the shops on both sides of the street that were slightly better, the houses further away were all low thatched huts and mud brick houses.
When the carriages passed by the crowd, the demi-humans avoided them in advance and looked at them with reverence.
But…
Qiao Ji noticed that the demi-humans 'eyes were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.
After entering the outer city, Ferlin and the others spoke less.
The knights became even more vigilant. If anyone approached them, they would whip them.
The atmosphere was a little depressing, and the difference in class was clearly reflected here.
Qiao Ji expressionlessly rode his horse forward. He suddenly felt that life on Earth was really wonderful.
"Ta Ta Ta…"
The carriage fleet sped up in the outer city, and it also took them about half an hour to see the outer city gate.
"The outer city is at least eight times larger than the inner city.”Qiao Ji could only estimate in his heart.
He realized that the Imperial Capital could accommodate at least three million people. In fact, it might be even more.
Qiao Ji also found some problems. The outer wall was only about 10 meters high, and the bricks were not big.
From this, it could be inferred that either the Golden Eagle Empire's national strength was declining, or some officials were taking kickbacks.
Qiao Ji turned his head and didn't say anything...
"The outer city wall took a total of thirty years to complete.”
When the young man turned his head, Ferlin said helplessly," If you are curious about this, you can look for the Chronicle of the Founding of the Empire in the library.”
"Three Great Emperors in thirty years? Did you say something wrong?" Qiao Ji blinked.
"..." Ferlin remained silent. He pulled the reins and waited until they were out of the outer city gate.
He glanced around and said in a low voice," The battles in the royal family are the cruelest and most ruthless. During the most turbulent period of the empire, six Great Emperors died in twenty years.”
Qiao Ji's eyes widened.
It was equivalent to the death of a Great Emperor in three years. It was indeed a little cruel.
No wonder the Golden Eagle Empire had 27 Great Emperors in its 355 years of history.
Other than a few long-lived Emperors, one could imagine how bloody the fight for the throne was.
Qiao Ji suddenly understood why the Yu Wu family was neutral.
If he wasn't neutral, the next emperor might rebel and kill a group of nobles after a few years…
The Youwu Clan had been wiped out several times already.
Qiao Ji didn't dare to say anything else. It was really strange that such an empire had not been destroyed.
Outside the city, it was even more dirty and smelly.
" Cough cough…" Qiao Ji took out a handkerchief from his pocket, lifted his mask, and covered his mouth and nose.
He seriously suspected that his eyes were playing tricks on him. The moat was actually a stinky river, and all that floated on it was excrement.
"You, you have to get used to it.”Ferlin stuttered.
Qiao Ji hummed in response." No, I might never get used to it."”
"Hurry up and leave." Ferlin ordered.
"Ta Ta Ta…"
The carriage team sped up.
Qiao Ji rode his horse to observe and found that the city was a slum, full of crooked wooden shacks.
Meanwhile, the commoners were carrying firewood, charcoal, and stone bricks with apathetic faces…These might be their sources of income.
"..." Qiao Ji expressionlessly rode his horse forward.
After leaving the Imperial Capital, he realized that the air was so fresh and the river was so clear and bright.
The only flaw was that there were a few barren mountains not far away.
As they walked along the main road, golden wheat fields appeared in front of them.
Ten minutes later, the carriage team turned into another road.
This time, in less than three minutes, they saw a manor.
"This should be the manor of Marquis Mellor's family.”
Qiao Ji muttered in his heart and slowed down his horse.
There were butlers and knights waiting at the gate of the manor.
When they saw the family emblem of Duke Youwu's family, someone immediately came to lead the way.
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