Chapter 49: Distribution of Forces in Shagang County (Thanks to Ying Yi and other water friends for their monthly recommendation votes)
It seems that Paris has a complicated emotion about the Great Expedition mentioned in his words.
"The Great Expedition..."
Ricardo thought about this word and had some imagination, but he quickly returned to the present moment,
"This is too far away... In his lifetime, unless the wizard reaches the High Circle or becomes a god, how can a mortal do it? You have lived for ten thousand years."
"Paris, it seems that although you have been back home for many years, you are still determined to pursue a future."
Hearing this, Paris shook his head helplessly,
"I am just an ordinary person. On the other hand, ten years ago, I saw that even though you were young, you had the wisdom to organize apprentices to conduct transactions to make profits..." "At
that time, you gave me the impression of a real genius. You should know that wizards actually The recognition of qualifications lies more in wisdom than innate ones..."
Paris said this, looking at Ricardo with a slightly solemn look,
"I thought at that time, I hope that one day in the future, you will go further and work for us. These villagers who have been in Shagang County all their lives like this, take a look at the stars above and the ocean of truth." "
But, finally, now, I came back and returned to ordinary life."
Ricardo showed a wry smile, he He didn't sigh, just shook his head.
"Hahaha, it would be great if we were in the bar now. Let's take advantage of the situation and have a drink." "
However, you have now become the redeemer of the evil environment. It turns out that you are not really ordinary." "
Ordinary people , it is impossible to become the savior of evil!"
Paris showed a cheerful smile on his face and said casually,
"Are you planning to take a rest? Tomorrow morning, after the demon hunting knights are summoned, they will go to the Wind Wolf Barony for business. You'd better come with me. If If the Wind Wolf Territory is going to bleed, the Ice Lake Territory may be the one that makes the most profit."
Ricardo thought for a moment and nodded.
"For your good advice...if I can take a look at the stars above one day, I will treat you to a drink."
Ricardo was still moved by the topic of stars and sea mentioned by Paris.
It was already late at night. He put away his military rank and clothes and asked Paris how to rest and about the gathering of demon hunting knights tomorrow morning.
The demon hunter knights were summoned around nine o'clock in the morning.
Ricardo and Teresa can now go to the monastery dormitory of the Constellation Church, or sleep directly in the lounge on the third floor of the office.
Ricardo was very tired. He didn't want to move too much now, nor did he want to stay on standby in the office and go back and forth to a London hotel to rest after Vera's shock.
He chose to take Theresa to rest directly on the third floor.
Paris is a senior wizard apprentice, with a status comparable to that of a great knight.
There are several lounges in the office on the third floor, all of which are very luxuriously decorated. Under the influence of steam pipes, there is even hot water inside.
Ricardo took Theresa to a lounge, washed himself briefly, and then slept together.
He is too tired today.
Not long after lying on the bed, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
...
the next morning.
Ricardo opened his eyes and found a faint elegant fragrance coming from the tip of his nose.
He saw Theresa wearing rattan armor, lying on the bed with her upper body and kneeling on the ground. She was holding some wizard books he saw yesterday.
Ricardo scanned the covers of wizard books.
After a brief evaluation, I found that they are all considered precious introductory books for wizards.
"It seems that Paris...or Vera had a chat with her when I was away yesterday and gave her some help."
Ricardo patted Teresa's arm gently.
The latter woke up immediately:
"Ricardo... sir!"
Theresa stood up in panic.
"Good morning, Teresa, we have to get ready to go."
Ricardo didn't say much and directly changed into the knight's uniform of the Demon Hunter Knight.
Teresa helped him hang the shoulder straps with the rank of Imperial Lieutenant Colonel on both shoulders of the military uniform.
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Shagang County is the third largest port city in the empire.
A long time ago, the third word here refers to the port city of Shagang County. In addition to the top two ports in the empire, ships can also periodically go to the Wizarding Continent.
In fact, the original Shagang County was not very prosperous.
However, with the evolution of steam age technology in important cities in the empire, the trade in Sargang County gradually prospered, and municipal construction boldly used new steampunk technology.
Over the years, it has gradually become what Paris initially called 'the truly third largest port city'.
The entire Shagang County has a population of five to six million, and the population of the entire county area is close to two million.
Excluding the urban and imperial public domain, the county has four viscounties, dozens of small baronies, dozens of large lordships, as well as scattered independent knights and knights.
The reason why there are no high-ranking nobles above the earl is because the original Shagang County was just an ordinary city, and it was only in recent decades that it began to enter the central sight of the empire.
A viscount is a backbone noble. It is disrespectful to send a baron in diplomatic affairs between countries, but no one thinks it is inappropriate to send a viscount.
The area of a viscounty ranges from one thousand to several thousand square kilometers. The smaller viscounty areas often include the territory of urban areas.
In the entire Shagang County area, there are probably tens of thousands of apprentice knights or junior knights, two to three thousand intermediate knights, and three to four hundred senior knights.
This number is a bit exaggerated, but it includes many apprentices who are going to the Wizarding Continent, guardians of the Wizarding Seeds, as well as the forces invested by major forces in the prosperous port.
On the bright side.
After deducting the additional force deployed by the major forces on the port and the large number of professionals who temporarily settled in the port city, this number would be much more reasonable.
If you then deduct the junior, intermediate, and senior knights owned by each lordship and barony in the county and countryside, you will find that there are only 500,000 or 600,000 people in the county and only a few qualified local professionals.
And now.
When Ricardo, wearing a black imperial knight uniform, walked out of the large flat room on the third floor and came to the corridor stairs outside the office building.
He saw a large number of knights gathering on the platform in front of the office building and on Telegraph Street.
"Good morning, Ricardo!"
Paris was on duty for the rest of the night. He had just been downstairs, and now he walked upstairs and happened to say hello to Ricardo.
"How many knights are dispatched? Why do I feel that compared to ten years ago, there is a feeling that knights are inferior to dogs in Sarport County now."
Ricardo pointed blankly at several teams of knights gathering downstairs.
He counted and looked at the origin of the team. They were more than forty demon hunting knights wearing the same military uniforms as him, more than a hundred port patrol cavalry, and the Knights of the Constellation Church.
At a glance, there are about six or seven senior knights below, more than fifty intermediate knights, and hundreds of junior and apprentice knights.
"You don't think that the possibility of Baron Wind Wolf colluding with the 'Evil Thief Order' is trivial, do you?" "
At least, the fact that they have evil spirit casters has been confirmed by the apprentice arrested yesterday. The Thieves Guild is also involved."
"And the arrested apprentices also confessed that over the years, the Thieves Guild has been involved with many bandit groups, doing the same things as the official bandits."
Paris pointed to the back of the Demon Hunter Knight team. , there is a prison van there.
Ricardo saw in the prison car a black-robed apprentice who was covered in enchanted shackles and had been tortured to the point of being scarred.
He looked at the imprisoned apprentice and met his eyes.
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