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Chapter 134 Imperial Capital

The architectural style of the imperial capital inherits the classical characteristics of the original Storm Kingdom. Most of them are mainly blue roofs and white backgrounds. Blue and white also symbolize the colors of the sky.

The first thing that caught my eye when I came to the imperial capital was the city wall that was fifteen meters high. The city wall was horizontally connected between the two mountains and became the barrier on the front of the imperial capital. Five hundred metal artillery made by alchemists were evenly distributed on the top of the city, and heavy troops were sent to patrol. In front of the city wall was a moat. This moat was dug manually in the early stage of the construction of the imperial capital. The river was about thousands of meters long, about thirty meters deep and three hundred meters wide. At first, the original intention of building this moat was to resist the invasion of foreign enemies. However, over the past three hundred years, it has witnessed the battle for the throne and one coup after another, which is extremely ironic. Under the azure blue river, it is bright red like blood.

On the seemingly calm river surface, a giant multi-arched stone bridge about fifty meters wide connects the main city gate of the imperial capital, and two multi-arched stone bridges about thirty meters wide connect the secondary city gates on the left and right sides of the main city gates. People usually go to and from the imperial capital to the left and right sides of the imperial capital, and the main city gates are usually closed. Apart from special reasons and special festivals, only His Majesty the King can open it if he travels and issues an order.

After passing through the thick and tall mahogany sub-city gates on both sides, you enter this great city. First of all, there is a straight and wide road, which will not appear crowded even if ten carriages drive side by side. Every distance between the two sides of the road, you will see guards standing guard, and two teams of cavalry patrolling back and forth here. At the end of this road is a circular square, and a huge and majestic statue is erected in the center of the square. The statue is about ten meters high, which depicts His Majesty Eragon in his youth. Under his magical skills, His Majesty Eragon's heroic posture of raising his horse and raising his sword and shouting for charge was permanently preserved.

Walking through the circular square for a while, you can come to the most lively area of ​​the imperial capital - the trade zone. Whenever you enter the trade zone, you can feel extremely lively and extraordinary, even at midnight and early morning. There are all kinds of shops, large shopping malls, tall office buildings, various special snack restaurants, large and large hotels, various bars, dance halls and banks in the imperial capital, etc. Here are all. Someone once said, "You can find everything you are looking for in the trade zone of the imperial capital!" Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated, it is roughly the same. The largest mercenary hall on the eastern continent is also located in the trade zone. It is also worth mentioning that the headquarters of the "Fugui" consortium's high-end hotel is also located here. The luxurious tall building is the tallest building in the trade zone.

On the left and right sides of the trade zone are common people's residential areas and nobles' residential areas, which are referred to as common people and nobles' districts. The left side is common people and nobles' districts, and the right side is aristocratic area. There is a strict division between common people and nobles in the imperial capital, and there is even a saying that "common people are going to the left and nobles are going to the right". Even if you are a rich local tyrant, you can only go to the left but not to the right before you get the title of aristocratic title and title. The common people are divided into three communities, namely: slums, middle-level areas and rich areas. The slums and middle-level areas are larger than the rich areas. The aristocratic areas are divided into five communities: Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Male according to the size of the title, and the area is divided into five communities: Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Male, and the area is divided into the smallest part of the duke's largest baron.

Above the common areas and noble areas are their respective college areas, common college areas and noble college areas, where the imperial capital cultivates talents. Colleges in common college areas can only recruit common people, while colleges in noble college areas can not only recruit nobles but also special common people. Colleges in college areas can also recruit students according to their age of study: low-level colleges, intermediate colleges and advanced colleges. Among them, ordinary low-level and intermediate colleges only teach basic knowledge, while advanced colleges teach professional knowledge. Of course, in addition to ordinary colleges, there are also colleges that specialize in martial arts, magic and alchemy, and these colleges have their own unique recruitment methods. Imperial law stipulates that all citizens of the imperial capital must go to ordinary colleges to receive education until they are sixteen and all tuition is exempted. The imperial capital attaches so much importance to education from an old saying, "Education is not distinguishing between high and low, rich and poor."

Pass horizontally through the common people's district to reach the garden area on the left. The garden area is also called the "noble area of ​​common people". People living here are people or big families who have not won the title of aristocratic title but have an unusually identifiable status.

In the lower right corner of the common people's district is a giant prison with a backing mountain. The prison is divided into two areas above and below, each area has nine floors. The above area is detained by ordinary criminals, while those vicious criminals are detained in underground areas where the sun is not visible.

Next to the prison is the headquarters of the Imperial Capital's Public Security Management Office. The public security management office is mainly responsible for the public security in various districts of the Imperial Capital and preventing all kinds of bad incidents and special events.

In the upper left corner of the trade zone, through the common people's district and the common people's college district, it is the port of the imperial capital, which is a transportation hub for safe entry and exit and mooring of ships, a gathering point for water and land transportation, and a distribution center for import and export materials. In order to facilitate those who go to sea, there is a mercenary hall in the port.

Behind the trade zone, between the common people's college area and the nobles' college area is a sacred church area. The church area was specially approved by His Majesty Eragon, which can be completely independent of the imperial laws, and is managed by the Pope and the eight archbishops below it, and is also equipped with the Holy Cross Knights stationed. The church area is the place that all priests on the Eastern Continent yearn for the most, and it is also a place for priests to pray, study and worship. In the center of the entire church area is the holy capital of Holy Light Cathedral. This white cathedral is rumored to be permanently protected by the holy light. The entire building emits a faint soft light from the inside out, giving people entering and leaving the cathedral a sense of comfort and tranquility. The church area is open to everyone, whether it is poor or rich, common people, nobles, and even royal families, and will be treated equally here.

The road behind the church area is divided into three, and you can enter three completely different and adjacent areas. They are the warrior area on the left, the magician area in the middle and the alchemist area on the right. As the name suggests, these three areas are respectively Dou Qi, magic and alchemy. The warrior area on the left and the alchemist area on the right are adjacent to the common people's college area and the noble college area. The architectural styles in each area are different, the warrior area is wild, the magician area is mysterious, and the alchemist area is alternative. Each area has corresponding associations and warrior area.

It is the Imperial Capital Royal Warriors Association, the Magicians Area is the Imperial Capital Royal Magicians Association, and the Alchemy Area is the Imperial Capital Royal Alchemy Association. Just from the name of the association, you can know that the service objects of these three associations are royal families, so the association is a place where practitioners can stand out and soar into the sky. "Learn martial arts and magic, sell them with the Imperial Empire" is here. Of course, these three areas are also open to everyone, even if you are not a practitioner, you can enter at will. There is a mercenary hall in each area.

Walking through the Warrior Zone, the Magician Zone or the Alchemy Zone, there is another straight road. On both sides of the road are two major areas, the military zone on the left and the academic zone on the right. These two major areas are also called the Old Town Zone. The reason why they are called the Old Town Zone is because it was once the former site of the Storm Kingdom. The military zone is a military important place for handling the imperial military situation. It is not open to common people and non-employed nobles under special circumstances. The academic zone is a place that deals with the people's livelihood, development and national conditions of the empire. It is open to all imperial citizens unless it is special.

In the middle of the military and academic areas, at the end of the straight road is the entire imperial capital, the entire human empire and even the entire eastern continent - the palace - the supreme ruler of the human empire - His Majesty the King and his royal family live there. At the same time, the Palace is also the place where His Majesty the King handles affairs of all countries and receives officials. This palace designed by His Majesty Eragon himself also hides many unknown secret uses.

In addition to the military zone and the palace, other zones are connected by roads, so that the carriages become transportation tools for the people of the imperial capital, especially the rich and nobles. Of course, there is also an electric four-wheeler invented and manufactured by alchemists in the imperial capital.

After more than three hundred years of development, the imperial capital has reached its current scale. The total area of ​​the imperial capital covers more than 6,000 square kilometers and has a permanent population of more than 10 million, which is not considered an alien population.
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