I Will Be The Crowned King

Vol 2 Chapter 13: What's new in the capital



After saying goodbye to a certain home, Anson who brought Lisa deliberately stayed on the platform for another ten minutes before leaving the Central West Railway Station of the Royal Capital as the crowd gradually dwindled.

"Beep! Beep!"

Almost as soon as the two walked out of the station gate, a high-pitched siren suddenly exploded over the bustling street.

"The Guards, the guards are here!"

A terrified scream suddenly sounded outside the gate, and the crowd on the street immediately rioted like a frying pan, enough to make the street parallel with six carriages suddenly crowded.

The one who left the station with the luggage, the one who bargained with the driver, and the one who still didn't know what happened... Everyone joined the sudden panic in an instant, you pushed me to avoid the approaching siren .

In the panic, the gentlemen lost their hats and luggage, the children who could not find their families and their parents sat on the ground and cried, and the charming ladies and the graceful ladies competed with each other for high pitches... Everyone became headless. Flies, desperate to escape this panic.

Squeezing through the layers of crowds, Anson, who was in no hurry, grabbed a rental carriage and reached out to stop it before escaping:

"Go to Clovis Cathedral!"

"I'm so sorry, but you should find someone else, I... eh?!" The hurried coachman was sweating profusely, and just as he was about to run, he found that he had a small hand on the reins.

Turning around again, an innocent and lovely little girl had turned over and got into the carriage at some point, smiling at him with two large suitcases.

"Twelve coppers!"

"Eight."

The guards on the opposite street were already honking their horns and firing shots to drive away the crowd, and Anson, who did not change his face, bargained earnestly: "There should only be four streets from here to Red Brick Street, right? I don't think it's worth so much."

"The ring of order is on, can you change the carriage?!" The coachman was sweating on his forehead, desperately trying to pull the reins, but found that the little girl's hand seemed to be locked on it, motionless :

"Okay! For the sake of the child, ten, ten coins! It can't be any less. If it's less, just take my car away!"

"make a deal."

An Sen, who nodded decisively, immediately got into the carriage, and the hurried coachman immediately shook the reins, urging the carriage to leave the place without even asking for the money.

Under the hot noon sun, the carriage ran wildly along the street; the coachman, who was very familiar with the surrounding road conditions, first circled from the one-way alley between the houses to the opposite street, and then quickly passed through a dilapidated street market. After confirming that there was no movement outside the steam train station, he finally slowed down.

"Excuse me... are the guards in the royal capital so scary?"

Looking at the coachman with the expression of the rest of his life, Anson asked curiously.

"Scary? Ha!"

The coachman hummed and said in a tone that a coachman looks at an outsider: "This gentleman, is this your first time to Clovis City?"

"Second time." Anson chatted casually:

"The last time I came, the kingdom and the empire had not yet gone to war, and the guards... not like this now."

"That's right!"

The coachman's face was "as expected": "You've been away for too long, and the city of Clovis is not as good as it used to be."

"In the past, thieves only dared to wander around the streets, but now they are blocking and looting on the highway; working in factories during the day is exhausting, and at night they will rob alcoholics and homeless people with hammers and shovels; Tian Yi, who runs a security company Darkness has become a gang, and there is no place they dare not rob except the military camp.”

"But all the gangsters and robbers are not as good as the guards." The coachman suddenly changed his words:

"Because in the entire city of Clovis, only they dare to **** it!"

So the military discipline of the guards has deteriorated to the point of robbery in the street... An Sen secretly thought.

Of course, this may also be a strategy: by deliberately indulging military discipline and condoning robbery, the Privy Council understands the consequences of disbanding the Guards, and in this way coerces the other party to delay or abandon the "Urban Public Administration Act".

The advantage of this is that it is effective, and the disadvantage is that it will seriously affect the morale of the army; once the disciplined soldiers suddenly lose control, it is impossible to try to restrain them again.

But in the face of the Guards who dared to even slap their foreheads like "The Great Train Robbery", Anson seriously doubted whether they could think of this level.

"They didn't dare to do this before. At that time, there were 20,000 or 30,000 troops stationed in the city of Clovis; when the kingdom and the empire fought, and army after army was transferred, they began to become arrogant... If this is In the past, how could the Privy Council be so polite to these scumbags!" The coachman said angrily.

"You know the Privy Council?" Anson asked in surprise.

"Of course, that is the highest authority of the Clovis Kingdom. It has the place to submit bills to the king, formulate taxes and ... and ... and implement executive orders-every person in charge of the kingdom's citizens should know this!" The coachman In a natural tone, he even asked Anson:

"Young man, don't you usually read newspapers?"

"Uh, I just came back... So what, are the newspapers starting to talk about this now?"

"Not all of them, but the Clovis Facts report this." The coachman said more and more excitedly:

"That's a good newspaper. It has everything on it. In the pub near my house, there is a young man who will charge customers to read the newspaper. I listen to it every issue!"

"..." Anson.

Recalling a certain family and second-rate detective's evaluation of this newspaper, he suddenly had the feeling that "there is nothing new under the sun" - some things even if the world and era have changed, as long as there are still people who like to fight with them things that will never go away.

Twenty minutes later, the carriage slowly stopped in front of Clovis Cathedral on Red Brick Street.

Holding a suitcase in one hand, Lisa walked out of the carriage slowly with the other hand, and walked along the marble stairs to the magnificent church in front of her.

Clovis Cathedral, located on Red Brick Street, is one of the oldest and most modern buildings in the capital. Continuous renovation and expansion; while retaining many historical traces, the body has also changed from a single church at first to a building complex throughout the red brick street. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

Among them, the cathedral with a length of more than 150 meters and five towers is the latest of many buildings; the huge bell tower with its front facing the sky is the pinnacle of architecture in this era.

"Ah ah ah ah ah…"

Looking at the tower whose top could not be seen even when she looked up, Lisa, who was standing under the church gate, widened her eyes and exclaimed:

"Anson, what is this place?!"

"Uh...this is the cathedral." Anson's expression was a bit complicated as he explained:

"It is a place of worship and prayer to the Ring of Order."

"Oh..." Lisa nodded seriously, as if she really understood: "So are we here to pray to the Ring of Order today?"

"No, the purpose of our visit today has nothing to do with the Ring of Order." Anson shook his head:

"We're here to withdraw money."


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