Florence.

Florence is clearly not the largest city in the world. The biggest, but it is an exaggeration from the villagers of Arubak. But I have to admit that even if Florence is not the largest city in the world, it is also an extremely prosperous and huge city on the entire East Coast, ranking among the top five cities on the entire East Coast.

The reason for this is that we must talk about Florence and the surrounding situation.

Florence is located in the middle of the Moorish Plain, and the largest river on the entire east coast, the Moor, passes just outside the city. The abundant flow of water from the river, which brought extremely developed transportation, made Florence more attractive to merchants from all over the world than some coastal ports, thus making Florence the most famous city of the Moorish League.

But Florence was not the capital of the Moorish League.

This is because, unlike the government of ordinary states, the Moorish League is a loose federation of city-states, similar to the Greek Federation in the history of the Earth - each city in the realm is nominally part of the same system, and will band together to resist when attacked by outsiders. In normal times, there is a high degree of autonomy, there is no jurisdiction over each other, and whether the development is good or bad depends on the ability.

This kind of government cannot be said to be bad, but in the face of many surrounding feudal countries, it obviously has a great disadvantage, after all, without a strong ruling core, even if it can unite when it is invaded, it is difficult to win.

This form of government has been maintained and has not perished under the attacks of neighboring countries, because many wizarding forces have been fighting each other and reaching a peaceful result for the time being. In other words, it was the wizard forces who made it happen.

The hundreds of large and small cities of the Moore Alliance are distributed along the Moore River in a narrow belt-like territory, and there are four wizarding forces no less than the White Stone Tower around it: White Mist City in the northwest, Rose City in the northeast, Deep Blue Keep in the southeast, and Mushroom Forest in the southwest.

In addition, White Mist City is friendly with the wizarding force located further north, the Rotten Swamp, the Rose City has a good relationship with the wizarding force located in the north of it, the Castle of Darker, and the Jungle Hut has the same origin as another wizarding force near it, the Shroom, and the Deep Blue Castle itself is extremely strong, and has recently communicated frequently with the Death Valley in the south.

It can be said that the Moorish Alliance and Florence are the places where the entire eight wizarding forces meet, and they are the center of the wizarding forces on the East Coast.

Each wizarding force has tried to take Florent and the entire Moorish Alliance, but without exception it has been strongly targeted by the rest of the wizarding forces, and finally a strange balance has been reached - each wizarding force is no longer interested in Florence, but as a place where they can communicate with the rest of the wizarding forces.

People with various purposes gather here. Ordinary people who do nothing, traders who dream of making a fortune, adventurers who yearn for excitement, young people who seek great power, sinister and cunning villains, hypocritical and cautious aristocrats, and wizards live together with wizard apprentices and wizards, forming a unique Florentine.

Leaving the village of Arubak, it took Richard three days to get here.

Florence, outside the city.

Richard stood, staring at the massive city in front of him.

From the defense alone, you can see the grandeur of Florence.

The walls of Florence are made of large blocks of bluestone, and the bluestone and bluestone are bonded with clay and lime, without any gaps, and it looks natural. In order to ensure firmness, the entire city wall is thick at the bottom and narrow at the top, which is trapezoidal, and the thickness of the narrowest place at the top is nearly five meters, which is extremely difficult to destroy.

The normal one-ring spell smashed down with all his strength, and it was impossible to break through the city wall at all, and ordinary troops wanted to use trebuchets and the like to smash open the gap, which was even more like climbing to the sky.

The entire city wall is like a man-made moat, nearly fifteen meters high, blocking most people, except for the official wizard who can fly, the rest of the people, including the wizard apprentice, either obediently go through the city gate, or find another way by themselves.

In addition, there are a large number of patrolling soldiers on the city walls and city gates, well-equipped, equipped with longbows and crossbows with a very long range, and some elite archers even have mana fluctuations on their arrows, which are specially used to deal with more difficult targets, which is a cheap spell prop. It may not be possible to confront a formal wizard, but some of the leaders of the bandits and the like dare to be strong, and teach them how to behave in minutes.

Richard didn't want to find trouble, and followed the flow of people, through the city gate guarded by soldiers, and entered the city of Florence.

You can see that the city of Florence, because it was built on the plains, did not have a winding road like the White Rock City, where the road went straight and straight.

Thirty-six wide main roads divide the city into 16 standard areas, each of which is divided into different places, including commercial streets with dense shops and quiet residential streets.

Walking along the road, Richard found that the most common ones here are all kinds of bakeries.

This is understandable, after all, the population of the entire Florentine may be estimated to be hundreds of thousands, or even close to one million, so many people are like a gluttonous beast, consuming a lot of food every day.

In addition to the bakery, there are all kinds of public baths, theaters, gladiatorial arenas, statues, squares, pools, etc., because of the sheer size of Floron, there is a staggering number of anything in order to satisfy the needs of most people.

Benefiting from this, everyone in the city of Florence has a good standard of living, even the begging beggars are not as weak as elsewhere, but have bright eyes and walk with the wind.

Seeing a gorgeously dressed man, the beggar quickly stopped him, and begged skillfully: "This gentleman, your Excellency, poor and pitiful, give me a few coppers and a bread to eat."

Sir, you are such a nice person, thank you for the copper. But...... Can you give me some more, I see that you still have copper coins in your money bag, so you should add some minced meat to me. Also, I can't stand my thirst and want a bowl of soup very much.

Thank you very much, you are a great person. However, after eating and drinking, it will be dark, I am homeless, give me some more money, let me find a place to spend the night. But my clothes are so torn, the inn will not let me in, or you will continue to show kindness and let me buy another dress...... Hey, don't go, sir, don't go......"

Richard watched the beggar begging loudly on the side of the road, looked amused, shook his head and walked on. His costume was pitch black, without any ornate ornamentation, he didn't look like a rich man, but he was not entangled, and he walked smoothly through half of Florence, and he already had a general impression of the city.

In front of a fountain in a square, Richard paused slowly and muttered, "Florent...... Tsk, Florent!"