Chapter 4 Garden Sitting

As the sky darkened, it was time for the two people in the cafe to part.

Time always passes quickly. Today, Pullman has been here for a long time. Although as the supreme leader of a country, basically no one can restrain him, this will lead to some strange rumors and speculations if he stays there any longer. .

Before leaving, Pullman invited Lorraine Hill again, hoping that she would stay and participate in the construction of Crancia.

"Suddenly invited like this, I was not ready for a while. Let's take a break for a while, but I will come again tomorrow, and I will stay in the capital this month." Although he did not promise it immediately, Roland Hill still agreed to stay. some time ago.

Seeing the girl answer like this, Pullman was also relieved, as long as she didn't refuse. For this teacher who is like a fairy in the forest, he often feels that the other party will suddenly disappear, and then suddenly appear again inadvertently.

"This is the proof of entry and exit from the palace. You can take this to the entrance to find the guards, and they will send someone to inform and lead the way."

Pullman handed over a shield-shaped badge about the size of Loren Hill's palm. The badge is dark gold and has an enamel base, with several lifelike stars printed on it, and golden ears of wheat around the center on both sides.

"Okay." Roland Hill did not refuse, but accepted it directly.

"So, see you tomorrow." The silver-haired girl waved to Pullman, and the two parted.

While Pullman walked out of the cafe, the two teams of guard knights who had been waiting for a long time had already lit their torches and separated on both sides to protect the leader of Crancia and return to the palace to rest.

Roland Hill stood upstairs and watched the team below gradually drift away, sizing up the strength of this team a little.

Those knights in black armor are basically Sequence 4 elites, and there are several followers in different dresses behind them. The strength of these people ranges from Sequence 5 to 7, and they seem to have their own specialties.

After spending a simple night in a hotel in the capital, the next morning, Roland Hill also came to a side entrance of the palace. As for the main entrance, generally speaking, it will only be opened for major events or formal occasions, and the office staff in the palace also enter through the side entrance.

Today's Crancia Palace is not the place where the royal family lives, but has been transformed into the center of the national administrative agency. Personnel from various departments come and go, conveying documents and orders. There are also guards wearing capes and armors on both sides of the aisles and corridors. , as the center of a country, its defense force is naturally top-notch.

"Hello, please wait a moment."

After a guard took the shield badge handed out by the girl, he asked her to simply register it, and hurriedly went to notify the internal affairs officer in the palace. Not long after, a woman dressed as a maid appeared at the gate.

She has a neat single ponytail and a document in her hand. She looks about 20 years old. After walking out of the palace gate, he first bowed slightly to salute the girl, and then led the way ahead.

"Please come with me." Accompanying her were two black and white maids, with light stabbing swords hanging from their waists, and they didn't look like they were just vases serving others.

Several people turned around, walked through the garden-like corridor of the palace, and then came to a less traveled place.

"Sorry, it's a bit of a detour, because Lord Pullman said that you probably don't want to be seen by many people." The head maid took Lorraine Hill to a pavilion in a garden.

"The morning state meeting is not over yet, please wait here for a while."

After she finished speaking, she asked the two maids to bring some snacks and fruits and put them on the table.

"Well, it doesn't matter." Loren Hill sat on the white chair by the round table and looked at the surrounding environment.

This should be an open-air garden where the West Wind royal family entertained guests in the past. It is relatively quiet behind the palace. From the side of the pavilion, you can overlook the scenery of the royal capital below. , the green smoke rises in the distance.

After sitting for a while, the maid who brought her here temporarily left because she had other things to do, but she left the two sword-wielding maids aside and obeyed Roland Hill's orders.

Lorraine Hill asked the two maids: "When does the State Council generally begin and end?"

"Hello, my lord, the meeting starts at 8 in the morning. If there is no major event, it usually ends around 10. However, the south is not very stable at the moment, so the time may be longer."

Although they were only maids, these people were very familiar with the current events in Crancia, and it happened that Roland Hill also wanted to know the current situation, so he opened his mouth and asked them one by one.

"I've been away from this land for a long time, and I just came back recently. Can you tell me about the current situation of Crancia? Of course, some secret things don't need to be told to me."

"Okay, my lord." The two maids were called by Roland Hill, looked at the girl a little, and quickly lowered their heads to explain.

"Currently, Crancia is roughly divided into 34 counties and 12 provinces, with a population of about 250 million..."

It's really huge. After listening to the description of the two maids, Roland Hill slowly understood the hugeness of this country. As a big country on the Western Continent that is second only to Verdant in terms of land area, Crancia's population is undoubtedly quite large, but in the past few people would count it, plus the concealment and non-reporting of the nobles, so it has always been vague.

It was not until after the west wind broke, that Crancia was established, and the government spent a lot of energy to re-count various data such as population, land, etc., and some hidden things slowly emerged.

When the west wind exists, the domestic bright side

The population may be less than 180 million, and a considerable number of them are slaves of nobles, bandits in the mountains, villages in marginal areas, and refugees who have fled their homeland.

After the country was stable and all the clutter was cleared, these invisible populations gradually surfaced, and this data also surprised the officials. Later, they had to increase the budget for domestic arable land, so that the whole country is now reclaiming land. farmland.

After learning about the current basic situation of Crancia, Roland Hill became a little curious about the two maids.

"Where did you guys come from before, did you practice swordsmanship since childhood?"

The two maids looked at each other before carefully replying: "We were originally descendants of the West Wind nobles, so we were able to use some extraordinary skills, plus literacy, and we were in good shape before we were selected to enter the palace to assist and entertain some guests. "

Descendants of the West Wind, the girl thought secretly, and looked at the strength of the two, they were probably around Sequence 4. Although they were not comparable to those terrifying geniuses in the academy, it was extremely rare to reach this level in their 20s.

"Then how do you feel about Crancia today, or how do the former West Wind nobles view Crancia now?"