I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 129 Meeting

The Philippine Commercial Republic is located at the junction of the Aegean Sea and the Gillis Sea. She occupies two islands, one large and one small, and Lund. Port Cerro, the capital of Ile Island, can make a lot of money for the honorable governor of the Republic and those corrupt congressmen just by entering the port tax—although the money belongs to the country, who would resist touching it What about a huge sum of money?

Although the political circles of the Republic of Filon are rife with corruption and the factions attack each other, the financial and banking industry controlled by the government is known for its safety and integrity. Many maritime merchants who have been active on the sea all year round and noble princes from surrounding countries like to be in Filon. The bank deposits properties that are temporarily unused, and they collect money as much as possible like the greedy golden dragon in the legend, and then deposit the money in a place they think is safe.

Antico took the Wave and sailed into Cerro Port with many merchant ships. This is an extremely prosperous port city. On a small island outside the port stands a towering lighthouse, which is burning with raging flames all year round. The light of their ships guides them in the direction they sail so that they will not get lost.This lighthouse seems to be the national symbol of the Merchant Republic of Feron, as their flag features a rising sun and a lighthouse shining.

The merchant ship slowly entered the port and stopped at one of the berths. After the boards for people to disembark were lowered, Antigonus took Helen's hand and led the guards down the deck.While walking, Antigonus observed the bustling port area. Many merchant ships were moored on the shore. Countless shirtless coolies unloaded the heavy goods from the ships, and put the goods on the designated place under the fierce reprimand of the boss. location, and then wiped off the sweat from his forehead, and continued to walk towards the work point.

In addition to the coolies, there were also many well-dressed merchant nobles or ordinary passengers who disembarked from the ship. They were talking and laughing, and they were completely different from the coolies passing by. Those coolies kept their heads down and dared not I went to see them, as if I was afraid that I would be beaten violently if I took a second look. There are no such examples. Antigonus saw with his own eyes a female nobleman hugging her chest in front of a merchant ship. She looked coldly at the coolie who was surrounded by her servants and beat her violently, just because the smell of sweat from that coolie suffocated her.

In the Merchant Republic of Feronia, the status of coolies is similar to that of Macedonian slaves. They are humble and lowly, and they are dispensable like ants in the eyes of the upper class. Even the national army is unwilling to recruit these guys with only muscles. If there is any difference between them and slaves, it may be that they have nominal freedom in life compared to slaves.

But what does this have to do with Antigonus?He is the king of the Macedonians, not the honorable governor of the Feron people. At most, he sighed in his heart that the working people in this world are so pitiful, and then he left the port area with his fiancée and entered the city.

Although the port of Cerro is a port in its name, it does not mean that she has only one port area. Outside the port area, there is a large area of ​​densely populated buildings and dwellings of different heights, as well as the Great Temple dedicated to Gresham, the sea god of Philon and The parliament building, because the two islands of Phil and Lund are the territory of the Republic and there is no land threat, so the country's army is pitifully small. Only the more than [-] city defense troops guarding the capital are regular troops. More people participated in the navy that galloped on the sea with warships-the Feron people were proud of being a navy, and the army red deer did not have a high status in their eyes.

After entering the urban area, the scene of the streets leading directly to the port area came into Antigonus's eyes. The urban area of ​​Sero Port may have been expanded due to the increase in population. The buildings in the urban area are densely packed together. Except for the main road, the streets Basically, they are less than three meters wide, and there is a sewage drain on both sides.Perhaps it was because of the rain not long ago, the road was a bit wet, and there was not too much sewage accumulated in the sewage drains. Antigonus could see several civilian children gathered beside one of the sewage drains, holding a The little yellow chick scooped up the sewage with a small spoon and poured it on the chick, talking in his mouth that he wanted to bathe the chick.

Helen opened her eyes curiously, observing the city streets of Port Cerro. Everything here is different from Pera, and also different from the records of other cities she read from the books at home.From time to time, she would hold Antigonus and point to something or something on the street, asking curious questions like a hundred thousand whys. Antigonus didn't find it annoying, and answered Helen with a smile on his face.Beside them, a few guards faintly formed a semi-surrounding formation, isolating the passers-by from the two of them. Perhaps they looked tough and not easy to mess with, and the passers-by consciously avoided them with winks. Did not touch their brows.

The letter Agnes wrote to Antigonus before stated where he lives now, so Antigonus and the others were not walking blindly without purpose. While observing the streets of Porto Cerro, they walked towards the place where Agnes lived hostel.After about half an hour, they finally arrived at their destination.

The "Love of the Sea God" hotel was the place where Agnes lived these days, and the headquarters of the National Bank of Feron appeared on the corner of the street not far from the hotel.

Agnes did not explain the reason for his delay in returning in the letter. Antigonus saw that he was staying in a hotel not far from the bank, and guessed that Agnes must have encountered some delay in withdrawing money.He stood at the door of the hotel and waited for a while, then raised his legs and prepared to walk inside.

But at this moment, a person hurried out from the inside and collided head-on with the unsuspecting Antigonus. Seeing this, a guard subconsciously pulled out his sword from his waist and pointed at the person who offended the king.

Next, when they saw the face of the person who collided with Antigonus, they were stunned on the spot. One of the guards shouted out loud: "Agaeus? Why is it you?"

The person whose name was suddenly called was also stunned. He fixed his eyes on the person who called out his name, recognized him instantly, stepped forward quickly, and said, "Troipos, why are you here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he glanced at the people around him, and then recognized the young man who had just been hit by him, his heart tightened immediately, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, are you alright?"

"It's okay." Antico waved his hand. He was just stunned when he was hit suddenly. After he realized that the other party was indeed a member of his cavalry partner, he asked, "Where is Agnes? You guys?" What have you been doing these past few months?"

As soon as Agnes was mentioned, Ageus pursed his lips. He looked at the passers-by who were already looking this way, and said, "Let's go up first, and we'll talk about it later."

(End of this chapter)