After the officer approached, he read out the orders of the ruling officials in Latin in a arrogant manner.

Roger was a little surprised, why he had always been a ruling official, not the Eastern Roman emperor Alexus was replying to them.

Does Alexius look down on Little Bosimmond, who inherited Prince Antioch?

Or are you going to give them some advice?

Roger thought, after all, Bosimund caused a lot of trouble for Alexius.

It is also very likely that this emperor hates the Normans.

He felt that he might be more careful.

The official then warned Roger in Greek and asked the troops to follow him.

He led Roger's troops to the north side of the city wall, near the bay.

Along the way, Roger praised the majestic city wall in a complimentary tone.

The official was very proud, he told Roger,

This wall was built by Theodosio II (April 401-July 28, 450), so it was named Theodosio Wall.

He also boasted to Roger: "The catapults and crossbows on the tower can give all invading enemies a thunderous blow."

Roger gave a few more compliments and easily pulled out the attack distance between the catapult and the crossbow.

The official had no sense of confidentiality at all.

He just declared proudly: "No one can break through this wall, it will stand until the end of the world."

Roger thought, that's because you have little knowledge and don't know how much weapons will develop in future generations.

But he will not argue with officials about this issue.

After seeing off the officials, Roger ordered Danny to camp with his troops.

He specifically instructed Danny: "Stay away from the city wall, I don't want my tent to stay within the attack range of the catapult and crossbow."

He thought that although there has not been such a thing as a fire in this era, it is not guaranteed that anyone with a cramped brain will send him a message to him at night.

Then, Roger sent Shana and Zarro.

He ordered the two men to bring the trade licenses left by the officials, to bring enough empty carriages and soldiers who unloaded their weapons, to take the money, to the market in Constantinople, and to buy the military supplies needed by the troops.

He also sent Odin, the one-eyed dragon, and asked him to go to the city to connect with the spies sent before, and bring back the information collected by the spies.

He did not send Muttiyi, where Muttiyi's Arab appearance could easily cause trouble.

He asked Muttier to stay in the army and not show his face casually.

Then, Roger intends to enjoy the spectacularity of Constantinople.

But the city wall in front of him blocked his sight.

Roger looked around.

He saw that there were several relatively high hills to the west, and it was estimated that they were about 60 to 80 meters.

Roger felt that from there, he should be able to cross the 20-meter-high city wall and take a look at the full view of Constantinople.

So he took Henk with him, and the two rode their horses to the west.

They ran up to a hill about 60 meters high.

Roger first saw that on the east side of the hillside, an east-west bay appeared in front of him, and then turned a bend near a right angle in front of the hill, and went north.

There are two rivers to the north, winding out of the mountains and pouring water into the bay.

Roger looked east again and found his troops' camp south of the bay.

From his memory, Roger found out the geography knowledge he taught in his previous school. He learned the name of the bay north of Constantinople - Golden Horn Bay.

Then Roger, crossed the walls, turned his eyes to Constantinople that he was looking forward to seeing.

He saw that the city was located between the Marmara Sea to the south and the Golden Horn Bay to the north. There were 6 obviously visible hills in the city, and there was a small river flowing to the Marmara Sea.

The city is full of Roman style buildings.

Roger counted from afar and saw 2 theaters, 4 public assembly halls, 8 luxurious public baths, 5 granaries, 14 churches, 5 palaces, 2 colonnades along the street, and thousands of noble mansions.

He saw that there were 8 elevated waterways, like elevated light rail, extending to the Thrace Plain 30 kilometers away.

He saw that on the commanding heights of the entire city facing the Marmara Sea south, there were huge and luxurious buildings like small cities.

Roger was glad that in his previous life, he liked traveling and paid great attention to geography knowledge. He also specialized in check-in holy places like this.

Later geography knowledge told him that it was the Grand Palace of the Empire, known as the "Holy Palace".

The imperial palace is composed of several adjacent palace courtyards, with palaces connected by arcades, and flowers, plants and trees planted in the courtyards between the palaces.

Roger saw a large racing arena with a huge area near the west side of the palace.

He saw that there were many pillars and statues of marble and bronze in the arena, with obelisks brought from Egypt in the center.

The racing lane was covered with sand, and Roger estimated that eight carriages could be driven side by side.

In the surrounding stands, he estimated that he could accommodate tens of thousands of people to watch the game at the same time.

Outside the north gate of the arena, Roger saw the Augustus Square paved with black marble.

Later geography knowledge let him know that "milion", the zero-mile mark of the imperial highway, was established here.

Roger saw the huge Hagia Sophia Cathedral, the largest cathedral he had ever seen.

The cathedral's circular dome is as high as 55 meters, which can simply serve as a lighthouse.

Roger estimated that many ships coming from the ocean liked to use them to point out the direction.

He saw the colonnade-arched Avenue of Messe, leading from Augustus Square to several other squares in the city.

One of them is not far from the west of the Cathedral, which is the circular Square of Constantine.

Roger knew that it was the number one center of business and political activities in Constantinople.

To the north of Constantine Square, he saw the Imperial Senate.

There are dozens of wide marble steps in front of the Senate.

Roger estimated that it was the forum for the politicians to deliver speeches to the public.

Unfortunately, he didn't see anyone giving a speech on it now.

In the center of Constantine Square, Roger saw a giant granite column dozens of meters high, with a tall bronze statue of Apollo transported from Athens on the top.

To the west of Constantine Square, Roger saw the rectangular Plaza de Theodossi.

Theodossi Square is the confluence of several military avenues of the Roman Empire and is also the largest market in the city.

Roger saw that there were many workshops and shops.

Then Roger's eyes left Theodossi Square and turned southwest along Messe Avenue.

He saw Bull Square, Arcadius Square.

In the Arcadius Square, Roger saw the cylinder of Emperor Arcadius.

The cylinder was so high that Roger probably climbed to the top of the column and should have a view of the entire Constantinople, the Bosphorus and the Asian continent.

Then he set his eyes and continued to move along Messe Avenue.

He saw the Avenue of Messe and walked through the walls named Constantine.

He saw that there was a city gate shining like gold.

The door of the city gate looked like it was made of gold.

Roger estimated that the door might actually be made of brass.

He saw that the city gate itself was built with white marble, and a huge group of statues was erected on the top of the gate - a man was leading five elephants.

Finally, Roger scanned the whole city.

He saw the luxurious mansions of thousands of nobles and wealthy men, built next to the main road.

These mansions are isolated from the outer streets and have an inner garden with colonnades. The floors extend above the street colonnades, and you can see the distinctive convex windows.

Roger was shocked by the scale of Constantinople.

He thought it was worthy of being the largest city in the Middle Ages, and it was said to be inhabited by millions of people.
Chapter completed!