In this long-distance journey in the era of cold weapons, even though there are horses to travel, the speed of traveling is still very slow.

Chen Daolin, who was an otaku, once heard of legendary stories such as cavalry raiding for thousands of miles apart, and the ancient BMW could travel thousands of miles a day and eight hundred miles apart at night.

But when he really traveled to this era, he realized that most of them were nonsense.

Horses with four legs do run much faster than those with two legs, but when a horse is carrying a normal load, it can only walk a hundred miles a day, which is enough to reach the sky. Even if the cavalry in the army marches normally, it will only be less than two hundred miles a day, which is less than one hundred kilometers a day.

When rushing in the Roland Empire, you must also consider the supply points during the long journey. This kind of rush is not to mention taking out a map, drawing a straight line between the starting point and the destination, and then running in the straight line.

The construction of the road will never be straight, and some places, villages, towns, and cities should be considered along the way.

So normally, although Chen Daolin and his group had horses and carriages to carry, they could only walk about a hundred miles a day, which was already a very fast speed.

Chen Daolin, who was on the road, did not realize that he had been targeted. Although Montoya was experienced, he was responsible for leading the team at the front, while Ade, who was responsible for being in the last realm of the team, was distracted by Chen Daolin's words.

After walking like this for a day, I came to a village along the way in the afternoon. I stopped to stay again. If I missed this village, I was still far away from the next village where I could rest and replenish my supplies. I would never be able to arrive before dark. If I missed it, I would have to sleep in the wild.

It is almost three hundred miles away from the imperial capital, but it is only 150 or 60 kilometers in kilometers. In the real world, it will take less than two hours to take the expressway.

However, in the Roland Empire, the distance of these hundreds of miles makes it almost as if it exists in two worlds as the imperial capital.

The tension in the air in the imperial capital did not affect this place at all. The people in the town looked relaxed, and the town was peaceful and peaceful.

When Chen Daolin and others arrived, they unexpectedly caught up with a bustle.

The town is located in the territory of a certain empire. According to the imperial decree, the noble was only a baron and did not have the power to establish his own private army. He did not have the right to establish officials and govern the ruling power in the territory. The benefits given to the baron by this territory are limited to the annual fiscal revenue, which he can share with him a large sum of money.

It can be said that this Baron, called Pierre, is the lowest-level aristocratic system of the Roland Empire. It is the "country aristocrat" called by the real wealthy and powerful people in the imperial capital.

But even the country aristocrats are also nobles. In such an era, in villages and towns far away from imperial capitals and big cities, a baron was already a famous figure.

Therefore, this Baron Pierre is going to hold his fifty birthday, which naturally became a festival worth celebrating in the town.

Chen Daolin's team entered the town and soon felt a festive atmosphere. After checking in a hotel at the entrance of the town, a chubby round-faced boss quickly brought his men out. After the settlement, the boss proudly announced: Because of Baron Pierre's birthday, all the accommodation fees for all out-of-town tourists who came to the town today are free, and will be paid by Baron Pierre.

Moreover, to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Baron, a celebration will be held in the square in the town, and fireworks purchased by the Baron's mansion from the imperial capital will be set off.

Judging from what the shop owner said, the Baron named Pierre seemed to be quite popular with the people. He never interfered in local government affairs, but just collected taxes honestly. He often did some kind things like building roads and bridges on weekdays, and would not bully the civilians in his territory. Sometimes he would even pay for the church in the city to invite clergy to see a free medical treatment for civilians.

Such a kind nobleman was naturally quite popular with the people. So when he held his fiftieth birthday, the whole town was happy for him.

Fifty years old is already a very good life span for the people of the Roland Empire.

Chen Daolin carefully studied the situation of the Roland Empire when he was in the academy. According to his rough estimates, based on the statistics of the imperial capital, the population of the imperial capital is about one million, and the average life expectancy is really surprising: forty-three years old!!

You should know that the imperial capital is already the most prosperous, civilized and developed region of the entire Roland Empire. If this number is evenly distributed to the entire Roland Empire, the average life expectancy figure will probably slide further down a lot.

For a civilization that is still in the era of cold weapons, limited by medical standards and low life expectancy is an inevitable situation.

Even in reality, the average life expectancy of the ancient Celestial Empire, which was known as the most powerful Tang Dynasty, during the Zhenguan period, was only in its early thirties.

Therefore, the fiftieth birthday of this Baron Pierre is indeed worth congratulations.

It was probably because of the extraordinary behavior of Chen Daolin and others, especially Chen Daolin, who looked simple, but the texture was luxurious. He also brought a tough warrior escort, beautiful female companion, a low-browed servant, and even a werewolf slave of the beast tribe. So the boss judged that Chen Daolin must be a noble master with extraordinary status, and also reminded him with great care: Baron Pierre will have fun with the people tonight, hold a party outside the town, and invite some people with status in the town to attend, and some foreign distinguished guests can go there if they are willing. The owner believes that with Chen Daolin's behavior, his identity should be enough to attend such a "high-end party".

Originally, Chen Daolin was not interested in such gatherings. He had seen dinners like that in the imperial capital and the palace. What would be the meaning of birthday parties of small nobles in this place? The people who invited unprecedented identities were nothing more than small officials and merchants in the place.

However, the owner's other words made Chen Daolin care.

It is said that Baron Pierre's family business is very large. In addition to the Baron's daily charity, this family also has something that is admirable!

"The younger brother of the Baron is a magician! And he is also a powerful figure from the Imperial Magic Academy! God, I heard that only the most powerful geniuses can enter that place. Such a person can't even see it on weekdays, but I heard that today, the magician master also returned home to celebrate the Baron's fiftieth birthday."

A magician from the Magic Academy?

Chen Daolin's heart moved and immediately changed his mind.

It seems that it is necessary to take a look.

...

In the evening, after settling in the hotel, Chen Daolin took Barossa and Xia Xia out, and Montoya was accompanied by. As for the werewolf Chuck, because he looked too eye-catching, he naturally stopped taking it in order to avoid trouble. And Ademo... Since wearing the servant's clothes, he must have the awareness of the servant, so stay and see the house!

Chen Daolin had already prepared a famous post.

It is easy to fake his identity. After all, he has worked with the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce for so long. In his storage ring, there is a Pompeii Chamber of Commerce badge ring. This badge can be used as an ornament, and after being stained with ink, it can be used as a seal. Such badges are only available in the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce. Only middle-level and above-level managers have this badge. Chen Daolin was originally intended to be used by people in his Wushuangfang. Unexpectedly, after the New Year, the things were left in his hands.

Now Wushuangfang has been seized in the imperial capital, and the general account of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce is temporarily closed to avoid the news.

However, the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce has a great family and has a semicolon in all parts of the empire. The general number of the imperial capital has temporarily closed down, but the branches in various places are still operating as usual. Chen Daolin casually took out this badge and pretended to be the manager of the caravan passing by in the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce. Since the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce is spread all over the place, it is difficult to investigate him later.

I purchased a few gifts in the town, and found a set of armor with good texture and appearance from the messy storage rings of their storage rings as the most important gift (the shop owner said that Baron Pierre was quite martial). The group went out to the party place outside the town.

Next to the main road to the north of the town is a forest that is not too dense. It is said that this forest belongs to the Pierre family's hunting ground. There is a large house with a garden built next to the forest. The two-story building is not very tall and has nothing to do with luxury. This is Baron Pierre's "hunting ground villa".

Compared with the wealthy families in the imperial capital, this kind of pomp seems a bit shabby, but considering that it is just a small noble in the place, it is so particular that he has set up a hunting ground and a villa for himself. It seems that this Baron Pierre likes to pay attention to pomp.

Several carriages have been parked in front of the villa, most of which are ordinary. The most luxurious carriage is probably used by the owner. The carriage body is very particular, but Chen Daolin could see at a glance that this carriage is produced by the Tulip Workshop, and it should be the old model from a few years ago (Since cooperation with the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce, Chen Daolin has carefully studied the Tulip Workshop as an imaginary enemy). Although it is well maintained, it can still be seen that it is an outdated style. If any noble family drove such a carriage in the imperial capital, it will soon become a laughing stock.

But in such a remote place, such a carriage is enough to stand out among the heroes.

What surprised Chen Daolin was that although the carriage was average, the horses that pulled the carriage seemed to have good breeds. Even advanced knights like Montoya looked at them twice.

After showing his mark, Chen Daolin and his group immediately attracted the guests.

The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce is one of the top behemoths in the business world of the Roland Empire. Even though Chen Daolin is just pretending to be a middle-level manager of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce at this moment, he can already be regarded as an amazing person if he appears in this small town.

Several people were still at the door, and the famous post with seals was sent in. Soon, they heard hurried footsteps coming from inside. A man in his thirties, with a medium figure, wearing the most common aristocratic short robe, walked out with joy.

This man had a good vision, and his eyes swept over. He first stopped on Montoya for a while, and then quickly landed on Chen Daolin accurately. It seemed that he could see at a glance that this group of people was led by Chen Daolin.

"You must be a distinguished guest of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce." The noble man bowed his body and bowed slightly. Such noble etiquette was meticulous. He raised his head and smiled politely: "I am the son of Baron Polomir Pierre. When I heard about your arrival, my father asked me to come out to greet you. On this day, I didn't expect that there would be a distinguished guest of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce to visit. It was really delightful. I haven't asked your name yet..."

"Allen, Alan Yeager." Chen Daolin casually reported a familiar name, with a calm expression. He smiled faintly: "I am just a little person in the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce. I passed by here accidentally. When I heard of Baron Pierre's birthday party, I came uninvited. I also asked my master to forgive my rudeness."

As he said that, he shook his eyes at Montoya. Montoya immediately flashed over and gave out the carriage behind him. On the carriage, an open high wooden box was placed there high.

Montoya gently pulled off the black cloth covered with the box...

Soon, the Baron son exclaimed and took a long breath!

Not only the son of the baron, but also all the other guests around him who were close to each other, as well as the servants and guards at the door, widened their eyes and showed a look of surprise.

This is a pair of armor, the exact one is a pair of Roland Empire Knights' full body armor.

In this era, the metallurgical ironmaking process was not very developed. In the era of cold weapons, the steel output in the real world, if it were in the real world, the national output of a Roland Empire was probably far less than that of a small steel plant in a place.

Therefore, although all-metal armor is very common in the wealthy families in the imperial capital, it is a very rare and good thing for the real majority of the Roland people and even the nobles in many places!

The set of knight armor brought by Chen Daolin was produced by the weapons workshop of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce. The pointed-style helmet is equipped with a covered hook and loop, and the shoulder pads and breastplate are all made of plate armor. They are only made of scale armor on the arms, and the helmet and breastplate have pattern reliefs, symbolizing that the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce. The weight of the entire set of armor reaches forty kilograms, and some key parts are made of steel. In most other places, although the surface of the armor has been polished, it is actually still ordinary iron and is not considered a top-notch product.

In the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce, such armor can only be considered a medium-sized product. In the imperial capital, such armor will never be worn by real wealthy and nobles. They will only buy and reward their capable warriors as equipment.

But even so, such a large-scale road product that can be regarded as mass-produced is of great value in a world of cold weapons civilization like the Roland Empire. The price is as high as 200 gold coins, which is enough to match the total income of a middle-aged family in an imperial capital for several years, and it is still under the premise of not eating or drinking.

Two hundred gold coins are naturally not a big deal in places like the imperial capital, but for many small nobles, it is already a considerable amount of money.

Like this Baron Pierre, the title is just a baron, and the territory it owns is just a small town. The fiscal revenue from the territory every year is only more than one thousand gold coins. The nobles, even the small nobles, spend a lot of money in order to maintain the noble's life style. They have to support the guards of all sizes of the family and maintain the daily expenses of the house. After a year, it is not enough, but they are just a little surplus. If they meet a noble who cannot manage the family and has no way to make money, they will easily lose their family.

This Baron Pierre seems to have a business business at home, and his life is probably good, but how to estimate it, deducting all expenses, the surplus of thousands of gold coins a year is already considered to be quite good.

If you change to a little noble in a remote place and put it in the real world of the Celestial Empire, it would probably be equivalent to a country landlord in the old days. If you can have such a set of armor, it would be even enough to be regarded as a heirloom.

I didn't see that at the gate of this villa, there were still several people who were probably guards. The baron's title did not have the power of the private army according to the imperial decrees. However, as nobles, some families' guards always had to support a few.

But these guards are far from those rich guards in the imperial capital.

These guards were slightly better wearing cowhide leather armor, and some of them had traces of denitrification on them. They looked like old goods, but they took them out and wiped them clean on such days and put them on to support the storefront.

As for those wearing metal armor, there is nothing left.

It doesn’t look like in the imperial capital. Any follower of a wealthy family, without a beautiful set of samurai armor, would have no face to go out to see people.

A hint of enthusiasm immediately appeared in Polomir's eyes, but after all, he was worried about his identity and was not good at showing too much politeness. He endured the excitement in his heart and took a deep breath. He thanked Chen Daolin solemnly, and then personally led Chen Daolin and his group into the courtyard.

As for getting a set of armor, naturally, servants from the family were transported in.

Such a set of armor can be regarded as an important collection of the family.

He gave out such a set of knight armor casually. In fact, even Montoya muttered in his heart that although the church is rich and powerful, he is not as luxurious as to throw such things worth hundreds of gold coins to others. The Holy Knights are the purest place in the church, and have largely retained the tradition of hard and simple asceticism.

Montoya himself was qualified to get a set of knight armor after he advanced to the knight status.

However, for the truly wealthy Mr. Darling, there are still seven or eight sets of this kind in his ring.

It's just two hundred gold coins. It's not worth one tenth of the price of a "Sword of Force". If I weren't afraid of revealing my identity, if I threw out a Sword of Force as a gift, I'm afraid the Baron would have to come out to greet me in person.

Such a set of armor was enough to serve as a stepping stone for him. Chen Daolin and others, who were regarded as VIP guests, were welcomed into the villa.

In Chen Daolin's opinion, the baron's birthday party was naturally extremely simple, and it was much shabby compared to the wealthy night banquets in the imperial capital. In the villa, there were several grills and some wild game randomly, probably called in the forest.

As for the wine, only some simple ale wine and a small amount of grape-making fruit wine are provided.

The villa was cleaned very clean, and it was obvious that the owner was very good at managing the house. In fact, most local aristocrats in the Roland Empire, especially some low-level aristocrats, generally lived such a life. On the one hand, they had to maintain their noble appearance and dignity of the nobles, while on the other hand, they had to be careful in managing the house. There were many local aristocrats' lives, which were far less luxurious than people thought.

After all, it was the feudal era, and productivity was generally relatively underground, so...

The landlord's family has no surplus food...

After Chen Daolin and his group came in, the Baron Pierre soon appeared.

Of course, the Baron should pay special attention to this distinguished guest who gave him a set of expensive knight armor.

This fifty-year-old man looks quite energetic and has a medium figure, but looks very big. I think he should be the kind of powerful and tough guy with Kong Wu when he was young. The baron was wearing a very gorgeous dress. Although it was judging from the wear of the sleeves and collar, it should not be the new clothes. He probably took out the "battle robe" at the bottom of the box to support the scene on an important day.
To be continued...