Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 67 Fantasy and Longing

For the residents of Xinshak City, they are proud.

Because this is the fastest growing city in the world.

After all, who could have imagined that the riverbank, which was just a wasteland a few decades ago, is now the most prosperous city in the entire New World?

The residents of New Shake City have enough reasons to be proud, just like even the beggars of Langton City will proudly puff out their chests when mentioning the glory of the Victoria Empire that the sun never sets.

It's just that although they say that Xinshak City is the most dynamic city in the entire empire, in their hearts they are full of envy for the prosperity of the empire and the luxury of the upper class society.

Whether it is clothing, food, housing, transportation, or words and deeds, in many aspects, the residents of New Shake City are imitating the locals, especially the nobles of Langton City.

And this is the so-called trend.

When something or a certain fashion becomes popular among the nobles of Langton City, New Shake City will also start to imitate it after learning of its existence, and it will quickly become popular throughout the city and even the entire New World.

Even though that was long after Langton became popular, maybe even past it.

Just like now, Purficott's steam carriage is traveling on the streets of New Shaker City. Most of the clothes of the women on the streets that are visible are the fashions of Langton City last year, and even the year before.

She was not surprised by this, nor did she feel that Xinshak was backward, nor did she have the so-called aristocratic contempt, feeling that they could not even catch up with the fashion, thus creating a sense of superiority.

Because she knew clearly that in this era of inconvenient transportation, it was a very slow process to cross the ocean from the mainland of the empire to the colonies in the New World. It was not surprising that there would be a lag of one or two years.

As for the sense of superiority brought by being ahead of the fashion trends? This is too superficial for Purficott.

Or from a certain perspective, Purficott can lead or create trends in Langton, and he is also a person who can be sought after by the entire aristocratic society.

She does not feel that a certain place is lagging behind just because the fashion trends there cannot keep up with the latest trends, nor does she feel superior just because she is at the forefront of the so-called era.

But when her steam carriage was passed through the streets of New Shake City, escorted by an entire flag team of extraordinary knights, she felt the gazes from the pedestrians on the roadside, which still made Purfict feel uncomfortable. Real feeling.

Although her steam carriage is a very novel thing even in Langton, for the well-informed Langton people, it will attract their attention at most, but it will not make people cast envious looks.

After all, there are too many great nobles in Langton City, and there are too many powerful people.

Of course, the most important point is that when the common people in Langton City look at the noble carriages, their eyes are not so intense.

It's a bit hard to describe, but there is indeed a big difference in mentality and thoughts between the two. "Why are they looking at my carriage like this?" Purficott became curious, so he asked this question to James sitting in front of him.

"Uh... it's probably because your carriage is too novel and the aristocratic crest on the door." Although James did not want to belittle the New World people, he still explained to Purficott truthfully: "In the New World, nobles are very rare. After all, the nobles of the empire will not appear in the colonies without any special reasons. This also causes the people of the New World to be full of a kind of aristocracy..."

James thought about his words and couldn't find a suitable adjective.

But Purficott understood what he meant, and then he leaned against the car window with his hand on his cheek and smiled: "It's fantasy and longing, right? Because the aristocratic life is too far away from them and at the same time, it makes them feel inferior to the aristocracy. Life is full of yearning, and at the same time, I am also imagining what an aristocratic life is like.

In Langton, the so-called middle class is the same, except that they have access to real aristocrats, so they try their best to imitate, as if this will enable them to join the aristocracy. "

Listening to Purficott's comments, the expression on James's face became a little complicated, but then he raised his eyebrows and smiled bitterly: "So when a car is inlaid with a noble coat of arms, they have never seen it before. When the novelty steam carriage appeared, it just satisfied their fantasy of aristocratic life.”

"We also need to add a whole team of extraordinary knights, right? This is the level of protection for Her Royal Highness when traveling." Purficott looked out the window at the knights of the Knights of the Sword and Rose who were traveling with the carriage, humorously added.

Extraordinary beings are noble beings. Although they don't exist in the New World, they are very rare.

Seeing so many extraordinary beings appear together at one time was indeed a shocking thing for the residents of New Shake City.

At the same time, it also gives them more fantasy material about aristocratic life.

It's just that this team of knights still makes some people sneer. They feel that the nobles in the empire are really very conservative. They are still doing knights in what age.

Hearing someone outside the window comment like this, both Purficott and James just thought it was ridiculous.

"The knights of the empire once opened up territories for the empire, defeated powerful enemies, and laid the foundation for the empire's rule. Although their fighting methods are indeed outdated, it does not mean that they are useless." Purficott shook his head. He shook his head, laughing secretly in his heart.

After all, because of her whim, the age of knights is coming back.

However, James defended her at this time: "Your Majesty, Baroness, you misunderstood. They are just jealous of your pomp. This is a whole team of knights, and the money to support them is enough to support an infantry battalion."

James' words made Purficott suddenly realize, and then he laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "Then you are wrong. The cost of raising such a team of knights is not an infantry battalion, but an infantry regiment. They He is riding a special war horse.”

"That kind of special war horse that can only be cultivated through alchemy?" James's face also changed, and then he looked out the window at the mounts under the knights, his eyes full of shock.

"It's not the first generation, it should be the second generation after crossing with ordinary purebred horses. Although the excellent characteristics of the special war horses are retained as much as possible, the shoulder height is still shorter." Purficott explained, but Then she added: "Of course, the mounts of the guard knights are the first-generation special war horses, the strongest horses in the empire that need to be adjusted with alchemy since the pony is born."

(End of this chapter)