Huaicheng is the capital of Hanoi County and the largest city in Hanoi County and even the entire southwestern Hanzhou.

It has the densest population of Hanoi County and the largest number of Chambers of Commerce in the Mesopotamia Plain. Even if it is not calculated by the amazing wealth accumulated by the powerful people of Hanoi County over the years, as the most important transportation hub of Hanzhou and the other three major states alone, it is enough to bring unimaginable resources to the city and make it a giant city.

At noon on that day, a convoy came up on the most spacious official road north of Huaicheng, with three light cavalrymen with complete armor, two large carriages in the middle, and two cavalrymen who were also wearing standard armor, were Luochuan and his party who came from Hanoi Harbor all the way.

The group who stayed in Hanoi Harbour for one night left the city at dawn the next day. They did not even stop to repair the road while heading south. Only then could they arrive in Huaicheng before dark, with smooth roads without any ups and downs.

Luo Chuan was still sitting with the old coachman. The originally gorgeous robe on his body was now a little dim. He didn't care whether the position of the cuffs on his waist was worn out. At this moment, he straightened his body and looked at the city in the distance with great enthusiasm, feeling a little shocked.

Because this is the most similar city he has ever seen since he came to this world, a city that looks like a modern city in his previous life’s memory, an open city where he saw his house before he saw the walls.

Perhaps because this world is still in the mainstream farming era, the city wall is still the most basic component of a city. Even if the city is the capital of Dading Kingdom, even if there are some small villages outside the city, it still divides the three-class world with the three-layer walls inside, middle and foreign walls as the core.

But the Huaicheng in front of me is different. Just by looking at it, you can find countless houses of all sizes lined up one after another, just sitting on both sides of the spacious official road. Looking from a distance, all kinds of hopefuls move with the wind, shops are dense, and different widths extend from the official road, which will inevitably connect various areas of the city like a spider web. Pedestrians, cars and horses are constantly coming and going on. It is obvious that night cannot make the city dormant.

"What you see now is actually not the real Huaicheng," the old coachman saw Luo Chuan's appearance very interested and couldn't help but explain, "The real Huaicheng is the inner city surrounded by these external houses. The walls there are not only towering than any big city in Hanzhou in the southwest, but also spend a lot of money and consume a lot of precious materials to arrange defensive array patterns on it. Perhaps only places like Hanoi County can be rich and powerful to this extent."

"I don't think so," Luo Chuan smiled. "A city never refers to the wall and the dead objects it enclosed, but people and goods gathered and exchanged around the city. As for Huaicheng, it is probably because of this huge and free outer city that the prosperous nature of its trade capital was created," he said, and shook his head with regret. "It would be a pity if they really spent a lot of money to build the inner city wall."

The old coachman was speechless for a moment.

A beautiful woman's voice came from the carriage behind them, "Why is it a pity?"

Luo Chuan did not look back, but just put his hands on his chest and leaned against the carriage, saying, "What's the use of the outer city if it is not broken? If the outer city is broken... the invaders do not have to move the wall at all, the inner city will surrender."

The old coachman was stunned when he heard this, and thought for a moment and looked at Luo Chuan in surprise. However, the beautiful woman in the carriage did not speak again.

The group entered Huaicheng City without any obstacles along the official road. Although there were many chariots, horses and pedestrians on the road, no one would hit their convoy protected by cavalry and approach the inner city smoothly.

When we could see the inner city wall, the sun was about to set, and some shops on both sides of the main street had already hung lanterns. Luo Chuan looked at the lanterns in curiously, which were different from Zhongzhou, and then he looked at the inner city wall at the reminder of the old coachman.

The city wall is about a few meters high, and the overall color is blue-gray. There is a black texture on the city wall. From a distance, it looks as thick as a hill dam, completely blocking all sight outside the city.

Only by walking closer can you see that there is a moat outside the inner city wall. Except for the main official road, there are no other paths nearby that can have bridges across this moat.

At one end of the wide bridge deck, more than a hundred soldiers were setting up road cards for inspections in the city.

"The wall of Huaicheng is said to be unbreakable under the 'upper three realms'. Although no war has occurred since the new construction and reinforcement, it has actually been tried privately by those who have made good things. It is indeed much stronger than ordinary city walls," the old coachman pointed to the top of the black city wall and said with a little sourness. "It is said that there are amplification patterns on the city wall every distance. Over the years, it is probably only a sky-high maintenance fee."

Luo Chuan just smiled and said nothing.

Soon the group arrived at the checkpoint. The army waiter Li Mu took out a token-like thing from his arms and threw it to the sergeant led by the checkpoint. The latter just glanced and handed the token back to Li Mu respectfully. The group was easily put into the inner city without having to go through a decent inspection. Two sergeants even wanted to step forward and lift the curtain of the carriage behind Luo Chuan, but were shouted back by the sergeant led not far away.

After successfully crossing the bridge and entering the inner city through the city gate, Luo Chuan asked the old coachman curiously, "What brand is it that has such a big face?"

"The prefect is something that only the prefects of the Han Prefectures in the southwest Han Prefectures can hold," said the old coachman. "In our Han Prefectures in the southwest Han Prefectures, the prefects of the six counties are nominally helping each other. As long as they are not key areas such as military places, they can generally keep the prefects of each family without any obstacles. What's more, the inner city of Huaicheng is very large. Generally, people with some capital can enter with tokens such as "shanghai" and "expensive" or pay a certain fee."

Luo Chuan wanted to ask something, but was suddenly interrupted by the sound of horse hooves and shouting in front of the official road.

I saw a dozen golden-armored cavalry galloping over the official road in the distance. The cavalry's horses were all pure black and looked extremely tall and majestic. They had no intention of slowing down at all. They raised their hands to the pedestrians who had no time to hide on the official road, and ran towards the city gate while shouting loudly, "When traveling in the military formation, the idle people will retreat quickly!!"

The official road suddenly turned over. Fortunately, it was late and there were not many pedestrians, cars and horses on the road. Everyone avoided the roadside, staring at the golden armored cavalry whizzing by in fear and trepidation, not knowing what kind of emergency happened.

For a moment, the center of the official road was extremely empty, and there was no sound except for the uneasy tapping sounds of the carriages and horses on both sides.
Chapter completed!