Chapter 108 Flower City
Just some simple preparation.

Di Hong and Tang Yuehua left Tiandou City in a carriage and began their honeymoon trip. Their first stop was to the eastern part of the Tiandou Empire, where there was a flower city with beautiful flowers in full bloom, which was famous throughout the continent.

After all, the Tiandou Empire is in the north, not like the Xingluo Empire in the south.

The architectural style of Tiandou is mostly rough, while the architectural style of Xingluo is mostly delicate.

The two empires have different architectural styles, but in terms of military, the Tiandou Empire has been repeatedly defeated by the Xingluo Empire.

The situation had improved a lot in the past few years since Xue Ye ascended the throne, but he was still in a defensive position and unable to launch an attack.

Tiandou's army is no match for Xingluo in a field battle and can only defend.

A month later.

Anda Province.

To the south of Anda Province is the province occupied by the principality that is affiliated with the Tiandou Empire. That principality has no presence in the current struggles on the continent, and is inferior to other affiliated kingdoms in terms of territory or strength.

The province it occupied was the smallest in the eastern part of the empire.

Apart from the Anda Province, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the empire, there was another vassal kingdom in the surrounding area. Its situation was similar to that of the Kingdom of Silves, and both were surrounded.

On the road leading to Flower City, a carriage was moving slowly. The road was wide, with people coming and going, and the traffic was busy. This road was one of the most important trade routes in the eastern part of the empire. In addition to businessmen, there were also many people who went to Flower City to enjoy the flowers.

Tang Yuehua lifted the curtain and took a look.

"There are so many people here, are they all here to see the flowers?"

She thought that the Flower City would be very famous, but she didn't expect that the Flower City would be so famous that it would attract so many people to come and enjoy the flowers.

"That's for sure. This is the season when flowers are in full bloom. It is also the most beautiful season of the year in Flower City. If we don't go to enjoy the flowers now, do we have to wait until they wither?"

Di Hong looked at the map in his hand. Flower City was not far away from them. The sky outside was clear and the sun was shining with a slight breeze. Although there was still some distance from Flower City, they could already smell the refreshing fragrance of the flowers.

The carriage moved forward for a while before entering the territory of the Flower City. Beautiful flowers were blooming on both sides of the road. From time to time, you could see some people hawking their wares on the roadside. Without exception, they were all selling flowers.

"These people must be villagers from the surrounding villages, right?" Tang Yuehua looked at the people hawking their wares.

Di Hong nodded. Huacheng is backed by a mountain and most of the villagers around it make a living by growing flowers. They hope to sell the flowers they grow at this time of the year. After all, the whole family depends on these flowers.

Fortunately, most of their flowers were bought by the City Lord's Mansion of Flower City. After all, Flower City has held the Hundred Flowers Festival every year for the past ten years. This is one of the sources of income for the City Lord's Mansion, and it can earn a lot of gold soul coins every year.

But this is far from enough. Exploitation by the nobles is everywhere, and the money from selling flowers has to be taxed. So in addition to selling flowers to the city lord's mansion, the nobles and flower merchants in the city, they also have to sell flowers by themselves.

The flower sellers on the side of the road were shouting loudly, and people would stop from time to time. Seeing someone stop, the flower sellers would immediately introduce the flowers they grew to the other party. Some people bought them because they thought they were beautiful, while others left after looking at them for a while. After all, the flowers outside the city were definitely not the best.

The best flowers are in the city.

So no need to waste money here.

The carriage stopped in front of a flower stall.

The carriage door opened and Tang Yuehua walked down.

The girl selling flowers was a little girl who looked no more than ten years old. Next to her was a bamboo basket that could be carried on the back. Inside the basket was a boy about three years old. The boy was sleeping quietly in the basket, and the noise from the outside did not affect him.

"Girl, where are your parents?"

The girl looked a little depressed. "My father died in the war last year, and my mother disappeared not long ago."

Last year, a conflict broke out between the Tiandou Empire and the Xingluo Empire on the border. Both sides suffered heavy losses. The girl's father was hit by a stray arrow at that time and died on the spot.

"Is that so?" Tang Yuehua put away the smile on her face. No wonder only girls came out to sell flowers. This situation was not uncommon in the entire Douluo Continent. The two countries were in constant war and countless people died on the battlefield.

But what did the girl mean when she said her mother was missing?
Being kidnapped?
That shouldn't be the case. The mayor of Huacheng attaches great importance to suppressing bandits. I haven't heard of any bandits around here. They have all been suppressed.

"Madam, please buy some flowers." The girl was very observant. Tang Yuehua was dressed in extraordinary clothes, with her long hair tied up, and the ring on her ring finger showed that she was married, and there was a man sitting in the carriage.

Tang Yuehua put away her thoughts and took a look. The flowers the girl was selling were all ordinary flowers, which were quite common in the Tiandou Empire. However, the meanings of the flowers were different. Some flowers represented friendship, some represented family affection, and some represented love.

After choosing for a while, she chose a flower that symbolizes love and a flower that symbolizes family affection.

Then, she put down a gold soul coin. Seeing the gold soul coin, the girl felt a little embarrassed. It was obvious that she couldn't make change. One gold soul coin was enough for their family to spend for a long time, and one gold soul coin was enough to buy all the flowers she had here, and there was still some left over.

"Ma'am, you don't need so many. I can't find them."

Tang Yuehua rubbed her head and smiled like a spring breeze.

"If you can't make change, don't bother. Just think of the remaining money as flowers I bought for every couple I met. If a couple asks you to buy flowers, you can just give the flowers to them."

After saying this, she turned around and went back into the carriage.

Di Hong lifted the curtain and looked at the girl outside who was bowing and thanking him.

"You can help her temporarily, but you can't help her forever."

"Help her if you see her. Her future fate depends on herself. I can't control it." Tang Yuehua handed the flowers in her hand to Di Hong.

"The flowers that girl sells are good. They are more fragrant than ordinary flowers."

Di Hong took the flower, smelled it, and found it was indeed fragrant. Then he put the flower in Tang Yuehua's long hair.

The two smiled at each other and continued to move towards Huacheng.

Near noon, they arrived outside the Flower City. Both sides of the city gate were full of beautiful and bright flowers. A long queue formed, and everyone was waiting for the soldiers at the city gate to finish their inspection and then let them in.

While waiting in line, Tang Yuehua picked up a book about Flower City and started reading. Since she was here for a visit, she naturally had to prepare a plan. After learning about the history of Flower City, Tang Yuehua discovered that Flower City was not originally called Flower City.

It changed its name twenty-three years ago.

"Look, Huacheng was called Yuncheng twenty-three years ago."

"Oh?" Di Hong took a look curiously and found that it was indeed written like this, and the Hundred Flowers Festival was only held in the last ten years.

"This is how the same thing?"

The history of Huacheng is not very long, which inevitably makes him curious. Logically speaking, a city like this should not have such a short history.

It doesn't look like the new city of the Kingdom of Silves.

Tang Yuehua looked through it for a while, then shook her head.

"The records in this book are not very detailed. It's just that after the city lord was replaced, because his inherited martial spirit is [Black Lotus], Yuncheng was renamed Huacheng."

(End of this chapter)