When the sun rose into the sky, a motorcade of seven horse carriages slowly stopped outside the gates of Laru City.
The city lord of Laru City, Count Nasaps, who had been waiting at the city gate for a long time, immediately went forward to welcome them. Following behind him were the nobles of Laru City with status and status.
However, in front of this fleet of carriages, these lofty figures of Laru City all bowed their proud bodies. Even the expressions on their faces carried a hint of humility.
There was only one reason for them to act like this, it was because of the family crest on the seven horse carriages. It represented the number one family of the Kandla Empire's southern province, the Windsor Family.
The one who came to Laru City this time was the current head of the Windsor Family. At the same time, they were the subordinates sent by the governor Duke Windsor to patrol Laru City.
Although the status of these subordinates couldn't compare to most of the people here, because they represented the will of Duke Windsor, they had to show enough respect and awe.
The first horse carriage stopped in front of Count Nasaps. The door opened and a middle aged man who was around forty years old came out.
After seeing him, Count Nasaps couldn't help being surprised.
This middle aged man was the manager of the governor's manor, Emmado. Although his position wasn't high, he was a trusted aide of Duke Windsor and was trusted by Duke Windsor.
But with his status, he wasn't suited to be a special envoy.
Manager Emmado could clearly see the doubt in Count Nasaps' heart. He came over and whispered in his ear, "Sir Count, the Duchess also came this time, I ask you to properly arrange it."
"Ah?" Count Nasaps was stunned.
Didn't they say that they would only send an ordinary inspection team?
Why did the honoured Duchess also come?
Just as he was wondering in his heart, the door of the third carriage opened and a young maidservant jumped out. Then, a noble lady slowly and gracefully walked down from the carriage.
As the City Lord of the third largest city in the southern province, Count Nasaps had seen Duchess Windsor at the banquets of the governor's manor many times, so of course he recognized her with a single glance.
He didn't have time to think as he quickly came forward. He gave a serious bow to Duchess Windsor and said with a smile, "Duchess, it really is our Laru City's honour that you can come here."
The other nobles of Laru City didn't recognize Duchess Windsor, but seeing Count Nasaps' actions and hearing what he said, of course they reacted. They immediately came over and bowed to Duchess Windsor.
Duchess Windsor casually waved her hand, "Alright, I just came out to relax, you don't need to care about me. Go and do your business."
Although she said that, as the Duchess, how could Count Nasaps and the others not be bothered by her presence?
So Count Nasaps didn't care about how to welcome the inspection team, he focused on how to welcome and entertain Duchess Windsor.
Time was short, so everyone in Laru City was a bit flustered.
It was a good thing that Duchess Windsor was very easygoing. She had Count Nasaps skip the formalities and their group smoothly entered Laru City.
"Madame, if you want to relax, I strongly recommend the Alps Mountains thirty kilometers to the east of the city. It is now late spring and the flowers on the mountains are blooming. The temperature is cool, the air is fresh, and there is a large lawn at the foot of the mountain, you can ride a horse on it.
There is a private manor that I've already prepared, after you go there … … "
Count Nasaps and Duchess Windsor were in the same carriage, heading to the City Lord's Manor while recommending the scenic spots around Laru City to her.
Duchess Windsor carelessly listened, occasionally nodding in agreement.
This performance made Count Nasaps feel a bit unsettled.
It was strange enough that Duchess Windsor suddenly came here, why did she have this kind of attitude?
Did she really come here to relax?
Count Nasaps didn't believe it.
But Duchess Windsor didn't say much on the way, which made him feel a bit helpless.
The horse carriage passed several streets and when they were about to head in the direction of the City Lord's Manor, Duchess Windsor who had been silent the entire time suddenly pointed out the window.
"What is going on?"
Count Nasaps looked in the direction she was pointing and saw that the street to the left was filled with people. It was very noisy and very noisy.
"Oh, this is the city's business street.
For so many days today … … Perhaps there's some activity going on in the business street?
This is a normal thing since this business street is the busiest place, most of the people from the surrounding cities come here … … "
"No." Duchess Windsor shook her head and cut Count Nasaps off.
"If it's a normal activity, it's impossible to attract this many people.
Moreover, look, these people are all holding the same thing, it seems like they bought it from the same store. "
Count Nasaps was startled as he focused his gaze. He discovered that the people who had squeezed out of the crowd were all holding a few pieces of brightly colored clothing. It was obvious that they were all from the same clothing store.
"Go and ask what is going on." Duchess Windsor suddenly said.
Count Nasaps was feeling that Duchess Windsor's observation skills were this good, but when he heard this, he was surprised again.
Why was the duchess this curious about this matter?
It really was a bit strange.
But of course he wouldn't go against Duchess Windsor's wishes. He found two City Lord's Manor guards and had them ask clearly.
After a few minutes, a guard came back to report.
"Lord City Lord, it's said that there is a store selling clothes on the business street that is holding a promotion. The lowest price for each piece of clothing is fifty silver coins.
They started advertising it three days ago and because it's cheap, they attracted this many people to buy it today. "
"A piece of clothing is only fifty silver coins?" Count Nasaps and Duchess Windsor looked at each other, seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.
Although the clothes the two of them normally wore weren't of the same grade as the clothes of the commoners, that didn't mean that they didn't understand the price of commoners' clothes.
In the market price of the southern province, even if it was made of normal cloth, it would cost at least two gold coins.
This price was something many commoners couldn't afford, so most of the commoners would just make their own clothes and wouldn't spend money to buy it.
Over time, most of the tailor shops stopped making clothes for the commoners. They only made clothes for the wealthier nobles and merchants. Naturally, the price was higher.
Now this store was selling it for fifty silver coins each, weren't they afraid of losing blood?
"Buy a few for me to see." Duchess Windsor gave the order.
Count Nasaps gave the guard a look, and the guard immediately squeezed in.
"Count Nasaps, your Laru City actually has such an interesting company, it really is unexpected." Duchess Windsor suddenly said this to Count Nasaps with a smile.
Seeing the smile on Duchess Windsor's face, Count Nasaps' heart tightened. He could only say with a smile, "These merchants always have strange ideas."
"Is that so?"
Duchess Windsor suddenly turned to the west with a complicated expression, not knowing what she was thinking.
Seeing the expression on her face, Count Nasaps tactfully didn't say anything.
After a bit of silence in the carriage, the two guards came back at the same time with a pile of clothes in their hands.
Duchess Windsor and Count Nasaps looked over these clothes and gave a yi sound at the same time.
They could tell with a single glance that the workmanship of these clothes wasn't bad and the material wasn't the lowest quality linen, rather it should be the cotton that many commoners liked. Adding in the fact that it was evenly dyed, it didn't seem like something that was roughly made.
The two of them took a few pieces of clothes from the injured guards and touched them. They felt that the texture of the clothes in their hands wasn't bad, it was completely different from the clothes made by commoners.
Count Nasaps even reached out to touch the clothes under the armour to prove his thoughts, confirming that the texture of the clothes in his hands was even better than the clothes the guards were wearing.
It had to be known that the wages of the guards under him weren't low and the clothes they wore were much better than what commoners wore.
These clothes actually sold for less than fifty silver coins, this was too unbelievable.
Duchess Windsor on the other side was paying attention to something completely different from Count Nasaps.
She just touched it and immediately confirmed that the fabric of these clothes was fine, it definitely wasn't of normal quality.
And after seriously looking at the details of the clothes, she found that the stitching of these clothes was also fine. Each needle hole and thread was exactly the same, looking very neat.
Not mentioning anything else, just based on this kind of needlework, it was enough to become a high level tailor in any city in the southern province. The clothes they sewed definitely wouldn't be cheap.
After a pause, Duchess Windsor opened the clothes in her hands and after taking a look, she couldn't help calling out in surprise.
This dress was a long dress. Not only was the material of the dress exquisitely made, but even the design looked extremely exquisite.
The design looked very simple at first glance, but if one looked closely, they could see a trace of luxury hidden in the various details.
Just based on the design, it couldn't compare to the dress in her hands that was designed by the top designer of the Kandla Empire and sold for eight hundred gold coins, but it wasn't that far off.
Duchess Windsor was certain that with this outstanding design, if it was changed to a more expensive fabric, as long as it had fine workmanship, it would definitely sell for no less than five hundred gold coins in any city in the empire.
But now … …
"How much is this dress?" Duchess Windsor asked the two guards.
The two guards scratched their heads, "We didn't ask clearly, we just gave them ten gold coins and they let us pick ten pieces … …"
Duchess Windsor and Count Nasaps were both surprised, "Ten gold coins?
Ten pieces? "
The two looked at each other and they could see the disbelief in each other's eyes.
Such a good dress only sold for one gold coin?
Do you want other tailor shops to survive?!