My British Empire

  Chapter 43 Portsmouth

  In 1547, on May 5th, England still gave Edward face, and it was a sunny day. At least it stayed sunny for most of the day.

At noon, a carriage embroidered with red and white roses, protected by more than 20 knights around it, was moving forward slowly. If a knowledgeable nobleman saw it, he would know that it was a carriage that ruled the whole of England. A carriage of the Tudor royal family.

  And the dirt roads built locally gradually became hard after being exposed to the sun for a long time, as if to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness of the teenager in the carriage.

   That's right! This carriage team passing through the local dirt road is His Majesty King Edward's party who left Fort Sudeley not long ago.

After making a deal with Baron Thomas at night, Edward took his maid, Lucy Luna, and more than twenty guards who had eaten and drank at the wedding banquet, and rushed to Portsmouth, a city that rose because of the navy. .

  In fact, almost the entire English navy is stationed in the small city of Portsmouth, so when you come here, you can find the English navy.

   In 1415, when King Henry V founded the navy here, Portsmouth was just a small port, but after continuous expansion, Portsmouth became a British naval base and shipyard.

   Gloucestershire is 94 miles away from London, and one mile is equal to 1.6 kilometers, so Gloucestershire is about 151 kilometers away from London.

   Portsmouth is a port city at the southwestern tip of England, 70 miles southwest of London, with a population of about 3,000 people.

  It is connected to the commercial port of Southampton in the west, the English Channel in the south, and the mouth of Portsmouth Bay. The location is very dangerous.

And the urban area is located on Porttin Island. However, the north of the island is only separated from the main island of England by a water, and there are many bridges connected, which looks like a peninsula. The west port of the city is like a bottle, and the width of the entrance is less than 270 meters. The sea area of ​​the port area is more than 6 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide, which can accommodate giant ships such as aircraft carriers. The harbor is calm and easy to defend. With the Isle of Wight as a natural barrier, it has long been the largest and most important naval base in the UK.

  And about 135 miles from Gloucester to Portsmouth

  li, equivalent to a distance of 216 kilometers.

  At that time, the carriage traveled almost five kilometers an hour. Calculated by walking 12 hours a day, Edward would have to sit in the carriage for three and a half days.

  So, at this time, our His Majesty Edward was already lying dizzy in Luna's arms, ready to use the gentleness of a girl to relieve the pain in his body.

  Every night, it is the most difficult to fall asleep in the carriage, even with a thick goose down quilt. So Edward fell asleep counting Luna's little peaches, and of course Lucy's little oranges.

"Your Majesty! The city of Portsmouth is ten miles ahead!" The big man Sean, who was leading the knights to explore the way, was sitting on a horse, with his left hand on his right chest, his right hand taking off his hat, his body slightly bowed, and he walked into the carriage. Edward said.

   "Oh! Really! Then let's speed up!" Edward was pleasantly surprised when he heard Sean's voice outside the car, and couldn't help saying to the driver.

   "As you wish! Your Majesty!" The groom immediately responded.

   "Follow your orders! Your Majesty!" Sean's voice outside the car was still so loud that even Edward in the car felt a little deafening.

   "Guys! It's time to cheer up!" Sean kept walking beside the carriage, shouting at the guards with his loud voice!

  The knights who were relaxing suddenly sat upright, taking pictures of Xiao En's arrogance, they silently began to urge the horses under them to speed up, basically no one dared to make any comments.

  The acceleration of the carriage brought greater dizziness to Edward, but the long-term pain is not as good as the short-term pain! He could only bear it.

   Then Edward and his party carefully crossed a wooden bridge that was only eight feet wide and one mile long before they saw the real Portsmouth city.

   After half an hour, what stood in front of Edward and the others was a dilapidated city wall. and the market within the city walls.

  The whole city wall is more than 20 feet high, about seven meters high. Because Portsmouth is a port city, the city wall has only been built to surround it.

  Looking at the small city wall in front of me, it looks like the height of a double-storey building in the countryside in the 21st century. In ancient China, such a city wall was a joke. But in today's Europe, this is already a very good defensive building.

  The guards at the city gate saw a carriage slowly approaching the city gate, followed by more than 20 knights.

  This is a good opportunity to make money! The young guard couldn't bear his temper, and just wanted to jump out to get some benefits and enrich his wallet!

   "Hey! Little guy! You are dying!" The old Lacey beside him patted Mork on the head hastily to stop his reckless behavior.

   "You are dying!" Old Lacey had a tense expression on his face, and the wrinkles on his old face were rolled into a ball, which further highlighted his old state.

   "Little Mork! Didn't you see the pattern on the carriage!" Old Lacey taught him a lesson, with his mouth on his ear, and his hands tightly holding onto Mork's sleeves.

   After Edward and his party passed by, he let go of his voice and continued.

   "That's the royal family's carriage!" Old Lacey's words were not long, but they were no less than a thunderbolt in Mork's heart, blasting him to the core.

   "That! Thank you, Uncle Lacey!" Mork said in a trembling voice.

   "Little guy! Learn slowly!" Old Lacey returned to his usual lazy look, but Mo Ke never underestimated him again.

  Passing through the city, the messy streets and buildings form a strange cobweb. Many medieval towns developed random rather than planned construction.

  In the Middle Ages, cities developed rapidly wherever transportation was convenient, skilled workers were skilled, public order was good, and food and water were sufficient, but civic leaders lacked long-term planning.

Many central cities, including London, Florence, Cologne, and Milan, developed in the original Roman settlements; however, they developed in the same way in the Middle Ages, except for some core areas that still maintained the criss-cross shape of ancient streets. The Roman town format was very different.

  Streets often conform to a rough central concentration pattern, but sometimes there are sudden and rapid changes, and the street direction is often controlled by mountains, boulders, and rivers.

  The streets of Portsmouth were less than ten feet wide, and the open channels on both sides were full of sewage and garbage. Suddenly, a stench ran into the carriage.

  The knights also covered their noses one after another, speeding up like the carriage. Head to Borgast Castle in the heart of the city.

  The curving streets make the city look bigger, and it also reverses the direction of the strong wind in winter, resulting in an even distribution of sunlight and shade, giving each house a different view.

   And this kind will also have military applications. The bends and turns will make the invading army feel trapped in a maze, which will help increase the defense of the defenders.

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