Chapter 147

Green Empire, the mountain behind Boris' house.

The ground in the mountains is covered with withered yellow and green leaves. The black soil is very soft. You can hear the sound of withered leaves breaking when you step on it. Occasionally, you can see a few ants crawling under the fallen leaves and on the tree trunks. They are carrying small grains of food. Some are the bodies of other insects, and some are pine nut debris, crawling in various crevices.

The fence made of dead wood branches is slanting. Part of the fence has been loosened and covered with rusty nails. With the wind, it will shake. The woods are very quiet, only a few long birdsong occasionally.

A boy with golden brown hair came over. He was about 16 years old. He was wearing a white shirt easy to move, wear-resistant leather pants, and a broad sword on his shoulder. Looking at the old scabbard and polished counterweight ball, it should be some years.

He stepped over the simple fence at random. His leather trousers were stained with some crumbs of dead tree skin. He was afraid to pat them and shake off some dust. Then he turned around a few big trees and a simple wooden frame appeared in front of him.

A wooden shelf is a piece of thick wood inserted on the ground, and then a section of wood branches are nailed horizontally on the upper part. The overall height is equivalent to that of an adult. If you look at the cut marks on the edges and corners of the wood, it should be made recently.

He pulled out his broadsword, put the scabbard under a tree, and then began to adapt to waving. The broadsword clenched in both hands seemed a little big. It was estimated that it would be several years before he could use it.

Although the speed of wielding the sword is not fast, there are also waves of wind in the air. They should have received professional guidance.

First, after practicing fencing several times, I felt a little feverish. Then I put down the sword, pressed the leg and stretched the lower ligament. After that, I trotted around the woods a few times before returning to the place where I put the sword.

Looking at the sky, it was about three or four o'clock in the afternoon. He went to the mountain spring not far away for a drink, and then leaned under the tree to have a rest.

At this time, a low figure came slowly from the woods behind. The speed was not fast, but the pace was so light that no sound could be heard.

The figure slowly approached the big tree on which the boy relied, holding the dagger in his right hand, while his left hand relaxed in the air. Seeing that it was getting closer and closer, the young man seemed not to be aware of it. He still leaned on the tree trunk and closed his eyes.

From behind the figure close to see him unprepared, heart secretly happy, is ready to start.

"Drink!"

In the Silent Woods, the young man opened his eyes and screamed abruptly. All of a sudden, he shook the figure behind him. His feet also stepped on the withered leaves and made a sound. Before he could react, the young man in front of him picked up his sword and got up to chop back. He had to fight in a hurry and block it with his short sword.

But how can a light dagger compare with a heavy broadsword? After two simple attacks, the dagger will fly and fall on the nearby gravel. The handle of the dagger will spring up slightly and then fall down and stay still. And the youth also aimed the broadsword at the figure who was the same height as himself.

"Haha, I won this time, rock." The boy declared victory excitedly.

"Cut."

Looking at his broadsword, rock turns his head discontentedly.

"Just for once, there's nothing to be happy about."

"No, no, you don't forget, rock." The boy waved his sword and continued.

"It was agreed that if I won, you would agree to be my entourage."

"You know, before you lost to me so many times, why didn't you become my entourage?" Said rock discontentedly.

"This..." young Leng will, and then speak.

"Because Uncle Wade is my father's bodyguard, you should not..."

"What should I do and why? I'm not going to be as stupid as my dad. I don't want to be a shitty attendant“ Speaking of which, rock is a little excited.

"Isn't the chief bodyguard very good? I'm not very tired at ordinary times, so I can go to a party with me to eat and drink. " The young man put down his sword, a little puzzled.

"What if I go? The ladies of the noble family don't like me. They just want to marry the heirs of the nobles who have the fiefdoms."

"Besides, Isaiah, you're the third in line, and it's not your turn to inherit the title. It's too hopeless to follow you."

I'm very sad to hear that.

The green empire was a class society with strict hierarchy, and there was a great gap between the rights of nobles and civilians. For example, many schools only recruit noble children. If they also recruit civilian children, noble families will not let their children go to this school or study under the name of teachers.

Because they don't like to see their children sitting in the same classroom with those wild children who don't know where they come from, and think it will bring them harm. Similarly, there are some high-end restaurants, libraries and even shops.

If you are a green and ordinary person, you can't touch many parts of the country, and so are many benefits.

On the street, nobles have special passageways, carriages meet at the intersection, and nobles should be given priority to advance. All over the society, such inequality is manifested. Even the imperial law explicitly states that human life is not equal, and some people just want to be respected.

It is reasonable to say that such a system should accumulate a lot of contradictions and resentments among different classes, but the builders of the Empire cleverly designed many channels for the rise. For example, with a complete military merit system, war can not only gain wealth and respect, but also make people become nobles.

The various benefits brought by aristocratic status inspired many people to step on the battlefield and fight hard in order to obtain military merit and change their destiny. This also made the green Empire greatly suppress the domestic anti war sentiment in the early stage, and improved the combat effectiveness of the army.

At the same time, in addition to military exploits, excellent craftsmen, priests, scholars, high ranking and extraordinary people can also be granted aristocratic status, separating them from the civilian class.

In this way, the nobles used various channels to recruit the most elite and excellent people in the country. There were no extraordinary people or masters among the common people, and naturally they could not turn over any waves.

And most of the common people also accept this idea. The reason why aristocrats are aristocrats is that they are fierce, diligent and dare to fight. Many civilian families will also educate their children and strive to become aristocrats in the future.

The privileges of the nobility are also divided into three, six and nine levels. The top level is naturally the royal family, the four major Duke families, and then the count, the Viscount, the Baron, and a large number of non hereditary Lords. At the same time, nobles also pay a considerable amount of taxes according to their grades and the number of registered families to pay for their welfare. In a sense, the privilege of aristocracy is bought with money.

If the tax is not enough, the title will be degraded until it becomes a civilian, which becomes a means of Title recovery.

Relying on this unequal treatment and giving some hope, the green Empire kept its vitality and continued to move forward in the internal and external competition. Finally, it defeated Oz and became the strongest country on the mainland.